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Watch Out! Fedora 11 Coming Right Up!

May 31, 2009 at 10:03 am ·

Just 9 more days before its release, I am sure Fedora users are more than excited to get the distro up and running on their computers. If you’re one of the brave ones who will try the pre-release version, here’s the link to the download page of all the options you’ve got for downloading Fedora 11’s pre-release version.
PlanetOSS even has a review of Fedora 11’s pre-release. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols listed down Fedora’s 5 best features even.
On the best features list, I saw that the fast boot up time was included. I saw that on one of the tweets of one person I’m following. The list includes Fedora using Ext4 by default, better graphics because of X.server 1.6, as well as improvements with Synaptics to the point that it made him appreciate touchpads more. Another one is the extra security provided by DNSSEC.
The PlanetOSS review has more screenshots [...]

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Handbrake to Convert Video Files

May 31, 2009 at 7:34 am ·

I wanted to convert some of my files to mp4 so I could watch them on the iPod. Fortunately it was possible using Handbrake. Handbrake lets me convert files easily because I only need to point it to the source file and then select the output type — if it will be for the iPod, a gaming console like a PSP or something else. You could also have custom settings.
So yes, Handbrake. What does it really do? It’s basically a transcoder of video files. It doesn’t rip DVDs but it converts files to other file formats. But as the makers of Handbrake points out in their wiki, if you want a super tool you could check out mencoder instead.
The latest version of Handbrake is said to have better H.264 encoding so picture quality is better now. I already saw that the video [...]

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