Linux command - uname: Print certain system information

The linux command uname print system information.

Usage: uname [OPTION]...
Print certain system information. With no OPTION, same as -s.

VLC media player, 2.0.0 released

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Edit PDF on Linux, using PDFedit

Complete editing of pdf documents is made possible with PDFedit. You can change either raw pdf objects (for advanced users) or use predefined gui functions. Functions can be easily added as everything is based on a scripts.

Scripting is used to a great extent in editor and almost anything can be scripted, it is possible to create own scripts or plugins.

PDFedit can be installed in Ubuntu Software Center directly, by searching PDFedit.

website: http://pdfedit.cz/en/index.html

Ubuntu Developer Week - January 31st - February 2nd 2012

In just five years, Ubuntu has become the most popular Linux distribution in the world with millions of users. Ever wondered how Ubuntu development works? How to get involved yourself? Find out from January 31st 2012 to February 2nd 2012!

Ubuntu Developer Week is a series of online workshops where you can:

• learn about different packaging techniques
• find out more about different development teams
• check out the efforts of the world-wide Development Community
• participate in open Q&A sessions with Ubuntu developers
• much more...

Know more: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek

Mount iso on Ubuntu Linux 11.10

Gmount-iso can be installed using in Ubuntu Software Center, by search "gmountiso".

Gmount-iso is a small tool written using PyGTK and Glade. It allows you to easily mount your cd images. This is a frontend to the 'mount -o loop -t iso9660 foo.iso /mountpoint' command

How to check installed GNOME shell version

To check the installed GNOME Shell version, enter the command in Terminal.
$ gnome-shell --version

NASA launch code.nasa.gov

NASA launch code.nasa.gov (at January 4, 2012), the latest member of the open NASA web family. Through this website, NASA will continue, unify, and expand NASA’s open source activities. The site will serve to surface existing projects, provide a forum for discussing projects and processes, and guide internal and external groups in open development, release, and contribution.

Source: http://open.nasa.gov/blog/2012/01/04/the-plan-for-code/