May 18, 2018 Posted by newlife007

Running and Installing .NET Core SDK 2 On Fedora 28

Introduction As part of the continuing effort to port .NET Core to other OSes, Microsoft has made .NET Core available on Linux. Being the geek that I am I have to try to get it to run on Linux, more specifically Fedora 28. In this post we will cover exactly how to accomplish it. Installing First thing is to download the latest... read more

Mar 31, 2018 Posted by newlife007

How To Install Cinelerra CV on Fedora

Introduction In this post we will be covering how to install Cinelerra CV (Community Version) 2.3 on Fedora 27. Cinelerra is one of the most advanced, open-source non-linear video editors and compositors for Linux. The version we will be installing is the Community Version. There are other versions which may or may not work with these instructions. Setup There are several packages that will need to be... read more

Nov 27, 2017 Posted by newlife007

Calibrating Profiling a Monitor in Linux Using a Datacolor Spyder 4

What is Calibration The display behavior is measured and adjusted to meet user-definable target characteristics, like brightness, gamma and white point. This step is generally referred to as calibration. Calibration is done by adjusting the monitor controls, and the output of the graphics card (via calibration curves, also sometimes called video LUT curves to get as close as possible to the chosen target.... read more

Jul 10, 2017 Posted by newlife007

How To Rip Audio CD’s on Fedora 25

Introduction In continuing on with audio posts we will cover how to rip your CD’s on Linux for listening on your computer or your portable device. In this post we will cover using several different applications available on Fedora Linux for exporting our Audio CD’s to MP3 format. Grip Grip is a GTK-based CD-player and CD-ripper / MP3 encoder. It has the ripping capabilities of cdparanoia built... read more

Jul 5, 2017 Posted by newlife007

How to Digitize Your Records with Audacity

How to Digitize Your Records with Audacity Introduction Remember the days of sitting around listening to records growing up? The sound of the cracking hissing and even the occasional skip. If not that’s ok it is making a comeback even in this digital age we live in. Some of us have old records lying around and want to listen to those great songs that may not be available for digital download or use... read more