Update Mplayer on Ubuntu

By Marco Di Fresco, on February 14th, 2011%

Since Ubuntu is not a rolling-release distribution, programs like Mplayer do not receive any major update, beside bug-fixes, until each new release of the distribution itself.

Here it is a guide on how to keep Mplayer updated on Ubuntu.

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Update VLC on Ubuntu

By Marco Di Fresco, on February 7th, 2011%

Since Ubuntu is not a rolling-release distribution, programs like VideoLAN VLC do not receive any major update, beside bug-fixes, until each new release of the distribution itself.

Here it is a guide on how to keep VLC updated on Ubuntu.

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Install LibreOffice on Ubuntu with official repository

By Marco Di Fresco, on January 31st, 2011%

Few days ago the final version of LibreOffice 3.3, the spin-off of OpenOffice born after the the issues between Document Foundation and Oracle, come to life.

With this guide I will show you how to install LibreOffice 3.3 on Ubuntu and its variants with the official repositories.

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Password lock PDF files with pdftk

By Marco Di Fresco, on December 13th, 2010%

If you need to lock a PDF file with a password on Linux, there is an easy way to do it even if it requires a terminal.

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