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14.3.11 K9copy

Homepage: http://k9copy.sourceforge.net/

K9copy is a DVD backup tool, which is able to shrink the content of a DVD9 to fit on a DVD5.

If you want to use k9copy, install the following packages:

  • k9copy
  • mencoder

 

14.3.12 Rapidsvn

Homepage: http://www.rapidsvn.org/index.php/Main_Page

Taken from the Homepage: "RapidSVN is a cross-platform GUI front-end for the Subversion revision system"

If you want to use rapidsvn, install the following package:

  • rapidsvn

 

14.3.13 XChat

Homepage: http://www.xchat.org/

With XChat you can join multiple IRC channels (Internet Relay Chat). File transfer is supported. You can customize XChat with various scripts and plugins.

If you want to use xchat, install the following package:

  • xchat

 

14.3.14 Wine

Homepage: http://www.winehq.org/

Taken from the Wine Homepage: "Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix".

With wine you can run a lot of windows software on linux. A list of software that is known to work on wine can be found at http://appdb.winehq.org/.

If you want to use wine, install the following package:

  • wine

 

14.3.15 Cedega

Homepage: http://www.cedega.com/

Cedega is the further stage of WineX with focus on Windows games. Many games are supported - a list of supported games (with screenshots) can be found at http://games.cedega.com/gamesdb/ and http://cedegawiki.sweetleafstudios.com/wiki/Main_Page.

Cedega is not free. Have a look at the Homepage for details and pricing.

 

14.3.16 VMware Server

Homepage: http://www.vmware.com/products/server/

With VMware Server you can install guest operating systems as Windows, Linux, NetWare or Solaris.

If you want to use the VMware-Server, install the following packages:

  • kernel-devel
  • xinetd
  • gcc
  • gcc-c++

Afterwards open http://www.vmware.com/download/server/ in your browser. Install the newest version with the software-installer and register to get a serial number.

Install it with the software installer.

The package is beeing downloaded...

...and installed.

Click on "Install anyway" (the package is not signed).

Next open a terminal, download the latest any-any-patch and apply it. (root privileges needed)

cd /tmp/
wget http://knihovny.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-any-any-update114.tar.gz
tar xvfz vmware-any-any-update114.tar.gz
cd vmware-any-any-update114
su -c ./runme.pl

Answer all the questions with "yes" and accept the license agreement (if you agree with it). After that you'll be asked a few questions about install paths etc. - simply hit enter for every question. The VMware Server is now available in the gnome applications menu.

 

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