Record a window in Ubuntu easily with the OBS studio application. This is very easy.

Recording a window with OBS is very easy, this allows easy streaming and recording of gameplay or a video window. The screenshot above shows an OBS studio window displaying a video window, you select the window by double-clicking the Window Capture (Xcomposite) 2 option. This brings up another dialogue to select any open window on … Read more

Creating a new distribution with SUSE Studio and thoughts on customising Linux with themes.

I am creating a Linux distribution at the moment using SUSE Studio, this one has the Gnome 3.8 desktop. Apparently that is the desktop that OpenSUSE uses with the 12.3 release. I am currently downloading the first build and I will have a look and see how it has turned out with a live USB/DVD … Read more

Getting AMD Catalyst drivers working with the Linux desktop. The saga continues with a solution.

I had a hell of a time getting my Radeon HD6670 card to work with my Linux Mint 13 installation; eventually I tried the fglrx packages from the Linux Mint repositories instead of the drivers from the ATI website. The actual driver module will not compile and I will have to try and edit the … Read more

SUSE Studio. Build a customized SUSE distribution with a web interface.

The SUSE distribution has a powerful tool for building a custom Linux distribution. SUSE Studio. This website allows you to create a Linux distribution with custom artwork and using whatever software you choose to deploy in the image. I have used this to build a live DVD ISO with the fglrx drivers slip-streamed into the … Read more