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Removing black borders around movies

lack borders around movies and movie clips is a huge problem on the internet. Black borders is a result of video editing and bad handling of resolutions and aspect ratios, such as 16:9 and 4:3.
Removing black borders can be done with a video editor, such as FFmpeg, which is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, [...]

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Configuring the command line interpreter prompt

a href=”http://www.bash.org”>The GNU Bourne-Again SHell (bash) is the command line interpreter, that executes commands from the standard input, such as keyboard, or from a file, such as a automated script. It is used in many operating systems, such as Ubuntu.
In the following example, the default command line prompt for a user on an Ubuntu operating [...]

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Installing a network color laser printer in Ubuntu 10.04

nstalling a network printer means, that the Ubuntu desktop computer will be able to sent print jobs to a remote printer over the network.
In this example, we will install a Brother HL 4050 CDN network laser printer in the Ubuntu 10.04 operating system.
We visit the homepage for Official Ubuntu Documentation. We click Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. [...]

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Restoring data from a non bootable corrupt Windows file system

n this example, we want to restore client data from a non bootable corrupt Windows file system on a working harddisk. The client want the restored data on compact disc (CD) media.
This procedure can be used with other operating systems and file systems as well.
We attach the harddisk to a computer, that support the harddisk [...]

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Deleting files without using the trash bin on an Ubuntu operating system

he trash bin on an Ubuntu operating system, and many other operating systems as well, is a desktop feature, that some users will find usefull upon accidental deletion of files. However, the trash bin uses a number of hidden directories in order to work. These makes a mess and takes up space on file systems. [...]

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