Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP1 - GNOME 23-05-2007, Manual

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KsCD
KsCD is a neat little CD player application for the KDE desktop. Its user interface very much
resembles that of a normal hardware CD player, guaranteeing ease of use. KsCD supports
CDDB, enabling you to get any track and album information from the Internet or your local file
system. Find more information at
http://docs.kde.org/en/3.3/kdemultimedia/kscd/ (http://
docs.kde.org/en/3.3/kdemultimedia/kscd/) .
K3b
K3b is a multitalented media creation tool. Create data, audio, or video CD and DVD projects
by dragging and dropping. Find more information about K3b at
http://www.k3b.org/ (http://
www.k3b.org/) . You can also refer to our K3b chapter.
LilyPond
LilyPond is a free music sheet editor. Because the input format is text-based, you can use any
text editor to create note sheets. Users do not need to tackle any formatting or notation issues,
like spacing, line-breaking, or polyphonic collisions. All these issues are automatically
resolved by LilyPond. It supports many special notations like chord names and tablatures. The
output can be exported to PNG, TeX, PDF, PostScript, and MIDI. Find more information about
LilyPond at
http://lilypond.org/web/ (http://lilypond.org/web/) .
MainActor
MainActor is a fully fledged video authoring software. Because there is a Windows version of
MainActor, transition from Windows is easy. Find more information about MainActor at
http://
www.mainactor.com/ (http://www.mainactor.com/) .
MPlayer
MPlayer is a movie player that runs on several systems. Find more information about MPlayer
at
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/info.html (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/
homepage/design7/info.html) .
MusE
MusE's goal is to be a complete multitrack virtual studio for Linux. Find more information
about MusE at
http://www.muse-sequencer.org/index.php (http://www.muse-sequencer.org/
index.php) .
Noteedit
Noteedit is a powerful score editor for Linux. Use it to create sheets of notes and to export and
import scores to and from many formats, such as MIDI, MusicXML and LilyPond. Find more
information about Noteedit at
http://developer.berlios.de/projects/noteedit/ (http://
developer.berlios.de/projects/noteedit/) .
Rhythmbox
Rhythmbox is a powerful, multitalented media player for the GNOME desktop. It allows you to
organize and browse your music collection using playlists and even supports Internet radio.
Find more information about Rhythmbox at
http://www.gnome.org/projects/rhythmbox/ (http:/
/www.gnome.org/projects/rhythmbox/) .
Rosegarden
Rosegarden is a free music composition and editing environment. It features an audio and
MIDI sequencer and a score editor. Find more information about Rosegarden at
http://
rosegardenmusic.com/ (http://rosegardenmusic.com/) .