10 Most Popular Tips in 2009

Following the most popular TuxArena articles in 2009 post, here are the 10 most popular tips published here at TuxArena in 2009:

1. Install Adobe Flash Player 10 in Debian (for 32-bit architecture only)
A tutorial on how to manually install Flash Player in Debian Lenny.

2. Split APE Files Using a CUE File
A tutorial which shows how to manipulate APE (Monkey's Audio) files, and how to split them depending on the info found in a CUE file.

3. Convert MKV to AVI using mencoder
This is a short tip which has a one-liner showing how to convert MKV-encoded videos to xvid.

4. Easily Close a Port in Linux
Tip which shows how to close ports in Linux.

5. Convert OGV to FLV Using ffmpeg
How to convert OGV (the free Theora video format) to Flash Video.

6. Use lm-sensors to Monitor Your Hardware
Tutorial on how to install and use the lm-sensors utility to monitor CPU temperature, voltages and more.

7. Split FLAC or WAV Files Using a CUE File
Tutorial which shows how to use cuebreakpoints and shnsplit tools to split FLAC or WAV when a CUE file is available.

8. Easily Start a Dedicated Urban Terror Server
How to start a dedicated server for the popular Urban Terror game.

9. Convert AC3 to WAV Using MPlayer
One-liner on how to convert AC3 audio to WAV with mplayer.

10. Make a Memory Usage Script
Tutorial which shows a practical Bash script for memory usage.

Round-Up: Most Popular TuxArena Articles in 2009

Since it's Christmas and 2010 is knocking at the door, it's time to put up a round-up of the most popular articles published at TuxArena in 2009. This post is divided in two parts: a list of most popular tutorials and a list of most popular reviews (selected exclusively by number of views according to Google Analytics, from which I made a selection). Of course, it's not 100% accurate, considering some articles were published earlier this year (thus having more page views than newer articles), but it is, however, a good way to choose the articles without making a subjective, by-hand selection.

In 2009, two of TuxArena articles hit Digg.com (3 Ways to Record Your Linux Desktop and Top 10 KDE4 Applications).

Most popular tutorials

How-To: Install Firefox 3.5 in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

3 Ways to Install Latest Wine in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

3 Ways to Record Your Linux Desktop

3 Tweaks to Speed Up Firefox 3 and Free Memory

4 Ways to Create CD/DVD ISO Images in Ubuntu

How-To: Install KDE 4.3 in Ubuntu/Kubuntu 9.04

How-To: Compile and Install XMMS in Ubuntu 9.04

How-To: Install VLC 1.0 from the Ubuntu PPA Repository

How-To: Install OpenOffice.org 3.1 in Debian Lenny

6 Bash Productivity Tips

Most popular reviews

Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (Alpha 4) Overview & Screenshots

An Early Look at Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - Overview & Screenshots

Kubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope Overview & Screenshots

Top 10 Applications to Install After Installing Ubuntu

10 File Managers for Linux

KDE 4.3 RC1 in Kubuntu 9.04 - Overview & Screenshots

Top 10 KDE4 Applications

First-Person Shooter Games for Linux III: Urban Terror

10 Essential Applications Included in Kubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

5 Best Applications to Rip and Transcode DVDs in Linux

Round-Up: Most Popular Posts in April

Kubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope Overview and Screenshots
Here's an overview of the new Kubuntu 9.04 release including screenshots.


14 Most Popular Text Editors for Linux
A review of 14 (16 with the latest additions) text editors available on Linux.

5 Essential Add-ons for Firefox 3
Overview of Video DownloadHelper, AdBlock, Speed Dial, PDF Download and Google Preview.


10 File Managers for Linux
A review of no fewer than 12 (with two other additions) file managers for Linux. Dolphin, Nautilus, Thunar, Krusader, Midnight Commander and many more, they are all here.

4 IM Clients for Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope
Overview of 4 chat applications included in the Ubuntu 9.04 repositories.


12 Popular Audio Players for Linux
This article reviews 12 graphical audio players for Linux. For console, see this article.

Overview: 5 BitTorrent Clients for Linux
As the title suggests, this article overviews 5 of the most popular BitTorrent clients for Linux, like Deluge or KTorrent.