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I found a very useful program for creating PDF files from scanned documents

Fri, 23/09/2011 - 11:30pm — whirlpool
Linux tip: I found a very useful Linux program for creating PDF files from scanned documents. It's most useful feature is that it uses OCR software to create text from the images and adds it to the PDF file.

You will have to install the following

gscan2pdf
ocropus (OCR software this one overlays the text on the image, tesseract doesn't do this)
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How to create clean & readable pdfs from webpages with the command line

Sun, 29/05/2011 - 10:34pm — whirlpool

Use something called wkhtmltopdf, which converts web pages to pdfs using WebKit rendering engine, and Arc90's Readability, which is a javascript that cleans up pages from everything except the main content (like in a blog or a newspaper) and nice to print.

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good times, good times ...

Fri, 10/12/2010 - 10:08am — arius32

so it's true,
i am back,
after god knows how many years away from Linux, i'm back running and tweaking my most loved OS again, ...

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DIY encrypted, version controlled & synchronised filesystem for Ubuntu

Sat, 23/10/2010 - 6:19pm — whirlpool
I want to explain how I managed to set up a user home filesystem that has the following features:
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Spirula Systems, a dream coming true

Wed, 07/04/2010 - 6:42pm — linuxawy

After years of working as a system engineer, I have decided to open my own company. It's called Spirula Systems. The name comes from the sea shell Spirula, as it looks like debian swirl, it's a shell, and it lives in alexandria, where Spirula Systems is located.

This company is to provide systems support for GNU/Linux mainly, and use free/open source software whenever possible. It will support BSD and Unix systems too. The complete list of services can be found on Spirula's services page.

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Meedan Releases the World's First Open Access Arabic/English Translation Memory

Sat, 07/11/2009 - 11:14pm — linuxawy

For those who don't know, meedan is a project that I have been watching since I first knew about it from the presentation made be Anas Tawileh in the first meeting in the arab techies.

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We should use Twitter more

Sat, 28/02/2009 - 2:35pm — whirlpool

Twitter can be very useful for Eglug. We have to use it more.

Take a look at this: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=eglug

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third outing with arab techies

Thu, 25/12/2008 - 4:10pm — linuxawy

guys,

today is the third day of Arab techies gathering, we will go to have dinner in asmak el dawaran in shobra, we'll be there about 8:00 pm isA. Please anyone interested to meet us show up there

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arab techies gathering outing today

Wed, 24/12/2008 - 12:46pm — linuxawy

Arab techies gathering's guys are going today to khan el khalily to have dinner and wonder around. please if anyone interested show up.

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