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Media Collection Software in GNU/Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 28, 2008

[ Thanks to Borys
Musielak
for this link. ]

“Around three years ago, when I began my adventure with ‘the
penguin,’ I had been looking for an application to catalog CDs.
They were either ugly, or limited in functionality, or simply
couldn’t handle all disk types (e.g. DVD)… some other apps
were required for installation, and/or involved many ‘weird’
libraries (which I didn’t know what to do about). I quickly gave up
my research, realizing that nothing could match software like
WhereIsIt?.

“While I was sitting in front of my computer, that old problem
came up… this time, armed with a much broader knowledge and
experience, I didn’t think of giving up. I started with the most
obvious choice–searched the repository…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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