Programming multimedia applications in Linux used to be a tedious process, demanding specialized libraries and even custom code for addressing hardware directly. The OpenML library offers a simpler approach.

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If your laptop multimedia keys aren’t working in Linux, the fix could be easier than you think. We’ll show you how to manage multimedia applications from the keyboard using ReMoot.

Totem brings Hollywood to your Linux desktop. We’ll show you how to get started with this movie player.

We take a closer look at photo stitching, a photo gallery application, an audio player, and video-recording software. for a more complete summary of the article.

Originally inspired by Apple’s iTunes, Rhythmbox organizes your music collection, and more.

The Ubuntu security team has released an update to close a vulnerability in the Vorbis Tools for editing music files in Ogg-Vorbis format.

The Helix developers have announced version 11 of Helix Player and Realplayer for Linux.