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

whirlpool — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:30:16 +0000

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)

How to create clean & readable pdfs from webpages with the command line

whirlpool — Sun, 29 May 2011 20:34:26 +0000

good times, good times ...

arius32 — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:08:34 +0000

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, ...

DIY encrypted, version controlled & synchronised filesystem for Ubuntu

whirlpool — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:19:02 +0000

I want to explain how I managed to set up a user home filesystem that has the following features:

Spirula Systems, a dream coming true

linuxawy — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:42:45 +0000

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

linuxawy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:14:17 +0000

My presentation today in Software Freedom Day in Alexandria University

linuxawy — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:19:26 +0000

We should use Twitter more

whirlpool — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:35:53 +0000

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

third outing with arab techies

linuxawy — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:10:09 +0000

guys,

arab techies gathering outing today

linuxawy — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:46:11 +0000