A few days back, I happened to come across a really interesting and useful add-on for Firefox. It downloads videos or other embedded multimedia content from the website, directly to your hard disk, in FLV format. Click here to visit the download page.

Looks like the download-every-time-you-wanna-watch days are going to be long and past. But will they come out with some way to block add-ons like these? I don’t have the slightest idea..

Btw, if you have the Greasemonkey add-on installed, you can also check these two scripts. They add a ‘download this video’ link to any YouTube or Google Video video page.

Script 1 – For YouTube videos

Script 2 – For Google Video videos

As you would know, Greasemonkey scripts sure are much more convenient than any other add-on.

I have tried installing Linux on my PC several times when i was at school. But on most of those occasions, i have only ended up losing my data in windows partitions n learning nothing.

I have had two nice experiences, without losing data, one with Corel Linux when i was in 9th standard and the other was Topologilinux when i was in +2. But on both these occassions, I was not able to get all my hardware to function properly, and also I didn’t learn much. I had fun with the games there, then switched back to windows.

After a long while, I got to know about Ubuntu. I got Ubuntu Edgy DVD downloaded n installed n to my surprise, found it kinda friendly, with all the nice documentation. I’ve never had anyone to help me with my Linux adventures. N I can tell u guys, this is the best and most user-friendly Linux I’ve tried. (But most of the distributions I’ve tried are almost obsolete now!!!)

Right now, its my main OS and I do most of my stuff here. But I cant scrap windows as softwares like MatLAB and LabView don’t have Linux equivalents yet.

The current version of Ubuntu is Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. Also Ubuntu has take free software to its next level by sending Ubuntu CDs free of cost to whom ever requests.

Ubuntu is based on Debian, and hence all Debian packages are compatible with Ubuntu. There are around 18000 supported free software packages available for Debian, so we can find software for almost every single requirement. Unlike windows where no software is pre-installed, Ubuntu is ready to rock right when installation completes, with applications like OpenOffice.org, Firefox, and many more often used applications pre-installed.

With its performance and ease of use, its almost certain that Ubuntu is here to stay.