Archive for 2007
Sunday, December 30th, 2007
Survey says … Linux desktop is ever more popular
From this article. The Linux Foundation survey found that the Linux desktop has become a mainstream desktop replacement. While many businesses use Linux as a development desktop (53.3 percent), almost two-thirds (66.1 percent) use it as a client desktop. Linux is no longer just an operating system for the technically inclined. It also is an […]
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
Should IBM’s OS/2 Be Open-Sourced?
From CIO.com A group of die-hard OS/2 users are petitioning IBM—again—to release the operating system’s source code as open-source. The question may not be whether IBM wants to do so… but if it can. Not, I expect, that IBM will actually say this out loud. This is definitely a good thing and I sincerely hope, […]
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
The New York Stock Exchange goes Linux
If the most critical businesses can run Linux why all the other businesses can’t? Read more on how the New York Stock Exchange is moving to Linux.
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
American historian Will Durant on India
“India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe’s languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways […]
No Comments » - Posted in India,Quotes by Prakash
Saturday, November 24th, 2007
Open source to hit $22 billion by 2010
As per this article: Open source software’s presence will increase from approximately 10 percent of key enterprise on-premise software in 2007, to between 15 percent and 20 percent by 2010. Why is Open Source so Disruptive? An ability to customize and use the software code to whatever extent required and useful, and Reduced dependence upon […]
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
101 Tools to Convert Video, Music, Images, PDF and More
Few things are more irritating than having to deal with a format that is incompatible with what you need it to do. It doesn’t matter if it’s a media file, document, or shoe size; it’s just plain frustrating. To make your life easier, check out this list of 101 tools that will allow you to […]
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Sunday, October 28th, 2007
Yet another one by Mark Twain on India
“India has two million gods, and worships them all. In religion all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire.” – Mark Twain
1 Comment » - Posted in India,Quotes by Prakash
Friday, October 26th, 2007
Setting up your own home phone system.
Now you can save tons of money by setting up your own Home phone system using a PC, Linux, Skype and some off the shelf hardware. You can put an Old PC to some good use! Read More.
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Another one by Mark Twain on India
“India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.” – Mark Twain See earlier posts Mark Twain on […]
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007
RAW support for Canon digital camera
If you are using low cost point-and-shoot Canon digital camera. You can turn on all sorts of features usually reserved for more expensive SLRs. That includes live histograms, depth-of-field calculation, under and overexposure highlighting, and hold your breath… shooting your pictures in RAW too. Read this article for more information. This technique uses the freeware […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Photography by Prakash
Friday, October 19th, 2007
Linux growing in the Cellphone space
From this article: Market research firm ABI Research, in a late August press announcement entitled “Linux to Be the Fastest-Growing Smartphone OS over the Next 5 Years,” predicted a compound annual growth rate “in excess of 75%.” By 2012, this growth rate means that Linux will “account for nearly 31% of all smart devices in […]
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Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Linux everywhere: Bhutan Deploys Linux
From a PC World Article. The Bhutan government liked its first taste of Linux so much that it has come back for seconds, releasing an updated version of its Debian-based operating system that it launched last year. Dzongkha Debian Linux is a Debian-based Linux operating system built in and for the national language, Dzongkha. It […]
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Saturday, October 13th, 2007
Robot to takes panoramic photos
Carnegie Mellon University has announced a $300 robot designed to easily enable people to create super-high-resolution panoramic pictures. See some sample photos.
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Friday, October 12th, 2007
National Geographic Society’s Keith Bellows on India
“There are some parts of the world that, once visited, get into your heart and won’t go. For me, India is such a place. When I first visited, I was stunned by the richness of the land, by its lush beauty and exotic architecture, by its ability to overload the senses with the pure, concentrated […]
No Comments » - Posted in General,India,Quotes by Prakash
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Vista or Linux?
Many people ask me if they should switch to Vista. After talking to many organisations which have tried to switch to Vista, I now know why Linux is a better option. Organisations find that Vista’s hardware requirements is huge and you don’t get any great additional functionality so why spend so much more? The cost […]
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
Linux everywhere
What common between award winning airlines such as Emirates, Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways? They won the awards for the best in-flight entertainment system. And guess what? Their in-flight entertainment system is powered by Linux. Some other airline in-flight entertainment systems powers by Linux: Â Qantas Airways, Delta and Continental. These are the invisible […]
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Happiness
Came across this excellent article on How the Mind Affects Your Happiness. Must read if you want to be Happy, who doesn’t? Be Happy 🙂 Related earlier post: The happiest man in the world?
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Saturday, October 6th, 2007
5 Reasons your parents should use Linux
Its a nice experience to get completely non-techy users to switch to Linux, specially your own folks. The main advantage is that if they often call you for computer problems then they won’t call you as often. Hardware rarely fails, its the software which is a problem. With viruses and spyware infecting Windows PCs all […]
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
A Rough Guide to India
From a Rough Guide to India: “It is impossible not to be astonished by India. Nowhere on Earth does humanity present itself in such a dizzying, creative burst of cultures and religions, races and tongues. Enriched by successive waves of migration and marauders from distant lands, every one of them left an indelible imprint which […]
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Windows is spyware
One more reason to use Linux, if you aren’t already. From a CNet article. “Microsoft has begun patching files on Windows XP and Vista without users’ knowledge, even when the users have turned off auto-updates.” Wow. Updating Windows without your being aware of it? And after telling it not to? That’s what spyware does. It’s […]
