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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Best Practices for moving to desktop Linux
There are a lot of good reasons for moving to Linux on the desktop, primary amongst them that is is more secure, it doesn’t have the virus problems that Windows has and of course you can save tons of money on licenses.For the IT department, once a Linux system is set up, it is very [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Articles, Linux by Prakash
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Quote from Warren Buffets in a CNBC Interview
“The HAPPIEST people DONOT necessarily have the BEST of all.
They simply APPRECIATE what they find on their way.”
No Comments » - Posted in Quotes by Prakash
Friday, February 29th, 2008
EeePC giving Sony sleepless night?
What happens when a relatively small company launches a low cost notebook? A device that doesn’t do everything but does all the basic computing: email,browsing and wordprocessing and is available at half the cost!
From this article:
Sony: “If (the Eee PC from) Asus starts to do well, we are all in trouble.”
You better be [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals, General by Prakash
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Firefox 500 Million Celebration
The excellent Mozilla Firefox browser now had more than 500 million downloads! Thats excellent news and is perhaps the most popular open source application even more than Linux!
Join the celebrations:
In honor of the 500 million download mark we’re celebrating by raising 500,000,000 grains of rice in one day to help feed the world’s poor. [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in General, Linux by Prakash
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
German scholar Max Mueller on India
“If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions, I should point to India.”
Max Mueller, German scholar.
No Comments » - Posted in India, Quotes by Prakash
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
HP Photosmart C4388 wireless printing/scanning on Ubuntu Linux 7.10
HP Photosmart C4388 - Multifunction Device - Printer/Scanner/Copier
Configuring this with wireless printing and scanning Ubuntu Linux 7.10
Whats good about this printer:
Wireless Printing: So your printer/scanner need not to be physically connected to the PC/Laptop and can be anywhere on the Network.
Memory Card Reader: Remove your memory card from your digital camera, insert into the [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals, Linux by Prakash
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Robert Frost Quote
Like this one:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and
that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
No Comments » - Posted in Quotes by Prakash
Monday, February 11th, 2008
Declutter Your Mind
Nice article:
15 Ways to Declutter your mind.
No Comments » - Posted in General by Prakash
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
Life’s like that.
From Robert Kyosaki’s book: Rich Dad Poor Dad.
Found it very inspiring:
Most of the time , life does not talk to you. It just sort of pushes you around. Each push is life saying, “Wake up. There’s something I want you to learn.”
If you learn life’s lesson, you will do well. If not, life will just [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Quotes by Prakash
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Quick Way to STOP Negative Thoughts
“What we focus on, we empower and enlarge. Good multiplies when focused upon. Negativity multiplies when focused upon. The choice is ours: Which do we want more of?”
Read this very good article.
1 Comment » - Posted in General by Prakash
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
Chinese Ambassador on India
“India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.”
Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA
No Comments » - Posted in India, Quotes by Prakash
Friday, January 11th, 2008
iPhone Review
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When was the last time you dated a woman who was nice and sexy and at the same time intelligent too? Welcome to the iPhone. Steve Jobs magic is working.
The iPhone is not only a sexy phone but extremely intelligent. Once you [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals by Prakash
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
1 Lakh Rupees ($2500) Car
Tata has gone where no other car company has gone before. They have release the cheapest car in the World.
This car has huge potential to provide basic automobile to the 3rd world countries at an affordable cost.
Vital Stats:
Engine: The three cylinder 624 cc four stroke petrol to develop 33 bhp.
Mileage: 50 miles to the [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Cars, India by Prakash
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
The Kernel gurus
When men were men and wrote their own device drivers - Linus Torvalds
Here are all the photos of the men
Kernel Summit 2007 group photo
No Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Saturday, January 5th, 2008
Funny Wikipedia cartoon
For all those who rely on Wikipedia for all their information
See more.
No Comments » - Posted in General by Prakash
Saturday, January 5th, 2008
50 Best Ubuntu Open Source Applications For Design And Developing
Excellent collection of Open Source applications for design applications.
Read More
No Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Cisco to have a fifth of its top executives in India
The company’s plan to have senior vice presidents, vice presidents,
and directors, cutting across all corporate functions, in India is not
aimed at cutting costs, but at nurturing talent in India, said Wim
Elfrink, chief globalization officer for Cisco, who also heads the new
center.
This is really interesting. While some companies are cutting staff or just using India as [...]
No Comments » - Posted in India by Prakash
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
PC World: Tech Predictions for 2008
From PC World.
As Vista continues to limp toward wider adoption, Linux will make major inroads into the enterprise, as well as in government IT. At the same time, the leaner OS will become a more attractive option for home users and in consumer electronics.
No Comments » - Posted in General, Linux by Prakash
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 operating [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
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, IBM can [...]
