Archive for September, 2007
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 […]
No Comments » - Posted in General,India,Quotes by Prakash
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 […]
2 Comments » - Posted in General,Linux by Prakash
Friday, September 14th, 2007
Microsoft rides on Linux!
Interesting! “The mobile wireless routers on board the company’s “Connector” employee bus system, made by Seattle-based Junxion Inc., use the open-source Linux operating system” Read More. There is a lot of invisible Linux that touches your life but you don’t see it, Linix powers routers, Tivos, several other devices and services as well such as […]
No Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Albert Einstein on India
“We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.” – Albert Einstein
1 Comment » - Posted in General,India,Quotes by Prakash
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Reclaiming space on Linux.
One of the SUSE experts pointed out that Linux is reserving space which can be reclaimed by using the following command. tune2fs -m0 /dev/hda5 Where /dev/hda5 is home directory. Type mount to see which is device for the home directory. Type df to see the free space before and after running this command. Note: This […]
