Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
Shrek was done on Linux
Did you know that Shrek 3 was developed on Linux? Yes and so was the original one! Read the article below for more. DreamWorks Animation “Shrek the Third”: Linux Feeds an Ogre
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Thursday, June 14th, 2007
5 Cool Linux-Powered Phones
Good Linux phones are finally becoming a reality.. 5 Cool Linux-Powered Phones
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Friday, May 18th, 2007
Linux/Open Source is the future
PC World has an interesting article on why the days of Shrink-Wrapped Software’s are Numbered. Software is facing the same fate as the hardware industry, Lane said, in which profit margins shrank from 70 percent at its peak to about 20 percent today as hardware became a commodity.
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
101 reasons why Linux is better than Windows
Many a times Windows users talk about what Windows can do but Linux can’t. To be fair, they also need to know what Linux can do but Windows can’t. After Reading this article: 101 things that the Mozilla browser can do that IE cannot. I decided to write 101 reasons why Linux is better than […]
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Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
Hard Drive Data Recovery Guide
Virus playing havoc with your computer? Still using Windows? (Linux Users seldom have these problem). Toasted your hard drive? This article may help. Hard Drive Data Recovery Guide Also see Ultimate Boot CD
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Thursday, June 15th, 2006
Linux partitioning
People often ask me what is the best way to partition a PC used for a laptop/ home desktop or professional workstation for Linux. Here are some ideas on how you should do it. If you plan to dual boot, the first primary partition can be Windows – Fat 32, this makes the partition read-write […]
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Friday, September 26th, 2003
My Dream PC
A friend recently asked me what would be my Dream PC, so here are some thoughts. – All hardware should be Linux compatible. – CPU should be preferable AMD Athlon 64 (64-Bit) or Intel P4 Hyper Threading. – 800 FSB along with DDR 400 Memory. – Display card should be Nvidia high end graphic card. […]
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Monday, September 1st, 2003
Interview with Morphix founder
I enjoyed playing with Knoppix and now I have installed it on my hard disk. Its my desktop now both at home and office. I also liked Morphix since it offers more flexibility to build your own Knoppix like CD. I recently interviewed the founder of Morphix for Newsforge.
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Monday, August 25th, 2003
Everybody loves TCO
This first appeared in Express Computer: Linux in the Enterprise: Total Cost of Ownership Everybody loves TCO TCO (total cost of ownership) may be an overused concept, but with Linux on the desktop PRAKASH ADVANI says that the benefits are immediately visible Total cost of ownership (TCO) has become one of the most politically correct […]
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Sunday, July 27th, 2003
Linux in Germany
When I visited Cebit this year, I asked a German why he uses Linux and I was stunned when he said. “Why should I buy an American software when something is available for free?”. This is probably why the city of Munich decided to go the Linux way. It not because of the cost but […]
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Monday, June 9th, 2003
Looking for Dualbooting Windows XP/Linux ?
If you were considering Dual Booting Windows XP/2000/NT which have NTFS partition with Linux, here are some utlities which would be of help. These tools allow you to resize NTFS partitions without reformatting. Qt Parted – This is a GUI based tool. ntfsresize – This is a character based tool. Their site also has information […]
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2003
How difficult is Linux?
At a recent Seminar organised by MAIT in delhi, I met a boy Arjun. Arjun is a 8th Standard student at Naval Public School where he administers the Linux system. When I asked him why he uses Linux he said, because he finds Windows difficult. He says its a mind set problem, depending on what […]
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Friday, May 30th, 2003
Salam to Kalam!
In a recent speach which Sir APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India, gave while inaugurating International Institute of Information Technology, in Pune. He said: “Think different I would like to narrate an event that took place in Rashtrapati Bhavan a few months back when I met Bill Gates, the CEO of Microsoft. While walking in […]
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2003
Knoppix: My current Linux Distribution
I have been using Knoppix as my primary Linux distribution since a month now. I think its the best distribution I have used and highly recommended for a newbie since it can be run from a CD as well installed on the hard disk. I also wrote an article on Knoppix installation tips. This covers […]
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Monday, May 5th, 2003
SCO is trying to derail Linux
Recently SCO has been accusing Unix code being copied into Linux. AT&T has the license to Unix, which was acquired by Novell and transformed into UnixWare, which was then acquired by SCO and then SCO was aquired by Caldera (a Linux vendor) which was later renamed back as SCO. NOw it appears that people are […]
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Monday, May 5th, 2003
Computers get a Hindi face
From Express Computer article: Prakash Advani, co-founder of IndLinux.org said that the organisation has been working on localising the GNU/Linux operating system to Hindi for the last three years. Localisation involves changing the menus and other elements of the graphic user interface from English to Hindi. “Hindi is the third largest language in the world, […]
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Wednesday, January 22nd, 2003
Linux is a natural for India
Published on Newsforge Today India is a hot topic for discussion as far as Linux is concerned. Many users around the world want to understand the mindset of Indians regarding Linux. This article attempts to give some insight to the market dynamics here, and how they make Linux a natural fit for India.
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Tuesday, July 27th, 1999
Open Source software lures talent-rich, resource-poor South Asian
Posted on the Linux India by Frederick Noronha and archived here. Linux is not important only from the free point of view. It is powerful and robust. It is also flexible and gives you the power to modify. This is important to some; since most commercial software are US-based. “We need something that can be […]
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Sunday, November 1st, 1998
Getting Started with Linux
Published on LinuxGazette. This document is written for people who have just installed Linux but don’t know what to do next. Most of the commands discussed here should work on all distribution of Linux but since I use Red Hat 5.0 some of them may be specific to Red Hat 5.0. I have also used […]
