Monday, December 28th, 2009
AWN Manager – Mac OSX like dock for Ubuntu
I installed AWN Manager on Ubuntu, following the instructions here. Here is what I liked. It looks cool 🙂 Can auto-hide, giving you more desktop real estate. Has cool applets like fortune which I enjoy reading and reminds me of bash days. What I didn’t like It crops up when you don’t want it to. […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Monday, December 21st, 2009
Ubuntu vs Windows Hardware Requirements
I compared the hardware requirements of a popular Linux Desktop: Ubuntu 9.10 with Windows 7 both of which were released last month. Hardware Windows 7 Ubuntu 9.10 RAM (MB) 1024 MB 256 MB Processor (MHz) 1000 MHz 300 MHz Disk Space (MB) 16 GB 4 GB Ubuntu 9.10 remained a modest 265MB memory with 300MHz […]
11 Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
New Ubuntu version makes software installation easy
Ubuntu is an increasingly popular version of Linux today, and it seems easier for new users to sink their teeth into this free operating system with each new release. I have been quoted in this article in the Hindu: It is this focus on the ease-of-use factor that has contributed to Ubuntu’s popularity. Prakash Advani, […]
1 Comment » - Posted in In the News,Linux by Prakash
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Music Workstation on Ubuntu
Here is a nice article on how Kim Cascone switched from Mac OS X to Ubuntu for setting up a Music Workstation using very inexpensive hardware costing a tenth of what a similar solution from Apple would cost. “The solution to my financial constraint became clear, and I bought a refurbished Dell Studio 15, installed […]
No Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Linux based Media Center device
The Neuros LINK a disc-less PC designed to be connected to your TV comes with a wireless “Keymote”to control the unit from the comfort on your couch. Like a PC, it is customizable and expandable: 2.8Ghz CPU 1GB DDR SDRAM memory (expandable up to 8GB) Up to 1080p H.264 video playback Support an extensive list […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals,Linux by Prakash
Monday, June 8th, 2009
Routine check of drives
When I boot up my Ubuntu system, it often says Routine check of drives and takes forever to boot up. This is because the routine check is set to a number which is not very high if you don’t reboot often Which may be the case in a server but for a Desktop its an […]
No Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope download links
Jackalope is finally released in the wild. The best way to get it by torrent as the download mirrors are going to be busy. Torrent Link for CD releases: Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope i386 (32-Bit). Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope AMD64 (64-Bit). Rest of the torrents if you are looking for other releases. Download Link. Please […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Tata Indicom Photon+ and Reliance NetConnect Broadband+ on Ubuntu
Its been raining high speed internet in India. Tata, Reliance and BSNL have started offering 3G USB Data Cards which offer high speed internet. Tata and Reliance claim 3.1 MBps speeds while BSNL claims 7.2 Mbps. I have tested both Tata Indicom Photon+ and Reliance NetConnect Broadband+ on Ubuntu 8.10. I didn’t get much time […]
38 Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
Ubuntu vs Vista vs Windows 7
This is an interesting article comparing various features of Ubuntu with Vista and Windows 7. It covers the following: How long does each operating system take to install? How much disk space was used in the standard install? How long does boot up and shutdown take? How long does it take to copy files from […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Monday, November 24th, 2008
Syncing your iPhone on Linux.
Most end users wanting to move to Linux, expect to play MP3 music and sync their music with their iPods, iPhone, and XXX (put your favourite mp3 player here.) Apple does not have iTunes for Linux, its only available for Windows and Mac, I wonder why. iPhone being extremely proprietary, makes it incredibly difficult to […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals,Linux by Prakash
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Installing OpenOffice.org 3.0 on Ubuntu 8.10
As some of you were expecting that Ubuntu 8.10 will be including OpenOffice.org 3.0, but as a matter of fact its still has OpenOffice 2.4.1. If you wish to upgrade to 3.0, check this out. You can still go and upgrade to OpenOffice 3.0. Read the instructions in this article.
1 Comment » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex released
Ubuntu 8.10 just got released and here is a summary of What’s new: Guest Session: If your friend comes over and wants to use your laptop, you can give guest access which is completely locked down so the guest user can’t see or touch your data. Support for 3G data card. This becomes easy with […]
No Comments » - Posted in General,Linux by Prakash
Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Improving Ubuntu update speed
My friend Arun Khan told about this great way to improve the download speed of packages and updates for Ubuntu users. Start Synpatic, go to Settings-Repositories. Under Ubuntu Software tab, there is “Download from:” and next to that it will say Main Server/Server for India/etc. Click on that and select other. Now on the right […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy torrent download links
The much awaited Ubuntu 8.04 aka Hardy is finally released. Go ahead and download using your favourate bittorrent client. Torrent links for Ubuntu. Torrent is the most efficient way to download as it doesn’t depend on the infrastructure of the central server and each download PC also becomes a host. If you don’t already have […]
