Jan 14, 2009 | linux, Product Info, QuickFix, Technical
Let’s try setting up a server at home using existing broadband connection. This requires access to DSL modem provided. In this example, I’m using ZyXEL (MROTECK) DSL modem provided by Airtel. First, access the DSL modem control panel. It’s accessible...
Jan 13, 2009 | linux, Product Info, Technical, Ubuntu
Installing Windows 7 beta on to VirtualBox 2.1 running on my Ubuntu laptop. I was not expecting the installation to be so smooth. Will write more about my experience with Windows 7 soon. I can see windows fans prasing Windows 7 after such a PITA with Vista. If you...
Jan 11, 2009 | General, linux, Product Info, Technical
From few days, I was bugged with the same old Gnome and its sluggish speed on Ubuntu. Wanted something faster or fastest X11Desktop Environment. As Linmaya and others commented in our habba discussions, LXDE has been great so far today. Its easy to install on Ubuntu...
Jan 10, 2009 | linux, Product Info, Technical, XEN
Distro to give a try. What amazed me with this distro is the amount of localization done. New software. It comes with KDE 4.2 which is good. Localization support out of box. You can see Sampada.net Kannada website working out of box in konqueror. Also, don’t...
Jan 9, 2009 | linux, Product Info, QuickFix, Technical
The Mobile Media Converter is a free video and audio converter that uses ffmpeg to convert between popular desktop formats like MP3, Windows Media Audio (wma), Ogg Vorbis Audio (ogg), Wave Audio (wav), MPEG video, AVI, Windows Media Video (wmv), Flash Video (flv) and...
Jan 8, 2009 | Events, linux, Product Info, Technical
At MacWorld 2009 Apple announced a few new changes to iTunes: First, DRM-Free music. All of it within a few months. Second, three prices: $0.69, $0.99, and $1.29. Third, 3G downloads from the iTunes store direct to iPhone 3Gs. Noah brings you the scoop live from San...
Jan 1, 2009 | linux, Product Info, Technical
LinuxMCE is a free, open source add-on to Kubuntu including a 10′ UI, complete whole-house media solution with pvr + distributed media, and the most advanced smarthome solution available. It is stable, easy to use, and requires no knowledge of Linux and only...
Dec 28, 2008 | linux, Product Info, QuickFix, Technical
I had dedicated few days of past few weeks for Debian in search of stable, secure and reliable solutions. With Debian, I ended up finding robust solutions for lots of questions which we had while setting up LAN resources. Debian net install CD which weighed...
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