Mycroblog- Simplifying Saral March 22, 2010Why does the FM (as in the ministry, not just the man) need to make simplifications to the Saral form almost every year ? Why not get some design experts, and get it done with in one shot ? Someone from google should help these guys ! […]
- A free guide to Google Wave March 22, 2010A free guide to Google Wave: This free guide to Google Wave is a great starting point for understanding how to leverage the power of the new platform. In addition, it’s free, and will be updated regularly as more features are added in wave. […]
- Short ebook on software pricing March 22, 2010Short ebook on software pricing: Neil Davidson has come up with a great guide to software pricing, which also covers the basic microeconomics therories on demand-supply curves, etc. Good read. […]
- "Dear Facebook,
I do NOT want to
* Poke someone
* Right on someone’s wall
* Send a message to..." March 22, 2010“Dear Facebook, I do NOT want to * Poke someone * Right on someone’s wall * Send a message to someone * Reconnect with someone I am already connected to * Suggest a profile picture for a needy * Help make facebook better for someone by sending a message So please stop suggesting these irritating activities which you recently started suggesting !” […]
- "If tumblr is a microblogging site, why isn’t the page load time on its site in..." March 22, 2010“If tumblr is a microblogging site, why isn’t the page load time on its site in microseconds ? Takes more time for a new-post page to appear than the time it takes to write a post !” […]
- Simplifying Saral March 22, 2010
Category Archives: linux
Ubuntu – What’s improved in a year-and-half ?
Despite using Ubuntu for the past 3.5 years, and fastidiously upgrading the the latest and greatest version when it came out (Ubuntu releases a new version every 6 months), I dropped the ball on linux usage a year or so ago. I still updated it on my system (Lenovo T61 dual boot with Windows XP) [...]
Get Dropbox !
There are many web services these days for online storage and file/folder sharing. Most are free for the first few gigs of data, after which they start charging a monthly fee.
The one that is the best, and more importantly, most intuitive for non-geeks is, by far, Dropbox. What sets it apart from the rest is [...]
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Ubuntu Certification Announced
Similar to the RHCE, LPIC-1 is the entry level certification for Ubuntu, announced by The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), a Linux certification organization, and Canonical Ltd., sponsor of Ubuntu.
The Computer-based test will be available from June, through Thomson Prometric and Pearson VUE testing centres around the world. The exam price is USD 100.
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Linux for older hardware
Have a PII (Pentium 2 – The ones which typically ran at 233 MHz, about 10% the speed of the about-to be-obseleted hardware) ? Thinking of selling it off for scrap, as “nothing” works on it ? Don’t worry: Install Linux
Here is an article which disproves recent claims by the MS spin doctors [...]
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Getting Eclipse 3.4.x working on Ubuntu Karmic Beta