Christy Speaks

Gutsy Gibbon the Latest Version 7.10 is out. Some of the features I liked about it was default Compiz Fusion, Deskbar Applet, Tracker Search Tool, default ntfs read/write support. It removes most of the barriers faced by newbies. Well I could say that the latest version is surely better than my expectations. Hope it keeps improving.

It's been a long wait, finally i have my project machine assigned in Crave lab. It's been a hard time trying to patav the new System Administrator and my project guide Mr.Gunashekar. I was very doubtful whether my request would be considered by him, knowing the fact that other groups were denied having a project PC in crave lab. Now i am happy that, i have been assigned a project PC which suits my System needs. Hip hip hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As time passes things do change. Two years back ntfs partion couldn't be mounted on Linux. Now we can, not only read the files in ntfs partion, but also write into ntfs partion thanks to ntfs-3g. ntfs-3g is the Third Generation Read/Write NTFS Driver for Linux. The installation of ntfs-3g is pretty simple. On debian systems just install using apt-get . $ sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g ntfs-config Thats all, now the user needs to run just ntfs-config to enable read/write for internal and external devices.

The Linux Workshop given by me and my friend was a hit. The people liked it, since our workshop was different from the usual stuff. We emphasized more on the practical aspect of it. For Ubuntu Installation we had used vmware-server, which was appreciated by one and all. The most unique thing about our Linux Workshop was that we were the First among students & staff to use the Smart Board for Presentation. The Smart Board made the workshop more lively. The Feedback given for the 3-day workshop was inspiring too.

Vmware is good software to use though it has some limitations mainly as it not an OSS. Secondly there is this uninstallation problem, say you did not install properly or you wish to uninstall it. Here uninstalling vmware compared to other software on Ubuntu is pain especially if you dont know the specific procedure.I wanted to reinstall vmware, that's when i came across this problem. I had given up the hope, when i read on forums that others too have faced this problems. The usual method of uninstalling any software is $ sudo apt-get remove [package-name] For uninstalling vmware-server the following steps need to be followed $ sudo rm -r /etc/vmware $ sudo apt-get remove --purge vmware-server This should solve the problem usually, if it doesn't then you need to specify your problem on one of the forums.

The Linux Workshop that is been conducted by me and my colleague has a session on Linux Installation. The problem faced was, we had machines with Ubuntu installed already and we did not wish to reinstall everything again. As we searched for solution we heard about vmware and instantly decided to try it out. It worked like charm, we installed vmware-server on all 20 machines. The virtualization was good, it was just like installing Ubuntu on real machine. The people who attended the workshop were quite impressed. The installation procedure for it on Ubuntu was pretty simple. First we modify the sources.list file, we add this repository to it. deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu feisty-commercial main Next run update command sudo apt-get update Lastly step install using sudo apt-get install vmware-server vmware-tools-kernel-modules During the installation it will ask for Serial Key, for this one needs to register at their site for FREE. Once registered you would get a Serial Key, w...

DUCS (DBIT Undergrad Computer Society) are giving Linux Introductory Workshop on 27, 28 & 29 of August. The Workshop will be taken by me and Joseph. We have decided the contents for the Workshop. Day One -- Introduction to OpenSource & Installation of Ubuntu. Day Two -- Architecture, Package Manager of Linux. Day Three -- Basic Shell Scripting. That's it, now i need to do some preparation for it.

Yahooo!!!! Finally after a long wait,i bought a Transcend JF V30. Had been planning about it since long. Its storage capacity is 1GB. The good thing is i got it when i needed it the most. My BE project has started,could not have expected it at a better time.

CENTRALISED DOWNLOAD SYSTEM (CDS) Scope of project: Centralised Download System(CDS) takes download request from clients and downloads the requested data from internet when bandwidth is utilized minimum by other services, for eg: During night time. After downloading, it stores the information on the local server and sends the local link to the user who had requested it. Project Description: Now consider a organization or firm which has many users using Internet.The firm has a limited bandwidth provided by the ISP. Many users access internet and download files, this causes high usage of bandwidth thereby causing the net speed to reduce. If heavy download is been done by users, then simple web application as accessing internet via web browser gets very slow. This therefore causes inconvenience to many users of the firm. In such situation having a good download system that controls the download by users will be at advantage. This is the objective of our system to provide a Centralized Dow...

Hurray !! It worked. The driver works. Beryl on ubuntu looks cool on Smart Board. It works like a charm on it. The sensor boards can detect our finger moments and one can rotate the workspaces by hand. This is much better than what i thought. Great find, considering the fact that we had the smart board for the last 3 years and never used it. Well i am surely giving an Presentation on it for Crave . May be i may record the whole presentation using Smart Board features.

Well it seems the search for driver at crave lab is over, we had doubts whether Smart Board Driver for Linux was available. The good thing is that it is available and supported well by Smart Board for different platforms. We intend to try it out today, hope things work out of box. If it works we will try Beryl on it too.