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Free and Open Source Software Support in India

Nov 2nd, 2009

FOSS supports by Govt of India

Firefox alternative, Flock on Ubuntu

Aug 25th, 2009

I have installed Flock again. This time for using it on my aging Home PC and not just for checking how it looks. My home PC has Ubuntu. I was using Firefox and Opera. But Opera is not correctly supported by Gmail.
I was looking for Flock from quite sometime but unlucky I have not found [...]

My New PHP Server and Domain

Aug 12th, 2009

This is just a gossip with little information also.
I have taken satyakaran.com domain again but forget what I have decided earlier. I should use satya-weblog.com as the main server domain for php.  I have taken satyakaran again as I have taken it earlier and it has expired. but it is of no use because migrating [...]

Linux Distribution Comparison

Jul 11th, 2009

Looking for comparing various Linux distributions? At this place you can compare various kind of distribution very easily. Linux has lots of brands and each has something special. This make us confused in selection. This site will not help in every small detail but gives a general idea of various brands. And more it is [...]

Installing Window Fonts on Ubuntu (Linux)

May 19th, 2009

Do you know, you can use same fonts installed on Window for Ubuntu machine and also installing window fonts on Ubuntu is very easy.
You just need to copy those fonts files to Ubuntu machine. Copy those fonts (from C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\) to Ubuntu using admin right. Using admin right, create a folder in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msfonts. ‘msfonts’ is [...]

Playing DAT Media file on Ubuntu

May 9th, 2009

Linux distribution has improved a lot for desktop/ Home user but it still has a lot of room for improvement. Playing various media files is one of the task almost all home users do. It was a tough task even for me getting all the pieces together for making media application up and running for [...]

Linux – Far better than before

May 9th, 2009

Linux is far better than before now for a desktop environment. Its use of GUI mode with earlier text only mode has helped many person to think of the Linux system. Its use of GUI installer (Ubuntu-Synaptic, Fedora-Yum), which can resolve all dependencies is very helpful for users. It is very difficult to understand the [...]

Increase Ubuntu Performance

Jan 25th, 2009

Ubuntu is already fast but it can be faster. I felt it is not so fast or good in gui when I installed ubuntu on my grand old PC. It was not refreshing the screen properly on mouse movement. and another very bad thing was Firefox title bar was not showing properly(no min./max button [...]

Quanta Plus Text Editor is Back for me

Oct 25th, 2008

After so many months, cute Quanta Plus is back for me. I will work on Linux, so now I can use Quanta Plus. As soon as I get an installation, I tried to search for the setting I used to use on my previous installation. I searched some of them for minimal setting and changed [...]