A cool poster which show cases all the officially supported Indian languages(Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali,Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu )
Read more »Installing Ubuntu 8.10 on the Eee PC 901
The Eee PC 901 is an Intel Atom-based laptop, with 1 GB of RAM, a 20 GB SSD, and a 9 inch display. Since I bought mine, it's been running Ubuntu 8.04 rather than the default Xandros-based OS. The laptop is surprisingly unfriendly to Ubuntu despite being preloaded with Linux. Ubuntu 8.10 has delivered some improvements for Eee PC laptops, but it still doesn't work perfectly out of the box.
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Tips and tricks for working on the command line
Anyone that has been reading these tips for any length of time knows that I am a command-line guy. It’s faster, more efficient, and more powerful. Sure, a nice GUI is great to look at, but to really get things done, give me the CLI any day. Even to this day I still use a text-mode e-mail client (Mutt) and text-mode IRC client (Irssi).
Read more »Is Microsoft Deleting Publicly-Visible Customer Complaints Again?
Microsoft is said to be censoring complaints about Hotmail and there is precedence
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Enrich your Joomla! site with image extensions
Several extensions can help you work with photographic images on your Joomla! content management system. Here are some of the best.
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Creating a multilingual website with Smarty
Some time ago I was required to adapt a bespoke website application (which I had originally written) so it not only supported multiple languages but also multiple character sets. The website, MakingContact.org, is a on-line community for families with disabled children run by the charity Contact a Family.
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Bytemark
Is Bytemark the right hosting server for you, GNU/Linux lover? We interviewed Matthew Bloch, one of the founders of British hosting company, Bytemark. He talks about his company, and their commitment to free software. You be the judge!
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Rule #2: Create a community
The "edge" for free software over proprietary software comes from volunteer effort. You should spend just as much effort on designing a comfortable and inviting project as you would on any consumer establishment: you may not be trying to convince customers to part with cash for your product, but you are asking volunteers to part with their time for your project (which is not easier).
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Summary of Microsoft Tax Evasion Stories
More writings about Microsoft's outrageous tax-evading method
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HOWTO: Convert A Friend To Linux
Before attempting to convert Friend to Linux, there are some major tweaks you need to do. If you already done these tweaks and living by them then good for you, if not then doing this is a MUST:
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Why I am Leaning Toward OpenSolaris
I have come across Solaris a few times. Sun makes its own Unix operating system, called Solaris. I have heard and read many good things about Solaris, especially on Sun hardware and in big enterprise environments.
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Nuclear winter for tech startups? Not if you're open source
Layoffs gathering steam as Web 2.0 startups scramble to cut costs, but open source looks much healthier
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Interview: Angela Byron, Top Drupal Developer and Evangelist
Angela Byron is one of the lead developers and a community manager for the open source content management system Drupal, which OStatic is based on (along with sites such as The Onion and Fast Company).
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Convoluted Column Arithmetic Examples Using Awk On Linux Or Unix
These may not cover every base, but they probably cover at least one base that you don't see covered much ;)
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How to Install Skype API Plugin for Pidgin in Ubuntu
This is the Skype API Plugin for Pidgin/libpurple/Adium. If you're already running Skype, you can have your Skype contacts displayed with your Pidgin/libpurple/Adium contacts. It is intended as a complete replacement for the Skype user interface, hopefully everything you can do in Skype you can do with this plugin.
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