Over the years, Unix’s popularity grew. After the divestiture of AT&T, the tapes of the source code that Bell Labs provided became a proprietary, commercial product: AT&T UNIX. But it was expensive, and didn’t come with the source code that made it tick. Even if you paid extra for a copy of the sources, you couldn’t share with your programmer colleagues any improvements or discoveries you made.By the early 1980s, proprietary software development, by only−for−profit corporations, was quickly becoming the norm−−even at universities. More software was being … continue reading this entry.
Debian 5.0 Lenny, finally released:
After 22 months of vigorous development and testing, the Debian Project released the Debian GNU/Linux version 5.0 (codenamed ‘Lenny’) on February 14. Tis OS runs on computers ranging from palmtops and hand-held systems to supercomputers, and on nearly everything in between. It ofcially supports 12 processor architectures—Sun SPARC, HP Alpha, Motorola/IBM PowerPC, Intel IA-32, IA-64, HP PA-RISC, MIPS, ARM, IBM S/390, and AMD64 and Intel EM64T. Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Lenny adds support for … continue reading this entry.
Why Linux Why not Microsoft Windows/what’s So Great About Linux?
The Problems with Windows:
The world’s most popular operating system is Windows, which is made by the Microsoft Corporation. Linux has no links with Windows at all. Microsoft doesn’t contribute anything to Linux and, in fact, is rather hostile toward it, because it threatens Microsoft’s market dominance. This means that installing Linux can give you an entirely Microsoft-free PC. How enticing does that sound? Windows is used on 91 percent of the world’s desktop computers. In other words, it must be doing a good job for it to be so popular, right? Let’s face facts. On many levels, Windows is a great operating system, and since the release of Windows XP in particular, Microsoft has cleaned up its act. Windows XP does a much better job compared to previous versions of Windows (and Vista makes even more improvements). But the situation is far from perfect. Windows XP is notoriously insecure and virtually every day a new security hole is uncovered. The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (www.us-cert.gov) reported 812 security vulnerabilities for Microsoft Windows during 2005. That’s 15 vulnerabilities per week! In June 2005, the computer security company Sophos (www.sophos.com) advertised that its Windows anti- virus program defended against over 103,000 viruses! This has led to an entire industry … continue reading this entry.
What is UBUNTU?.
The homepage of the Ubuntu website says:
Ubuntu is a community developed operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. Whether you use it at home, at school or at work Ubuntu contains all the applications you’ll ever need, from word processing and email applications, to web server software and programming tools. Ubuntu linux is very popular operating system for a wide number of reasons. One is that it is free. You can simply go to the Ubuntu website (http://www.ubuntu.com/), download the ubuntu iso file and burn it to a CD. Something quite amazing happens whenever you put this CD into your computer and restart it. After only a few moments, you are presented with a fully functional and working Ubuntu desktop in which you can launch applications, create and edit files, and if you choose to do so, install the Ubuntu operating system onto your hard disk. All of this is running off the CD and it does not touch or effect your present operating system (e.g. Microsoft Windows). When you choose to reboot from the Ubuntu menu, the CD pops out and your computer starts up like normal. This is called a Live CD.
Ubuntu is a version of the Linux operating system.
Ubuntu is a relatively young Linux distribution. It is based on and is still … continue reading this entry.
What is Linux?.
In the early 1990s, Finnish computer science student Linus Torvalds began hacking on Minix, a small,Unix−like operating system for personal computers then used in college operating systems courses.He decided to improve the main software component underlying Minix, called the kernel, by writing his own.(The kernel is the central component of any Unix−like operating system.) … continue reading this entry.
What is Unix?.
Unix, the original ancestor of Linux, is an operating system. Or at least it was an operating system; the original system known as Unix proper is not the “Unix” we know and use today; there are now many “flavors” of Unix, of which … continue reading this entry.
USB Disk Ejector
A program that allows you to quickly remove USB devices in Windows. It was originally designed to remove only USB pen drives but will now eject any USB device. It can be run as a non-visual command line program or a normal gui program. Its very useful if you have a USB flash/pen drive, especially if you use a menu such as PStart or the Portable Apps launcher.
The command line options are very flexible, they can be used to:
- Eject the drive that the program is running from.
- Eject a drive by specifying a drive letter.
- Eject a drive by specifying a drive name.
- Eject a drive by specifying a partial drive name.
When run as a ‘normal’ GUI program the tools enables USB devices to be quickly ejected through a mouse click or keyboard press. It’s especially useful when dealing with multiple USB devices and for Vista users who don’t want the ‘now safe to remove this device’ dialog box to appear.
The program was designed for and has been tested on Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista. It does not work on Windows 98 (this may change in a future release).
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GPRS/EDGE in ubuntu(use mobile as gprs/edge modem,mobile broadband):
AUTOMATIC:
Any one can connect internet with mobile and other gprs edge modem in ubuntu.Fortunately, Ubuntu 9.04 supports automatic detection and configuration of mobile modem and usb modem for any country that supports mobile … continue reading this entry.
Change default boot loader menu(Grub):
When you start your pc you see a boot loader menu(grub).It looks like
Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode)
Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
Other operating systems:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Do you want to see that looks like:
My ubuntu 9.04
Recovery mode
Memory test
Other Operating System:
My XP Pro … continue reading this entry.
Control services in ubuntu(boot up manager):
If you want to control the service that starts during boot, press alt+f2 and type “gksu bum” then press enter. Note that you have to install the software ‘bum‘ first if not installed. … continue reading this entry.
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