Open source
Windows Vs Linux – One more time
2017/04/07
Image via Wikipedia […] One of the most written and commented articles has to be Linux vs Windows (of course there are competitors like vim vs emacs) but none has been covered so much as Linux …
Search CVE – web interface with php
2014/11/03
So, last few weeks have been very busy with lot of security issues, so I thought of having a local CVE Search app. But all I could find on google and github.com were on python and nothing that I could …
unrar or unar – go open source way
2014/05/15
Recently there was a utility released called unar, a open source replacement for unar. Description:: […] The command-line utilities lsar and unar are capable of listing and extracting files …
Taking screenshot in firefox.
2013/02/03
Couple of days back, I was trying to take screenshot with Firefox. As usual I started out with searching for plugins which could take a screen shot for the whole page and not just the visible portion …
unable to browse windows network with samba4
2012/05/27
I use Fedora 17 on my work laptop and thus need to connect to windows share sometimes. After I upgraded to Fedora 17 some time, I was unable to browse the windows network. I would get all kind of …
N900 and skype support
2011/10/02
Image by Getty Images via @daylife […] I was trying to add my skype account on the N900 today and could not add the account. I did not find any option to add the same. After some googling and …
Deleting all mails in the N900 (Maemo 5) permanently
2011/06/14
Well couple of days back, I checked the folder details of one of my accounts configured on the N900 (Maemo 5) and it was showing some 1000 or more emails, whereas I had only 4-5 emails in the Inbox so …
Fundraising for Linux Foundation.
2010/11/13
All of us have been benefited by Linux in some way or other and this is due to all the work that is being done by so many organizations and people around the world. I would like to spare some time to …
taskcoach – one of the best approach to manage your tasks
2010/10/22
Task coach is task planner with reminder, subtask and time tracking, simply put. More elaborate description : […] Task Coach is a simple open source todo manager to manage personal tasks and …
Browser Conkeror – fast, versatile, easy and configurable
2010/10/20
Conkeror is a browser that uses XULRunner and is a highly configurable and programmable browser. Here is the description of the browser from the homepage: […] Conkeror is a keyboard-oriented, …
Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat 10.10 Post Installation Guide
2010/10/12
Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat 10.10 Post Installation Guide ubuntu.jpgUbuntu 10.10 codenamed Maverick Meerkat is released. As you all know Ubuntu is the most popular Linux distribution since it aims on …
[Solved] Abbreviations not working in vim
2010/10/02
Today I found that abbreviations are not working in vim in my current login. I searched log of blog’s and sill did not find any solution so I decided to take the matters in my hand. To start with I …