tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36964402024-10-05T07:29:31.779+05:30Always difficult for one to write about oneself! Well, am a lazy sort of guy. Love to read, work on my computer (hacking Linux) and playing with my two daughters, Subi and Shreya!Gunzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10665397678226928262noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696440.post-9068031450376837372015-08-05T20:06:00.000+05:302015-08-05T20:06:04.491+05:30

Create a file in the /etc/pm/sleep.d/ directory called 20_custom-ehci_hcd as super user add the following to the file: ===========Code begins============ #!/bin/sh#inspired by http://art.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9744970&postcount=19#...and http://thecodecentral.com/2011/01/18/fix-ubuntu-10-10-suspendhibernate-not-working-bug    # tidied by tqzzaa :)VERSION=

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Dedicated to all our Bangalore friends (got as a forward on the email :-)1. If you throw a stone randomly in Bangalore, chances are, it will hit a dog or a software engineer. While the dog may or may not have a strap (a.k.a. leash) around his neck, the software engineer will definitely have one.2. In India we drive on the left of the road. In Bangalore, we drive on what is left of the road.3. Q

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How to check/repair ( fsck) filesystem after crash or power outage:http://linuxpoison.blogspot.ca/2009/04/how-to-checkrepair-fsck-filesystem.html http://linuxpoison.blogspot.tw/2008/01/howto-check-disk-drive-for-errors-and.htmlThe command 'fsck' when run with no options will check all devices in /etc/fstab. With options, run $ sudo fsck -t ext3 -l bad-blocks /dev/hda1 For better diagnosis, run

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Mobile anti-virus not needed: Google Full article here: http://bit.ly/TET7Vp The majority of Android smartphone and tablet users do not need to install anti-virus and other security apps to protect them, despite dire warnings from security companies selling such products, Google’s head of Android security says. Adrian Ludwig, the lead engineer for Android security at Google, said there

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I was faced with a dilemma (and am sure many of us would be facing it!! Read on!!) which did stress me out a bit. It is regarding managing our 'accounts' (both online and offline) safely and securely in todays technology driven world. By accounts I mean personal data for generally online and offline usage. I have accounts in multiple online websites - Shopping sites (Amazon,

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I was faced with a dilemma (and am sure many of us would be facing it!! Read on!!) which did stress me out a bit. It is regarding managing our 'accounts' (both online and offline) safely and securely in todays technology driven world. By accounts I mean personal data for generally online and offline usage. I have accounts in multiple online websites - Shopping sites (Amazon, EBay, Flipkart

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Try the below two probable solutions on Linux Mint/Ubuntu if you see the status below during startup: Waiting for network configuration... Waiting up to 60 more seconds for network configuration... Solution 1: (From https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ifupdown/+bug/850226  ) Comment out the line "auto wlan0" in /etc/network/interfaces. Solution 2: If the problem persists

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7 Secrets to Grow Younger, Live Longer–By Deepak Chopra Only a few decades ago, conventional medicine viewed the body as a machine whose parts would inevitably break down until it could no longer be repaired. As a medical student, I learned that random chemical reactions determined everything that happened in the body, the mind and body were separate and independent from each other, and

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An excellent blog on the Windows - Linux comparison : Check it out here - http://grep.be/blog/en/computer/ui/windows_desktop As the author says in his followup blog - "First of all, I should note that the list which I posted was only semi-serious (with tongue in cheek); the fact that it refers to Windows as the operating system which "attempts to replace Linux as the major operating system"

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This is something I have been crying hoarse for many many years.Now the Britishers (among many others!!) seems to have heard my voice ;-) Do read the full article from the BBC site article.  Read on here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20178175 Wish there were similar initiatives - if not in the Government, at least in our organisations. It confounds me why we can't put this in

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With the Microsoft Windows 8 launch just round the corner (26 Oct), just some random thoughts for our official organisations..... (a) The User Interface is miles different than Win-7 and Win-XP. Will our official organisation resist using it for the re-learning involved?? Like the excuse they have been having for adapting Linux or other Open Source software?? The answer is obvious - a

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My belief has always been that the Anti-Virus makers are always a couple of steps behind and will always remain playing 'catch up'. The common users on Microsoft Windows platform are living under false assurances that once you have a patched up anti-virus, you are safe!! The saying in the Anti-Virus industry goes - Always run antivirus software and make sure the virus definitions are current.

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Do you value Privacy and Anonymity online?? Do you want to be more secure online while using your PC or Smartphones?? Check out 'CryptoParty' documents and Wikis accessible from the site here The CryptoParty document is a work in progress - but all the same it provides valuable security tips for all levels of users - very lucidly written and worth a read!! You can download the 'CryptoParty'

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Came across a very useful file-structure-view script from this website for a tree view of the directory. Just replicating here in case the site disappears :-) #!/bin/sh ####################################################### # UNIX TREE # # Version: 2.3 # # File: ~/apps/tree/tree.sh # #

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7 Habits of Highly Happy People   From the website: http://www.marcandangel.com/2008/06/05/the-7-habits-of-highly-happy-people/ I hope that when you and I are 79 we will be able to look back at our life and smile, because we have used our time on this Earth wisely. And because we have lived a happy life. Not ambitious. Not influential. Just happy… It will be more than enough.

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As read from an article on the net: A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper-wrapped package: 'This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package.'He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.'She got this the first time we went to New York , 8 or 9 years ago. She has never put it on , was saving it for a special occasion.Well, I guess

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I have seen these words  of wisdom  earlier. But I didn't know it was written by this 90 year old lady ! This is something we should all read at least once a week!!!!! Make sure you read to the end!!!!!! Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio .  "To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life

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UNCOMMON COMMON Common items found in any household. Toothpaste, Rubber Bands, Nail Polish, Scotch Tape, Hair Dryer, Hand Lotion, Cornstarch, Petroleum Jelly, Salt, Vinegar or Paraffin paper. But apart from their original use, here are some other cool tasks you can employ them in. 

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Can think of innumerable usage for this lovely customised gadget - specially for security and encryption (why not use it as a BEU or Firewall or IDS or ...... - with Mint customised or own OS plonked in??) Check this out at http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2055 Quoting from the website: "The mintBox is amongst the toughest computers on the market. It features a die-cast solid-metal case

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Get most of the software equivalents you use on Windows platform for free. Simply download the CD - and install the applications therein from the Website: http://www.valo-cd.net/   VALO-CD contains all the best of the Open Source and Free Windows programs on a single CD, so that installing them is as easy as possible.All the software is FOSS (VALO) , so using them does not require

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Will try to be brief - though this may seem a bit techy, thought would be useful for my friends. An article today in the newspaper set me thinking. It was an article on 'tracking' search results ( the word tracked was 'sex') to profile regions, people etc. ('The Economic Times, 12 Jan 2012, Page 24 - Last page). Check the e-papers here. The article brought out which areas (states, cities etc

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Hi All - those hesitating to move to OpenOffice/LibreOffice - here is some heartening news!! Microsoft seems to have had a change of heart and is supporting the 'Open Document Format" ODF which is the heart of OpenOffice/LibreOffice. Thats is documents made in OpenOffice/LibreOffice or any other Open Source Office Suite will seamlessly work on MS Office. Microsoft is infact sponsoring the

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Most of us have heard of 'Phishing Attacks' where innocent enthusiastic banking online users find themselves on the receiving end of criminal attacks by having their online bank accounts compromised/swindled. Though most are aware of the dangers, there are some who believe in their online immortality - that is 'It just cannot happen to me'!!! These are the guys I want to alert!! Check out this

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Food for thought for our Defence Forces whose IT Security awareness/implementation needs a big overhaul considering the massive dependence on IT today!! Check out the US Air Force 'Software Protection Initiative' and specifically the 'Lightweight Portable Security' Linux OS - which is the need of the hour. This one (LPS) has made it to my CD utility box!!! Extract from the Software Protection

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Great post on Linux distros at Tuxradar Of course Debian is the champ :) Where is the doubt??????????

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