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Perl Mirror.pl Script

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Tue, 03 May 2011 19:45:00 +0000

Sometimes, when you need to get somethings done, the most simple of the scripts can do the job much better than hefty softwares out there. I like to keep a mirror of laptop hard disk on a...

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Installing dLink DWA 525 Linux Drivers

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:54:00 +0000

Dlink DWA 525 PCI Card If you are upgrading your desktop PCI wifi cards to faster N series Dlink cards, you will be in for a bit of surprise. The drivers provided by Dlink are still in alpha (for...

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Ubuntu Manual – A Great Addition and Must for Beginners

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Thu, 06 May 2010 03:20:00 +0000

I must say, we have been pleasantly surprised at the content and quality of the manual developed by the community for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. These past few days, we have had the opportunity to share it...

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Ubuntu 10.04 is Awesome!

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Sun, 02 May 2010 22:36:00 +0000

Whenever Apple releases a new gadget, there are scores of people lined up in front of their stores, sometimes for days, just to be the first ones to get their hands onto the next cool gadget. On...

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The Future of iPhone – Unlocked and Unleashed Worldwide

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:59:00 +0000

Later this year, Apple will unveil a major upgrade to their game changing iPhone. One of the new upgrades will definitely be moving it to their own A4 chipset using the long anticipated iPhoneOS...

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Google Chrome for Linux is Out and we think it is Superb

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:21:00 +0000

Chrome for Linux is truly a superb product. Not only does it render the pages faster, as claimed by Google, but it is fast. This is interesting news for Firefox as so far on Linux it dominated the...

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PC vs Mac vs Linux Advertisement

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:54:00 +0000

This is the season of new OS releases from all major vendors. Microsoft with its over hyped Windows 7, Apple with their new streamlined, but expensive, line up of Macs and OS and Linux with Ubuntu,...

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Turn your Linux machine into a PDF printer

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:03:00 +0000

Do you want to have a PDF print driver on your Linux machine? Then follow the instructions listed below. Usually more popular open source applications, for example, OpenOffice, have a built in...

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Stellarium – Planetarium for the Masses

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:41:00 +0000

Some softwares are just too fun to be let go off and this weekend I discovered Stellarium, a free, open source planetarium software that shows a “realistic sky in 3D”. Stellarium is designed from...

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Openmoko Mobile Freedom

noreply@blogger.com (Qasim Ali Khawaja) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:30:00 +0000

There exist a lot of devices considering Linux phones but they missed the point of Linux; to be open. Openmoko forced the mobile industry to switch gears to open source with a truly open phone, the...

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Ubuntu 9.04 Linux Beta Released

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:07:00 +0000

This week, Ubuntu 9.04 beta was released for general public. By the last week of April, the final release will be available for download for Ubuntu 9.04 Linux distribution. Ubuntu is slowly gaining...

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KnowledgeTree – Open Source Document Management System

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:46:00 +0000

Every organization these days produces lots of electronic documents. Even a one man home office will generate enough files in various formats (including Office and PDF formats) over the course of the...

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Elisa - A Great Open Media Center

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:58:00 +0000

I recently installed and started using open source Elisa Media Center. Its a great little media player that works wonderfully well with all my media types for video, music, dvd and photos. It even...

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ClamAV - A Must Antivirus for Linux Systems

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:53:00 +0000

You may have heard that Linux machines do not need an anti-virus software. That may be true generally, but what if using our USB flash drive on a public computer and inadvertently copying a virus...

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Marvell has a marvelous plug computer

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:48:00 +0000

For a while, I have been searching for a really miniature computer which I could use as an “always on device” to manage various tasks within my home network. Like act as a media repository, file...

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Geek Speak - Finding your Linux Version

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:03:00 +0000

Ever wonder what version of Linux is installed on your desktop. Here is how to find out: At command line, type the following ~$ cat /etc/issue In my case I get the following result: Ubuntu...

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Apple to Unix – You are my Rock Solid Foundation

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:37:00 +0000

There are not many technology enterprises in the commercial domain who speak openly about the underlying architecture. They may tout their cool new features (which they unabashedly picked from a...

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Awesome Game - Warzone 2100 Resurrection - for Linux

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:32:00 +0000

I must admit that I have not played any kind of computer games that seriously for a while. Atleast since I sold my Sony PS2 a few years back and got back into the real corporate world. But Warzone...

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A Peculiar Time

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:11:00 +0000

Did you know that all Unix and Linux machines calculate their time and date from January 1, 1970. And did you know on February 13, 2009, the time in seconds will be precisely "1234567890". This has...

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Ubuntu Pocket Reference for Free

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:05:00 +0000

For non-power users (for Linux) out there, here is a pocket reference book for Ubuntu available for free download from the following website. Like the Ubuntu operating system, the book is totally...

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KDE or Windows 7

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:49:00 +0000

So this video is circulating on the internet where some blokes in Australia show off the latest KDE as if it is Windows 7. Check it out and get a kick out of the responses of the ordinary people.

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Damn Small Linux - An Amazingly Small Linux

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:45:00 +0000

An amazing Linux distribution. Just 50MB and you are in business. I got a taste of the wonderful Damn Small Linux (DSL) today as I installed it onto my 1GB flash drive. I followed the simple...

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Essential Linux Desktop Applications

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:39:00 +0000

The following is a list of essential Linux applications that any desktop must have. Many of these applications are in the open source domain and are definitely all free. They can be obtained easily...

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Linux OS use on the Rise

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:13:00 +0000

Now, this may not be the most scientific reports out there, but it still points to an interesting trend. Linux/FreeBSD based desktop systems are on the rise with almost a commanding 1% market share....

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Allvoices – Best Open Media Platform

noreply@blogger.com (Atif Mumtaz) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:06:00 +0000

Allvoices is a paradigm shift in citizen journalism and open media platform. The news reporting model created by Allvoices is probably going to define how news media will be used in the 21st century....

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