Windows and linux are different

Windows users are more or less in a customer-supplier relationship:
They pay for software, for warranties, for support, and so on. They
expect software to have a certain level of usability. They are
therefore used to having rights with their software: They have paid
for technical support and have every right to demand that they receive
it. They are also used to dealing with entities rather than people:
Their contracts are with a company, not with a person.

Linux users are in more of a community. They don't have to buy the
software, they don't have to pay for technical support. They download
software for free & use Instant Messaging and web-based forums to get
help. They deal with people, not corporations.

A Windows user will not endear himself by bringing his habitual
attitudes over to Linux, to put it mildly.

Ubuntu Official Magazine -- Fullcircle

So ubuntu is slowly becoming a religion, Recently saw the Fredrick mail about the Full Circle a initiative by Ubuntu Marketing Team.

So what is fullcircle :

In Simple words , it`s a magazine featuring Ubuntu based articles, releases, Stories etc etc, (also featurinng kubuntu, xubuntu , edubuntu ),

The logo

Will say Nice one folks :)

All in all i can see 12 categories so far it`s more based on user reviews than technical articles ( i never understand what`s the use of telling again and again to people , hey linux is so good , it turned my wife into JLo) uff


The First issue is out and it is really appreciated all over the world , pretty quick for any publication . The Magazine Artwork is tremendous , will say a real hotcake. Here`s the link for first demo issue termed as issue 0

http://files.fullcirclemagazine.org/uploads/issue0.pdf

And here`s a quick preview of what`s coming




Thinking of contributing some articles into it , I know i write really bad . But there is no point in not trying isn`t it :)

Notice: All the work is under GFDL licence and copyright of Gaurav Mishra

Typing Hindi through SCIM

SCIM is the name of the program that will allow you to input Hindi in Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake.


1. Open system System>Administration>Language Support




2. and check Hindi to install required locale files




3. then log out (System>Quit>Log Out), and login again.

Note : You should already be able to use SCIM Hindi input in a few applications, like gedit (Application>Accessories>Text Editor), by right clicking on the document, then selecting Input Methods>SCIM Input Method. However, it won't work in the others, like Open Office.

However you can setup SCIM to work with Other Applications with given method

The recommended method to set up SCIM input is to create 75scim file under /etc/X11/Xsession.d/ with following lines (if you have 90im-switch, better to remove it for this setup)

export XMODIFIERS="@im=SCIM"
export XIM_PROGRAM="/usr/bin/scim -d"
export GTK_IM_MODULE=scim
export QT_IM_MODULE=scim

* After your setup, restart at least your X session. (ctrl-alt-backspace!)

Note :- you need to install scim-qtimm and skim to get it working on Kde

sudo apt-get install scim-qtimm skim

Notice: All the work is under GFDL licence and copyright of Gaurav Mishra

Mail service at www.rkgit.edu.in

@rkgit.edu.in

Finally , Finally my dream is over he he...

We have succefully started Mail service at our RKGIT site , Yet i have to officially announce this in our college , But i have started making mail id`s..

So if by any chance you are a student of this college please read through


Hey PPl,
Finally our Mail Service @rkgit.edu.in has started , now every student can have their email id @rkgit.edu.in

So what does it offers:-
*2 gb space (clapping)
* You can log on Google talk using the @rkgit.edu.in ID
*Online calendar for every user
*Online Documents and Spreadsheet service

As some people might have guessed we have taken this service from google , so it come packed with all the cool GMAIL feature, Like Threading , inbuilt chat etc.

Anyone who wants a email id , Please give a mail to admin@rkgit.edu.in in following order

Name:
Branch and year:
Alternate email id:
Contact number:
Are you a member of CSI :
Desired passoword .

Soon our rocking site is going to be launched we are focussing on modules rather than flashy designs, Comment and Suggestions welcomed


Regards
Admin

Fiesty......mmmm

So Fiesty is out....So ?

Are man finally there is ubuntu on my system, lolz. Fedora never seem to really liked me and yum just hang in between downloading packages...

Well there are many cool effects in fiesty , but this guy seems pretty heavy or may be i forgot to mention my system is 3 year old and i am having a meagre of 384 MB of memory that too of very low speed hehe lolz

Beryl effects were cool, I have compiled and used this stuff before and this is the best USP currently linux seems to have.

Users can download fiesty from www.ubuntu.com, the US repo`s seems to be faster this time than indian one.

So now what ?, Well i disabled beryl , remove all splashy themes , installing xfce and getting ready to code again , Nowdays php and ajax are love again , this time due to commercial reasons ;)

Have to look at Ruby as soon as possible it`s making quite a stir in the web world, Hmm man i have so much of work pending.

Chalo cya e

A bad day at counter strike -- A nice idea

It was a pretty bad day at CS, I was relly playing like a noob , Well Still i got a nice idea The latency we were getting was nearly 120 and the game was nearly playable, Reasons ??

The data that was being transferred was first going to the proxy server from F hostel and then to the D hostel , so we were traversing two different nw for data transfer.

Solution : if we manage to get a dedicated counter strike server installed and preferably on the proxy server that could solve the problem.

Advantages: The server is up 24*7 (atleast when we are connected to proxy)
The hostel guys can login with the local ip that is 192.168.0.254
and the guys living outside can play with a real ip , so what we have is a real dedicated counter strike server.

Sound easy isn`t it , :) , well it is , But the problem is it`s really difficult to make it official and Convincing strategy would work untill i am in this college , Still i would be giving a try to that , sounds a real great idea and if i want to play with my college guys after my college ends, this is the only way

so let`s pray this happens

Morning is about to begin

Well it`s 5:30 in the morning and i am still on my PC, downloading templates arranging them , browsing webhostingtalk.com ( a pretty good site for any budding hosting company.)

My life has taken a new turn in last 6 months, My fan following has taken a big boost , it has taken from a small number of linux users and some computer freaks to literary , mechy people and some beautiful gals.

So now what , Should i meet them interact with them , make new friends or slowly try part away from all, I prefer the second option , It`s always easy to leave things if you stop thinking about it few days ago, I don`t know how i am going to live after the college , But ye to aana hi tha...

Addiction to counterstrike

I am 75% addicted to Counterstrike. What about you?

End of an ERA -- My college 4 years -- Part 1

End of an era ? , I never sounded so negative. But the truth has to be told. These days are going to end up in next 42 days and whatever i do i am not getting them back.
SO what is the best way to end them:- Celebrate them , love people , enjoy my last days .....
But some memories are needed to be told , these 4 years has been most weird (if not best) days of my life, I have learnt so much in this college that sometime i wonder would i have learned so much in a good repo college, This question is impossible to answer ?

I have been battered here, i have been slaughted here, I was in love( still i am , but prefer the word was), I have been worshiped here, I have been loved here, And foremost of all I have been Blindly trusted here.

Why ?,Was i was worth of it ? Did i really deserve that ? (both slaughter and Worship) , Do the loneliness meant something ?,I don`t know the answers , But may be , may be i could help explaining the turn ups and downs of my last 4 years and you decide what was truth and how cheap i am :)

Will be updating my open biography soon, look at the page till then :)

Cheers

Youth for equality is going to fight in MCD elections in Delhi

Friends Y4e has taken a step in order to make this country a better place to live , support them....


Youth For Equality is going to contest the forthcoming MCD Elections in Delhi. After every poosible democratic, nonviolent means of protests to make our voice heard against the Govt's reservation policy, which is having the single point mechanism of increasing vote bank, participating in elcetions is one of the suitable ways to make our voice heard.

So we appeal all the countrymen, who feel to save this nation from further division on caste line and to put an end to the Suppressor and suppressed politics, to come forward and support us in any manner they can, which may help us in going a long way to protect the interest of YFE and the nation as a whole.

Visit our office at C-35, (Behind Mehera Son's Jwellery) South Extension.New Delhi



Anticipating your quick and positive response.

thanks n regards
Nikhil
Youth for Equality
Delhi University
9818552848
9911765750


PS: Bloggers blog it as no posts has been done...

Why Vista Sucks

Vista which was suppose to be more secure, more reliable, easy to use, (showered with all the nice marketing terminologies) is already showing its true colors.

It has a serious security flow that allows any application to play with the core kernel, this is potentially dangerous as someone can use this to write a virus, put a trojan, infect your pc with a spyware and create all kinds of havoc. Read more.

The blog world is filled with how insecure Vista is. Some more interesting reading. BBC says:

Microsoft has admitted that speech recognition features in Vista could be hijacked so that a PC tells itself to delete files or folders.

Forbes.com screams: More than five years in the making, more than 50 million lines of code …. Vista is at best mildly annoying and at worst makes you want to rush to Redmond, Wash. and rip somebody’s liver out.

Please don’t do anything like ripping anyones liver. Just rip out Vista and put Linux :)

GURU

Just returning from watching GURU, Man this movie is a must must go for any rebel in the country (yes i think me as a rebel).

Along with it the ManiRatnam`s made meenu love with gurubhai looks so pure and the resultant Jealous in his husband (madhvan), That is something i have seen in Indian Cinema after a long long time.

The message is clear you want things to change , you have to step ahead and change the things and be sure people will be there to pull your legs.

All in all a definitely goer....

And haan A very happy New Year to all, This year No resolutions, Because this year is mine and i don`t want to Ruin the party.

Shabdanjali the Hindi Dictionary

I saw the Shabadanjali Dictionary while working with Shashi Palekar ji on her Paper on MultiLigual Dictionaries.But it was ISCII based and requires a plugin to display the characters which is never a good idea. Unicode rocks and should be a standard application.

While surfing i found shabdkosh.com and the Unicode version of shabdanjali for windows, which can be easily implemented with Linux.

For Installing the dictionary just Use

#sudo apt-get install stardict

and extract the files in /usr/share/stardict/dic.

http://www.gauravmishra.info/shabdanjali.zip

Long time no see...

Rocky : hey gaurav where you have been ?
Gaurav: Just running with the fast and very furious world.
Rocky: so how was the experience ?
Gaurav: In einstein words "World is a very Beautiful Place to live and we are fighting for it"
Rocky: Really , it`s a change. You never thought for the world like that.
Gaurav: yeah i know, But good things happen , Every man is responsible for his problems and his Happiness, Let me be responsible for my Happiness.
Rocky: Nice change man, I always knew world Rocks.
Gaurav: Ha Ha , for you it is always Bang Bang isn`t it.
Rocky: Yeah it should be always like that, the world should be free form all Rules.
Gaurav: No man, You should follow some rules, it`s By humanity and for humanity. It brings you to a good person.
Rocky: think what you want , I am not going to change myself.So are we going to see gaurav here again?
Gaurav: surely man , I AM BACK
Rocky: Finally Gaurav has come back to the Blogspot world.

Online post

We've all seen the grand poker contests on American television showing entrants winning lots of cash, but how do these mates learn to play in the first place. Well, I learned to play online poker.

I found this insane poker room providing an online interactive class that takes you through a game of Texas Hold'em just like you were playing for real. This game holds 10 players and the action is speedy and incredible. Just like the real online game of poker you play against other folks. The graphics are clear and anything and everything is laid out for you.

For the real amateurs, this site, which calls itself "The World's Largest Poker Room," provides hints on Basic Poker Rules, descriptions of the distinct Poker Games, Betting Rules, and a glossary of all the poker terms.

Need more support? They pass on gratis training with a poker trainer. It's the one place every online poker neophyte should start.

Oh, and I discovered why they are the world's largest - each week they have more than 100,000 poker competitions and pay out lots of money.

Want to play in a different tongue? They offer online poker in these languages: Danish, German, Spanish, French, Norse, Portuguese and many others.

RSS reader@PHP

My one of the friends wanted me to Implement a Web based (non- database driven ) RS feeder , Ultimately the Php rss parser magpie came to my mind. I have heard about it but never got chance to get my hands dirty on it.
So here i was downloading and Configuring Magpie on my site , This Turned out to be pretty simple and nice tool. Just including the rss_fetch.inc adn using function fetch_rss($url), And bino here your Rss reader ready , Lame isn`t it.
fiddled for some time to dispaly multiple feeds , But it ends up more lame , I was implementing the logic in the same Loop , Just break the loop into two and remove the require_once directive and replace it with include and bingo the feed reaeder is ready.

Here are the two fav feeds i checked http://planet-india.randomink.org/rss20.xml
http://feeds.feedburner.com/RockyBlog.

Thus at the end here is a simple and a dirty web based reeder , Yawn it was fun :)

JIVE06

I am impressed , The First ever fest of any college has really impressed me , Everything About JIIT was Right , The Aggression , The Crowd, The Environment , The Approach, The College , The Resources Everything.

I figured out something more ( I can Dance pretty well) , It was something that was just limited to parties , But i was good :)

I never really blame the past , But first time i just donna wanna be Computer Freak, I missed Something and i know that.

Well it was fun and i learnt a lot by looking them , Especially the Aggression which i lack, It was good and Positive.We lost out in semis to a very good delhi team, But it was a overall nice experience.

Finally In Virtual World

Finally the Rock has come back to the Virtual World... , It`s nearly two months since I Toasted my Mobo and CPU , The Fault was in CPU which Burned my mobo again and Died in the War itself.

Now i have switched to A Intel Solution , Celeron D 2.8 . And It seems it score much better than my AMD Athlon Xp 2400+ , Unfortunately i also got into the Fakeraid Bug of Ubuntu so have to manually Install the dmraid and Hence Edgy.

But right now Gentoo is On, And i am loving my Old Lost friend :)

Update: Who are Trapped in The SATA RAID bug can look out at http://www.ubuntu-in.org/wiki/SATA_RAID_Howto, or use FC^ or Gentoo they both are having Dmraid and Hence doesn`t pose problem

Tokyo Drift

Just Two days Ago saw The 2fast2Furious--Tokyo Drift, Man this movie was rocking , Speed, Beer and Rockers , Hey hey

I got the Video and Audio both Downloaded mail me if anyone want one.

Watch it , If You Ain't Outta Control, You Ain't In Control.

Engineers here Engineers there Engineers Everywhere

Engineers at Hmm Nothing


When i see around myself there are two types of People

1. Engineers
2. Non-Engineers

My Neighbourhood uncle guy, the Boy who plays cricket with me , The Bomb of our colony , all are enrolled in an Engineering college, And they are Engineers ( At the last year they Ultimately become software Engineers),:)

Engineer Meant to Innovate things, Not to wear suits and sign a 24X7X365 contract collecting and Manipulating data , Man this all is going Insane , In no direction.

Now i regret why i have joined Engineering , It would be much better if i would have done a BCA , at least i would have all time for my work and Would be near my home .

Hope to turn things better..........(Guess What i am in My final year , and i Declare there is no meaning in today education system )