Well, i know its kinda old news, but still im pretty excited that Adobe has released an alpha version of a native 64 bit Flash plugin for Linux! The best part is that Linux is the first platform that gets the alpha version, though Adobe says that it will ship the final version for Linux, [...]
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Google’s workshop on Social Web and Cloud Computing
Google conducted a workshop on their AppEngine and OpenSocial on 5th September at the Taj Palace, New Delhi. Im sorry i couldn’t blog about it earlier, to let all the Delhi readers know I myself was an unconfirmed guest at this event, but the people from Google were friendly enough to confirm my seat [...]
Google’s Web Browser: Google Chrome
Ok, this just in! Google’s planning on an open source browser based on the WebKit engine.
Via Googlesystem blog,
Google Chrome has been built in a time when browsers no longer render mostly web pages, but full-blown web applications. That’s why browsers need to be more powerful, more stable and more secure. One of the problems of [...]
Im back!
Hmm.. So i’ve been out of the blogging scene for quite sometime now. Mostly, i’ve been busy with work, and yeah, i’ve been spending all my free time watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S, just like Nidhi Now that i’m finished with all 10 seasons, i think ill get some time to post here
Latest Pidgin and Firefox repositories for Ubuntu Hardy
Ubuntu Hardy ships with Pidgin v2.4.1 and Firefox 3.0 Beta5, while the latest Pidgin is v2.4.2 and the latest Firefox is 3.0 RC1. Here are two repositories that would always contain the latest versions of Pidgin and Firefox. Just type “gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list” into the terminal, and add the following to the end of the [...]
BarCamp Delhi 4!
Calling all campers! BarCamp Delhi 4 is just around the corner! Considering how much fun i had last time, ill definitely be present in this one! From the BarCampDelhi4 Wiki,
BarCamp Delhi is proposed to be a camp where we get together and discuss/rant/brain-storm/share opinions/information/wisdom about anything. Be it Web Technologies, trends, Mobile Internet, Hacking, Blogging, [...]
Ubuntu to rename top level directories?!
Well, i just heard that Ubuntu is trying to rename all the top level directories! The proposed directory structure is:
/bin /system/executables
/boot /system/boot
/dev /system/devices
/etc /system/config
/lib /system/libraries
/home /users
/media [...]
My New Rig
Well.. Not exactly *new*, its about a month old now I still have my old pc, and have set up a LAN Here’s the configuration:
Processor: Core2Quad Q6600 @2.4Ghz
Motherboard: MSI P35 Platinum
GFX Card: MSI 8600 GT (512MB)
RAM: Patriot 2×1GB DDR2 800 Mhz (matched pairs)
HDD: Western Digital 400GB HDD (16MB buffer)
SMPS: Cooler Master Real Power [...]
Top 10 Reasons to use Linux
Hmm.. I’ve been out of the blogging scene for quote sometime now! Didn’t really get the time, or anything worthwhile to post. Well anyway, what better way to come back, then to list out the top 10 reasons to use linux!
 If you’re a Linux enthusiast like me, you’ve probably tried to convert a [...]
Yahoo censoring status messages?
I discovered this when i tried to set my status message to “Benazir Bhutto killed..” it just didn’t reflect. Then i tried Pidgin’s default away message “I’m not here right now” didn’t work.. But surprisingly “I’m not here right away” works.. Harsh confirmed the behavior. Seems as if yahoo is blocking some words such as [...]
