Posts Tagged ‘ FOSS ’

Howto : Twitter from Command Line…

This is a tutorial explaining how to post to Twitter using command-line in Linux, without needing to even open up your web browser…. First, install the curl package: sudo apt-get install curl Next, create a script anywhere in your $PATH, for example tweet.sh inside ~/bin, where ~ is your home directory (make sure ~/bin is included in your [ READ MORE ]

Commandline Fu!!!

I’m a great fan of Linux command-line, basically because of its amazing versatility… I love to find new ways to do things from the command line, so do not have to leave the comfort of my keyboard…. Recently, I found a site that let’s me learn awesome command line tricks.. Its called commandlinefu.com [ READ MORE ]

Howto Reinstall Grub!!!

It being a very common problem and sooner or latter a Linux user tends to face it when installing Windows after Linux… The master boot records from the memory are lost and they are writed for windows only systems…. So here is the way to write Master boot records or rather installing grub again so that LINUX [ READ MORE ]

FOSS Wireframing Tool!!!

I found the best open source wireframing tool, for the developers out there that sometimes like/have to pretend they are designers and need to create prototypes for graphical user interface, its called Pencil Project. The Pencil Project runs as a standalone application or as a Firefox add-on. You can download it at the main site or [ READ MORE ]

What Does “OPEN” Mean to Google!!!

Jonathan Rosenberg, Senior Vice President, Product Management posted a nice article yesterday, pointing out what really does OPEN mean to Google… Last week I sent an email to Googlers about the meaning of “open” as it relates to the Internet, Google, and our users. In the spirit of openness, I thought it would be appropriate to [ READ MORE ]

Why be a FOSS Contributor???

Giving things away for the good of others I find this to be a noble thing to do.. It’s quite generous to help someone… That is the case with commodities and money. How is it different when it is applied to knowledge?? [ READ MORE ]

How To Become A Hacker???

What does the word ‘HACKER’ mean? I am not worried about the English dictionary meaning of the word, but what does it really mean to you? Go ahead and read this really wonderful & very famous article from Eric. S. Raymond How To Become Hacker. [ READ MORE ]

Fedora 12 ‘Constantine’ has been released!!!

The final release of Fedora’s 12th edition, code-named Constantine, is available for download, after a two-week slippage in its release schedule. The new RedHat community Linux distro includes power management features pulled from RHEL 5, improved support for netbooks, and a much-improved NetworkManager. [ READ MORE ]

Kerela Education Dept Switch over to FOSS!!!

A great initiative has be taken by Kerela Government. The Kerala Public Education Department will completely switch over to free and open source software(FOSS) from the next academic year to become the first Indian state to end dependence on licensed software in a government wing. Till date, proprietary softwares were used for teaching computer science [ READ MORE ]

Coming This Week – Google Chrome OS???

Looks like Santa(Google ) is gonna give us an early Christmas gift this year… If rumors are believed Google is set to release Chrome OS in the coming week.. The Chrome OS news comes courtesy of Techcrunch which cites that it was obtained from a reliable source. An early version of the OS was [ READ MORE ]