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Compress Pictures In Linux!!!

I have made a script to compress a set of images so that they can be mailed as images taken form a digicam are normally of 10 or 15MB and to upload a set of images is a pain in the ***. Firstly you need to install package Imagemagick… In ubuntu you can install by …
Pidgin gives error for google accounts!!!

I faced a lot of problems with my Google account in pidgin while trying to connect to Google talk. It used to get “timed out” sometimes and other times used to give a “connection error”. While browsing the web i found the solution at gtalk support site. The solution that worked for me was : …
How to convert chm files to pdf in linux!!!

CHM stands for Microsoft Compiled HTML Help. I really don’t like to use chm files(as it is a proprietary format). While surfing the net i found a google code to convert chm into pdf. I’ll show t=you how to install the python code and convert a file now : Firstly download the package from the …
Alternatives to Windows Software!!!

Here is a list of alternatives to some softwares that normally windows users use: Windows version Linux’s version Microsoft Office OpenOffice Suite Internet Explorer Firefox Outlook Evolution Advanced E-Mail Client Thunderbird MSN / AIM / Yahoo / Gtalk / IRC Pidgin Photoshop Gimp Quicken / Quickbooks GnuCash Microsoft Publisher Scribus Microsoft Project OpenProj Adobe Acrobat …
How to access Linux partition from windows!!!

A lot of newbies to Linux normally make there machines dual boot(Linux + Windows). One question they normally ask is that if they are working in Windows(should be for some good reason ) how can they access there Linux partition. The reason that you can not access your Linux partition by default is because it …
Top linux games…..

I play alot of games as they act as stress busters (even though i’m never in stress of studies or life now days. ). Its annoying for me to log into windows to play a game and then log back into ubuntu to surf the net and sometimes study . Here is are some of …
Webcam not working in Ubuntu 8.10 for Dell XPS M1530!!!!!

When i updated from hardy(8.04) to ibex(8.10) don’t know for some reason my webcam stopped working in Cheese because it worked out of the box without any problems in hardy. Looks like there is some bug in ubuntu which the geeks are trying to fix but I got a work around while surfing the web …
How to install Oracle10g in Ubuntu

Students of computer science normally use oracle in there practicals of DBMS. Oracle is available in Linux to but it is not Open Source. For open source database software look at MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc… To install Oracle 10g in Ubuntu : Add deb http://oss.oracle.com/debian unstable main non-free to your /etc/apt/sources.list file. This can be done …
Linux Workshop!!!!!!

As a initiative taken by our college to move to 100% FOSS and GNU/Linux, a workshop on Linux, FOSS & Clustering was held from 5th to 7th Jan in my college Acharya Narendra Dev College. The Focus Area: History, Philosophy, Development, Growth, Versatility, Affordability & Security of FOSS with special emphasis on Linux operating system. …
Graphics.h in Linux for C and C++

Most of the students in Windows use graphics.h header file in there programs that are written in TurboC. This is a reason that some don’t wanna migrate to Linux well there is a solution for that to. Just follow the steps that i did in Ubuntu.. First run sudo apt-get build-essential to install necessary compiler …

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