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 :)

ShowMeDo ... learning by seeing

http://showmedo.com/

Welcome to ShowMeDo! This site is dedicated to showing demonstrative
videos produced by our community. For many subjects seeing something
done is the most effective way to learn, whether it's peering over an
expert's shoulder while they explain how to program or watching while
someone grinds beans and makes coffee. Please watch, learn and perhaps
share your knowledge back. http://showmedo.com/

Videos on:
* Python
* Java
* Linux
* Ruby
* Blender
* Graphics
* Screencasting
* Others

Goa Education Development Corporation... GNU/Linux courses

Goa Education Development Corporation is offering some
GNU/Linux course.
http://gedc.nic.in/CC_Linux.php
Linux is a UNIX-like operating system that has gained popularity as it
is used as a replacement for Windows and is available for free. Linux
is quite reliable and seldom crashes. Its source code is available in
the public domain and anyone with programming knowledge can modify it
to enhance its features. The Government of India itself plans to adopt
Linux, thereby bringing down the cost of ownership of IT
infrastructure.

Course Contents
Basic Linux
Linux file system, Kernel , Shell, Linux user interface, Creating,
copying and deleting files, Printing, Typical Linux Applications

Advanced Linux
Linux Installation and Configuration, Linux variants, Command-line
Commands and customization, Managing user accounts, Creating and
mounting file systems, Setting up LANs, Connecting to the Internet,
Networking with Windows, Installation of Mail, FTP and Proxy servers

Course Pre-Requisites
Participant should know basics of computing

Who Should Attend?
Learning Linux is recommended for those working in Offices where Linux
is likely to be installed.

Duration:
Basic Linux: 2 Weeks
Advance Linux: 2 Weeks
Course Fees :
Basic Linux: Rs 1500
Advance Linux: Rs 2000

Vote India for OpenOffice Conference

Dear All,

You are requested to vote for Dehradun , India as preferred OpenOffice conference-2007 location. The other two contenders for the same are:-
• Barcelona , Spain
• Beijing , China

All voters will be invited to attend the conference, in case India Win !

The last date is 15-Feb-2007

How to Vote for India :-

Step 1. Please do register yourself at:

http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/Join

Step 2 Now Vote :-

http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2007/proposal.html

Step 3 Now you will recieve a mail to confirm your vote.

Note: In case, link is not opening in your browser, kindly cut and paste the link in the browser.

Thanks

Regards

WikiMapia -- An excellent Example of Community

Wiki were the Best thing after Tea, Which is easily shown By one of the most popular site on internet Wikipedia.

Today in open Source World Almost all Documentation is done through Wiki, My favorite one is Ubuntu Wiki.

And What happen when a marvelous technology from Google and Community Comes Together. WIkiMapia is the Online Version Of the Masterpiece Google Earth, (BTW google earth is Available on Linux too, Read here)


Here`s a screenshot



It`s nice to see it says the Exact Location From Main area On the Title bar

WikiMapia rightly says Let`s describe the whole Earth.

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.

Linux Installfest@RKGIT

Get All You Want in Jagriti-2007...!!

Stall Name :- Linux InstallFest

Base Idea:- Free Installing Linux Distribution on PC and Configuring it for user

Introduction :- An InstallFest is an event, Co-ordinated by Ghaziabad
Linux User Group and RKGIT, at which people get together to do mass/Free
installations of Linux OS other open source software.
It is an advocacy and community-building event, where
novices bring their computers along and experienced users help them
in Installation and troubleshooting problems.
InstallFest welcome all skill levels from complete novice
to expert.

Purpose:- Helping Users from all NCR To Install the Linux OS on there
PC`s.

Resources :-
www.installfest.org

RULES AND REGULATIONS:

1.Each participant need to register first either on spot or on website.
2.It is open to everyone.
3.Users needed to bring PC for Installing the Operating System on their PC
4.Certificates will be awarded for participation.
5. Lug Membership option will be provided

Address:



Rendezvous@ Jagriti:- RAJ KUMAR GOEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

5 Km. Stone (Opp. Jain Tube Co. Ltd.)

Delhi-Meerut Road, Ghaziabad, India

honeytech@gmail.com

Detail Will Be Updated Soon..!!