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Earlier, as a beginner I felt so difficult to work with Linux. Especially in areas like installing a new software, mounting NTFS partitions, installing my CDMA modem driver etc. But Linux is improving day by day. Newer versions of Ubuntu detects wide range of modems automatically! One can easily mount and manage NTFS files by clicking on your windows drives. Installing Malayalam font swanalekha is also a simple task even though the process contain a set of commands. All that you need to do is to create a shell script (Shell script is a script file that can be used in Unix environments to run a set of commands) and store these commands to that file. Save the script. Connect to the Internet and run it as root. The steps for installing and using swanalekha phonetic keyboard are as follows:- Step 1 . Open Text Editor (Applications-> Accessories->Text Editor) Step 2. Copy following commands to it:- =================== apt-get install language-support-ml language-pack-ml language-pack-

Eventhough OpenSuse is an open source OS just like ubuntu it comes with a bundle of software packages and repositories, we cannot play media files directly in Totem media player (which is the default Media Player of OpenSuse 11.0). You can install packages from additional repositories. Installation is so simple. Just download the repository files with ".ymp" extension and double click to configure and update your system. These repositories include packages from well known sources like VLC,GOOGLE,KDE, GNOME, NVIDIA and ATI. For additional repositories CLICK HERE

People who are using WLL wireless modem may often found that they can't configure it in Ubuntu or other linux distros. Some distros like OpenSuse automatically detects WLL modem but in ubuntu auto configuration is not possible. manual configuration requires following steps:- Before starting this you need to ensure that your WLL phone is connected with the PC through USB cable. Step 1: Open terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> terminal) Step 2: Type the command : sudo wvdialconf. This will add the device file ttyACM0 the dev directory. Step 3: Type gksudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf This will display a text document like: [Dialer Defaults] Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 Modem Type = USB Modem ISDN = 0 New PPPD = yes Modem = /dev/ttyACM0 Baud = 460800 Phone = Username = Password = Stupid Mode = 1 Step 4: Type your user name, password and phone number in the required areas and save the file. Step 5: On Terminal Type wvdial. This command is requir