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How To Create A Wiki

A wiki is an open platform for sharing..It is not only just a website but also a collection of web pages that can be edited and reviewed by others..Check out this Presentation to know how to create a wiki using pbwiki: How To Create A Wiki View more presentations from Susan Bentley .

Ubuntu 9.10: Installing and Working with Malayalalam fonts

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-...

Building a fully functional linux OS with OpenSuse 11.0

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

Configure WLL Modem in Ubuntu

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...

Apple's ipod touch...With a fascinating look

The ipod touch is a portable media player from Apple. It is also a WIFI based mobile platform. ipod touch is available with 8,16 or 32 GB of flash memory. Its key features are Graphical User Interfaces Cover Flow and Multi-Touch feature. For data communication Ipod touch requires a USB2.0 communication port.Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later, Windows XP with SP2 or Vista is needed for ipod touch. We can watch videos( with the sreen resolution of 480×320 pixels),hear songs( of various audio formats) with amazing clarity, or browse Internet through this slim device. Customizable home screen is another major feature of ipod touch. Home screen looks just like of iphone's. Full marks to Apple...

AR Rahman..Strikes again

In this AR Rahman comes with a set of melodies through Jodha Akbar.In these, the song Jashn-e-Baharaa sung by Javed Ali is the most attracting one...with his nice voice in the background of soft instruments.. I think this will become song of the year 2008 in bollywood. Rahman also sung a beautiful qawwali (Khwaja Mere Khwaja). These songs are exactly matching with the theme of the movie. Jodha Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa. I think this movie and its songs will become so memorable.This movie will release on February 15. You can download Jodha Akbar's songs from 4shared.com

GDrive: New file sharing service from Google

Google is spreading its hands towards online storage. It says that GDrive - An online storage facility expected to come in the nearby future- comes with unlimited storage of files including email,webalbums,music files videos etc. It brings together our storage usage from Gmail, Picasa Web Albums allowing us to upgrade for a fee. The fees are as follows:- For 6 GB $20.00 per year For 25 GB $75.00 per year For 100 GB $250.00 per year For 250 GB $500.00 per year When Taking the words of a Google Technition it is expected to come in this march. We have to wait until then to see how can it override existing file sharing services such as Rapidshare.