tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222146952012-01-22T11:27:35.859-08:00Linux News,Linux for Newbie,programming language, jsp,jdbc,xml,Latest TechnologySanjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889391600192381430noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22214695.post-1140649263846084742006-02-22T14:59:00.000-08:002006-02-22T15:01:03.863-08:00

Please before reading this see all the snaps I have provided so that atleast you have an idea what I meant by decorating desktop and what are the things which I am describing here. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE PICS (http://linuxlooks.blogspot.com/2006/02/linux-desktopsansor.html)This is the most interesting part I suppose because I have wasted most of my time in decorating my desktop. In linux,

Sanjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889391600192381430noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22214695.post-1140257732090605682006-02-18T02:14:00.000-08:002006-02-18T02:15:32.103-08:00

Let me explain each term which you might face during configuring Netowork settings:Network interface cards (NICs) are called eth0, eth1 etc in LinuxIP ADDRESS is a number used to uniquely identify a network interface.DEFAULT GATEWAY address is the IP address of the device connected to the internet eg. your router, or PC running internet connection sharing (ICS). The address to use is the one

Sanjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889391600192381430noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22214695.post-1140041902602683092006-02-15T14:15:00.000-08:002006-02-15T14:19:57.746-08:00

Linux usually complies the code to install a software. But to save time of the user there are also some pre build packages available called binary files (.bin).They are pre compiled and takes lesser time to get installed.If you want to install from source code then you can find the tarball (zipped) of those softwares. So first we need to unzip that using command "$tar -xvzpf or tar -xvjpf". We

Sanjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889391600192381430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22214695.post-1140041687716921042006-02-15T14:13:00.000-08:002006-02-15T14:18:39.660-08:00

You can use both GUI based and command line based editior.Some GUI based popular editors are :1) Kate : Heavy but ithas a lot of features.I prefer to use this one for any long code.2) Kwrite :Light (uses less reqources than Kate)3) Kedit : Very light Editor which is good from small programs only.Less feautred than Kate.There are varous command line editior.Some of the most popular one are :1) VIM

Sanjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889391600192381430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22214695.post-1140041519562159462006-02-15T14:10:00.000-08:002006-02-15T14:13:14.583-08:00

These are the commands which you have to know in order to be basically functional with a shell (command line):lsList directory contents.ls -l long listing with dates and permissionsls -a list all, including hidden files (hidden files start with a period)cdChange directory.cd - change to previous directorycd ~ change to home directorycd .. change to parent directorypwdPrint current (working)

Sanjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889391600192381430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22214695.post-1140041339617690222006-02-15T14:08:00.000-08:002006-02-15T14:19:29.843-08:00

While switching from windows to linux you will notice a very different kind of filesystem in Linux.No Partion in Linux In windows you have various partitions like c:, d:, e: like that and then we save our directories/files in thaose partitions.But in Linux we have only one partition called ROOT (denoted as '/'). Linux places everything in that root partition.Mounting in LinuxYou might be thinking

Sanjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889391600192381430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22214695.post-1139857611622027542006-02-13T11:04:00.000-08:002006-02-13T11:06:51.640-08:00

Its really tough to make someone understand about each and evrything in linux. So, I just go in the way, I learnt about linux.Lets broadly describe the linux system in two parts:1) Internal System : Consist of kernels,how it works etc. Basically what we dont see.2) External System : Consist of Filesystem,basic commands,installing,uninstalling etc. Basically,What we see.First of all we will learn

Sanjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889391600192381430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22214695.post-1139854286883032882006-02-13T10:10:00.000-08:002006-02-13T10:11:26.886-08:00

Swap space is a portion of a hard disk drive (HDD) that is used for virtual memory.Virtual memory is the use of space on a HDD to simulate additional main memory. Memory is used to hold portions of the operating system, programs and data that are currently in use or that are frequently used. Physically, main memory (also referred to as primary memory) consists of random access memory (RAM) chips

Sanjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889391600192381430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22214695.post-1139854175567787062006-02-13T10:05:00.000-08:002006-02-13T10:09:35.576-08:00

SUSE:http://en.opensuse.org/Development_VersionNumber of Cd's : 5 (five)Download the x86 architechture iso images for 32 bit processor.Download x-86-64 for 64 bit processors.All the .rpm files (prebuilt package) are also available there .If you find some problem during installation and some packages are not installed then you can also download the source file (.rpm) and install them manually.

Sanjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889391600192381430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22214695.post-1139787439081521702006-02-12T15:35:00.000-08:002006-02-12T15:38:56.233-08:00

Linux comes in various dirtibution (slang : 'distro').You can watch the rating of distro at http://distrowatch.com. You can get all information like downloading mirrors,documentation,forums etc from that website.There are about 100 distros informations with all sorts of statistics.Steps before installation:1) Download the CD's (ISO image) of the distros.2) Burn those ISO image.3) Go to their

Sanjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889391600192381430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22214695.post-1139522157626295462006-02-09T13:54:00.000-08:002006-02-10T03:23:27.973-08:00

Would you believe that Wine is faster than native Windows XP on the same hardware?According to the Wine crew's latest benchmark runs, it's true.System Configuration for comparision:1) Both systems, Windows XP SP 2 and Gentoo,2) Both system, 3.8GHz Intel 570 Pentium box with an 800MHz FSB (front side bus).3) A gigabyte of 533MHz DDR2 (double data rate) RAM4) And a 60GB IDE ATA100 hard drive.5)

Sanjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889391600192381430noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22214695.post-1139522048173395482006-02-09T13:52:00.000-08:002006-02-09T14:15:15.833-08:00

Some features about software covered by the EULA (End User License Agreement) for Microsoft Windows XP: copying was prohibited could be used only on one computer with a maximum of 2 processors cannot be used as a webserver or fileserver required registration after 30 days could stop working if hardware changes were made updates could change the EULA if the company so wished could be transferred

Sanjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889391600192381430noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22214695.post-1139521900552943882006-02-09T13:50:00.000-08:002006-02-10T03:19:19.753-08:00

In india most of the user prefer to use windows over Linux. The only problem is that they get everything for free (ofcourse its not free).They dont have to pay for that.They got each and every software serial key or crack for free. Thats why they never get the feel that how much costly windows is.They are lucky that they born in India not in US or they would have known the importace of

Sanjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889391600192381430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22214695.post-1139521783263308502006-02-09T13:49:00.000-08:002006-02-09T14:15:46.790-08:00

Linux Softwares corresponding to Windows Softwares:Most of the man are afraid of using linux because they think that we might havent any linux software corresponding to softwares available in windows.Just check out this list here you can find most of the basic softwares which you usually use in windows1) Kaffiene,Mplayer (ultimate sound quality)==>Windows Media Player2) Amarok,XMMS (ultimate)==>

Sanjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889391600192381430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22214695.post-1139520340581411552006-02-09T13:23:00.000-08:002006-02-15T14:35:11.336-08:00

Is using LINUX tough?Most of the people has misconception that using linux is very tough.Is it true?Believe me,If you will start to use linux you will see that its really very easy to use and at the same time you will learn a lot from linux.I really have the same fear few years back.Why to use linux??Why dont we just use this simple windows?Its providing me all the facilities,all kinds of

Sanjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889391600192381430noreply@blogger.com0