Windows is no longer my master. nor a fixer.

I was a software pirate till now.. Had to use Windows till today morning..Now that i had crashes today morning while tryin to install vista x64 i just thought why shuold i keep it again.
To dust bin. Loss = a few dvd’s and some happy hrs of download..
Gain = Freedom..Style..Life..

Laid hands on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS beta..
wow simply WoW.. the windows WoW is just a  windows WoW
lot of new features.
*firefox 3 beta.
*a new cd/dvd burner “brasero dvd burner”
*and a cool facility the unlock. a kinda graphical sudo.(Policykit)
*and in the recovery console.. i just saw a xserver recovery option..
i wish i had that long ago.. coz i had many xserver crashes on 7.04 till when i had to figure out how the nvidia driver is linked to the os..

*the Gnome 2.22 is cool and smooth.. i kinda liked it and goin to stick on it rather than kde..

*the default torrent client is also change… it’s now the transmission..(din use it till now.. waitin for happy hrs to start)

*the vncviewer is also made more good.. (this is also on waitin list to try)

but i have some bugs in hand on the first hr itself.. some are

the menus get refreshin now and then.. background processes stops respoding.. mouse becomes inactive…hell lot…

and don’t know wht happens with the pidgin.. it just stops respondin and then quits

*another feature i liked was the bluetooth intgration… wow my mobile just got mounted like a pendrive via bluetooth.. i was surprised..

now i just need to find a pc suite for the fone..

*GIMP k.. i think i can make this a replacement for ma fav photoshop..

*another feature i couldn’t try was the install of hardy inside windows..

plannin to do that on the old system after the exams…

further encounters with the new Boss will be posted soon

This is a small tutorial to setup the bluetooth device to handle the obex file transfer system on gutsy.
Plug in/switch on the bluetooth adapter. Now the os pops in a bluetooth applet at the notification area. If not open terminal and key in

bluetooth-applet

Then right click at the bluetooth notification icon and select preferences and set the desired settings like name of the system, the discovery settings, and even pair the peripherals.

Now when you need to browse a blutooth device filesystem right click on the icon and select browse device.
Remember to switch on the peripheral and turn on the discovery.
but when you try to connect it will ask you to check the address spelling.

open terminal and install gnome-vfs-obexftp

apt-get install gnome-vfs-obexftp

unplug the bluetooth adapter and replug it.
right click on the notification icon and select browse device. select the peripheral. and you have your required filesystem in front.

The much awaited KDE4 has been launched. 11th January 2008 was the day when they had a stable release. To have a small detail about it visit the homepage.

An easy way to install the enviroment is descibed below
1. Edit the source.list
vi /etc/apt/sources.list
add the entry
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu gutsy main

2. update the sources
apt-get update

3. Install the environment
apt-get install kde4

wait for the install to finish and log off the current environment and select the sessions as KDE4 at the login screen and live with the life in style.

The upcoming Hardy is loaded with KDE4… the alpha version is currently available here.

1. vlc for playing divx

multimedia player and streamer
VLC is the VideoLAN project’s media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG2, MPEG4,
DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, mp3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs, and multimedia
streams from various network sources.

VLC can also be used as a streaming server that duplicates the stream it
reads and multicasts them through the network to other clients, or serves
them through HTTP.

VLC has support for on-the-fly transcoding of audio and video formats, either
for broadcasting purposes or for movie format transformations. Support for
most output methods is provided by this package, but features can be added
by installing additional audio plugins (vlc-plugin-esd, vlc-plugin-sdl,
vlc-plugin-arts) or video plugins (vlc-plugin-sdl, vlc-plugin-ggi,
vlc-plugin-glide, vlc-plugin-svgalib). There is also a web browser plugin
in the mozilla-plugin-vlc package.

2. vim for better vi editor experience

Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi.

Many new features have been added: multi level undo, syntax
highlighting, command line history, on-line help, filename
completion, block operations, folding, Unicode support, etc.

This package contain a version of vim compiled with a rather
standard set of features. This package does not provide a GUI
version of Vim. See the other vim-* packages if you need more
(or less).

There are many cases where you lose the grub and you cannot get back in to you world..
just like windows reinstallation… partitioning the HDD.. etc .

here is a very simple way to reach you world easily.

* pop in the ubuntu live cd

* mount ur linux partition
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda8 /mnt/tmp
considering that sda8 is the partition where linux is installed

* install grub

grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/tmp /dev/sda

* restart the computer and you will see the Grub back

sda is basically for sata drives..

for older drives it should be hda, hdb etc.. and for special devices it should be sdb i guess..

thanks to Jain johny for the clue.

Vista had introduced a 3D desktop environment called Aero last year just a flip of windows…
You need newer gfx card with shader model 2 and a video memory of 128mb for that stuff to work..

But long ago before vista was in scene Linux had started the 3d Desktop interface with the XGL stuff which doesn’t have big hardware requirments.
Beryl and compiz where the most popular 3d desktop effects on linux….
latter Beryl and compiz merged together to compiz-fuzion(CF) which is now shipped with most of the linux distros….
basically the CF works a graphics card above geforce 3….
and ati cards… onboard graphics where not supported till a year ago till the launch of intel X3000 gfx…
here i will explain the basic installation of CF on ubuntu7.10 with an nvidia card…
the distro is shipped with the base system of CF

1. install the nvidia kerenel sources.
apt-get install nvidia-new-kernel-source

2. install the nvidia driver.
apt-get install nvidia-glx-new

3. restart the system
4.go to System>Preferences>Appearance>Visual effect and then enable the compiz effect…..

but when you need custom effects you will need to install the compiz fusion manager.. and the settings via the manager..

emerlad themes can also be install for custom themes.

the CF has many features like the wobbly windows, fire, and lot of animations…

On intel boards with new onboard graphics the above stuff will work…
install the drivers of the driver cd.
a linux quick starter kit is provided on the intel cds at \linuxiso on the media.
and do the rest from the step 3

If you have an Airtel connection and GPRS activated(mobile office) and you want to connect to the net just do these steps to connect to the net… (Thanks to max_knr for helping me with this)

1. Install wvdial.
2. Open terminal and type wvdialconf. This searches for the modem and writes a config file to the /etc/wvdial.conf.
3. fire up kate /etc/wvdial.conf and paste the following code replacing the orginal code.

[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”airtelgprs.com”,”",0,0
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
stupid mode = 1
Modem Type = USB Modem
Baud = 460800
New PPPD = yes
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
ISDN = 0
Phone = *99#
Password = a
Username = a

4. save and exit kate.
5. type wvdial on the terminal to connect to the net.(the following code is obtained)

cyriac@T3rminal0:~$ wvdial
WvDial<*1>: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.56
WvModem<*1>: Cannot get information for serial port.
WvDial<*1>: Initializing modem.
WvDial<*1>: Sending: AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”airtelgprs.com”,”",0,0
WvDial Modem<*1>: AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”airtelgprs.com”,”",0,0
WvDial Modem<*1>: OK
WvDial<*1>: Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
WvDial Modem<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
WvDial Modem<*1>: OK
WvDial<*1>: Modem initialized.
WvDial<*1>: Sending: ATDT*99#
WvDial<*1>: Waiting for carrier.
WvDial Modem<*1>: ATDT*99#
WvDial Modem<*1>: CONNECT
WvDial Modem<*1>: ~[7f]}#@!}!} } }2}#}$@#}!}$}%\}”}&} }*} } g}%~
WvDial<*1>: Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
WvDial<Notice>: Starting pppd at Wed Dec 19 22:18:53 2007
WvDial<Err>: Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied
WvDial<Err>: –> PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) may be flaky.
WvDial<Err>: Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied
WvDial<Err>: –> CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky.
WvDial<Notice>: Pid of pppd: 7870
WvDial<*1>: Using interface ppp0
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: local IP address 117.97.47.9
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: remote IP address 10.6.6.6
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: primary DNS address 202.56.250.5
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: secondary DNS address 202.56.250.6
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]


5. to disconnect press Ctrl+c

Caught signal 2: Attempting to exit gracefully...
WvDial<*1>: Terminating on signal 15
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: Connect time 632.4 minutes.
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: pppd: (�[06][08]��[06][08]
WvDial<*1>: Disconnecting at Thu Dec 20 08:51:18 2007
This method is found working on Nokia phones and motorola phones..

First when you hear the word Linux you think Windows.
this means you are a slave or just a passenger.
Linux is a world rather than an OS.
It is a way of living rather than computing environment.
It is the place where you control things.

Windows give you things but….. you should understand you are a slave..
Eat what you get.. do what you are told to… piss when you are told to piss… sleep when you are told to sleep…

Windows Sucks

no that is also good…. just good.. not best..
Now let’s get to the installation part..

1. Decide the OS
2. Get the media
3. Install the stuff
4. configure your life.

here i will explain step by step installation of UBUNTU
get a free media via the shipit section
or download it from here
1. Put the media in the Optical Drive.
2. Boot from the Media
3. Use the first option to initiate the live CD to get a taste of Ubuntu and install it.(but for faster install later you better take the text based install)
4. take a tour around the OS.
5. Now when you decide to install the OS click on the Install Icon on the desktop.
6. choose your language, Timezone, Keyboard, and now hold on…
7. Reaching partition. choose a drive where you want to install linux. (If you are navigating you night have all the drive as windows native partitions , backup your data, and delete that partition). Create a drive of minimum of 2.2 GB in ext3 partition and set the mount point to “/” (without quotes) . another one as swap .. but this one should be double of your main memory size..(ie; if ram=512mb swap =1GB).. but if you have larger ram just create a swap of something less than 256mb.
8. click next and reach the location where you need to enter the user name and root passwd.
9. click next. .. next next… sit back for 15mins and you have ubuntu installed.. after install either choose to continue exploring the live cd or boot into the new world.

10. upon reboot if you have carefully did the step 7 you will see grub showing you options to boot. Ubuntu, Windows,etc…