Entries from April 2009

April 30, 2009

My two cents on improving GNOME

Note: This is not bashing, but constructive criticism. This post is based on my personal experiences.

I have been a GNOME user since I have jumped into Linux bandwagon. Even though trying out KDE and XFCE, I always had to fall back to GNOME even though people are said never to be happy with it. As [...]

April 28, 2009

Which Programmer are you?

It’s written just for humour, no offence meant to any language
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You know you are a Python programmer……. when one of your finger is always on the Tab key
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You know you are a PHP Programmer…….. when you always have an urge to type $_FOO['BLAH'] every now and then
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You know you are a Java Programmer……  when you [...]

April 24, 2009

A Dream Distro, looking from a noob’s perspective

Catch any Tom, Dick and Harry and ask him “What is Linux?”. What is the answer you expect? The result I get is “Linux is the opium of the geeks”. The image which they have of Linux is people sitting in front of black and white screen typing some obsecure characters and the computer replies [...]

April 20, 2009

To Ubuntu bashers: Stop sulking and get a life

Clarification: I mistakenly used the term “two and a half hours” instead of “two and a half years” in the post below. Sorry for my typo! Corrected it!
Looks as if Ubuntu bashing has become a fashion lately. After getting fed up with MS, Apple and Adobe now its chance for Ubuntu to face the wrath [...]

April 17, 2009

How n00bs handle Linux

Have you heard from n00bs that Linux sucks? It does, since they can’t get what they fantasize using the latter.
This cartoon isn’t meant to be vulgar, just to make people smile. Illustration inspired from XKCD and original idea by Rwik

April 11, 2009

Checklist for fresh Ubuntu installs

Now don’t bash me just for installing proprietary and restricted software on my computer. I have no other option for the time-being. I am too a free software evangelist.
Each time I (re)install Ubuntu on my laptop or home PC or on a friend’s laptop, I always forget some or the other software which I have [...]

April 3, 2009

Wishlist for Karmic Koala

As everyone might be knowing that Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope is heading towards release. It had lots of beautiful and useful improvements. Fixing bugs and adding features is not achieved by a Magic Wand. Developers toil hard to keep the quality of the release at the best possible level.
Since Jaunty Final release is scheduled in April [...]