If you are a Linux geek and an Ubuntu fan then you might feel the excitment of its every release. Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) also known as UDS Karmic Koala, was a four-day massive gathering of Linux developers from Monday 25th through Friday 29th focused on next Ubuntu version, scheduled for release at the end of October.
Tag Archives: Open source
Ubuntu 9.10 comes with the New Boot Loader | GRUB 2
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on October 6, 2011
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Google Web Elements all together accessible at the same place
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on October 3, 2011
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Google Web Widgets are really useful open source elements easy to use on. Bloggers find them very helpful & use on their blogs to add different effects & functionality.
Now all the google web widgets can be accessed at one place. All google web elements is now available at its fresh website, Google Web Elements where allow you to easily add your favorite Google widgets onto your own website.
One can see 8 widgets in the Google Web Elements webpage :
- Calendar (for sharing your Google Calendar with your readers)
- Conversation (a comment replacement where users can have a conversation)
- Custom Search (custom Google search engine)
- Maps (easier Google Maps integration)
- News (latest Google News articles)
- Presentations (for sharing Google Docs presentations)
- Spreadsheets (for sharing Google Docs spreadsheets)
- Youtube News (Youtube news videos from a selected list of publishers)
Google Sidewiki – New Google Toolbar Feature allows to Read, Publish & Share your Insights + Video
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on September 15, 2011
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Now Google Toolbar is equipped with a new feature, Google Sidewiki which is meant to allow users to Read, Publish & Share Insights & related information in the sidebar, next to any webpage. Its really very useful to track how many people visit the same pages and look for the same information & get the information that is added by many others have done while searching the same.
Google Sidewiki, with the major aim to contribute helpful information to webpage visitors, appears as a browser sidebar, where you can also read and write entries along the side of the page & share them.
Google has implemented an algorithm that promotes the most useful, ordered & high-quality entries allows you to see the most relevant entries first.
Google Sidewiki as a feature of Google Toolbar, is now only for Firefox and Internet Explorer but it will be available soon in Google Chrome and elsewhere too.
Also, you can to start exploring the web with Google Sidewiki, visit google.com/sidewiki to download Google Toolbar with Sidewiki and contribute your own entries alongside pages on the web.
The Best Free Powerful FTP clients for Website Administrators
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on September 10, 2011
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If you maintain a Web site or blog, you need a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client to interact with the files stored on the host(Server). Mainly used for uploading and downloading files to and from a Web server, FTP clients can also download obscure files and documents from any number of servers around the world. The good ones make the process of uploading and downloading fast and painless with features that eliminate unnecessary steps and offer common security protocols. Instead files transfering, good FTP clients can give give you the power to mangae files at the both ends with the ability to perform more administrative actions on the files.
A number of different clients are available and found many that work quite nicely. But there are things in an FTP client, like drag-and-drop support and user friendly bookmark management might not be as high on your priority list. What’s most important is finding one that offers the best features for your specific needs.
There are plenty of FTP clients you can buy with all the features you need, but why pay if you don’t have to? Here are some free ones that make the process a little easier.
Best Free Powerful FTP clients for Website Administrators
FileZilla offers a paned, side-by-side interface in which you can drag-and-drop files to and from a specified server. It has all the advanced features you might need, like timeout detection and SSL secured connections. The site manager makes it easy to sift through your sites (if you have more than one) so updating specific pages is easy. You can also run multiple simultaneous transfers.
Core FTP LE is a feature-packed FTP client that’s free to home users and students. This one offers drag-and-drop transfers, a session manager, auto-transfers, and much more with an easy to understand interface. It’s a wonder this one costs nothing.
If you need a good FTP client or are looking to switch from your old one, check out one of these free programs. As always, let me know in the comments if you have a FTP client you like better (so I can use it!).
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Google, Now In the Operating System(OS) Battle with Google Chrome Lightweight OS
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on September 8, 2011
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The Another Big blow from Google (already dominating the search engine market) to other OS giants, this time Google is into the Operating System Battle with its Google Chrome Lightweight OS. Just before nine months Google came up with Google Chrome, which has about 30 million users now.
Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. It code will be open-sourced and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010.
Key aspects of Google Chrome OS
- Speed
- Simplicity
- Security
- Fast
- Lightweight to run faster web applications
Sundar Pichai, VP Product Management and Linus Upson, Engineering Director said in Official Announcment:
Computers need to get better.
Google Chrome OS will be used with Google Chrome Browser.
We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds.
Going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work.
Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web
Chrome OS will run on x86-based PCs, as well as machines built around the ARM processor (such as so-called smartbooks).
So what does this mean for Android? According to Google, Chrome OS is in no way connected to Android, and that while Android was created with smartphones, netbooks, and other devices. Android was designed from the beginning to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks.
Major Work Focus:
- Getting instant access to emails, without wasting time waiting for their computers to boot and browsers to start up.
- Access to data without worrying about losing computer or forgetting to back up files.
- Better computing experience
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What Microsoft forget to implement in Windows Explorer | StExBar provides you that
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on September 5, 2011
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Windows explorer helps you do things more easily. But If you have something that Microsoft had not provided in Windows Explorer like your own favorite commands which are not just available from the toolbar, but also via hotkeys and via a context menu. This means that you can line up all your favorite applications right on Windows Explorer’s toolbar.
StExBar is a toolbar for Windows explorer that adds a number of handy commands and shortcuts to it. By default StExBar includes some common action like create new folder, copy file path, rename, open command prompt and a few others. You can also add custom executable files to it.
The StExBar Below the Windows Explorer
It comes with a ‘lightweight’ console which simply requires command you like to execute into the edit box on the right of the StExBar and hit enter. The command will be executed in the system console.
For example, creating a new folder will be just a one click away. It allows you renaming multiple files at once.
You can also perform the following activities with one click:
- Rename many files or folders at once using regular expressions strings
- Copy the full paths for files and folders
- Copy the name of files and folders
- Open a command window set to the current working directory
- Show/hide system files with one click
- Add your own custom buttons and commands
- Use the text box on the right to filter items in a folder
Configure it according to your taste & Add more commands
You can also go into the Options dialog and change the order of the commands if you like. You can also hide the filter box or use it as a command prompt replacement. Customize it with your own taste.
You can actually use that text box on the right as a command prompt. Go into options and uncheck “Use filter instead of cmd replacement”. Now you can type commands into the box just like you would if you did Start and then Run.
So, StExBar is a must have utility for making day to day tasks very easy & comfortable.
Why WordPress as Website or Blogging Platform? The 6 Heavy Reasons you can’t Ignore
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on September 4, 2011
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WordPress, first appeared in 2003, is a free and open source blog publishing application. WordPress is the official successor of b2cafelog which was developed by Michel Valdrighi. The latest release of WordPress is version 2.8, released on 11 June 2009. When you think of WordPress you probably think of blogging. That’s how most people use it. They sign up for a free blog and start posting about a variety of things. Some blogs are very specific and targeted while others are just general every day kind of blogs. You might not be aware of it, but some excellent looking websites are also using WordPress without using it as a blog at all.
Those 6 heavy reasons that insist you to use WordPress as your first website or first blog are:
Its Free & Open Source
WordPress is an Open Source software which allows it to be used free of cost. You can use it on any kind of personal or commercial website without have to pay a single dime for it. It is built on PHP/MySQL (which is again Open Source) and licensed under GPL.
Ease of Use
WordPress is designed for the masses. That means there’s really no specialized knowledge necessary to sign up for a blog and get started. If you want to go beyond the free blog and take advantage of their premium features, they’re thrilled. So they lead you through it step-by-step to make it easy.
It assumes that you have Zero knowledge of web designing. Deciding to go from a free blog to hosting a domain with your blog as your site is fast, inexpensive and easy. At that point, your .com address contains the blog, which you can arrange pretty much any way you want.
Built-in Tools
Using the blogging and content tools provided by WordPress, it’s easier for many to create a great looking website than it is to use a more complicated piece of software. To create a WordPress site you don’t need an HTML editor or some “what you see is what you get” (WYSIWYG) software to help you build the site. You can still use these, for the most part, but you can also do the same things right through the WordPress interface, including using CSS.
You also won’t need a tool for uploading like an FTP client, and you won’t need to learn a complicated file manager or control panel. If you’ve chosen a theme and made a few blog posts, you already understand how making changes in WordPress works. There’s really no learning curve in going from free blog to website.
Search Engine Friendliness
WordPress blogs, if they’re using keywords and contain relevant content, can rank high in searches on those keywords. Google tends to favor some sites over others, while completely ignoring some domains. Content on WordPress tends to be favored. So your website, as long as you actually do concentrate on keywords and content a bit, will probably have a better chance at showing up in search engines than if it were hosted somewhere else.
Popularity and Community
If you’re not paying WordPress and website experts to do your website for you, then the idea of setting up a website anywhere, let alone on WordPress, is probably daunting. But because WordPress is so popular and used by so many people, it’s easy to get help with a problem.
If you have your website set up with Host X and you’re having problems with the PHP, you can wait to hear back from them or do an online search and try to find the exact problem in the exact server configuration in detail. But the WordPress community has active forums where you can ask questions. And chances are your blogging question has already been asked and answered, so your problem could be solved with a quick search.
Support & Forums
If you got stuck somewhere, then its a NO problem. This is because there are so many people using WordPress, so many websites on support which are always there to take you out from the trouble easily. Also, many Intellient Minds are working in WordPress support forums, where you will be listened & answered.
See what is new in WordPress 2.8
Visitors Maps: Geographically visualize & locate website visitors from all over the globe
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on June 8, 2009
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In the world of widgets(that are specific in action & use), a class of widgets providing a tool for monitoring the traffic & visits on websites & blogs from all over the globe.
Knowing the geographic location & hits of visitors from a specific part of the world can be very useful to analyze the performance of the website in terms of volumes of hits from a specific part of the world & where the content targeted the most. Here is the list of the best visitor capturing maps for websites & blogs which are the best location identification tool.
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