Why Sync iPhone with Linux? Gadget lovers attached to mobile devices and PCs alike have the ever-popular issue of synchronizing contents of the mobile device with that of the PC. Be it music, address book contacts, photos, bookmarked websites etc, the syncing process helps you not to lose any important item residing on your digital […]
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Okay, this sounds interesting and have been tried in reality–no fiction involved. A real life story that has been happening in my house for the last 8-9 years. I thought to write about it as it flashed it in my mind only now. Living in a village or even a small town gives you a
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For the last month and 3-4 days, I have been looking for a job in some engineering college as a lecturer in Communication Skills and English. However, I am termed as ineligible and not suitable for the job because I am not M.A. in English and have not cleared the NET examination as per the
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For the past few days, I have been drawing some animals and birds for my niece and nephew. They are having summer vacations and it is sort of helpful to kill their time in the morning. I use simple pencil colors and it makes it easier for me to tell them how to do it.
I am not very good in drawing but this art has attracted me much. I like people drawing different concepts and creating great ideas within the range of colors. There is a great ability of creating concepts with the colors and some of them just do it very beautifully. However, a year ago or so,
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ये लगभग पहली बार है कि मैने बड़े ध्यान से कोई चित्र बनाया है, परन्तु ये तो स्वतः पता चलता है कि मैं कोई बड़ा चित्रकार नहीँ हूँ। कुछ दिनोँ से लगातार चित्र बनाने की रुचि सी बढ़ गई है और इसलिए मैँ उन्हेँ यहाँ जोड़ता जा रहा हूँ–अगर आप इनके बारे मेँ कुछ भी
The pronunciation of words in any language is of interest for many, be it nouns, verbs or any other form of language. Some people pronounce the morphemes in wrong way due to lack of knowledge of phonetics of that language or due to dialect diversification. But there is another practice that people carry unknowingly. And
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Ergonomics–the word seems strange to the school children and some of the other persons–who has no technical knowledge or who have not done some of the management studies. This subject is a new concept and must be looked after carefully as far as the industrial management is concerned. The HR department of every organization is
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In Linux, the entire system, hardware, files application programs are constructed in a tree like structure, which we call the Linux File System. At the top of the hierarchy you find (/) root. All other items in the file system descend from /, e.g. binary executables in Linux is located in a directory called “binâ€
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Before proceeding with installing Linux on your iPaq, it is a wise precaution to back up your current installation of Windows CE. Additionally, you must also follow the installation instructions exactly as stated for improper installation of Linux would cause the iPaq to be unusable. Older versions of iPaq, namely H3100, H3600, H3700, H3800, H3900,
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New Desktop Wallpaper This is one of the tricks Ubuntu has been playing on its users for years. Every time when a new version of Ubuntu comes out, we see a brand new set of wallpapers that have been designed in align with the Ubuntu philosophy. This indeed impresses the Ubuntu user. With 10.10, it
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‘App Store’ is one of the words introduced by Apple in the recent history of commercial software applications. The concept basically offers an online store where you can purchase various applications written for a specific platform. As an example, there are various App Stores setup for Mac software, iPhone/iPad software etc. These online stores do
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In the world of Linux, there are many systems and tools for managing the package installation process in Linux systems. Although there were only a few of such tools existed at the beginning of Linux era, a number of package management systems were introduced when the number of Linux flavors started growing. As an example,
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Linux is all about options. To be precise, it is all about having options for making choices. Therefore, to cater this philosophy, there are hundreds of Linux distributions released for the use of general public. By nature, these diverse Linux distributions vary by their function and purpose. Some Linux distributions are just for regular use,
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Gentoo is one of the most talked and noted Linux distributions that have been in active development stage for last 6-7 years. Although there are only a limited number of followers for Gentoo when compared with some other distributions such as Ubuntu, Gentoo has been delivering a best Linux distribution suited for power users. Let’s
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Every Linux distribution has its own way of packaging the software. As an example, Red Hat uses rpm packages to install software and Debian based Linux distributions use deb based packages to install software. Although both rpm and deb seem to be bit complicated when you first hear it, but actually they both are files
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Linux distributions have been developed for many reasons. Some offer the users all general purpose applications while others offering applications for specific purposes. Some distribution target low-end computers while others targeting the top-notch hardware available today. When it comes to Xandros, the purpose is little special. The creators of Xandros have created this Linux distribution
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Running a web server in your Linux box is not a big deal. Most people do get scared when it comes to installing and configuring Linux boxes, as there is a certain level of complexity involved and certain level of skill is required. This brief guide introduces you to the easy steps of installing and
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Backing up a computer system is necessary. You will never know when your hard drive decides to crash or a lightning decides to strike. Therefore, it is always a great idea to keep your data backed up for such emergencies. Nowadays, there are two ways of backing up a computer system; offline backup for later
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What is a Firewall? Firewall is a system (software/hardware) used for protecting a network against intrusions. Let’s take a simple example. Imagine you working for a company and the company having thousands of computers connected together. What if some hacker or a virus gets into one computer in the network? In such a case, the
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