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Quicksort-better explained

manoj1987 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:41:39 +0000

A picture speaks a 1000 words, but a video speaks more than 1000 pics.

And yes the above video is a perfect example to that statment.

Quicksort better explained visually!

Xournal

manoj1987 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:25:54 +0000

Xournal is an application for notetaking, sketching, keeping a journal using a stylus. It is free software (GNU GPL) and runs on Linux (recent distributions) and other GTK+/Gnome platforms. It is similar to Microsoft Windows Journal or to other alternatives such as Jarnal, Gournal, and NoteLab.

Download Xournal

Linux for the aged

manoj1987 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:13:05 +0000

A new computer aimed at people aged over 60 who are unfamiliar with PCs and the internet has been unveiled.

An interesting news by BBC on the new Linux fork designed specially for old aged people and aptly named SimplicITy .

Read on and watch the video here.

Additional info:

Microsoft patents sudo !!!

UniConvertor : universal vector graphics translator

manoj1987 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:05:08 +0000

What is it?

UniConvertor is a universal vector graphics translator. It is a command line tool which uses sK1 object model to convert one format to another.
Development of the import/export modules for this program goes through different stages, quality and feature coverage are different among formats.
UniConvetor is used in Inkscape and Scribus projects as external tool for CorelDraw files importing.

Platform: Linux

Screenshots

Download

Create a logo from command line

manoj1987 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:48:22 +0000

Here is a simple tip to create a logo from Linux terminal.

This tip has been contibuted by Mr.Girish to iLugc mailing list.

Here we go now!

$ convert -size 800×120 xc:white -font Times-Roman -pointsize 100 -fill gray -annotate +20+80 ‘Linux is cool’ -fill black -annotate +23+83 ‘Linux is cool’ -trim +repage logo.png

Mavizen TTX02 : The Linux motorcycle

manoj1987 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:36:38 +0000

TTX02 is the world’s first production electric supersport bike. So what is so special about it? Well,the heart of this 130mph racing machine is a Linux system.

Other features include :

First motorsport vehicle in the world to ship with integrated IP connectivity
Core operating system is open source Linux
USB based system bus allows virtually unlimited number of peripherals to extend the capabilities of the machine with plug’n’play
Remote factory support package available
Swappable drive train and batteries at trackside. Common chassis for multiple racing series.
Multiple configurations available depending on the racing series.
Built on a homologated, world class chassis
Drive train developed from the TTXGP Isle of Man 2009 Champion
Strictly limited numbers.

Hurry! only limited numbers are available. 50 units are available at around US$40,000 each :-p

TTX02 homepage
Read more here.
For videos go here and here.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars {reviews and screenshots}

manoj1987 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:29:17 +0000

Grand Theft Auto review <here>

Download Grand Theft Auto

Whats hot in the grey market? Windows7 !

manoj1987 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:06:20 +0000

Software piracy is the biggest concern for top software makers in countries like India and China. The former loses about $2.8 billion every year because of piracy.

The current hot sale in the software market is Windows 7 and those cds are sold for as less than Rs.50 per dvd.The full version of Windows 7 software available with black marketers does not even require a key, which is a 16 character alphanumeric unique number that comes with an officially purchased software. Many customers are cheated by being given the Windows7 beta version and the Windows7 RC(release candidate), which will expire on June 2010 and therein the computers would shutdown every 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, a Microsoft India spokesman cautioned customers against buying pirated software. “The battle against piracy is an on-going one. A recent report by KPMG states that at least 60% of pirated software comes with malware,” he said.

No room in the cyberworld

manoj1987 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:03:01 +0000

A survey conducted by the European Commission across Europe has revealed that just 17percent of organizations and institutions have upgraded to IPv6. And that means there would be a shortage of IP addresses in few years(probably next year).
Transition to IPv6 involves the purchase of new networking equipments and support has already been built into Windows and Mac computers.
The effect of this “no room” condition is :
* Internet speeds would drop
* New connections would be expensive or simply impossible to obtain.

Ubuntu 9.10(karmic koala) screenshots

manoj1987 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:00:15 +0000