Google has implemented (a new feature) one of the features I badly wanted from the mapping services, drag and drop the route to get a different route than the default one. Click on the pictures below to see the difference. The first picture showed the route from Chicago to Washington D.C via South Bend, Toledo, Akron etc. I wanted to go via Columbus, OH, so I dragged the point near Toledo to Fort Wayne to create the new route and Google immediately recalculated the distance. It’s a wonderful feature which I wanted often when I drive long distance.
(Default Route)
(Modified route)
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Posted 28 Jun 2007 — by Arun
Category Ubuntu
Ubuntu has released the second alpha version of it’s next OS, Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 2. Here is the list of features:
Gnash – Free flash player
XDG-user-directories – Creates a standard set of default directories in your home folder that users and applications can utilize to make user experience more consistent and convenient across sessions, and avoid file cluttering.
Firefox 3 Alpha.
Compiz Fusion – Compiz Fusion is enabled by default and will bring 3D desktop visual effects that improve the usability and visual appeal of the system. The Gutsy Gibbon automatically detects whether the hardware is capable of running compiz; if not, it falls back to the “metacity” window manager. Additional effects can be enabled in “System/Preferences/Apperance” under the “Desktop Effects” tab.
restricted-manager – restricted-manager can now handle drivers which are free in themselves but which require non-free firmware. In particular, it can now fetch and install firmware for the bcm43xx driver (for Broadcom wireless
cards) – with just three clicks by the user.
Crash reporting – Apport has been re-enabled by default for this Tribe, so that crashes will again be reported and (if the user agrees) sent to the bug tracking system.
Download Ubuntu Tribe 2 from here.
Here is the list of features in Kubuntu Tribe 2:
Amarok 1.4.6.
KOffice 1.6.3.
KNetworkManager 0.2.
GDebi KDE 0.3 – Kubuntu now has its very own application that allows you to simply install a downloaded (local) package without using the command line. So, if you go to a website that is offering a .deb package for an application you are interested, you will now be offered the option of not only saving it to the disc, but also opening it with the Gdebi
Package Installer.
Kubuntu Restricted Extras 5 – for multimedia playback.
Download Kubuntu Tribe 2 from here.
Technorati Tags: Kubunt, Ubuntu, Tribe 2, Gutsy, Gibbon, Compiz Fusion, Amarok
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Good News!!! Google has released Google Desktop for Linux. Here is the list of features in Google Desktop for Linux:
Quick Search Box – Type a few letters or words into the search box and your top results pop up instantly. You can call up the Quick Search Box by pressing the Ctrl key twice, and hide it by pressing Ctrl twice again.
Search Your Gmail and Web History – Google Desktop helps you find what you’re looking for by searching your Gmail and web history along with your hard drive. And because your index is stored locally on your own computer, you can even access your Gmail and web history while you’re offline.
Google Desktop automatically indexes and allows you to search the full text of virtually all your files, including the following types:
- Gmail
- Text files and source code
- PDF and PS files
- HTML files
- Email from Thunderbird
- OpenOffice.org documents
- Image and music files
- Man pages and Info pages
- File and folder names
Smart Indexing – After you install Google Desktop, it starts indexing the files that are already on your computer.
Google Integration – Integration with Google web search.
File Versioning – Google Desktop creates cached copies (snapshots) of your files and other items each time they have been changed, and stores these copies on your computer’s hard drive. As a result, you can often use Desktop to find previous versions of your files or ones you’ve accidentally deleted.
Technorati Tags: Google, Desktop, Linux, File, Index, Search, PDF, HTML
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Mozilla Calendar Project has released Lightning and Sunbird 0.5. Here is the list of improvements in 0.5:
- More polished user interface in the calendar views
- Event invitations can be sent and received via iMIP/iTIP (Lightning only)
- Working hours are back
- Automatic migration of data in Sunbird 0.2, iCal.app, and Evolution
- Much improved printing functionality
- Better integration of Lightning into Mozilla Thunderbird (Printing, Undo/redo, Copy/paste)
- Support for Google Calendar (via the Google Calendar Provider extension)
For more detailed changes, take a look at The Rumbling Edge.
Lightning 0.5 and Sunbird 0.5 are available for Windows, Mac OS X (universal builds) and Linux in 22 different languages including English.
I updated lightning through the extension update. The new interface is much more polished than before (use the default Thunderbird theme to see it). Click the picture below.
Source: Calendar Weblog.
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Microsoft has opened the Windows Live Folder (beta) to public with Windows Live ID. I registered using my hotmail login and got a taste of it. You get a paltry 500 MB of storage to store documents, music and photos. The interface is neat and simple. When you login, you can see options to personal folders, shared folders and public folders. (Picture below).
By default, your uploads are personal. You can keep them as personal or you can share with your friends or you can make them available for public.
I uploaded few photos under Pictures folder. Once uploaded (took some time for 4 photos), you get the same thumbnail images for all photos (see the picture below).
It won’t show the thumbnails of the photos. If you click on the thumbnail, it’ll show you the same default picture in a slightly bigger format with options to download, rename or delete. It won’t show the real picture. I hope they change that before the final release. (picture below).
I didn’t get time to research much and there’s not a whole lot of options to research. Give it a try.
Technorati Tags: Windows, Live Folder, Beta, Microsoft, Pictures, Documents, Music
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Posted 27 Jun 2007 — by Arun
Category Ubuntu
DesktopLinux.com reports that Dell introduced a new laptop (Inspiron 1420N) with Ubuntu pre-installed. The new Inspiron 1420N is powered by a 1.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 processor. This chip set also comes with a 667MHz FSB (front-side bus) and a 2MB cache. If you want a faster processor, Dell will let you upgrade it to a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 with an 800MHz FSB and a 4MB cache.
For storage, the default setup starts with an 80GB SATA (serial advanced technology attachment) hard drive with a spin rate of 5,400 rpm. At the high end, Dell will offer a 160GB SATA hard drive with 7,200-rpm speed with the 1420.
By default, this laptop comes with a 24x CD burner/DVD combo drive. You can also get it with an 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability.
The Inspiron 1420 Notebook comes with 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 (double-data-rate two) RAM at 667MHz.
You can push that all the way up to 4GB of Shared Dual Channel DDR2 RAM.
Pricing on the Inspiron 1420 Notebook begins at $774. Systems will be available for delivery starting in mid-July.
Dell is also replacing its Ubuntu-powered Dimension E520 desktop with the new, low-priced Inspiron Desktop 530.
Technorati Tags: DesktopLinux.com, Ubunut, Dell, Inspiron 1420N, Laptop, RAM, DVD, SATA, Dimension E520
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Google has redesigned it’s Google Doc & Spreadsheets. The documents are neatly organized with an explorer like interface and new icons. The search in Google doc now shows dynamically filtered lists as you type, similar to Google Suggest. Click the picture below to see the new interface.
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Click here to find out the time left for the launch of Oracle Database 11g.
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Google announced yesterday that they are adding mail migration feature to Google Apps Premier and Education Editions. Administrators can use a self-service wizard to easily and securely transfer existing email data from an IMAP server over to users’ Gmail accounts on Google Apps. Gmail will put messages into conversation threads, display the original sender, recipient, and date of messages, and convert existing mail folders into labels. Old messages are instantly searchable with Gmail’s search. This tool currently supports email servers with an IMAP interface.
Here are the list of other features that are either added or going to be added soon:
- Shared address book – Users who want to add colleagues to a new email or document no longer have to go to a
separate list or company directory. Users can search through all the users on a domain by clicking the “Choose from contacts” link.
- Google Docs & Spreadsheets charts – Number-crunchers will be happy to see that Google has included the ability to create charts in a spreadsheet.
- Increased Gmail attachment size - Google made it easier to share more of those large presentations and
files as attachments by doubling the allowable attachment size to 20 MB to make Gmail space even more useful.
- Multi-user chats - Now users can invite multiple contacts into the same chat on the Google Talk gadget from their Start Page. This will be useful for small groups working on a document or other project together.
- Google Docs & Spreadsheets refresh - Soon Google will complete a visual overhaul of Docs & Spreadsheets that
will make it much easier for users with dozens or even hundreds of documents to search, locate, and organize their documents.
Technorati Tags: Google, Apps, Doc, Sreadsheet, Domain, Address, GMail
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Posted 25 Jun 2007 — by Arun
Category General
Linuxsucks.org runs on Linux. Click here and take a look at the hosting history at the bottom. It’ll show you the OS as Linux. If you go to their website and click on the following topics will give you NOTE: Comment XXXXX deleted message.
Linux Sucks So Much This Site Uses It
Zounds! Your server runs Linux, Batman!
This clearly shows Linuxsucks.org are not open minded enough to take criticisms and it shows Linuxsucks.org sucks!!!
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