In a bid to promote the GNU/Linux User Group Trivandrum we have decided to offer free hosting plans for members of the group. The only eligibility criteria that we are looking forward to is a minimum level of involvement in the group activities.
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The full set of Ubuntu Repository DVDs (set of 5 DVDs) is now available. You can request for your copy of the Ubuntu Repositories through our RequestCD program. The ubuntu repository DVDs contain the complete set of packages under the main, universe, multiverse and restricted repositories in Ubuntu. Please note that we will mail out the DVDs only within India.
We have recently offered free web hosting for the website for Yojana08. Yojana08 is a national level technical symposium organized by the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology of Younus College of Engineering and Technology, Kollam. The event is scheduled from March 12 to March 13.
Lenovo released prices of its Thinkpad series laptops for the month of March. They have very competitive pricing strategy and Thinkpads are becoming more accessible by the mid-segment population. Here we have given the prices of all the models of Thinkpad laptops:
Wipro has released prices of various models of laptops. They are very aggressive in the market. All laptops in the product line are of decent configuration and they come at very affordable prices in their respective categories. Apart from the last two, all the come with a 14.1" widescreen that makes them laptop very compact and light weight and also they are equipped with an Multi Media Card reader. Wipro is providing 1 year on=site warranty on all laptop models. Here are the list of laptops and their prices
Wordweb is one of the most useful tools for a content developer or a technical writer working on a plain old Windows machine. When somebody like that moves to Ubuntu from Windows he/she would want to have a somewhat similar functionality in Ubuntu too. In GNU/Linux there is the gnome-dictionary or the kdict application that has similar functionality as wordweb. However some minor tweaks are required to make these applications behave almost exactly like Wordweb.
Lenovo announced the prices of Thinkpad series notebooks for the month of February 2008. Check out for available models and their prices.
Lenovo Thinkpad - R61 - 8932 A25
Intel Celeron M Processor 530 (1.73 GHz, 533 MHz, 1MB L2 Cache), 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Disk, Combo Drive, Intel Pro 802.11a/b/g, 15.4 WXGA Widescreen, Free DOS, UltraNav, 3 year warrantyPrice Rs. 31900/-
Lenovo announced the prices of 3000 Y, N and G series for the month of February, 2008. The prices are very competitive when compared with the specifications. They are trying to provide more value for money for Indian consumers. Prices of all the models are given here.
Compaq Presario C734TU is an entry level model in HP-Compaq's product line. This is a Celeron based machine. Other features include - 512MB DDR2, 120GB SATA HDD, DVD/RW Multy drive, 15.4" Widescreen Display, Altec Lansing Stereo Speakers, 56K Modem, Integrated Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g, LiIon Battery, TouchPad, Web cam 1.3 mg, S-Video TV Out, 2 USB 2.0 and the operating system in the laptop is FreeDOS. You will have to install an operating system (Windows, Linux etc) to use the laptop. Incase you are planning to install Windows XP, you might have issues with compatible drivers.
HP-Compaq announced the prices of it Pavilion range of laptops for the month of February 2008. Prices are now more competitive and they ensure value for money. Here we are giving the prices of all available models of HP Pavilion Laptops
We now have all variants of Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) with us. Click here to order your copy of Ubuntu DVD or CD using our RequestCD system. You can request the Gutsy Gibbon version of any of the Ubuntu flavors - Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Gobuntu - from Zyxware. Kindly remember that this RequestCD feature is currently only available for users from India.
Presario C747TU is another model laptop in HP-Compaq's notebook product line. Thinking of installing Windows XP in that maching would be a problem, as you would find it difficult the find the drivers for the sameHere we have given all the available drivers for XP. Neither Zyxware nor HP does not give you any guarantee that these driver would work properly as they are not tested for Windows XP. Here are the drivers.
You can either click or copy the given links on to a new browser to download the drivers.
What is the easiest way to convert ideas into money? Sure there is no short-cut way and you still have to put in a lot of effort but making money on Afternic is reasonably easy and straightforward. If you have a creative flair and have some money that you can safely spare then Afternic is for you. For those of you who have not heard of Afternic, it is the online system where you can sell your domain names for the highest bidder.
HP-Compaq has announced the prices of Compaq Presario range of laptops, for the month of February, 2008. A few models from the previous list were removed from the product line and a couple of new ones were added to it. Infact, prices have become more competitive and aggressive. The list of models and their prices are given here:
Presario C708LA is another model of laptop from HP-Compaq. This is an Intel Core Duo based machine with a speed of 1.46GHz, 1GB DDR II RAM, 120GB HardDisk, 15.4" WideScreen, Modem, LAN, Wifi, 3 USB ports and it comes pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Basic Edition. Drivers for Windows xp are not available from company's website. We have provided all the links here. Neither Zyxware nor HP gives you any guarantee that these drivers will work perfectly in your laptop for Windows XP, as these laptops are designed to work with Windows Vista.
We had never had to configure an Airtel GPRS internet connection on a Laptop with Ubuntu before as we never had a customer who had one such connection. We however got an opportunity last day when we installed ubuntu on a compaq presario F733AU laptop. Setting up internet access on Ubuntu is easy in itself and setting up GPRS could not have been any easier. The customer had a Nokia 9300 communicator with a USB datacable.
Ever since HP-Compaq stopped giving Windows XP drivers for their laptops customers across the world have been having a tough time setting up Windows XP and configuring all the devices (See our post on Windows XP drivers for HP-Compaq Presario F733AU). Sometimes these drivers work and sometime they don't. We have been installing Ubuntu on almost all the Laptops that we have been selling and we have not had any problems with Ubuntu so far. Recently we installed Ubuntu on Compaq Presario F733AU Laptop.
Blogger/Blogspot is one of the most popular destinations for bloggers both new and experienced. When you sign up for a blogger account or use your existing Google account to create a blog you will get a blog with a URL like yourblogname.blogspot.com. This is a good way to start your first blog. However as you climb the ladders of popularity in blogosphere you will want to have your own domain name like www.yourblogname.com instead of the one above. Blogspot allows for this easily through their blog management interface.
HCL Infosystems, in its quest to bring all the conveniences and advantages of a laptops to the hands of a common man, had launched its new small and ultraportable models of laptops - The HCL MiLeap Laptops, during January, 2008. They had announced the prices of MiLeap series laptops. Moreover, they have introduced new variants of its MiLeap X laptop which is more convenient to use and carry and with more hard disk storage as compared to the X model. The list of all models of MiLeap series laptops and their prices are given below.
MiLeap X
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Similar to the StumbleThis module that we had created earlier we have created another bookmarking module for Drupal - SlashdotIt module. Unlike the other social bookmarking sites Slashdot is very selective in terms of the articles that get approved from the submission queue also known as the Slashdot firehose. Use this module on your site only if you are sure that you have slashdot worthy content.