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Ubuntu – Change Download Server and Fix Slow Updates
In: Linux
23 Oct 2009In India, the default download server selected is an Indian server ftp.iitm.ac.in which is very slow and causes very slow download speeds even if you’ve a 2 Mbps broadband connection. This was very obvious when I tried to upgrade to the Ubuntu 9.10 Release Candidate. I was getting download speeds in the range of 10 [...]
Mac4Lin 1.0 – The easiest way to dress up your Linux desktop to look like a Mac
In: Linux| Tips & Tricks
18 Jun 2009Mac4Lin, a popular tool used to give mac style look to Linux desktop is now updated to 1.0. It consists of all the skins, icons, themes and other graphics which can give your linux desktop a mac look. It is the easiest way because it can automate most of the skin changes including login window, [...]
Windows, Linux and Mac – A comparison
23 May 2009For the past 5-6 months I’ve been using a MacBook in my office and at home a I’ve a laptop which dual boots between Windows Vista Home Premium and Ubuntu Ultimate Edition 1.8 64 bit. So I thought, I could write something comparing these three operating systems.
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Hello! my name is Hafees. Living in Kerala, India. I've been working as a web developer for almost 4 years. At present, I am working in Flip Media, the leading independent interactive media agency in the Middle East.
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Posts
- Samsung Application Store Finally Supports i8910 Omnia HD
- Proud Owner of a Samsung Omnia I8910 HD
- Ubuntu – Change Download Server and Fix Slow Updates
- Live Writer tips for offline blogging
- Look, who is tweeting… it is Microsoft
- Windows 7 beta will shutdown in every two hours from today
- Firefox 3.5 final version released
- Most useful search tricks for Google and Bing
- Manufacturing cost of iPhone 3G S and the price of iPhone 3G in India
- Iphone 3GS – More hidden than revealed?
- Samsung Application Store Finally Supports i8910 Omnia HD
- Most useful search tricks for Google and Bing
- Windows, Linux and Mac - A comparison
- Proud Owner of a Samsung Omnia I8910 HD
- Windows Live Writer – Surprisingly good!
- Manufacturing cost of iPhone 3G S and the price of iPhone 3G in India
- Mac4Lin 1.0 - The easiest way to dress up your Linux desktop to look like a Mac
- Windows 7 beta will shutdown in every two hours from today
- MSN Search improved a lot!
- Firefox 3.5 final version released
- Proud Owner of a Samsung Omnia I8910 HD
- Live Writer tips for offline blogging
- Five free Mac applications for Web developers
- Opera promises to fulfil Internet’s unfulfilled promise through Opera Unite
- Bing – is it a google killer?
- Windows Live Writer – Surprisingly good!
- 5 things I like most in Mac OS X
- Windows, Linux and Mac – A comparison
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