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Some late night thoughts

I have been travelling over the weekend back to my native place which was untouched by the glitz and glamour of the metros. This Diwali seems to be muted; partially because of the economic recession and partly because of the … Continue reading

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Airtel Broadband:512k unlimited

I was lucky to have the plan migrated over the weekend. Is it really earth shattering; much like the “big O”? No isn’t. But definitely a lot faster than what I was forced to put up with. I have noticed … Continue reading

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OPLC: Intel says bye bye

This is a project doomed for disaster primarily because it was an atlanticist’s version of creating another sop to “spoon feed” the hungry nations by way of “educating” them with brand new laptops. It is an interesting cocept but is … Continue reading

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The open source hassles

I have been an open source proponent over the past 4 years and realised the frustration over the period of time by sticking on to it. At the centre of debate is the copyright versus copyleft scenario which has no … Continue reading

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Ubuntu: Gutsy Gibbon ahoy!

I was indeed seduced with the option of having a brand new distro on my laptop; specially when the reviews suggested that it had improved support for laptops. I had to manually install the whole damned thing because it would … Continue reading

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Finally!

Finally, I am able to access Internet, courtesy Airtel. It’s just been installed in my premises after a tough fight with the dodos who had very specious arguments about “ports” and “pairs”. I literally had to throw a fit time … Continue reading

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Ubuntu Linux

I would take a break from the regular broadband bashing and instead focus on the new imminent release of Ubuntu Linux, code named as Feisty Fawn. With cutting edge software, Ubuntu’s version promises to be better than ever before by … Continue reading

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