Author Archives: Vikas Saurabh
Darwin says hit and run
Last night, I was coming back from a party at my friends. It was a lonely road so I was little casual. (anyways, my current speed limit is 60kmph…so out of control was really out of question). Suddenly I saw … Continue reading
OS installation
Have you ever wondered what happens when a software (MS Office, gimp, etc) are being installed on a system? Even a couple of moments thought would suggest that it would install(copy at a specific location) a couple (at times a … Continue reading
Freerunner software structure
For around 2 weeks now, I have not been using my Freerunner and its not because I have started to like my older phone over it, but because I tried zhone+FSO+Debian and now I literally can’t go to Om2008.9. FSO … Continue reading
Prism – An interesting firefox extension
I think this one would need a synopsis before the real story because some of you might just be interested in the functionality and not how it works. So, Prism is a Firefox extension that allows you to make a … Continue reading
India lands a rover on moon
Some 8 years ago, 14 November was just about getting sweets and a holiday. But from now on, thanks to ISRO, this day would also be marked as a major milestone in India’s tryst with Universe beyond Earth. Although, our … Continue reading
Relationship and Girlfriends
Disclaimer: My deepest apologies to girls, but I am not trying to be sexist here. The main theme of the post should be equally valid, had the title been Relationship and Boyfriends. For a fact, I have never been in … Continue reading
Finally got over with -Samsung C110- Sony Ericsson w830
Prelude: This post was started a year and a half ago when I was shedding off my SamsungC110 but could never be completed. I am revisiting it again now that I have moved on from my Sony Ericsson as well.But … Continue reading
Autofs
Have you ever wondered how inconvenient it is to use smb (windows) shares in a linux box. Yeah, I know all contemporary versions are loaded with cifs and all you need is some entries in fstab and you feel the … Continue reading
Blogging with photos
Hmm…the title is basically a misnomer. This post is not about putting one pic in the post. I imagine the whole gallery should be available in the post. Frankly, even I am not sure how the output would be looking … Continue reading
No CD Linux installation
As promised in the last post, this post is just to describe my experience with the no CD install for openSUSE 10.3. The reference that I used was from suse wiki and can be found here. Although, there exist yet … Continue reading