Sunday, January 29, 2006

i love linux

I just love to work on linux. I have been working on linux since my 2nd year (1998) of college. And i still remember we started working on linux because we had Fortran in our college which was available for free in linux.

At that time, PCQuest had come out with their version of Red Hat Linux 5.0. That was my first encounter with linux. One of my friends offered his pc for R&D and we tried installing linux on his pc. Now a days there is a graphical installation option available. At that time only way to install was thru the text option. After struggling with it for some time, we were able to install linux on his pc. But could not get the video card to run. So all we had was the text mode where we ran fortran programs.

But after that i tried installing linux on my PC and after struggling with the video card for some time i was able to get the video card running on my pc. We had a SIS 6215 C video card at that time which was not detected by linux. I still remember how i had to configure the videocard using the command line configurator xf86config and then edit the config file to get the video card running.

Since then i have been working on and off with linux. Now i am working with naukri.com and all their servers are on linux. The linux machines keep on running for years in a go without rebooting. I work with LAMP technologies and i really love it.

I have installed linux - fedora core 3 on the laptop i have, and below are a few screen shots from my linux desktop. I have seen different desktop environments for linux like KDE, Gnome, XFCE, Windowmanager, IceWM and lots more. But i prefer KDE. It somehow seems more stable though it is a bit slow at times. Kernel 2.6 is very good. Ensures smooth functioning of the I/O peripherals and explores the intel HT technology

Lets see what the future holds for linux.

kde - file manager - very cool Posted by Picasa

image viewer - nice pic. This used to be my background earlier. Posted by Picasa

linux konsole - my playground Posted by Picasa

my linux desktop ... cool background naaa Posted by Picasa

my linux desktop menu Posted by Picasa

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Life... (from an email)

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to
ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken,
probably more than once, and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts
too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with
your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did.
You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose
someone you love.

So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never
been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of
happiness you'll never get back.

you live only once......once is too short for regrets...

Sunday, January 22, 2006

Remembering college days

library front entrance Posted by Picasa

this view is tooo good Posted by Picasa

More views of college Posted by Picasa

Applied science block Posted by Picasa

The metallurgy department - part of my college Posted by Picasa

Library - from inside Posted by Picasa

My college - front view... looks grand and antique... Posted by Picasa

college entry gate  Posted by Picasa

our lab Posted by Picasa

college building from front and adjoining ground Posted by Picasa

my 4th year class from outside. Posted by Picasa

my college building Posted by Picasa