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Debian Celebrating its 15 years of Freedom

With Hardy now past feature-freeze it’s time to start to plan
features that are being lined up for inclusion after Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
is released in April.

And so I’d like to introduce you to the Intrepid Ibex, the release
which is planned for October 2008, and which is likely to have the
version number 8.10.

During the 8.10 cycle we will be venturing into interesting new
territory, and we’ll need the rugged adventurousness of a mountain
goat to navigate tricky terrain. Our desktop offering will once
again be a focal point as we re-engineer the user interaction model
so that Ubuntu works as well on a high-end workstation as it does on
a feisty little subnotebook. We’ll also be reaching new peaks of
performance - aiming to make the mobile desktop as productive as
possible.

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How to create system folders
Con and other system folders like “aux”,”nul”,”lpt1″,”lpt2″ etc. can be created only with dos
i’ll suggest u a method of creating con and other like folders in C: drive-
first go to run
type cmd
then type the following command carefully -
mkdir \\.\c:\con
in place of con any of the names of the folders u want to create can be typed
and if u want to delete the folder then type-
rmdir \\.\c:\con

You just need to have a little knowledge about Command Prompt and have WinRAR installed.

1. Gather all the files that you wish to hide in a folder anywhere in your PC (make it in C:\hidden - RECOMMENDED).
2. Now, add those files in a RAR archive (e.g. secret.rar). This file should also be in the same directory (C:\hidden).
3. Now, look for a simple JPEG picture file (e.g. logo.jpg). Copy/Paste that file also in C:\hidden.
4. Now, open Command Prompt (Go to Run and type ‘cmd‘). Make your working directory C:\hidden.
5. Now type: “COPY /b logo.jpg + secret.rar output.jpg” (without quotes) - Now, logo.jpg is the picture you want to show, secret.rar is the file to be hidden, and output.jpg is the file which contains both.
6. Now, after you have done this, you will see a file output.jpg in C:\hidden. Open it (double-click) and it will show the picture you wanted to show. Now try opening the same file with WinRAR, it will show the hidden archive .

 Apart from the CLI, various graphical user interfaces too have keyboard shortcuts for most of the Linux applications. We shall now put our eyes down to some commonly used key combination to get a handful of the routine tasks accomplished without you having the need to chase your mouse!The following set of key combination are known to work on a GNOME desktop environment, with a hope that most of it shall work on alternative desktop environments. I shall be glad to see some more entries added to the list through the comments section.

Before we start, one should remember the 4 basic keystrokes for a GNOME desktop:

1. Escape: It cancels/stops whatever is being done on the active window.
2. Enter: Generally used to select an option or run/open a selected file.
3. Tab: Used to move through the links/icons/files in a sequential manner.
4. Cursor keys: They help you move your cursor to the desired position.

Apart from them, we have a list of productive keystroke combination:

The slider is a quick & easy way to accomplish tasks which would otherwise involve long trails of the mighty mouse. You can use the following combination:

1. Alt + TAB: It pops up the slider to select a program out of the one’s which are currently running or dormant(minimized). This happens to be a cool combination to help you switch between windows. Just keep holding the ALT and keep pressing TAB until you have the program that you want.
2. Shift + Alt + TAB: It brings up the slider to select a menu panel and allows you to click select shortcuts, etc.
3. Ctrl+Alt+ left/right cursor keys: It pops up the slider to move toggle over your workspace.
4. Ctrl+Alt+d: This combination minimizes all the windows which are active, leaving behind the desktop, all in a jiffy!

Another set of key combination include Alt and the Function keys. This combination helps manage the windows:

1. Alt+F1: This brings up the main menu.
2. Alt+F2: This allows you to run an application by typing its name in the pop-up box.
3. Alt+F4: It closes the active window. Equivalent to clicking the X on the corner of the window.
4. Alt+F7: It allows you to use the cursor keys to move the window. Pressing other keys return the control back to normal.
5. Alt+F8: It helps you resize the active window using the cursor keys. Pressing other keys return the control back to normal.
6. Alt F9: It minimizes the active window.
7. Alt+F10: It maximizes the active window.

You may use Alt+space to bring up the window bar menu to check out this list, just in case you forget them!

What we just saw was a comprehensive list of keyboard shortcuts for window management tasks. We shall now eye on the next subset of keystrokes, which involves program management tasks. The following commands are often known as Apple Lisa/IBM editing commands and most programs are known to have them. But remember, just as one size doesn’t fit all, there may be some discrepancies.

1. F10: It gets you to the main menu of a program you are currently in. You may then use the cursor keys to get around.
2. Shift+F10: It opens the right-click menu of the active program.
3. Ctrl-S: It saves the active file. It’s a common and widely used command.
4. Ctrl-Z: undos the last action.
5. Ctrl X / Ctrl C / Ctrl V: Cut, Copy, Paste - No description needed!
6. Ctrl F / Ctrl G: Find and find next.
7. Ctrl O: It helps open an existing file within a program.
8. Ctrl W: It closes the current file.
9. Ctrl-Shift-W: It closes the active program.

Some shortcuts for Firefox users:

1. ALT+D / CTRL+L / F6: Lets you point to the address bar in a flash.
2. CTRL+T: Creates a new tab in the current window.
3. CTRL+Tab: Allows you to toggle between the opened tabs.
4. CTRL+R / F5: Refreshes the current tab.
5. CTRL+W: Close the current tab.

Thanks to Brajeshwar

Ubuntu MID Edition targets an exciting new class of computers called Mobile Internet Devices. Ubuntu MID, based on the world’s most popular Linux distribution, and MID hardware from OEMs and ODMs, is redefining what can be done in mobile computing.

Ubuntu MID Edition, a fully open source project, gives the full Internet, with no compromise. Custom options may include licensed codecs and popular third-party applications.

• Full Web 2.0/AJAX fidelity, with custom options of Adobe Flash®, Java, and more
• Outstanding media playback so you can enjoy videos, music and photos with superior quality and easy navigation
• A suite of applications that work seamlessly to meet every need of a digital parent, student or anyone who is on-the-go
• Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Dailymotion, 3D games, GPS, maps, in short, the full Web 2.0 experience delivered into your hands as a compact and powerful device that’s easy and fun to use

The product of Canonical collaboration with Intel and the open source community, Ubuntu MID Edition is the software that makes it all possible.Read More Here
Source : http://www.ubuntu.com/

I downloaded Net Bean 6.1 last week and I have been using it since then and it has come out to be a very efficient IDE for all Java Apps Developments . Its an open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers. You get all the tools you need to create professional desktop, enterprise, web, and mobile applications with the Java language, C/C++, and Ruby. NetBeans IDE is easy to install and use straight out of the box and runs on many platforms including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris.

The NetBeans IDE 6.1 provides several new features and enhancements, such as rich JavaScript editing features, support for using the Spring web framework, and tighter MySQL integration.

Unlike Windows Linux has may file systems like bin,mnt,media,home,src.etc a pictorial representaion of few of them is here

a file system is a method for storing and organizing computer files and the data they contain to make it easy to find and access them. File systems may use a data storage device such as a hard disk or CD-ROM and involve maintaining the physical location of the files, they might provide access to data on a file server by acting as clients for a network protocol or they may be virtual and exist only as an access method for virtual data

For more Inforamation Read here

Amarok 2 alpha 1 was released last week. Ars conducted extensive testing with the prerelease to give you an early look at the highly-anticipated update of the popular open-source audio player.

A handful of experiments included in alpha 1 that demonstrates some of its capabilities. For instance, the Current Track Info plasmoid displays information about the song that is currently playing. There is also a plasmoid that displays information from Last.fm, and one that will automatically display the Wikipedia page about the group that performed the currently playing song. There are also a few plasmoids that are only partially implemented, including one that will eventually show song lyrics and one that could be used to display video.read more here

Read Technical Reviews of Amorok Player 2 Alpha 1 here

Ubuntu is relatively a new operating system and for Windows users who are not familiar has numbers of questions about it. In order to satisfy its users of their questions, Ubuntu now released its extension, namely Ubuntu Forums Menu. It adds additional navigation menu for Ubuntu Forums via main-menu and context to Firefox. This extension is helpful for Windows users who are planning to migrated to Ubuntu. It gives one easy access to all Ubuntu related questions and answers. Since the release of Vista, some Windows user feel inconvenience to use it as their operating system. Ubuntu Forums are currently the most active and only platform to search for Ubuntu related question/answers. Therefore this extension can come quite handy for new Ubuntu users. Ubuntu Forum contents an enormous community of Ubuntu users and developers hanging out at the Ubuntu Forums. They welcome to any questions and happy to answer your questions about Ubuntu. The Ubuntu Forums Menu extension adds an item to your Firefox menu bar to give you quick access to the forums. You can also access this menu via the right-click context menu.

Download here : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2302