Praveen’s Journal

One of the column in “The Hindu” which recently grabbed the interest of a lot of readers is the column ’su do ku’, a puzzle game. This column gain more fame in short time over it’s very old brother column, the “Crossword”. There is an official website for this puzzle here. Debian GNU/Linux users can user the package sgt-puzzles and run the game binary /usr/games/solo. Good game to kill time

Due to comments made by Mr Sourav Ganguly during the press conference following his innings in the recently completed Test match in Bulawayo and the subsequent media speculation I would like to make my position clear on two points.1. At no stage did I ask Mr Ganguly to step down from the captaincy of the Indian team and;

2. At no stage have I threatened to resign my position as Indian team coach.

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I have created a project under Sarovar.org to get some web space and mailing list for Indian GNU/Hurd Users Group. Thanks for thier fast response and the site with the mailing list is fully operational now. Have sent an invite to ILUGC. Hope atleast Shakthi and Joe Steeve would join!

Update: After some good amount of effort, I have made the Wiki page available with some basic structures present using PmWiki.

I have (re)created my GPG key. Here is it.

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There were quite some posts on various blogs about Google’s new OS which is based on GNU/Hurd recently. There were screenshots posted!

Whatever the verdict, it’s still nice to see imaginations at work while addressing one of the hotter rumors floating around the Internet. However, if this is indeed the real thing, I will alter the previous statement to say, it’s a good start Google, but your interface needs some visual work. Grooan.com offers the following description of the purported Google OS:

Based on GNU and with kernel HURD [Google OS] is available in 3 versions: Embedded , Portable and Corporate. [Each version is substantially different] for the type of support and methodology of the job.

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The last snapshot of GNU/Hurd that I gave a try was J2. It seems that a lot of things have improved after that. The main thing is that the 2GB limit for the ext2fs is gone now. That is a real great news. I am downloading the Debian port of GNU/Hurd K9 from one of the mirrors. I am planning to install it this weekend and give a try. Not sure if they fixed the bug where the Mach crashes when we hit some key while it is booting

The sweetness of English reaches it’s maximum when talked by a Mallu! Get some glimpse here. No offense meant

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When I bought a big lot of Sesa Goa after the split of the stock, some of my friends asked me not to do it as the fundamentals of the stock was not that good. But I didn’t listen to them. Now, they will defintely worry for what they said

Would the invention of the telephone ever have gotten off the ground if Alexander Graham Bell’s first call had gone…

Bell: Mr. Watson, come here; I want you.

Voice: If you know Watson’s extension, press 1 now. If you
would like to leave a message for Watson, press 2. If
you need further assistance, hold the line for the next
available representative….

The telephone, which was satisfied for a century or so simply placing and receiving calls, has become a different animal in recent years. These days, everybody has an answering machine, a speakerphone, and a slew of other telecommunication doodads. Call waiting, caller ID, and last-number redial are fine, but here are some options that can’t be far behind.

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Have you ever wondered why viruses are very rarely seen in Linux? Check this out.

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