Category Archives: trivia

Ubuntu codename baptism!

Posted on October 13, 2007 by divya

Ever since Ubuntu released its first version, its been known for its strange and interesting choice of names! Ubuntu, in African means “humanity towards others” and what could be a better name for an opensource community project! The first version … Continue reading →

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Useful GRE Preparation Resources

Posted on October 1, 2007 by divya

I am writing this post because when I went on a hunt for GRE resources I always had a problem getting all the information in one place. So here goes, when we start preparing for GRE we are usually confused … Continue reading →

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Medibuntu

Posted on September 22, 2007 by divya

Medibuntu stands for Multimedia, Entertainment and Distractions In Ubuntu. Its is a package repository that contains packages that you wont find in the Ubuntu package repository. It has packages for playing restricted formats, external binary codecs packages, skype, google earth … Continue reading →

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Microsoft and Open Source?????

Posted on July 27, 2007 by divya

Have you heard this news yet??? Changes seem to be happening in the Windows arena as curtains seem to be falling. Microsoft finally are ok with lets say, “peeping inside the Window”! (People familiar with open source will get this … Continue reading →

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Quick Bugzilla Tutorial

Posted on July 20, 2007 by divya

Bugzilla is a “Bug Tracking System” that can efficiently keep track of outstanding bugs in a product. Multiple users can access this database and query, add and manage these bugs. Bugzilla essentially comes to the rescue of a group of … Continue reading →

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