Phoenix
Random thoughts,so totally random,I may post twice a day,or skip months at a time

Archive for June, 2008

Triple Boot!Windows XP,Ubuntu 8.04,openSUSE 11.0!

June 30, 2008

Received openSUSE 11.0 DVD from Sameep of GNU/Linux Users Group of Bombay(GLUG-Bom) on Saturday via courier.Plopped it in and 1st of all,checked the media for errors to prevent another Mandriva 2007 experience. Plopped the DVD in for installation wherein it stopped at Initializing Package Manager for an inordinate time ,for me,did a hard [...]

Exaile

June 24, 2008

Comments to my article on my top 6 applications to install after you install Ubuntu suggested that I should keep KDE applications out of the list,because they come with a huge related load of KDE libraries and use up more RAM.Also,Exaile and Brasero were suggested as alternatives to amaroK and K3B respectively.
So,I upgraded to Ubuntu [...]

20th Jun to 23rd Jun

June 24, 2008

20th Jun:
Huge traffic on the Mumbai GNU/Linux users group mailing list about where to hold the meet,timing all decided,agenda all decided,but no venue!Sanjay had come up with an offer to host the meet at his place on the 18th,but there’s no consensus,whether we should go to Bandra or IIT would be a better choice.Vipul tries [...]

19th Jun:Maths 4

June 24, 2008

Maths paper.Studying at the last moment despite a 9-day holiday preceding.
Thinking that this gonna be the worst paper I’ve ever given in my life.Heart beating at 170-200 beats per minute.Question paper in hand looks unnaturally small.I recognize the 1st question I place my eyes on.Heart rate:150 bpm.
Then I look up and it’s the second side [...]