My space in the world

Hello all!

The Tech Help Forums are up since some time now.
It’s a gorgeous looking phpBB 3 forum.

>> http://techhelpforums.co.nr < <

The forum is meant for all sort of tech/non-tech discussions, unlimited chit-chat on any topic, latest tech news, and a great community, and everything just after a free registration!!

If you wish you can join and help it keep going. Also, if you propose, we can add a specific section to the forum.

Also, we are in search of staff. So if you join and contribute, you could also be a part of the forum council if you want to!

So register now!! http://techhelpforums.co.nr
Registration is easy. Just type in your username, password and email and done!

Cheers
Sayak Banerjee
Tech Help Forums Council

Here goes the release countdown for Kubuntu Intrepid 8.10 Final release

1) Plug in the phone to the Laptop via the USB datacable and then identify the vendor ID and product ID of the phone. Run

lsusb

to get an output similar to the following
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0421:0443 Nokia Mobile Phones
Here 0421 is the vendor ID and 0443 is the product ID of the Nokia phone. Your values could be different based on the phone you are connecting. But more often than not the descriptions should help you find the right line corresponding to your code. You will have other lines of output corresponding to other USB devices

2) Now run the command
sudo /sbin/modprobe usbserial vendor=0x0421 product=0x0443
Make sure you replace 0421 and 0443 with whatever values you had identified as the vendor ID and the product ID of your phone.

3) Create your wvdial.conf by running the following
sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf

4) Edit your /etc/wvdial.conf to look similar to the following. You will most probably have to edit only the Phone, Password and Username lines
[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","airtelgprs.com"
Modem Type = USB Modem
Baud = 460800
New PPPD = yes
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
ISDN = 0
Phone = *99***1#
Password = airtel
Username = airtel
Stupid Mode = 1

5) Run wvdial and you should be online immediately. You can also configure two shortcuts on the panel to point to wvdial and poff.wvdial to turn on and turn off the connection without opening a terminal window at all.

Configuring GPRS internet access using any other phone other than Nokia or any other service provider other than Airtel should follow a similar process (unless of course you run into problems). If you run into problems and you are located near our offices you can drop by and try to get the problem rectified by our experts.

—————
Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-257127.html

I stumbled upon this S60/S60v3 Ubuntu theme with Tango icons for my cellphone.

Not quite made for a 240×320 screen but looks okay

The Ubuntu-IN forums (Ubuntu India Forums) are up!

The forum is maintained by lut4rp (Pratul Kalia) and the Ubuntu-India administrators.
Ubuntu-IN Wiki: http://ubuntu-in.info/wiki/index.php/Documents

Forum link: http://forum.ubuntu-in.info/

I have found that HP laptops support ubuntu really well, though this is a personal experience here at my university. I have seen about 20 HP laptop (Compaq, HP Compaq and HP Pavilion) and about 10-12 desktops (Compaq and HP) migrating to ubuntu. Only some had a minor graphics issue, but oh well, they have an ATI! Mostly, I have found that with a small playing arount with backports and restricted packages, ubuntu works seamlessly! Yay! \o/

Ubuntu HP on Launchpad:
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hp

Since the first camera was invented by Ibn al-Haytham, photography has evolved, changed and developed to a great deal. Today’s powerful digital cameras can compete with their film or reel counterparts. Photography is more of an addiction than a hobby. It’s all about finding the beauty in anything. A glass of water may seem beautiful, or even a leaf lying on green grass. It’s all about how we shape it and capture it, and finally, how we set it as our ubuntu wallpaper! (jk)

I think there would be some who love capturing like I do.
For the same reason, I’ve started this group for Ubuntu Photographers:
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-photographers

With more and more users switching to 64-bit computing to exploit the CPU’s full potential, the amd64 architecture has given a new dimension to day to day computing. 64-bit computing was used in supercomputers in 1960s and servers since early 1990s. Any 64-bit processor can emulate a 32-bit architecture. They not only address more memory but perform much better in cases of intensive computing, virtualization and gaming.

Personally with an OS of amd64 architecture, I always have Windows running on a virtualbox on a separate workspace while I work smoothly on the main one. I must say that I could do this with i386 also, though this seems to add up to my performance. Ubuntu amd64 has almost all associated packages available now. I must say that I’m in love with amd64!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit

Ubuntu 64-Bit usergroup:
Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~64-bit
Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/64BitTeam
Forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/group.php?groupid=258
IRC: #ubuntu-64-bit on channel irc.freenode.net

What’s new?

• The Idea Sandbox:

  Here goes all the ideas that need moderator approval. Once an idea gets a specified number of moderator approvals, ir gets listed under the Popular Ideas section.

• Implemented Ideas:

  Here goes all idea that have been already implemented.

• Neutral Vote Casting:

  The new UI will provide an option to the users to cast a neutral vote.

• Rationale/Solution separation:

  Often different idea try to solve a common problem. So now on the new website, an idea can now have many solutions to a common rationale.

And more.. check out: http://devel.ideatorrent.org

(This is he Ubuntu Brainstorm Development version — All changes here would be temporary and will not be linked to the main database. Feel free to do anything here!)

Ubuntu Forums user-group:

http://ubuntuforums.org/group.php?groupid=275