Somtime ago, I upgraded WordPress from version 1.5 to 2.x. The official instructions are simple and clear. Basically the steps include backing up your databases and files, downloading and extracting the new Wordpress package and running the Wordpress upgrade program via your browser.
However, it didn’t work for me.
Running upgrade.php seemed to work and even gave […]

Last week I needed to burn a couple of CDs - an activity which I haven’t done too much of. My SUSE 9.3 install, running KDE gave me a couple of options under Multimedia apps for CD/DVD burning: Gnome CD/DVD Creator and K3b. Since I’m more of a KDE person, I tried out K3b.
According to […]

I’ve been planning to do this for a while now, and its finally happened. SharadWare is now powered by WordPress. For a little over two years, I’d been using Movable Type. I’ve got nothing against MT - it’s a great product and my heartfelt thanks to it’s creators.
So why did I shift? Well, multiple reasons…
MT […]

Please read my earlier post Installing Linux on the IBM ThinkPad T43 for background information.
The setup so far: Windows XP Pro & SUSE Linux Professional 9.3 (with GRUB installed in the MBR). Although I had a perfectly functioning dual-boot system at this point in time, the fact that the Access IBM button did not work […]

Recently I acquired an IBM ThinkPad T43. It’s quite a beauty. The machine came preinstalled with Microsoft Windows XP (Pro) and a few addon applications. Almost all of the space on the disk was taken up for use by WinXP and designated as C: by the OS. There is another smaller, “hidden” area of about […]

Today, the 25th of Aug, 2004, Linux turns thirteen. Happy Birthday Linux! :)
While on the subject, here is a quick factoid: Linux is not the operating system, as most people mistakenly believe. Linux is the kernel, a vitally essential and core component of the OS. Simply put, the kernel is responsible for allocating a computer’s […]

Desktop, open source operating systems have hit the retail market in America with their entry into Wal Mart. They may not be very successful immediately, but believe me, It’s a BIG step forward.
If Linux is made to act and look like Windows, then what’s the point? Read some thoughts about this and then some more […]

Linux (and other X Window System) users rejoice. Your display just got better. XFree86 4.3.0 is out.

Hee hee hee… Ho ho ho… Ha ha ha…
I can’t type too well with all this laughing. I’m sorry. You need to give me a moment or two…
Isn’t it just wonderful, when something like that pops out of nowhere and sets you off into peals of laughter? I’m calm now. Just a huge smile […]

LINUXForYou Vol.1 No.1 Feb, 2003.
“The Complete Magazine on Open Source”, is how India’s first magazine devoted to GNU/Linux and the world of Open Source Software, describes itself.
This is an event. Trust me.
Before this there have been Indian publications with a Linux-oriented focus, most notably PCQuest. But LFY, published by the Electronics For You Group, […]