Switch to Ubuntu
by Nazly on April 26, 2006
About 3 weeks back I successfully made a switch over to Linux Desktop and my pick was Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger). I would love to share few things in this step I took coz I feel it might help you (…)
Ubuntu 6.06 BETA
by Nazly on April 24, 2006
Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) BETA has been released. This Beta Release has introduced the new Desktop CD, which can be used both to try Ubuntu 'live' and to install the system. Installation can be perfomed using the new graphical installer (…)
Nightwatchman’s double
by Nazly on April 20, 2006
Aussie paceman Jason Gillespie became the first nightwatchman to score a double century in Test Cricket when he scored 201 in the final Test Match against Bangladesh. Aussies won the Test as well as the series 2-0 and Gillespie was (…)
Award for SAHANA
by Nazly on April 17, 2006
The SAHANA Project has received Software Industry Good Samaritans award at the Sand Hill Group's Software 2006 conference. Sahana's Free and Open Source (FOSS) project was quickly built over a 2-3 week period around the time of the tsunami in (…)
The Magic Word – Ubuntu
by Nazly on April 16, 2006
Finally, finally I have broken the spell of 'M$ Desktop' with the magic word Ubuntu. Ubuntu with a strong motive 'Linux for Human Beings' has been quite popular for being the perfect distro for a Linux Desktop. As you all (…)
+0530 in effect
by Nazly on April 16, 2006
From today onwards Sri Lankan timezone is back to where it was 10 years back and that is +0530 GMT. Talking about changing the zone three times within a short span of 10 years is not gonna help us at (…)
port 25
by Nazly on April 7, 2006
Microsoft to open port 25 to its Open Source Labs? Read here
Web Standards – high priority
by Nazly on April 6, 2006
If you guys were reading my blog (not via RSS feeds) within the last couple of weeks you might have noticed that I have revamped the look and feel of my blog. Its a complete new layout to make it (…)
Resetting back to +0530
by Nazly on April 2, 2006
Couple of weeks back I heard that the President has announced about reverting back Sri Lankan time to +0530GMT from the 14th of April 2006. I'm already confused with the calculations about scheduling my time and read few articles on (…)
Finding missing pieces
by Nazly on April 2, 2006
I'm currently following the Unix/Linux Fundamentals, Network & Systems Administration Course at the UCSC (University of Colombo School of Computing). My Linux knowledge is like a jigzaw puzzle as I know quite a bit here and there but with a (…)
