KARMIC KOALA UBUNTU 9.10

Open source community comes up with a new look and feel for linux users with the release of karmic koala beta version. Though the final stable version Ubuntu 9.10 is still to be released (29th oct,2009), you can have a look at some of the modified and new features in karmic koala beta release and add to the happening feature development of karmic by reporting bugs here.

http://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

STILL USING UBUNTU 9.04

To upgrade on Desktop system type

update-manager -d

on command box. Upgarde manager will show you the new available distribution release 9.10, which you can then choose to upgrade and follow on-screen instructions

WHAT'S NEW

BOOT PROCESS:

Increased boot-performance as it uses "UPSTART" as a replacement for "init" daemon. They have also worked for improving the overall look and feel of booting the system.

UBUNTU SOFTWARE CENTER:

The Ubuntu Software Center is a graphical utility for package management in Ubuntu. it will replace the "Add/Remove Application" and make it even easier to use.

GNOME:

Ubuntu 9.10 includes Gnome 2.28 desktop environment with latest features.It has replaced pidgin internet messenger with Empathy ,which uses telepathy for protocol support. Gdm 2.28 login manager has been used for a more integrated and managed login experience.

There are many other features included in this new version,so just go for it and check out the new karmic koala.

Click even on Click disabled Webpage

You might have sometime tried to right click on a webpage but failed. One of the most probable reason for this could be the disabling of right click option on the webpage by owner of the website for security purpose so that nothing can be copied from the webpage.

Its good as far as security is concerned but sometimes you may need to copy something for good reason, so you must know how to enable right click option on these webpages. Please don't use this trick without a good reason. Here is the trick....

For  Firefox users :

• Go to Tools->Options->Content tab


• Against the Enable JavaScript checkbox click on Advanced tab.


• Uncheck the "Disable or replace context menus" checkbox and click ok.

Its over. Right clicked have been enabled for you.

Easy Way to Hide your Files in a JPG Image File

There are several ways to hide your important files, but these methods are either time taking or needs some specialised techniques. But there is a very simple technique by which you can hide your files inside a JPG image file in a minute or even less than that. Files to be hidden can be in any format an image, pdf file, office document, txt file, exe files or any other. Basically we will put a compressed form(.zip or .rar) of files(in hidden form) in the JPG file. Here is the step by step procedure.

1. Put all the files that you want to hide and the image file(in which you will hide the files) in the C:\ drive.
2. For this step, you will need WinZip or WinRAR or CAM unzip installed on your computer. You can easily download any of these from net and get it installed on your system in minutes.Suppose you use a .rar archive. Now, just make a .rar file in C:\ drive (say secret.rar) with all the files(to be hidden except the image) in this archive.
3. Now,open command prompt(start->run->cmd->press enter).Go to the root directory using "CD\" command. Now use the given command and press enter : "copy /b image.JPG + secret.rar image.jpg", Where image.JPG is the image file. If you get the message like " 1 file(s) copied" (1 or any other number),then you are done. Your image file now contains all your files but in hidden format.

For getting your files back from the image file, just right click on the image file and click "open with", and open with WinRAR(or WinZip,whatever you are using).Now, simply extract the files and you are done.

Make your USB Pen-drive a Bootable media

You might have ever repaired your Windows with a Windows bootable cd. This situation comes when your windows faces some serious problem which needs immediate booting. But do u know you can even use your USB pen-drive rather than using any bootable cd. For this to work firstly pen-drive is to be converted to a bootable media.

Makebootable is a free and easy to use software for this task.Here comes the process.........backup all the files on the pendrive.Then,format your pen-drive with fat file system. Now, run Makebootable.exe to finally turn your pen drive into a bootable media.

Go to your BIOS setting and go to boot area.Plug in your pendrive so that it is listed in the boot devices.You can now choose your pen drive as First boot device.Using F10, save and exit of BIOS. Your computer will be restarted and you will be in a position to boot through your pen drive.

Convert Microsoft Office Documents to PDF format

You must have read many ebooks and documents in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.Today i will let you know how to convert your office documents into PDF file format.You basically need to use an add-in("Microsoft Office 2007 Add-in:Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS") provided by Microsoft for this task.So,first you need to download it.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Now,open or freshly make an appropriate document,you need to convert.You will find a office logo on the left top corner.....simply click it.Now select "Save as" from drop-down menu,then click "Save as PDF or XPS".Select your desired format and click "Publish" to save your file to desired location.Your PDF file is ready.

Get YouTube Videos on your ipod

Bored of seeing videos in your laptop or desktop.....no worry you can easily get those on your ipod and just enjoy anytime anywhere.Yes its simple you can get it in minutes.Here comes a small and sufficient process.

Create a bookmarklet for downloading the mp4 version of the video and give it some name(as u wish).Now use the following as the location.

javascript:window.location.href='http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id='+swfArgsget_video?video_id

='+swfArgs['video_id']+"&fmt=18"+"&l="+swfArgs['l']+"&sk=

"+swfArgs['sk']+'&fmt_map'+swfArgs['fmt_map']+'&t='+swfArgs['t'];

Next, browse the desired YouTube video's page and click the new bookmarklet and you will get a download prompt,clicking which video will be downloaded with "video.mp4" as its name.

Now just add the video to your itunes library,connect and synchronise your ipod....you are done.You will get the video in the movies section on your ipod.

One thing to take care.....don't use Internet Explorer, as , the bookmarklet won't work perfectly with IE.

Send Sms Via mail

Though there are various sites which offer sending SMS for free,but these sites, usually, put either a restriction on number of SMS or number of characters in SMS or sometimes both.So, i would like you to suggest an alternative method for sending SMS in the form of a mail.

For sending SMS just use the following email addresses as applicable in your case.In all replace "no" with the ten digit phone number.

1. Virgin mobile: no@vmobl.com


2. T-Mobile: no@tmomail.net


3. Cingular: no@cingularme.com


4. Sprint: no@messaging.sprintpcs.com


5. Nextel: no@messaging.nextel.com


6. Verizon: no@vtext.com


7. US Cellular: no@email.uscc.net


8. Metro PCS: no@MyMetroPcs.com


9. Powertel: no@ptel.com


10. AT&T: no@txt.att.net


11. Suncom: no@tms.suncom.com


12. Alltel: no@message.alltel.com

So enjoy SMSing for free and write as much as your heart desire.