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Moblin 2.1 on Sony VAIO Laptop

Now a days I don't spend time on downloading, installing and testing linux distributions since I am busy with other stuff. I often hear about Moblin distribution specialized for Netbooks. It has a unique User interface designed keeping in mind that Netbook screen estate is small and 16:9 aspect ratio. The hardware requirement is worth mentioned here since it is too restrictive. CPU: Intel(r) Atom(tm) or Intel(r) Core(tm) 2 CPU (support for SSSE3) Note: Moblin will not work on non-SSSE3 CP...
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HOWTO: Remote Wake-up of Ubuntu Linux Machine

Recently I faced a problem of transferring files between my Laptop and Media Center Machine at home. My setup is like this: I use to store all my media files (Photos, Videos, Audio collections of family) in Media Center Machine which is powered by Ubuntu 9.10. My laptop which also runs on Ubuntu 9.10 is meant for development and study purpose only. I use to transfer big ISO files and media files (downloaded from camera to laptop) to Media Center Machine. Before doing this I have to power on Medi...
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Built and ran Chromium OS on VirtualBox

Google's intention to store the world's data in its own server results in another linux variant which is called Chrome OS. It is based on Chromium Open Source OS actively developed by Google. Yesterday it was open sourced at very very premature level for communities contribution. Today I have successfully downloaded, built and installed Google Chromium OS on VirtualBox. It is just Chrome browser for end user as of now (may be always). Google has designed it with linux kernel and Debian packag...
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Google Android Screenshots

Here is the screenshot of Google Android mobile applications for your viewing pleasure.How idd I take screenshot in Mobile? It is simple, man. I had connected the mobile to my development system Ubuntu through USB cable. From Eclipse with Android plugin, it was able to detect my mobile. There was an option just above the device name in the Android view. Just clicked it to take screenshot.
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My shiny new Google Android Dev Phone 1

Today, I have got my Google Android Dev Phone 1. It is powered by Google Android Operating system which is an open source OS. This phone is SIM unlocked and boot loader unlocked. This version of phone is meant for developers to play with the real device. For more information on phone you may please visit this site. I am living in India. Right now I am in San Jose, USA on a official work. Since shipping cost is too high to order this mobile from India, I ordered here in USA to save this cost. ...
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Android – Under the hood

Android is the Google's open source Operating System designed for mobile devices. Apart from Google, most of the top players of mobile industries are behind Google developing this linux kernel based OS. What the project says about itself? Android is the first free, open source, and fully customizable mobile platform. Android offers a full stack: an operating system, middleware, and key mobile applications. It also contains a rich set of APIs that allows third-party developers to develop grea...
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Update Ubuntu with latest kernel

Ubuntu's release cycle is 6 months. Though this seems to be aggressive cycle, it is not enough for someone who depends on bleeding edge kernel which may support some new hardware or damn smart feature. In this scenario you need to wait till next release of ubuntu, if you are not comfortable in downloading the vanilla kernel from http://www.kernel.org. But things have started changing now. Ubuntu has announced recently that vanilla kernels will be available as .deb packages in ubuntu Personal ...
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Gear head Web cam (093a:2620) in Linux

Recently I bought a Gear head Web cam (cheaper) from Frys Electronics. The vendor id and product id of this gadget is 093a:2620.  It does not come with driver for linux. Once I connected to my laptop, I came to know that it is not supported by the current kernel 2.6.27 which I am using, shipped with Ubuntu 8.10. Googling the issue on internet found that there are other compatible web cams are supported by the gspca driver pac7311. And also I found that there is commit in v4l-dbv project w...
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Wireless configuration in Arch Linux from Command line

WARNING: Please refer the Arch Wiki for more information on wireless configuration using netcfg tool which makes your life more easier than this. This HOWTO may help you in understanding the behind the hood stuff. Issue background Last week I installed Arch Linux in my Toshiba Satellite A80 laptop. You know that Standard Arch Linux installation does not provide complete desktop packages. Once installation done, we use to end up in well structured basic OS with configuration tools. So ...
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FlashMagic on Linux using wine

After long time, I found some time to work on my new P89V51RD2 (8051 MicroController from NXP) kit. NXP provides FlashMagic tool to flash the assembled HEX file. Unfortunately this tool is available only for MS-Windows versions. Since I am using only Linux for all my home works,  for last few months I had been trying to make it work with Linux using wine (Windows Emulator). Today I found it is succesfully flashing. I am using FlashMagic version 4.33. Fine, let us see how to get it done? Setup...
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Creating a kernel module RPM Package

This HOWTO narrates three stages of creating a linux kernel module binary RPM package. 1. Creating a RPM .spec file 2. Building the the binary RPM package 3. Installing the RPM Let us see these steps in detail further. 1. Create a .spec file This file defines the sequence of commands and configurations to be executed while installing/uninstalling the RPM in short. Please find the given below sample (bare minimum) your_module.spec file and do the necessary modification to it wherever ...
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HOWTO: Yoper 3.0 – a smart error fixing

I had installed Yoper 3.0 on my PC, without additional software installation option. After installation, I try to add CDROM as channel through smart GUI tool. While selecting CDROM/DVD option in channel selection dialog, it was showing "no local media found!" message. It was applicable for command line smart also. Note: I checked the media, it was perfect with checksum. I attempted the CD with both CD Driver and DVD Combo drive. No use. To my surprise, "system:/media/hdb" on location bar on kon...
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HOWTO: Installing nVidia Graphics card on Ubuntu

I keep upgrading my Home PC with better peripherals to make it to breathe better for long time. The recent one is a nVidia Graphics card of model 6200A - 256MB - 8X from Zebronics. I got it from ebay for Rs.2000 ($47) which is 7 months old. Now my PC configuration is Intel PIII/850MHz, Intel 82815 Chipset, PC133 450MB, nVidia 6200A 256MB, 20+10 GB HDD I have installed Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) for home productive purpose. Here is the steps I did to install this Graphics card in Ubuntu. 1. Plug...
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