Month: April 2010

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Linux Review

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx: The Free Man’s Mac

Yesterday, Canonical released Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Long Term Support), codenamed Lucid Lynx, and I've spent the last 24 hours exploring it. This release represents something significant: Ubuntu has finally delivered a desktop experience that rivals Mac OS X in visual polish and usability, while maintaining everything that makes GNU/Linux powerful—freedom, flexibility, and zero cost.

I've always had mixed feelings about Apple. While I dislike their marketing strategies and closed ecosystem, I have to respect their focus on design consistency and user experience. But there's always been one massive factor: price. Mac OS X requires expensive Apple hardware with no flexibility in configuration or customization.

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Games Linux Review Windows

Urban Terror: A Free FPS for Linux Gamers

Urban Terror is one great game that deserves more attention. As someone who recently tried it, I'm impressed by what the FrozenSand team has accomplished with this free, open-source first-person shooter.

What is Urban Terror?

Urban Terror is a free tactical shooter built on the Quake III Arena engine, released under the GPL license. It's a standalone game that doesn't require Quake III to play, and it runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Think of it as a middle ground between Counter-Strike's tactical gameplay and Quake's fast-paced action.

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Graphics Open Source Software

GIMP: The Ultimate Free Graphics Tool

I'm not a graphics design professional, but I'm also not new to image editing. I've used various tools over the years, and I keep coming back to GIMP. Recently, while creating a poster for an office event, I discovered just how powerful this free tool really is.

The Discovery

I needed to create some eye-catching text for a poster and decided to explore GIMP's Script-Fu features. For those unfamiliar, Script-Fu is GIMP's built-in automation system—essentially pre-programmed effects and operations that would take many manual steps to create.

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Blogging Emacs

Blogging from Emacs

As an Emacs user who spends most of my day in this editor, I've always felt a disconnect when it comes to blogging. I have to leave my comfortable editing environment, log into WordPress through a browser, deal with the web interface, and hope I don't lose my work if the browser crashes or my connection drops.

More importantly, I'm an occasional blogger who often gets ideas while working, but I feel uncomfortable opening my blog's admin panel during work hours. It's too visible, too distracting, and frankly looks unprofessional even if I'm on a break.

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Uncategorized

13.33

That the ratio you get when you divide 1000 by 75. What that ? that was the ratio of CRPF and Naxalite rebellion.

I just realized that a Naxalite only killed 7.5% of one CRPF personnel.
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