Another FOSS product I came across in my short span of surfing.Pidgin allows multiple IM through simple interface.it supports many of the messengers.Pidgin happens to be the new name for the Gaim instant messenger.From wikipedia.org you can learn about the AOL registering the name "AIM for their IM and subsequent change of Gaim to Pidgin.
It was interesting to learn that sourceforge.net is hosting the program file.
Go to the Pidgin home page here.www.pidgin.im
There have been only small ventures over the net in Kerala,I don't know why!
One of the recent one being the career helper www.eduguruonline.com
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
Firefox 3
I am really proud of using Firefox and upgrading to Firefox.
The most successful FOSS also happens to be the best.The rivals have got no chance.The speed with which it installs over the existing Firefox 2 is also wonderful.Took just less than 2 minutes on an old PC.It is said that it has about 14,000-15,000 improvements.I can see and feel it now.It is faster,but what about the security.Well,I have just started using Firefox 3 and have full hope that it won't let me down.
The most successful FOSS also happens to be the best.The rivals have got no chance.The speed with which it installs over the existing Firefox 2 is also wonderful.Took just less than 2 minutes on an old PC.It is said that it has about 14,000-15,000 improvements.I can see and feel it now.It is faster,but what about the security.Well,I have just started using Firefox 3 and have full hope that it won't let me down.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Linux and FOSS concept:A state of anarchy?
Does Linux and free and open source software spread a state of anarchy,where anywhere can do anything,resulting in a complete mess?
That was a question raised by my friend who is somewhat neck-deep in politics.Both of us agreed on the concept of equal rights and ,distribution,freedom.But this particular question has got serious implications.
"Isn't it right that FOSS propagates the concept of anarchy!"I think yes,for there are good people and bad people in this world,when there is an unstable proportion of good and bad,there is a war.Anywhere in the world,any fields,any relationships,the conflict is mainly between ideas.
For the bad,the good is untouchable;for the good the bad is unseeable.Linux and FOSS are good for the good and bad .It satiates the need for both sides.While most Linux users turn out to be hackers(ethical or not) an average computer doesn't come to know about the basics of programming and hacking.So chances are good for the bad who use Linux to start hacking in the bad sense.But from Vedas and the Gita we know that when the truth disappears and the world turns bad ,the Lord will take avatar and wipe the earth neat and clean.So no worries.The good always wins.
That was a question raised by my friend who is somewhat neck-deep in politics.Both of us agreed on the concept of equal rights and ,distribution,freedom.But this particular question has got serious implications.
"Isn't it right that FOSS propagates the concept of anarchy!"I think yes,for there are good people and bad people in this world,when there is an unstable proportion of good and bad,there is a war.Anywhere in the world,any fields,any relationships,the conflict is mainly between ideas.
For the bad,the good is untouchable;for the good the bad is unseeable.Linux and FOSS are good for the good and bad .It satiates the need for both sides.While most Linux users turn out to be hackers(ethical or not) an average computer doesn't come to know about the basics of programming and hacking.So chances are good for the bad who use Linux to start hacking in the bad sense.But from Vedas and the Gita we know that when the truth disappears and the world turns bad ,the Lord will take avatar and wipe the earth neat and clean.So no worries.The good always wins.
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