I blog at Love and Machines.
See you there :)
Senthil
Wallpaper for X when running TWM
I was trying to change the default wallpaper, when I am using TWM.
TWM, does not has a wallpaper by itself and the default wallpaper of X is displayed at all times.
How to change it?
Found the following information very helpful.
xsetroot could help in getting X bitmap (.xbm) type, but for gpeg and gifs,there was another program called
xv(thanks to that).
Now,my background when running twm set to
xv -quit-root -max /home/ors/hax0r.jpeg
TWM, does not has a wallpaper by itself and the default wallpaper of X is displayed at all times.
How to change it?
Found the following information very helpful.
xsetroot could help in getting X bitmap (.xbm) type, but for gpeg and gifs,there was another program called
xv(thanks to that).
Now,my background when running twm set to
xv -quit-root -max /home/ors/hax0r.jpeg
IE and XP Tweaks
If you are amazed by Mozilla Custom Keywords, then heres the same in M$ Internet Explorer
Copy the following in yourFavorite Editor.
Save the File with the extention as .reg (which means it is a Registry File)
Execute the file, Registry entry will be Installed.
Open your IE and in the address bar, type g Love and Machines
Yo!
(Information on tweaks is available here.)
So, the custom keyword functionality is set in your IE. btw, unless it is absolutely neccessary, try consider going for a better browser
Windows Xp seems to have some PowerToys.
A good one was desktop Panel,wherein we have 4 desktops ( similar to Linux distros provide default :)
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl]
"provider"=""
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\g]
@="http://www.google.com/search?query=%s"
" "="+"
"#"="%23"
"&"="%26"
"?"="%3F"
"+"="%2B"
"="="%3D"
"/"="%2F"
"%"="%24
(Information on tweaks is available here.)
So, the custom keyword functionality is set in your IE. btw, unless it is absolutely neccessary, try consider going for a better browser
Windows Xp seems to have some PowerToys.
A good one was desktop Panel,wherein we have 4 desktops ( similar to Linux distros provide default :)
Re: FOLDOC entry to edit: [Matt : new definition]
Linux Loader
({LILO}) A versatile {bootloader} for
{Linux}, which does not depend on specific {filesystem} and
can {boot} an {operating system}, specifically {kernel image},
from {floppy disks} and {hard disks}. LILO can even be used as
the {master boot record}.
At the system boot, only the {BIOS} {Drivers} are available
for LILO to access hard disks.For this reason,in very old
BIOSes, the accessible area is limited to the cylinders 0 to
1023 of the first two hard disks.For later BIOSes,LILO can use
32-bit {logical block addressing} to acccess the entire range
allowed by the BIOS.
{Grub} is another bootloader widely used in Linux systems.
(LILO Home Page (http://lilo.go.dyndns.org/).
(2004-08-11)
---------- End of Definition -----------------------
Hi Denis,
How are you doing? Hope you are doing well.
That was the LILO entry for FOLDOC.
And I am ready to take the next.
Kudos and keep your good work going.
Thanks!
Senthil
--
O.R.Senthil Kumaran
Engineer, Dell Product Group
OpenManage Product Test
Denis Howe wrote:
>------- Start of forwarded message -------
>From: Matt
>To: Denis Howe, Matt
>Subject: new definition
>X-Host: user-24-214-169-13.knology.net
>X-Url: editing
>X-Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)
>Sender: Denis Howe
>Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 20:20:24 +0000
>
>new definition
>
>Linux Loader (or Lilo)
>
>I have found a new definition.
>http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/workshops/linux_install/lilo.html
>
>
>LILO - The Linux Loader
> >From the LILO README:
>
>LILO is a versatile boot loader for Linux. It does not depend on a
>specific file system, can boot Linux kernel images from floppy disks
>and hard disks, and can even boot other operating systems. One of up
>to sixteen differernt images can be selected at boot time. Various
>parameters, such as the root device, can be set indepenantly for each
>kernel. LILO can even be used as the master boot record.
>
>------- End of forwarded message -------
>
>--
>Denis Howe
>Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
>http://www.foldoc.org/
>
>
>
{Linux}, which does not depend on specific {filesystem} and
can {boot} an {operating system}, specifically {kernel image},
from {floppy disks} and {hard disks}. LILO can even be used as
the {master boot record}.
At the system boot, only the {BIOS} {Drivers} are available
for LILO to access hard disks.For this reason,in very old
BIOSes, the accessible area is limited to the cylinders 0 to
1023 of the first two hard disks.For later BIOSes,LILO can use
32-bit {logical block addressing} to acccess the entire range
allowed by the BIOS.
{Grub} is another bootloader widely used in Linux systems.
(LILO Home Page (http://lilo.go.dyndns.org/).
(2004-08-11)
---------- End of Definition -----------------------
Hi Denis,
How are you doing? Hope you are doing well.
That was the LILO entry for FOLDOC.
And I am ready to take the next.
Kudos and keep your good work going.
Thanks!
Senthil
--
O.R.Senthil Kumaran
Engineer, Dell Product Group
OpenManage Product Test
Denis Howe wrote:
>------- Start of forwarded message -------
>From: Matt
>To: Denis Howe
>Subject: new definition
>X-Host: user-24-214-169-13.knology.net
>X-Url: editing
>X-Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)
>Sender: Denis Howe
>Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 20:20:24 +0000
>
>new definition
>
>Linux Loader (or Lilo)
>
>I have found a new definition.
>http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/workshops/linux_install/lilo.html
>
>
>LILO - The Linux Loader
> >From the LILO README:
>
>LILO is a versatile boot loader for Linux. It does not depend on a
>specific file system, can boot Linux kernel images from floppy disks
>and hard disks, and can even boot other operating systems. One of up
>to sixteen differernt images can be selected at boot time. Various
>parameters, such as the root device, can be set indepenantly for each
>kernel. LILO can even be used as the master boot record.
>
>------- End of forwarded message -------
>
>--
>Denis Howe
>Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
>http://www.foldoc.org/
>
>
>
What makes a cluster a Beowulf?
spent some time on this page today..
What makes a cluster a Beowulf?
Cluster is a widely-used term meaning independent computers combined into a unified system through software and networking. At the most fundamental level, when two or more computers are used together to solve a problem, it is considered a cluster. Clusters are typically used for High Availability (HA) for greater reliability or High Performance Computing (HPC) to provide greater computational power than a single computer can provide.
Beowulf Clusters are scalable performance clusters based on commodity hardware, on a private system network, with open source software (Linux) infrastructure. The designer can improve performance proportionally with added machines. The commodity hardware can be any of a number of mass-market, stand-alone compute nodes as simple as two networked computers each running Linux and sharing a file system or as complex as 1024 nodes with a high-speed, low-latency network.
Class I clusters are built entirely using commodity hardware and software using standard technology such as SCSI, Ethernet, and IDE. They are typically less expensive than Class II clusters which may use specialized hardware to achieve higher performance.
Common uses are traditional technical applications such as simulations, biotechnology, and petro-clusters; financial market modeling, data mining and stream processing; and Internet servers for audio and games.
Beowulf programs are usually written using languages such as C and FORTRAN. They use message passing to achieve parallel computations. See Beowulf History for more information on the development of the Beowulf architecture.
What makes a cluster a Beowulf?
Cluster is a widely-used term meaning independent computers combined into a unified system through software and networking. At the most fundamental level, when two or more computers are used together to solve a problem, it is considered a cluster. Clusters are typically used for High Availability (HA) for greater reliability or High Performance Computing (HPC) to provide greater computational power than a single computer can provide.
Beowulf Clusters are scalable performance clusters based on commodity hardware, on a private system network, with open source software (Linux) infrastructure. The designer can improve performance proportionally with added machines. The commodity hardware can be any of a number of mass-market, stand-alone compute nodes as simple as two networked computers each running Linux and sharing a file system or as complex as 1024 nodes with a high-speed, low-latency network.
Class I clusters are built entirely using commodity hardware and software using standard technology such as SCSI, Ethernet, and IDE. They are typically less expensive than Class II clusters which may use specialized hardware to achieve higher performance.
Common uses are traditional technical applications such as simulations, biotechnology, and petro-clusters; financial market modeling, data mining and stream processing; and Internet servers for audio and games.
Beowulf programs are usually written using languages such as C and FORTRAN. They use message passing to achieve parallel computations. See Beowulf History for more information on the development of the Beowulf architecture.
Googlizer
If you have been using Google Deskbar, you ofcourse know, how useful and how handy it is. Three Cheers to Google again.
And as Linux user, I have always wanted such thing for my box.
when looking for some muttrc files, stumbled upon this excellent home page of Telsa,her config files are really cool and helpful a lot.
Therein I got the link to Googlizer
written by her husband Alan Cox.
Googlizer is very easy to set up and when on X, if you have to google for any term, just highlight using your mouse and and click on the Googlizer in the panel, your default browser will openup with the search.
Mozilla/Firefox already have a right button menu for searching Google for the highlighed term (Good thing), but Googlizer extends this to all applications under X, for example I open a man page over gnome-terminal and would like search google for some term in it, then I would just highlight then and press Googlizer :) Yo
And as Linux user, I have always wanted such thing for my box.
when looking for some muttrc files, stumbled upon this excellent home page of Telsa,her config files are really cool and helpful a lot.
Therein I got the link to Googlizer
written by her husband Alan Cox.
Googlizer is very easy to set up and when on X, if you have to google for any term, just highlight using your mouse and and click on the Googlizer in the panel, your default browser will openup with the search.
Mozilla/Firefox already have a right button menu for searching Google for the highlighed term (Good thing), but Googlizer extends this to all applications under X, for example I open a man page over gnome-terminal and would like search google for some term in it, then I would just highlight then and press Googlizer :) Yo
A Sneak through the Looking Glass
Was hearing about this Project Looking Glass for sometime.
The idea itself was facsinating and just imagine how it would have been when actually tried on the first day I got the news.
Sun is inviting the community at java.net for this project and the instructions for getting started was really easy.
The idea itself was facsinating and just imagine how it would have been when actually tried on the first day I got the news.
Sun is inviting the community at java.net for this project and the instructions for getting started was really easy.
Mutt + Sendmail + Mail
Mutt + Sendmail + Mail resulted in this :)
---
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 1:47 AM
To: OR, Senthil
Subject: Invitation.
Dear Senthil,
We are really impressed by your activities. Instead of
losing you to Open Source and Free Software Folks, we would like to
embrace you with the good fortune for working with US.
Hope you consider our proposal.
Regards,
Bill
---
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 1:47 AM
To: OR, Senthil
Subject: Invitation.
Dear Senthil,
We are really impressed by your activities. Instead of
losing you to Open Source and Free Software Folks, we would like to
embrace you with the good fortune for working with US.
Hope you consider our proposal.
Regards,
Bill
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