Lost one of my Friend :-(

I was very sad when my friend Jijo shared that bad news. “Nataraj” – I always called him “nata” – he is no more!

He was very open minded and sportive person. Generally he had good helping nature. Yes, he was talkative but that leads him to earn good name most of the time.  

I remember the time we were working together in Mysore and those memories are unforgettable.

My condolence to his family.

:-(

மண் வாசனை

சிறு மழை பெய்து விட்டுச்சென்றது
மண் வாசனை மட்டுமல்ல
அவள் நினைவுகளையும் தான்

ஆனால் அவள் நினைவுகளின் வாசம்
மறைந்துவிடவில்லை 
மண் வாசனை போன்று

Now My PC wearing Ubuntu 11.04

Yes, I have installed Ubuntu Natty(11.04) on my Notebook two weeks before. There are lot of changes happened in this version of Ubuntu. The new desktop shell called Unity, is the centre of attraction where it is presented with a "Launcher" in the left side of your desktop.

Since GNOME moved to create a new desktop interface so called "GNOME Shell" which you can see in Fedora 11 version - the first and major distribution which used GNOME Shell, Ubuntu decided to stay away from that leads to introduce Unity. Personally I likes Unity over Gnome Shell though the later has better graphic design and eye-candy. Unity brings simplicity and better user perspective in mind which made it to win the contest but still there is lot of scope to improve.

Happy! Because:

• Hey! the installation is very pleasant and I never see like this ease in any operating system at present in our Earth.
• The desktop interface Unity's simplicity and productive
• The new dash board which lists shortcuts to applications and files
• Better Sound Menu integration
• Improved hardware support
• Global menu integration, though still to improve lot
• The new software center
• One-place system settings brings all the settings in one roof

UnHappy! Because:

• The traditional users of Ubuntu badly miss the top Gnome panel
• It sucks my laptop battery around 40% though this is the Kernel bug which needs to be fix ASAP
• Installing Compiz configuation settings or any subtle change regarding Unity breaks the Unity system. This is the major con of this release.
• Global menu has to integrate as rock solid. This is sloppy right now.

Here is the snapshot of my desktop:



Do this After Installation completed:

1) Open Update manager and update the system
2) Open terminal neither by typing ALT+CTRL+T or SuperKey+ and copy&paste "sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras" (without quotes) this will install necessary library files to play audio&video files, Adobe Flash player plug-in and fonts.
3) Go to "Appearance" -> Select tab "Fonts" and reduce font size to get sleek desktop windows. DO THIS YOU WILL GET REAL PLEASURE.

Lets enjoy free software and respect the free software community!