Gmail’s offline utility

The Gmail offline utility is cool. It uses Gears on your computer to store your latest mails.

It is much better than the email clients like Outlook or Evolution as it organises your mails in the same way as Gmail does using the uber-cool AJAX.  The mails are stacked together in a thread for ongoing email correspondence.

Now, Gmail also loads more quickly than before. WordPress also uses Turbo (that uses Gears) to store files (of your blog) on your computer to speed it up.

However, it is to be used ONLY on your personal computer-it doesn’t require password.

NVIDIA’s new Tesla supercomputer

Wow!!

After the Apple G-4 cube, this is the first time such a powerful PC is up for grabs. However, it doesn’t have the  aesthetic looks of the cube. And it is costlier as well. So, it will be. 96o cores & NVIDIA’s CUDA parallel computing architecture.

However, it is more of a rich man’s toy at prices upward of $9,995 or for the dedicated professional.

Linux Fest at NIT Agartala

Finally, our Linux fest has taken a very concrete shape. It will probably be a fedora 11 Release Party!!

For more visit NIT Agartala GLUG.

To see our event registered as a Fedora event visit–the Fedora events page & the Fedora Release events page

Use more security in Gmail

I advise you to use the more secure https rather than http protocol. Just go to your Gmail settings->General->last field..select “Always use https”

However, if you do not have a very fast internet connection, then Gmail may become painfully slow.

My BSNL Broadband was a bit slow once & I had to wait for more than a minute for it to load..

About distros

Want to know what are the official distributions. Go to– http://www.linux.org/dist/list.html

This Linux distro was developed by CERN & Fermilab–https://www.scientificlinux.org/

Grease monkey & grease metal

Gease metal as an add-on in Google Chrome & Grease monkey in Firefox can be used to run scripts on a page. They are being used to do anything from removing annoying Facebook applications to unlocking Orkut albums.

Try Googling for more..However, most of the scripts sites have been acted upon & loopholes closed..

Speed up Firefox–some tips

Please refer–http://howto.helpero.com/howto/Speed-Up-Firefox_31.html

Also get add-ons like No-script, Adblock Plus & Flashblock.

Some forums & mailing lists

Here is the list(exhaustive)–

www.linuxquestions.org

A full list of Red Hat & Fedora mailing lists –http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo

Fedora forum– http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=25252
Open SuSE mailing list-opensuse@opensuse.org

Ubuntu mailing lists & forums–https://lists.ubuntu.com

http://ubuntuforums.org

Some online magazines & journals pertaining to GNU/Linux

1. The Linux journal-www.linuxjournal.com

2. Linux Magazine–www.linux-mag.com & its namesake  http://www.linux-magazine.com/

3.Linux Format–http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/ ; TuxRadar–http://www.tuxradar.com/

4.Linux User & Developer–http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/

5.Full Circle Magazine–http://fullcirclemagazine.org/

Some popular blogs

The blogs—–

Best Linux distros for power users, gamers, newbies and more. Your route to Tux heaven : TechRadar UK–

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/best-linux-distros-for-power-users-gamers-newbies-and-more-596697?artc_pg=3

Also checkout Digitizor–http://digitizor.com/