ummm... gentoo... delicious

so i got gentoo installed at my laptop finally. looking very smooth to operate right now.
once i get accelerated graphic through my mobility radeon, i will throw lots of nice tutorials on howto get "gentoo" "upgrade gnome 2.6.12" , upgrade to "modular xorg7" etc etc.

finally fedora is our of here. :)

lots of stuff..... todo.

I have seriously seriously missed loads of stuff now. someway or other i need to get my hands of syriana, farenhiet 9/11 , badly need to see them all the work related thing has just eaten my time inside out for the past year, not that it been wasted, it has resulted good. but need to take timeout of the daily hamster like routine and relax a bit.

talking of work, its kindof unusal for obvious reason, when working with collegues working around world , not able to see/hear them. no office and the usual things which i am accoustmed to see how other worked/work. I get paid in dollars from usa, but i will pay tax to indian irs , somehow i feel i should be liable to be paid us tax too, cause in a way, i am getting income from usa. not that i am sucker and will like the idea to be milked by two taxing countries but still..

and finally ditched fedora, got gentoo running here, still learning baby steps here, but so far i am liking what i have to do . i might re-install this , just to get myself hardened more in terms of installing gentoo.

also i need to now calculate finances , gnucash looks cool software, once i am settled with gentoo on this laptop. will install gnucash and start book-keeping my resources/bills etc.
peaceout.

serious EYE-Candy from linux. you need to see this video.

Xgl is under_heavy_development Window-Manager cum GL extension for X . Currently the X just rasters from images so to speak (much like microsoft's windows) but a new developed Xgl gives the Windows shell/manager run from accelerated GL graphics taking all power from graphic card and this concept is very much like Quartz used by Apple's Mac OSX operating system.

below is excerpt from Novell's site:-
"Novell is announcing its contribution of the Xgl graphics subsystem and the 'Compiz ' compositing manager to the X.org project. These enhancements open up a whole world of hardware acceleration, fancy animation, separating hardware resolution from software resolution, and more. As a result, Linux desktops will become more usable, end-user productivity will increase, and Linux is firmly positioned at the forefront of client computing technology.

Under the leadership of Novell's David Reveman, Novell has sponsored and led the development of this powerful new graphics subsystem for Linux since late 2004. Xgl is the X server architecture layered on top of OpenGL and takes advantage of available accelerated 3D rendering hardware. It is designed to integrate well with the composite extension and performs best when a compositing manager is running. 'Compiz' is the new OpenGL compositing manager from Novell and is the framework that enables the development of graphical plug-ins."

Now, after reading all that, I would like you to watch all 'words' in 'action' shown in Demo-Video located at LinuxEdge.org site. its a 60 MB file, if you got slow Bandwidth or want to watch small clip/s, click to following Links .

• True Transparency
  
• Zoom Window
  
• Desktop Organisation
  
• Spinning Cube
  

note:- all the above four clip's courtsey of novell.com. and for flash (for in browser view) visit the Novell's site.

Now , this is something which really should make anyone BUY linux instead of opting for FREE DOWNLOAD. Anyone who likes this should really support the developer and company by BUYING it. with no doubt, i will be buying this for sure.

A hitchhikers guide at migration to linux

If you are NON-IT person, and not down with geek ways to find out how to use Linux plus find your way around to do all your tasks which you did in Windows, then there is a commercial site which will serve to this customers, read the review at madpenguin site, was very refreshing to see i can refer this to any granma kid uncle corporate office to have a peek and guide themselve with ease regarding to using linux.

Versora.com

Madpenguin.org review page.

The following from versora.com site,

"Progression Desktop allows you to transfer files and settings from Windows desktops to Linux desktops in an automated fashion. Desktop "personalities" and data are quickly moved across operating systems and applications to ensure a seamless transition to Linux.

Progression Desktop moves critical data, application settings, network shares, desktop settings, directory structures and more in a predictable and repeatable fashion.

Migrate Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express to Novell Evolution, KMail, Mozilla or Thunderbird, Microsoft Internet Explorer to Mozilla, Firefox or Konqueror, Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.org and more."

seems like , we are there now, WWIII here we come.

we didnt start the fire
it was always burning
since the world was turning.

Jean-Marie Le Pen says europe is white
hamas says isreal on map is not right

iran cant have nuke power for its light
europe says build new nuke stations for its light

we didnt start the fire
it was always burning
since the world was turning.

russia stops cheap oil in georgia, ukraine
dont you think its gone little insane.

bush thinks he is pulling nation from the drain
bible said babes will rule us
when it will be end.

dutch papers think their cartoon is funny
some think they need to be blown up for being too funny.

we didnt start the fire
it was always burning
since the world was turning.