TTL (Time To Live) is a timer value included in packets sent over networks that tells the recipient how long to hold or use the packet before discarding and expiring the data (packet). TTL values are different for different Operating Systems. So, you can determine the OS based on the TTL value. You can get the TTL value by pinging an address. Here is the output got by pinging “subinsb.com” on my system :
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Use uTorrent Without Installing (Portable uTorrent)
Torrents are the most common thing computer users hear of. There are torrent downloading, torrent sharing and many others. Torrent has become a business in the WWW. Due to the increase in demand of torrents, there should be torrent clients that downloads the files of a torrent. The most popular of them is uTorrent – A Windows package. uTorrent is widely used by computer enthusiasts. uTorrent is widely used because of it’s lightness, simple usage and limitless options. But, you have to install uTorrentto use it’s features. What if, your friend needs a download from torrent and he doesn’t have a torrent client. He don’t know how to install a torrent client. In this case, the only way is to use a Portable Torrent Client. Since uTorrent is light weight and easy to use, it’s the best torrent client to give to anyone.
... [READ MORE]How To Use FileZilla/SFTP To Update Site in OpenShift
In the recent post, I mentioned about OpenShift, a PaaS Service that offers Free Hosting. You can update your application using GIT. OpenShift also provides SSHing into your application. You may have heard of FTP protocol which allows you to transfer files through web. Most hosting companies use FTP protocol to update client apps. OpenShift unlike AppFog have FTP support, but in a different manner.
It has SFTP support ie SSH File Transfer Protocol. SFTP is a FTP like protocol that allows to transfer files via SSH sessions. Most FTP clients support SFTP. FTP client FileZilla supports SFTP which means that you can use FileZilla for updating site hosted on OpenShift. You can download FileZilla from here available for Linux, Mac & Windows.
... [READ MORE]How To Use Hard Disk As RAM In Ubuntu Linux
I heard that it is possible to use a portion of hard disk as RAM in Windows. I wondered if this trick is available for Ubuntu, so I googled about it and couldn’t find anything related to it. But I found out an AskUbuntu answer of using USB sticks as RAM. I did the same trick on Hard Disk and it works !!
This trick can be accomplished with the use of some small commands in Terminal. The RAM memory increase can’t be noted in the System Monitor application.So, Let’s begin.
Create a file of 512 MB (The 512 indicates the RAM memory to be added):... [READ MORE]
This trick can be accomplished with the use of some small commands in Terminal. The RAM memory increase can’t be noted in the System Monitor application.So, Let’s begin.
Create a file of 512 MB (The 512 indicates the RAM memory to be added):... [READ MORE]
Wine 1.6 is released with 10,000 changes
After 16 months of development, Wine version 1.6 has been officially released by the Wine Team. Wine is the Windows Program emulator for Linux and Mac. You can download the source files from here. You can only get the source files now. Binary packages are in the process of being built. If it’s been build you can download the Wine 1.6 version from here.
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What’s New ?
- New User Interface
- Networking capabilities
- Support for Windows Transparency
- Graphics improved
- JoyStick Installing
- Mono package for .NET applications support
- Support of new softwares and games.
- Improved Input validation
- Mac Driver
- Direct3D
and more. Wine Team officially said that the new Wine version more than 10,000 changes.
Revert back to normal resolution after running a fullscreen app in Wine
While running a fullscreen app in Wine such as games, you might not get the screen resolution back after you close the app. It’s because Linux won’t automatically change it’s resolution like Windows.
But you could if you run a simple file in terminal. Here is how you could do it.
Create a file named normal.sh in your Desktop with the following contents:
#!/bin/bash
xrandr -s 0
Save it on a place where you can open it easily. Make the file Executable to run it in a terminal. See this post to see how you could make a file executable.
... [READ MORE]Why you should switch to Linux from Windows 8
Definition of Windows : An Operating System that helps Microsoft Corporation increase their income and helps you to empty your wallet.
Definition of Linux : An Operating System that helps users in a great manner and not for the profit of the company.
Here is why you should switch to Linux from Windows
How to make your Windows 8 PC speak out Time at Every Hour
Thanks for this useful information by NextOfWindows
This small tutorial will make your PC speak out the time every hour. This will help especially if you’re a programer. Because programmers usually lose track of time.
This small tutorial will make your PC speak out the time every hour. This will help especially if you’re a programer. Because programmers usually lose track of time.
Most Programmers don’t use a Windows OS. But there are some ! This tutorial is for those people.
Create a file named time.vbs containing these code :
Dim speaks, speech
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Microsoft’s New Logo
Microsoft got a new Logo after 25 years. Here is the new logo.
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This Microsoft New logo contains the four sqaure and the name of the company. Logo designer Sagi Haviv for the Library of Congress and Armani Exchange, thinks that the logo simply isn’t distinctive enough. By opting for a simple array of four colored squares, Haviv says Microsoft missed a big opportunity.It kinda looks like Google’s Logo.
Here’s a image I found in Google +.
The image is right. It looks like the Nazi Symbol. But it’s a good logo.
Hoping Windows 8 would be good.