Google Nexus 7 review

Google’s first own-brand tablet device, manufactured for the firm by Asus.

Ahead of our full review, they’re offering our opening impressions of the device and its new version of the Android platform, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

8GB /16 Gb model available for pre-order

Nexus 7 was built to bring you the best of Google in a slim, portable package that fits perfectly in your hand.

Stunning 7” display : 1280-by-800 high-resolution display protected by scratch resistant Corning glass.

Less charging : 9 hours of HD video playback, 10 hours of web browsing or 10 hours of e-reading and up to 300 hours of stand-by time

Nexus 7 was designed with gaming in mind.  Quad-core performance and sensors like a gyroscope and accelerometer

Built by ASUS and comes with a NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 quad-core processor.

Made for Google Play

the world’s largest collection of eBooks, millions of songs, thousands of movies and TV shows, and a growing selection of magazines – plus over 600,000 apps and games.

Easy import from iTunes.

Overall

Nexus 7 we have to say our opening impressions were incredibly positive.

Amazed that Asus and Google have managed to create such an impressive looking device that features quad-core technology and a super crisp high-definition screen

Ref : V3 And Google

 

Ubuntu 12.04

Ubuntu 12.04 is the fourth LTS release from Canonical that came out about a month back, and the first LTS with the revamped user interface, Unity, as the de-facto interface. Let’s take it up from the long-term support point of view — that will be supported for five years for both desktop and servers — considering how Canonical should aggressively push it to be preinstalled on OEM PCs for both enterprises and consumers alike.

for more info

http://www.linuxforu.com/2012/05/ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin-review/

How Linux is famous ??

Nice Video !!

 

 

 

GCC 4.6.3 Releases

The GNU Compiler Collection version 4.6.3 has been released.

GCC used to stand for the GNU C Compiler, but since the compiler supports several other languages aside from C, it now stands for the GNU Compiler Collection.

A list of successful builds is updated as new information becomes available.

The GNU Compiler Collection is a suite of compilers that compile C, C++, Objective C, Fortran, Java, and CHILL for a wide variety of architectures. Front-ends for Ada95 and Pascal also exist.

GCC 4.7 should be officially released in March or April..

To obtain GCC please use our mirror sites or our SVN server.

Linus Torvalds blasts openSUSE on google plus about security policies

Yesterday on Google Plus, Torvalds posted a brief scourge aimed at the developers of the openSUSE distro, which apparently Torvalds runs on one of his personal laptops.

Torvalds raised the issue of the security policy for that particular distro to request an administrative password at times Torvalds felt was unnecessary.

“I gave OpenSUSE a try, because it worked so well at install-time on the Macbook Air, but I have to say, I’ve had enough. There is no way in hell I can honestly suggest that to anybody else any more.

“I first spent weeks arguing on a bugzilla that the security policy of requiring the root password for changing the timezone and adding a new wireless network was moronic and wrong.”

Yesterday’s diatribe was not the first time Torvalds has raised this particular issue, and probably won;t the last. The straw that broke the camel’s back for Torvalds was a call from one of his children at school, needing the admin password to add a printer to that laptop, a Macbook Air.

for more detail click here

 

 

Cygwin -Get that Linux feeling on Windows

I think  that most techie  just have this core desire to express feeling of linux .

so i just found Cygwin project useful for linux lover which gives environment on windows .

What is Cygwin ?

Cygwin is:

• a collection of tools which provide a Linux look and feel environment for Windows.
• a DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a Linux API layer providing substantial Linux API functionality.

What isn’t Cygwin?

Cygwin is not:

• a way to run native Linux apps on Windows. You must rebuild your application from source if you want it to run on Windows.
• a way to magically make native Windows apps aware of UNIX® functionality like signals, ptys, etc. Again, you need to build your apps from source if you want to take advantage of Cygwin functionality.

Current Cygwin DLL version -

The most recent version of the Cygwin DLL is 1.7.11-1. Install it by running setup.exe.

Use setup.exe to perform a fresh install or to update an existing installation.

Note that individual packages in the distribution are updated separately from the DLL so the Cygwin DLL version is not useful as a general Cygwin release number.

Installing and Updating Cygwin -

Run setup.exe any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package. The signature for setup.exe can be used to verify the validity of this binary using this public key.

When installing packages for the first time, setup.exe does not install every package. Only the minimal base packages from the Cygwin distribution are installed by default. Clicking on categories and packages in the setup.exe package installation screen will provide you with the ability to control what is installed or updated. Clicking on the “Default” field next to the “All” category will provide you with the opportunity to install every Cygwin package. Be advised that this will download and install hundreds of megabytes to your computer. The best plan is probably to click on individual categories and install either entire categories or packages from the categories themselves.

The latest net releases of the Cygwin DLL are numbered 1.n.x, where “n” is currently “7″ (e.g., 1.7.5). The 1.n.x version numbering refers only to the Cygwin DLL. Individual packages like bash, gcc, less, etc. are released independently of the DLL. The setup.exe utility tracks the versions of all installed components and provides the mechanism for installing or updating everything available from this site for Cygwin.

Once you’ve installed your desired subset of the Cygwin distribution, setup.exe will remember what you selected so rerunning the program will update your system with any new package releases.

For more info :

Visit  http://cygwin.com/faq.html

 

Sabayon Linux 8 -in all of its tier-1 flavours.

One of my Favorite Linux  [ with Linux 3.2, GNOME 3.2.2, KDE 4.7.4 (4.8.0 available in testing repo), Xfce 4.8, LibreOffice 3.4.4 ]

Features

• The first and best way to try a Gentoo-based Linux distribution at its full power, with all working out-of-the-box and no compilation needed at all
• The first Extreme-Rolling Release distribution, with automated repository package version bumping, thanks to Entropy Matter ebuild tracker
• Faster, cleaner and more evolved than any other rolling distro out there: we work hard to bring you the most stable rolling release experience
• Keep up-to-date your system in minutes while maintaining full Gentoo Portage compatibility
• Focusing on performance: GCC 4.6 with Graphite Loop Transformation infrastructure and Link Time Optimizations enabled
• Always up-to-date Linux Kernel 3.2 (and experimental “Fusion” Kernels available in repositories)
• Providing extra Server-oriented Linux kernels (OpenVZ, Vserver, Generic Server)
• Natively supporting the btrfs filesystem (besides ext4, aufs, and others)
• Transform Sabayon into an full-featured HTPC Operating System (Media Center) using XBMC 10.1 (11.0 available soon)
• GNOME 3.2.2 Visual Environment
• KDE 4.7.4 Desktop Environment (4.8.0 available in a few days)
• Improved Xfce 4.8 out-of-the-box experience (for those missing GNOME2)
• Improved LibreOffice integration, updated to 3.4.4
• Migrated to libav as ffmpeg replacement
• Migrated to Java 7 and Subversion 1.7
• Cinnamon and Razor Qt available in repositories
• Entropy Framework (Package Manager, Web Services) updated to 1.0_rc86, consolidating stability and performance
• Support for IME and non-roman fonts at install time
• Support for non-latin languages at install time
• More than 12000 packages available for x86_64, i686
• ARMv7 versions already available, with more than 2000 packages ready to be installed

Important Fixes

Besides a lot of application updates, here are some of the outstanding fixes implemented since Sabayon 7, as per bug 2870:

• grub-1.98-r8 appends kernel boot parameter to recovery mode
• network-manager does not allow changing of (wired) connection name
• swapon during boot failed
• Installation lack of space

Download Links

• Sabayon Mirrors Page
• Sabayon BitTorrent Tracker
  

 

My linux practices

You will always find yourself in troubling  in linux .

I am trying to practice & introduce a few commands that will be useful. .

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1  . How to view your active interfaces :

The ifconfig command without any arguments gives you all the active interfaces on your system.

Usage :

roshan@roshan-Presario-B2800-EN662PA-ACJ:~$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:35:36:96:f8
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:20 Base address:0xd800

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:720 (720.0 B)  TX bytes:720 (720.0 B)

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:115.242.21.126  P-t-P:220.224.141.129  Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
RX packets:4799 errors:71 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5445 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:3752018 (3.7 MB)  TX bytes:699101 (699.1 KB)

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2 .

last, lastb – show listing of last logged in users

SYNOPSIS
last [-R] [-num] [ -n num ] [-adFiox] [ -f file ] [ -t YYYYMMDDHHMMSS ] [name...]  [tty...]
lastb [-R] [-num] [ -n num ] [ -f file ] [-adFiox] [name...]  [tty...]

DESCRIPTION
Last  searches  back  through the file /var/log/wtmp (or the file designated by the -f flag) and displays a list of
all users logged in (and out) since that file was created.  Names of users and tty’s can be given,  in  which  case
last  will  show  only  those entries matching the arguments.  Names of ttys can be abbreviated, thus last 0 is the
same as last tty0.

Usage :

backtrack@backtrack-Presario-B2800-EN662PA-ACJ:~$ last

backtrac pts/0        :0.0             Wed Jan 25 18:00   still logged in
backtrac tty7         :0               Wed Jan 25 16:59   still logged in
reboot   system boot  2.6.38-8-generic Wed Jan 25 16:59 – 18:07  (01:07)
backtrac pts/1        :0.0             Wed Jan 25 06:45 – 07:10  (00:24)
backtrac pts/0        :0.0             Wed Jan 25 06:37 – 06:54  (00:17)
backtrac tty7         :0               Wed Jan 25 06:33 – down   (00:37)
reboot   system boot  2.6.38-8-generic Wed Jan 25 06:32 – 07:10  (00:37)
backtrac tty7         :0               Wed Jan 25 05:13 – crash  (01:19)

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3 .  How to investigate Sockets ?

SYNOPSIS
       ss [options] [ FILTER ]

DESCRIPTION
ss  is  used  to dump socket statistics. It allows showing information similar to netstat.  It can display more TCP and state informations than other tools.

Usage :  

roshan@roshan-Presario-B2800-EN662PA-ACJ:~$ ss
State      Recv-Q Send-Q         Local Address:Port                                 Peer Address:Port
ESTAB      0             0                  115.242.67.114:44753                         74.125.236.101:www
ESTAB      0             0                  115.242.8.186:51767                          208.117.238.38:www
ESTAB      0             0                  115.242.67.114:39984                        69.171.227.48:https
ESTAB      0         4799               115.242.38.74:41154                          69.63.181.12:https
ESTAB      0            0                    115.242.67.114:42734                        69.171.224.40:https
ESTAB      0         4768                115.242.38.74:41155                           69.63.181.12:https
ESTAB      0            0                    115.242.67.114:56417                        69.171.224.11:https
ESTAB      0            0                    115.242.67.114:56434                        69.171.224.11:https

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4 . How to report VIRTUAL MEMORY STATISTICS ?

SYNOPSIS
vmstat [options]

DESCRIPTION
vmstat reports information about processes, memory, paging, block IO, traps, disks and cpu activity.

The  first report produced gives averages since the last reboot.  Additional reports give information on a sampling
period of length delay.  The process and memory reports are instantaneous in either case.

Usage :

roshan@roshan-Presario-B2800-EN662PA-ACJ:~$ vmstat
procs  ———–memory————   —swap– —–io—- -system–        —-cpu—–
r   b   swpd   free       buff     cache     si   so    bi    bo   in   cs           us  sy  id  wa
1  0      0      28292   4724   89532    0    0    99    51  618 1305     27  5   66  2

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5 . To check and display Linux tasks

SYNOPSIS
top -hv | -bcHisS -d delay -n iterations -p pid [, pid ...]

The traditional switches ‘-’ and whitespace are optional.

DESCRIPTION
The  top  program provides a dynamic real-time view of a running system.  It can display system summary information  as well as a list of tasks currently being managed by the Linux kernel.  The types of  system  summary  information shown  and the types, order and size of information displayed for tasks are all user configurable and that configu‐
ration can be made persistent across restarts.

backtrack@backtrack-Presario-B2800-EN662PA-ACJ:~$ top

10 Reasons To Upgrade To Android 4.0

With Ice Cream Sandwich, Google aims to touch new heights. The new features of Android 4.0 have forced the smartphone makers to switch to this one.

Android 4.0 is the latest entrant in the Android family…possibly the most impressive too. Android 4.0 is fondly called the next step for the mobile operating system. The new Android offers a lot of impressive features that will give smartphone buyers reasons to upgrade to this one.

Android is already dominating half of the world in terms of smartphones. With Ice Cream Sandwich, Google aims to touch new heights. The new features of Android 4.0 have forced the smartphone makers to switch to this one. Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus is the first device to come with Ice Cream Sandwich.

1. An Entirely Different Design
They say, first impression is the last impression. Android 4.0 follows this line quite literally and succeeds in impressing the users with its different design. This one is possibly the best any other Android has come up with. The design makes the operating system much easier for the users.

2. Its Device Can Compete With iPhone
Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus, the device with which Android 4.0 is launched, is by far the best competitor iPhone could have got. Experts opine that Galaxy Nexus is by far the best answer to the Apple’s iPhone. The smartphone comes with a 11.8-cm (4.6-inch) display, 16GB of onboard storage, dual cameras, and a design that the average consumer will like.

3. Share Content With Android Beam
The Ice Cream Sandwich comes with a futuristic technology called Android Beam. This feature enables users to share content wirelessly from one Android device to another. Android Beam works only if users touch two phones together and then tap to send the content. The feature works with apps, music, videos and much more.

4. Face Unlock Feature
Android 4.0 has a unique feature called Face Unlock. It allows the users to unlock their smartphone with a scan of their face. It clearly shows how experimenting can Google be. This features puts enough pressure on iOS devices.

5. The Future Is Social
Android 4.0 comes with an all-new People app which lets users see basic contact information, like phone numbers and e-mail addresses, as well as status updates and other information on social networks. With this, Google is taking the concept of being social to an entirely different level.

6. Google Is Betting Big On It
Ice Cream Sandwich is a major risk for Google. The search giant has also provided the source code of the operating system. Google has taken time to work on this one, and it comes as a surprise to the previous Android and iOS users. So, Google is sure to surprise you with updates in this OS. You can be upgraded all the time if you upgrade to ICS.

7. Camera improvements
For those who use the camera of their smartphones extensively, Ice Cream Sandwich is a good choice. It comes with a lot of camera improvements that include built-in ‘panorama’ support and a series of ‘effects’ that let users modify pictures however they see fit, said an Eweek report. There’s also a entire range of image-editing tools in this operating system.

8. Google Will Control It
Unlike other Androids, Google is trying to take more control over Android with Ice Cream Sandwich. The company used to provide a bare bones framework for smartphone vendors to play with, but with ICS, Google is providing a more well-rounded and feature-packed operating system. It indicates that Google wants Android ecosystem to become more uniform.

9. Future Phones To have Android 4.0
Almost all the smartphone makers have announced their devices with Android 4.0. This baby of Google is here to stay. With its futuristic features, it will continue to power smartphones in future as well.

10. Fragmentation Issue To be Resolved
Fragmentation is the biggest issue in the Android ecosystem. With Android 4.0, Google is making an effort to change that. According to the eWeek report, the company is trying to make Ice Cream Sandwich look more tablet-like in its presentation to give consumers a more uniform experience.

Source :  Diksha  P Gupta, EFYTIMES News Network