notes

Thanks to Prashanth Pandit, I got a copy of [:http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/flight6|flight 6 release] yesterday.

Ubuntu Dapper, at first sight looks way too cool. The touchpad craziness that was there in breezy badger seems to have vanished. Using touchpad on my hp nx6120 laptop is now as easy as it is on Windows.

So, whats the relation between TvTime and Kannada? some of you reading this title might be wondering. There is!

Kannada rendering on Linux, Ubuntu Linux - especially, breaks up once you install TvTime. The ttf-free-fonts package that gets installed with TvTime is the real culprit.

Boredom surfaced, I play games on Linux. There are whole bunch of little games on Ubuntu (thanks to the debian repositories). But for last year or so, games like barrage, lbreakout have been the 'regulars'. lbreakout2, especially, has a very good interface and gameplay.

Epson's CX1500 works pretty fine on Linux. All I had to do to get it running was to "add the printer" with the GUI (the windows way) which was auto detected. Something to rejoice for non-geeks using Linux.

Some network issues left me in a bit of fix during last few days. While restoring everything back to normal, there was the usual 'you know what' blue screen on the Windows installation after which it wouldn't boot. Since I have ubuntu installed as well on my laptop, it is more than 'irritation' to repair or reinstall Windows XP - the GRUB/LILO bootloaders on MBR get overwritten.

HP Labs India has come up with a peripheral device that has a [:http://deccanherald.com/deccanherald/feb72006/spectrum104717200626.asp|"keyboard" for Kannada].

The device would be priced at Rs 2000, and requires Windows 2000 Operating System and Microsoft Office 2003. 

...has just gotten better. Released on Jan 23rd, it now sports options that can highlight even the positioned elements on a web page (float, relative, absolute etc) amongst many other new features.