Category Archives: Ubuntu

Privacy and Activity Manager (Zeitgeist) Release

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

We all love privacy and we take it seriously. Most of the people whom I have met are pretty much vigilant about their data and which makes complete sense to have a tool which can you can use to fine tune your privacy … Continue reading →

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Zeitgeist User Survey 2011 Fall Results

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

Hello everyone, As I announced earlier we had opened User Survey for Zeitgeist for general feedback and assessment of our own work. It was also to help us understand what are the user requirements. After 5 days, we have received 261 responses. Instead … Continue reading →

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Releasing Zeitgeist Datasources 0.8.0

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

One behalf of Zeitgeist Team I am happy to release zeitgeist-datasources 0.8.0 Zeitgeist Datasources are a collection of extensions/ addons/plugins which log the activities of the user and insert it in the zeitgeist engine which can be later used for … Continue reading →

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GNOME.asia

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

GNOME.Asia was held in Bangalore from 28th March to 3st April. It included a hackfest from 28th March to 1st April and two days of GNOME.Asia summit on April 2nd and April 3rd. On 1st of April I attended AndroidCamp … Continue reading →

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VCS Wars: I have my own place

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

Till date I have used many version control systems with widely ranging usage periods. There are a few which I would like to try out in the future, but that would happen when I start caring more about my VCS … Continue reading →

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A bit of autotools bashing

Posted on March 5, 2011 by

Even programmers need to have some fun. <m4n1sh> mhr3: I loath autotools <m4n1sh> the best line in Makefile.am is <m4n1sh> # end of magic <m4n1sh> the whole thing is magic <mhr3> m4n1sh, apparently you’re doing magic <mhr3> autotools themselves are … Continue reading →

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A Re-Introduction to Zeitgeist

Posted on February 11, 2011 by

While the Zeitgeist team has assembled together at Aarhus, Denmark for their 2011 hackfest, I am sitting at home due to shortage of time for Visa application. This hasn’t stopped me from continuing my work and mythbusting is also a very much-needed … Continue reading →

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Dream desktop: Slowly moving closer and closer

Posted on January 23, 2011 by

This is just the tip of the iceberg. Zeitgeist holds immense possibilities as I explain others Using Zeitgeist you can keep a log of all the files you opened with exact times, create statistics, learn your workflow and make yourself … Continue reading →

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Techrights/Boycottnovell – Bane or boon? An experience

Posted on January 16, 2011 by

Yesterday I was browsing through  the internet when I came across this link with the quote “Microsoft has pushed DirectX into Intel’s silicon,” explained to us a reader Can there be a limit on sensationalism? Dr Roy cannot escape his responsibilities by quoting … Continue reading →

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Got my Ubuntu Membership

Posted on December 8, 2010 by

Hi everyone, If everything  is setup fine, this should be my first post on Planet Ubuntu. A bit about myself. I am a long time Ubuntu user from Bangalore, India. I studied in Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal. Started my … Continue reading →

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