Hardy Heron is Out........Party Begins

On 25tH April Canonical released Ubuntu/kubuntu/xubuntu 8.04 LTS to the world ..it is probably the most anticipated Linux distro for a while with number of enhancements

• Gnome 2.22
• KDE 4.00 In Kubuntu
• The wubi installer which i probably i consider the most important tool to take linux to the masses .Wubi allows you to install linux within windows without worrying about the working of the installer and stuff.
• Enhanced photo experience: The enhanced default photo manager, F-Spot, together with improved camera and phone recognition means users can upload, tag, manage, display, delete, print and share photos with friends and family more easily.
• Slick desktop: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS combines the latest GNOME applications with desktop visual effects, giving users a smoother, better-looking and more intuitive experience.
• Longer support: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is supported with security updates and maintenance for three years so corporate and individual users have a longer upgrade planning cycle. Those who want the newest applications will be able to upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10, due in October 2008, those who prefer longer deployment cycles can stay with Ubuntu 8.04 for three years before moving to the next LTS release.

Pricing and Availability

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition is free of charge and available from 25th April from http://www.ubuntu.com/download.

Try it out its cool........

Apart from that im waiting for the Ubuntu ultimate edition 1.8 which is based on Ubuntu 8.04

I always believed that ubuntu ultimate is the operating system to be recommended if someone wants to try out linux .The feature list is simply fascinating and huge ,below is just the sample of it apart from the features that you get in the original ubuntu 8.04.

• Its a dvd Distro containing Gnome as well as Kde
• BUM,SUM,Anjuta
  
• Glest
• Alien Arena 2007
• Bos Wars
• RTCW - Enemy Territory
• Action Cube
• Scourge
• Warzone 2100
• Inkscape
• Google Earth
  
• Google Picasa
• And Lots more
  

If you want to try it out head to http://ultimateedition.info/ and download ultimate 1.7 DVD

Shantaram.....Is it for real...

I Just Finished Reading Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts and found it to be one of the best pseudo-fiction( a cross between fiction and non-fiction ,a word penned by me) novel, i have read in a long long time ... The way the author has introduced some of the characters has completely bowled me over ...esp Karla and Modena and the way the author has described some of the scenes especially when lisa betrays Modena and when khader khan is killed in the mountains of the war ravaged Afghanistan made me feel guilty in a way as if i was the person who had actually carried out the act.The story is quite fast paced and you dont feel bored considering the size of the book which is quite huge considering the 900 odd pages in it.But at few places it does seem to drag especially when lindsay or Lin goes to jail in india .Hope that Mira nair does justice to that scene ,Infact the author himself is the scriptwriter for the movie,In an interview he said that the book is an excellent script for a movie because he visualised it as if he was writing it for a movie ,no wonder when you are reading it you do feel you are a kind of third person watching the whole thing from above the way you have spectator camera in doom or Counter strike.

The author has done an amazing introspection on life and has written a number of pearls of wisom to say that one can easily relate to.

"Every human heartbeat, he’d said many times, is a universe of possibilities. And it seemed to me that I finally understood exactly what he’d meant. He’d been trying to tell me that every human will has the power to transform its fate. I’d always thought that fate was something unchangeable: fixed for every one of us at birth, and as constant as the circuit of stars. But I suddenly realised that life is stranger and more beautiful than that. The truth is that no matter what kind of game you find yourself in, no matter now good or bad the luck, you can change your life completely with a single thought or a single act of love ".

"when we fall in love with someone our greatest fear is that they wont love us back,what we should fear instead is that we wont stop loving them.. “

“Some feelings sink so deep into the heart
that only loneliness can help u find them again.”

“sometimes we love with nothing more than hope.
Sometimes we cry with everything except tears”

"Happiness is a myth, which was invented to make us buy things".

Some of the characters i felt were quite unneccesary esp Johhny cigar (others may disagree with it but i felt it was unneccesary).Without going much deeper into the story line i would say whoever has read Maximum city by Suketu Mehta wil love this book.....

I hope Mira Nair does Justice to the book ,and hope Big B can live upto his character in the movie.

A Link To the Authors website
Link To the Forum
Movie Link.

Hello Blogger

Well I just migrated from wordpress to blogger and this where ill be posting my ramblings hence forward..... welcome to my new Blog....