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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Restore Grub2 after re-installation of Windows

Whenever we go for a dual booting in a system grub(Linux) overlaps the boot loader(Windows) & mbr has been rewritten so system doesn't fit to its base. So Grub is to be updated. There are other processes but we must prefer with a Livecd to enroll our banefits & it's also so simple. First boot from the livecd then Open the Terminal & run

sudo -i
mount /dev/sda7 /mnt
mount /dev/sda6 /mnt/boot  #skip this one if not have a separate /boot partition
grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda

If you miss “grub.cfg” file,use following to recreate:

mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
chroot /mnt update-grub
umount /mnt/sys
umount /mnt/dev
umount /mnt/proc
exit

sudo update-grub

Disable Apport Error Report Dialog in Ubuntu 12.04

In fresh Ubuntu 12.04 installation, it keeps popping up annoying apport error report dialog on very log-in even after sending the error report. Here you are going to send the error report but the after the next minute it again pops.This simple tutorial will show you how to disable this dialog in Ubuntu.

Open up terminal from the dash home or press Ctrl+Alt+T, edit “/etc/default/apport” file with this command:

sudo gedit /etc/default/apport

enable=0

Save the file, and done!

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Awesome Google !! (in-built features)

About Google

Google built-in features

Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

The above lines are from official Google page. Other than search through your words only Google can serve you in many way & we often go for the help of any application or any website providing that feature without knowing that there are a lots of things in built in the browser itself which you are using for years, hence can't get through it. Let you know something :

Weather

To see the weather for many U.S. and worldwide cities, type “weather” followed by the city and state, U.S. zip code, or city and country.

Stock Quotes

To see current market data for a given company or fund, type the ticker symbol into the search box. On the results page, you can click the link to see more data from Google Finance.

Time

To see the time in many cities around the world, type in “time” and the name of the city.

Sports Scores

To see scores and schedules for sports teams type the team name or league name into the search box. This is enabled for many leagues including the National Basketball Association, National Football League, National Hockey League, and Major League Baseball.

Sunrise & Sunset

To see the precise times of sunrises and sunsets for many U.S. and worldwide cities, type “sunrise” or “sunset” followed by the city name.

Calculator

To use Google’s built-in calculator function, simply enter the calculation you’d like done into the search box

Book Search

If you’re looking for results from Google Book Search, you can enter the name of the author or book title into the search box. Then, click on “Books” from the left-hand navigation to view book content. You can click through on the record to view more detailed info about that author or title.

Earthquakes

To see information about recent earthquakes in a specific area type “earthquake” followed by the city and state or U.S. zip code. For recent earthquake activity around the world simply type “earthquake” in the search box.

Unit Conversion

You can use Google to convert between many different units of measurement of height, weight, and volume among many others. Just enter your desired conversion into the search box and we’ll do the rest.

Public Data

To see trends for population and unemployment rates of U.S. states and counties, type "population" or "unemployment rate" followed by a state or county. You can click through to a page that lets you compare different locations.

People Profiles

If you’re looking for someone you just met or a long-lost friend, enter the name of that person plus some identifying words about him or her to see a list of people with that name.

Currency Conversion

To use our built-in currency converter, simply enter the conversion you’d like done into the Google search box and we’ll provide your answer directly on the results page.

Local Search

Local Search

Movie Showtimes

Health Search

Health Conditions

Medications

Poison Control

Suicide Prevention

Flu Vaccine Finder

Query Refinements

Related Search

Fill in the Blank

Search by Number

Package Tracking

Patent Numbers

Get full go here : http://www.google.com/help/features.html

Set-up guide for Hotmail/Gmail account in "Evolution"

Evolution

Here it is recommended for Ubuntu users who often use a mail client that they should go for "Evolution" instead of Thunderbird or Postler or any other client. As Thunderbird suffice all its requirements through its Mozilla powered Add-ons but still for most of the Operating System Evolution is recommended. Often we go for the settings provlem in this mail client while it is more user friendly in case of Thunderbird. Here we provide the easy setup guide for Hotmail (live)/Gmail users :

Hotmail :-

When you open up Evolution for the first time you’ll see a setup assistant

Forward until you get to the “Identity” screen.
Enter you full name and your full email address.
If you want your hotmail account to be your default address leave the tag next to the box.
Press forward until you reach the “Receiving Email” windows.
Pick “pop” from the drop down list.
Fill in the following information:

Server: pop3.live.com

Username: xxx@hotmail.com (use full email address)

Security: SSL

Leave the rest as it is

In the next screen you’ll have to make some decisions for yourself.

Now we hit the “Sending Email” screen. Enter this:

Server: smtp.live.com

Encryption: SSL

Username: xxx@hotmail.com (enter full email address)

Leave the rest as it is

Finally go for a entering password dialog box & it is all yours.

Gmail :-

Here we need some help from our own Gmail account.

First go to gmail using your internet browser and log in.
On the top of the page there should be a “preferences” link (next to your email address).
Now click on the “tab” where you see “imap” and “pop” mentioned.
Make sure pop and imap is enabled.
If that is done, open evolution.

As we already have an account the Wizard won’t appear.

Go to “Edit -> Preferences” and in the window that pops up you will be able to add a new account.
In the “Identity” window, enter your name and your email address.
Now you’ll hit the “Receiving Email” window again.
Once again choose “pop” from the dropdown list.
The server is : “pop.gmail.com” and your username should be your full gmail address. The security should be SSL.

Choose as you see fit in the next window.

In the following window, called “Sending Email” enter the following :

Server type: SMTP

Server: smtp.gmail.com