Category Archives: Linux in Action

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I am getting a hang of Mobile WordPress

Posted on June 10, 2015 by asokaplus

Thank you  guys and girls at http://www.wordpress.com. You are doing a wonderful job. I hope somebody write a note on how to use the shortcuts. For example highlighting, change the font colour when using a Mobile. I will post this … Continue reading →

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Mobile WordPress

Posted on June 10, 2015 by asokaplus

I am giving up my desktops in favour of android tablets. This is one of my blog posts. asokaplus has been inactive over 2 years. I read that http://www.wordpress.com theme has been attacked by a hacker according to Linux magazine. … Continue reading →

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Time for me to take the stock of Linux Activity

Posted on March 17, 2013 by asokaplus

Time for me to take the stock of Linux Activity It was more than three years that I constantly investigated the Linux World of Freedom. There were many frustrations when I could not download, Puppy Linux even in the in the … Continue reading →

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PCLinux Update-64 bit version is coming!

Posted on June 28, 2011 by asokaplus

Long awaited 64 bit version is coming this week and the 32 bit version is at bit torrent now with seeders joing in fast. It has lot of updates and drivers for new graphic cards. Downside is that, some of … Continue reading →

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Ground Realities and Trying to Change (Changing) Linux Customer Base

Posted on June 17, 2011 by asokaplus

It is time for me to have a pause and see the ground realities, see customer behaviour and business politics. I am in defense of change (of course not Sea Change) for good with lot of nice cute gadgets like … Continue reading →

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Final Count Down Linux-100

Posted on March 13, 2011 by asokaplus

I am almost completing 18 months come end of March of downloading and testing Linux Live CDs and lately few of the DVDs. All good things have to come to an end and with Sinhala Linux coming to the scene … Continue reading →

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LinuxExtras-CloudOS-JoliOS-1.2-09

Posted on March 13, 2011 by asokaplus

Cloud computing and Cloud OS had been one of my interests for some time. To begin with I started with Dropbox which is a nice way to share ones data with friends especially those who are away and abroad. I … Continue reading →

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LinuxExtras-Debain-6-08

Posted on March 13, 2011 by asokaplus

In between World Cup Cricket, my work and students examinations, I found time to install Debian 6.0 KDE CD version, in one of my old IBM computer with 512 RAM. Unlike in the good old days new Linux distributions especially … Continue reading →

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LinusExtras-Gentoo-11-10

Posted on March 13, 2011 by asokaplus

Gentoo was my last conversion or convergence. I had seen a Gentoo live CD (probably 2008) and KiWi Linux (I may be wrong here) which was probably a Gentoo Linux derivative but never caught my eye till I discovered XBMC … Continue reading →

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LinuxExtras-Sabayon-5.5-07

Posted on March 6, 2011 by asokaplus

The new editions of Sabayon 5.5 are pretty good. Their speciality latest XMBC is good too. For the first time I was able to get XMBC running in my old IBM computer with inbuilt graphic card meager 1 GiB RAM … Continue reading →

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