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I happened to stumble upon a blog of a Korean exchange student today. I dont really know how I landed there, but the blog looked interesting to me. He had lots of photos on it, and the title of the blog is Everything Kimchi, Everything in Korea and Much More. Wow, finally I have an induvidual’s view and articles about Korea.

I am actually quite bored with what I see on Discovery Channel every day, about South Koreans making a lot of money with the guidance of the Americans, and that the North Koreans are suffering quite a lot because they were backed with the Communist Russinas during the Korean War. It might be true that North Korea is being run in Dictatorship, but it is not always necessary that the documentaries that you see on these American TV channels are actually true. Russian channels would have a different view. I always trust an Induviduals view on anything, and I think this blog would always be one of the resources that I would keep in my feeds list if I want to read about Korea.

I would like to give a basic idea about ubuntu to my readers. Many ask me why not Windows? I have explained why linux is better than Windows. Now people ask me why ubuntu? Please read on.

Ubuntu Linux is Debian Based. Ubuntu is sponsored by Canonical Ltd, which is owned by Canonical billionare Mark Shuttleworth. Mark Shuttleworth is one of the few people who have gone on a self-funded space tour. He currently lives in London, and holds citizenships of South Africa and UK. He was a developer of Debian, and that is why ubuntu is Debian based.

The word Ubuntu is a movement in Africa. In the examples folder of ubuntu live cd, you will find a video file in which Nelson Mandela describing ubuntu. ubuntu is humanity. Everything is free. Similarly, everything for ubuntu is free.

Ubuntu is better than the free distros as it is updated regularly. It has an ever updating list of repositories, and you will get software for anything you want.

Almost all software are installed with the OS unlike in Windows. Media players find codecs for themselves, and all codecs are free. Almost all drivers of your PC is installed automatically, and you dont have to go around hunting for driver cds, or download links.

Apart from this, the OS is very stable. You can run it continiously for any number of days, and it will not get overloaded like windows. You will not be attacked by virus, and you dont have to defragment your hard drive like you need to do for windows.

Linux installs with all ports closed by default, and therefore getting hacked is out of the question.

Still, if you need to run windows apps, you have various emulators like Wine into which you can install almost any windows software.

There are emerging games for linux which are as good as they are in Windows.

If you think vista’s desktop is cool, ubuntu’s desktop with beryl is cooler.

85% of web servers in the world are Linux based. PCs still work on windows just for its eye candy, and games. Once the ratio of windows users come down, automatically all developers will start making software for linux that are till now windows based.

Windows doesnt support graphics any better than linux. Windows doesnt do anything better than Linux for that matter. Linux rocks like nothing else does.

If you run the sort of business where people walk into your premises and do their shopping, or take services or something to that, it is almost a necessity that you have your own security surveillance system installed in place. Super markets and other huge stores where a lot of people viist to buy stuff will need all these gadgets.

And when you are handling too many clients, you need bigger bill counters, and to make the process easier, you will need bar code printers and scanners. portable data units, RFIDs etcetc etc.

There is a huge list of other things that you would require. IT Planet offers all these items on discount, all hardware that is required for businesses including bar code label printers, barcode scanners, touchscreens for POS, as well as a large selection of security cameras and systems.

With the security systems in place, you can catch shoplifters red handed. There is a wide assortment of security systems that are available on the website itplanet.com

I use Ubuntu 7.04 and i simply love it. Its not an OS, its a religion and I follow it (my brother would kill me if he reads this for copying his dialogue)

I made a decent compilation of a good list of apps that you could use with ubuntu 7.04. Total size is about 3 gb, and the torrent is well sorted and you can download what ever you want without having to download the entire set.

If you want this torrent, just post your mail id in the comments (dont worry, I wont publish them and get you spammed), and i shall forward the torrent to you, and you can download.

* New theme / splash screen / wallpaper
* VCD Gear debian style
* Subversion & build tools
* Wireless Internet integration
* Bluetooth integration
* PPP integration
* Networking tools
* 35 Additional fonts
* Tons more themes
* Repository driven Beryl
* New sounds theme
* Integrated Custom repository support
* All current Updates 158 at time of posting
* IPod support
* Beagle
* Gramps – Genealogy software (thanks poweruser2600)
* Legends – Video Game
* Kapote – Instant Messenger
* Integrated codecs (the good the bad & the ugly)
* Mplayer, VLC, Songbird & Amarok players with mp3 support
* Mencoder, K9Copy, DeVeDE, DVD Shrink – dvd copying software.
* Integrated Nvidia drivers (will work with other cards)
* Automatix 2 & Automatix Bleeder (in case you want additional software)
* Gaim beta 5 & plugins
* GFTP – FTP Client
* KVIrc – IRC Client
* Additional Themes, icons, cursors & logins
* XSnow
* Samba
* NFS
* EasyTag – MP3 Tag Editor
* GDesklets
* Inkscape – 2D vector drawing
* Screem – HTML Editor
* Gambas – Programing environment
* QEMU & Kqemu Accelerator – Emulation
* Screem – HTML Editor
* Avidemux – Avi (divx /xvid) editor
* GDesklets – Eyecandy & info
* NTFS read / write support
* Lamp – web server (Apache2, mysql, PHP5)
* phpmyadmin
* Azureus – P2P software
* MS core Font’s and extra fonts
* Wine – Windows emulation (always newest version – through repo)
* Alien – Allows installation of foriegn packages (RPM, suse etc)
* Gobby Team programing software
* Ksnapshot – Screen capture software
* Google Picasa – Graphic editing software
* Frostwire Pro – P2P software
* Kolourpaint – Graphic editing software
* Qcad – Autocad wannabe
* Archive Suite – virtually any archive can be handled.
* Ajunta IDE – Programing environment
* Bluefish – HTML Editor
* Glade – Interface designer
* Gtranslator
* Bit Tornado – P2P Software
* Amule – P2P software
* Kino – Flick editor
* Audacity – Sound editor
* Debian Menu (pdmenu)
* Dvdrip – Dvd ripping software
* Democracy Player
* Listen Media Manager
* Steamripper
* Ilinux (banshee)
* Gnucash – Financial software
* Aria – Download manager
* Build Essentials and make utility’s
* Quanta Plus and extras – HTML Editor
* Graveman – burning software
* New Grub splash screen and animated “very pretty” boot up screen
* Bum – Boot-up manager
* Sum – Startup manager (newer improved version gtk and terminal based)
* Istanbul – Live screen capture
* Ghex – Hex editor
* Gourmet – Recipe manager
* Isomaster – CD / DVD ISO editor
* GPHPEdit – PHP Editor
* Kino – Clip editor
* Aria – Download manager
* Democracy – Movie streamer
* ClamAV – Anti-virus software
* Listen – Media manager
* DVD|RIP – Dvd ripping software
* Lifrea – RSS feed reader
* Brasero – Disc burning tool
* X-Chat – IRC Client
* QDVDAuthor – DVD authoring software
* SMP Support (dual core CPUS) / works with single core as well
* 121 Additional Updates
* New Grub boot screen
* New theme and animated bootscreen
* New GDM theme
* New splash screen & wallpaper
* Updated Beryl
* Capture card support – TVTime / ATI-All-in-wonder
* Gaim Beta 6 – prebuilt with plugins.
* GKRealm – Realtime hardware monitor
* MGM – Moaning Goat Meter
* Newer Amarok then can be obtained from edgy repos
* Hardinfo – System information
* GTKPod – Ipod Sync software
* HTop – Process viewer
* Sysinfo – System information
* IPodder – Ipod sync software
* XSensors – Hardware sensor software
* Addition networking and wireless tools
* Gpixpod – Photo sync software for Ipod
* IPodslave – an iPod IO slave
* Xpenguins – Thanks Maddog
* Alienarena 2007
* Actioncube
* Sauerbraten
* Nexuiz
* Angry drunk dwarf
* Advanced statgic command
* Astromenace
* Blinkensisters
* Blobby
* Crimson
* Funnyboat
* Fuzzy
* Glchess
* Glob 2
* Goonies
* Gtetrinet
* Hannah
* Magicor
* Megamario
* Nikwi
* OpenArena
* Openyahtzee
* Pengupop
* Polypuzzle
* Rocks and diamonds
* Scourge
* Sive
* Stax
* Supertux
* Tomatoes
* Warsow
* Warzone 2100
* Wesnoth
* Wormux
* Viruskiller
* Xracer
* Torcs
* Armagetron
* Bzflag
* Lxdoom
* Foobillard
* Vegastrike
* Barrage
* Airstrike
* Atanks
* Boson
* Gtkpool
* Trackballs
* Flying
* Kasteroids
* Xoids
* Xgalaga
* Defendguin
* Gnome-breakout
* Penguin-command
* Xarchon
* Blob & Conquer
* Gnuchess
* 3dchess
* Brutalchess
* Childsplay
* Eboard
* Gcompris
* Gtkboard
* Jester
* Kwin4
* Lletters
* Scrabble
* Spider
* Wmtictactoe
* Yics
* Kbattleship
* Ggz-gtk-games
* Junior-games-card & Gl
* Lmemory
* Mathwar
* Sillypoker
* Pouetchess
* Gnome-hearts
* Khangman
* Kmahjongg
* All the supertux, tux cart etc.
* Tuxmath
* Tuxtype
* Hide & seek preference changer
* NTFS Write support with the click of a mouse
* New Start-up and logout sound theme
* New Dark theme / Wallpaper / Glass icons are back