The actual install involves backing up data and predetermine space requirements for you new Linux system on your machine.
4 years 4 months ago
GNU/Linux: Understanding important installation steps
The hard drive need to be partitioned properly before you can install GNU/Linux system, some time if you want to keep the existing OS, you will need to resize the existing parts to make space for the new OS
4 years 4 months ago
Importance ISO image verification and creating bootable USB pen drive
The ISO image of a GNU/Linux Distribution is a huge file, if it gets corrupted during the download or while copying from some place, your whole installation could go bad
4 years 4 months ago
GNU/Linux Advantages and Pre-Install checklist
The Linux kernel is widely used now a days to for a usable system, generally what people refer as an OS, which we prefer to call as GNU/Linux distribution. Linux itself is available as a Free Software as well as most of the GNU/Linux Distributions are also available under similar FOSS licenses.
4 years 4 months ago
Introduction to GNU, Linux and Open Source
Linux is an operating system, core kernel or the actual operating system. It was developed by Linus Torvalds. The first prototypes of Linux were publicly released later that year (1991) under the GNU General Public License, designed and drafted by Richard Stallman commonly knows as RMS the free software guru.
4 years 5 months ago
Learn how to use a digital multimeter
A digital multimeter is a very important instrument that one need for basic electronics purpose and hobby projects.
4 years 5 months ago
Adding social icons to Multipurpose Theme for Drupal
The Multipurpose Theme used in Drupal is a nice clean theme. It alos provides a section of social icons links. But when you look at the theme settings you will notice there are only entries for Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest.
This post is related to Drupal 7x and the related theme.
4 years 5 months ago
Repairing a cracked solar panel
A lot of people are going in for solar energy these days. Most important part of solar electric energy are the solar panels and also the most costly. Unfortunately till date they are not as rugged as they should be.
4 years 6 months ago
Is investing in a Solar Water heating system worth?
Lot of people today are looking forward towards free energy, green energy etc. In this post I am going to illustrate with an example if solar based heating systems are worth invsting or not?
First thing, If you are a green energy fan, then totally yes, solar water heater are definitely useful as they consume no electrical power. And when they get good sunshine (avg 4 hours per day) they can give you really hot water. Hot enough to burn you skin. (approx 70 Deg in summer, based on experience in Pune, India)
About power saving тАФ Definitely yes as it will not consume any electricity.
4 years 7 months ago
Bootable USB using dd command in GNU/Linux system
With CD/DVD drives almost gone from our systems, the easiest way today to install a new system is via a USB pen drive. This article guides you how to create a bootable pen drive of a Linux ISO image, so that you are able to boot and install from the same.
4 years 7 months ago
Simple water level indicator
Simple water level controller/indicator using the concept of common emmiter configuration.
4 years 8 months ago
What's new in Blender 2.8
Blender 3D is an Open-source 3D creation suite. Blender 3D is a Free and Open-source 3D creation suite. Blender has been there since 2003 (open-source) and we have seen it evolving over a period of time into a really amazing tool. The release Blender 2.80 is exciting in terms of a completely revamped interface a lots of new features. Lets have a look at what's new here