10 Must have softwares on LINUX! 

1. LibreOffice

LIbreOffice package comes with different software like Write (used to make doc files), Impress (used to make powerpoint presentation), Base (like access in microsoft, used to make databases.) etc etc. 

2. Leafpad

Leafpad is a text editor. it is the most light weight text editor and i would prefer it over gedit bcause gedit is very heavy compared to leafpad. leafpad is faster than any text editor out there. 

3. Mozilla Firefox

Although it comes pre-installed many of the users prefer chrome over mozilla. Mozilla firefox was voted the best browser of 2014. Chrome had some problems with flash plugin, which Im not sure if it is fixed now. I would prefer firefox as my default browser. 

4. Mozilla ThunderBird

The best mail client out there is the mozilla thunderbird, it is also said to be better then window's outlook. Thunderbird can be configured with as many email account. The best feature which i like in thunderbird is facebook chat. you can configure your facebook account and chat right from thunderbird.

5. Thunar

Many distros come with the thunar as the default file manager. Thunar is the lightest file manager and the fastest one out there!! If you are using a different file manager i would recommed you to switch! 

6. Guake terminal 

If you are a user who uses the terminal very frequently you need to install guake terminal.

7. Banshee Media player

After using many music player I would say banshee is the one which stood out. It has a nice user friendly UI. It is more comfertable than the other music player out there. 

8. Deluge

Need a torrent client? Deluge is the one. Deluge provides you with all the preferences you need. 

9. gparted

An amazing partioning software. It is the most user friendly software compared to the command like partioning softwares. 

10. Wine

Need to run some windows programs on linux? wine is the solution! There are many softwares out there which are made only for windows, So you need to install windows just to use em. With wine you can run any windows software in linux. Many games can also be installed. I play CS 1.6 on wine :) 

Windows 10 announced by microsoft 

Introduction

windows 10 was announced by microsoft today. The preview version will be available to download from the microsofts official website. Microsoft wants to get user feedback so that it can perview version. The perview version is not the fianl version.

here are the few features announced..

1. The start menu is back

 

 

In windows 10 microsoft has brought its start menu back. The start menu has our all time favorite the "search bar", on the other hand the live tiles are also attached to the start menu which creats a problem for not tablet users.

2. Title bar for apps

 

 

Now, the applications that you download from the windows app store all come with a title bar. So now you can directly close, expand or minimize right on the go. 

3. Multiple desktops

 

 

Windows finally gets "multilple desktops" aka WORKSPACES in linux. This feature was present in linux for the past 8 years. Windows finally gets it!!. Now you can create multiple desktop so you can seperate your work and manage it much better. 

How to speed up your slow Android Phone

1. LESS Home Screens

Android provides users with the feature to add many home screens. This feature may seem to be very handy, but it can slow your phone down if it lacks in good amount RAM. Also try to keep as less widgets as possible on the home screens.

2. Uninstall Unwanted Apps

Alot of apps installed on your phone will cause your phone to hang alot of times. Installed apps mostly keep running in the background, these apps take alot of memory from the RAM. Just keep apps that you really use!! 

3. Empty you SD card

The data present on your SD card, like songs, photos, videos etc needs to be loaded. So, loading all that data will take up lot of CPU time. And after your music, videos etc are loaded they are also cached! 

 

4. Cleaning APPS 

There are many apps in the android store that wil help you to clean the cache, free RAM space etc. The Best one according to me is CLEAN MASTER.

Remember also not to put more then one cleaning applications. These applications take alot of RAM. 

Hope this will help you'll to have a better android performance. Cheers!!

How to set up android development tool, 3 simple steps...

Step 1: Installing Eclipse

The first thing that you need to do before you start developmint in android is to download the Eclipse IDE. Click here to download eclipse---> DOWNLOAD

download the eclipse standard.

 

Step 2: Installing Android plugin(SDK manager)

Eclipse once downloaded will not come with android support. So you need to install the android plugin for eclipse..

To do this Click on Help --->  install new software

Now, in work with add this url and press ADD. 

https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/

After pressing add, eclipse will suggest some package to install. Install them! Now you have your SDK manager setup..

Step 3: Installing API

The final step is installing API. Open Window--> Android SDK Manager 

Now you will get a list of all the API ie is the different android version. Download the API, the version whom you wanna develope an app. 

Tip: Download API of jelly bean or after that. It gives more functionallity..

Now restart Eclipse!!! You can now start building amazing applications for android!!

The New iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus

Introduction

The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus were launched my apple on 9th sep 2014. The new iPhone 6 runs on the latest  IOS 8, which is the best mobile OS yet. there were many amazing features added to the iPhone 6.

Camara

 

The iPhone 6 comes with the latest technology called as iSight. The phone has a 8 MP primary camara. 3264 x 2448 pixels, Dual LED (dual tone) flash.
The phone also comes with a 1.2 MP secondary camara.

-New 8-megapixel iSight camera with 1.5µ pixels
-Autofocus with Focus Pixels
-ƒ/2.2 aperture
-Optical image stabilization (iPhone 6 Plus only)
-True Tone flash
-Five-element lens
-Hybrid IR filter
-Backside illumination sensor
-Sapphire crystal lens cover
-Auto image stabilization
-Auto HDR for photos
-Improved face detection
-Exposure control
-Panorama (up to 43 megapixels)
-Burst mode
-Tap to focus
-Photo geotagging
-Timer mode

 

 

Video

 

The new iPhone can take amazing video recordings. The phone can shoot 1080p at 60 fps. But the most mindblowing feature about the recorder is the Slow-Mo recorder.  It can slow down your video at an amzaing rate.

-1080p HD video recording (30 fps or 60 fps)
-True Tone flash
-Slo-mo video (120 fps or 240 fps)
-Time-lapse video
-Cinematic video stabilization
-Continuous autofocus video
-Take still photos while recording video
-Improved face detection
-3x zoom
-Video geotagging

 

 

 Chip

 

-A8 chip with 64-bit architecture
-M8 motion coprocessor
-Dual-core 1.4 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based)
-werVR GX6650 (hexa-core graphics)

Installing Tomcat on Arch

Tomcat is an application server that can be used to run your JSP, servelets etc. In this post i am going to show you how to install and run applications on the server.

Installing tomcat8

$sudo pacman -S tomcat8

Different versions of tomcat is available in the arch repository. tomcat8 is the latest release version.
 After installing tomcat8 on your arch you can now start tomcat using the following command.

$sudo systemctl start tomcat8

You can enable tomcat to start on every boot by the command

$sudo systemctl enable tomcat8 

by enabling, tomcat is going to start on every boot. tomcat on default runs on port 80, so if you have another server also running on port 80, Tomcat will not start. 

NOTE: Glassfish server used by NetBeans uses port 80. So if you are working on Netbeans Glassfish server wont allow you to start tomcat.

Now your tomcat is up and running, you can test it by opening a browser and typing 

localhost:8080

This will open up the home page of tomcat. you can additionally change settings from here.

Running you first webpage on tomcat8  

Now, to run normal web pages on tomcat you first have to create your webpages. HTML can be written in any of the editors in linux. My fav are sublime and blufish editor.

After you are done writing your webpages, you can upload them to your tomcat server.  For that you should go to 

$cd /usr/share/tomcat8/webapps

this directory has all your webapps. now create a directory . 

$mkdir MyFirstWebapp

cd into the directory . Now this directory is going to contain all the webpages that you want in your website. so copy all the HTML files to your webapp directory. you can also issue the command..

$sudo cp /path/Of/Your/HTML/File/ /usr/share/tomcat8/webapps

Now you can can try your awsum website out by running tomcat. all you need to do is, 

1. Open a browser

2. Type is localhost:8080/MyFirstWebapp

this is going to open the index.html file present in the MyFirstWebapp. If you want to open a specific webpage from the server you can specify in the address..

localhost:8080/MyFirstWebapp/MyWebPage.html

And you are good to go.......