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Why use Linux?

Are you sure Windows XP/VISTA is the best Operating System?
Are you sure Windows XP/VISTA takes less time to install than Other Operating System in your Computer?
Is it possible to install Windows XP/VISTA in your PC without Protected Key?
Is it possible to run Windows XP/VISTA in your PC without install it?
Have you ever seen Windows XP/VISTA can run from Live CD?
Have you ever seen Windows XP/VISTA can run from Live USB Flash Drive?
Is all the Softwares of Windows XP/VISTA work properly?
Have your PC never infected by VIRUS?

Is it to difficult to remember 3/4 simple commands as a CSE-student???

Compare all the advantages between Windows and LINUX.
Some of the simple advantages of LINUX are here:
(1) You can boot it from live CD, DVD or now your pen drive.
(2) Install from pen drive is much easier and faster than CD and DVD.
(3) VIRUS Protected and you will never effected by VIRUS.
(4) Boot from pen drive makes your PC so faster that it seems like boot from hard disk.
(5) All softwares are available, free and source code is open. You can customize these softwares as your own choice.
(6) All the process never run one at a time except you run the programs for use. i.e, unnecessary processes never run like windows.
(7) Maximum server use LINUX environment.

Please think all these at least one moment, Why you don’t use LINUX. Decision is yours.

Write Ubuntu to and Install from a USB Drive

Ubuntu 8.10 has been released.Ubuntu has been made available to users as an image for CDs and DVDs to date. But CDs and DVDs are slower, less portable and less convenient than USB sticks. Now, a simple application in Ubuntu will allow users to write Ubuntu to a USB drive, even a modified version of Ubuntu with their data on it, so it can be carried everywhere to plug in and use on any machine.

I have tested it in our PC. It takes less than 25 seconds to boot from live USB flash disk drive and takes only 8-10 minutes to install it in my PC. If you want to do this, just follw these instructions:

(1) First download the iso image of UBUNTU 8.10 from this link bellow:
http://www.ubuntu.com
(2) Download the package UNetbootin - Universal Netboot Installer from this link bellow:
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
(3) Install it in your PC. It is open for both linux/windows platform.
(4) Here you can see 3 radio button as follows:
a.Distribution
b.Disk Image
c.Custom

select Disk Image from these and browse your iso image of UBUNTU 8.10
From the option of Drive select your USB flash disk drive and press on OK button.
(5) After all these i.e, after finishing it’s task to write iso image in your USB flash disk drive it needs to be reboot to install UBUNTU or boot from live USB flash disk drive.
(6) After reboot your system enter your bios and set your first boot device priority to your USB flash disk drive.
(7) Finally everything is as like as boot ubuntu from live cd if you are familiar with LINUX/UBUNTU.

[Note that Your system needs at least 512 MB ram to boot from USB flash disk drive]

First BdOSN Code Sprint concluded with much appreciation and success

Four teams of students, led by professional software engineers from the industry, developed four Open Source Software in First BdOSN CodeSprint 2008 held in Sylhet from 15th to 17th August. The concluding ceremony was held on 17th August with the demonstration of the projects. The concluding ceremony was attended by the students, teachers as well as the participabts. Ms. Anika Mahmud, Lecturer of the department of CSE attended the same as the guest of honor. BdOSN arranged this event for the first time in Bangladesh with the support of SUST Open Source Network and CSE Society.

The SPIDER team, led by Tamim Shahriar Subeen, developed a tool which will allow the user to know the stock price on real time from cell phone. The team used Python as their programming language. Zakaria Chowdhury, along with his team - HOTCAKE, developed a rapid website development tool using PHP. Team GITTU, led by Mizanur Rahman Bipul, developed a social networking tool in Bangla and Omar Shehab, leading his team SHIAL MAMA, developed a Mozilla FireFox toolbar extension which will allow the user to type in Bangla in web page forms even if there is no Bangla support in the system.

The sprint coordinator, Tamim Shahriar, expressed his satisfaction about the quality and completion of the projects. The general secretary of BdOSN, Mr. Munir Hasan, said they will continue similar events in future to bridge the academia and industry in a fruitful manner. The very famous disaster management software SAHANA was also developed in Srilanka during a special sprint - he added. The developed 4 applications will be released formally in coming days. There were also several open talk events to inform students about latest technology and engineering practices in industry.

Multiget, the alternative of Flashget in ubuntu

Good news, No need to find the flashget. Use multiget to get better download speed in ubuntu. So those who are not satisfied to use ubuntu without flashget for downloading important data, or install it by using the help of wine, can use multiget for complete satisfaction. Here is the url:

http://www.getdeb.net/app.php?name=MultiGet