Author: Nayar

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“Upgrading” to Kubuntu 11.10

After i downloaded the Kubuntu 11.10 .iso file and made a startup pendrive with it. I thought when i would boot with it, it would offer me an “Upgrade” option like Ubuntu does but it didn’t. I installed afresh and overwrite onto my existing installation.

After the installation completed, i noticed my desktop remained almost the same. I opened my torrent client and all my torrents continued to download normally.
All my installed programs were gone though. However their data files were still present. After i re-installed them, they continued working as before. The mail client was not working at all. It would just crash just after i launch it.
My sound was not working sometimes. The desktop would crash often.
I decided finally to wipe my linux partition and install afresh.

I just discovered the Netbook Desktop. So far, i’m enjoying it. Here’s a screeny!

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My New Toy Car

I got this toy when I answered a quiz question by The UoM Computer Club (University of Mauritius). The question was:

Who invented Linux?

I answered:

Linus Torvalds 😀

Well, what’s so interesting about this car? It a wireless mouse 😉

Let’s open the hood now

To use the mouse, simply insert 2 AAA sized battery in the mouse and put the dongle in a USB port of your computer. It starts working ASAP 🙂

Its responsiveness is awesome. You should be able to play FPS games with it without much issues.

However, the wheels do not spin. Anyways, it’s still fun 😛

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Passed Oral Test for Driving License

I passed my Oral Test! It was damn easy 😛

You are showed the questions on a television screen and a voice reads it. You then have 30 seconds to shade the appropriate circle in your answer sheet with the marker they provide.

There are 40 questions in all. The first 5 questions are NOT counted for markings. They are just to make you feel comfortable with the system. You are therefore allowed to make 6 mistakes in 35 questions.

In the middle of the test, the television became extremely loud for sometimes. I don’t know if it’s done on purpose just to panic people or it was a genuine error somewhere. I was shocked a bit but calmed down quickly though 😀

It went very fine overall. Stupid me that I wanted to postpone the test because there was database lecture today. I managed to do the test and still able attend the lecture. I’m soo relieved now 😉

Time for me to learn how to actually drive a car now and do the practical test 😛