Indian State, Kerala Bypass Microsoft Products !!

Southern Indian state, Kerala has made a great move to eliminate what it calls Microsoft's monopoly by encouraging schools and other public institutions to install free software. The move comes shortly after the state banned Coca-Cola and Pepsi for allegedly containing pesticide residue. M. A. Baby, the state's education minister, tells "It is well-known that Microsoft wants to have a monopoly in the field of computer technology. Naturally, being a democratic and progressive government, we want to encourage the spread of free software." >>

Sony Ericsson's Mobile Music Application Basics

Creating a successful mobile music application takes more than just knowing hardware and software. Check out the Sony Ericsson's developer series article which has a great insight about mobile music technology, how data compression works and compares MP3 and AAC efficiency, presents a technical overview of audio codecs including MP3, Ring tones, AAC and E-AAC+ and summarizes strategies for managing network bandwidth. A very good simple explanation about the Mobile music technology for mobile developers. Part 1 Part 2

Web2list : Web 2.0 Collections

Web2list project has a great collections entire Most popular Web 2.0 application. Web application are tagged in various categories, a great way to browse around the most innovative web 2.0 applications, along with who are linking them and their Technorati information. >>

Technology Behind Stephen Hawking !

Stephen Hawking the most inspiring Astrophysicist and the greatest genius of modern history since Einstein. In spite of Hawking suffers from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis [ALS or LouGehrig's disease], a disease that leads to paralysis by slow weakening of the muscles. Technology remains in true favor not for Hawking, but for us by making it possible for the Hawking to share his research with fellow scientists and the public as well.

Words+ allows Hawking to predict and complete words of sentences and the program also converts text to speech. It's word-prediction database holds up to 5,000 words and allows him to save thousands of set phrases that can be quickly retrieved and vocalized. http://www.words-plus.com

E Z Keys also doubles as an environmental-control unit capable of switching on/off appliances in the house. The program allows Hawking to turn on and off appliances, select his favorite CDs to play and control almost any device.
Hawking runs the program using several fingers in his right hand, where he still retains limited mobility.

In unison with E Z Keys, Hawking's second helping of Assistive Technology is a small portable computer and a speech synthesizer strapped to his wheelchair. Using this technology, Hawking has been able to write countless scientific articles, deliver hundreds of lectures and write a bestseller books like, A Brief History of Time.

This technology helped us to hear him loud and clear, as Hawking unlocks the mysteries of the universe. Without the presence of this technology, solid breakthroughs in quantum physics and many of his thoughts on the universe would never have been recorded, and we would have lost tremendous input from a great mind.

Hawking states, "While I have lost the ability to speak, I have not lost my ability to think. These products were designed specifically for people, like me, who can't speak".

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[free ubuntu t-Shirts !!]

Cool Chumby

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Google Apps for Your Domain

Google releases beta of Google Apps for Your Domain, which will let organizations offer Web-based e-mail, chat and more and collaboration tools to our entire organization customizable with our branding, color scheme and content through the administrative control panel, and with no hardware or software to install or maintain. >>

FREE Ubuntu Dapper Drake T-Shirts !!!

I am one of the Ubuntu Linux Lover. To show my love, I am planning to give away two New Ubuntu Dapper Drake T-Shirts I have for absolutely FREE :) !.

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[Front View : click to see the full size image]

[Back View : click to see the full size image]

T-Shirt specification:

Color : White
Type : Round Neck
Size : Large

This is what you have to do to get the Ubuntu Dapper Drake T-Shirt, you have to comment here:

1. I Love Ubuntu because ...
2. Next, upload your screenshot of your Ubuntu Desktop at Flickr.com or anywhere you like and just add the Image URL along with your comment.

It's open to everyone and the contest closes on September 18th 1pm GMT and winners will be announced on September 19th. I will be selecting two winners based on their comments and best desktop screenshot who will receive the Ubuntu Dapper Drake T-Shirts. I will also pay the postal charges and mail them the T-Shirts for absolutely FREE !.

Once the winners has received the T-Shirts; they have to send me their photos wearing the Ubuntu Dapper Drake T-Shirt, which I will be post it on this blog :).

So just drop in your comments.

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If you still haven't tried Ubuntu, you can get the free Ubuntu CDs from
https://shipit.ubuntu.com/and give a try.

Ubuntu is the most user friendly Linux ever created and easy to install, use, free of viruses, highly secured and perfect for laptops, desktops to servers, supports more languages. Even a novice can get started with Ubuntu in no time and it is supported with a rich documentation and lively active supporting forums.

Visit http://www.ubuntu.com/ to learn more. To contribute to the Ubuntu Community, do check out http://www.ubuntu.com/community

NO more Windows, Crashes, Viruses, Security threats, Nightmares !

Just make Ubuntu Linux, as your Primary OS today, you will LOVE Ubuntu :) and feel the power of Open Source community !!

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-- UPDATE --

Contest Ends! Winners Announced !!

First of all Big thanks for all the participants. It was really a tough time for me to select the winner, as each one of the comments is really amazing and want to give away the T-Shirt for everyone. But I have only 2 T-Shirts .

And the 2 winners for the Ubuntu T-shirt Contest are:

1. Brent
2. Ed Stewart

Winners, please send me your Posting Mail Address to me at balakumar.muthu[@]gmail.com. I will ship the T-Shirts this week sharp. Winners please don't forget to send me the photo of you along with the Ubuntu T-shirts, to publish it in my blog.

Thank you to all out there, who have participated.

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Balakumar Muthu

53 Comments:

At 7:25 PM, Anonymous said...: I want one. :(

allieweber@gmail.com
At 7:26 PM, M said...: I love Ubuntu because it's always unfailingly there for me. As is the community and the spirit behind it.
Above all. it just WORKS!
Screenshot here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34315378@N00/224449720/
At 9:43 PM, Paul Williams said...: I love Ubuntu because I love open-source. Ubuntu captures the open-source comminity's goals better than any distribution I know of: to make free and open-source software that is effective and user-friendly.
Here is my screenshot: http://flickr.com/photos/omgpaul/224533615/
paul [at] smoothweb [dot] net
At 3:40 PM, Anonymous said...: I love Ubuntu because there are no enterprise editions and because there's a great commnuity that will help you whenever you need it and will never tell you to RTFM! Ubuntu is relies a bit on the terminal, which is important, I think. It also has nice customizability, and it's getting new people into the Linux and Open Source world. Most people who switch just want "Linux", not a certain distro, and Ubuntu is probably that distro, at least for humans :)
At 3:41 PM, Anonymous said...: I love Ubuntu because there are no enterprise editions and because there's a great commnuity that will help you whenever you need it and will never tell you to RTFM! Ubuntu is relies a bit on the terminal, which is important, I think. It also has nice customizability, and it's getting new people into the Linux and Open Source world. Most people who switch just want "Linux", not a certain distro, and Ubuntu is probably that distro, at least for humans :)

Lest I forget, here's my screenshot: http://www.winkflash.com/photo/folder.aspx

Sorry for the dual post; I forgot the screenshot; don't count my first post, just this one!
At 8:30 PM, 甘先生 said...: Ubuntu is good linux.
I want one: cngump@gmail.com
Here is my screenshot:
http://static.flickr.com/54/143914946_aafa802403_o.png
At 3:28 AM, Anonymous said...: I love Ubuntu because it's neither patronising nor over-difficult, has an immense variety and quantity of software, is incredibly well-supported and friendly.

http://img245.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotpu0.png
At 4:42 PM, Shane said...: I love Ubuntu because... I believe it is the true embodiment of the spirit of GNU software. What you see is what you get with Ubuntu. No pay-for-it extras. Pure and simple. Ubuntu is *my* distribution. I can make it and influence it exactly the way I want! Let me give you an example. I was looking for a medical dictionary for OpenOffice spellchecker. There isnt one... yet. Then on Ubuntu.com I found Medical Ubuntu, a version specially for the medical community... and I have volunteered to help with creating the first ever OpenOffice medical dictionary! There you go! Ubuntu is the distro for me, by me! (even if its just a small contribuion :-) )

Here's my screenshot:
http://drsjlazar.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-want-that-ubuntu-t-shirt.html
At 5:49 PM, andreww said...: I love Ubuntu because.... ok, i haven't used ubuntu yet, i have played with red hat and mandrake before, but they were so darn difficult to use that i gave up.
and now i'm in the midst of a severe internet marketing campaign so i have even less time.
is it really that easy to install?

btw, tks for visiting my blog. come visit often.
cheers!

Andrew Wee
www.WhoIsAndrewWee.com
At 11:44 PM, Shane said...: Hi Bala!

I have posted a reply to the comment you left on my blog with the address of the Medical Ubuntu forum.

I have a question for you though... Why do you have 'think > than god' in your blog title? What is the significance of that to you... I'm just poking my curious nose here :-)
At 6:40 PM, Suresh S SCJP1.4 said...: me too need a shirt i dont have shirt to wear to my office currently using 1 shirt and 1 pant for all 7 days
At 7:19 PM, balakumar said...: If you have 1 shirt for all 7 days ... I can buy you a new pair of suits to you... but not Ubuntu t-shirts, its only to Ubuntu users and If you really want it, please comment why you love Ubuntu and link me your Ubuntu desktop screenshot... :)
At 7:27 PM, Anonymous said...: Ubuntu is Simply, Free, FAST, and AMAZING!!!

Screen: http://www.roberto-studios.hu/Screens/ubuntu.jpg
At 10:21 PM, Anonymous said...: I love Ubuntu because it's userfriendly....in a human way.
Desktop: http://img.tar.hu/scout3r/img/25417022.png#3
At 12:19 AM, Anonymous said...: Good, besser, ubuntu :)

My shot here:
http://kep.tar.hu/pelach/50358851#2
At 6:26 AM, Anonymous said...: I love Ubuntu because it is my first Linux and it is inspire me to learn more about Linux. Ubuntu is the cheapest Linux of the world :))) Lot of my friends use it so they can help me...

This is my desktop http://flickr.com/photos/51533959@N00/?saved=1
At 9:09 AM, Anonymous said...: I want one, because I love Ubuntu so much, that I actually pulled off an ingenious hoax, to make the world think that I hate Ubuntu and love Windows, which is exactly the exact opposite. In doing so, I was able to stir up tons of raw emotion and compassion for Ubuntu, which was truly the intent of having done so.

I have also written about Blubuntu, or how to make your Dapper system look blue.

I have converted many to Ubuntu, and most truly prefer it over Windows now. They say "I like it the way it is. Please don't change it." I even got my Grandma using Ubuntu! Isn't that totally awesome?

So here is a link to my beautiful Ubuntu desktop. As an added bonus, I will also link to this post, to ensure pleasing you so much that you will not be able to resist giving a shirt to the world's truly greatest Ubuntu aficionado.

[note] I have also given away hundreds of official Ubuntu CDs (for free of course).

And I wear a large. ;)
At 2:11 PM, pugoyal said...: Hi I heard about ubuntu but i dont have CD. So i can't give my desktop picture. But i heard from so many people ubuntu is better than previous linux versions. I will say I love ubuntu because i never used that. :)
At 5:00 PM, paracelsus said...: Hi!
I love UBUNTU because It's a simple and stable system. I think that it is the first Linux whitch will reform the using of oeration systems and people can learn it easy.
My desktop: http://www.flickr.com/photos/84504207@N00/?saved=1
At 5:42 PM, Anonymous said...: I love Ubuntu because it is Linux for human being: it is simple and free. In the same time, under Ubuntu, I can get my dual monitors work easily.

My dual monitor desktop

ni2yue4 (at) gmail (dot) com
At 7:09 PM, balakumar said...: Hello all, that's really cool screenshot :), keep the comments flow and

To Shane about your question...I have coined the parse "think > than god" myself, direct from my heart.

I strongly feel we are the children's of God [or the nature]...

If our parents, the God is so great and most powerful. We have to inherit their characters, so obviously we are going to 'think greater than god'; our greater thinking drives us to do much GREATER things!!... That's the whole idea.

My concept may sounds bit wired... but only this thought have taken and pushes me to great extent in my life! :).
At 10:24 PM, Anonymous said...: I love UBUNTU b'coz Open Source Rulez n UBUNTU is Conquering the new age :-)
At 10:25 PM, Anonymous said...: I love UBUNTU b'coz Open Source Rulez n UBUNTU is Conquering the new age :-)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/88347390@N00/?saved=1
At 1:22 PM, Anonymous said...: Hi!

Ubuntu is just "Smooth and handy"

http://al.pmmf.hu/~roti/pics/roti/shot_clean.jpg
http://al.pmmf.hu/~roti/pics/roti/shot_full.jpg

Roti
At 4:28 PM, Anonymous said...: I love Ubuntu because....according to me its so much more than just another Linux distro! We all know that the name Ubuntu comes from the wonderful philosophy of Ubuntu (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28ideology%29), which I think advocates the very essence of humanity!! And our favourite Linux distro embodies this wonderful ideology in itself.In a world where the word 'values' is almost always synonymous with 'monetary value', stuff like Ubuntu linux brings forth a sense of asylum to people like me who think otherwise. That is precisely the reason I love Ubuntu...atleast something's there which teaches us to respect FREEDOM!!

On a more technical note (I'm not much of a techie though!), I love Ubuntu 'cause its easy to use, highly configurable, hardly causes any problems, and of course because of the wonderful forum of Ubuntu users round the globe who are always ready to help each other!!

oops...almost forgot!!! here's a screenshot of my HUMBLE desktop:
http://www.orkut.com/AlbumZoom.aspx?uid=&pid=4

The above is my fav, but plz also take a look at this screenshot:
http://www.orkut.com/AlbumZoom.aspx?uid=&pid=9
At 8:20 PM, Anonymous said...: ADDENDUM
The screenshots I posted in my previous comment are hosted at my album at orkut.com! So, non-orkuteers may not be able to view them!! Here's the alternative link to my favourite Desktop screenshot (at flickr.com):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sayanriju/230975984/
At 11:03 PM, Anonymous said...: first of all i don't ur tshirt...and now for your query...
it does not necessary that one should have reason of loving UBUNTU, so we love UBUNTU without any reason but for for those who don't understand what UBUNTU is all about for them we have reasons.. and they will themself get those reasons when they use ubuntu its needless to write it here....

some screenshots are here...

http://picasaweb.google.com/meravih/Ubuntu
At 11:45 PM, Anonymous said...: I Love Ubuntu because Ubuntu stands for humanity, togetherness and sharing - the ingredients for world peace.

The real phrase is (in zulu) “ubuntu ngmuntu abantu” which means, a person is a person because of other people, or rather a person is a person through other people

Lets take this opportunity to think about our contribution to humanity.

My Screenshots at http://picasaweb.google.com/prashmohan/ScreenShots
At 12:50 AM, Anonymous said...: do i see....ahem.. Ben Goodger....looking for a Ubuntu Tshirt??

As for the Tshirt....I was wondering..... Ubuntu being Open source... can't we print Ubuntu Tshirts ourselves as well ? :D lol
At 12:04 PM, Dhruv said...: I love ubuntu bcoz this is one of those few distributions that have superb forum support, plus the easiest linux to install ever, plus everything under the sun works here, plus no virus/malware/spyware, plus itz resource usage is low, plus itz free, so everything about it makes me feel good

screenshot at
http://chopra.dhruv.googlepages.com/desktopscreenshot
At 5:06 PM, Anonymous said...: http://kornel.zool.klte.hu/pub/banm/images/ubuntu_fluxbox_desktop.jpg

I installed on every computer Ubuntu in our office. Somebody asked why? Because I have no time to solve stupid problems. Ubuntu works and funny!
I have a firefox t-shirt; I would like an ubuntu t-shirt also :)

phabajin@gmail.com
At 2:05 PM, Anonymous said...: Mostly I choose it because my computer is too old to run others like SuSe or Fedora, and I feel it just fit me!
birdring@gmail.com
At 9:33 PM, Anonymous said...: Hai bala,

fantastic initiative. Thank you! Yeah, i'm too late to comment here, but you have really tried something different here and it works. Good luck!

- Bhuvan
At 5:12 PM, Anonymous said...: hi bala! how r u!

i really want one:). thanx again
At 1:07 PM, Uaresmiling said...: hi, everyone

I like ubuntu, coz like linux, debian, ^^ no reason, just like it, anyway, my laptop is working prefectly, running ubuntu.
ok , here is my desktop
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uaresmiling/243675031/
At 2:06 PM, shixinyu said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
At 2:25 PM, shixinyu said...: I don't want to description my feel in English,so I will tell U why I like Ubuntu in Chinese,which is my mother tongue.
我喜欢Ubuntu是因为它极为易用、安全、快捷，并且高效，让我看到了“窗外”的风景更加美好。
我将会贴我的Ubuntu截图到Flickr:
http://www.mvpdream.org/blog/
At 10:30 PM, Krishnan said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
At 10:35 PM, Krishnan said...: I love Ubuntu because it brings in the spirit of humanity in to others. In this mechanical world, such knowledge sharing and other human values have degraded as all are self-centered. Technically speaking, I like its software management feature as I don't have to check for software dependencies etc... It does everything by itself!

Overall, Ubuntu is my Passion from now on!

My Desktop Pics

http://www.flickr.com/photos/76413094@N00/244673555/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/76413094@N00/244673550/
At 1:21 AM, Anonymous said...: I love Ubuntu because it has made linux easy for me to use. I have been with linux(several different distro's) since 1997 and have had a hard time getting everything to work at times. I installed Warty and could not believe what I was seeing. I am running Dapper Drake now and am very pleased. Micro$oft doesn't have anything to compare in my opinion, thanks to the Ubuntu team. I do a lot of computer repair and actually hate working on windozes stuff anymore. Thank you Ed Stewart
Screenshot url:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e367/edstewart/Screenshot-2.png
At 6:49 PM, Shane said...: hi there bala!

just remembered its the 19th.... sooo... yesterday was the 18th... come tell us who won!!... i wanna know... lol

cheers

shane.
At 8:43 PM, balakumar said...: Hi Guys and Shane,

As I am quite busy .... winners will be announced tomorrow on 20th sharp ... No Change, I promise !! Sorry Guys.
At 9:28 AM, heston said...: hey bala its really cool effort man although i am too late ,,, appriciating your effort man,,
At 4:12 PM, Anonymous said...: I like ubuntu,it's easy to use!

email:wzhpro[at]gmail[dot]com

Screenshot:
http://www.wikiupload.com/download_page.php?id=25377
At 5:29 AM, Anonymous said...: Sweet! Thanks I'll send you the mail.
At 2:32 AM, Erik said...: I love Ubuntu because is simply beautiful and free.
At 8:43 AM, Anonymous said...: I want one & i am willing to pay for it.
At 2:22 PM, itisIT said...: Yeah I Love Linux VERy much.spechialy Ubuntu. why? It is nice to use n operate. I Used it no longer now.but Igot more esier than other OS.
screen shot here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12935265@N08/1340224735/
At 8:52 AM, Unknown said...: I love Ubuntu.
How can I prove you that I am a Linux lover?
How can I get a T-shirt?

I want this.... Please can you give me a T-shirt?

synccoder (at) gmail (dot) com

Thanks,
Shamal
At 3:05 PM, balakumar said...: Dear Shamal,

I am really sorry dude, think u are bit late :) for the t-shrits...
At 12:33 PM, සම්පත් said...: This comment has been removed by the author.
At 12:39 PM, Uma said...: I love Ubuntu because it is simple,free,opensource and attractive.
At 3:08 PM, Anonymous said...: i love ubuntu because its free, no verification require, no popup reminder of activation and pure user-friendliness. Plus on its cool graphical candy just never fail to attract the crowds attention...haha.

Photo Link:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30455346&l=c5366345d5&id=1229281005

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