Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS

I have been using Ubuntu linux for the past few months and it is really cool.....The kind of facilities it offers is really amazing and all of this at no cost as it supports Open source environment...It tops among Best Linux Distros in the market, and this 10.04 offers you more features....

The various features that I believe to be interesting are,

1. Easy Installation of Software - Installing Software is no longer a difficult process as all the Installations are just a click away in Ubuntu...The "Ubuntu Software center" offers more than 35000 software packages and utilities.


But if you are a Computer geek and you like challenging ways then you can always install the software via lines of code in the TERMINAL and thereby gaining some Knowledge....

2. Cool and Eye Catchy GUI

The GUI that comes with Ubuntu is really cool and can easily attract you....


3. Social Networking, Chatting, Mailing made easier

Ubuntu's new Me Menu brings all your social networks to you. Connect to Facebook, Twitter and more through a single window..




You can use Empathy to chat and Evolution mail to handle your mails...




4. Easy to Install Ubuntu

The major advantage of this is that you can easily install Ubuntu than other Distros. You can install it from Windows itself...And within 20 minutes(give or take a few) you can install Ubuntu. Its like installing any other software.


5. Easily Switch over between KDE and GNOME environment.


6. It can fit in any PC or Laptop and Portability has been its major achievement.

7. Various IDEs like Netbeans, Eclipse, etc to assist you in programming.


I could guarantee you that it would be really useful for you...



Download Link given below

Ubuntu Download

CBSE's Grade System

CBSE Class X results are out, but this time the ambiance among the student fraternity after the results is different from previous years. Generally students would be anxious to know the marks they have scored, but this time since CBSE has implemented the grade system and so they are relieved of the mark pressure that prevailed in the otherwise MARK System. Students will now get to know the grades in each subject, plus the grade point and the cumulative grade point average (CGPA). So the discrimination among students(based on marks) that prevailed in the Mark system has been brought down significantly. As the expectations and the anxiety level among the parents has dropped down, I believe that the number of suicides that would normally occur after board exam results would be brought down dramatically.

Many counselors and psychologists have welcomed this move by the CBSE, now what I think is that various state boards around the country must rethink their system and follow what CBSE has done. Good thing done by Mr.Kapil Sibal in implementing this system. Also this grade system is not new and widely adopted in various developing countries.

Linking VB 2008 with Oracle

Here is the code to display the contents of the table in oracle in a DataGrid control in Visual Basic 2008....

Initally declare the following code in the "General Declarations."

Imports Oracle.DataAccess.Client

Then use a command button to initiate the process of displaying the contents in data grid from the table(in its click event),



Dim oradb As String = "user id=tiger;password=tiger;data source=localhost"

Dim conn As New OracleConnection()

conn.ConnectionString = oradb

conn.Open()

Dim sql As String = "select * from stu" ' Visual Basic

Dim cmd As New OracleCommand(sql, conn)

cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text

DataGridView1.DataSource = conn.DataSource

Dim da As OracleDataAdapter

Dim cb As OracleCommandBuilder

Dim ds As DataSet

da = New OracleDataAdapter(cmd)

cb = New OracleCommandBuilder(da)

ds = New DataSet()

da.Fill(ds)

DataGridView1.DataSource = ds.Tables(0)

Change your XP Boot Screen

The first step to change your XP boot Screen safely is to download a software from the following link,

BootSkin

Once you download and install the Application perform the following steps,

1. Once you have the application running, changing the boot screen is very simple. Just
navigate through the list of boot screens by using the scroll bar arrows.

2. Once you find the boot screen that you like, click the item and then click the Preview
button to see a full-screen animated preview of what the boot screen will look like.

3. Click a button on the mouse again to exit the full-screen preview. If you like the boot
screen, then click the Apply button. That’s it!

You can get various skins for Boot screen from the following link

WinCustomize

Sample BootSkin Preview:



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The KM Player

KM Player is one of the most convenient Media Players i have ever used for my PC....The Interface is really cool and attractive, really simple to use....I feel it to be better than VLC media Player... It plays most of the video formats, so just try it out if you haven't....

Screenshot


Download KMPlayer

Create a Simple Web Browser

Here is a procedure to create a very simple WebBrowser in Visual Basic 2008 with less than 7 lines of code. Just follow the given steps, (remember this is only to create a simple one and pls don’t expect it to be in par with good ones. Just uses IE control of the system, these steps assume that you are relatively new to VB environment). Click the pictures to get an enlarged view of it.

Open Visual Basic 2008

Select File->New Project

Enter the name of the New Project As “WebBrowser”

Select the “Web Browser” Control from the Toolbox.

Your window should now look as below, in that select the WebBrowser Component(default name is ‘WebBrowser1’ and in the “Properties” window in the right side of your side change the Dock property to value None as shown in the figure below.

Now you can resize your WebBrowser as per your wish. Now create 5 command boxes and 1 TextBox from the toolbox. The following pictures demonstrate the procedure,

Just click the controls and drag it in the form and resize it as per your wish,

Then set the “Text” property(you can change the property of a control from the properties pane in the right side with the control clicked), change the name of the first command box to “Back” second one to “Forward” third one to “Stop” fourth one to “Refresh” and fifth one to “Go”. Then place the controls at the appropriate places. The completed form will look like this,

The controls along with their name property (in quotes) is given below

Back – “Button1”

Forward – “Button2”

Stop – “Button3”

Refresh – “Button4”

Go – “Button5”

Textbox – “TextBox1”

WebBrowser – “WebBrowser1”

Now double click the Button1(back button) and enter the following code,

WebBrowser1.GoBack()

Now your code window should like this,

Similarly double click the button2(forward) and enter the following code

WebBrowser1.GoForward()

Double click button3(stop) and enter the following code,

WebBrowser1.Stop()

Double click button4(Refresh) and enter the following code,

WebBrowser1.Refresh()

Double click button5(Go) and enter the following code

WebBrowser1.Navigate(TextBox1.Text)

Double click the webbrowser control and enter the following code in its “DocumentCompleted” event,

Me.Text = "WebBrowser - " + WebBrowser1.DocumentTitle

Your final code window should look like this,

Now press F5 to run your project and your Simple Web Browser is ready for usage.

Final page looks like this

Have Fun. Do drop in your comments and queries.

Student Mark Database

(coming soon........)

Screenshots


Opening Screen:


Sort Records by GPA


Male students Vs Female Students Statistics:




Convert to Excel
one of the salient features of this software




Adding a Record



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