Linux over Windows - A callow developer's choice

I have been thinking about this for some time now. What will be my answer if someone asks me why did I join Novell, why do I pride about it and for knowing about Solaris (maybe not so much but still... ), for being associated with a company like Sun which is supporting open source with such vigor these days.

I am no expert or any kind of an authoritative person in Linux to fill this post up with so much technicalities that it becomes evident that I must like Linux very much to have spent so much time with it. My view is of a callow, I have been using windows from the time I can remember of having a computer in my room and I have been introduced to Linux only say for the last 2 or 3 years. What is it then that makes me like Linux so much ?

Have you ever taken up Microsoft Certification ? Well, I haven't but my guess is you would have to know quite a lot about various Windows based tools like Windows Server, Visual Studio etc etc. Lets say you did learn all that, now do you feel as if you own it, as if it belongs to you, as if you are the king of the OS ? No, it doesn't feel so. You feel as if you are cooperating with something or someone to get your job done.

Lets have a look at Linux, when you sit in front of the Linux command prompt based terminal and type away commands, being pleased with yourself and of course impressing yourself that you can do what an "expert in Linux" can do. You feel it is yours, it belongs to you, it will obey your commands; as if you "rule" it. All this because it is open source.

This is just my opinion as to why I like Linux so much over windows, that too in such a short time. Maybe this is the reason why so many developers opt for Linux over Windows but instead of accepting that Linux is good they besmirch Windows and gloat at it.

EggClock - A countdown timer

It has been a long time since I have blogged about anything. There is a lot going on presently in my life, my placements has started, I am doing a project, preparing for GRE. Things apart, I still blog and will continue to blog.

From the moment I won my Nokia N70 till now I have never felt any feature lacking in my mobile. Earlier today when I tried to set a countdown timer in my mobile, I couldn't find one. After trying for some time I felt that I was missing something and searched in google for help. There was the biggest shock, the mobile with all these features does not include a very essential personal management software namely, Countdown timer.

I searched in net for a long time till I found the necessary software. It is called EggClock. If you google for that name you will find it. Anyway here is the link,
http://freenet-homepage.de/hskopp/eggclock.html

It is a niece piece of software, short, simple and meets the requirements (Atleast for me).

People First

I attended this workshop conducted by the people first association yesterday and today. Let me tell you a little bit about the organization, it is basically a youth organization started by a guy called Akshay Charian. In the organization they help you realize the various things that you can achieve in your life by doing very simple things. The simple things being, expressing yourself, if anyone laughs at you ( when you are on stage specifically ) or makes fun of you when you try going against the flow then "balls" to them, don't add unwanted imagination ( as they said fiction ) to the realities ( facts ) of life, acknowledge your love / care for others.

Now coming back to myself , I can't say that it didn't help me , it did make me realize the small but significant mistakes being committed by me because of lack to knowledge , care etc. I personally liked the system followed by them like using jives ( dancing ) as a way of decreasing the space you create for yourself and thereby learning to do what you have to do ( dance ) and don't care a damn as to what others think about you and so one. Well that's all guys and last but not the least they did put an effort in making the difference in to society and to be frank I feel that it works ( truly frank ).