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Geany IDE: The best lightweight IDE ever

geany developer tool code editor
Geany: The best lightweight and fast code editor available.
Geany is the best lightweight code editors i have come across on Linux. The best thing about Geany is that is lightweight, fast and as capable as IDE's like Eclipse, Netbeans or Aptana. Java and PHP both can be coded using this editor, while most prefer it for coding php than Java. Geany also supports many other major programming languages and scripting languages.

java program code in geany
Coding Java in Geany editor

Having used Netbeans and Aptana Studio in the past, I find Geany to be faster than both. Although Geany is lightweight, It is as capable as Netbeans and Aptana. Features of Geany are,

  • Cross platform IDE. 
  • Supports almost all major programming, markup and scripting lanugages.
  • Lightweight and fast.
  • Easy to install, configure and extend.
  • Comes in handy also as a good text editor.
  • Simple and elegant GUI.
Windows is available both on Linux and Windows, but the windows version misses out on a few features. You can download and install Geany for Windows from geany.org/Download/Releases. Geany can be installed on almost all popular Linux distributions, 

Ubuntu: open terminal and type sudo apt-get install geany to install Geany. Geany can also be installed from Ubuntu Software Center > Developer Tools.

Fedora: open terminal and type yum install geany to install geany on Fedora.

Start coding with the best lightweight developer IDE available on Linux.


Installing Linux from a USB Pendrive


Linux on an USB drive.
This is a tutorial on how to install a version of Linux from an iso file by booting it from an USB Pendrive. In this tutorial we are going to help you install the latest version of Ubuntu, The Quantal Quetzal. We prefer you use a 64bit version if you have more than 4GB of RAM available.

  1. Download the version of the Linux iso file you want to install on your PC. 
  2. Download and Install 'LinuxLive' (LiLi) , a software to write the iso file into the USB drive.  - Download.
  3. After installing LiLi on your PC, open it and follow these steps in order,
  4. In Step 1 on Linux Live, Select the USB drive on which you want to boot linux from.
  5. In Step 2 select 'ISO/IMG/ZIP'.
  6. At Step 3 select Live mode to use it live and install it. Add very little persistence memory if you wish to install.
  7. In Step 4, select to hide files in USB drive and format the Pendrive.
  8. Now after a while a small text will appear at the bottom of Lili, saying the LinuxLive key is now up and ready.
  9. Now restart your PC, go to BIOS and change Boot Priority to USB and reboot.
  10. Now your PC will boot from USB drive and you will be shown options to install Ubuntu.

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The user interface of LinuxLive and the steps involved.

You can also use other softwares like UNetbootin, Universal USB Installer and a few other softwares to write your image(.iso) file to a pendrive. We prefer LiLi as we find it quite simple and attractive. You can find a list of other software which can write image file to USB drive here at alternativeto.net/software/lili-usb-creator.

Download Youtube videos on Symbian Mobile Phones

The official Youtube application for Symbian mobile phones only allows you to browse among videos and watch them and doesn't have an option where you can save them for offline viewing later.This was very sad as i am also a Symbian phone user.But the great news now is that there is a Symbian application available that allows you to download youtube videos to your Symbian mobile phone.The application is available for S60 V5 phones like 5800,N97 etc.

User Interface of the Application
All you have to do to get this amazing application is to go to Nokia OVI store and go to this page - http://store.ovi.com/content/109923 , And check whether your mobile is supported by this application.Videos can be downloaded in full HD at even 1080P and also from 240P.This is an amazing application for all Symbian users.The files are saved in .MP4 format and mostly can be viewed on the RealPlayer or in SmartMovie.The App was developed by Pico Brothers.


Adsense on your desktop

Wanna see your adsense status on your desktop?
Every adsense owner will be curious about how much he is earning per day,per hour,every time you think of seeing the earning status you go to the adsense login page to know your current adsense stat's,now you dont have to reload the page again and again to view your status.With Adsense status you can get the current stat's on your desktop(as in pic above).It brings you features like

  • Page Impression's
  • Clicks
  • Page CTR
  • Page eCPM
  • Earning's
This is a must download for adsense user's.
Download.

Deleted that important file again?Dont panic we have a solution!



Deleted that important file again?,well dont worry we have a solution and that is this cool software from get data the 'recover my files'.it allows you to recover compressed encrypted files,photos ,videos,Deleted emails,word documents ,excel documents etc and many more.
Advantages

  • Files that have been deleted from Recycle bin
  • Files from formatted drives
  • Files lost due to power failure and virus attacks
  • Easy to Use
  • Very effective/High performance
  • Simple easy to learn design
  • Recovers more than 200 file types
  • Recover jpg pics form digital camera's
  • works with USB devices memory cards etc
Program's opening screen has four opening screens as you can see in the above pic.they are
  • Fast File Search
  • Complete File search
  • Fast Format recover
  • Complete Format recover
When a file is deleted from a Windows Operating System the contents of the file is rarely destroyed. If the Windows reference information remains intact, Recover My Files reconstructs the link to the deleted file to enable data recovery. Even if the reference information itself has been destroyed, our data recovery software scans the storage media at a low level to locate "Lost Files" by their internal file structure. This allows Recover My Files to locate and recover files.I recovered almost all files that i lost when i formatted the last time .Only disadvantage with this is that it is a bit too expensive.You can download it from below linkDownload(Trial Version)
License: Shareware
Price:$69
Rating:*****/5

Battle of the Browser's[Internet explorer 7 vs Mozilla firefox 2]

Yet another battle in the Internet space,but this time it is between two giants from the browser world.Two of the world's best Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer,both have released their new versions Firefox 2.0 and IE explorer 7 respectievely.IE explorer 7 is microsoft's browser update after 5 year's.

Let us take a look at their advantages:
Internet explorer 7
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  • Built in Tabbed browsing[Already their in firefox 1.5]
  • Antiphishing technology
  • RSS reader
  • Redesigned favourites center
Firefox 2.0
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  • Built in Antiphishing technology
  • Session restore
  • Inline Spell checking
  • Search Engine suggestion's
  • Tabbed browsing already in firefox 1.5
  • Available for Window's,Mac and Linux
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The Disadvantages
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Internet Explorer 7
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  • Limited to WINDOWS XP SP 2 User's
  • Installation requires a reboot
  • Doesn't yet comply with current Web standards
  • Cant Match the features of Firefox and Opera
  • Reuses the old internet explorer 6 code
Firefox
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  • Doesn't yet pass the Web Standards Project Acid2 test.
  • 1.5 version add-ons break in 2.0
  • No thumbnail previews
Here is a picture of stats of visitor's from my old blog,which had 3500+ visitor's
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Advantages of Firefox 2.o
  • Firefox offer's you more security than Internet Explorer.
  • Firefox is faster than Internet explorer
  • Better browsing experience with tabbed browsing etc...






Bottom Line
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Firefox is better than Internet explorer in all ways.I would prefer Firefox 2.o over microsoft's
Internet explorer.Firefox can be downloaded from here.

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