Apple’s iPhone – Battle for the Zune Microsoft Cruxer – All things in a small phone!

The Mac/tech web has been all about the iPhone over the last few days. First it was the hype and exuberance of the new device, then people started to think about the limited information Jobs presented and speculate about the reality of the iPhone — what it is, what it isn’t. For some, this resulted in a pretty dramatic reversal of their opinion on the iPhone; others simply listed some concerns about the device that really were requests for more information rather than some sort of judgment.

We won’t know until June what the iPhone really is. We might see some real-world reviews beforehand, and from there we can start getting a feel for how good (or immature) this device really is.

Phil Schiller demos the iPhone for CBS’ John Blackstone, and it is impressive, especially when you see how well Apple nailed the user interface goals. The GUI and navigation aspects are simply amazing, and the phone seems quite responsive despite all the eye-candy. There’s cross-fading, real-time zooming, and incredibly smooth scrolling. As the iPhone line matures and diversifies, Apple is going to sell millions of these things

de`RPTM Simulation – doubts

System Perfomance Monitoring – Is it possible in Linux?
Some doubts:
(1) Is it possible that we can run in graphics in Linux, as this is in TC.
(2) Which library holds the cache system variable (…like mem usage)?

Can we access variable for cache memory or current page file usage in Turbo C? In linux it seems good, by using the command ‘free’, but can we access that same as in TC, for system variable which keeps changing every sec/ms. Herein do follow the link Click Here (or) paste the following url in your browser window – http://www.shortText.com/zyldr.

This is a part of a program thought for simulating system performance monitoring, yet I can’t tell if it’s okay. But it’s only for some random values,not original one which I hope to make soon post along. Please extract or make a .c file in //tc/bin and run it,yet this is just a small version, hoping some improvements & comments along.

de`Ubuntu 6.10 Released

The Ubuntu home page has been updated to reflect the new release. The Ubuntu download page still shows Ubuntu 6.06 but hopefully that will change later. I’m getting on really well with Drapper Drake and now use it exclusively. I’ve got all my devices working fine. Hopefully when I upgrade to 6.10 I won’t suffer any issues with these devices no longer working.and a big thanks to FOSS community.

Brief Features of Ubuntu 6.10…
Tomboy note taking application, Firefox 2 – nice to see this addition to the release
Appearance of bootup screen nice but it appears no faster than Ubuntu 6.06
Applications like Kino video editor, Google Picasa, XSane image scanner, NVIDIA control panel
F-Spot Photo Manager – A bit like Google Picasa, although not as slick, it allows you to organize your photos and upload to services like Flickr.

Sans`Edgy Eft (U6.10) drift

GNOME 2.16 Beta has been in Edgy Eft (Ubuntu 6.10) for the past few days [or even a week or so]. It is functioning extremely well. I’ve seen some occasional crashes with Epiphany and Nautilus but I hope that it will be fixed soon. Other than that, there are lots of new things in GNOME 2.16:

Speed Improvements:
Nautilus, Evolution, Tomboy, GEdit all have had great speed improvements. Evolution used to use around ~45M on my machine and now it uses barely 25M. Its functionality has improved as well. Nautilus uses less memory. Tomboy/Mono have had some speed improvements as well. As usual, GNOME Terminal has also undergone some speed improvements.
Features:
Tomboy has the functionality and stability to be accepted to the GNOME 2.16 Release. It has been proposed and will be accepted granted a few changes be made to Gtk# Bindings. Evolution now has a Vertical View for those who are accustomed to MS Outlook. GEdit is also very stable now and it has a much faster startup time (again speed/memory improvements) and I have been using more of its diverse features such as the python console, the file browser in the left, all of which are fantastic and fast. Baobab has been added and it is an extremely useful tool for those who would like to see Disk Usage Analysis. GNOME System Monitor’s “Devices” tab has been renamed more aptly to “File Systems”. Rhythmbox has also improved in terms of speed. Banshee, although not an official part of GNOME, is awesome.

As for Ubuntu Edgy 6.10, there have been speed improvements in terms of booting, but it still needs some work, and I am sure that it will be optimized by the release date. It has recognized my USB Camera and my USB Flashdrive out of the box, without any work. I had never tested it but it’s amazing – as hardware support is increasing for Linux and I’m extremely happy about that. NetworkManager has recognized my Wired Network connection, which makes me all the more excited. Firefox 2.0 Beta (Bon Echo) is in the Repositories right now, and it is functioning quite well. Epiphany is also functioning quite well but I have experienced some crashes – which I had never experienced before. As for OpenOffice.org, it has the latest 2.0.3 Version.So, without further ado, here are the screenshots: