Dapper Drake aa gaya

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Submitted by varun on Tue, 27/06/2006 - 11:58pm.

I finally received my Dapper Drake Ubuntu CDs today! I had diligently kept a track of when shipit.ubuntu.com started accepting requests for Dapper and had put in a request as soon as I knew it was open... yeah yeah I could have downloaded the ISO (and I did) but original Ubuntu CDs are way cooler and anyways I do not have easy access to a burner if office.

My office PC still runs Breezy and I will be shifting to Dapper as soon as I get some time to do the shifting. Of course I could not wait to check out Dapper and I tried out the 'Live' version and what can I say... it was way too cool. A little too much eye candy for my tastes but very very polished.

The Ubuntu distros have really made it easy to have Linux as your desktop OS. If you are still scared of Linux I have only one piece of advice: Try Dapper Drake Ubuntu... I won't try to win you over by well-reasoned arguments... I will just ask you to try it once. You will surely be hooked.

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Submitted by Diya (not verified) on Wed, 28/06/2006 - 3:36pm.

and i will definitely take ur advice and do it.. (once i have a second PC) :P .. haha.. how've u been.. long time.. so thought of dropping a hi! :)

Yeah. Geek. Geek. Geek :-)

Submitted by varun on Wed, 28/06/2006 - 5:27pm.

Chalo... I have something to confuse you with when we meet next. Nice of you to drop in.

No need for a 2nd PC. Download an ISO image from http://www.ubuntu.com/download, burn it to a CD and boot off the CD. Or simpler still take a CD from me when you are in Delhi next.

You can check out the distro by using the Live functionality i.e. the whole OS will run off the CD and you won't have to install anything to the hard disk. Of course the functionality will be limited compared to the installed version but you will get a feel of Ubuntu.

I think you should seriously explore this alternative... it might save you a significant amount of money for your company because Ubuntu is free for personal or commercial use. Of course you will still have to arrange for the support and that might be an issue in India.

Enough of geek blabber. I am doing just fine. 'Enjoying' Delhi ki garmi :-( Work is as usual... hope to see you some time soon. And glad to see that you have resumed blogging...

Can (or May) I know what

Submitted by Friend (not verified) on Thu, 29/06/2006 - 10:32am.

Can (or May) I know what technology you are working on?. Can you just brief your work profile? (Don;t worry - I am not an HR person :))

I am a security analyst

Submitted by varun on Thu, 29/06/2006 - 1:42pm.

I am a security analyst working with the IRM (Information Risk Management) group of my company. I mainly deal with application security but can also handle network security issues if required. My work entails application security assessment, vulnerability assessment, security code reviews, secure architecture design etc.

I do not work on any specific technology like developers do. I work on whatever I am required to work on. However on a daily basis I usually deal with Java-based or .NET projects.

However if by technology you meant what tools or methodologies I use then... well the list is too long and probably too boring for this comment.

Analyst Sir, you there?

Submitted by Friend (not verified) on Thu, 29/06/2006 - 4:59pm.

So, you more deal with cryptography than so called "Coding". I can simply say you have a job that brings "interest" (and so leads to "satisfaction" )in work what you do (Hey, one more "FAN" imerges?, nope).
Hope I could have such an intelligent (really??!!) mind atleast to avail such a job :) (No envies!).

On behalf of we - readers, I say that you can surely write one or two (or more) posts regarding the interesting stuffs about the domain you work in, can't you?

Who the heck are you?

Submitted by varun on Thu, 29/06/2006 - 6:01pm.

Who are you boss? And no... I don't deal with cryptography, not much anyways.

I also fail to understand what you are trying to imply with the numerous double quoted words in your comment. Are they sarcasm? or humour?

Yes, my job is very interesting and very satisfying and I am sure you can 'avail' of it too if you are motivated enough and have the right attitude. It is not rocket science but it is not child's play either

And I do not plan to blog in depth about what I do... simply because I find it very boring to pen those things down.

what?

Submitted by Friend (not verified) on Fri, 30/06/2006 - 7:08pm.

To Varun,

I am shocked what made you think like this? I never ever have thought of being sarcastic to you even not to anybody else.
(FYI : Double quotes were used as "Emphasizer").
It was my mistake that I carried, in my mind, your old image of school/college friend.
I am sorry if I had been offensive to your feelings.
Good Bye.

chillax yaar

Submitted by varun on Fri, 30/06/2006 - 7:17pm.

Chill yaar chill. The problem with written communication like this is that it is very difficulty to convey emotion and the tone.

I still feel that you could have been a little more clear in what you meant. And what exactly in my comment did you find unacceptable?

I am positive that you are not my school friend... and I have no idea which of my college friends you are.

And just for the record you have not been offensive or anything... yup, I did find your comment a little irritating and very ambiguous but that's about it.

Connecting Cable Modem with Ubuntu

Submitted by venkat (not verified) on Mon, 10/07/2006 - 4:28am.

Hey, This is Venkat, your Pune colleague sometime back in 2005 :-). Good to see you blogging.

Well, I was looking for some help in Ubuntu networking here and there and suddenly your name googled out somewhere, thought let me check.

I used to blog a lot on Eclipse forums last year. Got some credit for that. http://www.eclipsecon.org/2006/EclipseAwardsVote.do
Now I feel bad without a single post on Eclipse for the last 6 months after coming to San Antonio.

Anyways, this time trying to get involved in something new, Linux :-)...Never been into that. So started with Ubuntu on a HP nc6000 purchased for 150$ on ebay. Trying to get it hooked onto network..no luck for the last three days :-)...Weekend is gone. Posted for help at http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=211919

Sure, you will have something to resolve that. Dont worry I am not going to waste your time. Just in case if you can answer out of intuition.

~Venkat

Hi Venkat!

Submitted by varun on Mon, 10/07/2006 - 2:25pm.

Hi venkat,

Its a pleasant surprise bumping into you and that too here of all places.

Hey... I never knew that you blogged and that too about Eclipse. Do tell me your blog's URI. I see that you have bought your own domain name... nice... now start blogging!

Ubuntu is an excellent choice for many categories of Linux users, especially beginners... I am sure you will have a pleasant experience on the whole, though of course right now you are facing some problems.

I have never worked with cable modems so won't be able to help you out with specific issues but from your case it is clear that you are not getting an IP address at all. That seems to be the root of all subsequent troubles. I will email you soon with some troubleshooting specifics.

Cable Modem and Ubantu

Submitted by JhQ (not verified) on Tue, 11/07/2006 - 2:29pm.

Venkat,
Most of the cable modems on the market have a USB or a RC232 connection to the Laptp and essentially act like a external dialup modem. There are some others which have a full router functionality and connect to the laptop via a PC. which one do you have. I assume you either have a USB or a RC232 connection. In that case, you need to make sure your OS sees the modem (detects it). Google up you modem version and find drivers for Linux. Once you see the modem, it should be all easy, use kppp to setup authentication to your cable network and off you go, you'll get an IP address on the modem connection.
If you have a router/modem for your cable and connect via the LAN cable, the auth client is built in the modem. Just log in and configure it and off you go. The IP address however will be recieved ont he router and not on your laptop. Setup a quick LAN connection between your modem and laptop (ip addresses in same range) and enable NAT on the modem and you are ready to rock. hope that helps.

Varun, sorry for overloading your blog with all this tech slang.

Ethernet card seems to be OK

Submitted by varun on Tue, 11/07/2006 - 4:08pm.

Have a look at the output of lspci | grep Eth here

Looks like the cable modem (cable modems are usually glorified Ethernet, right?) is detected all right. AFAIK problem seems to be getting an IP address from the DHCP server. What say you?

Posting from Ubuntu networked on my nc6000 :-)

Submitted by venkat (not verified) on Wed, 12/07/2006 - 1:14pm.

Guys, Finally things are working to the extent: wireless is working :-)

My laptop supports wireless as well..but I didn't have a router to make use of that. So bought a new wirless router from LinkSys. But before trying wireless a shot, I connected through ethernet cable. Things worked magically without any change. So probably somehow my laptop didn't get to understand the modem from TimeWarnerCable. After routing the modem through the friendly LinkSys router, everything looked bright. Became a little bit greedy about that. Tried to configure wireless on Ubuntu. Some initial hiccups, but finally the culprit was ...I had set up wireless data encryption (or some other key encryption) mode as WPA-PSK...But Ubuntu had a single encryption choice: WEP....So generated a new key with WEP and fed it to Ubuntu. Things didn't work first time though network signal indicator turned green with soome 70% strength. Then gave it a Cure-For-All Reboot remedy :-). Things started working.

So morale of the story...If an ISP supplied modem does not work, take a longer path with an attached router.

But, listening to all of you guys taught me all that is necessary to diagonize(spelled correctly !) networking. Thanks a lot guys.

Thanks
Venkat