A Glimpse of GNU/Linux

ഈ ലിനക്സില് നിന്ന്  മലയാളസ്നേഹം എന്നു ട്യ്പ് ചെയ്യാന് എനിക്ക് രണ്ട് മിനിട്ട് ആയി. എന്കിലുമ് അതിനുമ് ഒരു രസമുണ്ട്

TrueImage is a PS interpreter (clone) originally developed by Cal Bauer and Bauer Enterprises and sold to Microsoft in 1989. Microsoft subsequently cross-licensed TrueImage to Apple Computer in exchange for a TrueType license. After many delays, Microsoft finally delivered version 1.0 of TrueImage to Apple; Apple announced they would be licensing PostScript Level 2 from Adobe Systems a few months later. However, TrueImage was used in a variety of printers into the mid-1990s, with limited success.

 But Microsoft is still using the ttf fonts of Apple Computers .

Yesterday, I have succesfully debootstrapped the Armadillo 9 SBC. I have used an rpm version of debootstrap as I was using a Fedora core 6 in my host machine.

I have succesfully installed the Debian distribution into the CF card of Armadillo 9 . Package installation into the arm based Armadillo board was very easy .. just apt-get install xorg.. apt-get install enlightenment.

Finally after some scraching of the xorg.conf, I have managed to run the X server on the board and I was able to do what I have dreamt for months..

Running the Enlightenment Window Manager on the Armadillo 9 board!!!  Now I got a small smart computer that I can hold in my palm. Hooo haaa………….

Another google GPLed Software

Flayer is a Valgrind plugin which traces input through a program. http://code.google.com/p/flayer/wiki/GettingStarted

The way that Flayer allows for sanity checks to be identified is perhaps the more interesting point. Flayer uses a dynamic analysis framework to analyze the target application at execution time. Flayer marks, or taints, input to the program and traces that data throughout its lifespan.

Well, I am not going to swallow these words without trying it out myself. Hmm…………  I will be back.

gDesklets is a system for bringing mini programs (desklets), onto your desktop, where they are sitting there in a symbiotic relationship of eye candy and usefulness .

Here goes my hello world in gdesklets

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>

<display window-flags=”below, sticky”>
  <meta author=”Maxin B. John”
        version=”0.1″
        name=”Hello world app”
        category=”misc/utilities”
        description=”hello world app in gdesklet”/>

  <label value=”Hello World!”/>

</display>

save it as hello.display in hello folder and save another preview.png along with it . compress that directory  as hello.tar.gz and load it in the gdesklets.

Here we go..  WOW… But you should have a strong eye sight to see my first gdesklet.