Random Bits

Link that saved my day’s work:
http://recover.sourceforge.net/linux/

Interesting fact about ext3(from Linux ext3 FAQ):

Q: How can I recover (undelete) deleted files from my ext3 partition?
Actually, you can’t! This is what one of the developers, Andreas Dilger, said about it:
In order to ensure that ext3 can safely resume an unlink after a crash, it actually zeros out the block pointers in the inode, whereas ext2 just marks these blocks as unused in the block bitmaps and marks the inode as “deleted” and leaves the block pointers alone.
Your only hope is to “grep” for parts of your files that have been deleted and hope for the best.

Other related Links:

• DataRecovery - Ubuntu Documentation
• Recovery Is possible

If( “Got a new laptop” && “Want to try Linux” && “No partitioning and installation pains” )
{

Try this nice Linux VM: “KDE 3.5.5 on openSUSE 10.2″ for VMware Player”
}

In need of a tool for screen recording, I stumbled over CamStudio. Its a nice and simple freeware for recording screen activities with audio commentary generating avi/swf videos. A screen recorder is typical used for creating videos for demonstrating a software application/tool. I am using this to record some videos to teach my mom some basics of computer and the internet.

One of my tips submitted to Novell CoolSolutions got published recently. This has earned me reward points worth a Novell T-shirt; a few points away from a cruise to Hawaii!

After some 50 odd entries in my old blog, i have finally hosted wordpress on my own domain. Hmm.. feels good. Setting up things was easier than I expected and was done within a few hours.

Inspite of his busy schedule (read as company outings and treat(s)) RajUp may soon come up with a HowTo on hosting. So watch out for that post.