Laptops
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Another model of laptop in HP-Compaq's Presario V3000 series product line is Presario V3172AU. The manufacturer has stopped shipping driver CDs along with the box. In their website, you can find all drivers of the same laptop for Windows Vista. They do not provide drivers for Windows XP. You will not be able to install XP without proper drivers. Here are the list of drivers of Presario V3172AU laptop. We strongly recommend that you get a legal and licensed copy of Windows if you are planning to install it.
News
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In a high profile function at the State Capital on 16th January 2008, the INSIGHT Project - ICT centre for differently abled in the state of Kerala was inaugurated. The project is promoted by the Kerala State IT mission (KSITM). SPACE (Society for Promotion of Alternative Computing and Employment) who masterminded the switch to the School GNU/Linux for the IT @ School project is the key player behind this project as well.
Laptops
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Presario F733AU laptop is another model in HP-Compaq's product line. This laptop comes with an AMD Athlon X2 TK57 (1.9 GHz) processor, 512MB RAM, 120GB hard Disk, Dual Layer DVDRW, Wireless, 15.4" Widescreen, Modem, Built in camera and microphone and it is pre-installed with DOS. You need to install an operating system in to the machine so as to use it. If you are installing Windows, we recommend that you obtain legal and licenced version of the same (Windows XP or Vista) and install it. You can also try installing Linux, which is another operating system that is available free of cost.
Announcements
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We are happy to announce the list of official holidays for the year 2008.
January 26 – Republic Day
March 05 – Shivarathri
March 20 – Milad-i-Sherif*
March 21 – Good Friday
April 14 - Vishu/ Ambedkar Jayanti
May 1 – May Day
August 15 – Independence Day
September 12 – Thiru Onam
October 2 – Gandhi Jayanti
October 9 – Vijayadasami
December 8- Bakrid*
December 25 - Christmas
* Subject to change depending on the sighting of moon.
Hardware
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HP Compaq has a model of laptop - Presario C751NR. This is a US based model. Drivers for Windows XP is not available in their site, if ever you think of installing XP. This model of laptop is specifically designed for Windows Vista. The drivers are not tested for Windows XP. Neither Zyxware nor HP assures any guarantee that the drivers will work perfectly in XP. Here are the list of drivers for Presario C751NR for Windows XP.
You can either click or copy these links onto a new browser to download the drivers.
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Technical Solution
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When you have more than one system with Ubuntu installed, and you have to install same or similar set of packages on all your PCs, you can save on a lot of bandwidth if you had some ways of sharing the downloaded packages and updates. There is an easy way to do this in Ubuntu. This is done using apt-cacher a proxy server for your package repositories. It is very easy to set up and configure apt-cacher on a PC with Ubuntu inside your LAN.
Hardware
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HCL has introduced a new series of Ultra Portable Laptop - HCL MiLeap. This is a major step that HCL has taken towards bringing technology to common man in India. These are highly compact, weightless and fully functional laptops that can provide us mobility and wireless experience at an affordable price. These were launched on 15th January, 2008. They will be released on 26th January, as a gift to the nation during Republic Day of India. These laptops will be available for sale in Zyxware from February onwards. The prices are given below.
Hardware
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Hindustan Computers Limited, alias HCL have a good understanding about the need of Indian community. They had always tried to introduce world class products in India at a price, most affordable to the Indian Market. HCL is India's own IT service provider and premier ICT System Integrator and Distribution Company. Aiming to make common man's dream a reality, HCL Infosystems Ltd, on 15th January 2008, has introduced an Ultra Portable range of laptops - HCL MiLeap.
Hardware
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Toshiba announced prices of various models of its Notebook Computers for the month of January. Some models carry 1 year International warranty and 2 years warranty in India, while other carry a total International warranty of 3 years. All these models are pre-installed with Windows Vista Business Edition except the Tablet PC model which has Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Available models and their prices are given below.
Sat Pro M200-A451D
Community Projects
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We now have Fedora 8 DVD with us. Click here to order your copy of the Fedora 8 DVD using our RequestCD system. Kindly remember that this RequestCD feature is currently only available for users from India. Fedora 8 has been getting rave reviews from across the GNU/Linux user and developer community. A slew of features focusing on the usability of the system has been incorporated into Fedora 8.