Switch to Linux Desktop

Last few days, i've been trying to switch to Linux Desktop from XP. And it has been very smooth for me. Not only that, the applications run very fast compared to XP. Check my desktop. Whatever software i need, i have everything that comes either pre-installed or can be downloaded from net for free. And i've more options to choose from.
Browser - Firefox, Konqueror
Email - Thunderbird, kEmail
Messenger - Yahoo, Skype and gAim
Audio - Real player, xmms and Amarok
Video - Mplayer(plays .wmv file too), Kaffeine
Image editing- Gimp
Office - Open office
I even have my favourite Google Earth installed. What else do you think i need :-)??? And the thing i dont need is Anti virus software :-)).. And i dont need to upgrade to Vista too :-))
P.S: I used Suse 10.1 64 Bit on HP AMD Turion 64 processor...

Suse 10.1

Here is the 64 bit OS distribution from Novell. I tried installing in AMD Turion 64 bit processor and the installation is pretty much easy, as you install Windows. And it's loaded with all the applications that u need, Open office, Firefox, Real player, Gimp & Chat messengers. If they market it well, it has a chance of gaining over windows in desktop market like how Firefox is gaining over IE. OpenSuse is free for download from http://opensuse.org.. Give it a try :-)

Office Online now....

Gone are the days, when we've to install MS Office if we need to create simple word document or spreadsheets... Now everything is possible online and for free too. Google has come up with Online spreadsheets http://spreadsheets.google.com, but my favourite till now has been http://www.irows.com. If you need to create a word document, u can just do it in http://www.writely.com, which has been acquired by Google. Good thing is all these work very well in Firefox... Way to go!!!

More Office web utilities:
wikiCalc - http://www.softwaregarden.com/wkcalpha/
gOffice - http://www.goffice.com/

P.S: Irows are now part of Google. Even though i like Google spreadsheets, i feel i'm missing something without irows.

My Niagara Trip

Check out some of my niagara trip photos from here
http://picasaweb.google.com/sundar.m/NiagaraTrip02

Rising...

Dedicated to the Citizens of India and to the Tsunami victims of Srilanka.

Amazing Madurai!!!!

Check out these wonderful pictures of Temple city Madurai from this link
Got these pictures as a forwarded mail. Whoever has taken these pictures, Hats off to that person. This person has covered almost every place and all the shots are fantastic.

Happy Birthday Rahman !!

I never realized it's been 13 and half years since i heard 'Chinna Chinna Aasai'. All these years, he has created (and continuing to create) nothing but gems, which you can say as the best thing, that had happened to Indian cinema. As he turns 40 today, wishing him to live long and continue to shower gr8 music to this world.

Chinmayi's Blog

Accidentally fell upon this blog, when i was googling for something. This is Chinmayi's(now ARR's regular) blog. Good that singers are coming with their own blog. Better to get information directly from them, than to believe the press ;-)
WhatToNameIt

Here comes All-in-one Web messenger

Check this site www.meebo.com
This will be helpful for ppl who work in those unfortunate companies where messengers are disabled. The web interface looks very much close to the application and speed is also quite good. Right now it's ad free and hope they maintain this good service in the future too. It has a blog and discussion forum too. So if u need to report any bugs or need any features, simply post it to them. Happy chatting