MS Essentials free

A free malware , Virus protection tool from MS. Now don't go start asking about the hidden agenda behind this being free and all. Just enjoy the stuff unless you get evidence that MS is actually tapping into your life ( G was there already ;-) )

Source : Lifehacker

Download link : MS Essentials

Size of download : 4.71 Mb

PS : It does check the Windows Genuine thiingy as you proceed with your installation.

Update : As you finish the installation , an upgrade picks up and it took some time .

Diet plan - not for me ...for Linux and some softwares ;)

"We are definitely not the streamlined, hyper-efficient kernel I envisioned when I started writing Linux"

Linus Torvalds

The always-witty “nerdy Helsinki techie" as he calls himself is not to be misapprehended with this recent statement of his at the LinuxCon in Portland. The remark which many feel would raise a tantrum in the internet world or a “flame-war-of-sort”, had it been made by some spokesperson of an alternate Operating System, is getting looked at by every other tech-blog you know.

Wasn’t that in the cards always (Though Linus is pointing @ the kernel which he believes has gone scary these days)? With each new Linux distro trying to go mainstream and compete heavily with all the rest of the alternate OS’s. Something to contemplate, says many.

My .02$ on how bloated the OS’s or softwares (not the kernel, since I decided to keep my mouth shut on things which I know for sure that “I-don’t-know-enough-to-comment-on”) these days are:

1. Blame it on the end-user. Most of the users who come into Linux these days come with an expectation which they hold due to their experiences with their older OS’s (which apparently are eating into their wallets with every new release – both Software and Hardware wise). And then you can’t blame the Linux devs trying to bring in some of that flavor ( or the eyecandy ) to woo the new found audience .
2. Creeping Featurism -- The addition of so many unwanted “packages” into the base system makes even the Linux OS’s grow chubby. Why not let the user handle their needs? But there definitely comes a divide when you have a majority who loves all of it to work out of the box( I am not an exception ) and have them pre-built or incorporated rather than going about to add them later. Firefox is one example which handles the bloat efficiently ( as I can perceive ) . With an array of plugins to add on , Mozilla has let the user take the control and has always provided a base which can be tweaked according to their needs.
3. One example of a software which I feel has grown too big is the pdf handler from Adobe. I still remember a good friend of mine pointing out the same a few years back and predicting it to go heavier with every release. For a normal/casual user , the use of pdf reader limits to the point of just reading it . I couldn’t but not ponder on the good old days – where you had the pdf reader for around 3Mb or something ( Acrobat 4 or 5 ) with the full installation going up to a maximum of 20 Mb. The recent versions have their installer amounting to some 105Mb.

To sum up , if I am to strip down a software to my needs I wouldn’t find myself using 1/3^rd of the features included. The fairly sizable footprints which many of these leave are unnecessary in most cases. Then why are we using it? If it’s just to stay with the crowd, I prefer to remain where I am unless I am forced to.

Disclaimer

The above mentioned piece is completely based on how the author understands it. There may be fatal errors and hence not to be taken as it is.

My angel

An unlikely angel
Yeah, that’s who she was
Draped in black
Like a looming darkness
The wings hidden from the world
Or were they cut away?
The halo had lost its shine
Like just another thing that “was”
Held tight in her soft hands
A pen in the other
Where a wand should be
An unlikely angel
Yeah, that’s who she was.

Death ?

The gates of Valhalla are opening again
Of Odin’s they are claimed to be
Or the chosers of slain
Behold, here comes
The Valkyries
Ragnarok Awaits
And the Army of dead is building up
Chosen was I
From the depths of death
Came a raven clutching me out
Was a there a wolf?
I can’t remember
Don’t call me slain
Coz I am einherjar now
One among them
The army of dead
Valkyrie..
I see in her a virgin Priestess
I din see those blood stained corselets
I see her without her armour and spears
I see in her a beautiful princess
Or was it just a myth?
Am i still lying dead?

Random clicks

Any guesses ?As in , where I took this from ?


He was in a hurry and this was all I could manage in a few seconds- Blame the crowd and Apple*

Temptation .Must resist.Nooo, I give in !

The neighborhood Liberty store has some surprises !!

Waiting for a rainbow ?

. Just a random one from a stroll through IndiraNagar !