Wednesday 10 April 2013

How many Linux users are needed to change a lightbulb?

1 to post a thread in a forum telling the bulb has burnt.
1 to suggest to try to turn the lamp on through command lines.
1 to complain that the user broke the thread.
1 to ask what new bulb will he install.
1 to advice that we shouldn't use the word burn for meaning a broken lightbulb, because it would mean that the bulb was set on fire and that it would be right to say that the bulb broke due to an excess of electrical current.
25 to suggest to install all the kinds of existing and imaginable lightbulbs.
5 who say that the burnt bulb is an upstream issue that doesn't belong to the distro. There's an open bug on the bulb's developer mail list.
1 noob to suggest to install a Microsoft lightbulb.
250 to flood the noob's mail address.
300 to say that a Microsoft lightbulb would turn blue and that you'd had to reboot continuously to get back to normal.
1 former linux user who still frequents the forum, to suggest to install an Apple iBulb, which has a fresh and innovating design and it costs 250 $.
20 to say that iBulbs aren't free, and that they have less functions than a 20 times cheaper standard lightbulb.
15 to suggest to install a national lightbulb.
30 to say that national lightbulbs are crippled remasters of foreign lightbulbs and that they don't bring nothing new.
23 to argue if it must be a white or a transparent bulb.
1 to remiind everyone that the right name is GNU/Lightbulb.
1 to say that lightbulbs are a Winbugs users thing and that real Linux users aren't afraid of the dark.
1 to announce finally which will be the model of the installed bulb.
217 to discard the chosen model and suggest another.
6 to complain that the chosen lightbulb has propietary elements, and that another should be used.
20 to say that a 100% free bulb, isn't compatible with the lamp switch.
The same previous 6, to suggest to change the switch for a compatible one.
1 to yell out: “STOP ARGUING AND CHANGE THAT LIGHTBULB FOR GOD'S SAKE!”
350 to ask the previous user what God is he talking about, and that if he has scientific proofs of his existence.
1 to say that we can't trust in corporation-made bulbs and that we should trust in community-made bulbs.
1 to post a link to an ODF file explaining how to build a lightbulb from scratch.
14 to complain about the format of the previous file and asking to send it in txt or LaTeX.
5 to say that they didn't like the taken decission and that they'll fork the house's electric installation and install a better lamp.
1 to post a series of commands to put to change the lightbulb.
1 to comment that he executed the commands and had an error message.
1 to advice that the commands must be executed as root

And finally:
The father of the first user, who while everyone were discussing, he went to the shop and bought the cheapest lightbulb.

Tuesday 2 April 2013

Define: Procurement

The act of obtaining or buying goods and services. The process includes preparation and processing of a demand as well as the end receipt and approval of payment. It often involves
(1) purchase planning,
(2) standards determination, 
(3) specifications development, 
(4) supplier research and selection, 
(5) value analysis, 
(6) financing, 
(7) price negotiation, 
(8) making the purchase, 
(9) supply contract administration, 
(10) inventory control and stores, and 
(11) disposals and other related functions. 
The process of procurement is often part of a company's strategy because the ability to purchase certain materials will determine if operations will continue. A business will not be able to survive if it's price of procurement is more than the profit it makes on selling the actual product.

Use of eval in python

The eval function lets a python program run python code within itself.
eval example (interactive shell):
>>> x = 1
>>> eval('x + 1')
2
>>> eval('x')
1
 
eval() interprets a string as code. The reason why so many people have warned you about using this is because a user can use this as an option to run code on the computer. If you have eval(input())and os imported, a person could type into input() os.system('rm -R *') which would delete all your files in your home directory. (Assuming you have a unix system). Using eval() is a security hole. If you need to convert strings to other formats, try to use things that do that, like int(). 

Thursday 28 February 2013

Have You tried this?

This will work in linux terminal.Try this it's too funny.

1. Open terminal
2. Type apt-get moo
3. Press Enter.
3. and you will get the Moo!

I had not put a screen shot here. just try it!


Wednesday 23 January 2013

Install SVN(subversion) in ubuntu 12.04

This blog post will cover how to install SVN (subversion) in ubuntu 12.04
Open terminal and run below commands. it will install SVN(subversion).


sudo apt-get install subversion

now you need to run the basic SVN command to get the branch, push and pull the branch from the assembla

Saturday 12 January 2013

Create Desktop Launcher to start OpenERP server

Many end user don't know how to start OpenERP server from the terminal. Desktop launcher is the best way to start the OpenERP server for the non technical end user. Start up service is another way to start the OpenERP server automatically.
for that you need to install gnome panel. Install gnome-panel by running below command in ubuntu terminaAl.
sudo apt-get install gnome-panel  

Make a bash script which will run the OpenERP server. To make bash script create new file and write script as below.

#!/bin/bashcd <<path to openerp server>>#e.g. /home/mypc/openerp/server/python openerp-server --addons ../addons/,../openerp-web/addons/
and save it with .sh extension e.g server_start.sh 

now again write this in terminal 


gnome-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/Desktop
 it will open a window as 

Add Launcher name as you wish. in the command give the path of the bash file(make sure the file is executable). and click ok. it will create a icon on the desktop.

Monday 31 December 2012

Install required python packages for OpenERP v 7.0

To install OpenERP v7 on linux machine you required various python library. Run below command, it includes all python libraries in only one line.
sudo apt-get install python-dateutil python-docutils python-feedparser python-gdata python-jinja2 python-ldap python-libxslt1 python-lxml python-mako python-mock python-openid python-psycopg2 python-psutil python-pybabel python-pychart python-pydot python-pyparsing python-reportlab python-simplejson python-tz python-unittest2 python-vatnumber python-vobject python-webdav python-werkzeug python-xlwt python-yaml python-zsi python-psutil