UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions from Windows or Linux, without requiring you to burn a CD. You can either let it download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file if you’ve already downloaded one or your preferred distribution isn’t on the list.

Requirements

• Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista, or Linux. If you are having trouble with the Linux version, try the Windows version, it usually works better.
• A broadband internet connection to download the distribution’s .iso file (unless you’re using pre-downloaded files)

Features

UNetbootin can create a bootable Live USB drive, or it can make a “frugal install” on your local hard disk if you don’t have a USB drive. It can load distributions by automatically downloading their ISO (CD image) files, or by using existing ISO files, floppy/hard disk images, or kernel/initrd files, for installing other distributions.

unetbootin

The current version has built-in support for automatically downloading and loading the following distributions, though installing other distributions is also supported:

• Ubuntu (and official derivatives)
  • 6.06 LTS
  • 6.10
  • 7.04
  • 7.10
  • 8.04 LTS
  • 8.10
  • 9.04
  • Daily CD Images
• Debian
  • Stable/Etch
  • Testing/Lenny
  • Unstable/Sid
• Linux Mint
  • 3.1
  • 4.0
  • 5-r1
  • 6
• openSUSE
  • 10.2
  • 10.3
  • 11.0
  • 11.1
  • Factory
• Arch Linux
  • 2007.08
• Damn Small Linux
  • 4.4
• SliTaz
  • Stable
  • Cooking
• Puppy Linux
  • 4.00
• gNewSense
  • deltah-2.1
• FreeBSD
  • 6.3
  • 7.0
• NetBSD
  • 4.0

• Fedora
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • Rawhide
• PCLinuxOS
  • 2007
  • 2008
• Sabayon Linux
  • 4-LiteMCE
• Gentoo
  • 2007.0
  • 2008.0
• MEPIS
  • SimplyMEPIS 8
  • AntiX 8
• Zenwalk
  • 5.2
• Slax
  • 6
• Dreamlinux
  • 3.2
• Elive
  • Development
• CentOS
  • 4
  • 5
• Mandriva
  • 2007.1
  • 2008.0
  • 2008.1
• FaunOS
  • 0.5.4
• Frugalware Linux
  • Stable
  • Testing
  • Current
• xPUD
  • 0.8.9

UNetbootin can also be used to load various system utilities, including:

• Parted Magic, a partition manager that can resize, repair, backup, and restore partitions.
• SystemRescueCD, a system repair, backup and recovery tool.
• Super Grub Disk, a boot utility that can restore and repair overwritten and misconfigured GRUB installs or directly boot various operating systems
• Dr.Web Antivirus, F-Secure Rescue CD, and Kaspersky Rescue Disk, which remove malware from Windows installs.
• Backtrack, a utility used for network analysis and penetration testing.
• Ophcrack, a utility which can recover Windows passwords.
• NTPasswd, a utility which can reset Windows passwords and edit the registry.
• Gujin, a graphical bootloader that can also be used to boot various operating systems and media.
• Smart Boot Manager (SBM), which can boot off CD-ROM and floppy drives on computers with a faulty BIOS.
• FreeDOS, which can run BIOS flash and other legacy DOS utilities.

Installation & Screenshots

If you are using Windows, run the file, select a distribution (which will download for you automatically), floppy/hard disk image (an image that you have already downloaded from www.ubuntu.com let’s say), or kernel/initrd to load, select a target drive (USB Drive or Hard Disk), then reboot once and you are done.

If using Linux, make the file executable (using either the command

chmod +x ./unetbootin-linux

or going to Properties->Permissions and checking “Execute”), then start the application, you will be prompted for your password to grant the application administrative rights, then the main dialog will appear, where you select a distribution and install target (USB Drive or Hard Disk), then reboot when prompted.

After rebooting, if you created a Live USB drive by selecting “USB Drive” as your install target, press the appropriate button (usually F1, F2, F12, ESC, or backspace) while your computer is starting up to get to your BIOS boot menu and select USB drive as the startup target; otherwise if there’s no boot selection option, go to the BIOS setup menu and change the startup order to boot USB by default. Otherwise, if you did a “frugal install” by selecting “Hard Disk” as your install target, select the UNetbootin entry from the Windows Boot Menu as the system boots up.

Installing Other Distributions Using UNetbootin

Download and run UNetbootin, then supply it with the appropriate ISO (CD image) file, floppy/hard disk image, or kernel and initrd files when prompted (see screenshot). Check your distribution’s download page to find the appropriate file; if in doubt use the ISO file.

If you’re loading an ISO file or floppy/hard disk image, that’s all that’s required (just press “OK” to start installing); otherwise if you’re manually specifying kernel and initrd files and you’d like to specify special booting options, check the distribution’s boot configuration files (usually after the “kernel” line in either isolinux.cfg, syslinux.cfg, menu.lst, or grub.conf) and supply them on the “Option” line.

And this is how you can install linux from usb. After completing this tutorial you will be able to boot and run linux from a USB drive.

Launch VersaMail. Create a New Account.  Set the Protocol to POP.  Click Next.

Enter your full email address and password.  Click Next.

The Incoming Mail Server is pop.gmail.com and the outgoing Mail server is smtp.gmail.com   Click Next.

Place checkmarks according tot eh screen below and change the Port Number to 995.  If you receive large messages adjust the Maximum Message Size.  By default the Size is set to 2048 KB which is 2 MB Megabytes.  Click Next.

Change the Port Number to 587 under the Outgoing Options.  And place checkmarks as shown in the screen below.  Click Done.

You will now receive the messages that are in you Google Mail Account.

I’m going to assume that you have already bought the software. On your mobile device select the SyncJeBB application found in the "Applications" section.
You will now see the screen shown below:

Now you will need to select the Settings option from the main menu.

This will provide you with the following screen:

You need to enter the following details in order to synchronise with GooSync:

Server URL: http://sync.goosync.com
User Name: Your GooSync username
Password: Your GooSync password

The username is your username@domain.com and your password is the password you set.

Next you need to select the calendar option and enter the name Calendar into the "Foldername" field.

Select the contacts option and enter the name Contacts into the Foldername field.

Once done select the Save option from the menu.

To start the synchronisation process you need to select the Start Sync option from the menu:

AutoSync

The SyncJe client provides the AutoSync feature to allow you to automatically synchronise with the GooSync server.

We recommend that the sync intervals are set to no less than 15 minutes to ensure that connections are established.

The Microsoft version is fully compatible with Firefox and IE (about time Microsoft realized that not everyone is using IE).  The web versions will replicate the functionality of the desktop apps within the browser environment.

The Official Microsoft Press Release

Please note: Failing to follow these steps can result in your data being removed from Google.

• After performing a hard reset on your device restore your applications by syncing with the relevant desktop application (Palm Desktop/ActiveSync etc).
• Once your applications are restored open the synchronisation client on your device.
• Go into the Profile Settings and view the Calendar settings.
• Ensure you set the Sync Mode to Slow and click OK.
• Run the sync again to synchronise your Google Calendar data to your device.

You must ensure the Sync Mode is set to Slow before performing the first synchronisation.

If a Normal sync is performed after a hard reset the client will detect that your device calendar data is no longer present and will send delete commands for all these events to Google. This will result in your Google Calendar data being removed.

Google has quietly been developing Android for quite some time now.  Android is the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. It includes an operating system, user-interface and applications — all of the software to run a mobile phone, but without the proprietary obstacles that have hindered mobile innovation.

Google recently announced the Open Handset Alliance and Android with the goal of Android being the foundation for many new phones and will create an entirely new mobile experience for users, with new applications and new capabilities we can’t imagine today.

You can read the full article at;

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/wheres-my-gphone.html

On a new Pearl or 8800, 8830 etc. you can switch the Theme by going to  Options – Theme and switching if from the Zen Theme which has just 5 application categories on the left hand side, or the Dimension theme which displays all the application icons.
Hide an Icon:

1. Go to the main screen of your blackberry
2. Go to the icon you want to hide
3. Press ALT and then press down on your scroll wheel
4. Select Hide Application

Unhide an Icon:

If you ever need to see your hidden icons again, you can alt+scroll wheel on the main screen and select Show All. This will display all the icons including the hidden ones. Hidden icons will have an X over then. alt+scroll wheel over an X-out icon and uncheck Hide Application.

Repeat the process and uncheck the Show All to rehide the other icons you have set to hidden status.

Move an Icon:

1. Select the icon you want to move
2. Press alt and press the scroll wheel
3. Select Move Application
4. Scroll around and the icon will move with the cursor
5. Press the scroll wheel again when you want to place the icon in the current position

These instructions are specifically for UBUNTU but the operation works for any OS.

Point your browser to Google Browser Sync and under Install Now click the browsersync.xpl link.

Click Agree and Install.

A popup will appear with the name of the extension you are trying to install.  Click the Install Now button.

After downloading and installing the extension, Firefox will restart.  When Firefox launches again you will see the Setup Wizard for the Google Browser Sync Extension.  Click Next.

You will then be prompted for your Gmail username and password, if you don’t have a Gmail account click on the link to create one.

Select the Advanced button to set the preferences you want for synchronization and then click Next.

You will have to then set a PIN number when you set other computers to sync your settings.  Click Next once you have done so.  The PIN is used to encrypt the data if you place a check in the option to encrypt the data.

Then click Finish.

When Firefox loads you will have to again accept the license agreement.  Click on Agree and Install.

You will notice at the top right hand corner of the browser you account name.  If you click it you will get the settings menu.  Click it.  From this menu you can configure which options you want synchronized.  You may also specify if you want to encrypt the data.  Click OK when you are done.

“Google Browser Sync for Firefox is an extension that continuously synchronizes your browser settings – including bookmarks, history, persistent cookies, and saved passwords – across your computers. It also allows you to restore open tabs and windows across different machines and browser sessions.”

Edit the /etc/network/interfaces file by typing;

sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces

Now comment out the wireless card;

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

#auto eth1
#iface eth1 inet dhcp

auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

Save the file and exit. You will now have a much faster boot up time than before.

The specifications are the first public release to come out of the forum since it’s founding in 2005. They form part of the LiPS Release 1.0, the complete delivery of which is planned by the end of 2007. LiPS also unveiled a roadmap of additional specification areas to be developed up until 2008.

The specifications published include the following: LiPS’ reference model, an address book and voice call enabler, and user interface services (widget sets, key navigation and text input method APIs, based on GTK).

Before the end of 2007, the LiPS Forum will finalise the remaining elements of LiPS Release 1.0 by adding specifications relating to telephony, messaging, calendar, instant messaging, presence and additional user interface services API specifications.

The standards aim at benefitting the Linux-based mobile industry, especially in terms of reducing fragmentation, by informing and aligning OEMs, ISVs, operators and other consortia and standards bodies.

“This first set of specifications represents real-world requirements as well as hard work on the part of key mobile ecosystem participants,” noted Haila Wang, president of the LiPS Forum.

“Ongoing elaboration and adoption of the LiPS standards specifications will sustain the impressive growth of mobile Linux deployment, enhancing interoperability among devices and software, and streamlining time-to-market and rollout for Linux-based devices and services.”

“LiPS belongs to a new class of industry forums whose standards development model is closer to open source principles, i.e. standardization through public specifications and reference code implementations, rather than just paper-based,” commented Andreas Constantinou, senior analyst with VisionMobile and author of a forthcoming strategic report on mobile open source.

“LiPS release 1.0 will be important in helping Linux implementations converge, especially around telephony, PIM and UI services, where fragmentation is stalling otherwise unanimous manufacturer momentum behind mobile Linux.”

Scheduled for release in 2008 are the application framework, services APIs (eg those based on IMS), device management APIs (based on OMA DM), and additional enabler APIs (eg for multimedia).

In an unrelated announcement, LiPS yesterday also announced that industry veteran Bill Weinberg has joined the organisation as general manager focusing on business development. Weinberg will be in charge of growing LiPS membership and amplifying the impact the organisation has on the Linux-based mobile telephony ecosystem.

The new specifications, can be be downloaded from here