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How to maintain your laptop?
இன்றைய மெட்ராஸ் பேப்பர் இதழில் “யானை வாங்குவோர் கவனத்துக்கு” என்கிற தலைப்பில் என்னுடைய கட்டுரை வெளிவந்திருக்கிறது. இந்தக் கட்டுரையை எழுத எனக்கு வாய்ப்பளித்து, எழுதியதை அவரது மோதிரக்கையால் செம்மைப்படுத்திய நண்பர், பிரபல எழுத்தாளர் திரு பா ராகவன் அவர்களுக்கு எனது மனமார்ந்த நன்றிகள். நண்பர்கள் கட்டுரையைப் படித்து விட்டு தங்களது கருத்துக்களைப் பகிரவும். நன்றி. முழுக் கட்டுரையும், இதழில் உள்ள மற்ற பல நல்ல கட்டுரைகளையும் படிக்க சந்தா தேவை, தமிழ் பத்திரிகை உலகில் தரமான எழுத்தியல் வளர உங்கள் சந்தாவும், ஆதரவும் பயனாகவிருக்கும். முதல் சில பத்திகள் கீழே: குசேலன் திரைப்படத்தில் நடிகர் வடிவேலு ரொம்பக் கஷ்டப்பட்டு ரஜினியுடன் ஒரு புகைப்படம் எடுத்துக் கொள்வார். உயிரைப் பணயம் வைத்து எடுத்துக் கொண்ட அந்தப் படம் உள்ள செல்பேசி தொலைந்து போய் விட்டால் எப்படியிருக்கும்? 2008-இல் அந்தத் திரைப்படம் வந்த காலத்தில் இன்றுள்ள அளவுக்குப் பலரிடம் ஸ்மார்ட் போன் கிடையாது. இப்போது நூற்றுக்குத் தொண்ணுாற்றொன்பது சதவீதம் பேரை அதுதான் ஆள்கிறது. வீட்டில் கணினி இருக்கும். கையில்…
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Tamil voice typing now available on Windows 11
Windows 11 now supports five Indian languages for Voice typing: Tamil, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi & Telugu. Today, I stumbled on this when I accidentally pressed Windows key + H on my Windows PC. I was about to get rid of the window with a big microphone button that popped up, when I pressed the help (?) button to get a list of supported languages – there I was pleasantly surprised to find Tamil. Next, I gave this feature a spin. I spoke a few sentences in தமிழ் and it got most of what I said correctly (there are a few mistakes, I suppose I can get it to type right…
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WSLg in Windows 11
Though I had seen demos of this online, using in real a #Linux GUI app (like GIMP) running on Debian on #Windows11 using WSLg feels sublime. Microsoft (with NVIDIA, Linux Community, and partners) have done a phenomenal job in getting all the pieces integrating well. See GIMP running in Windows 11 in the screenshot above. When I posted the above in Facebook, there was a comment on “Why not just run Linux natively and cut out Windows altogether?”. In my case, the answer is simple. I have been using Windows from Windows 3.1 & Windows NT days, and I feel comfortable. I have built muscle memory, acquired deep skills to…
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Using Windows Sticky notes in iPhone & iPad
I found a neat tip for #iPhone & #iPad if you are also using the OneNote/Sticky Notes app in Windows. Add #Outlook or #Hotmail in the iOS accounts & enable Notes. Now, you can use the Apple #Notes app to access the same notes that you have in Windows and Outlook.com.
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Windows 11 – I am loving it!
Couple of months back, when Microsoft announced their new OS, Windows 11 I tried it on a Virtual Machine and wrote a brief review. Today (5th October 2021), Microsoft had released Windows 11 and made it available widely. Get the ISO for Windows 11 If you have a compatible PC, you can go to Windows Update and check (seek) for the availability of Windows 11 for your PC. In my case it didn’t show up, so I downloaded the ISO from the Visual Studio subscriber download page, burned it to a USB drive using RUFUS utility. You may also use the Microsoft’s Media Creation Tool to get the ISO. Irrespective…
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It is not your parents Windows anymore!
The below article was written for the IEEE Computer Society Region 10’s quarterly magazine, thanks to Mr H R Mohan for the invitation. Windows 11 What does a designer of children’s books and biscuit tins, or a psychology major got to do with Windows, the operating system from Microsoft? The two, Priya Chauhan and Dorothy Feng are from the team that designed the new, signature feature for Windows 11 – the widgets, available next to the start button widgets provide you with a quick glance to information you need to know and care about, without you opening individual apps. Unlike the infamous business metrics like KPI, Chauhan and Feng are…
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After three months, I got my desktop PC back from service
Early last year I had got a new PC (AMD Ryzen 7 3800X) to run as my Plex Media Server on Windows Server 2019. During the pandemic, I had to turn it into my workstation running Windows 10, as my son had taken my other PC (Asus Zenbook laptop). For Plex Media Server, I assembled a new PC, an Intel Core i5 10400 with 16GB RAM & an ASUS Prime H410M motherboard. Unfortunately, as soon as I got my laptop back, the AMD Ryzen 7 PC broke down due to a power problem in my room, which I was not aware of at the time. Most that can go wrong…
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The PC I assembled for running Plex Media Server
For years now, I have had a dedicated computer in my house to run the Plex Media server, hosting my media content (Photos, Music, Home Videos & so on) and also as a server with a copy of the data I have in the cloud storages (Dropbox & Onedrive). For a few years it was an old iMac and last year I upgraded to an AMD Ryzen 7 PC. During the pandemic as I had a need for a new PC for my work, I converted the PC for Plex from Windows Server 2019 to Windows 10 and turned it into my main workstation. With Plex gone away, I started…
