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Everybody can have their opinion, but the point I was making wasn't about creating another "FORUM" for smartphones. I suggested just to create a prominent section for this category. Let me elaborate this. When you go the main page of Xisto forums (by clicking the link "Xisto: Open Discussion & Free Web Hosting"), you see different categories and sections. In the "Computers & Tech" category, there are the following sections: How-To's and Tutorials What's New? Databases Operating Systems Hardware Workshop Networking Designing Programming etc etc.... What I want is a section "Smartphones" (or anything the admins feel right) to be included in the list. The goal is to give the field the exposure and prominence it deserves. And my guess is that it will attract lots of contributors from the forums.

Yes I gave it a try. Unlike "Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool", it did successfully create the usb, but the USB was not bootable. I couldn't start the setup process using it. So the solution wasn't functional...

Thanks God, I am not that much of an IT person,......

My bad ! I must have been sleepy or something.....

With the recent trend shifting vigorously towards smartphones, many websites have found success with providing useful information about these toys. The best known of these would be the XDA community. Because there are two many smartphones out there, and because there are different levels of smartphone users, people talk alot about these toys. There are tutorials, how-tos, guides, questions, answers and all sorts of useful (and useless) stuff.But the important point is that the number of people looking for information related to smartphones is increasing and it is happening quickly. Unfortunately, the smartphone category is not so well represented here at Xisto. As a member of the community, and a smartphone enthusiast, I feel that this category should be more prominent and it should receive more attention.So I propse to the admins that a separate section should be created for smartphone-related discussion. This main section can then be divided into sub-sections on the basis of smartphone platforms (e.g. android, iOS, Blackberry, Windows phone etc). And then each section can have its own software and hardware related discussions.I have included a poll with the post, so please let the admins know what you think about the subject...

ISSUE # 02 Inability to install other things during update process: Once the installation is complete, you will be taken to a fantastic looking environment that you would find considerable different from the windows environment. The first thing you would want to do is to update your system. The process of updating is quite simple (though it takes some time). In fact, the issue is not the actual process of updating. It is the inability to install other stuff while the system is being updated. Normally when you install a fresh OS, you would definitely want to install software of extensive use as immediately as possible. In linux, most of the software are already installed but everyone has his own likings and there are always things that need to be added. For instance, although firefox is already installed, some people might not be huge fans of firefox and they might like something else. But they will have to wait until their updates are finished, or alternatively they will have to wait to update their system until their other installs have finished (which in my opinion is a bad idea). For people who are ok with firefox, there is another issue --- flash. They will have to wait for their updates to finish before they can install flash and enjoy sites like youtube. Similar theory goes for other software as well. The thing that annoys me the most is that installtion of other stuff is halted even when the updates are only being downloaded (not actually installed). Waiting would have been much reasonable during the actual installation process of updates. Waiting during downloading process increases the waiting-time for people on slow connections.

Awesome stuff really. In my first view, I didn't realize they were animated, but they look really cool.I think the creator of this fantastic art deserves some credit. So if possible, please include a refence to the author.

I would rather call digital illustration a part of the wider field of graphics designing. It cannot be regarded as a completely separate thing in my opinion.

Mobile phones of today are pretty smart (thats why they call them smart phones). They can do almost everything that a pc can do and the best thing about them is they are easily accessible anytime. But most of the smartness comes from software side. No doubt, the hardware of today's smartphones has to be capable enough to host the smart operating systems but it is the operating system that make the phones really smart.My question is that how these smartphones handle ac power. Older phones had battery damage issues when they were left plugged into ac power for long time. Do the smartphones of today have the same issue? What will happen to my phone if I leave it plugged in into the ac power for say 100 hours. Or will the battery life be reduced if I make the habbit of leaving my phone plugged into ac power for 8 hours every night?By the way, if someone is interested, my phone is Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc running Android ICS 4.0.3

After reading the post, I decided to give a try to the google docs. I searched it in the play store, but there was nothing there. So I googled it and the news is that google docs is now part of google drive. I installed the google drive app to see how it works. Basically google drive is an all in one solution for editing, storing and accessing files. It gives you a 5Gigs cloud storage to store your files and you have the ability to access the files anywhere anytime. When you run the application for the first time, you will be taken to the account setup, which is farily simple and quick. After your account is set-up, you will presented with a screen showing all your files and folders on the remote storage. The actual file editor of the package was good but it was a little sluggish for my taste. Word selection was also not very easy. So overall the package has a decent idea, but I think I would stick to my Office suite pro.

I am looking for a windows software that can record video using my laptop's built in webcam. But the important part is that I want the software to do the job in a hidden way. By "hidden", I mean that there shouldn't be any preview of the video being recorded and the software should be able to record the video even when the screen is locked. The webcam led light is fine with me and I understand that it is built-in hardware feature (on most built-in laptop cams) that the light will turn on when webcam starts working.An additional feature I would like to have in the software is the motion detection feature. That is, the software automatically starts recording video when it detects motion and then automatically stops it after a certain amount of time of no motion.I understand that to ask for so much features means that I might have to pay a reasonable amount, but that would be ok with me.So what are your suggestions??

Are these steps for windows XP. I don't think they are for windows 7. And if I am correct then please tell me the procedure for windows 7 in a similar simple way.

I have a windows 7 ultimate retail DVD that I have installed on my pc. About a week back, I felt that my pc was very buggy and fixing the registry and other common repairs didn't help so I thought its best to make a fresh install of the windows. I normally use my laptop's dvd drive to install windows but unfortunately, the drive on my laptop stopped working. Maybe it was because I haven't used it for quite a long time. The solution that directly came into my mind was: installtion from usb...I know how the procedure works, but I had never done it previously. The theory was that I would use my friend's computer to make an iso image of the windows 7 disk. Then I would use the "microsft windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool" to create a USB intaller. And then I would install the OS from USB.However, the procedure failed in its first step. When I created the ISO image, it was a non-bootable image. I used Power ISO for the purpose. I tried to do find some way of fixing this but was unable to...So how does one create a bootable iso image of a windows 7 disc.

Although the post from @firefoxrocks is very old, but I think there would still be people with a similar thought, so it is not a bad idea to share my personal experience on the issue. I have been using uni-display mode since forever. As a matter of fact, untile recently, I didn't even know that a computer can handle more than one monitors. And I certainly didn't know that these monitors can be used in an extended way in order to provide a larger workspace. In my internet life, I am a web developer and content writer. In both these roles, I have to use different tools simultaneously. For instance during developemnt/modification of parts of my website, I have to use a code editor (e.g. Aptana studio) to edit and modify the code, a web browser (e.g. Firefox) to periodically see the actual changes I have made to the website, another browser windows for quick googling of small issues that I am unable to handle, and occasionally some book (PDF) for reference. Now there can be an argument that you can use all of these alternatively on a single display, but the point is that we are talking about increasing productivity (less time required for doing more work) and when you don't have to do clicks again and again just to make a window visible, it does save you a lot of time and hence increases productivity. So on a single display I would edit some code in aptana studio and then maximize firefox to see what has happened. then I will have to reopen aptana studio to make adjustments and then reopen firefox to see what is going on. The process gets really tiring when you have to make small adjustments (like positioning an object) and check after every little step what you have done. On multiple displays, you would have all the windows already open, ready to be refreshed. The number of clicks is reduced significantly, and not only its easy on the mind, but also time saving. Similar is the case with content writing. You need a word processor (e.g. word), a browser window for searching stuff quickly, a reference book, and an image editor. Having all of them ready to be used is more productive than making them ready to use one by one alternatively. So the point is that the idea of multiple displays is not useless and it actually does increase productivity.

The topic is really old but I think the views of all the members who have posted above will be changed by now. In 2012, the only real mobile Operating systems are Android and iOS. Symbian is nearly dead and Windows phone is still a child. The other competitor in the market is Blackberry OS, which is struggling for its survival right now....Personally I am a big fan of the open-ness of android and I hope this OS grows to become the most successful OS for mobile phone devices.

In my country, windows is so common that about 70% of computer using population doesn't even know that there are alternatives to it. I remember a friend of mine, who is quite familiar with computer usage, saying to me "what kind of WINDOWS is this" when he saw ubuntu on my computer. For Linux that might be understandable because it is used more by techies than commonplace people, but they don't know about MAC OS either.When you go shopping for a computer, it would be be uncommmon to find a mac lying around (mainly because of the high price) but you would easily find all types and ranges of windows machines....

I am not very expert at working with binaries and similar stuff, but using my common sense, I assume that the binaries have to reside on my hard disk so that a permanent association is made between flv files and the binaries. If the binaries are on a portable media, then I will have to re-associate the files every time I plug back in my portable media, which would be exactly the situation why I don't like portable apps. But in the first case, where I will have to keep the binaries on my hard drive, it actually kills the whole purpose of using portable apps. Instead of keeping the binaries and going through the trouble of associating my files to it, why not simply install the vlc from setup.exe which would do it all for me automatically. If I do have to install something, why not install the full version which would be more stable and reliable. The whole concept of portable apps is the freedom of not installing anything. It would be really handy, if there can be some sort of script put into the autorun.inf file of the portable media that will automatically make the associations once the device is inserted. In this way I would still get the associations rather painlessly without making proper installation of the software. And the best part would be that I would be able to use the same apps on different computers without wasting any time.

Thanks for the info........ But looks to me as something from a textbook.....

There is a learning curve involved in almost everything. And personally, I feel that windows is also not "a walk on a park OS". There are a few things that make people think that windows has an easier learning curve. Most important factor is that people start learning it from childhood. It is very hard to find a child who is exposed to the Linux ecosystem before having some sort of experience with a Windows machine. Children do have the liberty of making terrible mistakes, spending huge amounts of time trying to figure out what is correct and incorrect and getting proper guidance and the time spent is not considered as a waste. Most people are introduced to the Linux ecosystem at a mature age where they already have experience with the windows environment. In this situation, time spent on learning something whose alternative is already easily available, is often very hard to digest. For instance before going to the advanced stuff in any Linux OS, you first need to learn the basics like navigation, configuration of settings, customization of the look and feel, basic stuff like browsing and editing etc. But you can do all of this already in the windows environment so why spend time on learning it again..... And the time consumed for this sort fo stuff feels like a long long interval which eventually makes us feel that Linux OS has a harder learning curve. One other major factor is the amount of information available for the specific type of OS. Like for windows you have tons of information available for any kind of issue you face. There are well organized solutions as well as easily aplicable tutorials, that can help you easily solve your problem. Linux community is not that vast and though most basic stuff is easy to find, you still have to dig deeper to find the exact solution of problems that are not very common.. But overall, I don't think learning Linux is anything more difficult that learning windows. In fact if someone is already familiar with windows, the time spent on getting used to with the linux os will be much less than the time spent in the past on getting used to with the windows os. As for the best linux distro, I think it depends on your taste and the machine you are using. I have been trying to somehow "make love" with Ubuntu, as every second person would tell you that ubuntu is the best linux distro and it has a huge reputation, but I have lately found that Linux Mint 13 suits my taste and my Computer better. So it is upto you..

I find it kind of ironic because for quite a long time, I have been trying to find out games that can use my second monitor. Though I play games on windows 7 and I have to be selective for games that I can run on my machine, but as a matter of fact, I haven't been able to find a good game capable of using my second monitor.Unfortunately, I don't have the knowledge to answer your question.......... But I am interested in knowing the solution....

And what should I select as the common port. (See the picture)

These days I am experimenting with servers and hosting stuff so that I can learn how servers perform and how to keep them healthy. I have set up a test server on my ubuntu machine. I have installed the lamp package and tested everything (php, mysql, apache, phpmyadmin etc) and everrthing works fine. But in order to access the server through internet, I need to Forward port 80 to the computer hosting the server so that when someone enters my public ip address to a browser, the webpage hosted by the serveris made available instead of the login page of the router/modem (the 192.168.1.1 page) I have never done it before and I have tried to solve it on my own but unfortunately I am unable to do so. So I decided to seek help from somewhere, and this forum was the first place that came into my mind (double benefit stuff.............) The problem is that I have a Huawei EC5805 wireless broadband modem. It uses the CDMA technology to connect to the internet. It can be connected to a computer through wifi and usb. I use the wifi connection because I haven't been able to connect it to my ubuntu machine through USB (but thats another story for some other time). The administration menu of this device, which can be accessed by visiting 192.168.1.1, is different than what tutorials online have mentioned for routers and modems. And this is the main issue because I don't have the basic knowledge of port forwarding and I can't find specific info on how to do it. The menu looks like this: The problem now is that I don't know what values to put into the fields. I know that port 80 has to be put in somewhere and that the ip address of the server is 192.168.1.100 but the rest of it is out of my head. Any help would be dearly appreciated.

Issue # 01 Partitioning during Installation: As the topic is about shifting from windows to ubuntu, most people, including me, will have windows already installed on their system. And they would want that their windows OS be left undisturbed. In my case, I have once (during my first install of ubuntu) made a huge mistake. I did have some idea about the file systems but I didn't know what "Mount point" means so I experimented with it. The mistake I made was that I didn't backup my hard disk prior to the installaiton process, and I ended up with a computer with no windows 7 and all other partitions wiped too. (( Image taken from blog.ibeentoubuntu.com)) I am not saying that options in teh mount point did the damage, because they are not responsible for the data loss. But when you experiment with something that you don't know, bad things are likely to happen. I paid the heavy price of losing my Operating system, all my data, all my collection of software, movies, songs and all my very important documents. Indeed a very heavy price I have paid, but I am sure that I won't repeat the mistake in my life again. Advice: So if you are installing ubuntu on a computer that already has microsft windows (or any other OS for that matter) installed on it, and you want to create a dual-boot system, where you will have the choice of either booting into the windows or ubuntu, you need to do the following things. Create a backup of your entire hard disk if possible, and keep it on a storage device other than your hard disk. If backing up entire hard disk is not feasible than you should definitely definitely bakcup the necessary stuff and keep it on an external storage space. Ubuntu installaiton, if done properly, doesn't cause any harm to your data, but who knows an accident might happen. It is always better to be safe. Make sure you have one partition with no data on it. This partition should be at least 10 gb. This is the partition that you would use to install Ubuntu on. Ubuntu uses one additional partition as swap area. Make sure you have a small, spearate partition for it (about 250mb), but it is an optional thing and you can live without it. Just make sure that you don't select a partition with data on it to be used as swap. or you will lose all your data. ((Image taken from opensource-sidh.blogspot.com)) And finally, make sure that you have the basic knowledge before you perform the installation. There are lots of useful resources online and you can search for them. Or you can watch installation videos on youtube. This will help you avoid mistakes.

For about more than a year, I have been trying to shift from windows ecosystem to linux ecosystem. I have made three or four attempts but for one reason or the other, I have had to go back to windows. The main issues that forced me to go back to windows included inability to effeciently use the UI, huge issues with multi-monitor setup, inability to properly use the terminal, and so many more.During this period, I have tried a number of linux distros to see which one suits me best. I started with ubuntu 11.10, but I left it because it had serious issues with multi-monitor support that I use alot. I also had issues with playing multimedia content on it which appeared to be very laggy, especially when playing high resolution movies. Then I tried openSuse (KDE), which for some reason was very very slow. Then fedora, the interface of which didn't suit me and I left it because I wasted most of my time in navigation. Then I tried linux mint, lubuntu, xubuntu but couldn't stick to them as well. And finally I tried the openSuse(genome) where I always missed a dock from where I can quickly open my applications.Finally I gave a try to ubuntu 12.04, which gave me a great first impression but somehow I managed to crash it to the point that I got frustrated and returned back to the Windows 7.But this time I gave ubuntu 12.04 another try and now I am more than satisfied with it. I have not repeated the mistakes I made previously and the system is stable and fluent and I am happy with it. The multi-monitor support is awesome (I have ATI video card) and I am very impressed. There is one single little glitch, that I will discuss later, but other than that I am very impressed by how it handles two displays.Under this topic I will try to describe the difficulties I am having while using the ubuntu 12.04, based on my background in windows operating systems and hopefully, I may help other people to decide whether transition to linux is good for them or not.

So I got this on right........ nice! Upone first impression, the dual attachment disk looked to be a relatively common thing, but I am afraid I wasn't able to find any info on it. Do such disks exist (can you provide a reference??). All I could find was NAS (Network Attached Storage) system, where a proper setup is made for a hard-disk to be attached to the network. Thus it can be used by all the computers on the network simultaneously. That was really helpful, and at least now I have a general idea of what clustering system is. A special thanks for this one. What was amusing to read was that only few people are able to master it. This must be a really hard concept to understand, I guess........ I think I should save the clustering stuff for some other time because first I need to get my hands on the basic concepts of how server works. I agree!. Virtual machines are a really great feature for learners and those who conduct experiments. It saves a huge amount of time and resources.