[How To] Install Tata Photon+ mobile broadband in Ubuntu 13.04

In my previous post I explained how to install and run Airtel mobile broadband USB datacards. In this one, I will explain how to install Tata Photon+ datacards. 1. For Tata Photon+, you can download the zip file from Tata_Photon+_drivers  or, you can copy the contents of the Linux folder from the USB modem into your local folder.

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[How To] Install Airtel mobile broadband datacard in Ubuntu 13.04

Recently I had the opportunity to install and test two of India’s most widely used Mobile broadband providers’ USB datacards on Ubuntu 13.04. The following steps will help anyone trying to install Airtel datacard software & drivers on Ubuntu 13.04. 1 . On insertion of the Airtel data card,  autorun  will pop up asking to run

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Photoshop versus GIMP

The title may make you think so, but this is not one of those ridiculous articles where the author claims GIMP is better than Photoshop even on technical grounds. No, let me make it straight from the intro: from a technical point of view there are areas where Photoshop is much better than GIMP (speed, color depth,

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[How To] Fix broken display after installing NVidia beta driver 319.17 (Optimus Cards)

If you have a broken display , rather a 640×480 display with no unity panels, you are one of the many who tried to install the new Nvidia beta driver which promised initial Optimus graphics card support for Linux. In reality, the Nvidia beta driver 319.17 does not support the current Xorg nor the current Ubuntu kernel

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Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.04 available for download

Getting Started with Ubuntu series now has its easy-to-use beginner’s guide available for Ubuntu 13.04 release. Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.04 is a comprehensive beginner’s guide designed for the Ubuntu operating system. It is written under an open-source license and is free for you to download, read, modify, and share. This manual will help you

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