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by Muhammad Saad
Mon May 20, 2013 10:57 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Pak Linux 1 Jinnah
Replies: 0
Views: 11060

Pak Linux 1 Jinnah

بسم اللہ الرحمٰن الرحیم Pak Linux is a GNU/Linux distribution that we have been working on for quite some time. We have just announced the first stable release of Pak Linux this Friday, codenamed Jinnah. The user interface is in Urdu language. We have released GNOME and Xfce editions and now we are ...
by Muhammad Saad
Mon May 20, 2013 10:57 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Pak Linux 1 Jinnah
Replies: 1
Views: 17795

Pak Linux 1 Jinnah

بسم اللہ الرحمٰن الرحیم Pak Linux is a GNU/Linux distribution that we have been working on for quite some time. We have just announced the first stable release of Pak Linux this Friday, codenamed Jinnah. The user interface is in Urdu language. We have released GNOME and Xfce editions and now we are ...
by Muhammad Saad
Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:05 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How many people here know about Taj Nastaleeq?
Replies: 1
Views: 7381

How many people here know about Taj Nastaleeq?

Taj Nastaleeq is the first ligature based free and open source Nastaleeq font for the Urdu script (The terms "ligature based" and "character based" are mostly used to indicate the dominant technique in the font. For example, Nafees Nastaleeq is referred to as "character base...
by Muhammad Saad
Sun Feb 21, 2010 11:03 pm
Forum: Security
Topic: Securing USB Devices
Replies: 10
Views: 17621

I wish there was an application that would destroy all the data on the USB flash drive if the user failed to provide the correct password (after 3 tries). How much fun would that have been! :twisted:
(Warning! Don't take this post seriously. :P )
by Muhammad Saad
Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:44 pm
Forum: Installation
Topic: Ubuntu 9.10 WorldCall evdo
Replies: 12
Views: 21329

Do you always get read error even when using different USB ports?
by Muhammad Saad
Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:36 pm
Forum: Installation
Topic: Partition Method in Linux ?
Replies: 2
Views: 9039

I think the partitioning scheme that lambda proposed is better. Using more than these three partitions is not necessary.
by Muhammad Saad
Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:27 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Where I can find Ubuntu with Urdu version?
Replies: 5
Views: 18652

I have noticed that the character encoding used on the forum pages has been changed to iso-8859-1 from utf8 which makes Urdu text look like some alien language. Please fix that.
by Muhammad Saad
Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Where I can find Ubuntu with Urdu version?
Replies: 5
Views: 18652

Urdu versions of Slax and Ubuntu

There have been Urdu versions of Slax and Ubuntu. Here they are: Urdu Slax (2nd version): http://makki.urducoder.com/?p=541 Urdu Ubuntu: http://makki.urducoder.com/?p=570 The interesting part is that more than 90 percent of the work (including translation as well as other work) has been done by a si...
by Muhammad Saad
Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Codec Error:Use windows media player?
Replies: 12
Views: 19689

Re: Codec Error:Use windows media player?

So any suggestion how I should have written this sentence to make it "confusion-free"? :roll:
Muhammad Saad wrote:Start promoting the use of free and open file formats.
by Muhammad Saad
Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:05 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Codec Error:Use windows media player?
Replies: 12
Views: 19689

Thanks for the information.

Although I do suspect that I already knew most of it. But I won't argue with you. :lol:

(Just kidding. Please don't get mad. :) )
by Muhammad Saad
Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Codec Error:Use windows media player?
Replies: 12
Views: 19689

tell me, which of the following are free and open file formats: avi, mov, ogg. It seems like you want to tell me something I do not know. If this is the case then please tell me clearly. However, if you only want me to choose one of the options then I choose OGG on the basis of what I have learnt s...
by Muhammad Saad
Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:22 am
Forum: General
Topic: Codec Error:Use windows media player?
Replies: 12
Views: 19689

lambda wrote:file format != codec.
So I cannot use the word "file format" when the file is audio or video? :?
by Muhammad Saad
Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:06 am
Forum: General
Topic: Codec Error:Use windows media player?
Replies: 12
Views: 19689

Re: Codec Error:Use windows media player?

faruqkhan wrote:Now tell me wht to do.....?
Start promoting the use of free and open file formats. :lol:
by Muhammad Saad
Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:53 am
Forum: Installation
Topic: Installing Adobe Suite on Linux
Replies: 1
Views: 4767

Waalaikum-us-Salam, First of all, I need to point out that you should not use so many abusive words. I know that you have had lots of problems with Windows but this is not the right way. I can suggest a few applications that I know well enough. GIMP as a photoshop alternative. InkScape for Vector Gr...
by Muhammad Saad
Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:47 am
Forum: Administration
Topic: 4GB memory issue with 32bit linux
Replies: 7
Views: 11157

Re: how to check processor 32 bit or 64 bit

its better to verify you hardware and OS is it 64 bit or 32 bit FYI http://serversguy.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-check-if-your-process-is-64-bit.html Assalam-o-Alaikum, I read this post and am curious about what "lm" means; in order to understand why it is specific to 64 bit hardware. Ca...