Open Source Software Alternative for PROJECT MANAGEMENT

As for the system analysis and design project documentation plays a vital role. So use of different available tools makes our task easy and helps us in error detection as well. My teacher suggested me yo use MS Project which is a project management software for Windows Operating System, but being an open source promoter I Google some  project management software alternatives for Linux based operating systems and came with some use full results: 

FOSS lovers out there choose any one you find easy to learn .

GanttProject Open Source by Dmitry Barashev, Alexandre Thomas
| Mac, Windows, Linux

GanttProject is a cross-platform desktop tool for project scheduling and management. It runs on Windows, Linux and MacOSX, it is free and its code is opensource.

http://www.ganttproject.biz/

ProjectLibre Open Source 
| Mac, Windows, Linux

ProjectLibre is a Java-based project management solution that gives Microsoft Project a run for its money. Offering a UI similar enough to ease the transition from Microsoft's market leader.

http://www.projectlibre.org/

GNOME Planner Open Source by Richard Hult and Mikael Hallendal,
| Windows, Linux

Planner is the GNOME project management tool. Its goal is to be an easy-to-use no-nonsense cross-platform project management application.

http://live.gnome.org/Planner/

Calligra Plan Open Source by Calligra Suite 
| Linux

Calligra Plan (formerly KPlato) is a project management application. It is intended for managing moderately large projects with multiple resources.

http://www.calligra.org/plan/

2-Plan Free
| Mac, Windows, Linux

2-plan Project Management Systems offers three PM tools: a free desktop system, an open-source software for multiple projects and teams, and a scrum board.

http://2-plan.com/
 
Reference:

1. http://alternativeto.net/
2. http://askubuntu.com/
3. https://www.google.com

Software Freedom Day Eve Celebration by KUOSC

Software Freedom Day is everywhere!SFD is a yearly celebration for Software Freedom! Every year there are thousands teams organizing Software Freedom Day in different countries and cities.Software Freedom Day is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business -- in short, everywhere!

Kathmandu University Open Source Community is a part of Kathmandu University Computer Club which is fully dedicated in promoting Opens Source Software as well as hardware and spreading knowledge about it in the community. SFD EVE was celebrated within the premise of Kathmandu University (in front of Kathmandu University Central Library) .
Following were the attractions of SFD EVE:

1. POSTER PRESENTATION
2. FOSS KA KURA( FOSS DISCUSSION )
3. LIGHTING OF CANDLE

 For me the attraction part was these  poster presentation:

These Pictures speaks one common language i.e. open source and in above picture it is mentioned that we do not hate Windows.But in Nepal, we come to hear that one of the MSP(Microsoft Student Partner) was out from his post for giving a presentation on Open Source on Software Freedom Day.

Trash in Linux

When deleting a file a .Trash-1000 folder is created which contains two subfolders files and info.

My deleted file as well as folder is saved all inside the subfolder files.

If I Select Trash and Right click + Properties I cannot see the location of trash, just the details of files it contains.

If all my deleted files are saved in a hidden folder in same directory, what is Trash? Is it just a virtual folder which seems to exist but really doesn't?

With my observation I can say that Trash is collection of such deleted files and they remain always inside the same directory   it was deleted. In order to remove them you should permanently delete the i.e. Shift + Del + Enter . This will only permanently delete the file. Temporarily deleting a file means hiding it with .filename. 

Flareget Video Downloading solution for Chromium Browser

There are many extensions for in Firefox to download videos, but I was stuck so long in Chromuim Web Browser while I needed to download videos. So with my some internet surfing Flareget is my best alternative for video downloading. Let's say it is the alternative software of IDM in Ubuntu in the sense of speed. Flareget provides high speed for video downloading.

Follow the following steps: 

1)  Go to the link and select the download dile for debian package 

http://flareget.com/download 

or

In Terminal type   sudo wget -c"www.flareget.com/files/flareget/debs/amd64/flareget_2.4-27_amd64(stable)_deb.tar.gz

 This downloads  .deb file for installing Flareget. 

2) Double click the downloaded file and you will get forwarded to the Software centre and you will need to install from there. It won't take time to install because it is already downloaded .

How to Troubleshoot ap-hotspot

Fig: ap-hotspot error

Figure describes the error faced while accessing the ap-hotspot. the red color marked "Another process is already running"  is the error.

Solution: 

sudo rm /tmp/hotspot.pid

This deletes the process id that is causing the error display.
In order to see which process is running 

 ps -ef | grep ap-hotspot 

It is necessary to keep in mind that whenever you update your system or install the new operating system this updates the version  ap-hotspot  package as well so you should mark hold the hotspot package  i.e.

                    sudo apt-mark hold hostapd

FACEBOOK Photo Album Download

I don't use Facebook anymore. Its not about the privacy issue but I won't be using it any more. But there are my 50 photo albums that are very precious to me. In order to download it one image after another it takes months. After a few research I found this Firefox Add-on facepaste which fulfills my objective.

If you want to download all the photos of your facebook photo album at a single click then,   you have this Firefox addon "facepaste" developed by  Delan Azabani. This add on is free to download. Once you install this addon you can easily download all your album in a single click. You can also download multiple album at once.

After the installation:

#1 Right Click + Download Facebook Album(s)

Then you can see the screen similar as below

facepaste User Interface

Enjoy facepaste.

But things like Add-on and extention don't necessarily exist in the browser in case facepaste doesnot exist any more please Search " Facebook Album Download " in firefox add-on search bar.

Also there exists an Application of Chrome Browser titled " Facebook Photo & Album Manager" This is more user friendly than facepaste. Choose whichever you like.
Thank You!!!

Linux Terminal Commands.pdf

This is a documentation of Terminal Commands that I have used in my terminal for making my task easy. All the Commands are useful and performs basic operations. Since it is a collection of my case study and research I did  in internet to solve my problems,you are all linux enthusiast are free to contribute in this documentation.
Download LINUX TERMINAL COMMANDS here

ENABLE HOTSPOT IN UBUNTU

I tried a lot to enable hotspot through the GUI of Network Manager but it never happened. It created a hotspot but always the created hotspot didn't even appear in my android phone. Sometimes it is a problem in Ubuntu14.04. Same user interface worked for enabling hotspot in 13.10.Here are the steps that will guide you to enable hotspot and connect with other devices.You need to add a repository online, so make sure that you are using internet 

tech@jhola:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 Update the whole list of repositories 

tech@jhola:~$sudo apt-get update                                        Adding the repository  adds ap-hotspot to the list, Now install ap-hotspot

tech@jhola:~$sudo apt-get install ap-hotspot                         ap-hotspot is now installed. Better open,configure  and start the hotspot service

tech@jhola:~$sudo ap-hotspot
tech@jhola:~$sudo ap-hotspot configure
tech@jhola:~$ sudo ap-hotspot start

After HOTSPOT is created

In case you want to see the devices that are connected to your hotspot use this command

tech@jhola:~$ arp -a

I tried it in 14.04, give it a try in other distributions, hope it works. Enjoy the Linux Tips.Keep sharing with us , at the end idea of Linux is all about sharing and learning.