Jargons/Acronyms/Abbreviations/Lingo used in net/chat forums mailing lists etc..

  IMO, Sure you have been in a occasion when your friend or some one use a new slang/jargon and you been in no idea about what he/she is speaking...(LOL) aren't you..?  Here are some Lingo for being a better netizen.. :-P :) :D.  Wanna better netizen..? DIY..

DIY - Do It Yourself
HTH - Hope This Help(s)
IIRC - If I Recall/Recollect Correctly
IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
LOL - Laughing Out Loud or Laugh Out Loud
OMG - Oh My God
OP - Original Poster?
OT - Off Topic
OTOH - On The Other Hand
PFA - Please Find Attached
PS - Post Script
PFA - Please Find Attach(ed)ment
ROFL - Rolling On the Floor Laughing

Note: This is not complete  set of all Lingo used in Internet.. there are hundreds.  So, this page is always in Beta version not complete.  Will update (patch/fix) as i stumbled into a new one..  But, sure not often ;-)

  HTH :)

Facebook's New Voice message feature to android phones... :)

Feel boring of typing in Facebook chat..? Feel difficult to type with your Android smartphone in Facebook?  Here comes the solution... :).  Yes now you can speak and send the information in chat as voice message...

Just few days back Facebook added voice message.  What you need to do..?

1.  Update your android mobile's facebook application.
2.  Go to chat/message in your facebook app.
3.  Click on the "+" symbol, then select the mic symbol
4.  Hold the record button, while you speaking your message then release it.  Done..

Now you can see a small GUI with Play symbol and time line.  Thats it.. your voice message is sent..

how to view all the uninstalled packages in a debian based linux?

dpkg - > is a debian package manager command
dpkg -l - > will list all the packages with their status installed/deinstalled/removed/half-installed etc

The first 2(actually 3) letters of the output of " dpkg -l " command are significant to us, because it tells the current state of the package.  if it is
ii  - installed
rc - removed but configuration files are kept
So, " $dpkg -l | grep ^rc "
will display all the package that are removed but configuration files are still kept.

Note: if you purged configuration files of a package during removal using
"apt-get remove --purge < package_name >" then those packages will not be displayed.

For more information about dpkg :
i) man dpkg
ii) dpkg -l - > Read the first 4 lines ;-)
iii) Read this http://linuxprograms.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/status-dpkg-list/

How to install a specific version of a debian package?

Some times the debian package version which is installed in your linux box (say foo-package-x.y.xy ) is different from what version you really want(say foo-package-y.x.yx).  Assume that both the versions are available in the repository.  So, how we install the exact version we needed..? Here comes the solution, from terminal issue the following command,

$sudo apt-get install foo-package=y.x.yx
Replace the foo-package with your packagename, y.x.yx with the version (name)number you need.  Now, the package with the given version will be installed.

If you want to see all the available versions of particular debian package in the repository.. do the following,
$sudo apt-get update 
The above command updates the package index of your machine with the repository.
$sudo apt-cache show <package-name>
The above command shows the details of package, where we find version details also.

Want to install linux debian packages without internet connection..? check this out

How to install/configure skype in debian based linux?

skype:

 is a VoIP based software application which is mainly used for peer to peer phone/video call, instant messaging over internet connection in free of cost^*.  To use this one should have a valid user account with skype.  Now, skype have features like file transfer,  video conferencing also.

free of cost^*  - Only between skype accounts,  yes you can call/sms any landline/mobile phone... but with applicable call charges :(.

1. Download the latest linux version of skype from here.  Select your exact distribution like debian, Opensuse, ubuntu etc..

2. Install the downloaded package using your package manager.  I am using BOSS GNU/Linux 4.0 and it is a debian based one.  So, the following steps regarding installation is applicable to only to the debian based linux  distributions like ubuntu, BOSS GNU/Linux, linuxmint, knoppix etc.

GUI way:
Right click the downloaded skype-xy-z.deb package -> Open with gdebi package installer -> Install

Command line way:
$dpkg -i fullpath-to-downloaded-directory/skype-xy-z.deb

Once installed, as per your distribution's application classification skype menu will be placed either below internet or sound & video.  In BOSS GNU/Linux it will be placed under Internet.

3. If you have skype user account already then just use it.  If not create your user account by "Do not have user account.? create " link from the Skype GUI application.

GUI -> Graphical User Interface
BOSS -> Bharat Operating system solutions
GNU -> GNU's Not Unix
VoIP - Voice over IP(Internet Protocal)