Category: Making things work

Raspberry Pi a headless quick start guide, (raspbian/howto/tutorial/installation)
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Raspberry Pi a headless quick start guide, (raspbian/howto/tutorial/installation)

Saad Faruque1 Comment

  This tutorial will provide you with a step by step process for installing and communicating with your raspberry pi headless (without any monitor, keyboard or mouse connected with your raspberry pi). Though Raspberry Pi comes with a graphics display port and multiple USB ports which can be used to connect keyboard and monitor, I… Continue reading Raspberry Pi a headless quick start guide, (raspbian/howto/tutorial/installation)

android · Linux · Making things work · Open Source

Downgrading from lolipop to kitkat 4.4.4 on nexus 7 2012 model (nakasi)

Saad Faruque32 Comments

This tutorial was prepared on a Nexus 7 2012 (wifi) device, this also might work with other nexus devices as well. I bought my nexus 7 on late 2012, which used to work fine until it updated to Andriod lolipop. This slowed down the device to almost unusable. resetting to the factory default or cleaning out the… Continue reading Downgrading from lolipop to kitkat 4.4.4 on nexus 7 2012 model (nakasi)

Linux · Making things work · Open Source · Technology

How to work with tools like adb and fastboot on your android device (installations of Drivers and tools

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What are ADB and Fastboot? Both of these tools allow you to send terminal commands to your phone from your computer via USB. They are with different functions, but when you are using them, you probably want to install them together. Android Debug Bridge (ADB): ADB allows you to send an array of commands to… Continue reading How to work with tools like adb and fastboot on your android device (installations of Drivers and tools

education · Internet · Making things work · Open Source

Internet content filtering and bandwidth management for Schools

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Use of Internet in a school/educational institution History Early internet was developed from an ARPANet, later on adapted by some of the leading universities in USA and eventually became the Internet as we know it today. Since the mid-1990s, the Internet has had a revolutionary impact on culture and commerce, including the rise of near-instant… Continue reading Internet content filtering and bandwidth management for Schools

education · Making things work

Moodle –new features and Changes Between version 2.4 to 2.5 (Major features)

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Moodle 2.5 is out for a while, initially released on 14th May 2013. Eventually with 2 minor releases, new Moodle has fixed of many of known issues. In my line of work many users asks me if they should upgrade to Moodle 2.5 or continue on with 2.4. or older. Moodle 2.6 release is going… Continue reading Moodle –new features and Changes Between version 2.4 to 2.5 (Major features)

education · Making things work · security

Backup systems and Data security for schools and educational institutions

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Why backup is critical In 21st century all organization are having a technology infrastructure, some hosting locally some in the cloud. A school/educational institution is no different. In a school we store all our data electronically. We have electronic student records, results, student works, curriculum data, administrative data, emails, various configurations, systems data and much… Continue reading Backup systems and Data security for schools and educational institutions

education · Making things work · Open Source

Multimedia Server/digital asset management for Schools

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Schools multimedia management requirement: Today’s school depends on multimedia content for their learning delivery. Multimedia content are pictures, movies, music, podcasts, presentations, interactive tutorials etc. Schools collect multimedia content from various internet sources. Teachers also create a lot of  content by themselves. As education systems start relying on more multimedia content, the size and number… Continue reading Multimedia Server/digital asset management for Schools

education · Linux · Open Source

File sharing, Document management and collaboration with Alfresco

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Document collaboration: Document and file collaboration is a process which should allow multiple people work together on a single document or file and produce a final document. For example if you plan to develop an IT policy for your institution, and you assign a 5 member team to develop it and come up with an… Continue reading File sharing, Document management and collaboration with Alfresco

Linux · Making things work

WeBWorK with Moodle

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What is WeBWorK ? WeBWorK is an open-source web based homework system for math and sciences courses. WeBWorK is supported by the MAA (Mathematical association of America) and the NSA (National Science Foundation) and comes with a NPL (National Problem Library) of over 20,000 homework problems. Webwork can be used for college algebra, discrete mathematics,… Continue reading WeBWorK with Moodle

Integration · Linux · Making things work

Running pdnsd with split dns, bind and windows dns for your internal network

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As a follow up to my last post on installing and configuring a sample pdnsd setup for cache only dns server, I wanted to share the context I made my setup in. In our scenario we have a windows AD environment supporting all windows workstations and domain authentication. We also have a bind dns server… Continue reading Running pdnsd with split dns, bind and windows dns for your internal network