And i doubt if Google would be folding their arms doing nothing within the next five years
Really some names have just become synonymous with some services. For example mail == yahoo. Virtually everyone knows yahoo. even those in Nigeria who aren't internet savvy all they know is i want to check my mail. I doubt if the know other mail providers.
Search == Google. Students and virtually all who search start first at Google. Its become entrenched into browsers. Google has stationed itself well and gained monopoly over the search market. It will take more than fancy magazine style search to overtake Google.
Google has some philosophies that drive its success. Like giving their staff a day or two off to research into whatever they desire. No wonder Google is appearing in every area of ict. Now am from the open source world and if there's any organization that's been funding and making researches and improving open source applications, Its been Google.
Google even accepts interns and allocate projects to them to work on. And thats why Google is improving on a daily basis.
Finally, Google's got the cash and can simply frustrate any opposition out of the market. See what happened between it and Microsoft. There was a time Microsoft was about to announce it had indexed maybe 4 billion (I can't remember the figure), Google came out and announced it had indexed twice that. Microsoft publicity stunt was called off. And with the recent romance between Google and Yahoo search and the stabbing int the back to Microsoft by Yahoo , i really doubt if Cuil will be able to live up to its bluff.

@Bigbrovar
You want me to be jealous abi with my Gnome abi . But men that looks sweet.

@Pipmaster
Now i understand your case. Go into windows ->Control panel->Modem options and check if your modem uses extra initialization codes. Then copy and paste that code here and i'll tell you what next. By the way where do you stay?

The cuil claims it has the largest index. But to my surprise, i searched for something and it said no result and yet google gave me results

O fissayo come over to the ubuntu side
okay about the starcomms modem that worked, most of them have extra initialization commands so you'll just have to add it to your wvdial.conf . The modem bigbrovar is talking about is the evdo card.

Yippe i don become guru too
seriously speaking its as if Uba has started gaining some momentum and my Japaul oil is just looking like head of goat. But i still believe that the dry bones MUST rise again. IAINSURE- what's their story ? Its tempting to get in but i feel that stock has some issues. what do you think of it ?

Does anyone offer safe means of purchasing goods from the US and deliver to me in Nigeria.
Since there are now fraudulent characters on Nairaland, does anyone know and used any of the services.
Thanks

uspry1:

Nope! I did not forget about RedHat Linux. I talk about 10 TOP LINUX that is hottest (hotcake) all over the world where most people download all the time. I stick with the linux distro watch site all the time.

If I put 25 TOP LINUX, i am sure RedHat Linux will be there listed.

Thats a good one. Anyway redhat isn't that bad its just tailored towards industrial use and that why it controls a large share of the server market. My first linux distro was Redhat 9. Remember the days. Awful. Not because it was bad but because it wasn't really user friendly. Then came Ubuntu (God bless fissayo and skima where ever they are). Ubuntu full launched me into the linux world, giving me a balance between power and user friendliness. Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Dapper Drake can't forget it.

PS: To get a complete list of Oses, wikipedia has some great stuff there.

Of course

I heard first aluminum is on technical suspension for their Public offer. And the stock might be bearish for the short term. The current price on the market is 5 naira and the po price is 2naira. Gurus do you think the price would fall below that 2naira after the offer? If yes, then its better i buy after the offer. Am i right ?

Hmm i'd be at your place tomorrow. Okay ? We in yarn wella

How much does it cost for post paid and is this service also available for pre paid customers ?

@pipmaster please copy your wvdial.conf file and upload it here.

Hey man don't sweat it. I was once a noob and so was bigbrovar. Now what phone are you using because that would help me identify where the problem really lies.
@bigbrovar i wonder why pip's phone is mapped to /dev/ttyUSB0 .Its a bit weird.

I heard of a celtel data plan for 5k per month. Has anyone tried it before ?

@pipmaster the reason why it disconnected is because of your dialing no its supposed to be *99***1#

uspry1:

@adewaleafolabi

Do you mean http://ubuntunigeria., Ubuntu Nigeria blog? No thank for joining the blog.

What is ludo.exe? Give me the name of application for Wine apps that i can google it.

No ludo.exe was just an example,it could be anything.exe,i just used it as an illustration.

Linux is far more than the lovely GUI,the command line is the backbone, most problems are easily solved from there.

pipmaster:

@Adewaleafolabi
The terminal method ended with permission restricted when it was to give the configuration for the modem. It located the modem quite alright.

Do You think my installing Ubuntu as an application on Windows have anything to do with this?

First of all,am sorry that this is coming late (am no longer connected to the internet). If you're getting a permission denied error, try addind a sudo before the command. And all should work perfectly.

@Upsry1
The authors of ubuntu Nigeria would look into that complain as soon as possible.

@Bigbrovar
wvdialconf has detected his modem i guess the problem was that he didn't put a sudo before the command. So it couldn't write to the .conf file
Anyway how you doing i called you yesterday and you didn't pickup. Anyway take care

pipmaster:

Thanks Adewaleafolabi & Uspry!

I must confess that I am completely new to the world of Linux. I am switching to Linux because of the education I have got on this thread. I installed Ubuntu as an application on Windows in order to get used to it.
I will appreciate if I will able to get a "hand in hand" guide on how to get the mobi-kit modem to work on Ubuntu

@Adewaleafolabi I have seen the blog, downloaded the kppp application but it refused to install on Ubuntu.

Where did you download kpp from ? was it from http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/i386/kppp/download
See the easiest way of installing anything in ubuntu is installing deb packages. Its equivalent to exe on windows. What was the error ?
Try using the first approach the terminal way its quite simple for the mean time.

@Uspry
The link you gave was refering to Linmodems which are not really in use in Nigeria any longer. Most people use Usb modems, CDMA modems and PCMIA so using scan modem really isn't neccessary since wvdial can detect these class of modem with ease.

Hmmm let me guess you're most likely using Reltel, Starcomms, Glo, Mtn or Celtel. Okay when asking questions try giving more details. I also use dialup. There's an article on http://ubuntunigeria./2007/09/10/dial-up-internet-on-linux/ covering Dialup connection on ubuntu.

@Uspry1
You're doing a wonderful job here.

Also some of your apps might not appear on the list and yet still work with wine. Then you can post it on the wine Database.
At times it might just be a missing Dll thats preventing you app from working with wine. So incase your app doesn't work just drag it to the Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) ,put 'wine' before it and see the error message
eg wine /home/wale/ludo.exe
The error messsage gives you a clue on what to do. Just google it out.

@U1
Why not simply transfer money to olayinmol so that he would help you buy the pin and send it via email to you so you'll register on time. Tough times don't last but tough people do.

I would like to buy the product below

Dell Latitude D505 Battery

Battery Type 6Y270

Capacity 32WH

How much would it cost?

Thanks

Just coming from zenith bank. Same story its no longer available

U1 don't give up yet, i'd go to the zenith bank around my area and find out if its still being sold.

Why not post here the amazing price

okonsbaba:

I read on one of the dailies 2day(BUSINESS DAY) that University of Ibadan ain't going to conduct a written aptitude test/Post UME this year, that it's going to be an oral aptitude test. So my dear goodluck as u see your self at the UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN.

Men i tire o, UI has [size=16pt]NEVER[/size] conducted a WRITTEN APTITUDE TEST, it has always been oral, that's why its called INTERACTIVE SESSION.

@fatimar 5
See you in MBBS next seesion.

Okay, i was watching Channels Tv some minutes ago before Power Holders decided to seize the electricity. The movie started with a female doctor working and later got into her car and while making a phone call had an accident.

Afterwards, a man looking for an apartment gets her place and moves into it and then she suddenly appears to him telling him to leave her house at once.
She fails to realize that she's dead and the guy begins to think he's crazy. Eventually, he had to help her find who she was and in their search, they arrived at the hospital where her body lies in a comma. But only this guy could see her.

Now i'd like to know the name of this movie. Thanks

@fatimar5
Hi, longest time. You're feeling better now. By the way am in Economics what's your deptartment ?

For those yet to get their pins its available at the Zenith BAnk at Obanikoro Ilupeju.

Hey uspry i never said i was going to try what you said, i think you misinterpreted my post. I only said i was going to download and use firefox3. Then post whether it was slow or not. I didn't say i was going to try your tweak

@Delta007 like how much would it cost to ship via ups or fedex ?

@hunter download gparted live cd.

@uspry are you saying that firefox 3 is slow with dialup on ubuntu ? I use ubuntu and haven't tried firefox 3 but i'd download it and post my report soon. However the new antispam engine might be a culprit. Just a feeling

I'd like to know how much it costs to ship a package weighing approximately 6.0lbs from the USA to Lagos Nigeria. I'd like a cheap and efficient one.