Index of My Writings

• Kerberos: The watchdog of the Ether explains the protocol behind the Kerberos authentication protocol. It does not cover the API but just how Kerberos operates. It was published in the September 2000 issue (#82) of Linux Gazette.
• My Tryst with Freedom is an essay explaining why I shifted from using proprietary software to Free Software. It started out as I set out to explain to myself why free software is The Right Thing but became Yet Another Advocacy Rant for free software. And I am proud of it.
• Howto Do things in Linux is a HowTo I am writing for Linux newbie. This howto aims to help users to get acquainted with the tools available on Linux. Instead of giving a list of programs you can run, this howto focuses on tasks that you can do and how to get them done in Linux. The Howto is looking for help from others because there are parts of Linux to which I am a newbie myself. Some of the chapters from this HOWTO has been published in March 2003, Issue 88 of Linux Gazette.
• A case for using Free Software in e-governance in India is a paper which makes shows why India should use Free Software in e-governance. Most of the organization use Micro Soft's software. I want to show options other than proprietary are available if we are willing to look. (pdf)
• Exporting your Evolution addressbook shows how you can export your addressbook in Evolution to a comma seperated value (csv).
• Lovers of the Heart came to me as a chain letter. The the chain letter claimed to have began in 1887 and and was love chain letter The chain letter thing was foolish enough but the letter was really sweet. I liked it and here it is for everyone to read. If you like it do not create a chain letter out of it. Read it out to someone you like. :-). My comments are in italics have also taken some artistic license and deleted and modified parts I did not like.