Jackson Isaac Bug Fixing, Foss, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials

Contributing to Mozilla: Building Firefox


All the coders out there, it's for some bug fixing. So let's take up Mozilla Organization and try to fix some bugs in Firefox Browser. Wouldn't it be awesome if we could contribute to our favorite browser and next time when we use it, we can be proud to say that this particular feature or … Continue reading Contributing to Mozilla: Building Firefox

Jackson Isaac Foss, Open Source, Tutorials

using line_profiler with python


This post will help you to use line_profiler for python (2.5.x) as well as python3 (python 3.x) line_profiler will help you to profile the time taken to execute each individual lines of code. The profiler is implemented in C via Cython, an optimizing static compiler for Python programming language as well as Cython programming language … Continue reading using line_profiler with python

Jackson Isaac Foss, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials

Partition Resizing: Linux


Hey bloggers and readers 🙂 This post will help you to extend your Partition on a Linux System. (Thanks to koxbox) Here I will be demonstrating how to extend / parition by shrinking the /home partition and using some of it's space (WARNING: You may lose files if not CAREFUL!) --- HINT: Backup everything before … Continue reading Partition Resizing: Linux

Jackson Isaac Programming, TopCoder, Tutorials

Getting Started With TopCoder.


TopCoder is a portal for coders/programmers preparing for competitions like ACM ICPC,etc. TopCoder Registration. After registering you need to download the TopCoder applet. TopCoder Applet. Click on TCHS logo to download the applet. And select Run/Install. After Download is complete, open the 'ContestAppletProd.jnlp' file from the Download location. Now you will see the TopCoder portal, … Continue reading Getting Started With TopCoder.