Abhishek Rawal

What is WordPress used for?

I have no to little knowledge about wordpress. I have written 10-15 tutorials & projects in paper & now I am all set to create blog...

Magnetic Door Locks. How Does It Work ?

I would like to know the construction & working(in detail) of magnetic door locks. Few questions : - The magnets in locks are temperory magnets or...

GooglePlayDownloader : An App To Download APK From PlayStore

You heard it right. #-Link-Snipped-# developed by few awesome devs which will let you download any app's apk directly on PC. Source : #-Link-Snipped-# Go compile...

Any way to opt out of CE activity e-mails ?

As much I enjoy CE, I hate the fact that it drops me an e-mail upon my each activity.Yeah, I could put CE alias in spam,...

Jio 4G Internet access is dropping during on-going call ?

Hello CEans, Have you ever noticed that if you're accessing internet on LTE and if there is any incoming call, the internet connection is interrupted ?...

LinuxAcademy : Worth spending 20$ per month ?

Today, on searching the paid online trainings/certifications for Docker & Kubernetes, I found this awesome website named linuxacademy. Surely, from interface perspective, it looks...

Why only Jio provides VoLTE ?

Has anyone ever thought, why Jio is the only operator capable of providing VoLTE but the other operators are unable to provide VoLTE ?

Is It Illegal To Use Spotify In India ?

Spotify is not available in India. However, somehow I tried Spotify client on my Linux desktop and it's now working fine. Funny thing is I am...

Any OpenSource RDBMS That Supports 'Partitioning' & 'Transactions' ??

I am looking for an opensource RDBMS alternative of OracleDB that supports Partitioning & Transactions. If there's any, kindly suggest one.

New Look For Github Repo Has Been Introduced.

Quoting from official blog : Repositories on GitHub are about to get a brand new look. The new design improves navigation and simplifies page layout, all...

Steam Is Now Priced In INR, And It's Not Mere USD To INR Conversion.

A week ago, All Indian steam users received the mail regarding pricing in INR. Ofcourse we were excited, because it is not mere USD to INR...

How To Setup Blog/OwnCloud/ChatServer/MailClient At Extremely Cheap Cost.

What you need : - Raspberry Pi / Raspberry Pi 2 / Cubieboard2 / Cubietruck - Sdcard to install ArkOS in it. - Another desktop/Laptop to...

How To Port Forward My RPi IP ?

I have purchased domain, and changed nameservers to namecheap free ddns. 'Till now everything is cool, I have configured ddclient to automate the task of dynamic...

Anyone Willing To Help ?

I have successfully setup ArkOS on RaspberryPi and I am looking to purchase domain name. I found some awesome deals from namecheap.com but unfortunately my bank...

How Can Adding Trackers Rejuvenate a Torrent?

So there was one torrent which has just 1 seeders and 1 leechers, and the download speed was pathetic! 2 Kbps ? 7 kbps ? So,...

Sublime Text 3 For AVR Development

Been working on hobby AVR project since couple of days, I was looking for a nice plugin for Atom or Sublime Text 3, and after lurking...

Upgrading RAM. Query Regarding CAS Latency.

I am planning to upgrade soDIMM Laptop DDR3 RAM. AFAIK, lesser the CAS latency, better the Response. But why CAS latency are mentioned as 6-7-8-9-10-11, 10-10-10-11,...

Laptop Skins Damages The Original Body Of Laptop ?

I am planning to purchase a cool laptop skin/decal. I would like to know from anyone who have ever used it before, that whether using it...

How Long Does It Take For Your System To Boot?

After few days of tweaking, I have finally managed to lower the boot time of my system to ~14s from ~26s. I know 14s is still...

Why Flipkart Is Forcing To Use App ?

I couldn't understand, why Flipkart is trying to force their users to use Mobile App only for purchase. What are the reasons ? Flipkart should understand...

Finally I Have Ditched Google In Android

I am now using AOSP latest build 5.1.1_r13 LMY48J, with not a single google proprietary bits and some of my personal tweaks. No Play service, No...

Chromium/Chrome Browser Going All Material!

I am currently on Developer branch of Chrome, and I like how things are changing. The little little tweaks and changes making this browser even better....

Best Book (Or Online Tutorial) To Learn Make, C Optimizations, GlibC & GDB In Detail.

As title says, I would like to learn more about it in detail. I am going through man pages and whatever I can grab from internet....

Simplest Way To Know The Size Of Repo Using Git Before Cloning It.

I wanna know size of <a href="https://github.com/Xilinx/gcc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">GitHub - Xilinx/gcc: Upstream gcc + xilinx branches</a> before I sta...

Disable 'Spy Features' From Windows 10

I always have mentioned that, just because an OS has major market share in desktop, it ain't good. It's just million people are stupid as fuck....

Enable DRI3 For AMD Radeon's Xorg Drivers.

On 17th of March, DRI3 support was added to xf86-video-ati. However, to enable DRI3, you have to edit xorg.conf in order to enable it. Commit link...

Your Opinion On PornBan In India.

So, Indian government has subtly (no longer subtle! LOL) banned 857 adult websites, the youths are united (funny, we will only unite for maggi, torrents and...

What Best Song Lyrics You Have Ever Heard?

I know almost everyone of you like to listen songs and music. So, which is your best song lyrics you ever heard ? Please don't link...

KPlasma Mobile OS Prototype

One more opensource mobile OS is in heavy development, Plasma Mobile from KDE team which has delivered us an awesome desktop environment. ​

OpenGL 4.1 Enabled For AMD RadeonSI

Just five hours ago, GL4.1 has been enabled in AMD RadeonSI driver. Compiled latest Mesa-git and yay! I am happy bunny now :3 Source : <a...

Encrypting Ext4 Partitions Without Re-formatting It. How ?

After Google pushed <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/639262/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ext4 encryption patches [LWN.net]</a>, I was kinda excited to imp...

How To Block A Connected Device To Access Internet From Router.

Hello CrazyEngineers, To my network usually 4-6 devices are connected, my mum's device, dad's, mine, my laptop, raspi and desktop. Now, there is neighbour girl who...

My System Is Getting Closer To Skynet

Arnie's T-800 terminator is running on Linux Kernel 4.1.15-1.1381 I hacked Skynet's database and got the source code to lil bit inferior version of Linux Kernel...

Is It Possible To Use More Than One Version Of GCC ?

I have currently enabled testing and multilib testing repo and thus my GCC is updated to 5.1.0 Problem is some of programs can't be compiled with...

Steam Summer Sale Begins

Steam Summer Sale has started today and there will be massive discount on almost all games. Grab 'em all. Hail Gaben. <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/" target="_blank" rel...

Backing Up Entire System & Restoring.

Usually I just tar cvpzf backup.tgz --exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/backup.tgz --exclude=/mnt /then I just copy backup tar in my other drive or external drive. Re-install bare Ar...

BSNL EVDO - Speed / FUP / Plans Etc.

I am currently using BSNL broadband, however the speed is dead slow. I saw EVDO plans and it is surprisingly cheap and faster with no FUP....

Krita's Kickstarter Goes Live!

Quoting Krita's History The origin of Krita can be traced to Matthias Ettrichâ&#128;&#153;s at the #-Link-Snipped-#. Matthias wanted to show the ease with which it was...

Looking For TTF-OFFICE-2007 Fonts.

Funny freaking world we live in. I have to submit my project report which only accepts .docx as per GTU guidelines. Peasants! Okay enough of rage....

How Many Of You Use Workspace/Virtual-Desktops ?

I am big big fan of Workspace/Virtual-desktop feature. Since the day I jumped on Linux ship my major attention was Workspace. It literally saves lot of...

NES ROMs Are Illegal ?

Now a days I am playing NES and Gameboy games in my machine using emulators. It's quite hard to find the ROMs of games without using...

All Steam Games (Past,Present,Future - every game!) Will Be Free For Mesa Developers!

Valve, the company behind Steam is giving out all steam library games to Mesa developers who have 25 or more patches in past 5 years. Valve...

GNOME 3.16 Screenshot Tour

Finally Gnome 3.16 is moved from 'testing' to 'All' in Arch repository. Gnome DE is turning out to be more and more awesome with some major...

How Many Of You Still Edit Xorg.conf Manually ?

I would really like to know, how many people still live with the old habit of manually creating and editing #-Link-Snipped-# Most modern distros don't require...

Need Help From Anyone Who Is Living Outside Of India

As Mega.co.nz is banned in India, I am unable to download these awesome icon sets which is uploaded there. If anyone can help me out please...

Any Steam Gamers Out Here Wanna Join ?

It would be awesome if few (if not all) CEans gather and make group in Steam named "CrazyEngineers" and game together. Is there anyone out here...

Which Was The last Game You 'Legally' Purchased ?

I know we Indians usually don't purchase digital copy of game because of simple logic "Why to pay when torrents are providing us for free?" Still,...

How To Clone Only Single Folder Using GIT ?

Consider the repo directory as : /Main /Parent1 /Child /Child2 /Parent2 /Child /Child2 I only want to clone /Child2 of /Parent2 (i.e /M...

How To Permanently Store GIT Credentials ?

Everytime I push or commit change in github, I have to manually add github username and password. I did configured first time github credentials but I...

Get 2 GB Free Google Drive Storage.

Complete normal security checkup #-Link-Snipped-# and get 2 GB of free Google Drive storage. You'll receive storage around 28th february 2015. Source : #-Link-Snipped-#

Can 'Hibernate' Affect The Battery Life & HDD Life ?

I am not shutting down my laptop since last two days. I am just hibernating it. I have compiled my kernel from sources and added #-Link-Snipped-#...

GIT Cheat-Sheet (Terminal Way)

GIT is an epic distributed version control tool out there, no shit (Linus developed it!) But there are too many commands and memorizing all of 'em...

Ubuntu : Optimized Free Graphics Drivers.

Ubuntu doesn't really deliver post release update of new mesa driver code to its users which is really sad as the Graphics drivers are progressing very...

Is There Any Laptop That Supports (Read 'Functions Well') Coreboot Fully?

I am looking for a laptop in which I am planning to flash Coreboot over UEFI. Never was an admirer of UEFI crap. Coreboot looks awesome....

Sublime Text 3 : Update Check Notorious Pop-up. Help!!

I get this pop-up : I want to disable it, so I added following lines in user pref : But still that update thingy is popping....

BPG Is Out : Outperforms JPEG In Terms Of Quality & Filesize!

BPG abbreviated as Better Portable Graphics is new image format with sole purpose to replace JPEG. Here's the BPG/JPEG Comparison : <a href="https://bellard.org/bpg/lena.html" tar...

New Biomimetic Robots From NUS Researchers Offer Solutions In Ocean Engineering

A team of engineers from the National University of Singapore are working on developing underwater robots that look just like the living creatures and also have...

Small Help Required In Transferring Files.

I am trying to install Raspberry Pi cross-compiler in my machine. Successfully done first part. Yippie!! But still I am unable to compile programs. After research...

Unable To Load X-Server In Raspberry Pi Connected Via SSH. Help ?

I am getting following output when i try loading X server on my system connected via SSH. Help me iterate this problem. Work's pending. Thanks.

Amazon Giving 40 Paid Apps For Free.

On this day of Christmas, Amazon is giving 40 paid apps for free. Visit Amazon.com download its app (Amazon Store) install it, login with your account...

Disabling Double Ticks On WhatsApp. (Yep,Both Blue & Black Tick)

Everyone has love and hate relationship with Whatsapp, so do I. I love how WhatsApp helps connect to your relatives and totally hate how it fucks...

Purchasing Hardware From Sparkfun In India : Query.

Is there anyone from India who have purchased hardware from Sparkfun store ? I have following questions : - How much did it take to deliver...

Quantum OS : Linux Distro With Material Design Based On QT5.

Material Design is not just for Android device anymore. Quantum OS is using Material design guidelines to design the Quantum OS. The desktop is written using...

QT App Development. Anyone ?

Is there any CEan who knows QT development ? I want to develop a QT based app for RPi which includes nothing but joystick like interface...

Is It Possible To Obtain Image Hex Value From Wallpaper/Picture ?

I like the new theme by OpenSuse Harlequin. Is it possible to obtain Hex value from the image ? ​I would like to obtain image hex...

BSNL Blocked My Favourite Torrent Site : TPB. So What I Did ?

Did any other ISP have blocked thepiratebay.se ? Well, mine is. And my ISP is BSNL. There should be way to enjoy TPB freedom. So guess...

Steam Sales Has Started : You Surely Don't Wanna Miss This.

Steam Exploration Sale has begun ! 😁 ​ I am quite sure you don't want to miss this out. For sake of humanity just buy one...

Moto G 1st Gen Users : Did You Receive Android 5.0 Updates ?

Is there any Moto G 1st Gen users received Android 5.0 update today ? I did contact Motorola customer service & heard that soak test has...

How To Disable VSync For GLXGears In AMD Graphics Card ?

I wanted to test fps in my Radeon graphics card using glxgears. Using: fgl_glxgears Using vanilla glxgears : You can see in both output, the fps...

Buy Custom Vinyl Stickers In India? Where?

I would like to purchase few linux stickers for my laptop. Something like : #-Link-Snipped-# The shipping charge is at peak. So, it would be better...

Need Your Review Of Browsers.

I am in a quest of testing all of the browsers available in the world. If you've ever tested some browsers that are not well known...

GDB Cheatsheets Collection.

Here's the uploaded four cheatsheet for GDB. PS : I am not aware of its source so am not pushing it into 'Downloads' section.

Google PlayStore & Google Play Service Updated To Material Design

Recently, the Google Playstore has been updated to version 5.0.31 with all new material design & new icon. Check the screenshots :

Internet Related Problem, Please Take A Look & If Possible, Help!

I have noticed that when I download anything from torrent, speed reaches as per my BB plan (ULD 512 kbps). But whenever I download any file...

Need Help In Identifying Whether Problem Is In Router Or ISP.

Traceroute from one modem+router : traceroute to www.google.com (74.125.236.147), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets 1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 1.126 ms 1.572 ms 1.999 ms 2 117.19...

Which Xposed Module Are You Using That Doesn't Conflict With CM11 ?

Calling out all the CEans to list the Xposed modules they're using in Stock or CM11. Also, I would love to know whether the respective module...

Chromebook Acer C720 ?

Anyone has ever used Chromebook Acer C720 (2 GB, Haswell architecture model). I am planning to buy one. My main task is to code (in C,...

Privacy In The Internet Is Gone : Agree Or Disagree ?

After reading news of leaked pics of some reputed female actress of Hollywood which were hacked from Apple iCloud makes me wonder, how much these companies...

CE Achievements!

We should take this idea of 'Achievements' from Kickass. Like : #-Link-Snipped-# What say ? Points are cool in Profile stats, but Achievements are dope.

Tutorials Required For Creating Icon (In Inkscape Or GIMP)

I am doing my last year project which is based on Rove/Robot. I am not going to halt the project even after my Bachelor's is complete,...

Console OS : Run Android On Any PC. (No, It's Not Just Another Emulator)

Console OS is not an emulator like Bluestacks or Genymotion. It runs natively on Windows PC and supports Windows 8.1 secure boot which even Androidx86 team...

LinuxCon (Aug 20-Aug 22) : Chi City!

Link to schedule : #-Link-Snipped-# ​ You're interested in which topic talks ? Share! Discuss!

Push Bullet Application To Transfer Data From Android To Desktop Or Vice-Versa, Wirelessly.

1) 2) Adding File 3) 4) Sending File .... 5) Pushbuller App UI 6) Received file 7) You can even get notification directly to desktop

Elementary OS 0.3 Freya Screenshot Tour

Elementary OS 0.3 Freya (Formerly known as Isis) is an Ubuntu based distribution (sadly! - It should be arch based). So, what makes eOS better than...

Plasma Dash Motor Needed To Outrun Earthlings! In India (Local Stores or Online)

I am looking for couple of plasma motors (#-Link-Snipped-#) to purchase in India. Couldn't find any in local stores at ahmedabad, maybe I could find one...

HTML5 versus GTK versus QT(QML)

Which one looks better ? html5 - GTK - QT/QML ?

Build-Root For Raspberry Pi

Fork of buildroot for Raspberry Pi from heaven! 😁 If you don't know what is buildroot, read from here : <a href="https://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html" target="_blank...

How To Password Protect WiFi Connection ? Noob here.

I bought Asus DSL N10E, Wireless Router. I have set up it with NO security. Can anyone teach me how to secure it with password (WPA/WPA2...

Hobbit : The Battle Of Five Armies, coming This December!

Can you name five armies ? Well some of us book readers knows what's going to happen 😉

Google Play Store Updated To 4.9.13 Brings Change In UI.

So Google Play Store update has been rolled out, the new version of Play store 4.9.13 looks very nice. Good job, Design team 👍

Looking For An Inspirational Book.

'sup CEans, I am looking for an inspirational book. Any suggestion on awesome titles ?

Which ROM You Prefer : Odexed or Deodexed ?

So since most of devs chooses deodexed ROM as offerings, I would like to know which one do you prefer ? And why ? Let's discuss/debate...

Jolla Sailfish Will Arrive in India Within A Month!

Pretty much bored with Windows & iOS ? (Well Android is not boring at all, so I will deduct its names) Here arrives Jolla Sailfish Phone...

Questioning God & Religion ? This Song you MUST Listen!!

Every person should listen to this song or atleast read its lyrics , atleast once. Lyrics : #-Link-Snipped-# It takes balls to talk about religion ....

Linux Developers WorkSpaces

Linus Torvalds : ​Greg Kroah-Hartman : ​Steve Rostedt : ​

Query About C11 & C89 Standards.

I would like to know whether anyone has done any kind of project in newest standard C11 ? Even though it is latest standard I have...

Cash Rules : Here's The Proof

How To Install Mozjpeg 2.0, Improved JPEG Encoding Library.

Recently Mozilla announced its JPEG encoding library with following improvements as quoted from Mozilla blog itself The major feature in this release is trellis quantization, which...

Antares : Linux Kernel Like Build-System For ARM (STM32), MSP430, AVR, etc.

Quoting from Gihub itself ANTARES is an all-in-one buildsystem, aimed at baremetal targets. It is designed to be portable across a lot of MCUs and adding...

Getting Started With Raspberry Pi ? Here's Small Tutorial!

​Source : #-Link-Snipped-#

Small Help Required

For some reason I am unable to open these websites : #-Link-Snipped-# #-Link-Snipped-# #-Link-Snipped-# Please hit "Skip this Ad" On top right & download option will...

What Happens When You Uninstall WhatsApp?

In this article, we will take a deeper look at what happens when you uninstall WhatsApp from you mobile. We’ll answer all the common questions around...

Weird Animals/Insects You Never Knew About.

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BSNL BB Plan - What Does 'Promotional Basis' Mean ?

There are couple of plans introduced by BSNL which are termed as 'Promotional basis for 90 days'. I would like to know, what does 'promotional basis'...

Cronjobs Generator

Too damn ignorant to write cronjobs ? Well, here is an automated online tool to generate cronjob for you. #-Link-Snipped-#

Jolla Launcher For Your Android Devices ( 4.2+ Only)

An XDA member 'riyono' ported Jolla launcher for Android 4.2+ devices from original source of an XDA member 'Arnob' who ported it for Android 4.3+ devices....

ARM's 64-bit Juno, An Open Platform Development Board.

ARM Juno development board is the first of its kind with 64-bit ARM processor supporting ARMv8 instruction set. The development board is shipped with six 64-bit...

The Witcher Battle Arena : MOBA For Android & iOS!

TWBA is MOBA like game for Mobile OS Android, iOS & Windows developed by ProjektRed. Teaser : ​Will you buy this legendary game ? I know...

Show-Off Your Android Home Screen.

Requesting all CEans to post their Android's Home Screen. Do mention launcher's name & icon theme too. Rolling the dice first : ​ Launcher Name :...

India's Performance In FIFA 2014!

This is ridiculous, watch it : My reaction :

Android L Screenshot Tour (Dev Preview)

Following are the screenshots of Google's upcoming iteration, Android L. Pictures are blatantly copied from Anandtech, all credits go to them. Applaud 'em. ​

Google I/O 2014 - Keynote

Android Developers, you prolly shouldn't miss this - ​Couple pictures to keep you more interested in this conference - ​

Barbeque Grill Which Runs Ubuntu OS.

Reddit user aperson posted couple of awesome pics of the barbeque grill that runs Ubuntu OS. PS : Barbeque Grill is used as case. You don't...

Tizen-SunXi Mobile OS Arrives For AllWinner SoCs

A few days ago at the Tizen Developer Conference 2014, developers presented new projects such as #-Link-Snipped-#, <a href="https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/samsung-announces...

GNOME Shell 3.14 To Feature New Notification System

The GNOME developers are busy developing a new notification system which will replace the current implementation of the notification tray in their upcoming stable release of...

Home Automation : Spill Out Some Ideas

If you're planning to automate your home, what features you'd like to have ? What you'd like to automate in your home ? What features you...

Mozilla's PlayCanvas - A Browser Based Gaming Engine Goes OpenSource

For more than three years Mozilla has been developing a JavaScript tailored, WebGL utilizing browser based gaming engine called PlayCanvas. PlayCanvas is a JavaScript library engin...

Hello Klick - A Physical Button For Android To Perform Assigned Task.

#-Link-Snipped-# is a physical button which is inserted into audio jack 3.5 mm of your Android smartphone.Once inserted, using #-Link-Snipped-# you can assign code to the...

Google Android 4.4.3 Released, Includes New Dialer & Major Bug Fixes.

After tons of rumors, the new version of Android Kitkat 4.4.3 is finally released. In addition to major bug fixes, the latest update includes the fresh...

Google Chrome 35 Drops Support For NPAPI Architecture Based Third Party Plugins

A few days ago, new stable iteration of Google Chrome 35 and Chromium 35 was released that included many new features such as migration from GTK...