Difference Between http:// and https://

The main difference between http:// and https:// is:

It's basically about keeping you Secure......

HTTP stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol,which means it is just a protocol (a language, in a manner of speaking) for information to be passed back and forth between web servers and clients.

The important thing is the letter 'S' which makes the difference between HTTP and HTTPS.

The S  stands for "Secure".

If you visit a website or webpage, and look at the address in the web browser, it will likely begin with the following : http://.

This means that the website is talking to your browser using the regular 'unsecure' language.In other words, it is possible for someone to "eavesdrop" on your computer's conversation with the website. This is why you never ever enter your credit card number in an http website. But if the web address begins with https://, that  means your computer is talking to the website in a secure code that no one can eavesdrop on.

If a website ever asks you to enter your credit card information, you should automatically look to see if the web address begins with https://.  

If it doesn't, there's no way you're going to enter sensitive information like a credit card number on that website.

Steps to install Ubuntu outside window

To install Ubuntu outside Windows(dual boot),you need a whole drive and there should be no data in it.The size of installation depends on the total space of hard disk, like if the total hard disk is of 320GB  then 50-60 GB can be given to linux.
To install ubuntu outside window , steps are:
1.insert cd in cd drive
2.restart the computer
3.press f8 and then choose 'boot from cd' option
4.then a new dialog box will open . choose 'install ubuntu 10.04 LTS'
5.choose region and time zone and click forward
6.choose keyboard layout(USA)
7.choose 'specify partitions manually (advanced)' option
8.prepare partitions,create swap area ( twice of RAM) , specify  the file system as 'ext4' and choose mount point as '/ ' and click forward
9.enter your name , username , password , name of computer and click forward
10.click the option 'install'
11.after the installation is complete , take out the cd and restart the computer
           Ubuntu is installed on your computer.Enjoy it.

About the first day of LUG meeting

It was a learning experience.I learned how to install ubuntu in my PC.There are three ways to install ubuntu:
1) inside window
2)outside window(dual boot)
3)using entire disk
By first method,we can easily install ubuntu in any drive and if we want, we can easily delete it.
By second method, ubuntu is installed alongside Windows using another drive.
Third method uses the entire hard disk to install ubuntu.


Using first method,ubuntu can be installed by the following steps:

• insert ubuntu cd in cd drive
• then click on the option 'install inside window'
• select the drive
• specify the space (5GB or more)
• enter password
• then click install