The Hosts file is a text file which has map hostnames to IP addresses. If you type URL in the browser, it will check the hosts file and if it is located, then it will redirect to the IP which you have provided, otherwise it will go to the IP via DNS server of your active connection.
Here I am going to discuss some useful tips for the new users who are interested in using an open source operating system, Ubuntu 12.10. As it is an open source, its available at free of cost. And its secure to have a Linux based Operating System. There are lots of Linux distributions are available. I prefer Ubuntu for the normal and new users. Ubuntu gives you a simple and easy use of feel.
“Google” the most outstanding search engine also provides lots of services and apps for their users. You can get all those services with a single Google account. The most widely used services are Gmail & Gtalk, mail & chat services respectively.
Canonical’s latest successful release is Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal). Even though it is not a LTS version, it has lots of update features compared to its previous version. In the previous topic, I have discussed about How to configure the 3g Modem on Ubuntu. Here I am going to explain, how to add the applications to the Startup.
The latest version of Ubuntu is 12.10 (Quantum Quetzal) which comes with lots of updates when compared with its previous version, Ubuntu 12.04 (LTS). The drivers for most of the hardwares are available in the Ubuntu itself, but they may have some conflict while automatically configuring them.