Kokul’s World

Recently, I discovered that SecureIX free accounts got a speed boost. So I have devised a new method to defeat Rogers bittorrent throttling. Of course this can be applied to any other ISP that throttles as well. This method isn’t perfect, but I think it works pretty nicely.

The first thing you do is sign up for a free account at SecureIX.

The method works quite simply. If your ISP does not throttle download, and only upload (which is the case of Rogers), then simply download the files from the torrent using your normal connection.

When you want to seed (a must… Continue reading

Ubuntu Linux has been triumphed for its easy-to-use features for new beginners. While that may be true for most consumers, it becomes difficult to use when you want to get things tweaked and running more your way.

One instance of this is Samba. Despite having a GUI interface, I just can’t seem to make it work. Thankfully, thanks to online community support at the Ubuntu Forums, it is less stressful. However, no matter what, there is always some config file to edit or executing some command in terminal. It really does become a pain. For a new user who is new… Continue reading