Compiling a new Kernel on Linux

Yesterday i downloaded the newest Linux kernel ,that is 2.6.28 and tried to compile it...... when after extracting the zip archive and issue make command i got error as configuration file missing ..... and i was given three commands fro configuring that ... oldconfig , menuconfig and xconfig ...... menu config and xconfig appears difficult for me ..so i choose oldconfig which makes the entire

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How to change the running process priority

The kernel determines which processes require more cpu time than others by the process' nice level, also called niceness. The higher the nice level of a process is, the less CPU time it will take from other processes. Nice levels range from -20 (the least “nice” level) to 19. Negative values can only set by root.Adjusting the nice level is useful when running a non time-critical process that

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Reinstall Grub after installation/upgrade of Windows (Vista)

This is for Windows (XP or Vista) dual boot with Fedora Core (any version)Boot the Fedora cd disk #1 (installation disk).At the installation menu, type in linux rescue (hit the enter key)Now system will try to find your linux installation and all goes fine it will mount your root filesystem under /mnt/sysimage directory.At the terminal prompt, Type in chroot /mnt/sysimagethen type: cd /boot/grub

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Linux Kernel e-book Collections

Title: "Iptables-tutorial"Author: Oskar Andreasson.URL: http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.netKeywords: iptables, netfilter, firewallsDescription: The aim of the iptables-tutorial is to explain iptables in a complete and simple way. It information on all the currently available matches and targets (in kernel), as well as complete example scripts and explanations. It contains a complete

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How to install fglrx (Ati driver) in Fedora 10

1. Install driver ( if you previously downgraded libdrm you will need to upgrade to the F10 version ) install the F9 rpmfusion driver Code: su -rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpmyum --enablerepo=rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing install

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Solve Dialup problem in Fedora 10

Yesterday i installed Fedora 10 in my laptop...... installation was perfect . I connect my dialup modem and dialed using Wvdial ,dialup connection established ,but i'm unable to use that connection both on terminal and Firefox.so i post my doubt on Linux Comm. in orkut .........there one guy named Apinder helped me to solve that that is to add a new line to /etc/resolve.conf"Add the DNS entries

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Microsoft Word vs. OpenOffice Writer - Usability Comparison

Usability wise OpenOffice Writer is not difficult in comparison to Microsoft Word. But as many have learnt computing through a Windows perspective, they generally face the problems in terminology and “where to find what” kind of annoyance. Little bit of intuition will help the users be familiar with OO Writer.TerminologyMost functions and controls have the same or similar names in Microsoft Word

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How to copy VCD in Linux

Linux users generally get stuck up while trying to copy VCDs. They get an “IO Error”, no matter what they try. Further, if one copies that video files from windows partition or just tries to play that infamous *.dat video file, Linux does not recognize that file. Of course, if one opens that file with mplayer or vlc (or any other video player) then it does play. Nobody wants to let those good

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Turning off or disabling SELinux

SELinux is a set of extra security restrictions on top of the normal Linux security tools. It gives the systems administrator a finer grain of control than what the kernel typically provides.But SELinux can sometimes get in your way. For example, I have had typical services, such as Apache, appear to start up correctly, but remain inaccessible from the outside world because I forgot to allow the

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Why not Windows

Why not Windows Windows and Office work fine — Why worry about it? Restrictions A legal copy of Windows is expensive, but what do you get? Windows and Office are licensed, not sold. By using these products, we have to agree to a number of harsh restrictions. For most Windows licenses, you can't keep the software when you change the hardware. You sometimes can't even give your software

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How to Misunderstand Free Software

How to Misunderstand Free Software Five misconceptions about free software, corrected. 1. The software industry can't keep going if programmers don't get paid. Let's begin with one simple fact: free software programmers do like to get paid, and all need to buy lunch at some time. When we mention free software, we refer to liberty not price. You may actually pay to get free software (or "open

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Why are Linux and Mac OS X safer?

First, look at the two factors that cause email viruses and worms to propagate: social engineering, and poorly designed software. Social engineering is the art of conning someone into doing something they shouldn't do, or revealing something that should be kept secret. Virus writers use social engineering to convince people to do stupid things, like open attachments that carry viruses and worms.

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Printer Jam event !!

Eariler there was nothing like free software ,then companies won't wont disclose their hardwares specification out to others .if a user bought a hardware he can use only the bundled software provided along with it ..... there is an event called "Printer Jam problem" in Richard Stallman 's life ....one of the events that inspired Richard Stallman to start free software movementFolowing is the

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Why Apple chose BSD instead of Linux !!

We all know apple Mac OS was based on BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) .They could have use linux instead ,but hey chose BSD .because GPL is much more restrictive than the BSD License no restrictions other than somewhere you have to acknowledge the Regents of Berkley . Thats why Apple chose BSD over Linux, it could be made commercial and not have to release any source code, thereby allowing

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How to use Fingerprint reader in Linux

Today i tried using Fprint-demo in my Interpid lbex installed on my Toshiba satellite laptop .... synaptic made the installation easy ... sudo apt-get install fprint-demo thatz all . My fingerprint reader was that of Authentec ,without doing any additional configuration ,the program accessed my finger print reader easily .......Fingerprint scanners are becoming more commonplace, especially on

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Instead of Linux Kernel ??

We will simply call a Linux distribution by the term "Linux " . but the strictest definition of Linux refers to only the kernel ...the more apt term would be "Gnu/Linux" . There is always a strong debate going on many of Linux communities that ,one should call a Linux distribution a"GNU/Linux" or not . The people who are supporting the term "GNU/Linux " argue that Linux refers to only the kernel

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HowTo get your System Information

System Activity Information: sarTo use sar, sadc (system activity data collector) needs to be running. Check its status or start it with rcsysstat {start|status}.sar can generate extensive reports on almost all important system activities, among them CPU, memory, IRQ usage, IO, or networking. With its many options, it is too complex to explain further here. Refer to the man page for

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How to forward your mails to someother account

Ever wondered how to forward your mails especially if you are a webmaster managing number of sites. You might need to forward any email sent to your primary email address. Its that easy. Just create a .forward file on your home directory. Insert list of emails addresses separated by commas, where you want to get forwarded.Login as user and typeecho 'destination_email_address' > .forwardJust

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25GB in 70 seconds with USB 3.0

At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2008, USB-IF President, Jeff Ravencraft revealed that the new specifications for USB 3.0 would be fully released on November 17 at the SuperSpeed USB Developers Conference in San Jose. The USB 3.0 architecture is also named SuperSpeed USB due to its incredible 5 gigabit per second (Gbps) data transfer speed.The USB 3.0 specification

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Bluetooth 2.2 coming in mid-2009

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is planning to release a new version of Bluetooth in mid-2009. As expected, Bluetooth 2.2 will deliver transfer rates at higher speeds than previous versions.The idea of the new High Speed Bluetooth specification is to work with WLAN or USB for improved data rates, and will be known as Bluetooth 10x and Bluetooth 100x, respectively. For this to work, a

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Indian court asked to ban Google Earth

Google Earth should be banned amid suspicions that the online satellite imaging tool was used in planning the attacks that killed more than 170 people in Mumbai last month, an Indian court heard.The case filed at the Mumbai High Court alleges that Google Earth and similar services, “aid terrorists in plotting attacks” by supplying detailed bird’s-eye images that are used to acquaint militants

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How to change hostname in Linux

1) Edit file /etc/sysconfig/network using your favourite editor.vi /etc/sysconfig/network2) Look for HOSTNAME=xxxxxx3) Change the xxxx to the name you wish to set for your computer. (ex:HOSTNAME=abc.com)4) Save the file and restart the network service. (ex: type service network restart in your shell)Done! You have just changed your hostname in Linux platform

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Tata indicom Plug2surf dialup on Linux !!

wvdial does most of the trick, but run it in sudo or root user mode.on terminal runsudo wvdialconf now open the file /etc/wvdial.conf as root and just change the lines for phone number, username and password. Remember to remove the ";" at the beginning.Phone = #777Username = internetPassword = internetAlso add the line stupid mode = 1 at the end.So ur file will be[Dialer Defaults]Modem = /dev/

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Why I hate Flat Panel LCD Monitors (satire)

1. The new Flat Panel monitor takes up less space, so now the boss will pile more work on my desk.2. With the old CRT monitors, you can't see the dust that piles up behind it. You can see the dust with the new Flat Panel monitors. It's gross!3. Hey, I can't put stuffed animals and action figures on top of my new Flat Panel monitor..4. Since the new Flat Panel Monitor does not generate any heat,

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Tape drives naming convention

SCSI tape device namesThe st driver provides the interface to a variety of SCSI tape devices under Linux. * First (auto rewind) SCSI tape device name: /dev/st0 * Second (auto rewind) SCSI tape device name: /dev/st1 * First the non-rewind SCSI tape devices: /dev/nst0 * Second the non-rewind SCSI tape devices: /dev/nst1 IDE tape device namesThe ht driver provides the interface to a

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VSFTPD - limit the number of simultaneous connections for a single IP address

By default VSFTPD allows unlimited connection from the same client IP address.1: Open vsftpd.conf fileUse text editor such as vi to edit /etc/vsftpd.conf or /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf file:# vi vsftpd.conf2: Setup limitationSet up the max_per_ip=4 (this will limit simultaneous connection to 4 number only)max_per_ip=43: Restart vsftpd# /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart

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Linux related e-books - Free

Free Linux related e-books. E-books: Advanced Linux Programming by CodeSourcery LLCComprehensive Linux Textbook by Muayyad Saleh Al-SadiJava Application Development on Linux by Carl Albing and Michael Schwarz (PDF)Linux Client Migration Cookbook, Version 2: A Practical Planning and Implementation Guide for Migrating to Desktop Linux by Chris AlmondLinux Compute Clusters by Chander

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Fuel-cell powered devices getting closer

Laptop, cell phone and iPod owners tired of having their devices run out of charge after a few hours have been patiently waiting for the next portable power source to arrive.Tiny fuel cells, powered by combustible liquids or gasses, have long been touted as the eventual solution. Potentially, they could power a laptop for days between refills.But fuel cells have perennially remained a year or two

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Create avatars with MeMaker in Ubuntu

MeMaker gives users a wide variety of images that, when placed together, create an avatar. This avatar is intended to represent the way that this person is in some way. The goal of the project is to have enough images that anyone can create an image that they feel would closely represent them without having to use a photo in the image itself.MeMaker is a nifty little tool that takes packages of

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The 10 most useful Linux commands

I understand that many of you don’t want to use the command line in Linux (or in any operating system, for that matter). But the truth is, to be a good administrator, you have to know the command line. Why? Well, with Windows there are times when the command line is the only thing that can save your skin. With Linux, the command line is vast, reliable, flexible, fast… I could go on and on.And of

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10 mistakes new Linux administrators make

For many, migrating to Linux is a rite of passage that equates to a thing of joy. For others, it’s a nightmare waiting to happen. It’s wonderful when it’s the former; it’s a real show stopper when it’s the latter. But that nightmare doesn’t have to happen, especially when you know, first hand, the most common mistakes new Linux administrators make. This article will help you avoid those mistakes

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Convert Nero image (.nrg) to ISO9660 (.iso)

In case you need to convert Nero image file .nrg into regular ISO9660 .iso utility nrg2iso might be helpful then. It’s included into apt repositories of Debian and Ubuntu, so to install it execute: sudo aptitude install nrg2iso When it’s done, convert file by command: nrg2iso image.nrg image.iso

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Google Launches Linux Software Repositories

Google has just released the Google Linux Software Repositories, a centralized place where we can download and update the latest versions of all the tools that created by Google. There are explanations for the installation of graphical environment for Ubuntu 7.04 (Gutsy), Debian GNU / Linux 4.0, openSUSE 10.2, Mandriva 2007 Spring command line for APT (Debian, Ubuntu ...) YUM urpmi (

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Google's G1 phone : Reviews

The T-Mobile G1 Android-powered phone is the first mobile phone with the operating system (OS) designed by Google.Given Google's reputation as a trendsetter, I expected great things from its first cellphone, especially since it is emerging more than a year after Apple launched the iPhone.While it's far from perfect, the G1 powered by Google's Android OS is packed with consumer-oriented features

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Linux dominates supercomputer charts

The 32nd edition of the Top 500 supercomputers lists was released late last week and Linux-based systems occupy 439 of the 500 positions. Other Unix variants, including BSD-based systems occupy another 24 positions.The 32nd edition of the biannual list is also notable as the first time a Windows-based supercomputer has made it into the top 10 positions. That machine sits at number 10 on the list

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iPhone Dev Team successfully boots Linux on iPhone

A milestone has been reached in iPhone firmware modification on Friday with the first alternative operating system for the hardware, Linux, now running on the device.iPhone Linux Demonstration Video from planetbeing on Vimeo.The first build created by Dev Team is now running on iPhone, iPhone 3G, and the original iPod touch in what's considered a "draft" version.The software primarily includes

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Howto change your MAC address (helps in hacking)

Open up a terminal and switch to root user.Suppose : xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx = new mac address you wan to assign to you boxexample: 1a:2b:3c:4d:5e:6fCharacters allowed in mac address: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 a b c d e fenter the following:# ifconfig eth0 down# ifconfig eth0 hw ether 1a:2b:3c:4d:5e:6f# ifconfig etho upCheck the new MAC address by using following command# ifconfig

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Protect your SSH by using Denyhost

DenyHosts is a Python script that analyzes the sshd server log messages to determine what hosts are attempting to hack into your system. It also determines what user accounts are being targeted. It keeps track of the frequency of attempts from each host.Additionally, upon discovering a repeated attack host, the /etc/hosts.deny file is updated to prevent future break-in attempts from that host. An

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Samsung starts production of its 256 GB SSD

Announced several months ago, the first disk SSD with a capacity of storing 256 GB just come into production at Samsung. The manufacturer, a specialist in semiconductors, joins Toshiba, while the characteristics of this new DSS are the least attractive.In addition to its large storage space, this disc, a 2.5-inch format, use of MLC NAND memory and will have an interface-Serial ATA 3 Gb / s.The

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Kingston Technology Boosts DataTraveler 150 Capacity to 64GB

Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced it is shipping its high-capacity 64GB DataTraveler(R) 150 (DT150) USB Flash drive. DT150 offers the largest capacity in Kingston's entire line of DataTraveler USB drives and allows users the room and flexibility to backup important hard drive contents, and transport and share complete collections

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How To Install MS True Type Fonts in Linux

Microsoft's True Type fonts can also be used on Linux. Not only can they improve visibility, they are essential for proper look and layout if you are using Internet Explorer on Linux for testing etc. The installation is very simple… well almost:wget http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/msttcorefonts-2.0-1.specrpmbuild -bb msttcorefonts-2.0-1.specNote the path where the rpm is written and use it in

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Microsoft Unveils Silverlight as Flash Killer

Microsoft Corp. this week will reveal new technology to deliver rich media applications on the Web, part of a broader strategy to go head to head with Web and design tools powerhouse Adobe Systems Inc.As described by Forest Key, a director of product management for Microsoft's Server and Tools Division, Silverlight is a browser plug-in that allows Web content providers to offer rich video and

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Adobe Releases 64-bit Flash Player for Linux

Yesteday is a historical day for Linux users, as Adobe has finally decided to listen to them and released a 64-bit version of its Flash Player. Until today, 64-bit Linux users had to install the 32-bit version of the Flash Player, which was forced to work with the help of the NSPlugin wrapper package and the 32-bit libraries. However, this could cause some issues, and I'm pretty sure that users

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OLPC's XO Laptop Available for 30 Countries

I Just Love its apperance .......good colour combination !!Amazon will be selling the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child ) XO laptop in 30 countries starting on Monday, according to the latest news reports. This would be the first time when the laptop is made available to the general public from areas other than U.S. and Canada. As previously reported, the laptop will also be relaunched on Amazon for

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eAR OS : a state-of-the-art Linux operating system.

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Nvidia and ATI Release New Video Drivers for Linux

On November 12th, Nvidia and ATI/AMD, the two major companies specialized in programmable graphics processor technologies, released new versions of their video drivers for Linux-based operating systems. While the 177.82 Nvidia graphics driver introduces support for a few Quadro FX GPUs and fixes three important bugs, the ATI/AMD company released version 8.11 of its video driver with support for

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Novell vs. Red Hat: Linux vs. Linux

If you think about where Linux is fighting for market and mind-share, chances are you're thinking about Linux slugging it out with Microsoft Windows or Sun Solaris on the server, or trying to tear desktop customers away from Windows, and to a far lesser extent, from Mac OS X. That's all true, but there's also fierce competition between Linux distributions. Some of that conflict is inside baseball

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Google introduced new Voice and Video Chat !!

Google today launched Gmail voice and video chat, making it simple for people around the world to chat in high-quality video for free right within Gmail. All you need is a webcam and a small web browser plugin, and you can start video chatting with your friends, family, and coworkers on Gmail and Google Apps. Gmail voice and video chat lets you start a video chat without switching to another

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How to load programs faster (prelink)?

# Install package: prelink (here)Create backup: cp /etc/default/prelink /etc/default/prelink.bak# Edit “/etc/default/prelink” as root, and find this line:PRELINKING=unknown# Change it to:PRELINKING=yes# Exit from editor, saving the file.# Execute the following command - sudo prelink -avmRRestart and see the difference

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Recover MySQL root password

You can recover MySQL database server password with following five easy steps.Step # 1: Stop the MySQL server process.Step # 2: Start the MySQL (mysqld) server/daemon process with the –skip-grant-tables option so that it will not prompt for passwordStep # 3: Connect to mysql server as the root userStep # 4: Setup new root passwordStep # 5: Exit and restart MySQL serverHere are commands you need

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Google Chrome logo derived from Microsoft's logo ??

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P4P – Next Generation P2P

A research team at Yale University has developed an advancement to file sharing technology. The system has the ability to make Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) software providers work together in order to deliver data in a more efficient manner. P4P stands for “provider portal for Peer–to–Peer (P2P) applications”. Developed by Professors Avi Silberschatz, Y. Richard Yang,

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AMD 12-Core Processor

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is developing processors with 12 cores which are targeted for release in the first half of 2010. This new plan has deviated from the original product vision of 8-core chips. The 12-core processor is code-named Magny-Cours. The chip will include 12MB of L3 cache and support DDR3 RAM During the second half of 2009 AMD is set to release a 6-core chip code-named Istanbul

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Intel's New System-on-a-Chip

Intel recently unveiled a line of new generation system-on-a-chip designs. The Intel EP80579 Integrated Processor family can be applied to security, mobile Internet devices, storage, communications, and industrial robotics applications. The system-on-a-chip (SoC) products are based on the Pentium M processor. To welcome a latest division of highly integrated, purpose-built, and Web-savvy System

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Battery Viruses ??

Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a method to create and install tiny microbatteries which are the size of half a human cell. Using viruses to generate power, this new type of battery could one day power miniature devices by stamping the batteries onto the devices’ surface. The team has reported that they have successfully assembled and tested two critical

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The world’s first networked enterprise Solid-State Drive (SSD)

Fusion-io has recently introduced the ioSAN, which is the world’s first networked enterprise Solid-State Drive (SSD). The new product makes it possible to extend the raw power of SSD across the network and can be deployed as networked, server-attached storage or integrated into networked storage infrastructure, offering a fundamentally different model for enterprises’ storage management. The new

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Saving Your Life on a Hard Drive

If humans may be viewed as the sum total of their memories, then at our doorstep may be a life changing revolution: the ability to store one’s entire life experiences on an accessible and easily searchable file. In this article, we examine this idea, as well as some of the problems involved in its application, and present a unique project towards this end being carried out at Microsoft's research

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MRAM – The Birth of the Super Memory

In early July 2006, Freescale Semiconductor announced the first commercial availability of a new type of memory with the potential to surpass most existing types in terms of speed, power consumption, and durability. This article reviews the advantages of MRAM and its future potential.With the continual release in recent years of new types of computer memory (RAM, ROM, DRAM, Flash, SRAM, PRAM…),

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Laser Hard Drives on the Horizon

Researchers from the Netherlands and Japan have succeeded in flipping the value of a magnetic memory bit without any external magnetic field interference. Instead, they flashed a very short pulse of circularly-polarized laser light at it. This method is about 50,000 times faster than those used in other magneto-optic data storage systems, which means that the technology can enable the development

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IEEE’s 802.11r – a New Wi-Fi Standard

The IEEE has formally approved and published the future Wi-Fi standard: 802.11r, also called Fast Basic Service Set Transition. This standard was in development for four years and unravels performance challenges related to VoIP over Wi-Fi implemented in large-scale networks. This would allow Wi-Fi devices to roam rapidly between access points, enhancing the operation of VoIP on enterprise

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SanDisk Vaulter Disk

SanDisk recently unveiled the flash based Vaulter Disk - a device that enables faster launching and loading of software on laptops and on personal computers. SanDisk envisions the Vaulter as a unique data storage solution, a compromise between the full and expensive solid state drives (SSDs) and the conventional hard drives, which are considered by many experts to be the bottleneck of modern

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USB 3.0 to Come in 2008

During the recent Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San-Francisco, Intel announced that together with its partners it is forming a "promoter group" to push for the creation of a new generation of the most popular connection standard ever created – the Universal Serial Bus (USB). The new generation USB will be ten times faster than current generation and will be capable of transferring large files (

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Mempile - Terabyte on a CD

Mempile's TeraDisc-system-diagramFor years Ortal Alpert tried to stay ahead of the game buying the latest hard drives and optical drives to store his ever growing library of data. In the mid 1990s, Alpert came up with a novel idea for storing data, and he decided to start his own company. Almost ten years later, Alpert’s dream lead to the creation of a new

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Toshiba 256GB Solid State Drive

Toshiba Corporation has recently announced two major enhancements to its line-up of NAND-flash-based Solid State Drives (SSDs). One is the addition of a huge 256-gigabyte SSD and the second is the launch of a series of small-sized Flash Modules for netbook computers and ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs). Toshiba’s new high density SSD brings 256GB of capacity to the market and a high read-write speeds in

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Solid State Drives (SSD) comparison with HDD

Comparison with hard disk drivesA comparison (with benchmarks) of SSDs, Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) drives, and hard disk drives (HDDs) is given in the reference.AdvantagesFaster start-up, as no spin-up is required (RAM & Flash). Typically, fast random access for reading, as there is no read/write head to move (RAM & Flash). Extremely low read latency times, as SSD seek-times are orders

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Code names in Software World !!

Fedora Core Fedora 1 Yarrow 2003-11-05 Fedora 2 Tettnang 2004-05-18 Fedora 3 Heidelberg 2004-11-08 Fedora 4 Stentz 2005-06-13 Fedora 5 Bordeaux 2006-03-20 Fedora 6 Zod 2006-10-24 Fedora 7 Moonshine 2007-05-31 Fedora 8 Werewolf 2007-11-08 Fedora 9 Sulphur 2008-05-13 Fedora 10 Cambridge (Rawhide) 2008-11-25 UbuntuUbuntu, an operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux, makes two releases every year,

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Wikipedia adopts Ubuntu for its server infrastructure

The Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind the user-driven Wikipedia project, is in the process of migrating its servers to the Ubuntu Linux distribution. Wikimedia's move to Ubuntu is part of an effort to simplify administration of the organization's 400 servers, which previously ran a mix of various versions of Red Hat and Fedora. Ubuntu has achieved an unprecedented level of success in

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KDE now cross-platform with Windows, Mac OS X support

The open-source KDE desktop environment is making the jump across platforms with broad support for Windows and Mac OS X. The core KDE desktop programs, the KOffice suite, and the Amarok music player are actively being ported. These efforts are largely made possible by the inherent portability of Trolltech's Qt development toolkit, the underlying framework used by KDE software. Qt is designed for

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Seven Ways that GNU/Linux Tops Vista

These days, anyone who believes that they need a command line to work in GNU/Linux is in for a surprise. Not that the BASH shell isn't a powerful and surprisingly easy to use command line, but, after years of playing catch-up, GNU/Linux is now a match for the latest version of Windows on the desktop. In fact, in many ways, GNU/Linux is more than a match for Windows Vista. In some cases, Vista can

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