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3. ED: Thanks a lot for the compliment­s. Such inspiring words help us to do even better. Well, allow us to address your queries one by one. 1. You will have to explain the problem in more detail, along

with the error message you are getting. 2. 5HgDUGLng CHnW2S, yRX FDn gHW KHOS IURP WKH RIfiFLDO CentOS forum at http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/. You can even post this query on our Facebook page https:// www.facebook.com/OpenSource­ForU. You will get various suggestion­s on dealing with the problem, which we are sure will be of great help. 3. :H wLOO GHfinLWHOy WUy WR wRUN Rn DnG LnFRUSRUDW­H PRUH articles on testing in our future editions. Keep writing to us and share your feedback as we value our readers’ thoughts. 4. You can log on to http://developer.android.com/index.html. Here, you will get varied tutorials on Android developmen­t and everything you need to get started with it. Hope we have been able to answer your questions. Let us know if you have any other queries. First, let me congratula­te you for moving beyond Linux and covering the broader aspects related to open source. So the renaming of the publicatio­n from LINUX For You to Open Source For You Flearly seems justLfied. Well done. , also have a few querLes and hoSe you wLll be able to helS me out. 1. The Fedora 18 oSeratLng system that you bundled wLth the February 2013 Lssue was amazLng but the 2S Fould not be Lnstalled. , Fouldn’t figure out what went wrong. , have Lnstalled WLndows 7, the Centos 6.3 final versLon and Ubuntu StudLo on my Dell laStoS. ReFently, , Lnstalled a lot of software on Cent2S and Lt runs well; but how Fan , lLnk those aSSlLFatLo­ns to my desktoS so that , Fan easLly navigate through them? All the applicatio­ns can be run from my termLnal but , Fannot be lLnked to my desktoS. ,f , do try lLnkLng Lt, , get the followLng error: ‘FaLled to exeFute FhLld SroFess—no suFh dLreFtory.’ Some helS from you would be aSSreFLate­d. ,t would be helSful Lf you started a seFtLon on the new software testLng and Fonfigurat­Lon Ln F2SS. 4. How Fan , start AndroLd develoSmen­t from sFratFh? ,t would

be great if you provided some guidance on this subject.

—Utsav Rana, utsavrana8­1@gmail.com student of ,T, , wLsh to make a Fareer Ln the oSen sourFe domaLn. , would aSSreFLate Lt Lf you Fould Slease tell me what are the hot fields Ln oSen sourFe. , am Lnterested Ln developmen­t and coding. And one request—please also bundle a 32-bLt LLnux 2S wLth your future edLtLons.

—Akshay Mukadam, mukadam.akshay@gmail.com ED: Thanks a lot for writing to us! We are indeed glad to know that you wish to make a career in open source. If you are interested in developmen­t, you can make a career in Android Apps Developmen­t or PHP developmen­t. We regularly do a career story in OSFY. You can go through the SHSWHPbHU DnG 2FWRbHU 2012 LssXHs, Ln wKLFK yRX wLOO finG two articles—one on Android Apps Developmen­t as a career and the other on PHP developmen­t, respective­ly. Hope this helps. We have enclosed a 32-bit CD in our March issue.

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