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[Fsf-friends] Re: Fsf-friends -- confirmation of subscription -- request 224484
by Balaji N 16 May '03

16 May '03

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[Fwd: Kudumbasree]
by Arun M 16 May '03

16 May '03

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Test Message
by Nagarjuna G. 16 May '03

16 May '03

Please ignore, another test message, list is down it seems. Nagarjuna

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Kudumbasree
by Arun M 15 May '03

15 May '03

Hi, Kudumbasree project in kerala is planning to hold one day workshop on free software at various centers in Kerala. By 21'st this month a workshop will have to be done at Ernakulam, Pls mail me if some one from Ekm can help. Also a Northen region workshop will be conducted at Vayanad by 26th. Any volunteers ? . Arun.

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Test
by Nagarjuna G. 14 May '03

14 May '03

Test message, please ignore! Admin

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NEWS: 'Banned' Xbox hacking book selling fast
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 14 May '03

14 May '03

URL : http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/30627.html 9 May 2003 'Banned' Xbox hacking book selling fast By [39]Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus Posted: 09/05/2003 at 09:32 GMT Hacker-engineer Andrew "Bunnie" Huang says he's already pre-sold between 400 and 500 copies of his self-published tell-all "Hacking the Xbox: an Introduction to Reverse Engineering," weeks before its scheduled May 27th publication date, despite -- or perhaps because of -- looming suspicions by some that the book skirts the edges of legality. "It' s about getting the book out there on principle, because I can't find a publisher willing to publish it," says Huang. "I think it's controversial, but not illegal." With chapters on "Soldering Techniques" and "Installing a Blue LED," Huang's how-to may not seem an obvious candidate for joining Huckleberry Finn and Harry Potter on history's sad list of once-banned books. But Microsoft, the maker of the Xbox, has taken a dim view of home modifications of the game console, focusing its litigious ire in particular on "mod chips" that allow Xbox owners to run software that Microsoft hasn't approved and licensed. With a mod chip installed, users can run everything from virtual juke boxes to the Linux operating system on the game platform -- as well as pirated copies of Xbox games. Last year, a Microsoft lawsuit temporarily shut down the Hong Kong-based company Lik Sang, which sold mod chips over the Internet. And last month, mod chip entrepreneur David Rocci was [40]sentenced to five months in federal custody for conspiracy to violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Rocci was the proprietor of a U.S. website that sold mod chips and helped users locate pirated copies of Xbox games to run on their modified machines. Huang says his book describes some types of mod chips -- explains how they work, and what lessons they offer designers of secure hardware platforms. For example the "Matrix" chip installs solderlessly over a test port manufacturers left on the Xbox motherboard. "You don't leave these test structures on the motherboard, if you want it secure," says Huang. Another chapter helps readers replace the machine's firmware -- a mod chip trick used by sophisticated pirates and tinkerers. "They can be used by the pirating community, and they can be used by the Linux community -- so that one chapter that talks about firmware devices plays to the Linux community," says Huang. "I believe that should be a legal activity." DMCA Fears The book also revisits a technique that cemented Huang's reputation as a hardware hacker last year, which involves building custom hardware to intercept an encryption key as it crosses the Xbox's internal high-speed bus. To avoid legal complications, Huang published his research paper on the technique only after receiving permission from Microsoft, negotiated with the help of EFF attorney Lee Tien. "To get the paper published in the first place we had to negotiate a legal mine field," say Tien, who went on to contribute a chapter on the legalities of reverse engineering to Huang's book. But Huang didn't get Microsoft's blessing for Hacking the Xbox, which goes beyond discussing a single hacking technique. The book aims to teach readers how to think like a hardware hacker, using the internal secrets of the game console the way a med school teacher uses Gray's Anatomy. With the boundaries of federal copyright law, particularly the DMCA, unclear, Huang says tech-publishing house John Wiley & Sons got cold feet and withdrew its plans to publish the book sometime after Rocci's guilty plea. Wiley didn't return phone calls on the matter. Unable to find another publisher, Huang elected to sell the book himself through the Web. He dug into his own pockets to fund a print run of 1,000 books, which he says will be delivered to his home later this month. "It'll be only a matter of two weeks when a pallet of books comes to my doorstep," he says. "Every book will be boxed by my own two hands." Huang began accepting credit cards through his [41]website this week, after already selling nearly half of his initial print run through a PayPal account. He says he's barely reached the break-even point. "He's not going to make a huge amount of money," says Tien. "He thinks that it's worthwhile stuff. That it's interesting, and it's teaching people." "Mainly, at this point, it's boiled down to a political battle, for the freedom to tinker," says Huang. "For my entire life I've been playing with hardware. This is the first time someone's told me I can't play with hardware because it's illegal." Related story [42]MIT grad student shows how to read Xbox security key" [reg_bullet.gif] [43]Cash'n'Carrion Reg Shop [44][hardhome;area=hardhome;pos!=2;sz=160x600;tile=1;abr=!ie4;abr=!ie5 ;ord=100054?] 41. http://hackingthexbox.com/

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Re: Report Re:GNU/Linux awareness meet
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 14 May '03

14 May '03

Details from Jabalpur and Girish <girish(a)apnajabalpur.com> about a recent GNU/Linux event there. FN > herez the details, pardon me if Ive slipped in writing. > We have taken a month's off from our regular weekly meets due to various > reasons, however, the interactions continue informally. > > The detailed report about the event is enclosed. We are yet to recieve > the few photographs we took. > > If you have any queries, please do write back, > > Thanks for your encouragement and support, > With best regards, > > -Girish Shukla > ========== > Linux Users' Group Jabalpur > Website: http://jbplug.sf.net > Mail-list: http://yahoogroups.com/group/jbp-lug > > The Event: > The GNU-Linux awareness meet was held on 20th April, 2003 at premises of > Dubey Chemistry Classes, Wright town, Jabalpur. The event was arranged > at a short notice of less than a week. > > The Objective: > The event was first for jbp-lug marking one year of the lug here. > The objective was to create awareness about software issues and > importance and advantages of GNU-Linux beyond our weekly Sunday meetings. > The event has opened new channels for larger events and activities of > such nature. > > How it went: > 1.Event began around 15 minutes late at 4:45 pm with a brief > introduction about the LUG, Linux and FLOSS. > 2.Linux as a Desktop and server was demonstrated using RedHat8 and MDK9. > 3.This was immediately followed by screening of The Code Linux movie. > ~At intervals, explanation with examples was given in Hindi about what > the movie is saying for those not comfortable with English medium.~ > 4.A technical discussion session followed with discussions from Clusters > to Sockets related to Linux. > 5.The event concluded at around 8 pm with informal interactions and > hands-on experience by newbies on Linux. > > Most of the publicity was through 'tell your friend' i.e. word of mouth. > The event had attendence of around 40-50 people and 10 active LUG > members. No commercial sponserships were solicited for the event and no > fee was charged to anyone. > Only dampening factors being the extremely hot weather, and technical > discussion stretching for longer than scheduled. > The event was attended mostly by students. Engg. students from as far > as, Bhopal had come. There were students from BCA, MCA, Science, > Commerce and Engg. > > Lessons learnt from the event: > ======Light================ > 1.Half baked Techies from MSN's Ovens must be kept in separate box from > the general public. > 2.Seminars Still cause headache. > 3.Free chai is not always a good idea. Instead, Everyone has the Freedom > to buy their own cut-ting. > =======Sober=============== > 4.Good orators, or even good techies can help promote GNU/Linux better. > If few mentors, experts can visit smaller lugs once a while, it will help. > 5.Mentors needed for small lugs. > 6.Distro CDs and demos help a lot in creating awareness and are > essential for LUG. > Somehow, we should ensure that we get the latest distros here in time. > [Presently, Karunakar has been of great help to us in contributing for > the same]. > 7.Large numbers may or may not necessarily be good and fruitful. It is > essential that the message of FLOSS and Linux is effectively communicated. > 8.A LUG works best as a Linux Fans' Club. It accomodates everyone and > everyones' views and concerns in an open and sincere manner. > 9.Events facilitate new ideas and new friends. > 10.Localisation efforts are an important factor for growth of Linux. > > Based on post event response, and the laudable efforts of members, > despite the few glitches, the event objective was achieved but lot > remains to be done. >From girish(a)apnajabalpur.com Wed May 14 09:46:14 2003 I must add,names of members[in no particular order]who made it possible: Mr.Neependra Khare BE Comp. GRKIST Mr.Arnab Ganguly BE IT JEC Mr.Shubham Mishra BE Comp. JEC Mr.Sarvesh Rathore BE Comp. JEC Mr.Anurag Gautam & Mohit BCA JCC Also,Mr.Piyush Shukla BE JEC, Mr.Himanshu Ahirwar B.Com.GKC and many other people who contributed directly or indirectly. Thanks also due to Mr.Pradeep Dubey for providing us space and facility. -Girish

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HP's people notebook running GNU/Linux
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 13 May '03

13 May '03

URL : http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134514,00.html The HP 'people's notebook' runs Linux 09:40 Monday 12th May 2003 [21]Winston Chai, CNETAsia HP has launched a low cost 'people's notebook' in Asia that is preloaded with Linux Hewlett-Packard is selling a low-cost "people's notebook" running Linux, believed to be the first time that the US IT giant has sold a consumer computer with the open-source operating system installed. HP custom-made the Linux notebook to support a Thai government drive to increase computer ownership, reported the English-language Thai dailies The Bangkok Post and The Nation. The authorities have subsidised the cost of the portable, along with a desktop PC made by a Thai firm. Crowds thronged a Bangkok convention centre on Friday to view and buy the machines. HP's budget laptop will retail for 19,500 Baht (�285). It features an 800 MHz Intel Celeron processor, 128MB of RAM and a 20GB harddisk. There is no CD-ROM or floppy drive. The desktop, made by local computer makers Belta, SVOA and Computec, costs 10,900 Baht (�159). It sports an Intel Celeron 1GHz processor, 128MB of RAM, a 52x CD-ROM drive, 20GB of hard disk space and comes with a 15-inch monitor, speakers and a keyboard. Both machines were introduced by Thailand's Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) ministry and are loaded with Linux TLE, the Thai-language version of the Linux operating system. The ministry will offer 100,000 computers at first but they plan to ramp up to a million in subsequent phases, said the reports. The Ministry has also worked out an easy-pay instalment plan with local banks for buyers. About 30,000 people showed up Queen Sirikit Convention Centre in Bangkok on Friday to view the machines, with some waiting in line from 3am. While the machines appealed to those who could never have afforded a computer before, more sophisticated shoppers were put off by the basic configurations, reported The Nation. HP in Singapore could not offer more details about the Linux notebook at press time. Until now, the use of Linux has largely been confined to servers and not in consumer desktops, a space which is still dominated by Microsoft's Windows OS and to a smaller extent, Apple's Macintosh. None of the large US-based PC makers -- HP, IBM and Dell -- are known to sell consumer desktops or notebook with the Linux OS pre-installed. Smaller makers such as ECS from Taiwan offer Linux as an option in their low-cost, batteryless notebooks, also known as desknotes. US-based manufacturer Lindows also offers Linux-based desktops and a $799 (�496) notebook. _________________________________________________________________ Is Linux really a viable alternative to Windows on the desktop? Read the latest headlines at ZDNet UK's [22]Operating Systems News Section. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,,t285,00.html

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Fwd: [lahar23@hotmail.com: [LIG] GNU- Lesser General Public License- Help Needed]
by Nagarjuna G. 12 May '03

12 May '03

Could some one help him? Nagarjuna

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Akruti fonts
by Kanti Jadia 12 May '03

12 May '03

http://www.gnu.org.in/ Cyberscape ,the company which released the first set of Indic fonts under GPL has withdrawn some of the fonts due to possible copyright issues. Cyberscape ,which released the Akruti fonts under GPL has withdrawn the following fonts due to possible copyright issues. Devnagari - dev1-n.ttf and dev1-b.ttf Gujarati - guj2-n.ttf and guj2-b.ttf Bengali - bng1-n.ttf and bng1-b.ttf Kannada - knd2-n.ttf and knd2-b.ttf Tamil - tml2-n.ttf and tml2-b.ttf Telugu - tlg1-n.ttf and tlg1-b.ttf Punjabi - pnj1-n.ttf and pnj1-b.ttf Oriya - ori2-n.ttf and ori2-b.ttf Malayalam - mal1-n.ttf and mal1-b.ttf FSF-India discourages the use of the above mentioned fonts for your work, particularly GPL based work. We regret for the inconvenience caused ----------------------------------------- Enjoy your Freedom,use GNU/Linux. http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html -----------------------------------------

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