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LinuxInIndia #004 (TUG 2002 comes to India)
by Frederick Noronha 10 Aug '02

10 Aug '02

GNU _ _____ _____ http://linuxinindia.pitas.com | | (_) |_ _| |_ _| | |_ | | _ _ __ _ ___ __ | | _ __ | | _ __ __| (_) ___ | | | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / | | | '_ \ | | | '_ \ / _` | |/ _ \ | |____| | | | | |_| |> < _| |_| | | |_| |_| | | | (_| | | (_) | |______|_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\_____|_| |_|_____|_| |_|\__,_|_|\__,_| CopyLeft2002 GNU/GPL v2 OR LATER * ISSUE004 * AUGUST 11, 2002 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Co-edited by Frederick Noronha and Parag Mehta <pm at linuxindia dot org> * +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In this issue o TUG 2002 comes to India o Linking projects to students o ELX Linux in the news o FSF-India mailing list change o Experiences from the classroom o Links you could use o Solaris mailing list o Scripts for a terminal server o Kaii Linux PDA +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TUG 2002 COMES TO INDIA: Registration is now open for the TUG 2002, the annual conference of TeX Users Group scheduled for September 1-7 at Technopark, Trivandrum, India. This is the first time that TUG conference is being held outside Europe and US. The TUG conference is one of the worlds leading TeX users/developers conferences aimed at the experienced developers and at the the same time novice users as well. One day tutorial for novice users which is followed by a two-day tutorial on advanced topics, take one to the four day conference of presentations and discussions by developers in the TeX world. The conference language is English. Organized by the Indian TeX Users Group (TUGIndia) in association with international TeX Users Group, the TUG 2002 will bring together for the 23rd time. TeX enthusiasts from around the world for talks about TeX, XML, metapost, multilingual typesetting, non-Latin and Indic scripts, graphics and much more. You can also join your fellow developers in birds-of-a-feather sessions, sample the local beer at our social event. The Organizing Committee Chair is Satish Babu <sb(a)inapp.com>, Internet Applications Technologies, Trivandrum, India and Program Committee Chair is Sebastian Rahtz, Computing Services, Oxford University <sebastian.rahtz(a)computing-services.oxford.ac.uk>, Oxford University, UK. The conference takes place at the Park Center, Technopark, Trivandrum and is co-sponsored by IT Mission Group, Government of Kerala. On Sunday, September 1 through Tuesday, September 3 there are four tutorial to chose from. The conference itself will open on Wednesday, September 4 with a keynote, "TeX, XML and the State of the Art" by Hans Hagen, Pragma Advanced Document Engineering, Netherlands. For all the details and online registration have a look at our web page: http://www.tug.org.in/tug2002/ Contacts: Organising Committee TUG 2002 <tug2002(a)tug.org.in> Thanks to Radhakrishnan <cvr(a)river-valley.org> for these details. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ LINKING PROJECTS TO STUDENTS: An attempt to offer students interesting GNU/Linux projects. Check the following sites. --> http://www.ilug-bom.org.in/wiki/ --> http://www.ilug-bom.org.in/Volunteer/ Suggests Trevor Warren: "Lets get started with volunteers/mentors listing their names as project guides....And start using Wiki to create a list of Projects for Students to come and visit. I would humbly request all to get started on the same ASAP.......which would b in accordance to the spirit with which all of us are doing our best to get the student community involved with Free Software." Contact for Trevor Warren: trevor(a)zenith-india.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ELX LINUX IN THE NEWS: Sunil Rajanala (Economic Times) reports from Hyderabad that Everyone's Linux (ELX) in association with Maxil Technology Solutions, US, is gearing up to launch a Linux-based operating system, ELX Power desktop version across North America, Europe, Latin America and Australia anytime now. ELX is India's first commercial Linux-based Operating System, which claims to match Windows by every feature and provides the additional advantages of Linux's robustness and security. The Linux operating system has been developed by Hyderabad-based Everyone's Linux, formerly 3T solutions. Economic Times quoted Maxil Technology's MIS director, Raj Kosaraju saying the soft launch of ELX Power Desktop Version 1.0 took place during late June this year across North America including Canada. ELX also plans to launch the product in India soon for just Rs 900 for Indian customers. Kosaraju said during the test phase, the pre-release version of ELX had 89,000 free downloads between April and June 2002, with most of the downloads from educational institutions, colleges, and universities. See http://www.elxlinux.com http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=15402221 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FSF-INDIA LIST CHANGE: Recently a change has taken place in the names of the FSF lists. fsf-friends is the list to which you need to send the mails (to take part in discussion on Free Software in India). fsf-india is now the announcement list of fsf-india, and fsf-friends is the list where subscribers can post their emails. This tip from Nagarjuna <nagarjun(a)hbcse.tifr.res.in> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ EXPERIENCES FROM THE CLASSROOM: Leo Fernandes <leo(a)indialink.org> narrates his recent experience with the Linux-in-schools project in Delhi: "Well, Monday was my first day in school! Was wonderful to be in the company of peers in Class 4. I learnt some logo commands. It's a great programming language! I think I will continue my education.... "So folks, we have passed through the first two days of having a Linux server in a school computer lab in Delhi for classes 4 to 8. We have RH 7.3 running on a Pentium 4 server with 640Mb ram and 20 diskless workstations booting off the server into X. LTSP is cool "Software setup was painless. However identifying hardware problems took 90% of time and energy. Defective bootroms, network cable probs, mouse probs etc..etc... We were also hit with DCOPServer errors. Couldn't figure out what went wrong. We worked around that by avoiding multiple logon with the same id. However running X with KDE 3.0.0 from 20 diskless stations made everything crawl -- that's when we upgraded to 640Mb ram. We are looking at options to improve speed. "Now the real test begins -- how the students and teachers take to it. "There's a lot of hand-holding to be done and numerous mundane tasks to take care of - like web pages with helpful documentation subitable for teachers, for students at higher classes etc. Some guide to basic operations is very much needed. "The whole setup was done as part of the hardware and network system upgrade that the school was undertaking. So we need to ensure that teachers can continue with their current work and projects within the framework of the present curriculum. They are open to new ideas too. "We have Openoffice for wordprocessing, spreadsheet and presentations. LOGO programming, and Bywater BASIC. Hopefully teachers and students will be able to cope with this new environment. "These initial days are crucial. Any help and suggestions to enhance the acceptability to this new environment is always welcome. "I wish to express my thanks to Dhruv, Prateek and Pai for their help and support. Dhruv and Prateek have been particulary helpful in taking time off to visit the site and make their contributions. More on this as we progress. Leo" We're all awaiting your updates, Leo. Positive or otherwise. Let's learn from our own and each other's experiences. (Leo is a great guy, and work by people like him in the 'nineties helped me to get access to e-mail when it was still not commercially available in the market...-FN) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ LINKS YOU COULD USE: These are some useful contacts one came across during a seminar on deploying GNU/Linux in government, held in Goa many months ago. Please check if the contacts still work though... Shrikant Navelkar, Sales Consultant, Red Hat India navelkar(a)redhat.com Mukul Mathur, ASEAN/SA Linux Manager, IBM mmathur(a)in.ibm.com Ajay M Kapoor, Channels Head, India, Red Hat India ajayk(a)redhat.com Sachin Dabir, Head-Enterprise Sales, Red Hat India sachin(a)redhat.com Info about Red Hat in India. http://in.redhat.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SOLARIS MAILING LIST: Check out this list. Not exclusively GNU/Linux, but focuses on IT and development issues. Solaris--independant forum for IT & development issues. Un/sub info: solaris-request(a)mail.sarai.net with the word "help" in the subject line or in the body of the message. URL: http://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/solaris/ archive: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/solaris/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SCRIPTS TO SET UP A TERMINAL SERVER: Heard about GLUE, the education-related version of GNU/Linux? Ajith <ajith(a)nsc.ernet.in> writes in to say: "There are several people (in Calicut/Kozhikode) now who can setup LTSP. The job of setting up LTS has been made a bit easier now. The new version of GLUE contains a script that will make the computer a Terminal Server. If the clients have video cards that are auto detected by XFree86 version 4, you don't need to do any configuration. It will make boot floppies for the terminals and, if you are lucky, the terminal comes up with the GUI. Proper hosts, dhcpd.conf and lts.conf files are made by the script. NTOP is installed to monitor the health of the network. It also installs the ICE Window manager and installs a menu with all the software installed from the CD and other required stuff. IceWM is light-weight, fast and flexible. Starts much much faster than KDE or GNOME. Installation of other packages on the CD also done by the script. If you copy the CD to the Web Server Document root area (no need to run the web server) all the science applets also can be accessed from the Window Manager Menu. All tested on a RedHat 7.3 installation. If anyone interested in trying it out, let me know." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ KAII LINUX PDA: A sneak preview of Infomart's "Kaii" Linux PDA Rick Lehrbaum (Updated March 18, 2002) http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8619741565.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ * FOOTNOTE: Frederick Noronha <fred at bytesforall dot org> is a Goa-based freelance journalist, who writes on IT-for-development and GNU/Linux themes regularly, and is cofounder of BytesForAll <www.bytesforall.org>. In the past year, he worked on a print media fellowship to study India's contribution to GNU/Linux, from www.sarai.net (Sarai-New Delhi) Parag Mehta <pm at linuxindia dot org> is webmaster for Linux India, listadmin for Ilug-bom, Country Manager of India for Linux Counters (do get counted as a GNU/Linux user!). Visit his personal site at: http://pmehta.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Call for submission for papers...
by Frederick Noronha 10 Aug '02

10 Aug '02

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jochen Topf <jochen(a)remote.org> Subject: Linux-Kongress 2002 registration opens! Date: 16 Jul 2002 16:53:56 GMT Registration is now open for the Linux-Kongress 2002. If you register before August 9 you will receive a 33% discount on the conference fees! The Linux-Kongress is one of the worlds leading Linux developer conferences aimed at the experienced developer community. One day of tutorials is followed by a two-day, two-track conference program, with a Linux exhibition to browse in between the talks. The conference language is English. Organized by the German Unix User Group (GUUG) the Linux-Kongress will bring together for the 9th time Linux enthusiasts from around the world for talks about security, multimedia, clustering, new kernel developments and much more. You can also join your fellow developers in birds-of-a-feather sessions, sample the local beer at our Social Event and compete against your peers in the Linux-Kongress Komplete Konfusion Kuiz. The conference takes place at the University of Cologne, Germany. On Wednesday, September 4 there are five tutorial to chose from. The conference itself will open on Thursday, September 5 with a keynote by Marcelo Tosatti, the maintainer of the 2.4 kernel tree. Thanks to the German Ministry of Education and Research there is a special deal this year: Students pay only 50 EUR for the conference, tutorials and the Social Event! For all the details and online registration have a look at our web page: http://www.linux-kongress.org/ Don't forget to register in time for the 33% discount. I hope to see you in Cologne! Jochen Topf ########################################################################## # Send submissions for comp.os.linux.announce to: cola(a)stump.algebra.com # # PLEASE remember a short description of the software and the LOCATION. # # This group is archived at http://stump.algebra.com/~cola/ # ########################################################################## ------------------------------ From: Lars Tunkrans <ltu(a)icl.se> Subject: NORDU2003 - Call For Papers Date: 16 Jul 2002 16:54:00 GMT Reply-To: ltu(a)icl.se Subject: Call For Papers NordU2003 5th NordU/USENIX Conference, General Technical (NordU2003) February 10 - 14, 2003 Aros Congress Center Vaesteraas, Sweden Important Dates Paper submissions due: September 2, 2002 Notification of acceptance: October 2, 2002 Camera-ready final papers due: December 2, 2002 Conference Organizers Program Chairs Martin Wahlen, Sound Foundation Poul-Henning Kamp, FreeBSD developer & consultant Program Committee Seppo Kauppinen, Lars Tunkrans, Fujitsu Services Kristen Nielsen, TDC TeleDanmark Network Division. Review Committee Jonas Skeppstedt, Lund University Marshall Kirk McKusick, Unix developer & consultant - formerly CSRG UCB. Julia Lawall, DIKU Brian A. LaMacchia, Microsoft Tutorial Coordinator Ulla Sandberg Organization Committee Anita Nilsson, UniForum Marknadskonsult Jan Saell, Irial Overview The NordU program committee solicits papers on topics related to UNIX and UNIX like systems and UNIX system administration. We especially encourage papers on novel techniques, architectures and methodologies. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Security Security Audits Common Problems Mandatory Access Controls Operating Systems Virtual Memory File Systems Device Drivers Open Source/ Free UNIX Open Source projects Open Source methodologies Open Source case studies Economic Impacts High Performance Computing Clustering the GRID High Availability Clustering Storage Technologies Checkpoint Techniques. Mobile Computing IPv6 802.11b BlueTooth Software Development Languages Development Environments Change Management Interoperability Windows Standards Storage Area Network Interconnects UNIX drivers software Paper Submissions Submissions should be full papers of about 4000-6000 words. The maximum submission length is 14 single-spaced A4 pages, including figures, tables, and references, using an 11pt font. Submitted papers should be in PDF format. The committee will not review papers that exceed the length limit, or papers in other formats such as Word or HTML. Extended Abstracts are acceptable, if they provide sufficient detail. Submissions are due on September 2, 2002. The program committee and external readers will judge papers on technical merit, significance, relevance, and presentation. A good paper will demonstrate that the authors: Are attacking a significant problem, have devised an interesting, compelling solution, have demonstrated the practicality and benefits of the solution, have drawn appropriate conclusions, have clearly described what they have done, and have clearly articulated the advances beyond previous work. Please read the detailed USENIX author guidelines for more information. Accepted papers may be shepherded through an editorial review process by a member of the program committee. The NordU conference, like most conferences and journals, does not allow submissions that are substantially similar to works that are previously published or are under review for publication elsewhere. Papers accompanied by non-disclosure agreement forms will not be read or reviewed. Best Paper Awards Awards will be given for the best paper. Work-in-Progress Reports Would you like to share a provocative opinion, interesting preliminary work, or a cool idea that will provoke discussion? The NordU technical sessions will include slots for work-in-progress reports and "outrageous" opinion statements. We are particularly interested in presentations of student work. To submit, please send a proposal (one page or less) to the program committee at pgm03(a)nordu.org. Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BoFs) are informal gatherings organized by attendees interested in a particular topic. BoFs will be held in the evening. BoFs may be scheduled in advance by emailing the Program Committee at pgm03(a)nordu.org. BoFs may also be scheduled at the conference. Registration Materials Complete program and registration information will be available in December 2002 on the conference Web site. The information will be in both HTML and a printable PDF file. If you would like to receive the program booklet in print, please email your request, including your postal address, to: congrex(a)congrex.se ########################################################################## # Send submissions for comp.os.linux.announce to: cola(a)stump.algebra.com # # PLEASE remember a short description of the software and the LOCATION. # # This group is archived at http://stump.algebra.com/~cola/ # ########################################################################## ------------------------------

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DeveloperIQ: Compile your kernel, get new GNU/Linux software....
by Frederick Noronha 09 Aug '02

09 Aug '02

Some updates from the August 2002 issue of DeveloperIQ www.developeriq.com * LINUXmag section has a special article on how to compile your own Linux kernel, by Philip de Groot.Get better hardware support by compiling your kernel... or move to a more faster and stable kernel. * On the CD: Corel Photo-Paint 9 for Linux. * Editorial: Microsoft is learning a few tricks from the Open Source space (by Ramdas S ramdas(a)developeriq.com) "You would not get the source code of any Microsoft products at least as of now! The strategy is to offer free products in space where the competition from Open Source is strong to match in offerings. The new ASP.Net Web Matrix, which supports ASP programming, is now freely available.And Microsoft is backing it up with support, unlike the Open Source Community." (Whatever this is supposed to mean!!!FN) * Ramdas says: "At the point of writing, we were trying to figure whether we could connect it to MySQL on Windows instead of the more expensive MS SQL server..." (So, the freedom of affordability is important too ;-) * Special DeveloperIQ Linux applications collection CDs: RedHat 7.2, 2 CDs Rs 299 RedHat 7.3, 5 CDs Rs 699 Caldera OpenLinux - Workstation 3.1.1, 2 CDs Rs 199 Caldera OpenLinux - Server 3.1.1., 2 CDs Rs 199 Mandrake 8.2, 3 CDs Rs 499 with support Rs 999 Debian 2.2, 3 CDs Rs 499 or with support Rs 999 (support for 30 days or 30 e-mails, whichever earlier) * LINUX MAG INDIA-on-CD: 18 Cs in a year. Rs 1499. Get a whole lot of Linux apps and the latest updates. Log on to www.linuxmagindia.com for full details. Five CD starter kit contains RedHat 7.2, Openoffice 1.0, Galeon 1.2.1, KDE 3.0, Mozilla Internet suite 1.0rc2, Netscape 6.2.1, Acrobat reader 4.05, Gimp 1.2.3, Ximian Gnome 1.4, Kmail 1.0.29.2, gqmpeg 0.12.0, Etherape 0.8.2, Kyahoo 0.7, Image 0.1.9, Qcad 1.4.7, Blender 2.12, Cross Artist 1.1, sfront 0.7 and more Development tools: j2re1.4.0, j2sdk1.4.0, j2sdk1.4.0Forte, Redhat 7.2 manuals: installation guide, getting started guide, customization guide, reference guide, release notes, MySQL 3.23 a Redhat RPM, server (i386), Behcnmark/test suites, client program, libraries and header file for development, client shared libraries, binary package, Glade, Anjuta 0.1.7, clip 0.93, DDD 3.3.1, DejaGNU 1.4.2, gIDE 0.3.5, GNU Debugger 5.0, gnome debut 0.1.5, jDBA 0.7, KDE SDK 2.2.1, Open DAP 2.0.19, pyut 1.0, Libtool 1.4.2 and more ENTERTAINMENT: Half-life Opposing Force Server, Trophy 1.0.1, Tux Racer 0.61, Mojoworld Transporter 1.02, Search and Resume Game, Q3Text (Linux)1.07, Armagetron, abuse-SDL0.6.0, Vega Strike 0.2.0-14, 4st Attack Version, SDL_Paradroid, EasySok Version: 0.3.0., FreeDroid 0.7.0, Decopter Version 0.2.3, Penguin Command Version, gf passthru Version; 0.0.1-alpha, Iter Vehemens Ad Necem Version 0.311, Operation Blacksun 2 Version. Send your commends and feedback to ramdas(a)developeriq.com This note is circulated by: -- Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa * India 832.409490 / 409783 BYTESFORALL www.bytesforall.org * GNU-LINUX http://linuxinindia.pitas.com Email fred(a)bytesforall.org * Mobile +9822 122436 (Goa) * Saligao Goa India Writing with a difference... on what makes *the* difference

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[ilug-goa] revolution :) (fwd)
by Kanti Jadia 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

Hi all, There seems a lot of options in these cases. A student can have a lot of options to work A few i propose a few options from my side -> SUBJECT TRADITION LINUX REVOLUTION ;) ->STATUS -> ------- --------- ------------------ ->-------- -> OOP(c++) Turbo C++ GCC(G++) + vi ->*successful Add GCC + EMACS,ANJUTA ,kdevelop -> RDBMS Vb+Oracle8i PHP+MySQL ->**see bottom Add Python + MySQL , Python+PostgreSQL -> HTML ie netscape ->obvious Add mozilla,galeon,konqueror -> Networking BSD sockets(GCC) same no change -> S/w Engg. MS.Project Mr.Project ->***successful Add CVS ->=============================================== ->* I downloaded david 1.02 which is supposed to be a full fledged ->c/c++ IDE for Gnome .. but it takes a hell lot of time to start ->and it crashes very very frequently.. Arvind Y. is supposed to ->provide me Anjuta .. guess that can be a good option to TC++ .. ->----------------------------------------------------------------------->----- ->** i tried the MySQL 3.22 server ( too old?? ) everything works ->fine but 3.22 dosent support checks ,views and foreign keys. ->(emulates foreign keys) can someone suggest a replacement??? i ->cant get my hands on Oracle 9i for linux ..that could be a ->solution i guess.. ->----------------------------------------------------------------------->----- ->*** Can anyone suggest any good case tools for linux?? ->----------------------------------------------------------------------->---- If you could create an online list with focus on students more applications can be added(tip of the iceberg at present). Best of luck Kanti

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Fwd: [fsug-calicut] IT at Schools, Kerala
by baiju m 08 Aug '02

08 Aug '02

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LINK: Open source for e-government
by Frederick Noronha 07 Aug '02

07 Aug '02

____________________________________________________________________ Open Source for E-Government Call for Participation Open Source: A Case for e-Government Washington, DC Oct. 17 - 18, 2002 infoDev, the Cyberspace Policy Institute of The George Washington University, and the UNDP are proud to present a conference on Open Source: A Case for e-Government to be held in Washington, DC, USA, Oct. 17 - 18, 2002. The conference will draw participants from local, national and international organizations from both the public and private sector. The goals of the conference include: * the presentation of best practices * raising awareness * sharing of experiences among policy makers, donors, users/consumers, universities, and industry specialists in Open Source, e-Government and related fields. To facilitate the organization of topics and events at the conference, you are invited to submit speaking and demonstration proposals. We strongly encourage speakers from both developed and developing countries to share experiences and submit proposals. * Read the Call for Speakers

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O'Reilly newsletter (new books, etc)
by Frederick Noronha 07 Aug '02

07 Aug '02

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Here's a terrific list of top ten performance tips from Patrick Killelea, author of "Web Performance Tuning, 2nd Edition." Web Performance Tuning, 2nd Edition Order Number: 172X http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webpt2/ --------------------- Java --------------------- ***2002 OSCON Java Wrap-Up*** http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/07/29/osconjava.html ***10 Reasons We Need Java 3.0*** It's now seven years since Sun posted the first public release of Java, and it is showing its age. There are many parts of Java that everyone agrees should be fixed, but can't be for reasons of backwards compatibility. Elliotte Rusty Harold imagines a "Java 3" that jettisons the baggage of the last decade, and proposes numerous changes to the core language, virtual machine, and class libraries. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/07/31/java3.html ------------------------------- Bioinformatics ------------------------------- ***Wanted: Bioinformatics info*** Do you know of any bioinformatics groups? Know anyone who does? Have you read a good bioinformatics article lately? Please let me know at marsee(a)oreilly.com --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Dissecting .Mac*** Current iTools enrollees have felt conflicting emotions about Apple's announced move to .Mac, with its annual pricing structure. Here's a look at the services being offered, and their value, from an experienced user's point of view. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/07/30/dot_mac.html ***Jaguar: Time to Stop Pussyfooting Around*** Debates about Apple's marketing of Mac OS X, upgrade pricing for Jaguar, and the viability of the Switch campaign are distracting us from what's important: it's time to move forward with this operating system as quickly as possible. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/08/01/jaguar.html Until next time, Marsee

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TUG 2002 - Update
by Nagarjuna G. 07 Aug '02

07 Aug '02

----- Forwarded message from Radhakrishnan CV <cvr(a)tug.org> ----- >From nagarjun Wed Aug 7 15:11:26 2002 Envelope-to: nagarjun(a)hbcse.tifr.res.in Delivery-date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 15:11:26 +0530 From: Radhakrishnan CV <cvr(a)tug.org> Subject: TUG 2002 - Update To: Nagarjuna <nagarjun(a)hbcse.tifr.res.in> Could you please post this in any of the appropriate FSF India list? Thanks for your assistance. Radhakrishnan ------------------------------------ This is an update of TUG2002. The precise program schedule is now available at: http://www.tug.org.in/tug2002/program.html As you can see, TUG 2002 deals with many of the emerging technologies in the document universe with emphasis on non-Latin and Indic scripts document processing. I would request all of you to have a look at the programs and abstracts of presentations. It will be of much assistance to the organizers if you would register at the earliest. As this is the first time that the Annual Conference of TeX Users Group is being conducted outside Europe and US, I hope, you will not miss this chance to participate. -- Radhakrishnan Indian TeX Users Group ----- End forwarded message ----- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nagarjun(a)hbcse.tifr.res.in www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/gn/ Key fingerprint = C1E2 1B8C 8E98 A697 68B7 ADAC E956 6D4B DE90 BF01

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[ilug-goa] revolution :) (fwd)
by Frederick Noronha 07 Aug '02

07 Aug '02

A young student-friend from Goa, Ajoy Kunkolienkar, recently put out this post. Could we do something to encourage such thinking? Any further development of the CD-for-engineering-students plan? FN ---------- Forwarded message ---------- hi everybody! i've been trying some stuff over the last week which prompts me to post this mail... what i'm basically trying to do is to create an option or rather highlight an already existing option to the student community. in any course in computer science , the subjects of RDBMS ,OOP , Networking and software engineering are common .. and they form the scope of the Bsc compute science course offered by various colleges affltd. to the GU. Most of the colleges (almost all) use MS windows as the default platform for conducting practicals in the above subjects.I tried doing otherwise ie. using *Linux* for all practicals and by doing so, i hoped to give others a choice too.. i tried the foll. combinations , but some have shortcommings.. can someone help me out with them? SUBJECT TRADITION LINUX REVOLUTION ;) STATUS ------- --------- ------------------ -------- OOP(c++) Turbo C++ GCC(G++) + vi *successful RDBMS Vb+Oracle8i PHP+MySQL **see bottom HTML ie netscape obvious Networking BSD sockets(GCC) same no change S/w Engg. MS.Project Mr.Project ***successful ============================================================================= * I downloaded david 1.02 which is supposed to be a full fledged c/c++ IDE for Gnome .. but it takes a hell lot of time to start and it crashes very very frequently.. Arvind Y. is supposed to provide me Anjuta .. guess that can be a good option to TC++ .. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** i tried the MySQL 3.22 server ( too old?? ) everything works fine but 3.22 dosent support checks ,views and foreign keys. (emulates foreign keys) can someone suggest a replacement??? i cant get my hands on Oracle 9i for linux ..that could be a solution i guess.. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Can anyone suggest any good case tools for linux?? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- hoping for a reply, -=AJOY=- datafort(a)rediffmail.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Access Your PC from Anywhere - Free Trial http://us.click.yahoo.com/o5uw2C/0ncEAA/Ey.GAA/0XFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To Post a message, send it to: ilug-goa(a)eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: ilug-goa-unsubscribe(a)eGroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

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[fred@bytesforall.org: [Life] Taking the Penguin to the classroom (Goa)]
by Nagarjuna G. 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

----- Forwarded message from Frederick Noronha <fred(a)bytesforall.org> ----- >From nagarjun Fri Aug 2 10:31:42 2002 Envelope-to: nagarjun(a)hbcse.tifr.res.in Delivery-date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 10:31:42 +0530 cc: Animesh N Nerurkar <banduji(a)symonds.net> From: Frederick Noronha <fred(a)bytesforall.org> List-Archive: <http://mm.hbcse.tifr.res.in/pipermail/life/> List-Help: <mailto:life-request@mm.hbcse.tifr.res.in?subject=help> List-Id: A Mailing List for Free Software Solutions for Education <life.mm.hbcse.tifr.res.in> List-Post: <mailto:life@mm.hbcse.tifr.res.in> List-Subscribe: <http://mm.hbcse.tifr.res.in/mailman/listinfo/life>, <mailto:life-request@mm.hbcse.tifr.res.in?subject=subscribe> List-Unsubscribe: <http://mm.hbcse.tifr.res.in/mailman/listinfo/life>, <mailto:life-request@mm.hbcse.tifr.res.in?subject=unsubscribe> Reply-To: life(a)mm.hbcse.tifr.res.in Subject: [Life] Taking the Penguin to the classroom (Goa) To: life(a)mm.hbcse.tifr.res.in X-AntiVirus: OK! AntiVir MailGate Version 2.0.0.0 at hbcse has not found any known virus in this email. X-BeenThere: life(a)mm.hbcse.tifr.res.in X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 This is a draft article that Animesh and myself are working on... it kindof explains the approach in Goa. FN ---------- Forwarded message ---------- =================================================== GNU/LINUX IN OVERDRIVE... TAKING THE PENGUIN TO THE CLASSROOM =================================================== By Animesh Nerulkar & Frederick Noronha GOA MADE it to the news some months back, as a group of volunteers attempted to take GNU/Linux to the classroom. Fighting pessimism, a heavily Microsoft-loaded syllabus and a daunting task coupled with the ever-looming difficulty of getting volunteers, the project has moved on. Silently and away from the headlines, a small group has struggled to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Will things work? It's still too chancey to predict... But, clearly some indicators and pointers are emerging already. If Linux is going to reach the school classroom, the success or failure of such a project would probably depend on: * acceptance of Linux by teachers and students * availability of Linux support, when needed * ability to get earlier-generation hardware to work with suitable versions of Linux. Goasudharop's Goa Schools Computers Project (GSCP), a network of expat Goans inspired by concerns about spreading computer education emerging from back home, shipped in a containerfull of some 280 once-used computers from New York. GNU/Linux hass been installed on a number of these. Some 150 schools inGoa benefited from this handout, with 20 of these schools recieving LTSP networks, using the Linux Terminal Server Project software. On behalf of Linux Goa (Goa chapter of the India Linux User Group) local software engineer Arvind Yadav and automobile engineering student Animesh Nerurkar put together a single-CD version Linux, based on Red Hat 7.2. The goal of this was that it would make an install of GNU/Linux easier and faster; standardise the installation, so that problems when they arose could be more-easily identified and tackled; and match the available hardware (Pentiums) with the software. RedHat 7.2 was selected over other versions as the base for this custom CD mainly due to its built-in support for the ext3 file system -- seen as being more hardy to withstand the powerfailures and abrupt shutdowns that school usage could imply. Besides, this was also the latest version of linux released at that time. To make the installation and maintenance work easier, Arvind and Animesh point out that they worked on creating a standard Linux installation. Kind of stick-the-CD-in-and-it-works thing. This CD was used to deploy GNU/Linux in most of these schools in Goa and another "few hundred" in Nepal. Schools in the distant mountainous kingdom had also requested and deployed the same with help from Linux-Goa's volunteer Tom Fernandes, of German-Goan descent, who has been working with GNU/Linux extensively in Goa over the past months. Tom traveled all the way across by train and bus to help out, in the backdrop of a Maoist insurgency in that politically-troubled country and amidst unpredictable traffic dislocations and many-day general strikes. This custom schools CD also evoked interest among those promoting the use of GNU/Linux in some of Kerala's schools. As the custom built CD was intended for use in schools, it was planned as a solution to the anticipated needs of these schoools and their curriculae, rather than as just another package of goodies. Besides, at the back of everyone's mind was the level of expertise of the average volunteer -- not all of us are in the same league as Alan Cox, after all. Some amount of standardisation was also prefered to ensure ease of voluntary support to these schools in the eventuality that another volunteer might have to work out a solution to a computer which he or she (yes, there are a few committed women volunteers too!) didn't do the initial setup for. It was also expected to adequately provide the needs of GNU/Linux related self learning for the school staff. Of course, installation and configuration of GNU/Linux software is a time-consuming job. Each installation, on each PC, takes the good part of an hour. (One needs to note here however that a Windows install usually 'fixes' only the Operating System. In the case of Linux, one normally gets not just the OS but virtual tonnes of office applications, Net tools, a few games, engineering applications -- if you choose them -- and a whole lot of software to do virtually everything you could do with a computer). There are two special catagories of installation in the new menu -- Workstation, for stand alone systems, and LTSP-Server, for a network server. For each of these installation catagories, a custom disk-partioning scheme was customised while the original Redhat scheme were rejected as it did not by default meet the hardware requirements of the PCs being installed in the schools which, expectedly, were not the latest available in the market. The time zone selections were set to default to "Calcutta/India". Such small efforts were aimed at ensuring that the installation setups were easier for the person finally doing it. As most machines are restricted to some 32 MB RAM and 1.2 GB hard disks. those working on the project were left with no option but to ruthlessly eliminate any software package that was unessential. As a result, some standard packages and apps from the original Red Hat 7.2 'distro' were dropped and some additional apps were added. The need for dropping some of the original Red Hat collection was dictated by the hardware resources of the machines that would use this, while the additional software was meant to provide additional functionality and ensure the availability of the complete, needed solution. KDE, a resource hungry solution, was the single largest casualty along with all QT-based apps. Gnome, as the next most resource-hungry, would also have been put on the chopping block were it not for the fact that atleast one, complete, non-radical, userfriendly desktop was needed (atleast initially). This was seen as necessary to avoid intimidating the school staff. Gnome was selected over KDE as it was found to be a lot less resource hungry. Windowmaker menus were customised and added on the CD with the intention that at some point of time, the school staff and children wud migrate to a lighter desktop such as this. Some games were selectively included in the CD from the original Red Hat package as these were known to enhance educational and entertainment value. LTSP, the Linux Terminal Server Project, besides its documentation and a vast collection of remote boot images were added. Browser Opera was added. Some howtos had to be written to cover these changes and to aid in the implementation of the project. Arvind coded shell scripts for this purpose. To complete this excercise, two volunteer and one GSCP teachers training programmes were held by Linux Goa. For the teachers training, theory sessions were compulsary, practicals were optional. Each teachers training programme lasted two days, four sessions per day, two hours per session. In all, a total of eight sessions done. Tom Fernandes and Animesh volunteered as instructors on behalf of Linux Goa, while Arvind and Animesh helped with the volunteer training. On most PCs, this single-CD install would work without causing much trouble for even a newbie, believes Animesh. (Other Linux-Goa stalwarts like Goa University professor Gurunandan Bhat cautions against building undue expectations on this, saying, "Installs are tricky and often unpredictable.") To demonstrate how it would work, our non-techie members who have never done a single install in their life -- like one of the co-authors of this article -- were called upon to face the test. They -- or should one say the CD -- passed easily. Tom Fernandes <anyaddress(a)gmx.net> suggests that another desktop manager could be used (in lieu of Gnome). "Nautilius is damn slow (on the Pentium-I's). It uses up 80% of the RAM," suggested Tom. Currently the machines are being set up with Gnome as default. Animesh raises some questions. He says: "How do we use computers to further the cause of education, rather than just dump a set of hardware and software in the hands of school-teachers?" He says while the attempt to implement a Linux-in-education solution in Mexico is largely seen as having "failed", in Portland-Oregaon a success story was reported. This had also resulted in the LinuxForKids.com collection of software. Others -- in places as far apart as Vietnam and Kolkata -- were interested in looking at Goa's experiment with taking Linux to schools. Delhi has since started an ambitious project, and is working itself to take GNU/Linux to schools through the support of the local LUG (Linux Users Group). Future plans in Goa include working out a more carfully planned schools specific linux distro. There is also need for a carefully planned engineering college specific Linux distro. Say volunteers: "Any one interested is welcome to join in the effort, regardless of ur nationality, geographical location, or such other considerations." To conclude, here is some food for thought: People are neither trying to learn computers, nor are they trying to use computers. They're simply trying to get their work done. GNU/Linux will gain acceptance if it can help them to get to that goal without too much difficulty. (ENDS) -- Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa * India 832.409490 / 409783 BYTESFORALL www.bytesforall.org * GNU-LINUX http://linuxinindia.pitas.com Email fred(a)bytesforall.org * Mobile +9822 122436 (Goa) * Saligao Goa India Writing with a difference... on what makes *the* difference _______________________________________________ LIFE mailing list LIFE(a)mm.hbcse.tifr.res.in http://mm.hbcse.tifr.res.in/mailman/listinfo/life ----- End forwarded message ----- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nagarjun(a)hbcse.tifr.res.in www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/gn/ Key fingerprint = C1E2 1B8C 8E98 A697 68B7 ADAC E956 6D4B DE90 BF01

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