FSUG-Bangalore December 2006

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Exaile
by Debarshi Ray 30 Dec '06

30 Dec '06

http://www.exaile.org/trac I just happened to come across Exaile. It is a GTK+ based media player very similar in functionality to Amarok. I could not find any RPMs for it though there is a package for Edgy Eft. Installation from the tarball is nothing but 'make install', but one can easily run into dependency hell since there is no configure script to tell you what you need. Make sure you have: a. python-gstreamer b. notification-daemon c. notify-python d. python-sqlite2 e. python-mutagen You might need some more, but these are what I noticed. It is still not as polished as Amarok, but is surely nice if you can manage to install it. Cheers, Debarshihttp://www.exaile.org/trac I just happened to come across Exaile. It is a GTK+ based media player very similar in functionality to Amarok. I could not find any RPMs for it though there is a package for Edgy Eft. Installation from the tarball is nothing but 'make install', but one can easily run into dependency hell since there is no configure script to tell you what you need. Make sure you have: a. python-gstreamer b. notification-daemon c. notify-python d. python-sqlite2 e. python-mutagen You might need some more, but these are what I noticed. It is still not as polished as Amarok, but is surely nice if you can manage to install it. Cheers, Debarshi -- After the game the king and the pawn go into the same box. -- Italian proverb

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OpenDNS
by Debarshi Ray 30 Dec '06

30 Dec '06

http://www.opendns.com/ http://wahjava.wordpress.com/2006/11/23/opendns-for-faster-domain-name-reso… OpenDNS claims to be a safer, faster and smarter DNS service. Regards, Debarshi -- Universities are places of knowledge. The freshman each bring a little in with them, and the seniors take none away, so knowledge accumulates.

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LinuxChix: Resources for linux specifically for women
by Vikram Vincent 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

http://www.linuxchix.org/ LinuxChix is a community for women who like Linux, and for women and men who want to support women in computing. The membership ranges from novices to experienced users, and includes professional and amateur programmers, system administrators and technical writers. Joining LinuxChix is easy - just join one of our mailing lists<http://www.linuxchix.org/content/docs/listinfo.html>and start participating. -- Regards Vikram Vincent +919448810822 http://groups-beta.google.com/group/bangalore_alive/ http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=19591248

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Announcing the public release of the deepOfix Messaging Server under
by Laxminarayan G Kamath A 15 Dec '06

15 Dec '06

GNU GPL Message-Id: <20061215092844.5fc90931.laxminarayan(a)deeproot.co.in> Organization: DeepRoot Linux X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.8.17; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear Friends! Good Morning! It gives me immense pleasure to announce the first public release of our deepOfix Messaging Server as Free Software under the GNU General Public License. This is culmination of last few months of hard work during which deepOfix grown from strength to strength. deepOfix now runs in over 200 servers in small and large organisations alike... and downloads of the new release have already crossed 170 within 24 hours of the release! You can know more about the deepOfix server from our brand new website: http://www.deeproot.in http://www.deeproot.in/deepofix We encourage you to download deepOfix and give it a try. Details on how to do this are on the following page: http://www.deeproot.in/deepofix/download http://www.deeproot.in/deepofix/license [for licensing information] There is also an installation manual which will guide you step by step on how to install deepOfix: http://www.deeproot.in/deepofix/install The complete source code for deepOfix is available publically. You can download the source code (and the operating system installer) from the following page: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=156141 The downloads have been hosted on SourceForge.net service. We eagerly await your feedback, comments and criticism on this new direction that deepOfix has now assumed. Cheers, Laxminarayan G Kamath A ... on behalf of the complete DeepRoot Linux team. -- i-hack-foss at DeepRoot Linux http://www.deeproot.in / +91 (80) 4112 4784 / 85 Getting GNU/Linux to work for you. Faster. Better. Today. Every way.

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Fwd: FSF announces support for the Free Ryzom campaign with a pledge of $60, 000.
by Anivar Aravind 14 Dec '06

14 Dec '06

Boston, December 13th 2006 - Free Software Foundation announces that it will officially support the Free Ryzom campaign (www.ryzom.org) with a pledge of $60,000. The Free Ryzom campaign was established to purchase the online game and universe known as Ryzom, property of the now bankrupt Nevrax company, and release the entire game as free software. As stated by Peter T. Brown, Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation, the FSF considers the Free Ryzom campaign "a high priority project for the free software movement". The aim of the campaign is to publish the source code to the entire game under the terms of the widely-used GPL, as well as publishing all of the artwork and other content under similar free licenses. The Free Ryzom campaign represents a unique opportunity for the free software movement and the emerging free gaming field. A fully free MMORPG (massively multiplayer online roleplaying game) engine and client/server architecture would allow the development of a myriad of universes, each one evolving its own philosophy and unique content - but sharing in general technical improvements. If successful, this campaign would allow any user to create their own universe and produce their own content based on the Ryzom/Nevrax architecture. Since the announcement by Nevrax of their bankruptcy, the Free Ryzom campaign has drawn together a heterogeneous community of volunteers formed by ex-employees, current players and free software sympathizers. With the support of the FSF, it is now expected that the campaign will be able to increase its bid to over 200.000€. The campaign is also seeking to create a non-profit organization to run and maintain the current game servers. Monthly fees would be spent on service costs and game development. Pledges can be submitted at the Free Ryzom campaign website (www.ryzom.org). Pledges must be made within the next few days, since the deadline for the final bid is expected sometime before Wednesday, December 19th, depending on when the judges make their decision. -- About the Free Software Foundation The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of Free (as in freedom) Software - particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants - and Free Documentation for Free Software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom in the use of software. Their web site, located at www.fsf.org, is an important source of information about GNU/Linux. They are headquartered in Boston, MA, USA. About The Free Ryzom Campaign The Free Ryzom Campaign is a community-based initiative formed to purchase the MMORPG game Ryzom from the now-bankrupt Nevrax. Players, former Nevrax employees, and free software sympathizers have partnered with Olivier Lejade (former CEO of Nevrax, now CEO of Mekensleep) and Valentin Lacambre (a well known personality related to the alternative Internet movement in France) to purchase the game and release the source code under the terms of the GNU GPL, and the content and artwork under similar free licenses. For more information on their campaign, or to make a donation pledge, please visit www.ryzom.org _______________________________________________ info-fsf mailing list info-fsf(a)gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-fsf

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Re: Linux system programming - help required
by Frederick Noronha 12 Dec '06

12 Dec '06

Can someone offer pointers to Aravind? FN On 11/12/06, Aravind Nagraj <aravindn81(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I am interested to learn kernel programming > If you know any good mentors in linux kernel programming in and around > bangalore, let me please know. It would be great help for me. > > awaiting your reply > thanks > aravind -- FN 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 (phone calls after 1 pm please) FLOSS, geeks, blogs: [http://planet.foss.in/]

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GNU/Hurd Shell Account
by പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen 11 Dec '06

11 Dec '06

Hi, Get GNU/Hurd shell accounts from http://hurd.gnufans.org/bin/view/Hurd/PublicHurdBoxen Ask for an account at #hurd or You can also write email to (the freshly created) <hurd-shell-account(a)gnu.org> to get an account set-up for you. Happy Hacking, Praveen -- "Value your freedom, or you will lose it, teaches history. `Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn." -- Richard Stallman Me scribbles at http://www.pravi.co.nr

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Pondicherry needs your help... Fwd: [p_lug] Dead mailing list need some activity
by Frederick Noronha 09 Dec '06

09 Dec '06

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ashish R <lists(a)ashishr.net> Date: 09-Dec-2006 21:45 Subject: [p_lug] Dead mailing list need some activity To: p_lug(a)yahoogroups.com Hi P_lugers, Greetings! This mailing list is almost dead, we need some activity here. ;( Folks, Let's meet, I will be in Pondicherry from 23rd to 27th Dec. I would like to meet some of you guys. Danagopal, I am looking forward to meet you. If you happen to see this plz respond. I have a few plans for this LUG, need to discuss it with Sukrit, will let all of you know about it, till then stay tuned! -- With Warm Regards, Ashish Rajasekhar, My blog : http://www.ashishr.net .-. /v\ L I N U X // \\ >Phear the Penguin< /( )\ ^^-^^ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/p_lug/ -- FN 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 (phone calls after 1 pm please) FLOSS, geeks, blogs: [http://planet.foss.in/] -- FN 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 (phone calls after 1 pm please) FLOSS, geeks, blogs: [http://planet.foss.in/]

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Announcing the public release of the deepOfix Messaging Server under GNU GPL
by Abhas Abhinav 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Dear Friends! Good Morning! It gives me immense pleasure to announce the first public release of our deepOfix Messaging Server as Free Software under the GNU General Public License. This is culmination of last few months of hard work during which deepOfix grown from strength to strength. deepOfix now runs in over 200 servers in small and large organisations alike... and downloads of the new release have already crossed 170 within 24 hours of the release! You can know more about the deepOfix server from our brand new website: http://www.deeproot.in http://www.deeproot.in/deepofix We encourage you to download deepOfix and give it a try. Details on how to do this are on the following page: http://www.deeproot.in/deepofix/download http://www.deeproot.in/deepofix/license [for licensing information] There is also an installation manual which will guide you step by step on how to install deepOfix: http://www.deeproot.in/deepofix/install The complete source code for deepOfix is available publically. You can download the source code (and the operating system installer) from the following page: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=156141 The downloads have been hosted on SourceForge.net service. We eagerly await your feedback, comments and criticism on this new direction that deepOfix has now assumed. Cheers, Abhas. ... on behalf of the complete DeepRoot Linux team. -- i-take-charge at DeepRoot Linux http://www.deeproot.in / +91 (80) 4112 4784 / 85 Getting GNU/Linux to work for you. Faster. Better. Today. Every way.

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GPLv3 embedded in devices
by Vikram Vincent 05 Dec '06

05 Dec '06

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/gplv3_embedded_in_devices GPLv3 embedded in devices By Ciaran O'Riordan <http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/user/31021> *Online on: 29/11/2006* At last week's GPLv3 conference, the topic of embedded GPLv3 software came up a few times. Below is something of a summary of those discussions. Georg Greve <http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/greve> blogged about the conference<http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/greve/freedom_bits/back_from_gplv3_conference_in…>, so I'll avoid repeating what he covered. Suffice to say, it was an event the organisers can be proud of, and Tokyo is a lovely and interesting place. I think the issue of GPLv3 in embedded software falls into two categories: warranties, and regulated hardware. The warranties issue is quite simple. If a hardware vendor wants to say that installing modified software voids the warranty, that's ok with GPLv3. GPLv3 says that if the software is modified, it must be able to interact with the same online services. Warranties are not an online service, so the warranty can be changed or voided when modified software is installed and that won't violate GPLv3. The more complex issue is with regulated devices such as mobile phones, wireless cards, voting machines, and medical devices. If a company decides to produce mobile phones, how can they use GPLv3'd software if they are required to prevent customers from transmitting or receiving signals outside of the permitted ranges? With GPLv2, they could have built the phone to stop functioning if it detects that the software has been modified. This is what has become known as "tivoisation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoisation>". This solves their regulatory problem, but it means that the GPL has not done its job of ensuring the recipient has the freedom to modify the software. It may seem that these two goals are fundamentally incompatible, but they are not. A solution is that the phone manufacturer can put the part of the software which sets the signal transmission/reception into unmodifiable memory (ROM - read-only memory), and the remaining majority of the software can go in modifiable memory. Thus, the phone will not be used to break regulations, and the recipient has the freedom to modify most of the software, with the exception of the small part which it would have been illegal to modify anyway. This is not immune to abuse. Phone manufacturers could put all of the software in unmodifiable memory. If they do this, we are no worse off, and no better off, than we are today. However, it seems more likely that they will opt to split the software between modifiable and unmodifiable, because that way bugs can be fixed, and software updates can enable new services, etc. So the deal is, if they want to retain the ability to modify the software, they have to let you modify it too. The second example of wifi cards is the exact same. The third example is medical devices. This issue is quite similar, just with different hardware sizes. People have asked how certified medical devices could ever be allowed to have modifiable software. Maybe it's interesting to note that I haven't heard of a medical devices manufacturer raise this issue. Maybe they know that this isn't an issue. GPLv3 just prevents tivoisation. Do we have any evidence that current medical devices use tivoisation? But that's a side point. To answer the question directly, again the device manufacturer can use unmodifiable memory. Memory can be made unmodifiable by putting it into a ROM chip, but for medical devices, there is also the possibility of putting a lock on the box, and/or put the box in an area not accessible to non-certified people. I suspect that this is already the case and that even doctors and hospital IT departments do not have access to the firmware of X-ray machines etc. And then the fourth example is voting machines. For this, the two key issues are when does distribution occur, and the difference between publication and supplying to the recipient. If a government develops software for use on electronic voting machines, and if it produces a thousand voting machines and sends them to each region of the country, will the government have to give the source code, passwords and/or encryption keys to the staff at the voting centre? According to GPLv3, these things have to be made available to anyone you distribute the software to, but, according to copyright law, AFAIK, no distribution has occurred. This is just the government using the software on multiple machines. The government has not distributed copies of the software to the voting centres. The second case is where a company develops the software and supplies it to the government. Here, distribution does occur between those two parties. However, the company only has to make the passwords and encryption keys available to the government. If the company has a second customer, it can set up the hardware to use different passwords or encryption keys. The government could even make a contract with the company saying that the company cannot give the passwords or encryption keys necessary for the government's system to anyone else. Or further, the company can give the government (or any recipient) the ability to change what password or encryption keys are necessary. So even when distribution occurs, the use of DRM for security purposes is not restricted. If there's a case I didn't cover, please email me: ciaran-at-fsfe-dot-org. And if you have a comment on the licence, please submit it to the gplv3.fsf.org comment system <http://gplv3.fsf.org/comments/>. >From the Tokyo event, here's my explanation in other words<http://fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/tokyo-ciaran-transcript#q1>. There's also a transcript of Richard Stallman's talk<http://fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/tokyo-rms-transcript>from last week's event. Tags: gplv3 <http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/taxonomy/term/152> Copyright information This blog entry is (C) Copyright, Ciaran O'Riordan<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/user/31021>, 2004-2006. Unless a different license is specified in the entry's body, the following license applies: "Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium without royalty provided this notice is preserved and appropriate attribution information (author, original site, original URL) is included".

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