Linuxers June 2001

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Reminder: ACM Seminar on Data Compression, Friday June 29
by Philip S Tellis 29 Jun '01

29 Jun '01

Dear Colleague, This is to remind you of the following ACM event. Once again, sorry for the delayed email. - Durgesh, for ACM Mumbai ACM Seminar Friday, June 29, 2001 - 6:30 p.m. Title: Data Compression Speaker: Sayyed S. A. A., NCST Venue: Lecture Theatre, NCST, Juhu Abstract:Data compression techniques are applied to files to reduce their size, which in turn increases the capacity of data storage and speeds up data transmission. Data compression draws heavily from information theory, which deals with the probability of some symbol appearing in the input. For totally random sources, each symbol is equally likely, but random sources are uncompressible. This means that the more probable an event, the less information it contains. Data compression techniques also work on this principle. If we look at real-world files, we find a lot of redundant data in them. Data compression exploits this redundancy to its advantage. I intend to give an overview of data compression About the Speaker: Mr Sayyed is a consultant in the Database and Knowledge Engineering division at NCST Juhu. His interests include Databases, compression and encryption. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Durgesh D Rao (DDR) | Email: durgesh(a)ncst.ernet.in Research Scientist, KBCS Division | Ph: 6201606x372(w), 7563437(r) National Centre for Software Technology | Fax: +91-22-6210139 Gulmohar Rd 9, Juhu, Mumbai 400049, INDIA.| Web: www.ncst.ernet.in/~durgesh ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Simputer General Public Licence - SGPL
by Philip S Tellis 29 Jun '01

29 Jun '01

Visit http://shiva.picopeta.com/simputer/license/index.php for details on the SGPL. It's a near GPL equivalent for the simputer hardware, and fosters sharing of technical information. Philip -- The bugs you have to avoid are the ones that give the user not only the inclination to get on a plane, but also the time. -- Kay Bostic Visit my webpage at http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~philip/ Read my writings at http://www.ncst.ernet.in/~philip/writings/ MSN philiptellis Yahoo! philiptellis

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] The Simputer
by Mayuresh A Kathe 29 Jun '01

29 Jun '01

Hi Sameer, Could you explain the following: 1. Gif-image touch screen 2. How a measely handheld computing device can benefit a rural area Remember, do not believe everything you read :-) ~Mayuresh > > http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,44642,00.html > > The Simputer looks and feels like a bulkier Palm. It uses three AAA > batteries and an Intel strong-arm chip. It has 32MB of RAM and 16MB of > Flash memory and runs on the free Linux operating system. It also features > a gif-image touch screen, e-mail and Net access when connected to a working > telephone line. And most importantly, it has a smartcard reader that > enables the machine to be used on a shared basis. > > Getting rural areas networked and connected has been a goal since before > the project began two years ago. Manohar is hoping the Indian government > will buy and distribute these machines at the village and district levels > so that each small community has at least five Simputers. > > "We are actually giving away the technology," said Shashank Garg, > co-creator and VP at Encore Software. "One of the reasons the device is > coming out at such a low price is because we have not added intellectual > property costs of the several engineers who have been working on it for the > past two years." > > http://www.simputer.org/ > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Richard Stallman's Public Lecture 5pm 17th July, at TIFR. > Linuxers mailing list > Linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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C/C++ help
by Kompalli SuryaPrakash 29 Jun '01

29 Jun '01

Hello There, I need to know If there is an online (dowloadable or otherwise) verion of a good book on C/C++ like Dennis Ritchie / Bjarne Stroustroup... Ditto for Unix. N/W prog. like Richard Stevens... I had seen the 2nd Edition and felt it was mostly about how different commands work..And feel I can get this info from MAN... Or am I wrong? BTW who is the publisher for: - 8. The Art of Computer Programming, Vols. 1 - 3 (just do Vol 1 first, else you'll reel under information overload!) - Donald E. Knuth I wanted to see the " contents ", if the publisher has a website. I wud be thankful If somone posts the ISBN no. of this book :) Thnx. for the help in advance... I already have some books.. courtesy.. LUG site.. Bye, SP --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Using AVG antivirus Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.262 / Virus Database: 132 - Release Date: 6/12/01 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] rpm upgrade
by noel seq 29 Jun '01

29 Jun '01

> >Hi Noel, > > Upgrade to rpm 3.0.6. That supports rpm 4 packages and doesn't >require db3 libs. > > To install rpm-4.0.1, you seem to be missing db3 libraries. I >think www.sleepycat.com is the site for these libs. > >- Mayank is rpm-3.0.6-6xa.ppc.rpm good enough ? I am trying it anyway. Noel _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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The Simputer
by Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe 29 Jun '01

29 Jun '01

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,44642,00.html The Simputer looks and feels like a bulkier Palm. It uses three AAA batteries and an Intel strong-arm chip. It has 32MB of RAM and 16MB of Flash memory and runs on the free Linux operating system. It also features a gif-image touch screen, e-mail and Net access when connected to a working telephone line. And most importantly, it has a smartcard reader that enables the machine to be used on a shared basis. Getting rural areas networked and connected has been a goal since before the project began two years ago. Manohar is hoping the Indian government will buy and distribute these machines at the village and district levels so that each small community has at least five Simputers. "We are actually giving away the technology," said Shashank Garg, co-creator and VP at Encore Software. "One of the reasons the device is coming out at such a low price is because we have not added intellectual property costs of the several engineers who have been working on it for the past two years." http://www.simputer.org/ _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] re: redistribute staroffice
by Nikhil Karkera 29 Jun '01

29 Jun '01

------------- Original Message -------------- jtdyahoo <jtdesouza(a)yahoo.com> wrote: list. But I would reccomend attending the meets and listening to the talks, where you could judge for your self. Better ---------------------- End ------------------ When is the next ILUG meet scheduled to be? Venue? And what's the agenda? I missed out on the last meet at the FreeOS.com office. Where could I find the minutes to that meet? A small brief was posted on this list and I did read it. However a summary of what was *discussed* and what was spoken would be good, over and above who spoke. It would be nice if the speaker could post a basic tutorial/article about what (s)he spoke on the ILUG site (has this been done already?). Regards, Nikhil. ____________________________________________________ Buy Feng Shui Package for Rs. 151/- only, at http://shopping.rediff.com/shopping/fengshui_mailer.htm

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] C/C++ help
by Mayuresh A Kathe 29 Jun '01

29 Jun '01

Hi, Go to Google and search for "Thinking in C++" by Bruce Eckel... Its an excellent book (available for download in PDF and HTML formats) ~Mayuresh > I need to know If there is an online (dowloadable or otherwise) verion of a > good book on C/C++ > like Dennis Ritchie / Bjarne Stroustroup... Ditto for Unix. N/W prog. like > Richard Stevens... I had

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rpm upgrade
by noel seq 28 Jun '01

28 Jun '01

> Upgrade to rpm 3.0.6. That supports rpm 4 packages and doesn't >require db3 libs. > > To install rpm-4.0.1, you seem to be missing db3 libraries. I >think www.sleepycat.com is the site for these libs. I was installing rpm-3.0.6-6xa.ppc.rpm and it gave me a failed dependencies error : ld.so.1 and libb22.so.1 I have already installed ld.so-1.9.5-13.i386.rpm and do not know why the error occurs. Noel _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mr. Triptpal Singh Lamba -=- Hai Koi Jawab -=-
by Navin Dhanuka 28 Jun '01

28 Jun '01

Hello Everyone, I am sorry. Lets forget yesterday :(, improve our today, for a best tommorow. :) I am really sorry Mr. Triptpal Singh Lamba. I stay at Goregaon. 8721626, 8732869:::- Give me a call & come to collect the 3 Debian CDs. M-8-8, Bhanumati, Bangur Nagar, Goregaon (W), I am waiting for your call. Lets forget yesterday :(, improve our today, for a best tommorow. :) Navin Dhanuka "S. Krishnan" wrote: --- Navin Dhanuka <navin_dhanuka(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > There was no need for you to do any bum licking. I Language! While I appreciate your sentiments, Navin, let's keep off the expletives, please. Krishnan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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