Linuxers August 2001

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] suggestions for linux workshop

by dodobh＠nettaxi.com

Manish Jethani spewed into the ether: >Speed - Programs on Linux seem to run faster than their Windows > counterparts. Staroffice is bad in this respect. <snip> >Also, you can show aj a demo of KDE 2 or Ximian GNOME. That >should be enough to lure anyone, my guess. And windowmaker also. It rocks. >DON'T tell aj about the command line, pipes, fifos, POSIX >compliance, the UNIX philosophy, mail/news/web servers, etc. >You'll scare him away. This depends on the aj though. You can definitely interest someone using VSNL and troubled by the email policy about how to run a mail server. But stay away from sendmail.cf. I would suggest postfix or qmail for a demo. Setup two machines, one as a workstation and the other as a server. That will help in attracting the appropriate kind of crowd. Devdas Bhagat >Manish J. > >-- >yo-yo, n.: > Something that is occasionally up but normally down. > (see also Computer). > > >_______________________________________________ >Next Online IRC LUG Meet on 31st Aug @ 4:30pm >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers ------------------------------------------------------------ Shop Smart Compare Prices on Name-Brand Products from Name-Brand Stores!! http://www.smartshop.com/cgi-bin/main.cgi?ssa=4099

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] suggestions for linux workshop

by dodobh＠nettaxi.com

LInux LOver spewed into the ether: >i guess i can share some experience.... > >1) You do not need to reboot frequently..... >2) While using Xwindow you get 4 Desktops whereas in windows you get only >one. This is a function of your window manager. See how many desktops/workspaces it can support And you can run more than one X server too. >3) Free Support from mailing lists. >4) You get to know more about your hardware.... >5) Better Internet Connectivity.... >6) Better Hardware Detection with Redhat 7.1 (my experience) >7) Better Sound Quality if the Sound Card is supported. Add to that, a whole lot of tools that make your computer using life better. The ability to send mails using your own mail server, run your own web server, lack of viruses, a certain level of separation of user capabilities, TeX, the ability to script mundane tasks..... Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------------ Shop Smart Compare Prices on Name-Brand Products from Name-Brand Stores!! http://www.smartshop.com/cgi-bin/main.cgi?ssa=4099

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Re: RADIUS

by dodobh＠nettaxi.com

Suresh Ramasubramanian spewed into the ether: >+++ Chandra Kanth [27/08/01 18:06 +0530]: >> can anyone tell me about the RADIUS (remote access dial in user service) >> servers available for linux... and also the most widely used one among them... > > There's Cistron, I believe. Mukund Deshmukh implemented that as a sample > for BSNL Nagpur recently. And Gnuradius, from gnu.org, and yard at freshmeat and freeradius. Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------------ Shop Smart Compare Prices on Name-Brand Products from Name-Brand Stores!! http://www.smartshop.com/cgi-bin/main.cgi?ssa=4099

22 years, 1 month

Antivirus (was Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Anyone using Powersurfer Broadband?)

by dodobh＠nettaxi.com

Kinjal Sonpal spewed into the ether: >> > AFAIK, they do not. I think it's available in Malad (E). Info >> Lousy. > >Excuse me, what's lousy in it? Is it for me or for Powersurfer >ppl? >Hope it's not for me ;-) The lousy thing is that I can't get broadband just yet. <snip> >BTW, is there any good Anti-Virus s/w in Linux which can check >for 98 files also. I can't afford to purchase Anti-Virus s/w in >Win98. Then you can't afford to purchase it for Linux either. The Linux versions are mostly server editions, and very expensive. Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------------ Shop Smart Compare Prices on Name-Brand Products from Name-Brand Stores!! http://www.smartshop.com/cgi-bin/main.cgi?ssa=4099

22 years, 1 month

Re: Linux turns 10

by Parul Mathur

Hi, I believe around 12 linuxers went to various colleges on August 25. Can someone please give us a small description of that day's events? I would like to know which colleges were visited, what was the student turnout, what topics were discussed etc. The site http://www.linux10.org/ was set up by some Linux enthusiasts in Silicon Valley as a way to co-ordinate the birthday celebrations there. There were links to news about birthday celebrations in other countries as well. I was a trifle disappointed to see India absent. Perhaps ILUG-BOM can submit it's account of activties as an Indian contribution? Parul Mathur Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com Buy Music, Video, CD-ROM, Audio-Books and Music Accessories from http://www.planetm.co.in

22 years, 1 month

[OT] Mailing list archives

by N. Shrikant

Are the mailing list archives on the ilug-bom server edited for relevance/clarity/whatnots ? - Shrikant

22 years, 1 month

RE: [ILUG-BOM] Cyrix, AMD cpu

by shailesh bhate

> Anybody installed GNU/Linux computers with M2/Cyrix/AMD cpu. Have you > encountered any problems. A friend of mine has a M2 system I have installed GNU/Linux RHL 7.1 system on my AMD Athlon beast. I haven't used it much since, but there were absolutely no problems during installation and during regular use also. I guess since Cyrix and AMD (don't know about M2) are x86 compatible processors, there *should not* be any problems. Regards, Shailesh.

22 years, 1 month

mailing for intra-office purpose

by Kishor Bhagwat

hi! to make better use of my free time in office, I want to start an internal mailing facility. All clients(about 100) will be using microsoft outlook.We already have a company mailing system in place, for within and outside india offices. my mailing server will be only for bombay office, so no outside access or mailing will happen. I've never installed or administered a mailing software, so I was hoping I'd get pointers on what to start with and how and any gotchas u guys know. tia, kishor _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

22 years, 1 month

Linux and Telex Support

by noel seq

>From: Philip S Tellis <philip.tellis(a)iname.com> > >Sometime Today, noel seq assembled some asciibets to say: > > > Does linux have support for telex machines/telex data. I have an old > > 8088 based telex machine (diskless) which receives input from the > > serial port (9 pin) which i would like to do away with and connect > > the telex line to my linux box. Any pointers in this regard will be > >This is something that I would love to work on. I don't know if there >is any software that does it yet, but basically, you'd need a telex >driver to attach to your serial port. Shouldn't be too hard if one knew >what kind of data needs to be sent/read. Can you find out what kind of >data goes through the serial port for a telex? We mostly send and receive text data, but do not know in what format does it send. You can contact me if you want to see it. Noel. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

22 years, 1 month

[OT] Mailing list archives

by noel seq

>From: Parag Mehta <pm(a)gnuos.org> > >Hi Noel, > >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > >click on archives option > >Best Regards, > >pm Thanks Noel _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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