Linuxers January 2003

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Meeting Agenda
by Amish K. Munshi 10 Jan '03

10 Jan '03

Greetings, The meeting agenda for the 12th is as follows. The meeting is at 4pm. 1. regex and libtool - Philip Tellis 2. Storage Area Networking - Kishor Bhagwat Bye. -- Amish K. Munshi In GNU we Trust.

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Linux wish-list
by Nikhil Joshi 10 Jan '03

10 Jan '03

Hi! Here is a wish-list of the features I would like to have in Linux so as it to be usable/popular among the masses 1. Better hardware support: Let the multimedia k/b, the jazzy 5 button mouse, the fundoo steering wheel work under Linux. 2. Less dependence on root: 2.1 Lets say me and my brother use different ISPs and we would not like to share passwords. How to do that ? I believe there is no viable solution 2.2 My family members would like to install the apps they downloaded from the net (rpm files). How to ensure that they can install the stuff? (sudo ? but they can accidently uninstall some progs that I installed How to prevent that?) 2.3 My system is badly shut and for fsck the shell script asks for the root password. But I'm (the root)not available. The system wont proceed without fsck. What to do now? Note: even with ext3, if the fs is in real bad shape RHL *asks* for root password. 3. Leaner Desktop Environments Personal experience: GNOME/KDE, supposedly default desktop environs are slow (thats an understatement) on Pentium 166/32MB RAM. IMHO Windows GUI is leaner and more intuitive than KDE,GNOME (Caveat: I do not use Windows) I use Fluxbox. It is *only* for experienced users. (OK I'm not claiming to be one ;) 4. Better Software support Unless and until there is support for : Educational CDs (GRE,TOEFEL,GMAT...) Encyclopedia CDs ISP CDs (VSNL dialer CD e.g.) etc. we can be *very sure* that Linux wont be as useful as Windows for students and home users 5. More Games please Frankly majority of teenagers are gaming enthusiasts and understandibly so. Linux does not stand in the competition AFA games are concerned. OK there may be QUAKES and DOOMS but the numbers are nowhere near as those offered by Windows. 6. Better/Easier Development environment OK C may be good for experienced programmers. But I've seen many novice people write good sofware with VB. It is easy (period) 7. The (regulary) irregular crashes Please.. make some feature so that Linux crashes sometimes. It kinda gives you that deja-vu feeling. ah... those were the days :) -- Nikhil Earth,19.12N 73.02E

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linux lunacy, dec22 photos
by Gurpreet Singh 10 Jan '03

10 Jan '03

they are up at http://www.geocities.com/tonysingh4u/lunacy/ and ppl who missed that dont crib! jump on the opportunity next time gurpreet Gurpreet Singh Student Final Yr Computer Sc. & Engg. --------------------------------------------------------------------- M A K E Y O U R O W N R O A D --------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Announce] Sendmail: Header & Envelope rewriting howto
by Philip S Tellis 10 Jan '03

10 Jan '03

Have released an updated version of the howto. It has updates for sendmail 8.11.x get it at http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/lug-authors/philip/docs/Hdr-Env-Masq-miniHOWTO.txt Philip -- Jones' Second Law: The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.

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Re: [PRC] reg DD....any mentors...????
by Trevor Warren 10 Jan '03

10 Jan '03

RAV AntiVirus has scanned the original mail and found it virus free. The clean mail is attached.

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ftp says No route to host
by Rahul Saxena 10 Jan '03

10 Jan '03

hi everyone, I am trying to connect to the below address, to upload files iusing ftp, but it fails with the below msg. "227 Entering Passive Mod (212,15,64,96,150,49) Cannot create a data connection: No route to host" whats the problem ? i am using ftp. rahul -- Woodward's Law: A theory is better than its explanation.

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PHP Freelance Developers
by Hitesh Dave 10 Jan '03

10 Jan '03

Dear Kapil, let me know where to send details ... for freelance PHP developers at what email id ??? regards, Hitesh

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Re: Happy New 2003.....plan for this year
by Trevor Warren 10 Jan '03

10 Jan '03

Hello luggers, good-morning. Greetings of the season and wishes of a prosperous new year ahead to all of you. I write this mail so as to invite suggestions on the events for the coming year....We ended last year with a bang and drowned in the gnu-linux waters at a linu lunacy trip. But this year we need to have a concrete plan on the following..... --> Workshops --> Gnu-Linux lunacy trips --> Conferences --> Competitions --> National Level Paper Presentations --> App Development Contests --> FSF/OS Business plan Contests --> Corporate workshops These are some very ambitious ideas i have in mind. I would like to use this podium as an idea to proliferate them into your minds. Pls think about the same. We should move from being just passive members of this laid back society and make sure that a minimum contribution from our end goes to the FSF/OS movement towards furthering its cause in our own spheres. Awaiting input from you on the same. Bye for now and have a great day. Trevor On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 12:45, sachin rase wrote: > May This year brings joy to everybody > including bill and his stupXd will > as i have got power of "ps" & "kill" > the gnu takes us to new hill this is my will > > -- > :) > > ===== > +----------------------------+ > |Touch the limits with Linux | > +----------------------------+ > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com

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venue & time for LUGGERS meet
by Tushar K. Vilankar 09 Jan '03

09 Jan '03

Hi: good morning... can the concerned ppl here in this grp make a post as to watz the exact venue at VJTI & time for the meet on 12/01/03. awaiting a prompt response. PS> i think that some1 had already made a posting 4 this info, but i guess no1 has reverted. -- Regards, Neo [Thomas Anderson] from the "The world of MATRIX which is an simulation & a creation of machines equipped with Artificial Intelligence."

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Windows vs. Linux/UNIX vulnerabilities
by nici bhatt 09 Jan '03

09 Jan '03

Hi Aberdeen Group has published a study comparing the security of Linux/UNIX systems with that of the Microsoft Windows family of products. Aberdeen Group report, vol. 1, no. 35, is dated Nov. 12, 2002, and its a brief but interesting read. I cant post a direct link since you have to subscribe to see the report. But it doesnt cost anything, so I recommend that you go to the Aberdeen site, register, and then take a look at the entire report. site URL www.aberdeen.com even you can go to CERT advisories site to see this. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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