Linuxers February 2003

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[OT] Is your PC legal?
by Nikhil Joshi 22 Apr '03

22 Apr '03

Hi! I've observed that somehow people advocating Linux bring morality into picture. They argue about illegal (pirated) Windows and how bad it is (morally) to use one. Here is a checklist for all those paranoid about having their PC legal: (Please add to this list something that I might have missed ) 1. Is your PC or some part of it ( RAM,HDD,graphics card ) bought from grey market ? If yes you can safely assume that it is illegal. The required taxes have been evaded. 2. Do you have Mp3z on your Hard-Disk? Linux or Windows , they are completely illegal ( Why are you making MP3z if you own the CD ? If for giving it to friends then thats illegal too !). Its illegal even if you have burnt them on your CD instead of keeping them on your HDD 3. Do you have DivX/MPEG files of latest movies ? It is illegal. 4. Does your homepage/HDD have gif's. Arguably they are illegal too. (Some compression patent problems I believe) Here's my PC's status: 1. Bought from grey market. I lose the battle in first step itself ;) 2. Yep not a single mp3 on my HDD. 3. not a single MPEG/DivX 4. Dont have a homepage so no gif's created by me that are on the HDD My point: Windows user is on equal moral grounds (regarding legality of his/her PC) if a Linux user satisfies any of the criteria. There cannot be something less illegal. Either it is legal or it is not. P.S. (While I may be sounding Windows advocate let me tell you that I have only two OS'es on my PC : Linux and Dos (the command.com from the rescue disk of Windows 98, which is licensed, but not mine. I guess that's legal too as Microsoft, I guess, does not say that you must possess a legal copy of Windows 98 to use the command.com , Anywayz I use command interpreter of FreeDos) Nikhil

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Garbled text solution
by Amish Munshi 18 Mar '03

18 Mar '03

Greetins, I had posted a few days back asking help for the Garbled text in RH 8.0, I have found that by following these two simple things the quality of the output of the console can be incresed. 1. Setting LANG="en_US" in /etc/sysconfig/i18n (Defaults to en_US.UTF-8). 2. Using frame buffer mode for the console. I used vga=789 as a parameter to my kernel to accomplish this. Bye. -- Amish K. Munshi In GNU we trust.

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17 Mar '03

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knoppix Install Script.
by Erle Pereira 06 Mar '03

06 Mar '03

Been off the list for some time.... so i have missed quite a few mails/ threads.. so 'excuse please ' if this is a repeat of sorts Caught a bit of a thread regarding the knoppix boot cd ... I have trimmed the Knoppix Install script ( knx-hdinstall ) to allow me to install knoppix on a Harddisk with the filesystem of my choice . ( Ya I know... why do you want to install,..... well why not ? ) The existing one was in german and currently defaults to ext2. (I have used the Cd from the Linux for you issue #1 ) I have stripped the dialog boxes out, so that one can first format the partition manually with the required filesystem. then change a few variables at the start of the script, and run. Still needs a bit of work, but i have used it twice already without much issue. If anyone wants it please contact me. Its under 4kb so maybe i could mail it to the list ? ( standard disclaimers apply :-) C'ya Erle.

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could not delete directory
by Hiten Desai 04 Mar '03

04 Mar '03

Hi! I am trying to delete directory with the following name --(a)app.7 (which is autogenerated by amavis) but when I am trying to delete it with rm -rf command it gives me error : rm: unrecognized option '--(a)app.7' how to delete this directory ?? Please help. Hiten. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to keep two version of linux on one machine,
by Gurpreet Singh 28 Feb '03

28 Feb '03

hi install rh 6.2 first with a bootloader. then install rh 8 WITHOUT A BOOTLOADER on a seperate partition boot thru the 1st partittion, add info abt the 2nd distro in ur bootloader configuration file. reboot u'l have both the options on the bootloader. if u rnt able to get this right, get back to me. gurpreet On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 Prashant Parab wrote : >Hi Group, > I am planning to use some applications which works only on >top of red hat >linux 6.2. Is it possible for me to keep red hat linux 8.0 and >6.2 on the >same machine? I am interested in keeping glibc-2.1.3 on my >machine which >comes with red hat linux 6.2. So this implementation should >consider that >point. > Any help is welcome. > >Thanx and regards, > >Prashant Parab > >-- >_______________________________________________ > >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > > > 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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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to keep two version of linux on one machine,
by Gurpreet Singh 28 Feb '03

28 Feb '03

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GNU/Linux on Desktop
by Dinesh Shah 28 Feb '03

28 Feb '03

Hi, Here is the link on GNU/Linux on Desktop. http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT2322798911.html Wily Yuen has authored a great overview for getting started using Linux on your PC. Yuen, a Linux user since July, points to key applications and tools that will help you enhance your user experience. The guide that follows is a great addition to your bookmarks as a reference guide to using Desktop Linux . . . HTH With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System Dinesh(a)ShahMicro.com Mobile : (+91) 98213-11906 Res. : (+91-22) 56919423

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to keep two version of linux on one machine,
by Gurpreet Singh 28 Feb '03

28 Feb '03

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Two versions of linux
by jtdsouza＠softhome.net 28 Feb '03

28 Feb '03

On Thursday 27 February 2003 20:43, Prashant Parab wrote: > Hi Group, > I am planning to use some applications which works only on top > of red hat linux 6.2. Is it possible for me to keep red hat linux > 8.0 and 6.2 on the same machine? I am interested in keeping > glibc-2.1.3 on my machine which comes with red hat linux 6.2. So > this implementation should consider that point. Youc can have any number of distros / os. I have debian woody 2 installations, rh6.2 (dunno why it's here). and debian sid (incomplete). Create seperate partitions and install. Use grub to boot. Install grub on the mbr with the menu.lst file in the boot partition of the first installation (/dev/hda4 - grub numbers partitions from 0. so 4 is 5 - in my case). Edit this file when you create a new installation. No need to re install grub. rgds jtdsouza(a)softhome.net

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