Linuxers March 2004

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HTML to PDF conversion
by Rajesh.R.R 26 Mar '04

26 Mar '04

Hi, I need a HTML to PDF convesion tools which can be used through PHP script. I have a Ghostscript library but my Server Administrator needs me to get another one, b'coz they don't support Ghostscript. I appriciate all think of help in this regard. Thank you in advance Regards Rajesh R R --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.

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Novell, HP partner on desktop Linux clients
by Trevor Warren 26 Mar '04

26 Mar '04

Novell, HP partner on desktop Linux clients HP has announced it will partner with Novell to certify and support Novell's SuSE Linux on select HP Compaq client systems. HP cites thin clients as the most promising growth area for Linux on the desktop, and identifies Asia, India, and South America as the most promising growth markets. ... http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9542669671.html -- ( >- -< ) /~\ __ Scaling FSF/OS in the __ /~\ | \) / Enterprise : trevor.w(a)pvision.biz \ (/ | |_|_ \ Call Now: 9820349221 / _|_| \____________________________________/

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Linux Is the 2.6 kernel ready for general distribution?
by Trevor Warren 26 Mar '04

26 Mar '04

Linux Is the 2.6 kernel ready for general distribution? Thursday March 25, 2004 - [ 12:10 PM GMT ] Printer-friendly Email Story Topics: Linux , Open Source , Software , Operating Systems By: Robin 'Roblimo' Miller Mandrake 10 has it, SUSE's rolling it out in 9.1, Gentoo has had a "test" version with it since last year, and now we'll probably see almost every commercial distribution move to 2.6.x within the next month or two because of competitive pressure. This is not in line with the basic "it's ready when it's ready" dictum that is given as the reason open source software is often technically superior to proprietary competitors. http://software.newsforge.com/software/04/03/19/1912222.shtml?tid=132&tid=2… -- ( >- -< ) /~\ __ Scaling FSF/OS in the __ /~\ | \) / Enterprise : trevor.w(a)pvision.biz \ (/ | |_|_ \ Call Now: 9820349221 / _|_| \____________________________________/

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Old thread
by Krishna Dagli 26 Mar '04

26 Mar '04

Good morning every one, Was searching google, some how reached a thread of 2001. Does this library exist today? http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/linuxers/Week-of-Mon-20010716/000763.html -Krishna Content of the link, for your easy access! Navin linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Wed Jul 18 02:18:03 2001 * Previous message: [ILUG-BOM] OT - stopping CD piracy * Next message: [ILUG-BOM] OT - stopping CD piracy * Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Hi, Lets setup a library where members can borrow cds/books/mags. We can try for sponsorships or for a very minimum contribution @ month say 99/-. I will sponsor some linux, bsd, oracle cds & also the dotNET shows. But this way we will be able to spread gnu/linux & bsd faster & in a better way. Can Dr. Nagarjun, Philip, NCST or FreeOS Labs or anyother organistation /lugger take initiative in this. Navin Dhanuka. LinuxCAMPUS.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Followers will come, but there has to be a leader.

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[ILUG-BOM] Yankee Independently Pits Windows TCO vs. Linux TCO(MS Wins...:D)
by Trevor Warren 26 Mar '04

26 Mar '04

Wednesday, March 24, 2004 Yankee Independently Pits Windows TCO vs. Linux TCO By Mary Jo Foley In one of the first non-Microsoft-funded total-cost-of-ownership studies by a major market-research firm, Windows still comes on strong. http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1553620,00.asp -- ( >- -< ) /~\ __ Scaling OpenSource in the __ /~\ | \) / Enterprise : trevor.w(a)pvision.biz \ (/ | |_|_ \ Call Now: 9820349221 / _|_| \____________________________________/

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Xpde Desktop for linux
by Rajkumar Adsule 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

>From: "Rajkumar Adsule" <rk12478(a)msn.com> >Reply-To: ilug-goa(a)yahoogroups.com >To: ilug-goa(a)yahoogroups.com >Subject: [ilug-goa] Xpde Desktop for linux >Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:38:00 +0530 > > > >Hi friends, > I have downloaded and used the Xpde desktop for GNU/Linux is >looks like the windows xp but most of the functions doesn't work. such as >right clickmenu on desktop it appears but none of the functions work ...and >any ways why you all people want to stuch with windows ... there are lot of >other desktops available for linux ....have u ever tried fluxbox.... it is >a >very light and wonderful desktop... >regards >raj > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join BharatMatrimony.com. >http://www.bharatmatrimony.com/cgi-bin/bmclicks1.cgi?72 Unmarried? Join >Free. > > > >------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> >Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark >Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. >http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 >http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/0XFolB/TM >---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > >To Post a message, send it to: ilug-goa(a)yahoogroups.com >To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: >ilug-goa-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com >Yahoo! Groups Links > ><*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/ > ><*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > ilug-goa-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com > ><*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > _________________________________________________________________ Join BharatMatrimony.com. http://www.bharatmatrimony.com/cgi-bin/bmclicks1.cgi?72 Unmarried? Join Free.

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Re: VESIT - workshop by Prof Nagarjun
by gnurpreet＠softhome.net 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

> We can aim to lay the ground work for a 2 day commercial event ourselves. > Learning from the same a larger event can always be scaled to. [snip] i second that! another thing we could do is that put up roadshows at various engg, IT colleges and could hold side by side CD and Tshirt sale to generate some money. maybe i'l schedule something like that in my own college. i think we should also have a proper trust where the money keeps collecting etc like pune linux users group. we could also run courses like the PLUG does, visit plug.org.in for more detail. > > Besides the funds generated can always be pumped back to fsf. for the conference, if we ask a company to organise it, the funds collected would go to them and not to fsf. think about that :) ----------------------------- GNUrpreet Singh MPIT 1 (Nw specialization) Symbiosis Center for IT www.scit.edu

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read PROBLEM [ code ]
by Linux User 24 Mar '04

24 Mar '04

ok Philip, i tried writing from a different function. and the code is like this. [ this is from my program ] void write_file(char *src, char *dest){ char buff[4096]; uint16_t n,fd,ft; fd = open(src,O_RDONLY); ft = open(dest,O_CREAT | O_WRONLY,RW_EVERYONE); while(n = read(fd,buff,sizeof(buff)) > 0){ printf("\n n = %u",n); if(write(ft,buff,n) != n){ printf("\n write error"); getchar(); } getchar(); } } -------------- RW_EVERYONE is #defined getchar() has been used to step through. n is still 1. i am very frustrated ( n = 1 ); can u figure out this problem... can anybody please help me out with this. also please tell me why does this happen. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html

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READ ... problem
by Linux User 24 Mar '04

24 Mar '04

my program downloads a 20mb file and then copies it to a file in some other folder. Now when i copy...i.e when i try to read from this downloaded file n = read(fd,buff,sizeof(buff)); n is always 1 even though the buffer size is different. i want my copy to be fast and not 1 byte at a time. WHY IS N = 1 ? whats going wrong ??? thankx __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html

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Reminder for you... (cool script)
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 24 Mar '04

24 Mar '04

Can anyone help me to adapt this script to: (i) give me a reminder not just for the current day, but all upcoming days for the entire month. Maybe the next 15 or 30 days, to allow me to plan ahead. (ii) Pipe this reminder to email to myself. Thanks! FN ---------- Forwarded message ---------- TWO INTERESTING tiny scripts below, from *Wicked Cool Shell Scripts* (Dave Taylor, No Starch Press, 2004, San Francisco). Both combine to implement a simple calendar program that help you keep track of the events. Extremely useful in the real world of work... The first script, *addagenda*, enables you to specify either recurring or one-time events. All dates are validated and saved, along with one-line event description, in an *.agenda* file in your home directory. For its part, the second script, *agenda*, checks all known events, showing which are scheduled for the current date. Useful for remembering birthdays, events, appointments, schedules. HOW IT WORKS: Weekly, annual and one-time events are accepted. As entries are added to the agenda file, their specified dates are 'normalized' and compressed so that 3 April becomes 3Apr, and Thursday becomes Thu. The *agenda* script checks for events by taking the current date and transforming it into three possible date string formats. It then simply compares each of these date strings to each line in the *.agenda* data file. This script, writes Dave Taylor, just "scratches the surface of this complex and interesting topic". It would be nice to have a look a few days ahead. This script could be used on a *nix box to send out systemwide reminders. Imagine newspaper reporters getting a reminder of what's on the schedule on that day. Simply have the *agenda* script on each user's machine point to a shared read-only .*agenda* file, and then add a call to the agenda script in each user's *.login* or similar file. PS: Thanks to Derek Cordeiro for the handholding in making this work! PPS: Go to http://www.intuitive.com/wicket/ and you'll "find everything you need to continue your journey towards becoming a Shell script Maven", promises author Dave Taylor taylor @ intuitive.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #!/bin/sh # addagenda - Prompts the user to add a new event for the agenda script. agendafile="$HOME/.agenda" isDayName() { # return = 0 if all is well, 1 on error case $(echo $1 | tr '[[:upper:]]' '[[:lower:]]') in sun*|mon*|tue*|wed*|thu*|fri*|sat*) retval=0 ;; * ) retval=1 ;; esac return $retval } isMonthName() { case $(echo $1 | tr '[[:upper:]]' '[[:lower:]]') in jan*|feb*|mar*|apr*|may*|jun*) return 0 ;; jul*|aug*|sep*|oct*|nov*|dec*) return 0 ;; * ) return 1 ;; esac } normalize() { # Return string with first char uppercase, next two lowercase echo -n $1 | cut -c1 | tr '[[:lower:]]' '[[:upper:]]' echo $1 | cut -c2-3| tr '[[:upper:]]' '[[:lower:]]' } if [ ! -w $HOME ] ; then echo "$0: cannot write in your history directory ($HOME)" >&2 exit 1 fi echo "Agenda: The GNU/Linux Reminder Service" echo -n "Date of event (day mon, day month year, or dayname): " read word1 word2 word3 junk if isDayName $word1 ; then if [ ! -z "$word2" ] ; then echo "Bad dayname format: just specify the day name by itself." >&2 exit 1 fi date="$(normalize $word1)" else if [ -z "$word2" ]; then echo "Bad dayname format: unknown day name specified" >&2 exit 1 fi if [ ! -z "$(echo $word1|sed 's/[[:digit:]]//g')"] ; then echo "Bad date format: please specify day first, by day number" >&2 exit1 fi if [ "$word1" -lt 1 -o "$word1" -gt 31 ] ; then echo "Bad date format: day number can only be in in range 1-31" >&2 exit 1 fi if ! isMonthName $word2 ; then echo "Bad date format: unknown month name specified." >&2 exit 1 fi word2="$(normalize $word2)" if [ -z "$word3" ] ; then date="$word1$word2" else if [ ! -z "$(echo $word3|sed 's/[[:digit:]]//g')" ] ; then echo "Bad date format: third field should be year." >&2 exit 1 elif [ $word3 -lt 2000 -o $word3 -gt 2500 ] ; then echo "Bad date format: year value should be 2000-2500" >&2 exit 1 fi date="$word1$word2$word3" fi fi echo -n "One-line description: " read description # Ready to write to data file echo "$(echo $date|sed 's/ //g')|$description" >> $agendafile exit 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #!/bin/bash #agenda - Scans through the user's .agenda file to see if there #are any matches for the current or next day. agendafile="$HOME/.agenda" checkDate() { #Create the possible default values that'll match today weekday=$1 day=$2 month=$3 year=$4 format1="weekday" format2="$day$month" format3="$day$month$year" # and step through the file comparing dates.... IFS="|" # the reads will naturally split at the IFS echo "On the Agenda for today:" while read date description ; do if [ "$date" = "$format1" -o "$date" = "$format2" -o "$date" = "$format3" ] then echo " $description" fi done < $agendafile } if [ ! -e $agendafile ] ; then echo "$0: You don't seem to have an .agenda file. " >&2 echo "To remedy this, please use 'addagenda' to add events" >&2 exit 1 fi # Now let's get today's date... eval $(date "+weekday=\"%a\" month=\"%b\" day=\"%e\" year=\"%G\"") day="$(echo $day|sed 's/ //g')" checkDate $weekday $day $month $year exit 0

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