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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Minutes: FSF Seminar @ K.J. Somaiya College
by Anurag Patel 14 Aug '04

14 Aug '04

> >Pictures from FSF Seminar @ K.J. Somaiya are available here > On the homepage [ www.ilug-bom.org.in ] -anurag

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Minutes: FSF Seminar @ K.J. Somaiya College
by Anurag Patel 14 Aug '04

14 Aug '04

*Minutes of FSF Seminar @ K.J. Somaiya College of IT* Date: 13th August 2004 Venue: KJSCIT, Sion Pictures from FSF Seminar @ K.J. Somaiya are available here Overview: The Free Software Foundation of India held a seminar cum workshop on GNU/Linux and the Free Software Paradigm (read SSP: Swatantra Software Paradigm) at KJ Somaiya College of IT, Sion, Mumbai. Dr. Nagarjun G., on behalf of the FSF introduced audience to the GNU Project and how to be a part of the Free Software Movement. * The Principal of KJSCIT introduced audience to speaker for this meet/workshop Dr. Nagarjun G. from Free Software Foundation. After Saraswati vandana, and a brief tea/coffee session, Nagarjun introduced audience to the GNU Project and Free Software Foundation India. He took us to the days of MIT hackers and explained the concept of Free Software at that time and brought us to this day where GNU Project is making a steady progress towards its HURD Kernel. A general question/answer session followed with Nagarjun answering questions pertaining to Free/Open Source and comparing various Unix flavors and windows systems. [after which everyone left for lunch :-) ] * After lunch, it was time for a demonstration of various Free Softwares that are giving a tough challenge to their proprietary counterparts. A hands-on demonstration of working around with GIMP 2.0 and Blender were presented. A sample movie created using Blender made everyone bite their nails. After which it was time to learn how to type/program at the speed of thought, using GNU Emacs. He demonstrated us how to create new macros in emacs so as to improve our speed and efficiency while typing/programming. (any vi fans there yet?) * Before starting a formal question/answer session, we went through the K Menu and saw what all applications are packed onto that single Knoppix 3.4 live CD. That brought us to a formal question/answer session followed by a demonstration of how to install Knoppix 3.4 on harddisk, hook on to internet, mount partitions and mess around with lilo. And another fun filled FSF Seminar came to an end with another round of tea/coffee and distribution of Knoppix 3.4 CDs and participation certificates. By 5pm, all new comers became *GNU Enthusiasts* and all GNU enthusiasts became *GNU Advocates/Extremists* -anurag PS: Please visit [www.ilug-bom.org.in] to view pics from this seminar.

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About Somaiya College Seminar !
by Anand Sharma 14 Aug '04

14 Aug '04

--------------------------------------------------------------- Forwarded Message From: "Saurabh Sawant" <saurabhsawant(a)hotmail.com> Subject: [ILUG-BOM] About Somaiya College Seminar ! Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 10:37:41 +0530 To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Plain Text Attachment [ Download File | Save to my Yahoo! Briefcase ] Hi, I have NEVER attended a seminar as good as this. Let me tell ya, i have been using Linux from 2 years, but this seminar cleared many of my most important doubts. Prof. Nagarjuna's speech was awesome ! Sitting in the front row, i had this very wonderful opportunity to grasp everything i could from this great person. I am so happy that i answered doubts of some of the people there. At the end when i looked at my watch, i was shocked to see that it was 5:30 pm. I was totally immersed in that event , and after a long time, i was unaware of the time. I cant explain how i felt but, it was a fantactic experience ; looking from a whole new paradigm ! Thank you Sir, thank you very much ! :) Regards, Saurabh ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you Saurabh, Thank you for your valuable comment ===== ================================================== ( ) \\/^^\// Anand Sharma /|oo \ anand(a)member.fsf.org (_| /_) 9821843567 `@/ ================================================== FSF (Free Software Foundation) mission to preserve, protect and promote the freedom to use, study,copy, modify and redistribute computer software, and to defend the rights of Free Software users. ================================================= __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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About Somaiya College Seminar !
by Saurabh Sawant 14 Aug '04

14 Aug '04

Hi, I have NEVER attended a seminar as good as this. Let me tell ya, i have been using Linux from 2 years, but this seminar cleared many of my most important doubts. Prof. Nagarjuna's speech was awesome ! Sitting in the front row, i had this very wonderful opportunity to grasp everything i could from this great person. I am so happy that i answered doubts of some of the people there. At the end when i looked at my watch, i was shocked to see that it was 5:30 pm. I was totally immersed in that event , and after a long time, i was unaware of the time. I cant explain how i felt but, it was a fantactic experience ; looking from a whole new paradigm ! Thank you Sir, thank you very much ! :) Regards, Saurabh They who have light in themselves, will not revolve as satellites. - Anon _________________________________________________________________ Post Classifieds on MSN classifieds. http://go.msnserver.com/IN/44045.asp Buy and Sell on MSN Classifieds.

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squid problem
by pramila 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

Hi all, i am using squid as proxy server on my linux box (with Fedora core 1) but my windows client can't use outlook with this proxy server . tried transparent proxy with the help of google but no luck any suggestions would be appreciated Regards, Pramila --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers!

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: [Commercial]Wanted Linux Hacker
by Raseel Bhagat 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

Hey ppl , don't mind my asking you but...after al= l is said and done...what exactly are you looking for this "Linux Hack= er"? Raseel. On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 Anil Gupte = wrote : >Thank you for clarifying. You more or less got it r= ight. My mistake, >perhaps, was calling it "proprietary= " without explaining how. And frankly I >do not complet= ely understand where they may have violated the GPL (if at >all).&= nbsp; The Linux portion is not proprietary as far as I can tell, but in = >combination with instructions that are buried on a proprietary (this= time >the word is correctly used) chip, the code is not available= . > >We are not doing anything illegal, but we are trying= to write third party >software to support this device. Unfo= rtunately, the company frowns on >anything that they do not contro= l, so we are forced to "hack" into it. > >Hope = this helps clarify any confusion I may have caused. > >An= il Gupte > >----- Original Message ----- > From:= "Rajesh Rajani" <rajeshr(a)vsnl.com> >To: <linux= ers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> >Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 4:47 = AM >Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Re: [Commercial]Wanted Linux Hacker = > > > > Hi all, > > > > I g= uess we are all going off on the wrong foot here. > > >= ; > If Anil wants someone to hack into a linux box which is said to be > > proprietory, it seems that he is the wronged party since he = did not >recieve > > the source along with the binary = as per the GPL. > > > > Linux can be as proprietory= or as open as you want. It just depends on to > > whom you dis= tribute the binaries. If you don't distribute, then you can do > &= gt; whatever you want with the sources without giving it out to anyone. = > > > > Anyway, from what I see about Anil's requests,= he wants someone to hack > > into a linux box and install some= software. This may or may not involve > > writing any software= . It may be more a question of finding out weaknesses > > in th= e linux distribution on the box and exploiting them. Doesn't look >= ;like > > any GPL is being violated here though the ethics may = be questionable. > > > > Just my $0.02. > = > > > Regards, > > Rajesh > > = > > > > -- > > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mail= man/listinfo/linuxers > > > > >-- >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers = [1] [adstream=] References 1. 3D"http://clients.rediff.com/signat

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Re: [Commercial]Wanted Linux Hacker
by Rajesh Rajani 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

Hi all, I guess we are all going off on the wrong foot here. If Anil wants someone to hack into a linux box which is said to be proprietory, it seems that he is the wronged party since he did not recieve the source along with the binary as per the GPL. Linux can be as proprietory or as open as you want. It just depends on to whom you distribute the binaries. If you don't distribute, then you can do whatever you want with the sources without giving it out to anyone. Anyway, from what I see about Anil's requests, he wants someone to hack into a linux box and install some software. This may or may not involve writing any software. It may be more a question of finding out weaknesses in the linux distribution on the box and exploiting them. Doesn't look like any GPL is being violated here though the ethics may be questionable. Just my $0.02. Regards, Rajesh

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First Americas Social Forum
by Kapil Karekar 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

The 1st Americas Social Forum (ASF) was held in Quito, Equador from 25th to 30th July. The ASF is part of the World Social Forum (WSF), which was initiated in 2001 and has become the world’s largest venue for NGOs and individuals who are critical of the current state of the world. The slogan of ASF was "Another World is Possible". This slogan has drawn over 10,000 people from more than 45 countries to take part in conferences, seminars, workshops, and cultural events. Globalization, the privatization of water, and communication rights in the information society were some of the primary issues being discussed. Environmentalists, members of sexual minorities, trade unionists, grassroots community activists and students formed part of the mosaic of expressions of civil society drawn to Quito from the entire southern Americas. The ASF also enabled to assess the imposition of a neo-liberal model of globalisation by means of free trade agreements and the installation of U.S. military bases in Latin America. http://libretech.com/?q=node/view/6 -- Kapil Karekar Norrix Associates (http://www.norrix.com) Reachable at: kapil {at} hipatia.info Readable at: http://www.libretech.com Audible at: (91)(22)2867 7305

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Re: Tolerance levels
by Linuxer Lin 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

> ATTACHMENT part 3.7 message/rfc822 From: Philip Tellis Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] tolerance levels Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 18:21:43 +0530 (IST) To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" Interesting how everyone who agreed that we should be more tolerant broke the list rules while doing that. :) Philip (the grouchy old man) Tellis -- Good old Dame Fortune. You can _depend_ on her. (The Truth) Dear Linuxers, Reminds me of an anecdote reproduced verbatim here. "When the company I worked for had an employee-suggestion competition, I told my staff to submit entries that would save money for the firm. The winner was a man in my department who suggested we post corporate memos on bulletin boards, instead of printing 100 individual copies for distribution. He got a mug with the company logo and ten shares of stock. And a memo announcing the prize went out to 100 people" Is this what we are seeing here too? Regards, Linuxer. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out!

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Fw: [ILUG-BOM] Re: trevors mail - tolerance levels
by K Ravishekar 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

Hi...Being a newbie myself I agree with Trevor and Vijay and I believe this will only result in a larger Linux Community... Regards Ravishekar ----- Original Message ----- From: Vijaya Rama Raju Alluru <vijay.alluru(a)gmail.com> To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 11:03 AM Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: trevors mail - tolerance levels > Hi > > > culture. The sooner > > the newbies learn the better. Everyone on this group was a newbie once > > remember..... > > In my experience, a newbie joins a list to get some problem solved. He > is more concerned about the problem than the etiqutte. I agree this is > not an excuse. But can we not help him without making him feel sorry > for asking a question. > I am with Trevor on this one. More newbie friendly. > > Regards, > Vijay > MPIT 2 (N/W specialization), Symbiosis Center for IT, www.scit.edu > > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.716 / Virus Database: 472 - Release Date: 7/5/04

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