Linuxers August 2004

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Denmark-Guwahati Hookup
by Vickram Crishna 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

http://www.freifunk.net:8080/sc2004/wiki/DenmarkGauhatiHookup This is a subset of the Fresh Air, Free Networks page, a workshop being held in Denmark early next month. It will include perhaps the world's largest quasi-Wifi network (non-cabled nets) where people from across the world are gathering to research technology implementations in open networking. Radiophony has facilitated a global hookup which will go live on Sept 5 between 1400 and 1600 hrs IST. The purpose of this online workshop, which will bring together active technologists in the Denmark Festival with students attending the Techniche 2004 festival organised by IITG in Guwahati, is to research possibilities for deployment of open wirefree networks in developing countries. The intended beneficiaries of this initiative are the poor and others denied access. Anyone interested in this topic is welcome to join in and participate. -- Vickram

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [Humor] SCOpe for a laugh
by Rishi 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

> bring up Google's search page, type 'bastards' and click on I'm > Feeling Lucky... :-) So this means google did something to make it happen? Which means they can and are in control of what website should be ranked first? Scary ;-) Is Google going to be another Microsoft that we all have begun to hate so much? Points to ponder huh! Regards Rishi

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GLUG-BOM activities.
by Amish Munshi 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

Greetings, The list seems to be back to life. Thanks to all for help. I am sorry I could not attend the last meet. Few improvements/contributions I noticed which have not been highlighted are as follows, 1. We have scheduled meets for coming 2 months, with many more GLUG members helping in co-ordinating the meets, I am sure we are doing a much better job now. 2. The website has been updated with the latest information. Thanks to website maintainers for the same. 3. Thanks to the TIFR team to provide us with the IT infrastructure for making all this possible. Please suggest any more activities that we can do on the list. Few inputs from my side are : 1. I would like if we can 2-3 trial meetings during working days, there have been many requests for the same. (Probably the Oct meet??). We can check if there is enough enthusiasm for the same and decide if we should continue with it. 2. We should have a gift certificate from GLUG-BOM given to speakers for giving a presentation at the meets. 3. Trevor wanted to have a CD library, I also feel the need to have a GNU/Linux distribution channel. 4. A method to collect some money for the activities, domain registration, stationary charges for certificates, etc. This mail is just a thought. Please feel free to put your own ideas and comments. Flames > /dev/null 2>&1. Amish.

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[Humor] SCOpe for a laugh
by Vickram Crishna 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

Apologies if you've seen this one before, but... bring up Google's search page, type 'bastards' and click on I'm Feeling Lucky... -- Vickram

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Novell Linux Day
by gaurav mishra 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

Hello Frndz, Novell is all set to kick start its event called Novell Linux Day across multiple cities in India. The event, which is expected to cater to a mixed crowd of business decision makers, IT managers, customers and partners, will be held in Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi on 31st August, 2nd September and 3rd September respectively. According to the company, the conference will feature keynotes from Jeurgen Geck chief technology officer, SuSE Linux, and other leaders from the industry. It would also feature technical solution sessions by Paul Kangro and Niel Marquardt both from Novell Asia Pacific. Additionally, the event would also serve as the launch pad of Novells SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0, featuring the 2.6 Linux kernel and other performance enhancements. The solution is designed to handle corporate workgroup and data center requirements. Linux User #348873 A smooth Sea Never Makes a Skilled Mariner, So challenge ur limits. www.groups.yahoo.com/group/gzlug -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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Fwd: Renaissance 2005: You can help us.
by Trevor Warren 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

Thanks for writing in fellas, Am forwarding these mails to a couple of Gnu/Linux users groups in Goa and Bombay. With respect to ideas about the same we shall definitely like to put our minds together on this and offer assitance of any kind. A good starting place would be the banglore-lug's BangLinux site which is a host for its yearly FLOSS events. Fredrick who is a journalist by profession and also a FLOSS supporter can help out with some strategies if and when time permits. For a start expect my support on the strategising front. With respect to sponsorship we will work out the details later once you have something concrete on hand. PN: For other readers the contents of the mail from the students are as quoted below. Trevor --- Renaissance Gectcr <renaissance2005(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: > Date: 21 Aug 2004 01:47:59 -0000 > From: "Renaissance Gectcr" > <renaissance2005(a)rediffmail.com> > To: renaissance2k5(a)yahoo.com > Subject: Renaissance 2005: You can help us. > > Dear Linux-Enthusiast, > > Let�s introduce ourselves; we are a group of > students, continuing our Post Graduation as Master > of Computer Application (MCA) at Govt. Engg. College > (GEC), Thrissur, Kerala, India. > MATTER: > > We are planning to conduct a National Level > 3 day IT Festival in our college campus, where the > concentration of the event will be on Open Source > Software (OSS) especially �Linux�. Like you, who has > been loving �TUX� for the past years, we guys also > fell in love with �TUX� and want others to do the > same. By knowing its power to begin a new and > essential revolution in the software field all over > the world, which we have seen for the past years, we > chose LINUX, a powerful candidate from the Open > Source Software field, as the theme of the fest. And > we have decided to conduct the program by the end of > February 2005. > > We all together are on the move to make this > national level fest an immense success. In order to > accomplish this we are in demand of more ingenious > and innovative ideas. You are requested to share > your ideas and fields that can be included, which > reveals the power of Linux in our event. Who else > could provide us with more inspiring and productive > ideas? We would appreciate you people to reach us > your ideas concerning the programs to be included. > > Secondly, we would like you to help us on > the topics for Paper Presentation available in > Linux. We are also interested in giving > opportunities for eminent personnel to participate > in Paper Presentation Contest. > > We would be indebted to you, if you could > help us succeed in having distinguished and > prominent personalities in our event like RMS, who > has been very successful in popularizing the concept > of OSS all over the world. > > Finally, but worth mentioning can you let us > know means, by which we can have funding assistance, > which in turn very importantly mirrors on the > overall realization of the event. > > However, your entire support, advice and > guidance are expected, which are important to make > our dream a reality. And we are sure that you, the > warriors of open source software field, will never > disappoint us. > > You send your opinions and suggestions at > any of the following addresses as quickly as > possible. > > renaissance2005(a)rediffmail.com > renaissance2k5(a)yahoo.com > ph:(91)-0480 3114884 > > > > [ If you are a moderator of a group, please forward > it to your members ] > > > Yours truly, > > MCA Students, GEC, Thrissur. ===== ( >- -< ) /~\ ______________________________________ /~\ | \) / Scaling FLOSS in the Enterprise \ (/ | |_|_ \ trevorwarren(a)yahoo.com / _|_| \____________________________________/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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phonetic Indic keymaps for fedora core 2
by Santosh Jangid 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

Hello, i tried using the phonetic devanagari layout available at http://www.gnowledge.org/Data/Objects/kblayout/keymaps.phonetic.tar.gz on gnome (fedora 2). using the keyboard switcher added to the panel, I am already using inscript devanagari and it works well. can somebody help me out. I did install the keymap specified at the above url. but the layout doesnt show up in the keyboard switcher's layout options... thanks, santosh --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish.

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KDE 3.3 Released
by gaurav mishra 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

Hello Frndz, The KDE Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of KDE 3.3, the fourth major release of the award-winning KDE3 desktop platform. Over the past six months, hundreds of applications and desktop components have been enhanced by a community of developers, with a particular focus on integration of components Stephan Kulow added that "improvements in terms of usability, stability and integration are particularly noticeable in the KDE PIM (Personal Information Management) suite." Reflecting its international team and focus, KDE 3.3 is currently available in over 50 different languages. Partial translations into 30 other languages are also available, many of which are expected to be completed during the KDE 3.3 life cycle. During the past six months, Qt gained increased support for Indic languages, and languages as diverse as Farsi and Frisian were added. With 89 different languages and full localization support, no other desktop is as ready to serve the needs of today's global community. New applications Kolourpaint, an easy-to-use replacement for KPaint KWordQuiz, KLatin and KTurtle expand the list of education packages for schools and families Kimagemapeditor and klinkstatus make life easier for web designers KSpell2, a new spellchecking library that fixes all of KSpell's shortcomings KThemeManager, a new control center module to globally handle KDE visual themes The Python bindings PyQT and PyKDE are now maintained with KDE in our CVS. KDE 3.3 can be downloaded over the Internet by visiting download.kde.org. Linux User #348873 A smooth Sea Never Makes a Skilled Mariner, So challenge ur limits. www.groups.yahoo.com/group/gzlug -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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Mozilla Calendar
by gaurav mishra 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

Hello Frndz, Mozilla.org has released the first "official" beta release of Mozilla Sunbird, a standalone calendaring application. The Sunbird Project is a redesign of the Mozilla Calendar component, with a goal producing a cross platform calendar based on Mozilla's XUL user interface language. Sunbird is aimed at users who want a calendar application based on Mozilla. The software works with the Mozilla Firefox web browser and the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client. Two flavors of the project are available -- one that works as a plugin to Firefox/Thunderbird/Mozilla (known as "Mozilla Calendar"), and the standalone calendaring application, currently known as "Mozilla Sunbird." The group says that it hopes to improve footprint size and performance by focusing solely on the standalone calendar, and "by removing components and chrome we don't need." While Sunbird is still considered experimental, it is currently stable, according to the project. Additionally, the group says that although "Sunbird" is currently being used as the project's name, it may not be the final name for the software. The software is available for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X and can be downloaded here. Screenshots of the calendar in both modern and classic themes are available here. Linux User #348873 A smooth Sea Never Makes a Skilled Mariner, So challenge ur limits. www.groups.yahoo.com/group/gzlug -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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Sept 12, 2004 GLUG meet
by Venkatesh (Venky) Hariharan 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

The agenda for the Sept 12th GLUG meet is slowly shaping up. Prof. DB Phatak of IIT Bombay will be one of the speakers. Prof. Phatak is the person responsible for persuading LIC to shift 10,000 desktops to Linux and has been evangelizing the use of FLOSS in engineering colleges across India. He is on the IT committees of many central and state government organizations and is therefore a highly influential figure. I will reconfirm his participation and circulate details of his talk next week. His talk will be followed by a talk on the licensing issues relevant to FLOSS by technology lawyers, Ms. Nappinai and Subramaniam Vutha of the Technology Law Forum. They work closely with the Mumbai Cyber Crime Cell and I have asked them to address the issue that Linux Torvalds recently raised in an interview to Businessweek magazine (see link and excerpt below my signature). This is becoming an issue that all of us are getting increasingly concerned about because Open Source has so much promise for India, but the licensing issues hold so much peril. I hope everyone finds the upcoming GLUG meet an enjoyable and educative experience. Venky Linux Torvalds' Benevolent Dictatorship http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2004/tc20040818_1593.htm Q: What are the biggest challenges facing Linux? A: From a technical standpoint, I don't see any real challenges. Linux has come a long way in the last 13 years. I'll do another 13 years if that's what it takes. Technology wise, we're great. And we'll get better. The only things I worry about are all the things that go around the project. Part of it is legal issues. It's not that I think Linux has legal problems, but that the system doesn't work as well as it should, and crazy things happen, like the SCO suits [SCO (SCOX ) claims IBM (IBM ) breached a longtime contract by providing SCO-owned technology to Linux developers and has filed a lawsuit claiming $5 billion in damages. The trial isn't expected to start until November, 2005]. They will get slapped down in court. But as Linux gets really important, strange things come up. Software patents concern me. I worry about some greedy companies -- possibly failing ones, trying to make trouble and abusing the system. Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get them. We have random people in random countries working on random things, and they don't have 1,000 patent lawyers. So I'm not worried about one patent in particular, but the whole system. It's not a problem today. But it's a thing I can't control, unlike the technical side, where I can actually do something. I'm not that concerned about the threat of Microsoft (MSFT ) enforcing patents against Linux. I think their mode of operation isn't through the legal system. I think they hate lawyers more than most companies. They've been on the receiving end. [CEO Steve] Ballmer and [Chairman Bill] Gates have pride in the fact that their competition may have tried to crush them with legal wars, but they overcame. I think they would have a hard time using legal tactics. They would be ashamed. -0-

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Linuxers August 2004