Linuxers November 2005

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Help with Xandros
by deshpande＠vsnl.com 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

need some help with Xandros internet connection. I am having cable net, but am unable to configure it. I tried to use ADSL, but no success. Any useful tip or any good website is welcome. Please note my changed mobile number Mahesh Deshpande 9324419644

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SuSe 10 Report
by Rony Bill 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Hello All, Suse 10 from LFY was tried out. Overall, it is a little disappointing considering that SuSe is generally recommended for desktop usage. This was my first trial of the SuSe distro for a desktop. During installation, its manual partition utility could not detect free unpartitioned space in my hdd and I had to reboot into FC4, my current OS to create a new partition in the free space using fdisk. Then this partition was selected in the SuSe installer. Device detection was good with sound and graphics working fine. However it could not mount CDs in my DVD ROM as well as CD R/W so media players could not be tested. A very big problem. Another important facility that is lacking is a proper gui dialup tool like kppp in kde or anything else in gnome. There was a novell dialup tool found after a lot of hunting in the packages selection list but that does not work even in root login. Otherwise, for ethernet usage this distro appears to have a lot of stuff packed in and its packages selection list in the dvd looks pretty impressive. FC4 may not be very impressive but at lest it gets its basic stuff working pretty well. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com

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Hall of Shame Websites
by Sameer N Ingole 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Hi, Check out Hall of Shame websites here: http://www.lug-delhi.org/wiki/HallOfShame/Websites Regards, -- Sameer N. Ingole /*****************************************************/ Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. /*****************************************************/

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GNU/Linux New Media Awards 2005....
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

http://www.linux-magazine.com/CustomerService/Exclusive/2005_Linux_New_Medi… Linux New Media Awards 2005 Trend Setters ________________________________________________________________________ Linux New Media put together an international jury to recognize outstanding contributions to Open Source. We'll tell you who brought home the prizes when the 2005 Linux New Media awards were presented at Linux World Frankfurt. ________________________________________________________________________ Linux New Media invited an international jury of some 200 members to acclaim outstanding contributions to free software. Besides developers, authors, and industry experts, the 2005 jury also included representatives from public administration, an area in which Open Source software is steadily gaining momentum. Trend to VoIP The award categories reflect current trends. Linux is gaining ground in new fields such as Internet telephony. The free PBX application, Asterisk (http://www.asterisk.org), attracted a majority in the new "Best Voice over IP software" category, followed by Skype, http://www.skype.com, for many the first program to bring the world of Internet Protocol-based communication to the home. Groupware tools that integrate email, address management, and calendar functions are an essential part of the modern workplace. Open Source groupware solutions are ousting MS Exchange in many companies. Kolab, http://kolab.org, came up on top in the "Best Groupware server" category, followed closely by Open-Xchange, http://www.openexchange.com. Corporate environments have very specific requirements for Linux operating systems. More than half the jury agreed that Novell's Suse products offer the best Enterprise Linux solution. The classic Enterprise contender, Red Hat, attracted about one third of the votes. Although industry giant IBM has sold its PC business, it still consistently uses Linux for servers such as the OpenPower series. The jurors awarded first prize for the "Most Linux-friendly hardware vendor" to IBM. Ubuntu, the Shooting Star A retrospective of the 2004 Awards clearly shows another trend. Last year, Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntulinux.org) was a promising newcomer that took second place in the "Best Newcomer Distribution" category behind Skole Linux, which is also Debian-based. The trust the jury put in Ubuntu was not misplaced: Ubuntu, which calls itself "Linux for human beings," kept to the promised release cycles in 2005, was well-represented at community events such as Linuxtag, and built up a considerable following in the course of the year. All of this led to Ubuntu taking the category of Best Debian Derivative with 43.5 percent of the votes. A KDE variant of Ubuntu called Kubuntu came in third. 25 percent of the votes went to the popular Live distro Knoppix. Against the backdrop of the Ubuntu boom, it comes as no surprise that Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth will take home a personal trophy in acknowledgment of his entrepreneurial spirit. Mark takes the Special Award for "Outstanding Contribution to Linux and free Software," not only for his work with Ubuntu, but also for the commitment he has shown to many other Open Source projects in his home country, South Africa, as well as in other parts of the world. Mark will be sharing the "Outstanding Contribution" award with someone without whom neither Linux nor any free software would exist: "the anonymous developer." The jury was really excited by this nomination, and as a result, a Linux New Media Award for 2005 goes to everyone who contributes to free software, whether as a volunteer, a full-time employee, or a part-time contract worker: "the anonymous developer" is the true heart of the Open Source community. Table 1: Linux New Media Awards 2005 Hardware Most Linux-friendly Hardware Vendor 1. IBM 23.5 % 2. HP 16.3 % 3. AMD 11.3 % Software Best Groupware Server 1. Kolab 22.2 % 2. OpenXChange 21.5 % 3. OpenGroupware 15.3 % Best VoIP Software 1. Asterisk 42.4 % 2. Skype 18.8 % 3. Gnomemeeting 15.8 % Best Debian Derivative 1. Ubuntu 43.5 % 2. Knoppix 23.7 % 3. Kubuntu 9.6 % Best Enterprise Server Distribution 1. Novell / Suse 53.3 % 2. Red Hat 36.7 % 3. Mandriva 8.3 % Special Award Outstanding contribution to Linux / Open Source 1. Mark Shuttleworth 12.1 % 1. The anonymous developer 12.1 % 2. nosoftwarepatents.com / Florian Müller 9.6 % 3. City of Munich 8.92 %

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.mov to real format converter for fc3
by Abhishek Daga 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Can anyone recommend a good converter to get my .mov files and .dat files into real format. The idea behind doing this is to reduce the size and the streaming time when placed online. Is converting to real from .mov a good idea or it will not make a difference? thanks abhishek Ignorance is Strength. What you don't know cannot hurt you. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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shell script for movind uncommon files
by (रेवंत) Revan t Nandgaonkar 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

can anyone script this for me? I have dir1, dir2 and dir3 dir1/ +--- x.txt +--- y.txt +--- z.txt +--- xy.txt dir2/ +--- x1.txt +--- y.txt +--- z.txt +--- x2y.txt i want to move all files from dir1/ and dir2/ to dir3/ except the common files like y.txt and z.txt dir3 should contain dir3/ +--- x1.txt +--- x2y.txt +--- x.txt +--- xy.txt any command to do this?

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read this.. wht has the rock world come to??
by Apoorva Kulkarni 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

this featured on a site for indian rockers.. *Parikrama* has been chosen by *MICR0$0FT* to do a song for them (not a jingle) for the worldwide release of their 3 new software. The song is about the life of a programmer, the way he thinks, and the way he is, after all. The song is called *SUPERHERO*, it would be band's first release after But it rained. It would be available for free download on the Micro$oft site, in a few days and thereafter on www.parikrama.com. The 3 new software would be released in *Bangalore* on the 09th of December. There would be a full-fledged Parikrama performance for 5000 odd Micro$oft people on that day and *Mr. Gates* himself would be present there. The band just had 2 days to make the song, record it and give it to Micro$oft after the approval of the lyrics. (Read the lyrics here<http://www.gigpad.com/parsuperlyrics.doc> ) -- Apoorva Kulkarni ozzman[AT]phenix[dot]rootshell[dot]be

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] About shipit.ubuntulinux.org
by Roshan 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

>I'd like to know 2 things: >1) Is it for real? I mean, has anyone here tried it? I have tried it. Actually for the first time, and this was on 3rd November 2005. I haven't received the CD's yet. My friend had ordered on 26th August and received the CD's in the last few days of September. I too am waiting for the last few days of November to receive it. >2) Is it safe to give my home address online ? (at >shipit.ubuntulinux.org) >Though it is an AES 256-bit encrypted page, I have my doubts as I >have never disclosed personal info online except in selected >mailing lists. I think, it is safe but I dont have exact details of problems. >Regards, >Mohan S N _____________________________ www.geocities.com/d_rosh2001 If there's anything that you want to ask about related to computers and information technology email me at any of the following addresses 1) d_rosh2001(a)yahoo.co.in 2) dhanvirosh(a)rediffmail.com I think I should be able to help you --------------------------------- Enjoy this Diwali with Y! India Click here

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Triband not up in Linux
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

>> I don't think any wire can help me.. + if I tamper with the wires, >> that will be the next reason/excuse for MTNL for the problem. >> >Getting a new wire will not do any harm. About MTNL's objection, well I clocked 225 kbps today. The trouble seems to be parallel connections in my house. What I do is remove all the phones from the connection points and put one into the splitter, >>> ~256 kbps I tried putting one instrument into a parallel conn, switch on the router and again back to 128kbps So case closed. I've buried the hatchet with MTNL, of course no one on their side got off their butts or figured this out. Gishu

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Triband not up in Linux
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

>> Internet connection speed results: >> File Size: 1000KB >> Time to Download: 38.957second(s) >> Your Bandwidth: 236.02Kbps >> (0.230Mbps) >> >Hey consider yourself lucky! 236Kbps isn't bad at all. People have >trouble getting even 210Kbps! :( <Triband Anonymous voice> I am Gishu Pillai. I barely get 128 kbps. The general opinion is something is wrong at the exchange side. But the MTNL gods are yet to grace me with their presence. Till then "it is welcome to MTNL's 1504 service... Aapan rangeth aahaat!" if they show me where their "rang" ends, I'll bloody hire some mercenaries and mark the spot with a glowing X

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Linuxers November 2005