Linuxers November 2006

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[Commercial] Highlights - LFY November 2006
by Niraj Sahay 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

Dear Readers, With the Fedora team, as usual, pushing the release date of FC6 again and again (before finally releasing it on 24th and it getting available for download on 25th), we were left with no option but to go for the next most requested distro on the bulletinn board - Mandriva Linux 2007. This distro is a treat for users who like to work on multi-architecture platforms (32-bit and 64-bit). Coming to the editorial highlights, we have a mega interview with Javed Tapia, founder Red Hat India, who speaks to the media for the first time after stepping down from his position of director - India. In the trends section, this month we discuss about the use of Linux in tghe supercomputing world. We have two very interesting case studies this month, one that discusses the first mover advantage taken by Samsung by incorporating the 'Linux-compatible' logo in their printer advertisement and the other about Bombay high court adopting Linux/OSS. In our opinions section, this month, the community opines on how whether IPR is a boon or a bane. Also, in the 'Down Memory Lane' series, we look at the history of the KDE project. FOR YOU & ME * KDE: Kudos All the Way! * Mandriva Linux 2007: The Ia Ora Magic Casts a New Spell * Enigmatise Youe E-mail * Opinions: IPR - Incentive or Disincentive to Innovate * Linux in Telecommunication: A Mighty Combo * The Director's Cut: Interview - Javed Tapia * From e-Governance to Open Governance ADMIN * WLAN Cards on Linux: Tweak Your Way Out * Getting Wireless with Tux * Get SMART! * Easing Data Migration with Portable Data Containers DEVELOPERS * The Basics of JVMTI * Perl Development on Linux with Eclipse IDE * A uClinux Primer * Simplifying Audio Conversion with Glade * Build and Integrate Your Own Small Office Intranet POLICYMAKERS * Linux is the Way to Go, Your Honour! GEEKS * Linux Rules the Supercomputing World PLAYERS * Will Tux Boost Samsung's Printers into the No.1 Position? * Wind River - Embracing Tux with Open Arms: Venkatesh Kumaran, Wind River India COLUMNS * BraveGNUIndia: When Governments Promote FLOSS * FreedomYug: Steal This Film ON LFY DVD * Mandriva Linux 2007 (Free Edition) The latest distribution from the Mandriva stable, Mandriva Linux 2007 (free edition) is simply fabulous. A highly versatile distribution, this DVD is readily installable on both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. ON LFY CD * 3D applications software: Blender 2.4, OpenSceneGraph, Irrlicht SDK 1.1, Art of Illusion, myStudio - Free/Open source 3D software, JPatch, K-3D, screenhack, Aqsis, Ayam, gSculpt, Aztec 3D Modeller, * Newbies: KIso 0.8, Sweep, JACK Rack, Ardour, Rosegarden 1.4.0 * Power Users: GNOME Partition Editor, QTParted, RRDTool, John the Ripper, GNU FreeIPMI * Fun stuff: Open Noid, Fighter 2, HoloRacer, Pang Zero, Elephants Dream, SolarWolf, LinCity-NG, Extended Death Match, Danger from the Deep * Updates: Kernel 2.6.18, Clam AntiVirus We hope you enjoy reading the issue. Please send all your feedback on lfyedit(a)efyindia.com WHERE TO GET YOUR COPY? Problems getting a copy of LFY? Feel free to reach out to our distributors (IBH) listed below: # Ahmedabad - Mr. S. K. Sharma (079-26577068) # Bangalore - Mr. Devaru Bhatt (080-22261305, 080-22252385) # Chennai - Mr. Vijay Rengan (044-28273893) # Hyderabad - Mr. Ramesh Rajgopal (040-27564945, 040-27561140) # Kolkata - Mr. Mehta (033-22498096/97) # Mumbai - Mr. Indur Vaswani (022-24943707) # New Delhi - Mr. P. K. Das (011-23313014/15) # Pune - Mr. Ashok Basant (020-26131261) # Trivandrum - Mr. Hari Kumar (0471-2475443) HOW TO SUBSCRIBE OR COMPLAIN? Go to our website www.lfymag.com OR email at support(a)efyindia.com OR call at 011-26810601/02/03

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Wiki Report on Freespire.
by Rony 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

Hello All, With the help from Vivek Patankar on how to wiki, I have posted the Freespire 1.0 installation report on the Lug-Bom wiki. http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Freespire_1.0_Installation Thank you Vivek. :) Regards, Rony. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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connecting to "tata indicom broadband" using ubuntu
by Pradnyesh Sawant 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

hello, can someone kindly help me with connecting to the "tata indicom" broadband connection using ubuntu 6.06? i know how to connect to the Internet using dialup (with modem), and also direct connection (even through proxy). but am stumped about the "tata indicom" connection; especially coz i dont have a modem, and still have to give a login username/password to connect. so i can't use dialup, nor direct connection. thanks for the help in advance :) -- warm regards, Pradnyesh Sawant -- If you are going through hell, keep going --Anon

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FSF announces release of gNewSense 1.0
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Sullivan <johns(a)fsf.org> Date: 02-Nov-2006 17:07 Subject: FSF announces release of gNewSense 1.0 To: gnu-prog(a)gnu.org BOSTON, November 2, 2006 - Free Software Foundation announces release of gNewSense version 1.0. (Screenshots available at http://www.fsf.org/news/gnewsense) gNewSense (http://www.gnewsense.org) is a free software GNU/Linux distribution created by two Irish free software advocates, Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley, and is based on the Ubuntu and Debian distributions. The goal of gNewSense is to provide users with a software package that offers the stability of Ubuntu with the addition of freedom. In announcing the release of version 1.0, the gNewSense developers stated, â€œFrom a philosophical perspective we wanted to create a GNU/Linux distribution where the user has access to all the sources for all software on the system. This includes everything from the heart of the kernel through to the everyday desktop applications." With the avowed goal of providing a completely free distribution - one without non-free kernel binary "blobs" or any other non-free software, the Free Software Foundation has announced sponsorship of the project. Ted Teah, FSF's free software directory maintainer explained, "With all the kernel firmware and restricted repositories removed, and the reliance on Ubuntu's proprietary distribution management tool gone, this distribution is the most advanced GNU/Linux distribution that has a commitment to be 100% free." gNewSense will provide users with full security updates and is available for immediate download in LiveCD ISO format along with a version of the Ubiquity graphical installer. Furthermore, the gNewSense team has created a set of software called Builder which allows users to create their own gNewSense-based distributions. gNewSense provides detailed instructions on how to use the software and the recipe to roll out a customized distro. The Free Software Foundation is providing the gNewSense team with a high end build machine (running with a free BIOS), with bandwidth and with assistance in developing artwork. The FSF plans to aid widespread adoption of the distribution and, with the release of gNewSense 1.0, is making a call for volunteers who have the skills to act as the following: * Developers; * Website Maintainers; * Graphic Artists; * Freedom verifiers to monitor package additions and mailing lists; * Documentation Writers. To volunteer, please, sign on at irc.freenode.net and /join #gnewsense. You can also join the mailing list via the project website http://www.gnewsense.org/ ----30---- About the Free Software Foundation The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as in freedom) software - particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants - and free documentation for free software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom in the use of software. Their Web site, located at www.fsf.org, is an important source of information about GNU/Linux. Donations to support their work can be made at http://fsf.org/join They are headquartered in Boston, MA, USA. Press contact: To schedule an interview with the developers of gNewSense, please contact Ted Teah at the Free Software Foundation (+1 617-542-5942) or Peter Brown (+1 617-542-5942) or email pr(a)fsf.org ---------- -- John Sullivan Program Administrator | Phone: (617)542-5942 x23 51 Franklin Street, 5th Fl. | Fax: (617)542-2652 Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA | GPG: AE8600B6 -- http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-prog -- "India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather a developed nation in an advanced state of decay." --Shashi Tharoor

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FC6 Display Problem
by dipankar das 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

Dear Friends After installing FC6 on my Athlon 1800+ machine, with SiS VGA ('lspci' detects Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760/761 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter), and the monitor being LG Flatron E700S, the X was problemsome in the sense that a lot of black border was getting there on the console on all the four sides. I tried to fix it in FC6, but it was showing only generic 'CRT' display and an outlandish screen resolution. The way out was a bit stupid. I just copied the 'xorg.conf' from the SuSE 10 installation, without the file section obviously, and pasted it in the '/etc/X11' directory. And, really to my surprise, now everything X started working nice in FC6. But, as expected, there are problems: when i want to log out from X, at times it works and at times it hangs. Is there a not so stupid way out from this X fix in FC6? Till i am in X, FC6 is really working nice, and i need it particularly for its Bangla support, that is the best among the distributions i know, so i need to keep this installation. Thanking in advance, das

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November Meet
by Anurag 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Hi, Some of us list members are meeting for a cup of coffee at Barista (near Shopper's Stop) Andheri on 9th Nov, Thursday 7PM. Do join in if you free and can make it to andheri :) Anurag -- __ __ gnu /noo/ n. Ox like antelope; (abbr.) /gnoo/ n. (recursive acronym) Gnu's Not Unix.

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[JOB] Software Engineer - Expertise in C
by Harish S 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Hi, We are in a need of couple of people with the following skill set: Expertise/Skill : C, Perl, Shell Scripting. Experience: 2 yrs Company: TooMuch Semiconductor Solutions, 3/B, 2633, 7th Main, Jeevan Bhima Nagar, HAL III Stage, Bangalore. www.toomuchsemi.com Candidates with hardcore C knowledge and ability to work in GNU/Linux Systems please send your CV careers(a)toomuchsemi.com Rgds Harish -- Visit me at :http://freeshell.in/~harish/blog Computers are like air conditioners - They can't do their job properly if you open windows

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Re: Freespire 1.0 Installation Report.
by Roshan 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Rony wrote: > Anurag wrote: > > Why dont you blog it, or atleast put it > > somewhere on a wiki or something. > I don't know how to post on blogs or wikis but I > will find out our own > list wiki and post there. http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Howtos Rony, you can post it on the above link. -- http://sankoobaba.blogspot.com __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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foss spreads in rajasthan
by Kenneth Gonsalves 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

hi this may be of interest to foss enthusiasts: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/full/16/NW/ -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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Shiv Kumar's Tribune India Article
by Vihan Pandey 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Hi Shiv, i checked out your article, one query however you mention : `` The recent scandal involving software engineers at the National Security Council Secretariat who leaked information to the American Central Intelligence Agency allegedly saw some of them swap secrets including information on India's nuclear doctrine for jobs with Microsoft." i don't remember hearing about this, and could not find any info on the same online. If you could please forward the link of this story that would be most appreciated. One complaint however, you mention the terms ``Linux Operating Systems", ``Linux Ubuntu Dapper Drake" and ``General Public Licence Linux OS" would it not be fair on your part to also mention GNU, ASF, BSD and other communities without whom you cannot call that entity an operating system. If the article's purpose is to raise awareness, it makes sense to also tell people about the community(s) Anyone have any comments on what i've written ? Regards, - vihan

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Linuxers November 2006