Linuxers December 2006

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22 Dec '06

Hello Everyone, This mail is not meant to create any controversy or flaming. It is to simply highlight the FUD article that was printed in today's Mumbai Mirror under the title "Shock in the box". A PWD certified electrical engineer has stirred up a FUD against the Conditional Access System and DTH set top boxes by claiming that they consume high amount of power. The vested interests are trying their level best to scare people from migrating to CAS which will empower them with the freedom of choice. This engineer goes about with a tong tester and has measured a current of 500 mA in his set top box while another reader claims to have measured 1 A. This translates to 110 Watts and 220 Watts. The paper has even produced photographs of the engineer using the tong tester. They claim that this will increase electricity bills by 150/- per month. The first stupidity of this engineer is that he is using a tong tester to measure currents in mA. Tong testers are meant to measure high currents in thick power cables that cannot be disturbed, not domestic appliances. For normal current measurements, an ammeter is connected in series with the power cable and the unit is powered on to measure the current flow. I measured my DTH box's current and it was only 35 mA which means a power of 7.7 watts at 220 volts. I have been using DTH since 2 years and never had any increase in power bills. So those who want to switch over to CAS or DTH in Mumbai need not worry about the power consumption. Signal processing does not consume too much power. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ All New Yahoo! Mail Tired of Vi@gr@! come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] December GLUG Meet photos
by amit pundir 22 Dec '06

22 Dec '06

On Thursday 21 December 2006, Rohan wrote: > >Those GLUGers who attended it from CDAC-Mumbai, are >you active on the list? Drop in a line to say hi ;) or >create a poll on Favourite GNU/Linux distro ;) > Hi, yes we are pretty much active in this mailing list. -- Regards Amit "If its got a processor, someone somewhere is trying to get GNU/Linux running on it!"

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Re: Linux expert with a monitoring background required.
by Vihan Pandey 22 Dec '06

22 Dec '06

> ok i'll be honest. i am a OS/2 user (actually dos 6.22) with no clue of > windows and *linux* if it makes you happy. It's not about making anyone ``happy", its about what you say and what you stand for. >> Gimme a break and be practical.. use the right tool for the job and > >> stop being a GNU/Linux fanboi.. and while you are at it, stop > >> calling it GNU/Linux as well.. simply 'linux' does the trick. Don't > >> get me wrong, I love linux.. it gives me and my family lunch, > >> dinner, an occasional drink and a good life. I am a linux > >> user/admin, not a slave. A lot of us here too earn a living out of GNU/Linux. In assuming you are a ``slave" you are forgetting what the entire movement was all about. > > Freedom is responsibility.. freedom is letting others do what they > choose. Freedom is NOT using things/encouraging(directly or indirectly) which take freedom away from you and others. Freedom is NOT choosing your toothpaste, freedom is choosing > whether you want to brush at all (ok bad example) as long as others > don't get affected by bad breath. Sigh, maybe i went to the wrong school. try visiting gnu.org > If you fit the requirements and are interested, then send me your > profile preferably in plaintext (but .doc and .odt are welcome as well). you still don't get it. Why must you welcome .doc AT ALL? Regards, - vihan

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Allison resigns from Novell - first nail in the coffin
by jtd 22 Dec '06

22 Dec '06

Jeremy Allison developer of samba has resigned in protest over the Microvell deal. http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=170 -- Rgds JTD

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display your marathi, gujarathi and hindi skills
by Kenneth Gonsalves 22 Dec '06

22 Dec '06

hi, try this out and give feedback: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/dictall/ -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: Linux expert with a monitoring background required.
by Debarshi Ray 22 Dec '06

22 Dec '06

> open office will never be 'good enough' because it violates the basic > principle of foss - many small tools, each doing one thing well, > rather than one big monolithic application that tries to do everything. Reminds me of GNU Emacs. The same logic applies to it, after all it does many more things than OpenOffice.org. Many 'savvy' users do have a liking for it. Do you think it is 'good enough'? Regards, Debarshi -- Universities are places of knowledge. The freshman each bring a little in with them, and the seniors take none away, so knowledge accumulates.

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cant play mp3 on kubuntu
by Vivek R 22 Dec '06

22 Dec '06

i recently installed kubuntu but cant play any mp3 songs in it. when i click on play it skips through the song in 2 seconds and then stops playing. any one knows what the problem is ? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited

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December GLUG Meet photos
by Roshan 21 Dec '06

21 Dec '06

Hello, There were a few photos clicked, I guess, in the DEC-GLUG meet. Have they been uploaded to http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/pics/main.php ? Psst... My computer does not hang now, though I would keep it under observation for sometime. If it works for a few more days (I guess) without freezing, I'll let ya'll know where the problem was. Those GLUGers who attended it from CDAC-Mumbai, are you active on the list? Drop in a line to say hi ;) or create a poll on Favourite GNU/Linux distro ;) -- http://houdini-aboutnothing.blogspot.com/ Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

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Sending a file through SMS.
by Nadeem M. Khan 21 Dec '06

21 Dec '06

Hi. We have a unique requirement. We have some unix/linux servers which generate a very small status file every hour. We are then required to SMS this status to some people. Is there any way we can automate this process? The recipients cell is on the Reliance network. Basically, we need to sms a linux text file to a reliance number every hour. Any suggestions? Regards, NMK.

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Linux in space
by jtd 21 Dec '06

21 Dec '06

World domination plans are on track. Quick eye in the sky satellte uses Linux http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8137978310.html -- Rgds JTD

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