Linuxers August 2006

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] please help
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

If you are keen just to upgrade your kernel the easiest thing is to get a RPM kernel for your distro, but if you really want to compile from source read on... :-) > Along with this i will be very thankfull if u can kindly explain me the kernal compilation > process(i want to compile a new kernal) http://www.freeos.com/articles/4794/ Download a vannilla kernel from http://www.kernel.org/ (click on the F) or ftp://glug-nith.org/tarballs/linux-2.6.17.11.tar.bz2 or ftp://glug-nith.org/tarballs/linux-2.4.32.tar.bz2 depending on whether you want the 2.4 or 2.6 branch. If you are using a distro as old as RH9 then you should try the 2.4 kernel. Unzip the tarball and after cding into the directory type: # make help That would show you all your available options. But follow the tutorial for your first attenpt. Cheers, Debarshi -- Don't be humble ... you're not that great. -- Golda Meir

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[OT] Linux Tshirts
by Nadeem M. Khan 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Hi. Anyone knows where I can purchase Tshirts with witty Linux slogans in India? Regards, NMK.

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please help
by diode diode 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Hi everybody, I am a new learner in this LINUX world.Curently i am using the redhat9, and i want to know if anyone can helpme out by explaining me the boot process in detail ie starting of the server (my system) in a proper way, Along with this i will be very thankfull if u can kindly explain me the kernal compilation process(i want to compile a new kernal) Thnx and Regards Diode 9820267228 diode_linux(a)yahoo.co.in --------------------------------- Here's a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW

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migrating thunderbird settings and mails to Linux
by Abhishek Daga 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Has anyone successfully migrated thunderbird settings and mails from Windows to Linux? I need to switch a machine from windows to linux without losing the settings and emails. Any ideas and tricks n tips? thanks abhishek __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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3-day workshop on open source software
by Shuvam Misra 26 Aug '06

26 Aug '06

Dear all, There's a three-day workshop on open source software being organised by a non-profit organisation, together with assistance from local bodies and companies, in Bombay. It will be a purely technical workshop, with the aim of introducing some of the popular ideas, concepts, and application layers to the participants. All interested individuals are invited. There are no delegate fees. The details can be found in a generic invitation letter which was sent to many institutes and colleges: http://www.starcomsoftware.com/tmp/aoss-invite.pdf and the programme schedule can be found at: http://www.starcomsoftware.com/tmp/aoss-programme.xls The body responsible for organising this workshop is an int'l non-profit organisation, with their office in Singapore, called the CICC (check http://www.cicc.org.sg) These people facilitate various computing activities in Asia, and OSS is one of the areas they have decided to promote. They have been organising a series of AOSS Workshops (AOSS = Asian OSS) all over Asia and have been getting very good responses. They have now arrived at a new model for organising these workshops with practically zero central funding or corporate sponsorships, so that it remains a grassroots movement. Their first attempt at doing one in India was in May, in Chennai. This one, in Navi Mumbai, will be their second. They intend to do one in some corner or other of India every two or three months, in parallel with similar events in other parts of Asia. Wherever they organise these events, they try to rope in local volunteer bodies or SIGs, and the Chennai workshop was heavily supported by CDAC Chennai, CSI Chennai Chapter, and NIC Chennai. Most of the delegates were teachers from colleges from the four southern states, and researchers from academic institutions. CICC are in the process of exploring their network of contacts to reach out to the ILUG groups in various cities, so it is very likely that they will come to each LUG in India for organisational assistance for future events. Currently, this Bombay event which was organised in a bit of a hurry has CDAC Bombay acting as the host and providing the venue, and a group of three or four organisations providing speakers and organisational support totally on a non-commercial basis. All course material prepared by speakers for these workshops are contributed into the central pool, and are re-used for subsequent events. At the Bombay workshop, we have a mix of speakers who are young and technically competent hands-on techies, and senior managers who have headed major OSS-based projects in their organisations. The speaker from Mazgaon Docks Limited is the Head of IT at MDL, and has headed major enterprise-level application development projects on OSS platforms for MDL. It is likely that the members of this LUG mailing list are quite knowledgeable and may not find anything much to learn from the workshop. But if you know someone who is a beginner with Linux and OSS, or a boss who wants to learn about this "new Linux thing", please pass on this workshop pointer to them and let them apply as per the details given in the invitation letter. Thanks and warm regards, Shuvam Misra

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Does anyone use SLED?
by kunal gangar 26 Aug '06

26 Aug '06

Hi, Is anyone from the mailing list using Suse linux enterprise desktop? If yes, then can you'll tell me some tips and tricks...im a newbie. :) -- Kunal Gangar. Tech Ticker http://www.techtickerblog.com

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[Link] Linux turns 15
by Harsh Busa 26 Aug '06

26 Aug '06

http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2006-08-25-027-26-OP-CY-KN This, today, is a number of great significance to the Linux community. It represents the exact number of days that Linux has officially been in existence. For it was 15 years ago today that Linus Torvalds first posted his message to the comp.os.minix newsgroup, asking for feedback on this nifty little OS that he hoped might one day support some of the 386 and 486 AT clones that were cutting edge PC technology in 1991. ... -- __________________________ http://www.ebackend.com/blog

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problem, nopernicus does not speak every time gnome starts
by krishnakant Mane 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

hello all, I had previously asked for some help on getting gnopernicus to talk. actually I was successfull in getting it talk when I login in my ubuntu desktop. however now the problem is that although my sound card is working quite well, gnopernicus does not start talking every time I start ubuntu. the situation is like this. when I login on my ubuntu desktop, I can hear the login sound. after that my sited colligue told me that the gnopernicus menu comes up with startup mode preferences and all the remaining options in the menu. but it does not talk. what could be the problem? by the way when gnopernicus was actually talking, I could not even adjust the rate of speach etc. and when I change the pitch or volume there is no effect. is it due to the sound card problem? my card is creative vibra 128. but it is not in the the list of sound cards on my system > sound option. Please help. thanking all. Krishnakant.

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[ILUG-BOM] Free GNU/Linux Distributions, Audience at public lecture, FC 5 (3rd CD)
by Roshan 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Hello List, 1. Has anyone in the list tried out a _true_ GNU/Linux based OS? http://www.gnu.org/links/links.html#FreeGNULinuxDistributions I would be glad if anyone could burn a copy of AGNULA LIVE CD on my media (CD-R). 2. Is there some data on the exact number of people who are going to attend the public lecture? (I would surely attend, if I don't have lectures at college.) 3. If someone can burn a copy of FC5 CD 3 and give to me on 27 at the public lecture, I would be thankful. __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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Re: Free GNU/Linux Distributions, Audience at public lecture, FC5 (3rd CD)
by Roshan 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

> hi roshan, > why don't you try ubuntu? > I mean unless it is absolutely necessary for you to > use fedora, I will > suggest just install ubuntu and try. > it has been used successfully by first time linux > users also. > it will give you all the tools like open office and > mosila and firefox. > it also have movy player and mp3 player. > there is even one great feature. you get c: and d: > and all windows > drives open by default. > and after all fedora or ubuntu or debian I do have Ubuntu CD's. I plan to install Kubuntu on my new hard disk, being used to K Desktop Environment. I had planned it to buy this month, but may be I'll have to wait for one more month. The purpose of asking that question was whether people have been able to _completely_ migrate to non-free software. It may not be possible till people are ready to compromise, which they cannot be forced to, but given an option to choose. > linux is the same. Yes they are! (at the core). Though, I don't want to start a flame or controversial topic, I would request you to refer to the OS as GNU/Linux and the kernel as Linux. (though, Linus himeself said, "its ridiculous") > I will give you on 27th try it. Thanks for offering. I have already tried the LIVE CD of Ubuntu and Kubuntu. (6.06 LTS) And yes, thanks to CANONICAL (and Mark Shuttleworth too!) for shipping free CD's. I recently received 5 Kubuntu CD's. Due to limited Data transfer capacity, I cannot download ISO of AGNULA. If you have the ISO and can burn me a copy of the same, I'll be thankful. __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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