Linuxers August 2007

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Lenovo, Novell partner to offer Linux on the ThinkPad
by Vipul Mathur 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

Lenovo, Novell partner to offer Linux on the ThinkPad By Eric Bangeman | Published: August 06, 2007 - 10:18AM CT http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070806-lenovo-novell-partner-to-offe… ThinkPad customers will soon have a new configuration option, as Lenovo and Novell have announced that the popular laptops will begin shipping with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (SLED) preinstalled. Although the ThinkPad has been certified for Linux for some time, this marks the first time Lenovo will ship a laptop with Linux preinstalled—while providing both hardware and OS support. Novell will provide software updates directly to ThinkPad owners, however. Read more at: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070806-lenovo-novell-partner-to-offe… ~ViM

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Pushing Linux through small vendors
by Satish Alwani 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

Actually the X issues are pretty darn irritating. I had kubuntu running on my laptop, since I wanted to introduce my brother to it. Well, everything said and done, he wanted to connect it to his lcd tv. Now, we had it running before on windows, gave brilliant output. But somehow getting X to do it was a real PITA. Also, getting lcds to give you refresh rates of over 60 is another issue. To top it off, people in IRC just say to use LCDs at 60hz. Trust me when I say this, there is a difference between 60 and 72/75hz in LCD's. Even tho the LCD refresh rates are different to how CRT refresh rates work. Even CRT's on X can be an issue. My SyncMaster 793s w/ Geforce FX 5200 for example, gave the default of 60hz. The default settings kubuntu gives is at 60hz. Ofcourse a little tweakingin xorg.conf, I had it running at 85. Also, even tho kubuntu ships with the default nvidia kernel, it still uses the nv driver. Something I fail to understand because if you use the nvidia driver instead, you gain some performance increase, including refresh rates. (Ive seen some difference between nv@85 and nvidia@85). I had to move from nv to nvidia to get beryl working, but as soon as i did, the monitor adjustments and everything felt a bit sweeter. Kinda hard to explain. Considering the major GFX chipsets are either nvidia / ati. This really should be taken care at the distro level. I am not totally all anti MS and stuff. Thats not the way I think, but honestly its all about the freedom of choice. People today are looking more towards an iMac than they did some years ago. Why? Well, thanks to vista believe it or not. As the old saying goes, immitation is the best form of flattery, people know that vista is a pure rip off of the mac tiger. However, their main concern for moving out is backward compatibility with their existing OS applications. What they fail to realize isthey can get most of it working today either through the likes of Wine or virtualizing your old existing windows. In which case you are free to migrate while at the same time giving you the option of moving back and forth with a live system. Whats this got to do with pushing linux. EVERYTHING! Vendors and users alike are sometimes unaware of the power of virtualization and what Wine has to offer. Most office people today mostly use spreadsheets, word documents, and emails. Offices mostly run on intranet solutions. Most other applications they have access to are mostly written in Visual Basic. Of which these applications do seem to run fine on wine. If they do have any other applications, they can always boot into windows and use it as and when they need to, encompassing the security of the host OS onto the guest os within a sandboxed environment. Ofcourse the possibilities of this could be rather endless, as organisations which can look towards thin client computing, mostly dont due to their dependency on windows environment. This factor can eliminate that as well. If vendors and users are aware that their choice of moving can be complimented instead of complicated by dual boots etc., then they will feel more likely to accept a solution which can favour them, specially where licensing issues can be a concern. VMware does have alot of its application to support this for free so it would be a great way to get your feet wet. Regards, Satish

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[COMMERCIAL] Software Engineer openings at Red Hat (Pune)
by Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Red Hat has multiple openings for Software Engineers at Pune. Provided below are the job descriptions along with TAGs which should be used in $SUBJECT line of the application. Please ensure that you provide the CV in Open Document Format (ODF) to sankar {at} redhat {dot} com and jrajopad {at} redhat {dot} com. For both the openings participation in existing Free and Open Source projects would be an added advantage. * Sr Software Engineer (SrSWENGG) Software engineer with a strong technical background to ensure the reliability of Red Hat products and services. The primary focus will be to solicit and prioritize detailed feature requests to support software portfolios running within the larger Red Hat Enterprise Linux ecosystem. An ideal candidate would have demonstrated people, project management experience and excellent communication skills. Other skills include software skills to develop the test environment, create test automation, execute functional tests, deliver in depth defect reports Required Skills: Knowledge of Standards and Guidelines pertaining to the following: + FHS + LSB + Freedesktop Standards + Portland Project Guidelines + Packaging Guidelines + Knowledge of RPM + Python, Ruby + GNU Coding Standards + Autoconf/Automake + GDB Profile: o 5+ years work experience with a designing, coding, debugging, and deploying software in a leadership role. o Firm foundation in at least one object oriented programming language (Python or Ruby) with some experience of other technologies, scripting languages, databases and software engineering. (essential) o Robust experience of *nix /APIs/ ABI compatibility. (essential) o An understanding of how commercial software fits into an Open Source world. o Deep understanding of FHS, LSB, GNU coding standards, Guidelines. (Essential) o Strong proficiency with RPM and RPM specfile syntax. o Understanding of configuration management principles. o Must understand the general software development release cycle, source management and defect management methodologies in Linux environment. * Associate Software Engineer (ASWENGG) Software engineer with a strong technical background to ensure the reliability of Red Hat products and services. The primary focus will be to solicit and prioritize detailed feature requests to support software portfolios running within the larger Red Hat Enterprise Linux ecosystem. An ideal candidate would have demonstrated people, project management experience and excellent communication skills. Other skills include software skills to develop the test environment, create test automation, execute functional tests, deliver in depth defect reports Required Skills: Knowledge of Standards and Guidelines pertaining to the following: + FHS + Packaging Guidelines + Knowledge of RPM + Python, Ruby + GNU Coding Standards + Autoconf/Automake + GDB Profile: o 1+ years work experience with a designing, coding, debugging software o Firm foundation in at least one object oriented programming language (Python or Ruby) with some experience of other technologies, scripting languages, databases and software engineering. (essential) o Robust experience of *nix /APIs/ ABI compatibility. (essential) o Strong proficiency with RPM and RPM specfile syntax. o Understanding of configuration management principles. o Must understand the general software development release cycle, source management and defect management methodologies in Linux environment. - -- You see things; and you say 'Why?'; But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGtqj2XQZpNTcrCzMRAn3yAJ46eQQsfsZ0TldU019fqYc13q5fdgCdEPHS 2Cb8nffxcS9KgYyyBRGmJ/o= =SEhO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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FOSS.IN/2007
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

Hello, So they announced FOSS.IN/2007. :) Watch out for more news! [1]http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/foss-in/message/4187 Pradeepto -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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Fwd: [Ilug-cal-discuss] [COMMERCIAL] Software Engineer openings at Red Hat (Pune)
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

Hi, ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <sankar(a)redhat.com> Date: Aug 6, 2007 10:20 AM Subject: [Ilug-cal-discuss] [COMMERCIAL] Software Engineer openings at Red Hat (Pune) To: ILUG-Cal's principal mailing list <ilug-cal-discuss(a)list.ilug-cal.org> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Red Hat has multiple openings for Software Engineers at Pune. Provided below are the job descriptions along with TAGs which should be used in $SUBJECT line of the application. Please ensure that you provide the CV in Open Document Format (ODF) to sankar {at} redhat {dot} com and jrajopad {at} redhat {dot} com. For both the openings participation in existing Free and Open Source projects would be an added advantage. * Sr Software Engineer (SrSWENGG) Software engineer with a strong technical background to ensure the reliability of Red Hat products and services. The primary focus will be to solicit and prioritize detailed feature requests to support software portfolios running within the larger Red Hat Enterprise Linux ecosystem. An ideal candidate would have demonstrated people, project management experience and excellent communication skills. Other skills include software skills to develop the test environment, create test automation, execute functional tests, deliver in depth defect reports Required Skills: Knowledge of Standards and Guidelines pertaining to the following: + FHS + LSB + Freedesktop Standards + Portland Project Guidelines + Packaging Guidelines + Knowledge of RPM + Python, Ruby + GNU Coding Standards + Autoconf/Automake + GDB Profile: o 5+ years work experience with a designing, coding, debugging, and deploying software in a leadership role. o Firm foundation in at least one object oriented programming language (Python or Ruby) with some experience of other technologies, scripting languages, databases and software engineering. (essential) o Robust experience of *nix /APIs/ ABI compatibility. (essential) o An understanding of how commercial software fits into an Open Source world. o Deep understanding of FHS, LSB, GNU coding standards, Guidelines. (Essential) o Strong proficiency with RPM and RPM specfile syntax. o Understanding of configuration management principles. o Must understand the general software development release cycle, source management and defect management methodologies in Linux environment. * Associate Software Engineer (ASWENGG) Software engineer with a strong technical background to ensure the reliability of Red Hat products and services. The primary focus will be to solicit and prioritize detailed feature requests to support software portfolios running within the larger Red Hat Enterprise Linux ecosystem. An ideal candidate would have demonstrated people, project management experience and excellent communication skills. Other skills include software skills to develop the test environment, create test automation, execute functional tests, deliver in depth defect reports Required Skills: Knowledge of Standards and Guidelines pertaining to the following: + FHS + Packaging Guidelines + Knowledge of RPM + Python, Ruby + GNU Coding Standards + Autoconf/Automake + GDB Profile: o 1+ years work experience with a designing, coding, debugging software o Firm foundation in at least one object oriented programming language (Python or Ruby) with some experience of other technologies, scripting languages, databases and software engineering. (essential) o Robust experience of *nix /APIs/ ABI compatibility. (essential) o Strong proficiency with RPM and RPM specfile syntax. o Understanding of configuration management principles. o Must understand the general software development release cycle, source management and defect management methodologies in Linux environment. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGtqiH+g4kmZ76nyERAg7XAJ9fvVk5puKQ2QfqymBtfInDVcBx+wCeJzSh Ulet82HqKwVfQTNOpqUJ2pk= =416T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Ilug-cal-discuss mailing list Ilug-cal-discuss(a)list.ilug-cal.org http://list.ilug-cal.org/mailman/listinfo/ilug-cal-discuss Cheers! Pradeepto -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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freed.in
by Nagarjuna G. 04 Aug '07

04 Aug '07

i suggest linking up freed.in at the glug-bom.org site and also explore the possibilities of participating. Anurag, can you add the link and logo at our site. Nagarjuna

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COMMERCIAL (php engineers)
by vatsal desai 04 Aug '07

04 Aug '07

Hello, We are launching a well funded startup. We are looking for senior/junior engineers. The junior engineers should be comfortable with PHP. The senior engineers should be expert in PHP and either C++ or Java. Everything will be done on LAMP platform. Please contact me if anyone is interested. Thanks, Vatsal Desai Cell: 9892718029 P.S. I am not a headhunter. --------------------------------- Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool.

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Pushing Linux through small vendors
by Dinesh Joshi 04 Aug '07

04 Aug '07

Hi people, A few days ago my computer vendor came to me with some real problems regarding Linux. Hes a small time guy who supplies assembled PCs to individuals and maybe some small companies. Anyway, he owns an office and himself is pissed off with Microsoft's products as he has to format the machines every other day. Another reason pushing him towards Linux is that hes now getting inquiries regarding installing Linux from home users. And Vista cracks are not yet stable and widely available :P After having a small chat with him, I got his requirements. For office use, he requires: 1. Microsoft Office - docs and excel spreadsheets 2. Internet Explorer - surfing / banking etc.. 3. Tally - accounting Now, I'm aware that he has the following alternatives: 1. Open office 2. Firefox 3. Tally ( Linux version ) But the problem with Open Office: 1. With average machines, it performs slow 2. The documents it generates are not 100% compatible with Ms.Office 3. Advanced features are not completely compatible But they need to inter-operate with the rest of the world which means a good compatibility is important. Another problems that one generally faces is that Linux doesn't always work out of the box. When it does, it works wonderfully well but when it comes down to tweaking it to get it to work, its like performing a brain surgery ( for a newbie ). One more issue that I perceive is that distros don't always have good hardware compatibility. Let me explain it in more detail. Ubuntu 6.06 worked well on my friend's machine. No issues. But Ubuntu 7.04 refuses to work on the same machine. Some driver compatibility issues. The other issue that people in India generally face is of bandwidth. Ubuntu installs well. It impresses them. But then it runs up HUGE bills downloading softwares. What are your thoughts on this? How can we work with these people to effective push Linux into homes and offices? This definitely is one of the best ways of boosting Linux user base :) -- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi

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DHCP client configuration
by Omkar Raut 04 Aug '07

04 Aug '07

I am trying to configure fresh install of slackware 12. I configured eth0 to use DHCP. When I run `dhclient eth0`, I get messages like DHCPDISCOVER 255.255.255.255 ...no response DHCPDISCOVER 255.255.255.255 ...no response ..... .... And I cannot get any IP from my ISP. DHCP and pppoe works fine in windoze. While in ubuntu there is entry for eth0:avah and DHCP as well as rp-pppoe works fine there. Do I have to specify DHCP server ip? In that case how do I find DHCP server's ip on my network? I use internet from pacenet. -Omkar.

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2 NIC
by Ramang G 03 Aug '07

03 Aug '07

Hi all, I have 2 nic's in my machine with FC6 loaded....... iam assinging two same range ip's i.e 10.0.10.1 & 10.0.10.2 with all the subnet mask and gateway address being the same for each of the interfaces...... i am taking the lan cable and inserting to the first interface and pinging the gateway, its pinging and its ok. but when i take the same cable and insert into the other NIC it is not pinging the gateway....... What could be the problem kindly explain.... Thanks, Raman. --------------------------------- Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool.

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