Linuxers September 2007

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How-to: Beginner's Guide to GCC (Ubuntu)

by Roshan N Baladhanvi

List, Since, Yahoo! was constantly bouncing my emails to the list, I have subscribed temporarily on a different email id. So, to begin posting, I have included a URL below that points to a How-To for beginners to using GCC. http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Beginners_guide_to_GCC Please feel free to make any changes to the document. Suggestions / Comments / Criticism ? http://www.ubuntu-in.org

15 years, 8 months

Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] How-to: Beginner's Guide to GCC (Ubuntu)

by Roshan N Baladhanvi

On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 Rony wrote : >Thanks to your write up, I compiled my first C and C++ programs. Coo! >That was fun. :) Glad to know you had fun doing it. :) http://www.ubuntu-in.org

15 years, 8 months

[ILUG-BOM] Fwd: FW: LUKSH an invitation from Comet Media Foundation, Mumbai

by Frederick Noronha [फ़र ेदरिक नोर ोनया]

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Comet Media [mailto:cometmediafdn@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 1:07 PM To: Comet Media Foundation Subject: LUKSH an invitation from Comet Media Foundation, Mumbai Dear Friend Have a look at the note below. We are sure you would be interested in joining such a group. Give a ring to Jacob at 23869052 or drop a line if you are coming. If you have any questions, speak to Lajpat 9422077888 or Aditi at 23826674 . Please forward this to your friends who are likely to be interested. Chandita ================================== LUKSH or GNU / Linux Users knowledge Sharing House an invitation from Comet Media Foundation, Mumbai Most of us who use computers and the Internet in our day to day work know that information technologies change very fast. We have had the experience of changing our computers from time to time as technologies offering greater amounts of computing power at faster speeds became available, together with better Internet connections. We tend to use terms like hardware and software to describe our computers. Many would remember going from a simple Pentium I PC to Pentium IV PC now the triple core PC. We try to get a fix on our computer hardware by remembering brand names and share the information with friends, but always have a lurking feeling that we don't have the whole picture. Going to software, can you remember the number of times you've had to upgrade your software? Then there are virus problems, despite spending sizable sums on anti-viral protection? Then the frustration of the computer hanging up just when something important had to go? You may have moved from one vendor or service provider to another, but no satisfactory explanation was ever given for these problems. You may have been told that you had to reset your computer for your own good. So often, you may have had to abandon your data, never knowing the reason why. A fast solution for the vendor or service provider, but such a loss to you. You just had to accept it as part of the IT game--it just happens to some people sometimes, it would seem. After all to gain such efficiency, you have to be prepared to lose something they said, as if it was a philosophical matter! Most of the problems we have encountered have to do with the stability of the software on our systems. To be more specific, while many of us may have heard of GNU or Linux, most of us only know Windows, the proprietary operating owned by Microsoft and Word, Excel, Powerpoint and other applications also distributed by Microsoft. By contrast, GNU/Linux is described as free software or open source meaning that its codes are open and can be modified by users. The trouble is, even if we are ready to adopt it, GNU/Linux is not easily found. Who will show us how to install it on our computers? Will we have to make any changes in our hardware for it? How will we train ourselves to use it? Is there any vendor or service provider to help us with it? Though the solution to many of our problems may seem to lie in free software, we find it difficult to get our hands on it. Do you know that eighty percent of the servers that the internet runs on use GNU/Linux and they remain on for 24 hours, all the time. This is because they are the most reliable operating systems. So, what is a GNU/Linux Operating System (OS)? And what is free software / open source? Why is it supposed to be free? Where can we come to know more about GNU/Linux? You can keep adding on questions which come to you. We at Comet Media Foundation have decided to form a club to respond to these needs, LUKSH or the GNU / L inux U sers K nowledge S haring H ouse. We thought we could meet every other week, or twice a month on the second and last Saturdays , to discuss the implementation of GNU / Linux and open source software at our workplaces and homes. Our LUKSH is simple: to share knowledge about GNU / LINUX and Open Source Software as a cost effective reliable virus-free alternate to costly proprietary software and to get ourselves out of the control of transnational IT corporations. It is about being free, not just getting something for nothing. Please join us from 2 to 5 pm on the 29 th of September 2007, for the first meeting to explore this further. The agenda will be set by you; the resource people are ready for your questions. Lajpat Dhingra LUKSH Coordinator, Comet Media Foundation, http://www.cometmedia.org Reference websites http://www.opensource.org http://www.gnu.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds" HYPERLINK " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph 0091-832-2409490 List of Indian e-lists http://wikiwikiweb.de/MailingListsInIndia

15 years, 8 months

Why short hand English is an irritant in mailing lists? was: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mail Delivery Issues?

by Nagarjuna G.

The thread referred to in the subject line started with Mail delivery issues, and then started discussing some newbie problems, and ended up with some discussion about shorthand and being literate in English ... Our emails are archived. When you search emails using any search engine, getting replies and help based on short hand English becomes difficult. The user's group's emails are a great source of help for a number of people who look for help on the Internet. Therefore it is necessary to write questions and reply messages as comprehensively as possible. Our questions and replies to them are valuable knowledge base. improper language and subject of threads does disturb the implicit protocol. Therefore, please use good subject lines, and if necessary use new subject lines, or edit subject lines for appropriate archiving. And of course as good language as possible. Nagarjuna

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Mail Delivery Issues?

by Rony

Hello All, Is anyone experiencing mail delivery problems with the list mails? Off late I am receiving mails very erratically. -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

15 years, 8 months

postfix - -Content-Type

by Agnello George

Hi I have searched for a document ion that allows a mail server to automatically add a banner to the message that sender composes, but found none . For eg: when you send a mail from yahoo.com the recipient to whom the mail is sent receives the mail and at the end of the message a banner or advertisment that says "click here" How is this done at MTA level Thanks ( in advanced :-) ) -- Warm Regards Agnello . G .Dsouza

15 years, 8 months

Fwd: [Ilug-cal-discuss] Novell Makes Linux Driver Project a Reality

by Pradeepto Bhattacharya

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <sankarshan.mukhopadhyay(a)gmail.com> Date: Sep 28, 2007 6:12 PM Subject: [Ilug-cal-discuss] Novell Makes Linux Driver Project a Reality To: ILUG-Cal's principal mailing list <ilug-cal-discuss(a)list.ilug-cal.org> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/linux_driver_project_kickoff.html "Novell have relaunched the Linux Driver Project by dedicating well-known kernel developer Greg KH to work on the project full-time. Greg KH writes: 'My employer, Novell, has modified my position to now allow me to work full time on this project. Namely getting more new Linux kernel drivers written, for free, for any company that so desires. And to help manage all of the developers and project managers who want to help out...They really care about helping make Linux support as many devices as possible, with fully open-source drivers.'" from: http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/28/0544226&from=rss - -- You see things; and you say 'Why?'; But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw www.linkedin.com/in/sankarshan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG/Pa6XQZpNTcrCzMRAmWdAJ0Y2fT254/WiAWg5S/QBLOV6V+UQwCeIfNC 9F6OrJjMMtIjrpCZOWW3dN4= =BdFy -----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 -- 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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LUKSH an invitation from Comet Media Foundation, Mumbai

by Frederick Noronha [फ़र ेदरिक नोर ोनया]

From: Comet Media [mailto:cometmediafdn@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 1:07 PM To: Comet Media Foundation Subject: LUKSH an invitation from Comet Media Foundation, Mumbai Dear Friend Have a look at the note below. We are sure you would be interested in joining such a group. Give a ring to Jacob at 23869052 or drop a line if you are coming. If you have any questions, speak to Lajpat 9422077888 or Aditi at 23826674 . Please forward this to your friends who are likely to be interested. Chandita ================================== LUKSH or GNU / Linux Users knowledge Sharing House an invitation from Comet Media Foundation, Mumbai Most of us who use computers and the Internet in our day to day work know that information technologies change very fast. We have had the experience of changing our computers from time to time as technologies offering greater amounts of computing power at faster speeds became available, together with better Internet connections. We tend to use terms like hardware and software to describe our computers. Many would remember going from a simple Pentium I PC to Pentium IV PC now the triple core PC. We try to get a fix on our computer hardware by remembering brand names and share the information with friends, but always have a lurking feeling that we don't have the whole picture. Going to software, can you remember the number of times you've had to upgrade your software? Then there are virus problems, despite spending sizable sums on anti-viral protection? Then the frustration of the computer hanging up just when something important had to go? You may have moved from one vendor or service provider to another, but no satisfactory explanation was ever given for these problems. You may have been told that you had to reset your computer for your own good. So often, you may have had to abandon your data, never knowing the reason why. A fast solution for the vendor or service provider, but such a loss to you. You just had to accept it as part of the IT game--it just happens to some people sometimes, it would seem. After all to gain such efficiency, you have to be prepared to lose something they said, as if it was a philosophical matter! Most of the problems we have encountered have to do with the stability of the software on our systems. To be more specific, while many of us may have heard of GNU or Linux, most of us only know Windows, the proprietary operating owned by Microsoft and Word, Excel, Powerpoint and other applications also distributed by Microsoft. By contrast, GNU/Linux is described as free software or open source meaning that its codes are open and can be modified by users. The trouble is, even if we are ready to adopt it, GNU/Linux is not easily found. Who will show us how to install it on our computers? Will we have to make any changes in our hardware for it? How will we train ourselves to use it? Is there any vendor or service provider to help us with it? Though the solution to many of our problems may seem to lie in free software, we find it difficult to get our hands on it. Do you know that eighty percent of the servers that the internet runs on use GNU/Linux and they remain on for 24 hours, all the time. This is because they are the most reliable operating systems. So, what is a GNU/Linux Operating System (OS)? And what is free software / open source? Why is it supposed to be free? Where can we come to know more about GNU/Linux? You can keep adding on questions which come to you. We at Comet Media Foundation have decided to form a club to respond to these needs, LUKSH or the GNU / L inux U sers K nowledge S haring H ouse. We thought we could meet every other week, or twice a month on the second and last Saturdays , to discuss the implementation of GNU / Linux and open source software at our workplaces and homes. Our LUKSH is simple: to share knowledge about GNU / LINUX and Open Source Software as a cost effective reliable virus-free alternate to costly proprietary software and to get ourselves out of the control of transnational IT corporations. It is about being free, not just getting something for nothing. Please join us from 2 to 5 pm on the 29 th of September 2007, for the first meeting to explore this further. The agenda will be set by you; the resource people are ready for your questions. Lajpat Dhingra LUKSH Coordinator, Comet Media Foundation, http://www.cometmedia.org Reference websites http://www.opensource.org http://www.gnu.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds" HYPERLINK " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph 0091-832-2409490 List of Indian e-lists http://wikiwikiweb.de/MailingListsInIndia

15 years, 8 months

IP based virtual domains- postfix

by Agnello George

Hi Dose postfix support IP based virtual domains , if yes how does one enable it. Thanks -- Warm Regards Agnello . G .Dsouza

15 years, 8 months

[COMMERCIAL] System Administrator post at HBCSE

by alpesh gajbe

HOMI BHABHA CENTRE FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION Establishment Ref.: HBC/EST/PF/ September 24, 2007 NOTICE NO. 14/07 PROJECT FELLOWS (2 Positions) Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR), Mumbai hereby invites applications for the positions of Project Fellows for Computer Systems Administration. Job Description: HBCSE HAS a LAN with about 120 clients, 6 servers, and an upcoming data-cluster. The candidate is required to manage and monitor the network, the websites and provide basic support. All the servers run GNU/Linux operating system and use exclusively free software. 1.Candidates should have sound knowledge of GNU/Linux (Unix) system administration 2.System Administration includes setting up and maintaining servers for web, email, spam and virus filtering, firewalls, network traffic monitoring, databases, wikis, backups, etc. HBCSE conducts computer related workshops for schools and other educational organization. 3.Candidate should have a passion for working in a learning environment, a good understanding of free software development and support system is essential. 4.Good understanding of free software development and support system will be prefered. 5.Good communication skills with interest in technical education. Qualifications: Candidates should have a B.E., B. Tech, BCA, MCA, or any non-professional degrees with relevant experience. The positions are purely temporary, for one year in the first instance and extendable by one more year, and carry a consolidated honorarium of Rs.10,000/- p.m. to 16,000/- p.m. based on qualification and relevant experience. Age: Below 35 years (relaxable in deserving cases). Please send your application giving full details such as Name, Date of Birth, Full address with phone/mobile number and e-mail address, Educational Qualification, names and addresses of two referees along with working and project experience, if any and any other relevant evidence of your suitability for the position on or before September 27, 2007 addressed to nagarjun(a)hbcse.tifr.res.in For more information visit our website: http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in (Notice No.14/07). Candidates selected for the interviews will be informed by October 1, 2007. The interviews are expected to be held in the same week after October 1, 2007. (M. D. Gaitonde) Admn. Officer-D NOTICE BOARDS : HBCSE, Mankhurd : GMRT, Pune : TIFR Main Campus : RAC Colony : TIFR Centre, Bangalore : CRL, Ooty : NCBS, Banglore : BF, Hyderabad : NCRA, Pune : HEGRO, Panchmarhi

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