Linuxers January 2008

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Best Linux Distro for Maya
by Easwar Hariharan 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

> > > So we are now looking for the best platform to run that. > We have zeroed in on Open Suse and Mandriva. Can someone tell us how to > convert RPM > packages run on Ubuntu. because we really liked the distro. Use alien,to install alien,do sudo apt-get install alien ,then alien -d foo.rpm Reagrads, Easwar Hariharan

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Freemap India 2008 Mumbai
by alpesh gajbe 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

I would like to announce the Freemap India 2008 Mumbai Workshop which is a part of the Freemap India 2008 workshop series which will be held in select cities in India.In Mumbai the workshop will be held in HBCSE from 7th and 8th February the details are available on http://wiki.freemap.in/moin.cgi/FreeMapIndia2008 The Registration are open and instructions to register are available at http://wiki.freemap.in/moin.cgi/FreeMapIndia2008Mumbai Mailing List http://freemap.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freemap-workshop The Freemap India Workshop Calendar http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=gbs0f0nb8c5l578qm5b395cmo4%40group…

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SID dvds
by jtd 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

does any one have sid dvds. -- Rgds JTD

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[JOB] Open source weather visualization
by Prabhu Ramachandran 27 Jan '08

27 Jan '08

Hello, One project position is open at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay for the visualization of weather data using open source tools. The project will involve creating tools for the visualization of atmospheric weather data using Mayavi. Mayavi is an open source, interactive, 3D visualization tool written in Python. More information on Mayavi is available: https://svn.enthought.com/enthought/wiki/MayaVi In addition to directly working with Mayavi and its core development team, the project will require working with and contributing to several important open source projects like VTK (http://www.vtk.org), Python (http://www.python.org), Traits and the Envisage application framework (http://code.enthought.com). Mayavi2 is packaged as part of Debian (testing) and many people all over the world are using it. Mayavi2 was also featured on the front page of the Python Magazine in December http://pymag.phparch.com/c/issue/view/61 Requirements ------------- * knowledge of C and object oriented programming with C++. * passion for 3D graphics, visualization, software engineering and technology. * passion for open source software. * knowledge of Python is a plus. You will need to work at IIT Bombay. If you are from outside Mumbai accommodation will be provided on campus. Local Mumbai residents can choose to stay at home. The project ends in April 2009. The pay will be reasonable but depends on how good you are. It might not match industry rates, but you will be on the IITB campus. More details on the project are available here: http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/~prabhu/Projects Please do get back to me if you are interested. Please also circulate this to anyone who you think may be interested. Thanks! Regards, -- Prabhu Ramachandran http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/~prabhu

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seminar at Lala lajpat rai college.
by mukesh yadav 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

hello friends... a small time change is there in our seminar. now it is on Sunday 20th feb from 10 am to 5 pm. instead of 9th feb. here is a topics 1) Introduction to GNU/Linux (you people can add FOSS too if you'd like), Familiarize them with LUG, IRC, etc 2) Small session on GCC 3) LAMP basics 4) Maybe some QT demo. 5) running java on different distro. 6) An small talk on Linux kernel. if you guys want to discus some other topic then that also can be added..... so please guys do come for this small seminar to give a talk. thanks.

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[COMMERCIAL][JOB] Openings for linux & web programmers
by YOGESH JADHAV 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

*Please mail to kalpeshindia(a)gmail.com, do NOT Reply to this post. *Hi all, Kalpesh Technologies, a small but ambitious startup, is looking for linux and web developer candidates. Positions are based in Mumbai. Interested candidates may email their resumes to above mentioned email-id. Here are some more details Linux - very good at c,php,shellscripting,sql - good at TCP/IP networking concepts - should be aware of wifi Web - good in Javascript, html,css, PHP - basic knowledge of GUI based tools like VB - willingness to learn & work on flash technologies like FMS, Flex - knowledge of actionscript preferred -- Regards, Yogesh

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[request for help] A social movement wants to build a dynamic website
by Sudhir Gandotra 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

Hello List, A social movement wants to build a dynamic website with the following features : 1. The site designing will be done once and will remain the same for quiet some time; Further on, there will be a lot of content added/modified on regular basis and the need is for any of their members to be able to do it (like, I think it happens with the CMS like Joomla, Drupal among others); 2. Polling on various issues, Creation of electronic Newsletters to be emailed to subscribers, based on information existing on the site; 3. Separate areas for separate levels of visitors; 4. Discussion forum; 5. Search through the site for terms, words; 6. Adding links of other sites similar to theirs; 7. Giving links to various issues and grouping them under issues (subjects); perhaps there can be many more things through which they can link their activities happening across the country and they are working on these. they would like to have a site that will give room for adding more features as they develop the web-based way of working further. One main concern is that if the management of such a site needs a technical specialist, it will be a problem. They want to train some of their members form a team, learn this and manage the site. Yours suggestions from your experience will help enrich their work. Thanks a lot. With best wishes for Unity in thinking, feeling and action. Sudhir Gandotra. 98-101-20918 IIPL: B-220/2, 2nd Fl., Savitri Nagar, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi 110017, India 1/G, Shrikrishna Sansthan Building, Bistupur, Jamshedpur 831001, India Phone : +91-11-26014670, 71, 72. Fax : +91-11-26014672 OpenLX Linux OS, Linux Training, Support, Services, Product Development Legal.Software @ Fractional Cost : http://kalculate.com http://www.openlx.com/openlx.html - Linux from India for your PC http://openlx.com/features.html - OpenLX Linux features You don't need violence to shake the world Treat Others As You Would Have Them Treat You www.humanistmovement.org

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Weird video playback issues
by Joel Solomon 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

Hi all, i use ubuntu 7.10. i'm very happy with it but off late i have this weird problem. The Video playback gets Black and white all of a sudden and once it is that way it remains that way only. The only remedy to this is that i have to make a new account and then view the same video again. It works fine!!!!! i'm pretty new to ubuntu and i am just a basic user. Can anybody help i have installed gstreamer plugins ( all non-free codecs too). even the audio visualisation in totem or vlc gets black and white..... -- Joel Solomon -- Joel Solomon

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[OT] Mild, insidious FUD: Cheap laptops
by Nishit Dave 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

Today's Business Standard features an article on the front page on cheap laptops on the market, being offered with Linux pre-installed. You can read it here: http://www.businessstandard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=8&subLeft=3&… The article's tone seems to be to downplay the emergence of the GNU/Linux OS and software package as a strong alternative to Windows and MS Office, requiring modest hardware to run, and the increasing ease of usage. Instead, it quotes the disadvantage of having to pay Redhat or Novell for support as compared to installing proprietary software from Microsoft. There is no mention of the fact that hardly any home user of Microsoft Windows ever reads up Microsoft Knowledge Base articles or calls Microsoft for support, at least in India. There is no mention of the fact that Ubuntu, which is usually pre-installed on laptops, is available with long term support pledges, that it is very easy to keep a GNU/Linux installation updated, much more so than in case of Microsoft's offerings, which anyway cost you heavily for each upgrade. Similarly, it also conveniently ignores the fact that apart from an office suite and the basic operating system, GNU/Linux distributions also feature a huge variety of other Free software packages, the Windows equivalents of which will see you bankrupting yourself over a period of, say, two years, considering installation and upgrades. In fact, in the print version, there is a big box comparing the prices of software on 'cheap laptops' with Microsoft offerings, where it mentions, as an alternative to MS Office, Google Docs! OpenOffice is mentioned in the article, but only briefly. It seems there is an attempt to suggest that even though the laptop may be cheap, if you want to use serious software, you will have to pay a large sum of money or buy a costlier laptop. Oh, and the aspect of Windows' vulnerability is also blithely ignored. All in all, considering that IDC has been quoted in the study, the bogeyman of piracy is brought forth, and there is a quote from Microsoft saying that the OEM versions of Windows and MS Office are cheaper than off-the-shelf purchases, this seems a direct and concerted, but veiled effort to cast aspersions on the opportunity offered by products such as MiLeap etc. Gentlemen, I call FUD. I am also posting this mail as a comment to the article. You are encouraged to add your comments likewise.

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Meet the prophet of free software (on rediff)
by G Karunakar 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

Here is an article today on RMS on rediff.. http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/jan/23guest1.htm

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