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[OT] [COMMERCIAL] Get listed for FREE in India's first Yellow Pages for FOSS & Linux firms
by Atanu Datta 16 Dec '08

16 Dec '08

Hey all! Posting some information that's being sent out LFY's advt/sales department. You may find it handy.... Best, Atanu --------------------------------------- Here's an opportunity for FOSS consultants and firms to get FREE publicity through LINUX For You! Our interaction with IT managers has revealed that one of the biggest obstacles faced by them while reviewing FOSS solutions is lack of information about potential solution providers. It seems that if they had multiple options, they would feel more comfortable in discussing their challenges with different solution providers, and thus having the confidence that they were taking an informed decision. To bridge this gap, LINUX For You has been working on creating a Yellow Pages section within the magazine itself, where anyone seeking a Linux/FOSS solution provider can find them through a category-wise listing. In the last 2-3 months, we have managed to collate a list of over 50 solution providers. But, we believe that there are many more out there, and the real value of FOSS Yellow Pages (FYP) will only emerge once decision makers have ample choice to work with. THUS, THE SPECIAL OFFER: Any firm**, be it a one-man consultancy or an MNC, can get listed for FREE under any ONE category of their choice. This offer is open till 31st December 2008 or till we reach our goal of listing 100 firms in FYP. This free listing will be applicable till March 2009, and could be extended if things work out well. Oh! The Yellow Pages listing will also be made available online, shortly. To enlist your organisation for FREE, you can download the form from http://www.openitis.com/fyp/ [Please ignore the tariff mentioned in the FYP leaflet -- those are applicable to only those who want to enlist under additional categories.] If you have doubts or queries, please feel free to call Dhiraj Khare at 011-26810601 or 02 or 03 (extn: 230) -- he will be more than happy to facilitate your entry. Hope to keep playing a role in growing the India FOSS ecosystem with your support... Yours truly, LINUX For You Sales & Marketing Team **To ensure that firms listed in FYP are genuine, we will seek one of the following: (a) proof of incorporation of the firm, or (b) proof of a current account for the firm

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [X-Post] Reliance WiMax
by kmkale＠anantcorp.com 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

It works quite well except for infrequent dhcp no ip address issues. I am using it with both Ubuntu & Fedora with a wi-fi AP cum router in between the reliance wimax router and my laptop.. The wimax router requires power so u need some ups/inverter for use during power cuts. Regarads Koustubha Kale Original Message: ----------------- From: Abhishek Amberkar [à¤à¤à¤¿à¤·à¥à¤] abhishek.amberkar(a)gmail.com Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:16:38 +0530 To: linuxers(a)mm.glug-bom.org Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] [X-Post] Reliance WiMax On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Pradeepto Bhattacharya <pradeeptob(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Has anybody use the Reliance WiMax (Broadnet) services? I am > more interested in their services in Mumbai. Good, Bad, Ugly? > Apparently they install separate antenna for each connection. The size > of this is as big as a laptop monitor or such, thats what the > marketing exec told me. > > What I want to know is - 1) compatibility with Linux Boxes > 2) does it work during the rainy season? Considering that rains in > Mumbai or Panvel is slightly on the extreme side ;), does it work fine > during the rainy season? I guess the same applies to the DTH setup > even. > > Only reason, I am thinking its worth a try is because I won't > have to depend on availabilty of power and such because I will be > responsible to provide power to the setup which I can in case of load > shedding as well. Thanks in advance. Any more experiences? I want to try it. -- With Regards Abhishek Amberkar Learn to appreciate a beauty within... -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web

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Build up of CD requests on wiki
by Easwar Hariharan 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

Hello. There is a backlog of requests on the wiki CDs Wanted list at http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/CDs_Wanted#Requests_List .I don't deny this mail is more out of my own needs,though everyone will benefit. :P Anybody having the relevant CDs/DVDs [or] ISOs please contact the members requiring said CD/DVDs.The list is as below: - Debian Etch DVD Joel D. joel_divekar[at]rediffmail[dot]com Cost of Media or Media provided - Fedora 8 x86_64 DVD Prem Anandh P anandhame[at]gmail[dot]com Central Railway line Cost of Media or Media provided - Cent OS 5 DVD/CD Nilesh Patkar npatkar[at]gmail[dot]com Anywhere in Mumbai Cost of Media or Media provided - Fedora 8 x86_64 DVD/CD Nilesh Patkar npatkar[at]gmail[dot]com Anywhere in Mumbai Cost of Media or Media provided - Fedora Core 9 DVD/CD Santosh Shetye santoshwshetye[at]gmail[dot]com Anywhere in Mumbai Cost of media or Media provided - Xubuntu 8.04.1 / 8.04 ashishdtripathi [at] ymail [dot] com Cost of Media or Media provided - openSUSE 11.0 DVD Easwar Hariharan meindian523 [at] gmail.com Cost of Media or Media provided - Ubuntu Kubuntu 32 bit 64 bit 8.10 [Intrepid] Easwar Hariharan meindian523[at]gmail[dot]com Cost of media or media provided. In my case,I need both Ubuntu and Kubuntu 8.10 and both 32 bit as well as 64 bit archs. Regards, Easwar Registered Linux user #442065

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Dvd Writer Drive not showing!
by IPS Khurana 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

hi i have upgraded Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 8.10 using Ubuntu 8.10 i386 dvd, upgrade was sucessful, but after restart (after upgrading to 8.10) its not showing my dvd writer. What should i do now? Pls Confirm! Thanks n Rgds Inder

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] ILUG-Bom Wiki Admin
by Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह) 14 Dec '08

14 Dec '08

Nicholas, On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 10:31 PM, -- Nicholas <nichalp(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Dinesh, I can take this up. I am a Wikipedia administrator. (been one for > four years now) Thanks for your initiative. I will create appropriate SysOp account on ILUG-Bom wiki. > --Nicholas With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Blog-1: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/ Blog-2: http://dineshah.blogspot.com/ Chevy Chase - "Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish."

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Star Trek had politics in it. Does linux have tools (is that DVD blender) to make a play come science fiction story cheaper read --- http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/MEPP/exofile/sftv.html
by Erach 13 Dec '08

13 Dec '08

Hi, Read for seeing how science made politics in USA on Star Trek, Star Trek -- Next Generation and so on on: http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/MEPP/exofile/sftv.html Is it possible for Indians to make a movie on Science mixing Science and politics. We only mix religion and politics and family drama and politics and politics and politics. But the most non-political show (I thought so) of Star Trek has USA politics in it. Erach

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] ILUG-Bom Wiki Admin
by Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह) 13 Dec '08

13 Dec '08

Easwar, On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Easwar Hariharan <meindian523(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello. > There is a backlog of requests on the wiki CDs Wanted list at > http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/CDs_Wanted#Requests_List .I don't deny > this mail is more out of my own needs,though everyone will benefit. :P How about you taking up the Wiki Admin? Currently Roshan is really busy and we need someone to take care of the wiki. If you can take this up, we can discuss this on next LUG meet. With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Blog-1: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/ Blog-2: http://dineshah.blogspot.com/ Chevy Chase - "Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish."

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Need a movie production DVD distribution for LINUX with people trained on it
by Erach 13 Dec '08

13 Dec '08

I need a movie production distribution from LINUX and people trained to operate that distribution. So I guess the issue is not "this distribution v/s that distribution" but movie production distribution v/s music production distribution v/s server distribution v/s easy to use distribution. Now, I wish somebody could produce science fiction, peaceful movies (or even plays) that could become hits on television etc. Hi, Read for seeing how science made politics in USA on Star Trek, Star Trek -- Next Generation and so on on: http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/MEPP/exofile/sftv.html Is it possible for Indians to make a movie on Science mixing Science and politics. We only mix religion and politics and family drama and politics and politics and politics. But the most non-political show (I thought so) of Star Trek has USA politics in it. Erach

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [Talk-in] OSM in Mumbai Wikipedia Coverage
by Kenneth Gonsalves 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

On Saturday 06 Dec 2008 11:38:05 pm Mikel Maron wrote: > > unfortunately the OSM data for this area is still b0rked > > What can we do? There's been some editing in Coloba recently, adding places > involved in the attack. With the attention right now, we certainly harvest > some work and could get Coloba sorted out in short order. The Yahoo imagery > could help as a first pass. Seem like a good idea? Any thoughts on how to > proceed? people who know Mumbai have to do it - we have verified that the satellite data is accurate and had a sprint where a few major roads were done. I did some stuff in the Versova area and in worli too. We just have to wait until people in Mumbai start work. New areas, apart from Chennai, Ludhiana, Delhi and Ooty where good work is going on are Coimbatore and Hyderabad. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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debian software dependency to gnowledge dependencies
by Nagarjuna G 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

Several of us use Debian GNU/Linux and among other features we have all appreciated the way Debian software package dependencies are calculated to give us a stable package. At gnowledge.org we harvested the data from the packages.tgz file of Debian 4.0 and created a program that graphically displays the dependencies, called dependency maps. Search for your favorite package and see how dependent a software is on other packages. Few examples: http://www.gnowledge.org/debmap_view?objid=python http://www.gnowledge.org/debmap_view?objid=emacs21 Search for your favorite from: http://www.gnowledge.org/search_debmap?val=1 One of the main reasons why we are interested in Debian dependency maps is that we are inspired by that model and now wants to create a similar knowledge.tgz file for all concepts and activities as gnowledge.org is in the process of creating a gnowledge distribution. You will also be able to see how we are using the idea of Debian for knowledge domain. gnowledge.org is waiting for all of you to spread the message, specifically among the teachers of any subject whatsoever to add the dependency relations so that we can soon have a gnowledge (free knowledge distribution) distro. -- -- Nagarjuna G http://www.gnowledge.org

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