Linuxers March 2009

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[X-Post] Linux Format free to download for 24 hours only
by Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

OK, it's time to rock: below you'll find high-res PDFs of Linux Format issue 116. That's the current, on-sale issue of the magazine. No DRM. No cost. No catches. You get everything. But there is one small proviso: it will be online for only 24 hours. At 23:59:59 GMT March 4th we'll be taking down this link. http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-format-free-download-24-hours-only Enjoy! With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Blog-1: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/ Blog-2: http://dineshah.blogspot.com/ Carl Sagan - "In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe."

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ILUG-BOM and MumPy Meet at Directi on Sunday 8th March 2009
by Mehul Ved 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

Hi, ILUG-BOM and MumPy are organising a meet this Sunday 8th March 2009. Venue: Directi, 330 Link-Way Estate, Above Greens hotel, Near Inorbit Mall, Link Road, Malad (W), Time: 14:00 to 18:00 hours IST Agenda: 1. Demo - High Resolution Video Conferencing 2. Python Workshop -- Real Time, adj.: Here and now, as opposed to fake time, which only occurs there and then.

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GLUG-BOM Meet Update
by Roshan 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

List, Mehul has recently added the upcoming meet's details on the wiki. Kindly RSVP to the following page on the wiki http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Upcoming_meet_RSVPs Thanks.

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OSI Tech Days 09 gives Chennai LUG a chance to showcase itself
by Sayantan Pal 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hello, Here's a great chance for Mumbai LUG to promote itself. Open Source India: Tech Days '09 is offering a free booth for Mumbai LUG, during the sessions on 12th - 14th March, in Chennai Trade Center, WHY SHOULD YOU CARE ABOUT THE OFFER? * Promote your LUG and its work * Do demos through your booth * No charge for the booth * Non-commercial usage Do email back to me if you are interested. - Email: sayantan.pal(a)efyindia.com - Website: www.osidays.com - Registration Page: www.osidays.com/users/delegate09.php - Twitter handle: @LinuxForYou - Event Hash tag: #osi09 - FaceBook Event Page: www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=69855234672&ref=ts We plan to have booths for LUGs from Chennai, Pune, Kolkata and Delhi as well. Only one booth from one single city! Regards, Sayantan Pal

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Which laptop offers best support for Linux ?
by Debarshi Ray 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

> Having said that, I would advise you _against_ buying a MacBook [2]. > > [2] http://debarshiray.multiply.com/journal/item/181/MacBook_DVDs_etc. > And how is this the Macbook's fault ? DVD region encoding is enforced > by all legally manufactured DVD players. Apple, OS X or Steve jobs has > nothing to do with it. Which means you have either never legally bought a DVD in recent times, or have not used a recently procured DVD player. If you had you would have seen how most non-Apple manufacturers don't implement hardware region encoding, and the LG and SONY players that I have seen with my own eyes and touched with my own hands are legally manufactured. > And FWIW, the stores that you buy your DVDs from, don't necessarily > pay attention to the regions *they get their supplies from*, hence > your problem. That is precisely the problem, isn't it? Regards, Debarshi

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Which laptop offers best support for Linux ?
by Priyank Patel 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Hi, Im planning to buy a new laptop, and i intend to use Linux as the operating system i use on the machine. My old latop had Via chipset in it, and therefore i have faced lots of trouble in making Linux work on it, so this time i want to make sure that the machine I buy, would fully support it. So, i need some recommendations as to which laptop would be the best as far as Linux support goes. I am planning to buy a Dell Inspiron 1525. Is it the right choice or should i consider something else ? Thank You

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kind attn priyank patel/ linux compatible machine
by Suhit Kelkar 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Search here: 1] The Linux Compatible laptop list http://www.linuxcompatible.org/compatlistcat44.html 2] The database at Phoronix www.phoronix.com/lch/ A friend of mine says that Hewlett Packard notebooks are generally compatible with gnu/linux. Beware of buying 'blind'. You might end up with a laptop where the webcam and the card reader will not work. That can be a piss-off, though the rest of the hardware will work fine.

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Update on meeting for National Coalition/Network on FOSS
by vinay ವಿನಯ್ 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Hi All, We had the meeting for the national network/coalition for FOSS on the 22nd of February. Around 30-35 people attended and we had a good discussion.The details are put up at - http://fosscom.in Please do have a look. Thanks, Vinay. -- Vinay Sreenivasa IT for Change 91-98805-95032 vinay(a)itforchange.net http://itforchange.net http://india.is-watch.net/ http://is-watch.net

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Which laptop offers best support for Linux ?
by Debarshi Ray 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

> I am planning to buy a Dell Inspiron 1525. Is it the right choice or should i consider something else ? > I am using Debian 'Sid' on Apple Macbook White early 2008 model. Apart > from some very good tweaks during installation and later to get work > 'wifi' and 'isight', it is working perfect now! No more tweaking is necessary to get the Wifi working. The ath9k driver shipped with the latest Fedora 9 kernel, which is a 2.6.27 with the latest wireless patches, and onwards works out of the box. For the iSight camera, you need to extract the proprietary firmware from the MacOS driver using the isight-firmware-tools [1]. Having said that, I would advise you _against_ buying a MacBook [2]. Cheers, Debarshi [1] https://launchpad.net/isight-firmware-tools/ [2] http://debarshiray.multiply.com/journal/item/181/MacBook_DVDs_etc.

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Changed Subscription email-address
by Ros Ubuntu 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

List, Feel free to ignore this email. I have changed my subscription email address and this is a test email to the list. -- Roshan

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