Linuxers November 2010

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List of FOSS Events in India
by Naveen Dhanuka 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

Hi, I am writing an article for FOSS Guru on the FOSS events that are going on in India. I know of the following events: 1. FOSS.IN http://www.foss.in 2. Open Source India http://www.osidays.com 3. Freed.in http://www.freed.in 4. FOSSKriti http://www.techkriti.org/fosskriti/ 5. GNUnify http://www.gnunify.in 6. FOSSMeet http://www.fossmeet.in/ If u know of more events please write back. Regards, Naveen Dhanuka

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Contribute to Chamba Swathanthra Cinema project
by Praveen A 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

"I will contribute 500 Indian Rupees (or 10 USD) to Chamba Swathanthra Cinema Project but only if 100 other people will do the same." — Praveen Arimbrathodiyil, Coordinator for Chamba Project Deadline to sign up by: 1st January 2011 22 people have signed up, 78 more needed More details Chamba project (http://www.chambaproject.in) is an ambitious effort to create a Swathanthra (Free/Libre) Animation Movie by pooling in contributions from people around the world and funding artists directly. It is an initiative to experiment and explore a more collaborative and open approach to film making, aiming to be appealing, easy to be a part of and easy to contribute for hobbyists, enthusiasts and professionals alike using FOSS tools, resources, and the power of social networking. A donation system will be setup at http://www.chambaproject.in/contribute/ when we are ready to accept money. You can add your name to the pledge at http://www.pledgebank.com/chambaproject There are other ways you can help as well. See http://www.chambaproject.in/contribute/ for different ways of helping out. This is not just a movie project, it is a whole different way of creating culture, some models of which we are already familiar like Free Software, Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, this time we are onto film making. We need to reach out to maximum number of people and being a community initiative we depend on you to help us promote this project. Did you blog about this project? Did you share news about this project with your friends, colleagues, facebook/orkut/twitter/identi.ca contacts? Are you a good designer? Can you create good posters and banners for this project? Make some nice ones and post it in the forum. Think about more ideas to spread news about this project. The more people talk about this project, the higher its impact. Cheers Praveen -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow the rules: laws and constitution.

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Seed Funding for Startup
by Anish Mohile 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Hey Guys/Members, I am not sure if this is the list I should be mailing but anyways, I have an idea for developing a technology product and I am currently in the process of building a prototype. I need seed funding for this product. Can anyone tell me where can I get contacts to angel investors / investors / VC funds, etc... Any help would really be appreciated. PS: I plan to make some parts of the product open-source once things start clicking but that is still a long shot. Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks and Regards, Anish Mohile

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running script only if USB is mounted
by Kshitiz 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

Hello friends I use rsync to copy my incremental data to an external harddisk every 5 minutes using cron. However, if the external harddisk, connected to the USB port is disconnected, the root partition fills up. I need your help to create a proper script that does the following: Before running the rsync copying script, I want to a) Add some statement that would check if the external harddisk is attached and mounted. b) If not, it should be mounted before the copying script is run to copy only to this external disk. c) If it is not mounted, mount should be attempted, and if it does not mount, rsync copying command should not be executed. Is there any better way to do this? Under no circumstances, I want the rsync script to execute if the USB connection is not active. Regards and thank you all in advance Kshitiz

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A radical shift in e-governance
by Venkatesh Hariharan 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

The Hindu has a nice feature on the Indian open standards policy. The examples cited in this article are very relevant. Venky ===== A radical shift in e-governance On November 12, in a very progressive and sound move, the Union Ministry of Communication and Information Technology notified the National Policy on Open Standards in e-governance An Indian case study of how open standards can make an impact on the domestic technology industry and promote innovation, by offering a level-playing field for technology companies — both big and small — is the Smart Card Operating System for Transport Applications (SCOSTA). SCOSTA was a standard developed for smart card-based driving licences and transport-related documentation by different State governments. It was developed by the National Informatics Centre in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Despite attempts by proprietary lobbies to make the body opt for a proprietary standard, the NIC and academics went ahead and developed an open standards, one that comprised technological specifications that were entirely royalty-free, and put up the specifications on their website. By doing so, they made a huge impact on the entire market. http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/article907442.ece

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Incremental Backup using rsync
by Kshitiz 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Dear Friends Can anyone help me write a script for incremental backup using rsync to create multiple restore-point-backup that can be easily restored? I feel a full backup once in 400 days, with hourly incremental, daily incremental and weekly incremental backup being rotated in a way in which 1 full backup followed by 24 hourly incremental backups, interspersed with 7 daily incremental backups and 5 weekly incremental backups may be protection enough for my data. What is the you all's expert opinion? Kindly suggest a better methodology please. Would it be better if these backups are compressed and stored in tar format? Kindly guide please. Regards and thank you all in advance Kshitiz

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Anyone used Xeam
by Kshitij M Kotak 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Anyone has used XEAM mailing server? Sent from Handheld Excuse typos

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SOLD
by jtd 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

http://www.novell.com/news/press/novell-agrees-to-be-acquired-by-attachmate… And M$ gets 788 patents. So we are going to see some M$ innovation via litigation, now that their puppet dog SCO is dead. Wonder how many of those patents are in SUSe and mono. -- Rgds JTD

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Questions on software applications
by Krithika 28 Nov '10

28 Nov '10

Dear All, Greetings from CIS! The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is an advocacy and a research institute based in Bangalore involved in, among others, promoting values of open society to ensure access to knowledge. As part of Centre for Internet and Society's (CIS') project on software patent opposition, we need your technical expertise and assistance in getting answers for a few questions relating to software applications. If you have any information on any of the following questions, please let us know. Your help is greatly appreciated! Here are the questions: I. What are the features in Linux, Oracle, SQL server, Lotus Notes, or any version control software in existence prior to August 2005 which provided for: 1. replication or database synchronization? Was this on a peer to peer basis? 2. Synchronization via a secure channel? 3. Access control facility during database synchronisation? 4. Interface component in an application for database synchronisation? 5. Database synchronisation within a data storage system or an intranet? 6. Tracking changes in data on a peer to peer basis during data synchronization? 7. A user to offer and accept invitations for synchronization of data within a data storage system he was part of? 8. Maintenance of a membership list, modification of membership list for a community of users who could synchronize their data on a peer to peer basis? Thanks & Regards Krithika -- Krithika Dutta Narayana Program Associate The Centre for Internet and Society Bangalore http://www.cis-india.org

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Seed Funding for Startup
by Anish Mohile 26 Nov '10

26 Nov '10

Hello Guys, On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Nadeem Khan <nadiem(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Anish, > > Can you explain what you are working on in 2-3 lines? Also lt me know > how much capital you are aiming at. If it excites me, I can invest in > this, personally. > > Thanks, > Nadeem. > > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Anish Mohile <anishsmohile(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hey Guys/Members, > > > > I am not sure if this is the list I should be mailing but anyways, > > > > I have an idea for developing a technology product and I am currently in > the > > process of building a prototype. > > > > I need seed funding for this product. > > > > Can anyone tell me where can I get contacts to angel investors / > investors / > > VC funds, etc... > > > > Any help would really be appreciated. > > > > > > PS: I plan to make some parts of the product open-source once things > start > > clicking but that is still a long shot. > > > > Hope to hear from you soon. > > > > Thanks and Regards, > > Anish Mohile > > -- > > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > > > Nadeem: I am looking for capital somewhere in the range of $80,000 to $90,000 for seeding the company. Harsh: I have a theoretical working model not an actual working prototype. The seed capital includes the prototype development cost. Mitul: Help with TiE will be greatly appreciated. Any contacts with Angel Investors will also help. Thanks and Regards, Anish Mohile

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