Linuxers June 2010

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[OT] Announcement of hosted Koha FOSS Library Management Software as a Service
by Koustubha Kale 09 Jun '10

09 Jun '10

Friends, Granthalaya.org ( www.granthalaya.org ) and Anant Corporation ( www.anantcorp.com ) are very pleased to announce general availability of Koha hosting on granthalaya.org server located in VPM, Thane ( www.vpmthane.org ) datacenter. We believe this is the first of its kind offering in India and its completely built on open source software and values. For libraries, the major benefit of this offering is, they don't have to install and maintain a library software server in premises and have a internet leased line link to it to provide an updated Online Public Access Catalouge ( OPAC). They can simply host the entire library management software with granthalaya.org and work with it in a secure manner using a simple browser over internet. It is as simple as hosting your website at a shared hosting service provider but here you get a complete web based library management software from which you can do all your day to day library functions like member management, circulation, fees, new book acquisitions, barcode printing, stock taking etc. Our first user of this service is already live, please see opac.kalibindia.com This initiative is to provide a revenue stream for sustained operation and maintenance of the Granthalaya.org project ( which is a project of Vidya Prasarak Mandal, Thane; an educational trust.) which intends to create bibliographic union database of holdings of all the public libraries in Konkan area including Thane in India. Granthalaya.org also intends to help libraries in computerizing their holdings by providing them hosted / local installation of Koha, user training and data migration services. Key features of this offering are.. * Independent install of Koha version of your choice on a shared Ubuntu server. Koha is worlds first open source Full-featured Integrated Library Software ( ILS)*.* In use worldwide in libraries of all sizes, Koha is a true enterprise-class ILS with comprehensive functionality including basic or advanced options. Koha includes modules for circulation, cataloging, acquisitions, serials, reserves, patron management, branch relationships, and more. * Full access to your home directory and Koha code. * Separate mysql database. Full access via phpmyadmin. * Separate Zebra database * Installation, Initial setup and NBD Annual Support included. * Can offer customization, data migration and user training services if required. * Nightly full dump of database in your home directory with backup to disk and tape. * We are open to discuss any additional requirements Initially we are offering this service at INR 12500 ( USD 250) for initial setup (one time charge) + INR 17500 ( USD 350) as Annual Recurring fees. Please contact us if you would like to avail this offer or know anyone who would like to or to help the Granthalaya.org project in any manner. Regards, Koustubha Kale Anant Corporation Contact Details : Address : 103, Armaan Residency, R. W Sawant Road, Nr. Golden Dyes Naka, Thane (w), Maharashtra, India, Pin : 400601. TeleFax : +91-22-21720108, +91-22-21720109 Mobile : +919820715876 Website : http://www.anantcorp.com Blog : http://www.anantcorp.com/blog/?author=2

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[TOOL]TMAC for Linux-beta
by Sagar Belure 08 Jun '10

08 Jun '10

Hi list, TMAC for Linux, is a bash program written for the purpose of changing the MAC address of network interface cards in Linux OS, provided it has Bash shell environment. Please check the details and some sort of, funny description about it. http://sagar.belure.com/#tmac This has been successfully tested with Ubuntu system. Suggestions are welcome. -- Thanks, Sagar Belure Security Analyst Secfence Technologies www.secfence.com

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Invitation to Sage Days 25, India
by Anoop Jacob Thomas 08 Jun '10

08 Jun '10

Sage Days 25 - An Invitation What is 'Sage Days'? Sage Days is a confluence of present and prospective SAGE Users and Developers. It is an opportunity to come together to share ideas, brainstorm and hack on Sage. Sage Days 25 is the 25th version of Sage Days, and is being organized in Mumbai, India. In order to cater to an Indian audience and scenario, this version has been tweaked slightly. Sage Days 25 has beginner level tutorials, in addition to the usual talks and sprints, to help new users get started with Sage and help promote the use of Sage in India. What is Sage? Sage is a free, open-source mathematics software system licensed under the GPL. It combines the power of numerous existing open-source packages into a common Python-based interface. It's mission is to create a "viable free open source alternative to Magma, Maple, Mathematica and Matlab". Sage has tools for a broad range of mathematical areas like Linear Algebra, Calculus, Symbolic Math, Plotting, Rings & Groups, Graph Theory, Number Theory and Cryptography. Essentially, "it can do anything from mapping a 12-dimensional object to calculating rainfall patterns under global warming" - as Science Daily puts it . Eager to get started? Start here. [#1] Apart from being feature rich, it's usability is one of it's greatest strengths. Sage Notebook, a web-interface for all the math you'll ever want to do, is really the killer feature! As the Sage Marketing page says, "The SAGE GUI surely works on your computer box, because it just runs in Firefox!". Try it Now! [#2] Why should you attend? Sage Days 25 is being attended by the creator and lead developer of Sage, Prof. William Stein. It will also be attended by other developers of Sage. This would be a great opportunity to meet and interact with them! The conference will be attended by a plethora of enthusiastic people from all over the country who use Sage or are interested in doing so. The conference will also see the presence of many mathematicians interested in software. Who knows, you may run into someone you'd want to collaborate with, for your future work! This event will be a great learning experience, if you are even remotely interested in math and software for it! When and Where? Venue: IIT-Bombay, Mumbai, India Dates: August 9-12, 2010 Tentative Schedule: http://fossee.in/sage_days/schedule/ Register Here: http://fossee.in/sage_days/registration/register/ [#1] http://www.sagemath.org/tour.html [#2] http://www.sagenb.org/ -- Sage Days India Team, FOSSEE, IIT Bombay.

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Fwd: [Ilugc] Invitation to Sage Days 25, India
by Arun Khan 08 Jun '10

08 Jun '10

Forwarding without prejudice ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anoop Jacob Thomas Date: Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:19 PM Subject: [Ilugc] Invitation to Sage Days 25, India To: ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in Sage Days 25 - An Invitation What is 'Sage Days'? Sage Days is a confluence of present and prospective SAGE Users and Developers. It is an opportunity to come together to share ideas, brainstorm and hack on Sage. Sage Days 25 is the 25th version of Sage Days, and is being organized in Mumbai, India. In order to cater to an Indian audience and scenario, this version has been tweaked slightly. Sage Days 25 has beginner level tutorials, in addition to the usual talks and sprints, to help new users get started with Sage and help promote the use of Sage in India. What is Sage? Sage is a free, open-source mathematics software system licensed under the GPL. It combines the power of numerous existing open-source packages into a common Python-based interface. It's mission is to create a "viable free open source alternative to Magma, Maple, Mathematica and Matlab". Sage has tools for a broad range of mathematical areas like Linear Algebra, Calculus, Symbolic Math, Plotting, Rings & Groups, Graph Theory, Number Theory and Cryptography. Essentially, "it can do anything from mapping a 12-dimensional object to calculating rainfall patterns under global warming" - as Science Daily puts it . Eager to get started? Start here. [#1] Apart from being feature rich, it's usability is one of it's greatest strengths. Sage Notebook, a web-interface for all the math you'll ever want to do, is really the killer feature! As the Sage Marketing page says, "The SAGE GUI surely works on your computer box, because it just runs in Firefox!". Try it Now! [#2] Why should you attend? Sage Days 25 is being attended by the creator and lead developer of Sage, Prof. William Stein. It will also be attended by other developers of Sage. This would be a great opportunity to meet and interact with them! The conference will be attended by a plethora of enthusiastic people from all over the country who use Sage or are interested in doing so. The conference will also see the presence of many mathematicians interested in software. Who knows, you may run into someone you'd want to collaborate with, for your future work! This event will be a great learning experience, if you are even remotely interested in math and software for it! When and Where? Venue: IIT-Bombay, Mumbai, India Dates: August 9-12, 2010 Tentative Schedule: http://fossee.in/sage_days/schedule/ Register Here: http://fossee.in/sage_days/registration/register/ [#1] http://www.sagemath.org/tour.html [#2] http://www.sagenb.org/ -- Sage Days India Team, FOSSEE, IIT Bombay. _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

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Chip makers form Linaro Linux group
by Arun Khan 08 Jun '10

08 Jun '10

<quote> A group of chip makers including IBM, Samsung Electronics and Texas Instruments unveiled Linaro, a new software engineering foundation dedicated to improving Linux distributions, including Android, MeeGo and Ubuntu, used in consumer devices. </quote> read more at: <http://news.techworld.com/operating-systems/3225572/chip-makers-form-linaro…> -- Arun Khan

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Please suggest me a GNU/Linux distribution
by Pankaj Kumar 08 Jun '10

08 Jun '10

Hi all, Please suggest me a GNU/Linux distribution for a PC having following configuration: Processor : VIA Samuel 2 Speed: 796.32 MHz RAM: 512 MB The suggested GNU/Linux distribution MUST have at least following packages available in it by default: 1. KDE 2. C/C++/Java Support 3. LAMP Support 4. Quanta Plus 5. Open Office 6. Desktop Publishing Support 7. All audio and video codecs 8. VLC 9. All other standard components of GNU/Linux distribution Please don't suggest URL for installation of additional packages. I want such an installation DVD which should contain ALL these packages BY DEFAULT. Best Regards ... Pankaj Kumar

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Please suggest me a GNU/Linux distribution
by Surya Sharma 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

> > Crome does not support Firefox plugins and does not have any plugin to > download (and convert) YouTube and other videos into the machine. You can always goto kickyoutube.com or vixy.net and let them handle the conversion for you. (Why let a slow computer convert media?) Surya Sharma

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Please suggest me a GNU/Linux distribution
by Suhit Kelkar 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

The Mint distribution has a LXDE version. I've used it and found it satisfactory. Everything from performance to polish was impeccable. Regards Suhit Kelkar

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[Commercial] Opening for System Administrator / Operation Engineer
by Mayank 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

Hi, If anyone is interested then do drop your CV or if you wish, do drop by at our office and meet us over a cup of coffee :) Job Profile: Role: System Administrator / Operation Engineer Experience level: 2-6 yrs exp =========================================================== Job Profile: As part of the SlideShare operations team, you'll play a key role in the design, deployment & scalability of a global scale web application. Job Profile includes - Working with open source technologies to manage the SlideShare cluster of servers that run on Ruby on Rails, FreeBSD, Debian, Amazon S3 & EC2. And we work with tools like Puppet, MemCached, Varnish, TokyoCabinet, HAProxy, Nagios, Cacti, Ganglia, and MySQL. - Responsibility for helping scale SlideShare to hundreds of servers, using automation, virtualization, and cloud computing technologies. SlideShare is a big user of cloud technologies like Amazon EC2, SQS, S3, so you'd get to work extensively on these. - Responsibility for keeping SlideShare server side performance speedy and top notch. This will include performance optimisations, DB tuning, and other problems that might progressively slow down the site as it grows globally. - Regular web operations: Setting up and managing servers, troubleshooting networks, mail servers, monitor server logs, generate site statistics, coordinate releases, tweak NFS configs, spot & eliminate bottlenecks, server surveillance, security & intrusion detection etc. Our Operations team is still small; hence you can play a pivotal role in architecting and defining its future scope. ============================================================= Candidate Profile: - Preferably B.Tech in Comp Science and/or other system related technical degrees/diplomas - 2 to 6 years exp in a software/internet company in similar role - You should speak native Linux and have hands-on operations experience with a large server cluster. - You MUST be enthusiastic about systems automation (we love Puppet, Chef or CFEngine experience will also give you the right philosophical background). We don't believe ops should spend all day firefighting and doing chores to keep the system healthy. We believe ops should create valuable intellectual property the way software engineers do. ================================================================ Company Profile SlideShare (www.slideshare.com) is the world’s largest community for sharing presentations on the web. Launched in Oct’06, SlideShare is amongst the top 500 most visited websites in the world and growing fast. It gets 23 million unique visitors & 55 million page-views every month. It is a global website with users from +150 countries and content in +60 languages. SlideShare has been covered in leading technology media publications like TechCrunch, Washington Post, Business Week, CNET, New York Times, Wired etc. SlideShare has content and/or technology partnerships with leading tech companies- LinkedIn, Facebook, Microsoft etc. SlideShare users include high profile accounts like the White House. Contact Person: Rashi Shukla (rashi [at] slideshare [dot] com) Regards, Mayank -- Today is tommorrow I was so worried about yesterday ... -- Today is tommorrow I was so worried about yesterday ...

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 86, Issue 19
by Ashok Sinha 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

I am a low end user of Linpus Linux. I am using Chrome browser. Installation help at http://macles.blogspot.com/. Ashok Sinha

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