Linuxers April 2011

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Low Cost Attendance Registering System with Biometrics using FOSS

by Rony

Hello, The wiki page for this system has been created. It is available at http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Low_Cost_Attendance_Registering_System Once again, thanks to all those who gave their inputs. -- As a proper list etiquette..... Please trim your replies. Avoid cross posting to other lists. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Do not re-use old messages to write new ones. For new messages, create a new message. Regards, Rony.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Low Cost Attendance Registering System with Biometrics using FOSS

by Kenneth Gonsalves

On Sat, 2011-04-02 at 01:42 -0400, Mohan Nayaka wrote: > >> Repos are generally servers with binary packages. > > > > what on earth does this mean? > Fairly obvious - repos as in /etc/apt/sources.list > (ignoring source archives, of course). a repository is where one houses the code one writes - for example: http://bitbucket.org , or github or googlecode or sourceforge.net or ... -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com Coimbatore LUG rox http://ilugcbe.techstud.org/

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[Position] System Administrator Position at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR

by Ganesh Gajare

Hello, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai has a 2 position for Linux System Administrator. 1 post for Senior System Admin and 1 for Junior System Admin. Walk-In interview will be there on 13th April 2011. Please check link for more details: http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/advt/one-position-of-chief-system-administrato… Also, please spread the message among your friends. Regards, Ganesh Gajare

12 years, 8 months

[Humour] Linux kernel to be released under BSD licence

by Suhit Kelkar

Source link: http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/open-sauce/46242-linux-kernel-to… Linux kernel to be released under BSD licence By Sam Varghese Friday, 01 April 2011 00:47 Opinion and Analysis The Linux kernel will soon be released under the BSD licence, kernel creator Linus Benedict Torvalds said today. He was speaking at a dinner held to honour the top five 2011 Linux Foundation gurus, including the ultimate Linux.com guru, the member of the site who accumulated the most contribution and participation points over the last year. The Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux. Shortly after he made the announcement, Torvalds was honoured by Foundation head Jim Zemlin for making the most meaningless contribution to Linux. In a confidential statement, which was leaked to iTWire by GNOME desktop co-founder Miguel de Icaza, Torvalds said his move to change the licence for the kernel from the GPLv2 had been driven by recent events, including Google's bid to use kernel headers without infringing copyright. "There are a host of corporations out there, all of them desperately trying to take advantage of the good code we have created," Torvalds said, referring to the kernel team. "And they are all hampered by the licence under which we have released the kernel." He said a secret summit of kernel developers, held in the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, had voted unanimously to change the licence from the GPLv2 to the BSD licence which meant that anyone could use code from the kernel in proprietary software and lock it away from public view forever. Asked for a reaction, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said he would have to closely examine the statements attributed to Torvalds. "This Linux thing was like a cancer all these years and it is difficult to see it metamorphosing overnight into something that might save our company," he said. Oracle head Larry Ellison declined an offer to comment. However, sounds of glee could be heard over the telephone before he replaced the receiver. Google chief executive Larry Page, who is new to the role, said: "Gee, we never do any evil so it doesn't make any difference to us." Novell chief executive Ron Hovsepian hailed the announcement as the "dawning of a new morning." The only note of disapproval came from Free Software Foundation chief Richard Matthew Stallman. "This Linux Foundation and other bodies tasked with promoting GNU/Linux are always indulging in publicity stunts. A few years back, some organisation recruited Paris Hilton in a bid to promote the kernel. This is just another cunning stunt," Stallman said.

12 years, 8 months

[OT/COMMERCIAL/WTB] 2.5" 40-80 GB IDE/SATA HDD

by Arun Khan

I want to convert a really old laptop (Gateway 1998) into a print server + proxy server + other gateway features depending on how well handles the load. The HDD has failed and I am looking to replace it with an used one. Please contact me off list if you have a spare 2.5" 40-80 GB IDE/SATA [1] HDD in working condition [2] with your best price. [1] Preference is for IDE but SATA will also do (I have the SATA/IDE converters and cables) [2] must pass badblocks w/o any errors. TIA -- Arun Khan

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