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Microsoft sells Linux to Wal-Mart
by Sujeet Bhatt 25 Jan '07

25 Jan '07

Wal-Mart is planning to buy SUSE Linux vouchers from Microsoft in the course of building out its infrastructure. http://news.com.com/Wal-Mart+eyes+Microsoft+for+Web+build-out/2100-1017_3-6… -- My humanity is in feeling we are all voices of the same poverty. - Jorge Louis Borges

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FOSS Applications for Indian schools
by Siddhesh Poyarekar 25 Jan '07

25 Jan '07

Hi, Are there any applications that are useful as teaching tools in classrooms of Indian schools? GCompris is quite good but suitable only for very young children (2-10 years). Regards, -- Siddhesh Poyarekar http://siddhesh.tk

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Re:Core2Duo v/s Pentium D
by C.E. Hariharan 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

Hi, What did you ask for? You could have asked others before finalazing > your config. 101 GGC is old technology now so I doubt he will take it > back. Anyway you can always try. Otherwise, it is a good board and uses > ATI Radeon chipsets so graphics is good. In your bois you can share more > RAM for better graphics. You are better off than the older 845 chipsets > and pin processors. Your processor is pinless and board supports SATA > HDDs. Problem was that I had a config from a family friend when we were about to order.At the time,mobo and fatherboard was equivalent to me(ie i knew nothing about h/w).I learnt so much in these short two months coz i found out it was needed to install and use and learn linux proper.At the time,I just added what i felt was needed and subtracted what was not leaving what I didn't know about untouched for eg:i added 512 MB RAM,80 GB HDD in place of their(family friend's) 256MB RAM,40 GB HDD and subtracted LCD monitor and substituted it with plain CRT. So they had 101 board,i never touched it coz i didn't know anything about it.We planned to buy a P4 only but afterwards my friend(the same one who told me there's not much diff b/w C2D and P-D)told me a dual core is better so i subtracted P4 and added C2D.Thereseller got confused b/w C2D and P-D dual core and might have thought that since I want 101 board and dual core,it matches..ie 101 board supports P4,P4 HT and P-D dual core and sold me this....now i realize that i should have changed the mobo to corresponding board too ...but again i knew nothing about h/w... > Mine is 101GGC and since i have absolutely NO experience with Linux,i > would > > like to get a normal distro first and gain some knowledge before > > experimenting.sorry :-( > Use Ubuntu 6.10 as it boots live and then gives an 'install' icon on the > live desktop itself. Use your last windows partition eg. F: or E: When > you come to the disk setup part, choose 'Manual Install'. Delete your > last partition so that it converts into Free space. From that total free > space, subtract 2 GB and create a new partition of that subtracted size. > Use Ext3 or Reizerfs as your partition type (file system). Label it as a > slash '/'. Convert the balance free space into a swap partition. Then > let the installation proceed further. Don't touch partition 1 as it is > your C: drive. but ubuntu doesn't support 101 as intel's site says: http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/reseller/asmo-na/eng/products/linux/feature… Regards, Easwar sorry for the long mail.... :-P.Anyways,is it important for a newbie to attend the SELF conference?and the Feb GNU/Linux user's meet?what is it?

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WiKi is down.
by Rony 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

Hello All, Our list wiki is down since 2 days. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Join the DRM Elimination Crew
by പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Hi, Should we allow the folks who deliver movies and music to have the key to our devices and let them decide what we should be doing with the devices which we own? So whats all the fuzz is about? This campaign is to educate the public about the effects of DRM and how they will be affected. Join the Indian DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) is a technology that affects all users of computers, media players, mobile phones and other devices. "'Your devices don't trust you!' is the basic message of DRM. In fact they trust you so little that they will not even tell you that they put you under surveillance," says Joachim Jakobs, FSFE's media coordinator. [1] "If consumers even know there's a DRM, what it is, and how it works, we've already failed," says Peter Lee, an executive at Disney. [2] "DRM technologies are based on the principle that a third party has more influence over your devices than you, and that their interests will override yours when they come in conflict. That is even true where your interest is perfectly legitimate and legal, and possibly also for your own data," explains Georg Greve, FSFE's president. [3] [1] http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/press-release/2006q4/000157.html [2] http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/press-release/2006q4/000157.html [3] http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/press-release/2006q4/000157.html Cheers Praveen -- "Value your freedom, or you will lose it, teaches history. `Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn." -- Richard Stallman Me scribbles at http://www.pravi.co.nr

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Re: Core2Duo v/s Pentium D
by C.E. Hariharan 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

> > Rony wrote: > Hi, firstly could you edit out the OP's (original poster) email address > from your reply. 102 GGC will have a 102 GGC driver cd. Look under the > hood using 'lshw' to check your chipsets. If you don't have the package, > yum it or apt-get it. What does your mobo box say? When did you buy the > mobo? As a rule, I always give all the original packing boxes and CDs to > my clients for all items. I am using Windows XP SP2 presently and have not yet installed Linux.Amtrying to acquire Mandriva 2007 from Mohan or Mehul.I bought the PC hardly 2 months ago.I don't have the mobo box.but i have the Intel Express Installer Driver CD and there's documentation on it full of what features their various mobo's support and how to install and reset CMOS ...... 101 GGC uses DDR RAM. 102 GGC and 965 RYCK use DDR2. that means i cannot use my present RAM if I am not mistaken as to the meaning of what those specifications in the links you gave say. Do you think the reseller will cut me some slack coz it was his mistake? I tried Sabayon on a couple of 102GGC boards. Works perfectly, including the > 5.1 surround sound. I just had to change from 2 speaker mode to 5.1 in > kmix. Mine is 101GGC and since i have absolutely NO experience with Linux,i would like to get a normal distro first and gain some knowledge before experimenting.sorry :-( Regards Easwar

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] RE:Recommend a linux distro
by C.E. Hariharan 22 Jan '07

22 Jan '07

"Laxminarayan G Kamath A" wrote >BOSS from NRCFOSS-CDAC > http://203.129.255.181/wiki/index.php/Main_Page >http://203.129.255.181/wiki/index.php/Screenshots >www.nrcfoss.org.in/boss/ >http://www.google.co.in/search?q=boss+cdac+nrcfoss Does BOSS support D101GGC motherboard since at http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/reseller/asmo-na/eng/products/linux/feature… only Mandriva 2007 supports OOTB.

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Re: Seek advice to quit Windows
by Debarshi Ray 22 Jan '07

22 Jan '07

> BTW, I would be happy to share my experience with the list; > I'm in the middle of writing a series of blog articles showing how to > replicate my results; if that would be of interest to people. What is the URI? Thanks, Debarshi -- After the game the king and the pawn go into the same box. -- Italian proverb

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Re: Core2Duo v/s Pentium D
by C.E. Hariharan 22 Jan '07

22 Jan '07

Hi friends and tuxers, I dont know how much you understand about the internal workings of the > processor but the Core 2 Duo is radically different from the Pentium > D. Core 2 Duo is based on the Pentium-M architecture while P-D is > based on the old Prescott arch. Prescott inherently had a lot of > heating issue and it had reached its limitations. Pentium-D is also > basically two Prescott cores stuck to each other while Core 2 Duo is > designed to be a dual core processor. > > Mind you, Core 2 Duo will cost you exactly twice of whatever > equivalent P-D will cost you. C2D is gives much more performance per > clock cycle and is about 40% more efficient than the regular Pentium 4 > processor. > > About buying this processor, well, insist that you want to buy a Core > 2 Duo processor which is DIFFERENT from the Dual Core Pentium > processor. Initially my hardware vendor too was confused! :P > > > do get it exchanged core2 duo is really good than pentium d well you as > > per > > my knowledge you will also need to change the mobo for that > > Ya,that's true,but what is the price difference for the board + Core 2 > Duo > v/s pentium D+D101GGC board?I have a friendly reseller coz i contacted him > through a cousin who's a regular customer and bought an entire new PC from > him! >P-D with D101GGC board will cost you 9500-10000INR with 512MB RAM >C2D with DG965RYCK will cost you around 24000INR with 512MB RAM My Intel Express Installer Driver CD shows D101GGC.Is it that D102GGC also > uses the same driver installer CD? >No. 102 has a different installer CD. So,it is the D101GGC board. Can i use my present 512 MB RAM with DG965RYCK or corresponding desktop motherboard in only *essential* series of boards?coz i am no hardcore gamer or anything,i just wnt to ensure my pc doesn't go to the junk heap within a few years. Regards Easwar

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The Linux Brochure
by Rony 22 Jan '07

22 Jan '07

Hello All, The beginner's Linux brochure is finally complete and exported from Scribus to pdf format. I would like to know where I can post these files for anyone and everyone to use at their own free will, as well as give feedback on any mistakes. The page format finally selected was 2 A4 pages in landscape format and folded into half to give a total of 8 half size pages, like a booklet. The pages will be bound together at the folds. The A4 size will make it convenient for printing on home colour printers too. The pages are meant to be transparent so I am planning to use coloured paper for final printing as it saves a lot on background printing. The penguin picture in it is hand drawn by looking at a ready picture. The original tux was naked so I gave it a suit and bow tie. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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