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Need OpenSource OCR application for Indic /Devnagri fonts
by neel 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

Hi, I am looking for OpenSource OCR application for Indic/Devnagri fonts. If anybody have used such kind of applications, plz let me know. Thanks in advance Neelesh Gurjar

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[OT] Computers in Education
by Rony 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

Hello, Nowadays there is a new trend among schools in Mumbai, to install electronic interactive black boards in classrooms. This concept is being marketed in a crazy way and there appears to be a race to install one everywhere. Marketing persons are convincing the school authorities that this is the only way to teach and will also help students that have learning difficulties. The systems run on Windows and teachers are being encouraged to do everything in MS Power Point slide shows by creating them every day. Another interesting thing is that they have a server installed where teachers must upload all their teaching material so it is commonly available to everyone. It appears that the hardware will be sold to the schools and the data made by the teachers may get used for marketing. My question is that how much computing is needed in teaching today? Apart from showing educational films and slide shows in the auditorium, what more can be done in class using a computer? -- Freedom is a shared resource. Take some, leave the rest for others. Please trim your replies. Avoid cross posting to other lists. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Regards, Rony. http://ronybill.blogspot.com/

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by Navin Dhanuka 02 Jul '11

02 Jul '11

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 99, Issue 4
by chetan patil 02 Jul '11

02 Jul '11

Dear Arun, No Errors. After creating the database. I'm not getting how to start INSTALLATION using browser. I enter 127.0.0.1 and i get apache server. But no default site of Drupal. Thanks. On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 12:00 PM, <linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in>wrote: > Send Linuxers mailing list submissions to > linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > linuxers-owner(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Linuxers digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: [OT] Computers in Education (Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay) > 2. Re: [OT] Computers in Education (Binand Sethumadhavan) > 3. Re: Drupal on Fedora 14. (Arun Khan) > 4. Re: [Commercial] Setup Wake-on-Lan (Arun Khan) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <sankarshan.mukhopadhyay(a)gmail.com> > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 00:52:42 +0530 > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Computers in Education > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Rony <gnulinuxist(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > My question is that how much computing is needed in teaching today? > > Apart from showing educational films and slide shows in the auditorium, > > what more can be done in class using a computer? > > The implied question is probably more along the lines of what more can > be done towards the entrenched pedagogy and whether computing > technologies and tools are capable of improving the ability of the > students to learn by themselves by relating various pieces of > information. > > A somewhat quick and illustrative example of the electronic > capabilities in a classroom is linked with the learning associated > with season changes and, agricultural produce across the country. Most > books give out a list of produce per region per season. An interactive > display of this would lead to a somewhat good grasp while allowing the > student to also explore how other countries fare in terms of produce > and seasons. The net summary is that interactive bits allow a bit more > of information handling by collating and presentation than printed > books. > > -- > sankarshan mukhopadhyay > <http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/> > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Binand Sethumadhavan <binand(a)gmail.com> > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 08:28:35 +0530 > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Computers in Education > 2011/7/1 Rony <gnulinuxist(a)gmail.com>: > > presentations on them. When a school invests half to one crore Rupees or > > more in this system, shouldn't it be fully ready with proper > > professional level course material libraries first? Shouldn't the > > I don't know about others, but both Next Education and Educomp (the > market leader in India) have fully developed content libraries that > they distribute along with their products. Next's is CBSE-only, > Educomp has material for a number of state boards too. Next has a > studio in Hyderabad where this content is developed (by teachers, who > work on contract). > > Binand > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Arun Khan <knura9(a)gmail.com> > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 11:00:28 +0530 > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Drupal on Fedora 14. > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 7:16 PM, chetan patil <chtpatil(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Has anyone configured and installed Drupal 14 successfully. > > What is the Drupal version? > > > > > If yes please share how to. > > No, I have not done it on Fedora 14 but on CentOS 5 (Drupal v 6 - > just followed the Drupal installation instructions) > > > I tried a lot but got stuck after setting up setting up database. > > What are the error messages? > > -- > Arun Khan > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Arun Khan <knura9(a)gmail.com> > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 11:08:37 +0530 > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] [Commercial] Setup Wake-on-Lan > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 4:03 PM, RSCL Mumbai <rscl.mumbai(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a PC with CentOS 5.4 installed. > > > > I run a "shutdown" command via cron every day at 1pm. > > > > I need to start this PC every day at 11am. > > I believe this can be accomplished using Wake-On-LAN. > > Have a look at your Computer's BIOS. Most BIOS have the feature > (RTC) to turn ON the system at a given time. I have been using this > feature for quite a few years now. > > BIOS companies puts this feature in different places - so you may > have to go through all the menus and sub menus. > > HTH. > -- > Arun Khan > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- Chetan Arvind Patil, +919970018364

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Drupal on Fedora 14.
by chetan patil 02 Jul '11

02 Jul '11

Has anyone configured and installed Drupal 14 successfully. If yes please share how to. I tried a lot but got stuck after setting up setting up database. Thanks. -- Chetan Arvind Patil, +919970018364

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Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1 64 bit plugins
by Nachiketa Sadhu 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

Hi, In Ubuntu 11.04 AMD64 installation, I had to manually install Mozilla Seamonkey 2.1. The Mozilla Seamonkey 2.0.14 available in Ubuntu update repository did not work properly. The plugins directory which used to be there in the application directory structure is missing. I can not install adobe flash 64 bit version manually in this version. In earlier version I used to copy the libflashplayer.so in the plugins directory (/usr/lib/seamonkey-2.0.13/plugins/) I installed the Adobe Acrobat Reader plugin, and it installed the plugin nppdf.so in .mozilla/plugins folder of my home folder. I copied the libflashplayer.so in the same directory, but it does not show up in the about:plugins display nor does flash work. A web search in Google did not give any indication. Can any one point me to the correct directory to install plugins in Mozilla seamonket 2.1 Thanks and regards. sadhu

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Ubuntu 11.04 LAN Data Transfer
by Sanket Shah 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

On my Ubuntu 11.04 install on laptop (amd64 arch) as well as desktop (x86 arch) on the office wired LAN (Intranet, not connected to internet), there is a constant 6-15 kilobytes/second data down happening. The LAN works normally at all times, but even with no activity this data down is running. I checked with internet connected wifi on laptop and a USB dongle on both, but there was no such data transfer in idle conditions. It doesn't happen when on Windows 7. Is there a tool to find out which port or software is taking this data? I tried netstat but couldn't make a headway. Searched on ubuntuforums but found nothing close enough. Can somebody please guide me how to go about it. -- Sanket Shah

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huge TIME_WAIT for apache port 80
by suraj nayak 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

hi guys, I am facing some problem with my network. actually netstat -tan command showing huge TIME_WAIT connection for apache port 80. I am new in linux. Can anyone tell the solution for this? I searched lot on this but not found appropriate solution. thanks; Suraj

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Great Initiative by State Govt. to Provide free laptop and free Linux OS!
by chetan patil 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

*http://www.hindu.com/2011/06/27/stories/2011062756181600.htm* *Free or open source for students?* Vasudha Venugopal CHENNAI: Recent discussions on which software package to be incorporated in the free laptops to be distributed to students this year in Tamil Nadu have highlighted the attempts across the country to promote the use of Free and Open Source Software in education and other fields. While the government's tender specifications call for dual-booted laptops offering the Windows starter edition and Linux (Tamil version), activists say it must be only an open source. An oft-cited example is the IT@School project, started by the Kerala government in 2003. “We had both Windows and Linux initially, but we migrated to the open source completely in 2008,” says K Anvar Sadath, executive director of the project. While Swecha of Andhra Pradesh is also striving to train students and teachers in free software, Assam, Punjab and Haryana have started using open source software in education. It is unfortunate that while in the West, the dependence on proprietary software is decreasing, the developing countries are giving in to predatory marketing tactics, says Atul Chitnis, consulting technologist and founder, FOSS.In. Training of teachers can go on simultaneously, says Mr. Anvar, recalling his experience of training more than 10,000 teachers in a month through videoconferencing facilitated by the open source environment. Now Kerala has 600 open source learning centres across 14 districts, offering specialised training in animation, graphics and multimedia on open source technologies, apart from regular education. Gurumurthy Kasinathan of the Bangalore-based IT for Change says: “Many free educational software applications, bundled with Ubuntu GNU/Linux, are powerful in helping teachers and students understand concepts in math, science and social sciences.” S. Shanu, convener of the Free Software Foundation, Tamil Nadu, says linguistic flexibility is a big advantage of free software. The culture of innovation and community-based support systems can transform the way students think. Some industry professionals and government officials cite authentication, warranty and access as reasons for preferring proprietary software to open source technologies. “If you want to buy a proprietary system, you pick up one, but how many local directories tell you what to do if you need open source software. Heterogeneous environments of companies train us to choose the best tool for the job, considering compatibility with specialised applications and vendor support,” says Suresh Ramanujan, a software consultant. However, academics feel, it is the flexibility to understand the logic of the software that an open source offers, which is the key. “The question is what kind of learning process are we encouraging among students, and not if we should let them decide on their own, says Pratap Reddy, Chairman, Board of Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University. The stack of free software for school education is so huge that it does not need a learning management system or specially designed tools for building it, say experts. -- Chetan Arvind Patil, +919970018364

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 98, Issue 21
by chetan patil 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

I want to utilize the pcmcia card slot. just thought if better options are there they why don't opt for that. how about pcmcia graphics card? Thanks. On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:00 PM, <linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in>wrote: > Send Linuxers mailing list submissions to > linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > linuxers-owner(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Linuxers digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. PCMCIA (chetan patil) > 2. Re: PCMCIA (Arun Khan) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: chetan patil <chtpatil(a)gmail.com> > To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:24:09 +0530 > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] PCMCIA > hi, > > Does anyone have an idea about PCMCIA card which will work > on IBM t43 with fedora 14. > > And does bluetooth,wifi and usb come Bundle in one PCMCIA? > > Thanks > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Arun Khan <knura9(a)gmail.com> > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:29:22 +0530 > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] PCMCIA > On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 7:24 PM, chetan patil <chtpatil(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > And does bluetooth,wifi and usb come Bundle in one PCMCIA? > > > > PCMCIA on laptops is legacy - I have seen USB Cards, WiFi cards but > not both in one. Not sure about bluetooth. > > -- > Arun Khan > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- Chetan Arvind Patil, +919970018364

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