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Help needed for ppp
by Girish Hanchate 03 May '03

03 May '03

Hi, Thru minicom u have to enable both channels of ISDN. Normally commands for enabling the channels are given in ISDN manual. After enabling same u can directly connect on both channels i.e 128 Kbps. rgds girish i have an ISDN account (128Kbps) i am using linux redhat 6.2 to share the connection amoung the other machines, it works, but through one channel i have been able to configure it. Can any body help me in getting it configured for the both the channels (e.i. Multilink) to achive 128 kbps. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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Code red for open source?
by Rahul Upakare 02 May '03

02 May '03

Hi! Lines from Unix's source code have been copied into the heart of Linux, sometimes exactly and sometimes in a modified form designed to disguise their origin, SCO Group Chief Executive Darl McBride said Thursday. Read more at: http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999371.html -- ============================================================= Rahul Upakare Technical Associate ETU Division NCST, Kharghar. =============================================================

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SEI-perspective on oss
by Sthitaprajna 02 May '03

02 May '03

Hi I was looking to download the SEI's Perspective on Open Source Software from sei.cmu.edu, but looks like there's some routing problem or some such. Also, wayback machine on archive.org did'nt seem to list it....If anyone has a copy of this file, can you please mail it to me offlist? this one is like ~400K and published sometime late 2001.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Humour "Is Your Son A computer Hacker"
by pranav joshi 02 May '03

02 May '03

I believe tht you havent read the whole article, if u would have though you prolly would hav got the sarcasm here are some snippets frm the article ---Hacker Software--- Popular hacker software includes "Comet Cursor", "Bonzi Buddy" and "Flash". (Everyone knows what they are) ---AMD Processors--- (point no 3) If your son has requested a new "processor" from a company called "AMD", this is genuine cause for alarm. AMD is a third-world based company who make inferior, "knock-off" copies of American processor chips. They use child labor extensively in their third world sweatshops, and they deliberately disable the security features that American processor makers, such as Intel, use to prevent hacking. AMD chips are never sold in stores, and you will most likely be told that you have to order them from internet sites. Do not buy this chip! This is one request that you must refuse your son, if you are to have any hope of raising him well. It's a U.S based company --- Does your son use Quake? --- Point No. 6 Quake is an online virtual reality used by hackers. It is a popular meeting place and training ground, where they discuss hacking and train in the use of various firearms. (LOL.. You Be the Judge) --- Is your son obsessed with lunix--- point No. 8 8. Is your son obsessed with "Lunix"? BSD, Lunix, Debian and Mandrake are all versions of an illegal hacker operation system, invented by a Soviet computer hacker named Linyos Torovoltos, before the Russians lost the Cold War. It is based on a program called "xenix", which was written by Microsoft for the US government. These programs are used by hackers to break into other people's computer systems to steal credit card numbers. They may also be used to break into people's stereos to steal their music, using the "mp3" program. Torovoltos is a notorious hacker, responsible for writing many hacker programs, such as "telnet", which is used by hackers to connect to machines on the internet without using a telephone. (Notice how he has deliberately changed the name to linyos torovoltos... the actual name is easier to remember ;) and about breaking into Stereos is concerned all i can say is WOW!! ) --- Appearance change--- point 9 9. Has your son radically changed his appearance? If your son has undergone a sudden change in his style of dress, you may have a hacker on your hands. Hackers tend to dress in bright, day-glo colors. They may wear baggy pants, bright colored shirts and spiky hair dyed in bright colors to match their clothes. They may take to carrying "glow-sticks" and some wear pacifiers around their necks. (I have no idea why they do this) ( If thats the new dress code maybe i'm outdated :D ) 10. --- academics --- point 10 If your son is failing courses in school, or performing poorly on sports teams, he may be involved in a hacking group, such as the infamous "Otaku" hacker association. Excessive time spent on the computer, communicating with his fellow hackers may cause temporary damage to the eyes and brain, from the electromagnetic radiation. This will cause his marks to slip dramatically, particularly in difficult subjects such as Math, and Chemistry. (Math and Chemestry are difficult anyways even he has mentioned it.. hmmm maybe i sould consider joining Otaku :p) _________________________________________________________________ Still unmarried? Not for long. http://www.msn.co.in/Matrimony/ Find a life partner now

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M$ admits patching is expensive
by Amol Hatwar 01 May '03

01 May '03

Now it's official :). Patching applications is the most costly security job that companies face, according to Microsoft's head of security says Craig Fiebig. More can be found out here: http://www.vnunet.com/News/1140555

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PCQuest Linux 8.0
by Royce & Sharal Pereira 01 May '03

01 May '03

Hi, Yesterday I tried installing PCQuest Linux 8.0 on my new Athlon XP 1800Mhz system, with A7N266VM Asus mobo.(Thanks to some of you who advised me to use Athlon over Celeron!). Now... When the installer(anaconda) starts, it probes the hardware..it displays "unable to probe monitor" & after emitting a couple of lines the system hangs. Using the options "Linux noprobe" or linux skipddc" as suggested doesnt skip the probe, & the same problem repeats again. I also trie the "linux rescue" option . Some of you have installed the PCQuest Linux 8.0. Maybe you can advise me... Thanks, --Royce.

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Help needed for ppp
by Jaideep Tejprakash Varma 01 May '03

01 May '03

hi i have an ISDN account (128Kbps) i am using linux redhat 6.2 to share the connection amoung the other machines, it works, but through one channel i have been able to configure it. Can any body help me in getting it configured for the both the channels (e.i. Multilink) to achive 128 kbps. Thanks In advance Jaideep

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NEWS: College Linux, what's it all about? (fwd)
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 01 May '03

01 May '03

Anyone knows links for Manoj Apte and Lalita Godbole (see below)? FN ---------- Forwarded message ---------- URL : http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3305 [16]Read articles with similar Topic Interview with Professor David Costa of CollegeLinux By [17]Eugenia Loli-Queru - Posted on 2003-04-17 18:28:52 There is a Linux distro for any possible need and [18]CollegeLinux is geared towards students and schools! Today, we interview Prof. David Costa of the Robert Kennedy College in Del�mont, Switzerland regarding their initiative behind CollegeLinux. 1. What was the initial need to create a distribution specifically for students? Prof. David Costa: This is actually a great question. I read some students saying "do we really need this ? We have slackware, debian redhat and many others which are perfect for students!" Actually this is a myth. Many of the students I know never heard of linux. I am talking about students in management, law or any other non computing subject. Initally we used in our computer lab Mandrake 8.1 and to my delusion many of the things i would and our student would expect where no there. Flash and java plugins to name the browsing related ones. Network sharing with Windows computers to name another major concern. Not talking about movie player and excellent multimedia support. After all student life it's not just about assignments! 2. What kind of applications your distro includes that are particular to students? Prof. David Costa: We added the complete Openoffice suite, browsers plug-in's all preconfigured, network sharing pre configured, windows emulator, many financial calculators/math tools, project management suite and practically everything you need for an easy move from windows to linux without having to give up on the convenience we are used to. Every students on CollegeLinux should not regret his choice. Before the release we tested CollegeLinux with real students. They where expected not to need windows for the testing period, meaning the should have managed to do everything they did with windows on collegelinux. They did and, they are still using collegelinux. 3. Do you have any plans on 'feeding' your students in your College with laptops that run your distro? Some colleges and schools in USA have just started this initiative (reference [19]here). Prof. David Costa: We are mainly a career college, our student population is diverse but we are mainly dealing with adults. It's easier to change your habits when you are young, so while I am convinced that linux is the best enviroment to learn I do respect the views of students and faculty members who might disagree with me. What we will do is starting some classed on a dual major diploma programme: management and linux computing. Then our distribution will be the base of the computing component. Another think I don't like is try to push a distribution or OS with the pre-installed "trick". Afterall the installation is part of the linux learning process. I learned a lot during failed installs, you can tell ;) 4. Who is actually doing the work on packaging and putting the distro together? How big is the dev team? Prof. David Costa: We are currently 4. The lead developer is Mihai Secasiu, other developers are Manoj Apte and Lalita Godbole. Todd Kulesza (from dropline system, the father of dropline gnome) might soon join us for the integration of dropline gnome and a collegelinux robot/auto upated in the next release scheduled for May. I know it's a small team but we do pay (not that well but) our developers. This a not for profit project fully sponsored by the Robert Kennedy College. Many linux developers are working free of charge (e.g. Debian) but with a small paid team we can better control the development and its timelines. 5. What are your future plans for College Linux? Prof. David Costa: The next release will bring some interesting surprises. While dropline gnome is already working fine on CollegeLinux 2.1. The Jedi, we are trying to go a mile further with a perfect integration which will allow our users to keep their packages constantly updated. In this way students will benefit from a stable and complete OS constantly updated with a click. We are also fixing some of the problems with the installer (which was created from scratch) and we take into serious account all the installation problems reported by collegelinux users. We will add more plugins (RealMedia) to the browsers and must important we will constanctly updated our distribution to allow its installation in a great number of configurations. 6. Why Slackware was picked as the "mother" distribution for College Linux, instead of say... Debian or Red Hat? Prof. David Costa: First of all Slackware is a great learning enviroment.Its base allows the more experienced users to customize the system as the want. Red Hat and Debian are excellent distributions but we didn't want to bring another clone to the world. I have seen many of the over 50 Red Hat based distributions. They all use the same installer and system..so I ask myself, why should someone get a clone of the original and not the real Red Hat ? Some of these distribution are certainly justified (e.g. RedFlag linux with the Chinese language support) but many others are just personal experiments. Slackware is one of the oldest distribution well know for its stability and the simple but great package system.We didn't want to bring the rpm dependencies nightmare to our users. Slackware It's probably one the best distributions, the only thing missing (and attention, not because they didn't care about it..is just the way it is to leave more feedom to the experienced user) is a better configured desktop tailored version. 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Humour "Is Your Son A computer Hacker"
by pranav joshi 01 May '03

01 May '03

This article had been on adequacy.org a while ago.. it's abt this parent who thinks his son might be a hacker.. Funny Stuff LINK http://www.chasten.org/hacker.htm _________________________________________________________________ Find a partner. For life. http://www.shaadi.com/ptnr.php?ptnr=hmlql Meet(a)Shaadi.com

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Fw: [ILUG-BOM] PCQuest Linux 8.0
by Royce & Sharal Pereira 01 May '03

01 May '03

Hi, When I tried Knoppix 3.1, even with the boot option 'knoppix lang=us" I always get the German installation messages(i.e after "knx-hdinstall"). How to get it to display in english? ----- Original Message ----- > > > Get Knoppix 3.1 dear! > > regards, > > ah

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