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Problem: In open suse system mousepad of laptop does not work?
by Ganesh Gajare 29 Nov '08

29 Nov '08

Hello to all, I have faced two problem using OpenSuse in my one of the friends laptop. When i boot in open suse mouse pad does not support, it does not work. While the same thing just for checking what is the real problem may be, I tried to boot in Windows, and it support, it works. Second problem is Linux allows windows partition to mount, read write data in that partitions. Using openSuse i tried to use windows "ntfs" filesystem partion, which before do not allow mounting partition, but after using umonunt and remounting technique it allow to mount. I can list the data from that partition but not allow to create folder or edit data? Error: Permission Denied, Even i change to root as sudo user giving the same problem. Please give me solution!!!! Regards, Racewithg

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Workshop on Machine Learning @ C-DAC Mumbai
by Naveen Kumar 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

Dear colleague, The Knowledge Based Computer Systems division at CDAC Mumbai is organizing *a two-day Workshop on "**Machine Learning**"* at our Navi Mumbai (Kharghar) campus *on 19-20 December, 2008*. The workshop provides a comprehensive overview of the field of machine learning with a hands-on practical experience on a machine learning tool - Weka. The following leaflet<http://naveenk.wikidot.com/local--files/start/ML_Brochure.pdf>gives you brief information on the workshop. Please circulate this call for participation to those who may be interested in the area of machine learning, and/or nominate a few from your institution to benefit from this exercise. Registration form for the workshop is enclosed in the leaflet<http://naveenk.wikidot.com/local--files/start/ML_Brochure.pdf>. If you require any further clarification or information, please do let us know. For more details, visit the following URL - http://www.cdacmumbai.in/ index.php/cdacmumbai/research_and_publications/research_ groups/kbcs_artificial_intelligence/events/upcoming_event <http://www.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/cdacmumbai/research_and_publications/res…> Looking forward to your support and participation. NB: For further inquiries please mail at *kbcs(a)cdacmumbai.in* -- Thanks & regards Naveen Kumar Assistant Software Engineer Open Source Software Division( http://ossrc.org.in/ ) C-DAC Mumbai ( http://www.cdacmumbai.in/ ) ( http://naveenk.wikidot.com )

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how to find failure harddisk ?
by ravi kuamar 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

hi friends. In interview i was asked a question that. If a server is located at some remote place and in a server one of the hard disk had failed. Then how do we find which hard disk had failed from the several hard disk in the server remotely. we need to hav certain command for this in linux. in IBM AIX there is certain command but in linux i dont't know. does any 1 know this than plz reply. Explore your hobbies and interests. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/

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sound card problem !
by IPS Khurana 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

hi i am using ubuntu 8.04 its working fine but my sound card C-Media is not working i got the following report by lspci -v in terminal 00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: K.I. Technology Co Ltd Unknown device 0111 (rev 10) Subsystem: C-Media Electronics Inc Unknown device 0111 Flags: stepping, medium devsel, IRQ 255 I/O ports at ff00 [disabled] [size=256] Capabilities: <access denied> CMI8738 aplay -l aplay: device_list:205: no soundcards found... Multimedia audio controller /0/100/9 product: Harman International Industries Inc vendor: Harman International Industries Inc bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0 version: 10 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: PCI capabilities listing configuration: latency: 255 maxlatency: 24 mingnt: 2 this device hasn't been claimed i think it is either disabled or the module/package is not starting at boot up. what should i do can some one pls explain -- IPS Khurana ***************************** Cell No: +91 9869019416 Khurana Sales & Services Distributors & Wholesellers Total IT Solutions! Thane http://ipskhurana.googlepages.com/ Proud to be Member of BNI ! The World's Largest Referral Organization ! Turning Contacts into Contracts ! http://www.bni-india.com http://www.bni.com Get Free Ubuntu Desktop OS CD! http://www.ubuntu.com

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FOSS for enabling collective decision making /voting
by Kussh Singh 22 Nov '08

22 Nov '08

Hi Dinesh, Saw your blog entry on electoral reforms. Is there any FOSS software which will help the voting process? I think we really need such enabling tools/ category of FOSS softwares. Once it becomes easy and convenient to vote, and it is ingrained as a habit from childhood, maybe some of your concerns will be addressed and India will become a REAL democracy rather than a SHAM one it is at present. The software would fulfill a need in myriad applications e.g. in 1 Housing societies AGMs 2 Company/stockholders Annual General Meetings 3 in panchayats 4 in classrooms 5 in companies, schools, adventure groups, theater audiences, neighbourhood meetings, in ngos etc etc --i.e. wherever collective decision making is required. I tried searching on http://directory.fsf.org and other places but have yet to find such a software. Maybe somebody will make it someday Almost all Swiss citizens participate in voting on important issues thru the sms/mobile route and they vote atleast once a month since it is so convenient. This is what I learned from a person who came to tell us about RTI from the CHRI -- www.humanrightsinitiative.org. Kussh -- Costs of everything have decreased with time but man's greed and fear are keeping prices artificially HIGH Traveller's homeopathy kit for Rs 30 only http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1202645 https://answers.launchpad.net www.altlinux.com

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Kubuntu 8.10 on Acer Aspire One (AAO) [Installation Notes]
by Rony Bill 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Hello, Before attempting Kubuntu 8.10, the AAO was tried out with Kubuntu 8.04 using a regular external HDD controller connected to a Mosher Bayer DVD R/W. It would keep stopping at the 'initramfs' prompt. Then I tried creating a USB LiveCD in my pen drive but that was not successfull in booting properly. Then the Kubuntu 8.10 CD ( which did not boot till the desktop in my Intel 845 GEBV2 PC) was tried out and it was able to boot into the live desktop on the AAO. My pre-installation worry was the single partition already installed with XP Home and the hidden rescue partition getting knocked out. I wanted dual boot. However fdisk -l showed that the rescue partition was the first one and the rest of the disk was XP. During Kubuntu 8.10's installation, in the partitioning section, there was already an option of dividing the XP partition into 50% XP and 50% Ubuntu. Installlation went smoothly and did not damage the XP pre-installed. On booting into XP after installing Kubuntu, Windows detected a file system error and went into automatic scandisk ( don't stop that process ). Then it automatically rebooted and went on to boot normally and all was well. Kubuntu 8.10 detected everything properly except the wireless LAN. The wired LAN kept going on/off even after upgrading all packages. However after a few reboots it appeared to take the wired connection properly. The wireless issue is simple to resolve by following instructions given in this site https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne110L#WLan For the webcam this site https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne talks about 'luvcview'. It works fine and has many detailed settings. Its buttons are tiny but anyway results are good. Don't follow the wireless instructions given here. Go to the earlier link for 8.10. I haven't tried the card slots as I don't have any such cards. However the website has some information on it. A word of caution. Don't mess with the wireless on/off switch on the front side of the AAO. It disables the wireless well but getting it back was next to impossible. Repeated attempts to bring it to life failed. In XP I would get the on-screen display for enable and disable but no sign of the hardware itself. Finally I shut down the system and gave the switch some exercise. That brought it back to life. Whew! Anyway this netbook and Kubuntu 8.10 are like fish and water. Installation with live partitioning is fully automatic. This mail is being sent from the AAO using the wireless connection. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Why are you using GNU/Linux?
by Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह) 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Hello FOSSers, I believe that there are many students on this list. I would like to ask them few questions about their FOSS usage and adoption. I would love to hear from you guys and gals using FOSS. I will compile the list of reasons and put it up for everyone. This should help people who conduct workshops and seminars in the colleges to create more appealing presentations for students. http://dineshah.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/why-are-you-using-gnulinux/ You can post your replies to list, personal email or comment on the blog. With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Blog-1: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/ Blog-2: http://dineshah.blogspot.com/ Alfred Hitchcock - "Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."

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New site: gnowledge network
by Nagarjuna G. 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

Sorry if you get multiple copies; I know there are many common members in the groups I am sending to. Dear fellow hackers, www.gnowledge.org <http://gnowledge.org> portal will be slowly transformed soon into a collaborative concept mapping (knowledge networking) site. Please check out the first edition with dependency maps. The old site will be slowly phased out, it is available from http://old.gnowledge.org/ New site is http://www.gnowledge.org/ Join, contribute, test, and help in this new initiative. Do spread the word around so that more and more people can add to the growing network. Soon to come: type map, part map, interaction map, cause-effect map, debian software map, translation map, and soon a new SELF Platform with automatically created course structure from the knowledge network. -- Nagarjuna G.

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Openmoko attcaked by mp3 patent troll
by jtd 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

If any one was in doubt about closed formats and patents. http://www.csamuel.org/2008/11/14/patent-trolls-attack-openmoko-project -- Rgds JTD

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[Positions] openings in gnowledge.org lab
by Nagarjuna G. 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

Please follow the advertisement here. http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/Data/Objects/N/Notice1808/viewObject If you have any clarifications, you may write to me off the list. -- Nagarjuna G. http://www.gnowledge.org/

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Help for Server mirroring
by Dinesh Dalvi 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Hi Can we mirror entire one linux server with another server. If anyone done this pls. let me know how to do this. Thanks in advance Dinesh Dalvi P.s. Moderator pls. post this msg. in List

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[X-Post] KDE Posters @ FOSS.IN/2008
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Hi, We have made some posters for upcoming FOSS.IN/2008. One to showcase the "Pillars of KDE", and other to showcase the Indic localisation for KDE. All of them have been made using inkscape. [1]http://pradeepto.livejournal.com/16634.html [2]http://pradeepto.livejournal.com/16736.html Cheers! Pradeepto -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://www.kde.in Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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Some FOSS news in mainstream media
by Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह) 18 Nov '08

18 Nov '08

Ubuntu Gets a Shot in the ARM - http://www.enterpriser.in/India/Know_It/Ubuntu_Gets_a_Shot_in_the_ARM/551-9… Demand for PHP Developers on a High - http://www.enterpriser.in/India/Know_It/Demand_for_PHP_Developers_on_a_High… Enjoy! With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Blog-1: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/ Blog-2: http://dineshah.blogspot.com/ Fred Allen - "An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer."

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Kubuntu on Acer Aspire One (AAO)
by Rony 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

Hello, I am trying to boot a live Kubuntu 8.04 ( KDE 3 as well as 4 ) CD into the Aspire One with XP Home pre-loaded but the boot stops at an initramfs prompt. There is an external HDD adapter that is plugged into the brand new Moser Bayer IDE DVD R/W and this combination was able to read media in Debian Etch's desktop, just like plugging in a pen drive. In the AAO, on hitting F12, the third option is the USB DVD drive and I get the initial boot options. After selecting the default live option, the boot process moves up to the initial part and then stops at the initramfs prompt. I believe this is due to some driver issue. Has anyone installed Kubuntu 8.04 on this netbook? The sites on google mostly mention Ubuntu 8.10 for this netbook so I will be downloading the Kubuntu 8.10 ISO. However what are other user experiences on this list? -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Server Mirroring
by Dinesh Dalvi 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

Hi Can we mirror entire one linux server with another server. If anyone done this pls. let me know how to do this. Thanks in advance Dinesh Dalvi

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adsl model problem
by manish mallan 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

Hi, I have a BSNL internet connection. When i am using azureus, after some time, my download stops, it again starts & does this couple of times. Every time, firestarter indicates a blocked connection. If i check the firestarter for blocked connections, i see this (not in any order): Port Source Protocol Service 57084 192.168.1.1 ICMP Unknown 4024 192.168.1.1 ICMP Unknown 62159 192.168.1.1 ICMP Unknown I tried to closely monitor this thing, as far i can tell, when ever this happens, download speed goes to 0 & then again increases. But some times i have to reset the modem. I am using Ubuntu 8.04. I have checked my pc at grc.com (i went through http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=510812) It shows my pc as passed the test. Can any body help in tackling this problem ? -- --------------------------------------- Microsoft gives you Windows, Linux gives you the whole house... -- regards, Manish

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Fwd: [FSUG-Bangalore] Boycott Novell Protesters Man-handled at National Conference on Free Software 2008
by Praveen A 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rakesh 'arky' Ambati <rakesh_ambati(a)yahoo.com> Date: 2008/11/15 Subject: [FSUG-Bangalore] Boycott Novell Protesters Man-handled at National Conference on Free Software 2008 To: fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in, fsug-bangalore(a)mm.gnu.org.in Hi, Boycott Novell Protesters Man-handled at National Conference on Free Software 2008 http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com/2008/11/boycott-novell-protesters-man-ha… Here is blow by blow account of trouble that brewed up on the second day of National Conference on Free Software 2008 in Cochin university. The activists put up posters against the Novell Corp (the main sponsor of this event) at the Free Software exhibition complex. The organisers called up Kochi police and man handled the Anivar Aravind a former student of the Cochin University and a well known free software activist. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati Blog [ http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com ] Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ _______________________________________________ FSUG-Bangalore mailing list FSUG-Bangalore(a)mm.gnu.org.in http://mm.gnu.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fsug-bangalore -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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Fwd: [Fsf-friends] Free Software Free Society
by Praveen A 16 Nov '08

16 Nov '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Arun M <arun(a)gnu.org.in> Date: 2008/11/13 Subject: [Fsf-friends] Free Software Free Society To: fsf-friends <fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in> Dear Friends, Kerala government is organising a conference on free software and free knowledge movements from 9th to 11th December. Please see http://fsfs.in for more details. We invite you to join us in this conference. Please inform other friends also about this conference. with warm regards, arun. _______________________________________________ Fsf-friends mailing list Fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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Reminder: ILUG-BOM November 2008 Meet
by Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह) 15 Nov '08

15 Nov '08

Folks, We have a ILUG-BOM Nov. 2008 Meet at per below schedule Date: Sunday, 16th Nov. 2008 Time: 2:00-5:00 PM IST Venue: (Thanks to Aditya of R&H) Rhythm & Hues Studios India Pvt. Ltd. Prism Tower, A-Wing, 3rd Floor, Mindspace, Goregaon-Malad Link Road, Goregaon (West) Mumbai - 400062 Topics: 1. A Case Study of GNU/Linux usage in Production House by Aditya and his Team (1.5 hour) 1.1 The role and contribution of technology to Visual Effects 1.2 Our operating environment - the hardware which powers our servers and workstations 1.3 An overview of our Linux cluster environment 1.4 The role of FOSS in R&H. How we use Linux and other software in our systems and production pipeline 1.5 Managing large scale Linux deployments. The technical and human angles 1.6 Some of the technologies which we work with. Introduction to Bazaar Version Control (http://bazaar-vcs.org/) - By Prashant Shah 1. Introduction 2. Fundamentals of a version control system 3. Creating repository 4. Working with local and remote repository 5. Checkouts 6. Branching and merging 3. A demo on One Laptop Per Child Project and Indian Scenario - by Amit Gogna Announcement on Wiki @ http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/wiki/index.php/Current_events#Nov_2008_Meet Looking forward to meet you all at R&H. :) With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Blog-1: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/ Blog-2: http://dineshah.blogspot.com/ Steven Wright - "Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country."

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Installation Problem !
by IPS Khurana 15 Nov '08

15 Nov '08

hi i am facing problem while installing Ubuntu 8.10 currently i am using ubuntu 8.04 which is running fine.. system config is : Intel P3-550mhz, 512mb sd ram, 80 ide gb hdd Asus BX440 Motherboard. but when run 8.10 for installation it halts and show msg *initramfs> and does not goes further.. what can be the problem.. pls confirm ! thanks n rgds *-- Inder

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One Laptop Per Child Project Introduction to GLUG - Mumbai
by amit gogna 15 Nov '08

15 Nov '08

Hi linuxers, This is my first mail to the group As per my telecon with Dinesh I look forward to participate and if possible give a small demo on* One Laptop Per Child Project and Indian Scenario* in the current meet this Sunday. For those who are new to the project can read the more about the project on the following site :- laptop.org wiki.laptop.org http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India Looking forward to the meet. Thanks, Amit -- A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history. - Mahatma Gandhi

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Sahana call for participants/contributors.
by Ajay Kumar 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi All, I have planned a workout at FOSS.in for Sahana which I have put up on the project wiki here, http://wiki.sahana.lk/doku.php?id=dev:foss_in_2008_ideas Request you guys to take a look and if the project interests you, would be glad to have some contributors to the project. I have contributed to the Messaging module for SMS features using SMSTools v3 in my Summer of Code 2008. So in case you have worked on SMS related interactive applications, your input would be helpful. And we are also looking for Language/Translation contributors for various Indic languages. Appropriate mailing list information can be found here: http://wiki.sahana.lk/doku.php?id=dev:mailing_list_policy Feel free to ping me in case you are willing to contribute to the project in any way or participate in the workout if you are attending the event in Bangalore. Thanks & Regards, Ajay Kumar "I code for SAHANA. Do you?" http://ajuonline.net

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[Commercial -- well, not really] An Invitation
by Steve 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hi, Being involved with linux now for a long time, I have always researched the level of linux compatibility before buying any new hardware. I recently needed to buy a cheap wireless USB adapter (cheap because, i think i'd probably use it only a couple months before my laptop's bmc4310 wireless card is nicely supported -- ehe, that's an entirely different topic -- no, i have not got it to work on Fedora 10). Well, this didn't turn out as easy as I expected. Sure, 90% USB wireless cards just work with linux, but what if I chose a random one and it turns out to be from that 10%, so, I began researching. Unfortunately, a lot of 'cheap' wireless cards, don't come with tech. specs, so you have no clue what chipset the card is based on. For example looking at http://tinyurl.com/6p8tc3 (ebay.com search URL), I didn't know what to buy. I would have to research each of those individually, eliminating by price. Anyways, long story short, I got frustrated with the fact that I have to do this 'research' every time I need some new hardware, so, I thought of setting this up: http://tuxcompatible.com This is a 'classifieds' site where people looking for linux compatible hardware (/software/periperals/devices/services ..etc), can shorten or eliminate the research step. I would like to invite hardware vendors (or request you to invite those hardware vendors you know) who know the linux compatibility of devices they sell, to create their listings here. To prospective buyers, I request, please let the vendors know that you learned about their product from tuxcompatible.com, so that they are encouraged to keep posting. ...and to anyone else, I welcome you to comment or suggest improvement. You may also choose to help me out -- http://tuxcompatible.com/drupal/node/2 Please read more at the site. Thank you for your time, regards, - steve

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [Commercial -- well, not really] An Invitation
by Steve 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hi, Firstly, thanks all, for the comments about the site (I really appreciate it) and also about the suggestions on making bmc4310 work. I am sorry, I wasn't too clear about that bit, I should have said haven't got it working in my setup yet -- which means with WAP-PSK support. Right now, I am using the broadcom's (proprietory with binary blob) wl module[1] which works only in open networks (I have not tried WEP). Even using the windows driver with ndiswrapper works with just open and WEP enabled networks, not with WAP-PSK ...anyways, like I said, native upstream kernel support will come in a couple of months[2]. Anyways, about jtd's comments: > Plenty of resources are already available on the net. > However these are mostly about hardware available in the US and > Europe. Hardware available here are substantially different and for > shorter durations. So it is a constant battle to keep finding out the > best fit for linux. Exactly ! ...and that's the reason why I set up tuxcompatible.com. Most of the times, the hardware available locally would use same or similar chipsets, but they would be branded by different companies (sometimes chinese, taiwanese or korean) and this leads to confusion. The resources available on the net usually just discuss compatibility and/or performance. There is no (or at least no 'well known') linux centric *marketplace* online -- this is what I hope to achieve with tuxcompatible.com (or even encourage professional web-developers/companies to consider as an viable bussiness). > Further given the very random and one time requirements of desktop > users, their unwillingness to understand the soup they are in and > reluctance to change, supporting individual newbie desktops is a > major pain. Well, I totally agree with the unwillingness to understand compatibility issues ! My dad or Uncle (who are not just linux but /computer/ newbies) should not have to worry about the level of linux support a device has when purchasing it. It should *just work* ....of course this is far from ideal right now. The next best thing to do, IMHO, was to at least give then one place where they can go to purchase their hardware. That's what tuxcompatible.com hopes to achieve (or ever encourage ...blah blah ..) > Hardware compat is a minor issue. File formats and user > apathy are the main problems. Oh, that's is a different problem altogether. Users apathetic to change should best not venture to linux until they are ready, else it just screws up the experience for them. regards - steve -- Want hardware that Just Works on your linux box ? Try: www.tuxcompatible.com [1] http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php [2] http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43?action=show&redirect=en%2Fuse… On Wed 12/11/08 11:54 AM , jtd jtd(a)mtnl.net.in sent: > On Tuesday 11 November 2008 16:46, Steve wrote: > > > Anyways, long story > > short, I got frustrated with the fact that I > have to do this> 'research' every time I need some new hardware, > so, I thought of> setting this up: > > > > http://tuxcompatible.com > Plenty of resources are already available on the net. > However these are mostly about hardware available in the US and > Europe. Hardware available here are substantially different and for > shorter durations. So it is a constant battle to keep finding out the > best fit for linux. > Further given the very random and one time requirements of desktop > users, their unwillingness to understand the soup they are in and > reluctance to change, supporting individual newbie desktops is a > major pain. Hardware compat is a minor issue. File formats and user > apathy are the main problems. > > > > -- > Rgds > JTD > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > >

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Announce: ILUG-BOM November 2008 Meet
by Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह) 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Folks, We will have a ILUG-BOM Nov. 2008 Meet at per below schedule Date: Sunday, 16th Nov. 2008 Time: 2:00-5:00 PM IST Venue: (Thanks to Aditya of R&H) Rhythm & Hues Studios India Pvt. Ltd. Prism Tower, A-Wing, 3rd Floor, Mindspace, Goregaon-Malad Link Road, Goregaon (West) Mumbai - 400062 Topics: 1. A Case Study of GNU/Linux usage in Production House by Aditya and his Team (1.5 hour) 1.1 The role and contribution of technology to Visual Effects 1.2 Our operating environment - the hardware which powers our servers and workstations 1.3 An overview of our Linux cluster environment 1.4 The role of FOSS in R&H. How we use Linux and other software in our systems and production pipeline 1.5 Managing large scale Linux deployments. The technical and human angles 1.6 Some of the technologies which we work with. 2. We need more speakers to talk on subjects of their choice (45 min to 1.5 hrs) I would like more people to come forward and speak at the meeting. Announcement on Wiki @ http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/wiki/index.php/Current_events#Nov_2008_Meet Looking forward to meet you all at R&H. :) With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Blog-1: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/ Blog-2: http://dineshah.blogspot.com/ Jack Benny - "Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fr...

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[X Post] Debian Installer lenny release candidate 1
by Kartik Mistry 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Try it out! Note that its RC1 so if you encounter any issue(s) during installation, Please file a bug (You can use `reportbug' tool, it is very easy to use). ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Otavio Salvador <otavio(a)debian.org> Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 5:35 AM Subject: Debian Installer lenny release candidate 1 To: debian-devel-announce(a)lists.debian.org Cc: debian-boot(a)lists.debian.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Debian Installer lenny release candidate 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Debian Installer team[1] is proud to announce the first release candidate of the installer for Debian GNU/Linux Lenny. Improvements in this release of the installer * Improved support for Live-CD installation media (much faster and more reliable than earlier releases); * Support for some NAS devices based on Marvell's ARM-compatible Orion chip: o QNAP TS-109/TS-209 and TS-409; o HP Media Vault mv2120; o Buffalo Kurobox Pro; * Installer images for Netwinder have been added again; * Installer images for i386 Xen guests[2] * Support for hardware speech synthesis (speakup) has been added; * Upgrade of packages early in pkgsel, for example to get available security updates for base system packages; * Support for loading firmware from (removable) media during the installation; * i386/amd64: support for installing to and loading firmware from MMC/SD cards; * New translations: Welsh, Irish, Northern Sami, Serbian (Amharic and Marathi were added in beta releases). Known issues in this release * i386: for this release, installation from floppy disk is not supported; * PowerPC: the graphical installer should work on almost all systems with ATI graphics cards, but probably not others; * touchpads should work with the graphical installer, but support may be suboptimal - if you experience problems, you should use an external mouse instead. See the errata[3] for details and a full list of known issues. We do need your help to find bugs and further improve the installer, so please try it. Installation CDs and DVDs, other media, errata, and everything else you'll need are available from the Debian Installer web site[4]. The Debian Installer team thanks everybody who has contributed to this release. References ~~~~~~~~~~ 1. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Team 2. http://wiki.debian.org/Xen#InstallLenny 3. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata 4. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ - -- Otavio Salvador Debian Installer Release Manager -- Cheers, Kartik Mistry | 0xD1028C8D | IRC: kart_

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[Fwd] [X] [Pyroom-team] PyRoom in Fedora, Debian and Ubuntu
by Kartik Mistry 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Give a try to pyroom. I am sure you will love it. You know how to install it :) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Florian Heinle <launchpad(a)planet-tiax.de> Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 9:47 PM Subject: [Pyroom-team] PyRoom in Fedora, Debian and Ubuntu To: pyroom-team(a)lists.launchpad.net Hi, good news everyone! PyRoom has been packaged for Fedora and Debian. Now that Ubuntu Jaunty Development has begun, PyRoom has also been pulled into Ubuntu from Debian SID automatically. Thanks to Sven Lankes (Fedora) and Kartik Mistry (Debian) for their work! Bruno, I've edited our homepage repo with install instructions for Fedora, would you please pull rev34 to the server? -- Florian 'tiax' Heinle _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~pyroom-team -- Cheers, Kartik Mistry | 0xD1028C8D | IRC: kart_ Homepage: people.debian.org/~kartik Blog.en: ftbfs.wordpress.com Blog.gu: kartikm.wordpress.com

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linux hardware shop in Mumbai, Pune
by Kussh Singh 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Hi, I have been telling a lot of people about ubuntu/linux and its advantages over windows etc in most cases. But the stumbling block that I find is knowing or recommending a one stop shop for all sorts of hardware which is linux compatible. In particular small irritating stuff like memory card readers, all in one printers, webcams and similar stuff. Can anybody here tell whether such an intelligent hardware vendor been found yet in Mumbai or Pune? The advantages in the niche linux market to such a vendor are enormous and will help the linux movement too as technology adoption will be hassle free. Kussh -- Costs of everything have decreased with time but man's greed and fear are keeping prices artificially HIGH Traveller's homeopathy kit for Rs 30 only http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1202645 http://www.ubuntu.com/ www.altlinux.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [Commercial -- well, not really] An Invitation
by Steve 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Hello Kartik, On Tue 11/11/08 7:03 PM , "Kartik Mistry" kartik.mistry(a)gmail.com sent: >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Steve <steve(a)lonetwin.net> wrote: >> so, I thought of setting this up: http://tuxcompatible.com > Thanks. > > Look at: http://www.linux.com/feature/118497 Thanks for posting that link. Yes, I came across that once when I was looking for some definite resource for linux compatible hardware. I would really like tuxcompatible.com (or any site with the same intention, really) to be the place one would go with the intention of *buying* the hardware/device/service ...etc, not only researching it's compatibility. To that end, i can imagine a possibility working with various web sites dedicated to listing or discussing compatibility and performance of hardware (for example, pciids.sourceforge.net, linux-printing.org, phoronix.com, linux-wireless.org, thinkwiki.org ...etc) and somehow integrate references to these in the the listings on tuxcompatible.com. Unfortunately, I know jack about the technologies involved to make this happen. So, yeah, I could use some help :-). Thanks for the comment, it make me feel less stupid for having done this :-). Btw, I could always use more help in letting people know about this site, since it'll work only if it has enough people using it. So, please spread the word around. Thanks and regards, - steve

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Internet Connection!
by IPS Khurana 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

how to set up internet Tata & Reliance Wireless Data Card Connection on Ubuntu Linux -- IPS Khurana ***************************** Cell No: +91 9869019416 Khurana Sales & Services Distributors & Wholesellers Total IT Solutions! Thane http://ipskhurana.googlepages.com/ Proud to be Member of BNI ! The World's Largest Referral Organization ! Turning Contacts into Contracts ! http://www.bni-india.com http://www.bni.com Get Free Ubuntu Desktop OS CD! http://www.ubuntu.com

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Release - Ayttm 0.5.0-82
by Siddhesh Poyarekar 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Yet another release. Many thanks to George Black, Barry Kauler and the Puppy Linux team and users for their contribution in testing ayttm and reporting bugs -- yes, lots of them :). So here's what we have this time: * New IRC protocol library * Remove the old AIM and ICQ protocols in favour of the AIM-ICQ (OSCAR) protocol * Buddy management now in IRC as well * Finally we have icons on menus. Cleaned up some of the older icons as well * Lots of bug fixes For a detailed changelog see: http://ayttm.cvs.sourceforge.net/ayttm/ayttm/ChangeLog?view=markup&pathrev=… -- Siddhesh Poyarekar http://siddhesh.in

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Nov 2008 LFY worth collecting.
by Rony 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Hello All, This month's LFY has the Mandriva 2009 distro DVD plus another DVD that has more than 200 Free Software for Windows. The magazine too has some nice articles. I liked the one that explains GRUB in detail. The DVD packaging is good. LFY's getting more and more interesting. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Linux installation problems in Thosiba satelite A305-6858
by shishu naik 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hi All, I am getting few errors while installing centos 5.2 in my thosiba laptop (satelite A305-6858). I have search the net for solutions but couldn't get one. I have tried several times but no use..i get these erros Kernal panic --not-syncing -Fatal exception and there is some memory crash error.. In my laptop i have 4GB of ram but in the windows properties it is showing 2.99 GB. Regards, Shishu

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RIP Software patents
by jtd 08 Nov '08

08 Nov '08

http://www.pli.edu/patentcenter/blog.asp?view=plink&id=368 http://www.pli.edu/patentcenter/blog.asp?view=plink&id=371 Software patents are no more in the USA, even if linked to general purpose hardware. Probably even those linked to special purpose hardware. -- Rgds JTD

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Fwd: Person needed for short vacancy
by Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह) 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

H! Please get in touch directly with contact info given below. Short-term vacancy for Project Coordinator Requirement - immediate. Duration three months. Location - Mumbai based but would involve some travelling to nearby rural areas. Comet Media Foundation are carrying out a short term project whose purpose is carry out a study of the security and legal aspects of running a telecentre or cyber cafe and to convert this information into study and reference materials that can be used by telecentre operators and their staff to meet regulatory requirements, protect themselves and help their customers in the current security scenario. This need is felt due to risks to telecentres and users as well as legal liabilities faced by the operators in this regard. This is a good opportunity for a curriculum developer to gain hands-on experience in creating content to fit a context. The study involves designing a questionnaire, and meeting with 10 urban and rural telecente operators and about forty users of different profiles. Detailed interviews will need to be scheduled and conducted with a total of about 25 persons. The coordinator would also have to interact with external experts - a lawyer, cyber security expert, research associates, instructional design consultant, visual designer and coder as well as with the project partner who would function as a community leader among telecentre operators. With the help of these resource persons, we will convert the inputs into six training sessions of about 1-2 hours each. The coordinator and team members will then run two pilot workshops to test the materials with a target audience. The feedback from these sessions will be used to refine the content and methodology as required. In parallel, all activities will be documented and converted into a final report by the end of January, 2009. We are looking for a young person with at least one year of social research experience with a fair understanding of ICTs (Information & Communication Technologies) and fluency in Marathi, English and Hindi who can function independently in the field against tight deadlines and resource constraints. S/he must be based in Mumbai and familiar with nearby areas. Good relationship skills, communication (oral and written) and analytical skills are essential. Remuneration: A consolidated salary of Rs. 15,000 per month will be paid for a maximum of three months. Travel and related expenses will be reimbursed as per norms. If interested, please email your CV immediately to: cometmediafdn(a)gmail.com Comet Media Foundation is located at Topiwala Municipal School, Lamington Road, (Opp Lamington Rd Police Station - near Grant Rd Rly Stn.), Mumbai 400007. website: www.cometmedia.org To schedule a meeting please call: 022- 2382 6674. Comet Media Foundation Topiwala Municipal School, Lamington Road Mumbai 400007, India Tel: 91-22-2382 6674 or 2386 9052 e-mail: cometmediafdn(a)gmail.com website: www.cometmedia.org

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Fwd: Person needed for short vacancy
by Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह) 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Please get in touch with details given below if you are interested. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Comet Media <cometmediafdn(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 2:28 PM Subject: Person needed for short vacancy To: Dinesh Shah <dineshah(a)gmail.com> Dear Dinesh Please circulate this to people who may have a keen-ness for social aspects of ICTs ? We need someone with research capacity who can then turn the learning from reasearch into a short curriculum of 6 lessons. Please read on and circulate widely to likely people. We need the person immediately. Chandita ============================== Short-term vacancy for Project Coordinator Requirement - immediate. Duration three months. Location - Mumbai based but would involve some travelling to nearby rural areas. Comet Media Foundation are carrying out a short term project whose purpose is carry out a study of the security and legal aspects of running a telecentre or cyber cafe and to convert this information into study and reference materials that can be used by telecentre operators and their staff to meet regulatory requirements, protect themselves and help their customers in the current security scenario. This need is felt due to risks to telecentres and users as well as legal liabilities faced by the operators in this regard. This is a good opportunity for a curriculum developer to gain hands-on experience in creating content to fit a context. The study involves designing a questionnaire, and meeting with 10 urban and rural telecente operators and about forty users of different profiles. Detailed interviews will need to be scheduled and conducted with a total of about 25 persons. The coordinator would also have to interact with external experts - a lawyer, cyber security expert, research associates, instructional design consultant, visual designer and coder as well as with the project partner who would function as a community leader among telecentre operators. With the help of these resource persons, we will convert the inputs into six training sessions of about 1-2 hours each. The coordinator and team members will then run two pilot workshops to test the materials with a target audience. The feedback from these sessions will be used to refine the content and methodology as required. In parallel, all activities will be documented and converted into a final report by the end of January, 2009. We are looking for a young person with at least one year of social research experience with a fair understanding of ICTs (Information & Communication Technologies) and fluency in Marathi, English and Hindi who can function independently in the field against tight deadlines and resource constraints. S/he must be based in Mumbai and familiar with nearby areas. Good relationship skills, communication (oral and written) and analytical skills are essential. Remuneration: A consolidated salary of Rs. 15,000 per month will be paid for a maximum of three months. Travel and related expenses will be reimbursed as per norms. If interested, please email your CV immediately to: cometmediafdn(a)gmail.com Comet Media Foundation is located at Topiwala Municipal School, Lamington Road, (Opp Lamington Rd Police Station - near Grant Rd Rly Stn.), Mumbai 400007. website: www.cometmedia.org To schedule a meeting please call: 022- 2382 6674. =========================== Comet Media Foundation Topiwala Municipal School, Lamington Road Mumbai 400007, India Tel: 91-22-2382 6674 or 2386 9052 e-mail: cometmediafdn(a)gmail.com website: www.cometmedia.org -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Blog-1: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/ Blog-2: http://dineshah.blogspot.com/ Chris Rock - "You don't pay taxes - they take taxes."

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how to Capture Audio?
by IPS Khurana 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

How do you record *audio* from a tape *cassette* to the computer, and finally, to a *CD* recordable disc? in UBUNTU Linux -- IPS Khurana ***************************** Cell No: +91 9869019416 Khurana Sales & Services Distributors & Wholesellers Total IT Solutions! Thane http://ipskhurana.googlepages.com/ Proud to be Member of BNI ! The World's Largest Referral Organization ! Turning Contacts into Contracts ! http://www.bni-india.com http://www.bni.com Get Free Ubuntu Desktop OS CD! http://www.ubuntu.com

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Another Hall of Shame candidate
by Mehul Ved 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Hi, I have been trying to apply to MDI, Gurgaon for my MBA. They have put up online registration[1]. The online registration form[2] is designed in asp.net and has been tested to not work on Opera 9.60, Konqueror 4.1.2, Arora 0.4, Firefox3 on Linux; Firefox3 on Mac; Opera 9.53 and Firefox 3.0.3 on Windows. It works on IE 6(duh!) on Windows. Can the page[2] be added to the Hall of Shame? 1. http://www.mdi.ac.in/admissions/pgpm.asp?id=1 2. http://oams.blueshift.com/mdi/register/terms.aspx

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] New site: gnowledge network
by jitendra 02 Nov '08

02 Nov '08

> > Dr Nagarjun, > Nice to have this. > I dont understand much of this concept mapping. i hope some workshop will > enlighten me. Yet, I am adding this to the site > > www.mumbaiapplication.com > > as a learning resource for teachers and educationists to best use. > regards > jitendra

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[OT] Email archival without mailing list software
by Saurabh Nanda 01 Nov '08

01 Nov '08

Read my thoughts at http://nandz.blogspot.com/2008/10/email-archival-without-mailing-list.html -- does anyone know of something similar that exists already? Related post at http://nandz.blogspot.com/2008/10/in-support-of-top-posting.html (in support of top posting to cover up the lack of email archival). Saurabh. -- http://nandz.blogspot.com http://foodieforlife.blogspot.com

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Ubuntu 8.10 ISO
by Prashant Shah 31 Oct '08

31 Oct '08

Those who need the Ubuntu 8.10 ISO email me off the list :)

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[COMMERCIAL] 3rd IndicThreads.com Conference On Java Technology, Pune, India
by Harshad Oak 31 Oct '08

31 Oct '08

Dear Linuxers, Please note that the 3rd IndicThreads.com Conference On Java Technology will be held on 25-27 Nov 2008 in Pune. Pune is a short journey from Mumbai and the conference will certainly be well worth the travel. The conference this year has sessions on Ajax, Spring, Domain Driven Design, SOA, WebSockets, Scripting, HTML 5, Mock Objects, Java Persistence, Agile, Lean, GWT, OpenSocial and more... The speaker list consists of some of the most knowledgeable and reputed names in the field. Do have a look at the conference website < http://Conference.IndicThreads.com > for the latest list of speakers and sessions. Register soon to be assured of a place and also avail of the current discounted rates. [ http://conference.indicthreads.com/content/view/35/ ] Last but not the least, here's wishing you and your family a very happy diwali & a wonderful year ahead. Thanks, Harshad --- Founder, Rightrix Solutions, Oracle ACE Director, Sun Java Champion

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Fwd: [Freed] Final list of awards for the 2008 Sarai FLOSS fellowships
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 31 Oct '08

31 Oct '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gora Mohanty <gora(a)sarai.net> Date: Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:17 PM Subject: [Freed] Final list of awards for the 2008 Sarai FLOSS fellowships To: Free/Libre and Open Source Software Project List <prc(a)sarai.net> Cc: General Freed list <freed(a)lists.linux-delhi.org>, ILUGD main list <ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org> Hello everyone, It gives us great pleasure to announce the list of fellows for the 2008 Sarai FLOSS fellowship programme. The number of fellowships this year represents a dramatic increase from past years. We are thankful to NIXI, and in particular, to their CEO, Mr. Rajesh Aggarwal for their generosity in making so many fellowships possible. Below is the list of 21 awardees. The list is also available online at <http://www.sarai.net/fellowships/floss/2008-sarai-floss-fellowships-list> . We will be in touch with each of the fellows, and also with anyone who sent in a proposal by the coming weekend. Please feel free to write to me with any queries, and/or concerns. The final list is: 1. Debayan Banerjee/Sawood Alam: Joint award for OCR in Urdu, Bengali, etc., based on Google Tesseract 2. Abhishek Choudhary et al: Hindawi is a system to allow programming in Indian languages. This project proposes to build online courseware to introduce the various components of Hindawi, to improve the project documentation, create a syllabus around Hindawi, distribute live CDs, and hold lectures. 3. Hassath: Making of a short film using FOSS tools, documenting the process, and listing pros and cons of the applications. 4. Sachin Joshi: Integrating automated speech recognition (ASR) for Hindi into the Linux platform. 5. Aadil Kak: Kashmiri font completion, and localisation of KDE 4.2. 6. Friji Karthikeyan: Internet Radio framework, with interface to, and hosting on Giss.tv 7. Satya Komaragiri: Speech-to-text support in OLPC, with Hindi ASR. 8. Manu Konchady: FOSS online tutor to teach students new languages, using text-to-speech, and a web-based framework. 9. Ajay Kumar: Sahana client on Openmoko mobiles. Sahana is the disaster relief management system used for the Bihar floods, tsunami, etc. 10. Sangeeta Kumari: Maithili localisation of KDE4.2, Fedora, and the Chatzilla IM client. 11. Pranav Madhyastha / Sriram Chaudhary: Joint award to develop a system of machine translation (MT) from English to Hindi. This will consist of a web framework to assist improvement of the background engine, and work on an open-source MT engine, Anusaaraka. 12. Helen Mary: Open-source database, and tools to study mental retardation. 13. Kartik Mistry: Gujarati localisation of KDE 4.2, usability workshop, and some internationalisation work for KDE 14. Rajeev Sebastian: Indic text rendering in Scribus, a page layout (DTP) application, using the Harfbuzz library. 15. Shishir Sharma et al: Intelligent Transliteration from Romanised English to Hindi 16. Syed Shikeb: Urdu localisation of KDE 4.2. 17. Ravishankar Shrivastava: Chhatisgarhi localisation of KDE 4.2. 18. Sreeraj R: Adding feature to System Verilog support for ICARUS. System Verilog is a hardware description, and verification language (HDVL) used, e.g., to program FPGAs. 19. Srujanika: Addition to Oriya dictionary, including scientific and technical terms. 20. Shamail Tayyab: Web-based secure P2P. Promotes sharing in a community-based way 21. C S Yoganada: Extend Sagar (TeX) to Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Gujarati and Oriya Regards, Gora _______________________________________________ Freed mailing list Freed(a)lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/freed -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://www.kde.in Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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Linux Jobs
by Ashish Sirasao 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Hi, If you look up and see you will see cellular phone towers everywhere. These unmanned structures house wireless basestations which make the cellular network function. These structures are known as shelter. Powertech Automation Systems, Pune has teamed up with leading wireless infrastructure companies in India and developed an innovative solution which is used to monitor these shelters over GPRS network. The solution uses Linux for both the embedded side as well as server side. If you are looking for an exciting growth opportunity and like to work on Linux platform. Please send me a mail at ashish(a)powertechautomation.com We are looking for following skills: 1. Linux Device Drivers 2. C/C++ programming on small footprint linux 3. Serial Programing for : Modems, Bluetooth, IRdA, scanneres etc 4. Network administration / networking scripts 5. Server side programming using Java, Python 6. Apache/Jboss web server 7. Ajax programming 8. Mysql and other database programming 9. SSL/TLS/Crypto 10. C/C++ programming 11. High performance systems Thanks, Ashish

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how to make money with free software
by Kenneth Gonsalves 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

http://pythonide.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-make-money-with-free-software.… -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Sourabh Daptardar 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

LinkedIn ------------ GNU/Linux, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Sourabh Accept Sourabh Daptardar's invite: https://www.linkedin.com/e/isd/391744198/u7P5kYX0/ ------------------------------------------ What is LinkedIn and why should you join? http://learn.linkedin.com/what-is-linkedin/ ------ (c) 2008, LinkedIn Corporation

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Sourabh Daptardar 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

LinkedIn ------------ GNU/Linux, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Sourabh Learn more: https://www.linkedin.com/e/isd/391744364/zCqtLrMF/ ------------------------------------------ What is LinkedIn and why should you join? http://learn.linkedin.com/what-is-linkedin/ ------ (c) 2008, LinkedIn Corporation

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Fwd: [Ilug-cal-discuss] [Commercial] Quality Engineer openings at Red Hat, Pune
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ)" <foss.mailinglists(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:18 AM Subject: [Ilug-cal-discuss] [Commercial] Quality Engineer openings at Red Hat, Pune To: ILUG-Cal's principal mailing list <ilug-cal-discuss(a)list.ilug-cal.org> My apologies if you are receiving this twice, I guess the other mail address hit moderation ~sankarshan Description: Capable of independently handling testing for one or more areas in a software product / component from Red Hat. Role includes collaborating with developers / software engineers in debugging aspects of components. Demonstrated expertise in usage of automated test infrastructure and / or scripting languages. Has developed test cases and has general understanding of testing processes Essential Responsibilities: + Developing Test Plans + Developing Test Cases + Creation, maintenance and enhancement of documentation to assist debugging and modification of Test Suites + Working on and extending Test Automation Tools + Executing Tests and Analyzing Failures + Participation in weekly team meeting and coordination of activities and tasks with functional teams Qualifications: + Bachelors Degree in IT or Computer Science or equivalent + Around 2 years of related experience (or an equivalent combination of the above) + Programming Skills in Python and related Scripting Languages + Prior knowledge of existing Open Source Automated Testing Framework CV to be sent to careers-in at redhat dot com with 'Quality Engineer' in the subject line. -- http://www.gutenberg.net - Fine literature digitally re-published http://www.plos.org - Public Library of Science http://www.creativecommons.org - Flexible copyright for creative work _______________________________________________ Ilug-cal-discuss mailing list Ilug-cal-discuss(a)list.ilug-cal.org http://list.ilug-cal.org/mailman/listinfo/ilug-cal-discuss -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://www.kde.in Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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Fwd: [Ilug-cal-discuss] [Commercial] Software Engineer positions at Red Hat, Pune
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ)" <foss.mailinglists(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:19 AM Subject: [Ilug-cal-discuss] [Commercial] Software Engineer positions at Red Hat, Pune To: ILUG-Cal's principal mailing list <ilug-cal-discuss(a)list.ilug-cal.org> My apologies if you are receiving this twice, I guess the other mail address hit moderation ~sankarshan Note: There are multiple positions for the description below. Red Hat is looking for an experienced engineer with a strong technical background to work on software engineering for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The position requires working on system internals including creating tooling related to Red Hat Enterprise Linux system internals. Proficiency in creating and using APIs. Understanding of system ABI and standards are required as part of the role. Capable of working with upstream Open Source projects and building community around tools created. The current position of Software Engineer is expected to possess the following skills: * Demonstrated expertise in at least one object oriented programming language (Python or Ruby) with some experience of other technologies, scripting languages, databases and software engineering * Familiarity with init systems * Must be familiar with the general software development release cycle, source management and defect management methodologies in Linux environment * General awareness of RPM internals * General awareness of SystemTap or related tools * Familiarity with POSIX guidelines * Understanding of configuration management principles * Exposure to Free and Open Source Software Development Process * The candidate is required to have 1+ year of relevant work experience CV to be sent to careers-in at redhat dot com with 'Software Engineer' in the subject line. -- http://www.gutenberg.net - Fine literature digitally re-published http://www.plos.org - Public Library of Science http://www.creativecommons.org - Flexible copyright for creative work _______________________________________________ Ilug-cal-discuss mailing list Ilug-cal-discuss(a)list.ilug-cal.org http://list.ilug-cal.org/mailman/listinfo/ilug-cal-discuss -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://www.kde.in Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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ayttm workout at foss.in
by Philip Tellis 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

The ayttm team is proposing a workout at foss.in to accelerate the development pace of ayttm. We're actively looking for new developers to join the team. All currently active developers are from India, and more would be better. If you're not familiar with ayttm, check http://ayttm.sourceforge.net/ We need people to work on protocols, network related stuff, UI stuff, icon and emoticon design and more. If you're interested, join the ayttm-users@ mailing list (linked from the homepage) and state your intention there. You'll also need to register as a workout participant at foss.in. -- hello world

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No audio on Kubuntu with Acer Aspire One
by Sanjay Singhvi 25 Oct '08

25 Oct '08

Hi, I'm new to Linux and have recently purchased an Acer Aspire One and loaded Kubuntu onto it. I find that I get no audio at all. Followed instructions at http://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne . However, after doing all the tweaks, found that it requires Alsa 1.0.17. Tried downloading Alsa 1.0.17 and compiling it. However, not successful. Any suggestions please? Thanking you in advance. Sanjay Singhvi

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Scan to OCR
by IPS Khurana 24 Oct '08

24 Oct '08

hi i am using Ubuntu 8.04, i want to scan documents to OCR to Office documents, so that i dont have to type all the matter (text), but it xsane and kooka converts in .txt files with junk characters, many times blank file .txt how can i convert directly into Office Doc files, it used to convent in WinXP, directly into MS Doc without or very less junk characters retaining the same format. can u suggest any good software for this on Ubuntu -- IPS Khurana ***************************** Cell No: +91 9869019416 Khurana Sales & Services Distributors & Wholesellers Total IT Solutions! Thane http://ipskhurana.googlepages.com/ Proud to be Member of BNI ! The World's Largest Referral Organization ! Turning Contacts into Contracts ! http://www.bni-india.com http://www.bni.com Get Free Ubuntu Desktop OS CD! http://www.ubuntu.com

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Fwd: [Ilug-cal-discuss] OpenStreetMap contemplates licensing [LWN.net]
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 24 Oct '08

24 Oct '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ)" <foss.mailinglists(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:15 PM Subject: [Ilug-cal-discuss] OpenStreetMap contemplates licensing [LWN.net] To: ILUG-Cal's principal mailing list <ilug-cal-discuss(a)list.ilug-cal.org> http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/304218/624301b7f2f9c617/ The OSM project is not happy with this license, though, and is looking to make a change. The attribution requirement is ambiguous in this context; do users need to credit every OSM contributor? Does making a plot of OSM data with added data layered on top create a derived product? But the scariest question is a different one: can the CC by-SA license cover the OSM database at all? -- http://www.gutenberg.net - Fine literature digitally re-published http://www.plos.org - Public Library of Science http://www.creativecommons.org - Flexible copyright for creative work _______________________________________________ Ilug-cal-discuss mailing list Ilug-cal-discuss(a)list.ilug-cal.org http://list.ilug-cal.org/mailman/listinfo/ilug-cal-discuss -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://www.kde.in Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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[COMMERCIAL] Intelligent programmers required at Delhi to work on Linux platform
by Sudhir Gandotra 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Hello, We are looking for intelligent programmers to work on Linux platform. Strong fundamentals of Programming, Scripting and SQL are the basic requirements and experience will be an added advantage. Freshers are welcome if they meet the following requirements. Precisely speaking, strong ability/knowledge of Perl, MySQL, PostgreSQL will be required. If you think, that on a scale of 1 to 10, you cross 5 as an average on every point, call us (on numbers given below) to fix the interview appointment and we meet to discuss further. Please send your resume offline to me. The posts (3 of them) are primarily in Delhi. Remunerations will not be a constraint for the suitable candidates. Please mail me your detailed resume off-list and/or call : Rajeev Kumar at 011-26014670 & 71 for fixing a meeting. --- With best wishes for Unity in thinking, feeling and action. Sudhir Gandotra. 98-101-20918 IIPL: B-220/2, 2nd Fl., Savitri Nagar, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi 110017, India Phone : +91-11-26014670, 71, 72. Fax : +91-11-26014672 OpenLX Linux OS, Linux Training, Support, Services, Product Development Affordable Business Desktop @ Just Rs. 500/- : http://kalculate.com/piracy.php http://www.openlx.com/openlx.html - FOSS award 2008 winner Linux from India http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/24867/news.htm http://openlx.com/features.html - OpenLX Linux features You don't need violence to shake the world Treat Others As You Would Have Them Treat You www.humanistmovement.org

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visiting Mumbai and OLPC
by Sameer Verma 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Hello Linuxers, I am visiting from San Francisco on vacation. I have been working with the One Laptop per Child project in volunteer capacity for a few years now. I organize and host meetings for the OLPC San Francisco group. Most of my research revolves around FOSS as innovation, and sustainable IT infrastructures. Projects I've worked with: Ubuntu, Fedora, Asterisk, OpenMoko, Maemo, Nocat, Jabber, Moodle, Drupal, etc. I was referred to this group by someone, so this is a shot in the dark :-) I am not sure if any of you are involved in OLPC efforts both in India and worldwide. Here are a few basic facts: The OLPC project is based largely on Fedora (7 and 9) and runs on XO laptops that are powered by a 433MHz x86 Geode processor with 256 MB RAM. The laptop itself consumes a max of 8 watts. There are approx 600,000 OLPC XO laptops in the field with children worldwide - the next generation - with 55,000 laptops shipping out each month. Sounds like fun, doesn't it? ;-) I will be in Mumbai until the 26th. If there is any interest, I'd be happy to meet/present on the project, its approach, the role of FOSS, etc. Ping me on or offlist. I'm also copying Amit Gogna of Reliance who has worked with this project in India and has been instrumental in the first pilot study. Maybe some of you can connect with him. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/

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[Fwd: [ILUG-Cochin.org] National Conference on Free Software]
by Sudhir Gandotra 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Free Software . Free Knowledge . Free Humanity Hon. Minister for Education, Govt of Kerala Sri. M A Baby inaugurates the organising committee office at the Computer Centre (CIRM) in Cochin University of Science and Technology. Time : 9.30 AM on 24-10-2008 Monday. Venue : Computer Centre (CIRM) CUSAT. NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FREE SOFTWARE 15th & 16th NOVEMBER, 2008 Venue: CUSAT CAMPUS, KOCHI INAUGURATION Sri. V. S. ACHUTHANANDAN Chief Minister of Kerala Organising Committee Chief Patron Justice. V R Krishnaiyer (Former Judge Supreme Court) Patrons Dr. Gangan Prathap, VC, CUSAT Smt. Mercy Williams, Mayor Sri. K Chandran Pillai, Hon. MP Rajyasabha Sri. Sebastian Paul, Hon. MP Loksabha Sri. Thomas K V, Hon. MLA Sri. Yusuf A M, Hon. MLA Chairman Sri. Dinesh Mani, Hon. MLA General Convener Sri. Joy Job Kulavelil, Syndicate Member, CUSAT ORGANISERS Cochin University of Science & Technology IT@SCHOOL Project, Govt. of Kerala Appropriate Technology Promotion Society, Ernakulam Open Software Solutions Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd. Kochi For more information ---------------------->http://nfm2008.atps.in/ -- Althaf K Backer Cochin University of Science and Technology Department of Computer Science Kochin-21

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] visiting Mumbai and OLPC
by Sameer Verma 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 12:47 AM, -- Nicholas <nichalp(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > I was referred to this group by someone, so this is a shot in the dark > :-) I am not sure if any of you are involved in OLPC efforts both in > India and worldwide. Here are a few basic facts: The OLPC project is > based largely on Fedora (7 and 9) and runs on XO laptops that are > powered by a 433MHz x86 Geode processor with 256 MB RAM. The laptop > itself consumes a max of 8 watts. There are approx 600,000 OLPC XO > laptops in the field with children worldwide - the next generation - > with 55,000 laptops shipping out each month. Sounds like fun, doesn't > it? ;-) > > Don't worry about shots in the dark :) You have netted quite a few fish. I > have visited the OLPC office at MIT, at Cambridge, MA in 2006, and have > closely interacted with Samuel > on content. I'm curious about the project status. They were supposed to > release it in December 2006. How successful is the project till date? > > --Nicholas > > > Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download > Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php Hi Nicholas, Success is subjective ;-) However, considering that the outfit is about 26 people + volunteers, the fact that they shipped about 600k laptops in one year is success in my opinion. Most of the deployment reports are up on http://wiki.laptop.org/ Look for Peru, Uruguay, Mongolia, etc. A page with deployment details are up at What's needed is awareness that the laptop is not just another cheap laptop. There is a complete learning philosophy that underlies the project, where it allows the XO to be a simple laptop to surf the web, read e-books, etc. but can also switch over into an overdrive of sorts and become a collaborative platform. For instance you can use a word processor on two XOs and write a letter together, in real time. Think of it as an IM within a word processor type deal. Additionally, you can do this without being on the Internet, because the XOs talk to each other over Wi-Fi in a mesh or peer-to-peer mode. The Wi-Fi usually works across 700+ feet. We've run links across 2000 feet in San Francisco, and a guy in Australia has run links across 2km. It is difficult to explain these features to grown-ups who are conditioned to computers; they've never seen anything like it. Children are a lot more receptive. In their minds, everything is new and discoverable. In my professional opinion, this project is perhaps one of the most innovative IT projects *ever*. The best part is that a good proportion of its success relies on communities and contributors. Meritocracy at its best. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/

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ISPs Messing with TTL
by Mandar Joshi 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

> From: "Dinesh Joshi" <dinesh.a.joshi(a)gmail.com> > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.glug-bom.org> > Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:35:29 +0530 > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] ISPs Messing with TTL > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Mandar Joshi <emailmandar(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Lets restrict the discussions on this mailing list to technical issues > > Are you the owner / moderator of this list? The name of this list > reads "GNU/Linux Users Group". Yes, believe it or not GNU is a part, a > LARGE part. GNU and GNU GPL were created for this very reason - > freedom. ISPs keeping us shackled to a particular operating system and > people like you who provide "workarounds" are doing nothing but > helping the ISPs prove their point - Linux users are a myth. > > And next time you might want adhere to the guidelines of this list and > reply in the same thread rather than creating a new thread. > > -- > Regards, > Dinesh A. Joshi > > > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > People see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear. The article clearly says that the information is for educational purposes only. So, using it as a workaround is YOUR choice. Whatever I've written in the article is my personal opinion which I do not wish to discuss or will entertain any comments on. Instead of saying "Lets restrict the discussions on this mailing list to technical issues", I should probably have said that. But I do admire your 'enthusiasm'! Haven't seen anyone get so excited, so soon!! Take Care! As for the creation of new thread. Thats my bad. I had deleted the previous emails. Thought Pipermail was smart enough to take an email with the same subject as part of an older thread. Lets do some constructive discussion, shall we? Has anyone tried what I've mentioned with their ISPs? Has anyone seen any other ISPs monitor/check for TTL values? - Mandar Joshi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have you been here yet? http://mndar.phpnet.us

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Ubuntu Server & Desktop
by IPS Khurana 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

hi i just have a query, that does Ubuntu Server edition includes Ubuntu Desktop features also, or it has only server features. Like SUSE contains both server and desktop features in a single DVD. Cause i want to apply for Ubuntu latest version, but i want both in one dvd only. Or do i have to register for both seperate desktop edition and server edition. pls confirm thanks n rgds -- IPS Khurana

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ISPs Messing with TTL
by Mandar Joshi 19 Oct '08

19 Oct '08

Lets restrict the discussions on this mailing list to technical issues -Mandar Joshi

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[HW/OT] HP Mini 2133 with Linux
by Arun Khan 19 Oct '08

19 Oct '08

Is this model available in Mumbai? If so, anyone had a look at it, price etc? I have seen a model in Dubai (8.9" dispay, 512MB RAM, 120HDD, V7 1.2GHz, 1.3 Megapixel Webcam) retailing for about AED 1550 (+100 AED for 1GB RAM upgrade). The OS is Novell/SuSE Linux desktop. The keyboard is larger (and IMO more useable) compared to Acer One and the new ASUS EEEpc. The downside is that the warranty on units sold in Dubai is not valid in India. -- Arun Khan

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KDE Project of the Day @ FOSS.IN/2008
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 19 Oct '08

19 Oct '08

Hey, I just submitted a KDE Project of the Day proposal [1] for FOSS.IN/2008. Thanks Sharan for helping me out with the proposal. Please feel free to send in your comments and opinions. [1] http://xinh.org/~pradeepto/fossin/kde-potd.txt Cheers! Pradeepto -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://www.kde.in Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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accounting related softwares in linux
by Kussh Singh 19 Oct '08

19 Oct '08

Could anybody here comment on kalculate.com and how it is when compared to Tally in terms of standard features, bugs, todolists, user feedback? Also cometmedia.org's Krishnakant Mane has been making a python equivalent for customising gnucash to do accounting work for small businesses/organisations. Anybody knows how these softwares are and are there any independent critics of the same who can tell the state of progress/development. Making linux favorable for desktop users, specially small organisations means there must be an accounting package relevant to India. The most resource constrained organisations are schools and colleges, training institutions etc but edubuntu, ltsp.org, moodle etc are hardly mentioned on most of our LINUX websites. Kussh -- Costs of everything have decreased with time but man's greed and fear are keeping prices artificially HIGH http://www.kalculate.com/costs.php --instead of Tally accounting software

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] UPDATE: Change in Venue: ILUG-Bom Oct. 2008 Meet
by Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह) 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Dear Kussh, On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 5:54 PM, Kussh Singh <kussh.singh(a)gmail.com> wrote: > So is the meeting at Goregaon or Powai? The LUG page is again showing > Aditya's place as the venue. > > and how does one get to the Powai location via the train. Here are the details of the venue. http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/wiki/index.php/Current_events http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=19.11988,72.89963&ie=UTF8&… If your coming from western suburb you can get down at Andheri and take bus for Powai. If you are coming from Central suburbs nearest station is Kanjur Marg from there you can take a bus for Powai. Unfortunately the page you are referring to is protected page and Roshan has not updated that page. I am marking a copy to list to ensure that people have accurate info. HTH With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Blog-1: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/ Blog-2: http://dineshah.blogspot.com/ Bob Hope - "A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live."

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Kind Attn:
by IPS Khurana 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Is there any p2p software for Ubuntu Linux for searching softwares and songs on net like Ares and Limewire for Windows. Pls confirm. Thanks n Rgds -- IPS Khurana ***************************** Cell No: +91 9869019416 Khurana Sales & Services Distributors & Wholesellers Total IT Solutions! Thane http://ipskhurana.googlepages.com/ Proud to be Member of BNI ! The World's Largest Referral Organization ! Turning Contacts into Contracts ! http://www.bni-india.com http://www.bni.com

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Can someone explain this?
by Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह) 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

H! I was trying to visit this Temple site and I came across this from Google Search. http://www.google.co.in/interstitial?url=http://www.siddhivinayak.org/daily… And going there gives a strange warning. http://www.siddhivinayak.org/dailyaartischedule.htm Do you think this web site is cracked and used for malicious perpose? With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Blog-1: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/ Blog-2: http://dineshah.blogspot.com/ Lewis Mumford - "Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf."

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UPDATE: Change in Venue: ILUG-Bom Oct. 2008 Meet
by Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह) 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

Dear All, We have to shift to venue of the meet for this month's meeting. The only available venue is at Powai. Date: Sunday, 19th Oct. 2008 Time: 2:00-5:00 PM IST Venue: B-103, Powai Sarovar Co op Society, next to Powai Police station, Bldg no 1, MHADA, Rambaug Powai, Mumbai - 76 Agenda: 1. Advance QT Programing by Prashant (1 Hour) Prashant will continue with QT and show a demo of how to create a simple address book application. This will cover : 1. A Main Window 2. Toolbar 3. Statusbar 4. Popup 5. Dialogs 6. TableWidget 2. Presentation by Giovanni Maruzzelli - chan_celliax and chan_skypiax, how to add gsm and skype channels to Asterisk 1. Asterisk overview 2. Asterisk's Channel Drivers overview 3. Hardcore Asterisk development challenges 4. how chan_celliax works: audio, signaling, dsp 5. chan_celliax hardware: audiocables, datacables, cellphones 6. how chan_skypiax works: audio, signaling 7. celliax and skypiax dialplan usage 8. celliax and skypiax AMI manager usage 9. directoriax, app_directory on steroids 10. putting all together in a simple example 11. Q&A Session I have dropped Aditya's presentation which will be carried forward to next meeting when it happens in Rhythm and Hues. Since the venue does not have an OHP, we can Hire one from the market. I have checked the rate which is about INR 1500.00. If all attendees contribute INR 50.00 and if we have attendance of 30 we can easly bear the cost. Those who think they are OK with this cost let me know as I have to book the projector latest by tomorrow afternoon/evening. With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Blog-1: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/ Blog-2: http://dineshah.blogspot.com/ Dennis Miller - "A recent police study found that you're much more likely to get shot by a fat cop if you run."

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Final Announcement: ILUG-Bom Oct. 2008 Meet on Sunday, 19th Oct 2008
by Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह) 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

Dear All, Sorry for all the confusion caused by wrong date in the earlier announcement. Here is the final programme and announcement. Date: Sunday, 19th Oct. 2008 Time: 2:00-5:00 PM IST Venue: (Thanks to Aditya) Rhythm & Hues Studios India Pvt. Ltd. Prism Tower, A-Wing, 3rd Floor, Mindspace, Goregaon-Malad Link Road, Goregaon (West) Mumbai - 400062 The office is located a couple of buildings behind the Hypercity mall on the Goregaon - Malad Link Road. Inorbit Mall is another popular landmark in the area and is just adjacent to Hypercity. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=100460710987674502295.000450ab01e… Topics: 1. Advance QT Programing by Prashant (1 Hour) Prashant will continue with QT and show a demo of how to create a simple address book application. This will cover : - A Main Window - Toolbar - Statusbar - Popup - Dialogs - TableWidget 2. Presentation by Giovanni Maruzzelli (Giovanni, please post the topic of your choice :-)) 3. A Case Study of GNU/Linux usage in Production House by Aditya and his Team (1 hour) 1) The role and contribution of technology to Visual Effects 2) Our operating environment - the hardware which powers our servers and workstations 3) An overview of our Linux cluster environment 4) The role of FOSS in R&H. How we use Linux and other software in our systems and production pipeline 5) Managing large scale Linux deployments. The technical and human angles 6) Some of the technologies which we work with. Looking forward to large number of people to attend! With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Everett Dirksen - "A billion here and a billion there, and soon you're talking about real money."

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Need some help with sms related project
by Jai Vora 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

Hello, Im a comp sci student from Mumbai . I need some help with regards to a project im planning to do . The project involves an application on the server side which records orders made by a user . A user can send his order details by sending an sms to a particular number . When the order is received, the system sends a confirmation sms back to the user. I indend to develop the backend system on Linux platform using PHP . But i have no idea as to how the sms communication part would work . I have heard of some open source sms gateway packages like Kannel, but dont have exact idea of how it can be applied in the above scenario . Will this involve purchasing a service from some wireless operator ? . Any helps or tips as to how the above system can be implemented would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot.

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ISPs Messing with TTL
by Mandar Joshi 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

Hey guys, Had seen a mail on this list a while back about someone being able to use their connection under Windows but not under Linux. Well, I looked into it. Seems like they are looking at the TTL values in the packets. I have described it here http://mndar.phpnet.us/tutorials/Tips_Tricks/ttl.html http://www.geocities.com/emailmandar/ttl.html -Mandar Joshi ________________________________ Have you been here yet ? http://mndar.phpnet.us

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[Cross Post] Ubuntu Getting Strong On Servers?
by Swapnil Bhartiya 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

I trust most of the friends are aware of this. There has been a lot of doubts over using Ubuntu on servers. But recently Wikimedia and Internet Achieve have started to migrate to Ubuntu servers. I guess this will build confidence in those who want to use Ubuntu on servers. Regards -- Swapnil Bhartiya http://ybfree.blogspot.com/ Mobile: 09910956518 ======================= I use Free Software, what do you use? =======================

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to uninstall Softwares ??
by Raghu Prasad 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

> > > To avoid any oops, suggest the following: > > > > > > $ cd $HOME > > > $ ls -d ./.wine > > > $ rm -fr ./.wine > > > > Could be a dumb question - won't this blow away all wine apps? What > > if there is a need to just uninstall *one* app? > > I think the OP wanted to blow away all apps. I was merely suggesting an > alternate to "rm -fr ~/.wine"; if you have a space between ~ > and /.wine then you have blown away your whole home directory. For those who fear unwanted spaces sneaking in-between the commands, GUI based file manager is preferred. This is one of the case where I suggest using a GUI tool while working on GNU/Linux platform. Konqueror, Nautilus etc. are good tools to remove selected files and directories from the file system. If Xwindow is not installed on the system, then mc can be used instead. They also allow recovery of deleted files as deletion usually means automagically moving them to your trash folder. Raghu

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to uninstall Softwares ??
by Raghu Prasad 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

"IPS Khurana" <ipskhurana(a)gmail.com> wrote on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:13:37 +0530: > i have installed Ubuntu 8.041 LTS Desktop, > then i installed Wine to install some windows based apps, > i have installed windows based apps, but they are not launching..some > error.. > so i want to uninstall them and re-install, them, but i dont know > how to *un install* those windows apps.. (ACD FotoSlate) By default wine installs software in ~/.wine/drive_c. Just delete the directory ~/.wine if you don't want to use any existing wine run applications. Running following command from the console should be good enough for this. rm -r ~/.wine WARNING: Make sure that there is no white spaces within ~/.wine Raghu

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Final Announcement: ILUG-Bom Oct. 2008 Meet on Sunday, 19th Oct 2008
by jitendra 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

Powai is available as repeat venue jitendra

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'Commercial' : A new Initiative
by Kaushik Somanathan 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

Hi, I am a serial entrepreneur and now moving to my third start up, The concept is interesting and sounds promising. It is a mix of technology and business process focused in the logistics domain. Am here because we are working with a variety of open source tools and may also want to contribute our development initiative to the community as no one has contributed in that segment. I do have a core team with immense experience in development and business process are am looking for developers who can help me build this dream into reality. I am open for discussion on terms and types of engagement. Will give more details about my back ground, Past Achievements and core team and of course the business plan if you find this an interesting opportunity. Warm regards Kaushik Somanathan -- ********************************************************************** The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, or distribution of the message, or any action or omission taken by you in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please immediately contact the sender if you have received this message in error. Thank You. Fleet Xchange Pvt LTD. **********************************************************************

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Tax Invoice Software !
by IPS Khurana 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

hi, i am using ubuntu linux 8.4 i would like to know that is there any Tax Invoice Printing software for Ubuntu Linux i was suing http://www.quick-invoice.com in windows xp, it was very easy and small. is there any such software for linux ubuntu, or what will be the charges to if any one develops it for Ubuntu linux -- IPS Khurana ***************************** Cell No: +91 9869019416 Khurana Sales & Services Distributors & Wholesellers Total IT Solutions! Thane http://ipskhurana.googlepages.com/ Proud to be Member of BNI ! The World's Largest Referral Organization ! Turning Contacts into Contracts ! http://www.bni-india.com http://www.bni.com

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Suggestions needed for Wireless Router
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

Hi, I need a wireless router for network setup at my home. Basically for internet connectivity for 2 laptops and my desktop and for occasional other extra devices with wifi capabilities if and when required. Now what I want to know is - what would be good wifi router which could work across a 2 BHK flat and also work when the laptop/device is in an opposite flat, separated just by a passage and walls. The passage width is not more than couple of meters. I am looking at this [1] model, any suggestions? Thanks in advance. [1] http://shopping.rediff.com/shop/productdisplay.jsp?LINKSYS-WRT54GL-Wireless… Cheers! Pradeepto -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://www.kde.in Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] keyboard freezes in one session in kde
by Raghu Prasad 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

> On Saturday 11 October 2008 21:02:30 Rony wrote: >> I had faced a similar problem when using Kubuntu 6.06 on the laptop. >> After login, the keyboard would be useless. I could not pin point the >> problem but I deleted the .kde folder in the home directory and >> everything was restored to default settings. All customization of KDE >> was lost. However I got my keyboard back. > > I had thought of that, but didn't actually do it. I need to figure exactly > which setting caused this. Since all configurations in GNU/Linux are stored in plain text files, usually it is easy to figure out the root cause of such problems. Just move ~/.kde to ~/kde-old and re-login to the system in KDE. Then do diff -r ~/.kde ~/kde-old | less If there are missing files in ~/.kde or its sub-folders, then get them from ~/kde-old and check keyboard by re-login. Once that test is over and problem is not noticed, then merge change-sets from files in ~/kde-old to ~/.kde and repeat the testing. By analyzing the change sets in each file and then merging such sections from older file-set to the working one, we can figure out when keyboard settings break. If the deviations in files are more (heavily customized KDE apps), usually it will take longer to figure out the cause of the problem. Raghu

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Freedom Walk creating enthusiastic discussions about Free Software
by Praveen A 13 Oct '08

13 Oct '08

"The group of people we meet is very interesting - a very good mix of students, entrepreneurs and local software programmers. The discussion borders around the relevance of free software, the risks of opening source - especially in the context of local programmers, and software licensing issues. A lively debate ensues, and the matter is deferred for indepth discussion at a later date. The response is absolutely thrilling, given that this is exactly the kind of response hoped for from a local software community." http://www.freedomwalk.in/content/28/freedom-walk-day-8-kuttiyadi-to-thotti… They have completed first week successfully. The response have been amazing. I hope it will help make Free Software community across Kerala vibrant. Also with the kind of debate that is happening, I'm sure we will see a good response from more of the local software developers. Cheers Praveen -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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keyboard freezes in one session in kde
by Kenneth Gonsalves 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

hi, I have a mandriva spring 2008 box with kde which has 3 users. From today, for one of the users the keyboard does not work after entering kde, but for the other users it works perfectly. For the user for whom it doesnt work, login screen works, she can type password, and thats it. Any clues? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Final Announcement: ILUG-Bom Oct. 2008 Meet on Sunday, 19th Oct 2008
by Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह) 11 Oct '08

11 Oct '08

Dear Giovanni, Thanks for the out-line of the talk. Looking forward to meet and hear you. :) On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Giovanni Maruzzelli <gmaruzz(a)celliax.org> wrote: > Dear all: > > if you agree, I would like this kind of topic: > > chan_celliax and chan_skypiax, how to add gsm and skype channels to Asterisk > > 1) Asterisk overview > 2) Asterisk's Channel Drivers overview > 3) Hardcore Asterisk development challenges > 4) how chan_celliax works: audio, signaling, dsp > 5) chan_celliax hardware: audiocables, datacables, cellphones > 6) how chan_skypiax works: audio, signaling > 7) celliax and skypiax dialplan usage > 8) celliax and skypiax AMI manager usage > 9) directoriax, app_directory on steroids > 10) putting all together in a simple example > 11) Q&A Session > > If anybody has some hints, request, suggestion, etc, please let them > flow, there is time to taylor the session! > > Thanks a lot to all the peoples that had donated their time and > efforts to make this happens! > > Giovanni With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Imelda Marcos - "I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty."

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How to uninstall Softwares ??
by IPS Khurana 10 Oct '08

10 Oct '08

hi i have installed Ubuntu 8.041 LTS Desktop, then i installed Wine to install some windows based apps, i have installed windows based apps, but they are not launching..some error.. so i want to uninstall them and re-install, them, but i dont know how to *un install* those windows apps.. (ACD FotoSlate) also is there any other program like wine which supports windows apps.. actually i want some softwares to run on ubuntu, 1st one is photo print software like Acd Fotoslate (win xp based) it has ready templates to print multiple photos on each sheet. 2nd one is i want to view & print .dwg (autocad) files 3 rd i want Ares p2p like software on Ubuntu.. can anyone please help..in details and give links.. acutally i am not Linux savy.. i was using win xp ..but now i switched over to Ubuntu -- IPS Khurana ***************************** Cell No: +91 9869019416 Khurana Sales & Services Distributors & Wholesellers Total IT Solutions! Thane http://ipskhurana.googlepages.com/ Proud to be Member of BNI ! The World's Largest Referral Organization ! Turning Contacts into Contracts ! http://www.bni-india.com http://www.bni.com

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Wanted: A visual file manager.
by Rony 10 Oct '08

10 Oct '08

Hello, I am looking for a file manager that visually displays drive/folder content sizes in the form of visual blocks. This is to get a quick idea of which folder is hogging huge space. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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[OT- Magazine] LFY has improved.
by Rony 10 Oct '08

10 Oct '08

Hello, It appears that Linux for You has finally heeded to complaints and come up with a better packaged media in their magazines. This month's issue has 7 distro ISOs that one can try out. It would be more simpler to simply install virtualbox from your repos and boot the ISOs live into the virtual window. A cheaper, easier and environment friendly way to explore different desktop environments, instead of burning 7 CDs. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Blackle - Black Google -- saves energy.
by Amit Joshi 10 Oct '08

10 Oct '08

Just came across this site today. Works like Google, but its all black.. Blackle[1] is powered by Google Custom Search. More info [2]. [1] http://www.blackle.com/ [2] http://www.blackle.com/about/ -- Regards, Amit Joshi

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[XPost] Why I think Foss.in/2008 is missing its target..
by Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह) 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

With his his 'Omelette Post' about FOSS.IN/2008 Call for Participation, Atul Chitnis, the FOSS.IN team 'leader' indeed sent an strong sign. For those who aren't aware of it, FOSS.IN is the longstanding major FLOSS event in India and, still (just like our beloved Debconf) only run by volunteers. Last year, along with Sam Hocevar, I had the chance to attend the event and share the groove of that big, huge, conference, with over 2,000 participants. Some other Debian fellows also made it in the past (Jaldhar, Bdale...). http://www.perrier.eu.org/weblog/2008/10/04#foss-in -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Milton Berle - "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."

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Interesting Article... Few comments there should go long way
by Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह) 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

Which Business Desktop OS? Windows or Linux Microsoft Windows has been the ideal choice for the desktop because of its simplicity, ease of use, good application and hardware support and also because it's easy to pirate. Over the years we've also seen the emergence of Linux as the new desktop OS platform with operating systems like Ubuntu, Fedora, Linspire and SLED gaining acceptance. This new acceptance of these Linux flavors is because Linux is no longer the command line OS as it was perceived earlier. All these flavors come equipped with user-friendly features and they're also easy to use. Many businesses tend to shift from Windows to Linux based on preconceived notions and assumptions. http://www.enterpriser.in/India/Learning_Curve/Which_Business_Desktop_OS_Wi… -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Everett Dirksen - "A billion here and a billion there, and soon you're talking about real money."

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Announce: ILUG-Bom Oct. 2008 Meet
by Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह) 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

H! All, We are pleased to announce ILUG-Bom Oct 2008 Meet. Date: 18th October 2008 Time: 2:00-5:00 PM IST Venue: (Thanks to Aditya) (can someone please put MAP Location?) Rhythm & Hues Studios India Pvt. Ltd. Prism Tower, A-Wing, 3rd Floor, Mindspace, Goregaon-Malad Link Road, Goregaon (West) Mumbai - 400062 Topics: 1. Advance QT Programing by Prashant (1 Hour) (Prashant, please post the OL as follow up) 2. Advance JS Programing by Rakesh Pai (1 Hour) (Rakesh, please confirm with OL) 3. A Case Study of GNU/Linux usage in Production House by Aditya and his Team (1 Hour) (Aditya, please post the OL) 4. Status of Namazu? Looking forward to meet fellow LUGers in large numbers. :-) With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Mary Pickford - "Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo."

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Re: Asterisk phone opportunity
by Mitul Limbani 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

Hello, I think let the LUG meet be at the destined place, but we can also organize another meeting on Sunday (18th Oct) with Giovanni addressing it. I can also give a helping hand to the subject under discussion... Regards, Mitul Limbani, Founder & CEO, Enterux Solutions Pvt. Ltd., The Enterprise Linux Company (R), http://www.enterux.com/ +91-98203 32422 ---- Msg sent via @Mail - http://atmail.com/

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[OT] Looking for a laptop
by shirish 06 Oct '08

06 Oct '08

Dear lazyweb, Looking for a laptop. Configuration :- Chip and Graphics chip :- AMD-ATI (5/6/7) 00 card Memory :- 2 GB DDR2 (upgradable upto 4 GB) Gigabit ethernet port Wireless :- Atheros 6k-9k chipset Budget :- Between 30-50,000 INR (inclusive of all) I looked up the Dell Vostro lappies but all of them are Intel-based :( Looking forward to comments and suggestions for the same. Also put up the same query at http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/looking-for-a-laptop/ so if anybody comes to know something please lemme know either here or/and at the blog. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17

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Software Patenting
by Praveen A 06 Oct '08

06 Oct '08

"If formulaic Hindi films were protected by patent laws, we would be able to make only one film," joked Abraham. The system of software patenting wipes out smaller businesses and innovation, he said. "Software, like poetry and literary works, is already protected by copyright. After all, Bill Gates made his fortunes from copyright and not patents. But many software companies are trying to get additional protection." Copyright and patents are both part of intellectual property rights, but copyright restricts the expression of an idea while patents restrict the idea itself, according to Abraham. Under a patenting regime, even before a kid writes one line of code he has to read many patents." Full Coverage http://www.timeoutbengaluru.com/aroundtown/aroundtown_feature_details.asp?c… Another story by Hindu http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/05/stories/2008100559810400.htm Vote for it at FS Daily http://www.fsdaily.com/Legal/Software_patenting_will_harm_industry_consumer -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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seeing is believing campaign for linux advocacy in Mumbai
by Kussh Singh 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

Pls have a look at http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/User_talk:Kussh1234 --my first attempt on an idea I have only mentioned one place where i have seen ubuntu in action. Additional information can be added by collaboration Kussh -- Costs of everything have decreased with time but man's greed and fear are keeping prices artificially HIGH http://www.ubuntu.com/ linuxprinting.org

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Fwd: Re: Asterisk phone opportunity
by Rony 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

Forwarded on behalf of Vickram who is facing sending problems with Yahoo mail....... I tried to post this to the list already, with no luck. Anyway, it has been forwarded from ILUGChennai, so no matter. Does it make sense to include it in the 18th Oct LUG session? Giovanni writes that he will come here that day, if we like. Please mail me (and him) directly if you think this is a good idea. Alternatively, we can meet at Bandra (the Studio where we had the LUG some months back (I can ask Shaina/Ashok/Sanjay), or at HBCSE, Chembur (Nagarjuna, is that ok?), TIFR or IITB (I can try and arrange any of these venues). Actually, there is no reason for everyone interested to have to travel long distances. We can easily do two or three smaller meetings in different parts of town. What do you say? Please try and ensure Giovanni's visit plans are posted to Bengaluru and Hyderabad LUGs today or tomorrow, as he will be going there first, before coming to Mumbai. Many thanks. Vickram http://communicall.wordpress.com http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com ----- Original Message ---- From: "linuxers-request(a)mm.glug-bom.org" <linuxers-request(a)mm.glug-bom.org> To: linuxers(a)mm.glug-bom.org Sent: Friday, 3 October, 2008 12:00:01 Subject: Linuxers Digest, Vol 66, Issue 3 I would be delighted to run sessions in LUGs, and/or short seminars, if interest arises. I'll be based in Chennai, and for sure I would like to spend some time in Auroville. Do you have any contact with the "bunch of wireless, tech and art enthusiasts" (sounds very nice!) there? I'm in India to get a first impression of the FOSS and ICT scene there, so I would like to move around too. If there is opportunity to meet FOSS people or groups, I'm available to come to Mumbai too (actually, I would like to :-) ). BTW, I'm almost to release two opensource channel drivers for Asterisk, one for driving gsm cellphones and one for driving the Skype client. So, I can speak or teach about the channels, about Asterisk development, or about opensource software development at large. I can also teach and speak about the business planning and evaluation of ICT and FOSS ventures, but maybe that's not so interesting to a LUG audience ;-). Following is a short bio and attached is a cv. ----- Giovanni Maruzzelli (born 1964) has 15+ years of experience with open source, industrial grade operations, and ICT startups (both at the investor or investee side). Industry experience includes publishing engines, open source messaging and networking, document indexing and retrieval systems, unified messaging. Giovanni primary skill is producing solutions that are "reality based" and business wise. A member of the worldwide open source community for over twelve years, Giovanni is the proud owner of the Mysql license n.1, and as a speaker, trainer and magazines writer he was instrumental to the introduction of Internet, Unix, Linux and open source to the Italian technical public. In the beginning of the Internet era, Giovanni was one of the founders of Italia Online, the most popular Italian portal and consumer ISP, and architect of its Internet technologies - www.iol.it Then supervisor of Internet operations and architect of the first engine for paid access to www.ilsole24ore.com, the most read financial newspaper in Italy and to its databases (migrated from mainframe). After that, he was CEO of venture capital funded Matrice, developing Telemail unified messaging and multi language phone access to email (Text To Speech), and CTO of incubator funded Open4, an open source managed applications provider. As a partner In3 fund Giovanni has often evaluated the technical and financial soundness of submitted business plans. Then he was for two years in Serbia as Internet and Telecommunication Investment Expert for World Bank - IFC. Giovanni is now consulting and is based in Milan, Italy. His email address: gmaruzz at celliax.org -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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How to run 32bit executables on 64bit Fedora 9
by Sandesh Singh 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

Hi. Does anyone know what it takes to run 32 bit executables on a 64 bit system (Fedora 9, in particular)? I guess it should be nothing more than a package with the right libraries, but I can't find the one if that's the case. -- sss http://sandesh247.googlepages.com

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Announce: ILUG-Bom Oct. 2008 Meet (Correction)
by Dinesh Shah (દિન ેશ શાહ/द िनेश शाह) 04 Oct '08

04 Oct '08

H! All, We are pleased to announce ILUG-Bom Oct 2008 Meet. Date: Sunday, 19th October 2008 Time: 2:00-5:00 PM IST Venue: (Thanks to Aditya) Rhythm & Hues Studios India Pvt. Ltd. Prism Tower, A-Wing, 3rd Floor, Mindspace, Goregaon-Malad Link Road, Goregaon (West) Mumbai - 400062 Topics: 1. Advance QT Programing by Prashant (1 Hour) (Prashant, please post the OL as follow up) 2. Advance JS Programing by Rakesh Pai (1 Hour) (Rakesh, please confirm with OL) 3. A Case Study of GNU/Linux usage in Production House by Aditya and his Team (1 Hour) 4. Status of Namazu? Looking forward to meet fellow LUGers in large numbers. :-) With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Joey Adams - "Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway."

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[jobs] Admins and programmers required
by Abhishek Ambe rkar [अभिषेक] 04 Oct '08

04 Oct '08

Posts : * PHP programmers : minimum 1 year experience * Perl (With CGI) programmers : minimum 6 months experience * GNU/Linux Administrator : minimum 1 year experience Skills : * writing secure and light codes * good R&D skills Qualification : Any Please note that entire developement is done on GNU/Linux platform. Contact: Mr. Anand Sharma anand.ramprashad(a)gmail.com +91-9870339028 Mr. Amit Gharat +91-9920908306 -- With Regards Abhishek Amberkar Born To Be Free... Born To Use GNU/Linux...

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Fwd: [Ilug-cal-discuss] [Commercial] Software Support Engineer - Level 3 opening at Red Hat, Pune
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 03 Oct '08

03 Oct '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ)" <foss.mailinglists(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 1:07 PM Subject: [Ilug-cal-discuss] [Commercial] Software Support Engineer - Level 3 opening at Red Hat, Pune To: ILUG-Cal's principal mailing list <ilug-cal-discuss(a)list.ilug-cal.org> The role expects the Engineer to resolve complex customer problems on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and related Red Hat products. The Engineer is expected to work closely with the Development Engineering Team and the Support Organizations. In this role, the Engineer will analyze upstream development against current reported defects and develop patches to resolve the issues. The role expects the Software Support Engineer to * Develop and recommend corrective workarounds. * Use skills as a seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of industry practices and company policies and procedures; resolves a wide range of issues in imaginative as well as practical ways. * Demonstrate considerable judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. * Interacts with senior internal and upstream communities * Participate in customer facing activities like customer calls and/or customer visits to present the technical details of a technical support issue * Works independently on tasks with minimal guidance on complex issues. Job Requirements : * 5 or more years related experience, BS or MS in engineering field * Excellent understanding of Linux kernel, virtual memory, networking and NFS concepts and protocols. * Upstream Linux Kernel engagement (patches submitted for upstream inclusion) preferred * Familiar with other operating systems including Linux, Solaris, AIX, Tru64 and Microsoft Windows Server desirable * Good understanding of hardware and computer architecture * Senior development level experience with C, be comfortable to write kernel patches * Good communication skills in English CVs to be sent to careers-in at redhat dot com -- http://www.gutenberg.net - Fine literature digitally re-published http://www.plos.org - Public Library of Science http://www.creativecommons.org - Flexible copyright for creative work _______________________________________________ Ilug-cal-discuss mailing list Ilug-cal-discuss(a)list.ilug-cal.org http://list.ilug-cal.org/mailman/listinfo/ilug-cal-discuss -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://www.kde.in Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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Fw: FOSS.IN/2008: The Omelette Post
by Anurag 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

Btw, Foss.in/2008 event announcement is out. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/foss-in/message/5229 Anurag -- http://web.gnuer.org/

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Giovanni Maruzzelli, Celliax - possible meet
by Parthan SR 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

Forwarded from a mail to ILUG Chennai === BEGIN === I would be delighted to run sessions in LUGs, and/or short seminars, if interest arises. I'll be based in Chennai, and for sure I would like to spend some time in Auroville. Do you have any contact with the "bunch of wireless, tech and art enthusiasts" (sounds very nice!) there? I'm in India to get a first impression of the FOSS and ICT scene there, so I would like to move around too. If there is opportunity to meet FOSS people or groups, I'm available to come to Mumbai too (actually, I would like to :-) ). BTW, I'm almost to release two opensource channel drivers for Asterisk, one for driving gsm cellphones and one for driving the Skype client. So, I can speak or teach about the channels, about Asterisk development, or about opensource software development at large. I can also teach and speak about the business planning and evaluation of ICT and FOSS ventures, but maybe that's not so interesting to a LUG audience ;-). Following is a short bio and attached is a cv. ----- Giovanni Maruzzelli (born 1964) has 15+ years of experience with open source, industrial grade operations, and ICT startups (both at the investor or investee side). Industry experience includes publishing engines, open source messaging and networking, document indexing and retrieval systems, unified messaging. Giovanni primary skill is producing solutions that are "reality based" and business wise. A member of the worldwide open source community for over twelve years, Giovanni is the proud owner of the Mysql license n.1, and as a speaker, trainer and magazines writer he was instrumental to the introduction of Internet, Unix, Linux and open source to the Italian technical public. In the beginning of the Internet era, Giovanni was one of the founders of Italia Online, the most popular Italian portal and consumer ISP, and architect of its Internet technologies - www.iol.it Then supervisor of Internet operations and architect of the first engine for paid access to www.ilsole24ore.com, the most read financial newspaper in Italy and to its databases (migrated from mainframe). After that, he was CEO of venture capital funded Matrice, developing Telemail unified messaging and multi language phone access to email (Text To Speech), and CTO of incubator funded Open4, an open source managed applications provider. As a partner In3 fund Giovanni has often evaluated the technical and financial soundness of submitted business plans. Then he was for two years in Serbia as Internet and Telecommunication Investment Expert for World Bank - IFC. Giovanni is now consulting and is based in Milan, Italy. His email address: gmaruzz at celliax.org === END === -- --- With Regards, Parthan "technofreak" <gpg> 2FF01026 <blog> http://blog.technofreak.in

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Session on Web 2.0 Security
by jeetendra r poojari 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Hi all, Our company is sponsoring a session on Web 2.0 security Interested people can view details at http://wiki. directi.com/ display/tc/ October+11th+ -+Web+2.0+ Security+ -+Defending+ Next+Generation+ Applications And add your name by clicking on Attend event It's a free session. Let me know if you require more details -Jeetu

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