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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [Humor] SCOpe for a laugh
by Vinayak Hegde 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 23:32:28 +0530, Vickram Crishna <vvcrishna(a)radiophony.com> wrote: > Apologies if you've seen this one before, but... > > bring up Google's search page, type 'bastards' and click on I'm > Feeling Lucky... Hi, SCO has snatched the crown from Microsoft as open source evangelist's punching bag. It was hilarious to know that conspiracy theorists on this list were spinning stories about google manipulating the results. As any technology google's page ranking mechanism has it's flaws. When many people link to a webpage like this <a href=www.sco.com> bastards </a> the rank for sco.com for the keywords bastards goes up. This is known as a "google bomb" This will happen when many bloggers do this kinds of links. Just goes to show the "power of blogging". more info here (thanks google :D) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_bomb http://www.microcontentnews.com/articles/googlebombs.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1868395.stm --> Vinayak Hegde

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hdc error
by crisppy f 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

hi all these days there is one error in my system which keep on scrolling whenever i try to install any new rpm. error is something related to hdc on which my linux is installed. ########### hdc error {uncorrectable error} LBA 242674 error dma_intr device error etc........... ######### even when i am trying to check rpm database using db_verify command its again giving errors that database error. now i don know its something wrong with disk or rpm database. can any of you please help me in recovering from this . thanku all, linux bee in my next mail i'll send you the exact error Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline.

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Fedora Core2 cd's dont work.
by advait raut 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

hi I tried to install FC2 provided in today's meet. but its second CD doesn't work. it keep on asking to insert 2nd cd though it is all ready inserted. does u guys find same problem wile installing FC2 . provided in today's meet. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [Humor] SCOpe for a laugh
by scrapo＠saswatabanerjee.com 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

Rishi <rishigangoly(a)gmail.com> wrote: __________ >> bring up Google's search page, type 'bastards' and click on I'm >> Feeling Lucky... > > >:-) > >So this means google did something to make it happen? >Which means they can and are in control of what website should be >ranked first? Scary ;-) >Is Google going to be another Microsoft that we all have begun to hate so much? It may not have any thing to do with google making a change. Google uses some type of ranking based on number of times a word comes in a linked page (never bothered with details). This has been used in the past, most famous being linking evil or something to microsoft website. Google removed it when it became popular and comon knowledge. There are lots of documents on how to take a google ranking up. This one is done by community effort. If many different websites same the same thing, ranking goes up. Regards saswata > >Points to ponder huh! > >Regards > >Rishi > >-- >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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Denmark-Guwahati Hookup
by Vickram Crishna 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

http://www.freifunk.net:8080/sc2004/wiki/DenmarkGauhatiHookup This is a subset of the Fresh Air, Free Networks page, a workshop being held in Denmark early next month. It will include perhaps the world's largest quasi-Wifi network (non-cabled nets) where people from across the world are gathering to research technology implementations in open networking. Radiophony has facilitated a global hookup which will go live on Sept 5 between 1400 and 1600 hrs IST. The purpose of this online workshop, which will bring together active technologists in the Denmark Festival with students attending the Techniche 2004 festival organised by IITG in Guwahati, is to research possibilities for deployment of open wirefree networks in developing countries. The intended beneficiaries of this initiative are the poor and others denied access. Anyone interested in this topic is welcome to join in and participate. -- Vickram

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [Humor] SCOpe for a laugh
by Rishi 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

> bring up Google's search page, type 'bastards' and click on I'm > Feeling Lucky... :-) So this means google did something to make it happen? Which means they can and are in control of what website should be ranked first? Scary ;-) Is Google going to be another Microsoft that we all have begun to hate so much? Points to ponder huh! Regards Rishi

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GLUG-BOM activities.
by Amish Munshi 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

Greetings, The list seems to be back to life. Thanks to all for help. I am sorry I could not attend the last meet. Few improvements/contributions I noticed which have not been highlighted are as follows, 1. We have scheduled meets for coming 2 months, with many more GLUG members helping in co-ordinating the meets, I am sure we are doing a much better job now. 2. The website has been updated with the latest information. Thanks to website maintainers for the same. 3. Thanks to the TIFR team to provide us with the IT infrastructure for making all this possible. Please suggest any more activities that we can do on the list. Few inputs from my side are : 1. I would like if we can 2-3 trial meetings during working days, there have been many requests for the same. (Probably the Oct meet??). We can check if there is enough enthusiasm for the same and decide if we should continue with it. 2. We should have a gift certificate from GLUG-BOM given to speakers for giving a presentation at the meets. 3. Trevor wanted to have a CD library, I also feel the need to have a GNU/Linux distribution channel. 4. A method to collect some money for the activities, domain registration, stationary charges for certificates, etc. This mail is just a thought. Please feel free to put your own ideas and comments. Flames > /dev/null 2>&1. Amish.

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[Humor] SCOpe for a laugh
by Vickram Crishna 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

Apologies if you've seen this one before, but... bring up Google's search page, type 'bastards' and click on I'm Feeling Lucky... -- Vickram

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Novell Linux Day
by gaurav mishra 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

Hello Frndz, Novell is all set to kick start its event called Novell Linux Day across multiple cities in India. The event, which is expected to cater to a mixed crowd of business decision makers, IT managers, customers and partners, will be held in Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi on 31st August, 2nd September and 3rd September respectively. According to the company, the conference will feature keynotes from Jeurgen Geck chief technology officer, SuSE Linux, and other leaders from the industry. It would also feature technical solution sessions by Paul Kangro and Niel Marquardt both from Novell Asia Pacific. Additionally, the event would also serve as the launch pad of Novells SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0, featuring the 2.6 Linux kernel and other performance enhancements. The solution is designed to handle corporate workgroup and data center requirements. Linux User #348873 A smooth Sea Never Makes a Skilled Mariner, So challenge ur limits. www.groups.yahoo.com/group/gzlug -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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Fwd: Renaissance 2005: You can help us.
by Trevor Warren 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

Thanks for writing in fellas, Am forwarding these mails to a couple of Gnu/Linux users groups in Goa and Bombay. With respect to ideas about the same we shall definitely like to put our minds together on this and offer assitance of any kind. A good starting place would be the banglore-lug's BangLinux site which is a host for its yearly FLOSS events. Fredrick who is a journalist by profession and also a FLOSS supporter can help out with some strategies if and when time permits. For a start expect my support on the strategising front. With respect to sponsorship we will work out the details later once you have something concrete on hand. PN: For other readers the contents of the mail from the students are as quoted below. Trevor --- Renaissance Gectcr <renaissance2005(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: > Date: 21 Aug 2004 01:47:59 -0000 > From: "Renaissance Gectcr" > <renaissance2005(a)rediffmail.com> > To: renaissance2k5(a)yahoo.com > Subject: Renaissance 2005: You can help us. > > Dear Linux-Enthusiast, > > Let�s introduce ourselves; we are a group of > students, continuing our Post Graduation as Master > of Computer Application (MCA) at Govt. Engg. College > (GEC), Thrissur, Kerala, India. > MATTER: > > We are planning to conduct a National Level > 3 day IT Festival in our college campus, where the > concentration of the event will be on Open Source > Software (OSS) especially �Linux�. Like you, who has > been loving �TUX� for the past years, we guys also > fell in love with �TUX� and want others to do the > same. By knowing its power to begin a new and > essential revolution in the software field all over > the world, which we have seen for the past years, we > chose LINUX, a powerful candidate from the Open > Source Software field, as the theme of the fest. And > we have decided to conduct the program by the end of > February 2005. > > We all together are on the move to make this > national level fest an immense success. In order to > accomplish this we are in demand of more ingenious > and innovative ideas. You are requested to share > your ideas and fields that can be included, which > reveals the power of Linux in our event. Who else > could provide us with more inspiring and productive > ideas? We would appreciate you people to reach us > your ideas concerning the programs to be included. > > Secondly, we would like you to help us on > the topics for Paper Presentation available in > Linux. We are also interested in giving > opportunities for eminent personnel to participate > in Paper Presentation Contest. > > We would be indebted to you, if you could > help us succeed in having distinguished and > prominent personalities in our event like RMS, who > has been very successful in popularizing the concept > of OSS all over the world. > > Finally, but worth mentioning can you let us > know means, by which we can have funding assistance, > which in turn very importantly mirrors on the > overall realization of the event. > > However, your entire support, advice and > guidance are expected, which are important to make > our dream a reality. And we are sure that you, the > warriors of open source software field, will never > disappoint us. > > You send your opinions and suggestions at > any of the following addresses as quickly as > possible. > > renaissance2005(a)rediffmail.com > renaissance2k5(a)yahoo.com > ph:(91)-0480 3114884 > > > > [ If you are a moderator of a group, please forward > it to your members ] > > > Yours truly, > > MCA Students, GEC, Thrissur. ===== ( >- -< ) /~\ ______________________________________ /~\ | \) / Scaling FLOSS in the Enterprise \ (/ | |_|_ \ trevorwarren(a)yahoo.com / _|_| \____________________________________/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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phonetic Indic keymaps for fedora core 2
by Santosh Jangid 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

Hello, i tried using the phonetic devanagari layout available at http://www.gnowledge.org/Data/Objects/kblayout/keymaps.phonetic.tar.gz on gnome (fedora 2). using the keyboard switcher added to the panel, I am already using inscript devanagari and it works well. can somebody help me out. I did install the keymap specified at the above url. but the layout doesnt show up in the keyboard switcher's layout options... thanks, santosh --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish.

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KDE 3.3 Released
by gaurav mishra 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

Hello Frndz, The KDE Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of KDE 3.3, the fourth major release of the award-winning KDE3 desktop platform. Over the past six months, hundreds of applications and desktop components have been enhanced by a community of developers, with a particular focus on integration of components Stephan Kulow added that "improvements in terms of usability, stability and integration are particularly noticeable in the KDE PIM (Personal Information Management) suite." Reflecting its international team and focus, KDE 3.3 is currently available in over 50 different languages. Partial translations into 30 other languages are also available, many of which are expected to be completed during the KDE 3.3 life cycle. During the past six months, Qt gained increased support for Indic languages, and languages as diverse as Farsi and Frisian were added. With 89 different languages and full localization support, no other desktop is as ready to serve the needs of today's global community. New applications Kolourpaint, an easy-to-use replacement for KPaint KWordQuiz, KLatin and KTurtle expand the list of education packages for schools and families Kimagemapeditor and klinkstatus make life easier for web designers KSpell2, a new spellchecking library that fixes all of KSpell's shortcomings KThemeManager, a new control center module to globally handle KDE visual themes The Python bindings PyQT and PyKDE are now maintained with KDE in our CVS. KDE 3.3 can be downloaded over the Internet by visiting download.kde.org. Linux User #348873 A smooth Sea Never Makes a Skilled Mariner, So challenge ur limits. www.groups.yahoo.com/group/gzlug -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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Mozilla Calendar
by gaurav mishra 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

Hello Frndz, Mozilla.org has released the first "official" beta release of Mozilla Sunbird, a standalone calendaring application. The Sunbird Project is a redesign of the Mozilla Calendar component, with a goal producing a cross platform calendar based on Mozilla's XUL user interface language. Sunbird is aimed at users who want a calendar application based on Mozilla. The software works with the Mozilla Firefox web browser and the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client. Two flavors of the project are available -- one that works as a plugin to Firefox/Thunderbird/Mozilla (known as "Mozilla Calendar"), and the standalone calendaring application, currently known as "Mozilla Sunbird." The group says that it hopes to improve footprint size and performance by focusing solely on the standalone calendar, and "by removing components and chrome we don't need." While Sunbird is still considered experimental, it is currently stable, according to the project. Additionally, the group says that although "Sunbird" is currently being used as the project's name, it may not be the final name for the software. The software is available for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X and can be downloaded here. Screenshots of the calendar in both modern and classic themes are available here. Linux User #348873 A smooth Sea Never Makes a Skilled Mariner, So challenge ur limits. www.groups.yahoo.com/group/gzlug -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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Sept 12, 2004 GLUG meet
by Venkatesh (Venky) Hariharan 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

The agenda for the Sept 12th GLUG meet is slowly shaping up. Prof. DB Phatak of IIT Bombay will be one of the speakers. Prof. Phatak is the person responsible for persuading LIC to shift 10,000 desktops to Linux and has been evangelizing the use of FLOSS in engineering colleges across India. He is on the IT committees of many central and state government organizations and is therefore a highly influential figure. I will reconfirm his participation and circulate details of his talk next week. His talk will be followed by a talk on the licensing issues relevant to FLOSS by technology lawyers, Ms. Nappinai and Subramaniam Vutha of the Technology Law Forum. They work closely with the Mumbai Cyber Crime Cell and I have asked them to address the issue that Linux Torvalds recently raised in an interview to Businessweek magazine (see link and excerpt below my signature). This is becoming an issue that all of us are getting increasingly concerned about because Open Source has so much promise for India, but the licensing issues hold so much peril. I hope everyone finds the upcoming GLUG meet an enjoyable and educative experience. Venky Linux Torvalds' Benevolent Dictatorship http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2004/tc20040818_1593.htm Q: What are the biggest challenges facing Linux? A: From a technical standpoint, I don't see any real challenges. Linux has come a long way in the last 13 years. I'll do another 13 years if that's what it takes. Technology wise, we're great. And we'll get better. The only things I worry about are all the things that go around the project. Part of it is legal issues. It's not that I think Linux has legal problems, but that the system doesn't work as well as it should, and crazy things happen, like the SCO suits [SCO (SCOX ) claims IBM (IBM ) breached a longtime contract by providing SCO-owned technology to Linux developers and has filed a lawsuit claiming $5 billion in damages. The trial isn't expected to start until November, 2005]. They will get slapped down in court. But as Linux gets really important, strange things come up. Software patents concern me. I worry about some greedy companies -- possibly failing ones, trying to make trouble and abusing the system. Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get them. We have random people in random countries working on random things, and they don't have 1,000 patent lawyers. So I'm not worried about one patent in particular, but the whole system. It's not a problem today. But it's a thing I can't control, unlike the technical side, where I can actually do something. I'm not that concerned about the threat of Microsoft (MSFT ) enforcing patents against Linux. I think their mode of operation isn't through the legal system. I think they hate lawyers more than most companies. They've been on the receiving end. [CEO Steve] Ballmer and [Chairman Bill] Gates have pride in the fact that their competition may have tried to crush them with legal wars, but they overcame. I think they would have a hard time using legal tactics. They would be ashamed. -0-

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Talk on Free Software and Super Computing
by Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

Time: 5:30pm, Sunday 22nd August, 2004 Venue: Seminar Hall, 3rd Floor, KReSIT, IIT Bombay Title: Thunder - Free Software and Super Computing The talk covers the design and development of Thunder Super Computer and its associated Free Software stack. Thunder, designed by California Digital, can perform 23 trillion floating point operations per second (peak) yielding the best price/performance ratio at 86.7% efficiency. (highest efficiency rating recorded at this scale). It is rated as the world's second fastest super-computer. http://www.californiadigital.com/thunder.shtml Speaker: Mr. Anand Babu The speaker is an active Free Software developer, and a full-time GNU volunteer. He is an author/maintainer for various Free Software projects like FreeIPMI System, HDB/RPCI, Hymn, Freehoo and bios-config. He leads the Free Software Division of California Digital as Chief Software Architect and VP. -- Research Scholar, KReSIT, IIT Bombay http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~sameerds/

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Re: unicode html 2 pdf
by Indictrans Team 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

hi, for pdf generation fpdf (www.fpdf.org) seems to be the easiest solution. for a VERY PRIMITIVE demo of online pdf generation in Devanagari , see indictrans.org/pdfdemo swapnil

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Anand Babu in Mumbai
by Nagarjuna G. 19 Aug '04

19 Aug '04

------------------------------------------- Please forward this to those in CDAC, Mumbai University, Puna, Nashik, BARC who will be interested in super computing. ------------------------------------------- Talk by Anand Babu on Thunder: Free Software and Super Computing Venue: TIFR, Colaba (www.tifr.res.in) 11am on Sunday 22nd. Venue: IIT Mumbai (Kresit Auditorium) 5:30pm on Sunday 22nd. All are welcome to attend at any of the above convenient venues. Anand Babu, the main hacker of Thunder, the second fastest super computer made with GNU/Linux, is visiting Mumbai on his way back to US. He will be talking about design and development of Thunder Super Computer and its associated Free Software stack. Thunder can perform 23 trillion floating point operations per second (peak) yielding the best price/performance ratio at 86.7% efficiency. (highest efficiency rating recorded at this scale). Presentation material: bzip2 compressed PDF document: http://www.gnu-india.org/ab/thunder/thunder-experience.pdf.bz2 Picture of Thunder Super Computer: http://gnu-india.org/ab/thunder/ThunderApril2004_300dpi.jpg You can find a brief intro about Anand Babu at http://chennailug.org/ web site - main page. -- Nagarjuna

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Problem with USB HID subsystem!
by Ashok Iyer 19 Aug '04

19 Aug '04

Hi, I am facing a problem with a USB device. This device is an HID device (i.e. not a keyboard/mouse/joystick). The Linux kernel is able to recognize the device as a HID device and load the appropriate modules. Using the HIDDEV ioctl's , in my application, I am able to get the vendor indetification, string descriptors and applications that the device supports. My problem is the following. This device supports a certain protocol using which commands can be sent to the device and it will respond with appropriate information. However, I do not know how to use the available IOCTL's in the hiddev usb subsystem to issue these commands to the device. I have been successful in writing my owm device driver for this device (i.e. bypassing the hiddev interface) and with this I can issue those commands to the device and get the information. Now I want to do this same thing using the hiddev interface and the facilities it provides. Any pointers will be helpful. Regards, Ashok Iyer

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Grouchy old man script
by Vickram Crishna 19 Aug '04

19 Aug '04

At 8:43 AM +0530 8/19/04, Philip Tellis wrote: > >Suggestions for improvement welcome. Requests to explain/comment the >code will be met with deaf ears. What's the logic here? I noted your point about people checking out the script for themselves, but I personally feel it is good discipline to comment code, if only ;-) for posterity, and it is GOM (grand old men, not limited to subset grouchy ;-) old men) who set the standards for neophytes and budding GOM (and GOW). -- Vickram

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Novell Linux day invitation.
by Amish Munshi 19 Aug '04

19 Aug '04

Novell and Linux means business ------------------------------- If you only attend one IT event this year, this is the one. There has been a lot of talk about Open Source and Linux and you would be forgiven if you thought it was just that - talk. Up until now no one company could provide an end-to-end managed Linux solution. Novell offers a complete range of enterprise Linux solutions, from server to desktop. You can now implement Linux and have all the infrastructure management tools and support you need. So Linux has just got better. Progressive IT professionals in all kinds of businesses are formulating a Linux strategy. And why wouldn't you? You get greater control, freedom of choice, no vendor lock-ins and lower IT infrastructure costs. It's logical. You will hear about: * Where Open Source is heading and the directions emerging from the Open Source community. * The latest trends and growth projections for Open Source. * Why Linux is now a viable choice as a core enterprise computing platform. * Who in the corporate world is already using Linux and what have been their experiences. * The views of major vendors and their Linux strategy roadmap. * How to make Linux the core platform in your IT environment and migration considerations. You will see demonstrations of: * Linux for the desktop * Linux server * Developing applications for Linux using Mono and .Net You will get FREE evaluation software: By registering and attending this event you will receive a complete set of Linux evaluation software for FREE! When and Where: --------------- Aug 31 : Mumbai 9:00am 5:00pm Hotel Intercontinental The Grand Registration : http://www.novell.com/offices/asiapac/mumbai.html Sept 2 : Bangalore 9:00am 5:00pm Hotel Taj West End Registration : http://www.novell.com/offices/asiapac/bangalore.html Sept 3 : Delhi 9:00am 5:00pm Hotel Taj Palace http://www.novell.com/offices/asiapac/delhi.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- By attending Novell's Linux Day you are eligible to win a Linux based Motorola A760* ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Five countries to get cheap Windows XP
by scrapo＠saswatabanerjee.com 19 Aug '04

19 Aug '04

Philip Tellis <philip.tellis(a)gmx.net> wrote: __________ >Sometime Today, Devdas Bhagat assembled some asciibets to say: > >> Please stop top posting. > >did you notice the long lines or did they not bother you? This is what >it looks like in the archives: >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/pipermail/linuxers/Week-of-Mon-20040816/015950.ht… > >Don't know about you, but I hate horizontal scrolling, especially since >my scroll mouse doesn't have a left-right scroll. > I am using a smartphone for most of my email requirements. The email client does not have a fixed line size concept. Since most email clients do wrap text lines, it didn't matter. The top post also is because I need to use the stylus to do interleved posting and can do top posting automatically by using built in scroller. Rgards saswata

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Grouchy old man script
by Philip Tellis 19 Aug '04

19 Aug '04

I wrote a little perl script that reads through the pipermail archives and lets you know whether a message is top-posted/overquoted/has long lines/excessively long signature/disclaimer attached to it. Find the script at: http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/lug-authors/philip/bin/maillist_grouchy_old_man See it in action at: http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/cgi-bin/grouchy-man/message_id Where message_id is the id of a message (including leading zeroes) eg: http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/cgi-bin/grouchy-man/014113 for a nice example from Dinesh. Figure out what the different values at the bottom mean. Now don't overload the server having fun. Suggestions for improvement welcome. Requests to explain/comment the code will be met with deaf ears. -- Things will get better despite our efforts to improve them. -- Will Rogers

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RE: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Five countries to get cheap Windows XP
by scrapo＠saswatabanerjee.com 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

microsoft has obviously misread the market. There have been repeated suggestions to them for lower pricing in asia on buyer power basis. Instead they have come up with this really stupid option. They don't seem to realise that asian consumeras are more tech savy and very conscipous of cost-benefit analysys. It is going to leave many managers read in face soon. Regards saswata "Aayush Iyer" <aayush.iyer(a)ftgl.net> wrote: __________ > >Posted by michael on Sunday August 15, @12:50PM @Slashdot.org > >from the windows-with-training-wheels dept. >de la mettrie writes "C-Net reports that analysts do not recommend using >Microsoft's new 'Windows XP Starter Edition', a low-cost XP version >aimed at the Asian market (and previously covered on Slashdot). The >report notes that numerous networking features are removed, and the >Starter Edition allows only three applications to be run concurrently. >According to Microsoft, this limitation 'helps [users] stay organized >and reduces confusion.'" > >""The report notes that numerous networking features are removed, and >the Starter Edition allows only three applications to be run >concurrently. According to Microsoft, this limitation 'helps [users] >stay organized and reduces confusion.'"" > >Do we really need this? > > >Email: aayush.iyer(a)ftgl.net >ICQ: 298353370 > > > > > >-- >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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unicode html 2 pdf
by Harsh Busa 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

hi all i m trying to write a webapp which generates some unicode html - basically local language text and need to convert it to a pdf. any pointers ? using pdflib / perlmods doesnt help coz there seems to be little support for either unicode or it is not able to find the fonts any pointers please help -- __________________________ http://www.ebackend.com/blog

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Five countries to get cheap Windows XP
by Vickram Crishna 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

At 12:03 PM +0530 8/17/04, quasi wrote: > >But -- all the new PC's they got of late come with Licenced Windows >XP. These are purchased by the university directly. Not only that >it seems that recently the Univ has acquired a *site* licence for MS >Office 2000. :( > We must use this golden opportunity to publicise this retrograde step - Venky, do what you can and so will I. Quasi, please try and get names of people involved with the decision, so we can point some working journos at them to ask uncomfortable questions. -- Vickram

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FW: Linux Microsite
by Venkatesh (Venky) Hariharan 17 Aug '04

17 Aug '04

Those interested in volunteering for "CXOtoday Linux Doctor Of The Month" (see mail below) please write to Hinesh Jethwani at hineshjethwani(a)cxotoday.com Their web site at www.CXOtoday.com has carried some excellent stories on FLOSS in the past. Venky ===== -----Original Message----- From: Hinesh Jethwani [mailto:hineshjethwani@cxotoday.com] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 3:33 PM To: Venky Subject: Linux Microsite Hi Venky! As discussed in our last meeting, we are setting up a CXOtoday Linux Microsite -- A one stop resource center for Linux and Open Source software. The highlight of the CXOtoday Linux Microsite will be a community web forum, which will allow CXOtoday readers to exchange their views/opinions on exciting topics revolving around Linux and Open Source software. CXOtoday will nominate one person as the Moderator of the month, who will be a volunteer expert on Open Source systems, and the last word on all blog discussions. He will be responsible for dispensing the right guidance that community participants need for problems, confusions, etc. The Discussion Forum section on the CXOtoday Linux Microsite will contain a complete profile of the selected Moderator. A mailto hyperlink will allow any member to post as well as mail Linux/Open Source related problems/queries to the Moderator, who will have the option of replying back. Can you help me source more contacts of Linux experts, who would be interested in volunteering for "CXOtoday Linux Doctor Of The Month" ? Will discuss more details when we meet personally. Regards, Hinesh Jethwani | Copy Editor | CXOToday | ITNation India (P) Ltd. 12 B, Earnest House, 194 NCPA Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021. Tel: 91-22-22819232/ 57/ 65/ 67 [ Ext.147] Fax: 91-22-22819262 Mobile : 9869124143 | http://www.itnation.com/ | http://www.channeltimes.com/ | http://www.magazine360.com/ | http://www.cxotoday.com/ | http://www.techtree.com/ |

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[Commercial] Job Opening for LAMP Programmers
by Optimal Solutions 17 Aug '04

17 Aug '04

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[ILUG-BOM] Re: software freedom day : Should we have our plan of action
by Anand Sharma 17 Aug '04

17 Aug '04

> From: Trevor Warren <trevorwarren(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] software freedom day : Should we have our plan of action > Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 23:48:10 -0700 (PDT) > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" > <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > > > > Afternoon All, > > August 28 has been designated as "Software Freedom > Day". With the GLUG in mumbai having a significant > presence it would make sence for us to draft a plan of > action laying out the activities of the day. > > http://softwarefreedomday.org/index.html > > Please check the link above for more information. > > > We could distribute pamphlets talking about Software > Freedom at various prominent locations across the > city. > > > We could retail badges/stickers/banners supporting > the FLOSS movement and providing information about the > same. > > > Various software companies have their > offices/development centres in mumbai. We have our > volunteers at these outlets disseminating information > pertaining to the FLOSS movement. > > > A 2-3 hour workshop can be conducted at some place > in the city focussing on the importance and role > played by "Software Freedom" which would be open to > one and all. We can invite some distiguished speakers > to preside and share their view points on the same. > > We have little time at our disposal. This event we > can celebrate and we will need some funds with respect > to carrying out the activities as listed. Please come > forward with your criticism/suggestions with respect > to the same. > > Towards meeting expenses with respect to the same in > case we decide to celebrate "Software Freedom Day" i > suggest the formation of a trust to be taken care by a > treasurer nominated unanimously by GLUG-BOM. A > donation of 1000/- toware the same is a sum assured on > my behalf. ------------------------ 500/- assured from me ===== ================================================== ( ) \\/^^\// Anand Sharma /|oo \ anand(a)member.fsf.org (_| /_) 9821843567 `@/ ================================================== FSF (Free Software Foundation) mission to preserve, protect and promote the freedom to use, study,copy, modify and redistribute computer software, and to defend the rights of Free Software users. ================================================= __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Five countries to get cheap Windows XP
by Venkatesh (Venky) Hariharan 17 Aug '04

17 Aug '04

I wonder what members of this list think of this development? India is not mentioned in the list of five contries, but I am sure it wont be long before MS looks at launching the low-cost XP version in India. Venky ===== http://news.com.com/Five+countries+to+get+cheap+Windows+XP/2100-1016_3-53040 23.html?tag=nefd.lede Five countries to get cheap Windows XP Published: August 10, 2004, 8:00 PM PDT By Michael Kanellos Staff Writer, CNET News.com Microsoft is getting ready to release a cheap, easy-to-use version of Windows XP for developing markets. Windows XP Starter Edition--an inexpensive version of Microsoft's flagship operating system that does not contain as many features as the standard version--will begin shipping on PCs in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia in October, said Maggie Wilderotter, senior vice president for the worldwide public sector at Microsoft. <snip>

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Suse 9.1 - redhat 9
by santhosh amin 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

Hi Vishnu, If you are looking for a good User Interface SUSE would be the way to go.Even Redhat is good.With respect to avilablity of CD's maybe you could drop in to one of the Getogethers that the group has and carry a couple of blank cd's, people in the group would be happy to help you with the media. Regards, Santhosh Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline.

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Squid : Blocking keywords along with urls
by vaibhav samant 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

Hi, In squid, I need to block web pages with a certain w= ord, say "jokes". Currently what happens is as follo= ws... --> URL contains the word "jokes" : Blocked = --> URL !contain the word "jokes", but page contents has &q uot;jokes" : Not Blocked. I wish the second case to be bl= ocked also. Any pointers ?? Thank you. Vaib= hav [1] [ad=] References 1. 3D"http://clients.rediff.=/

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[COMMERCIAL]L.A.M.P (PHP) developer needed
by Vinayak 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

Hello We are a startup organisation delivering Linux based network management and email solutions to the SME market and developing L.A.M.P based database driven websites. We need a developer who - knows Linux well - has 1-3 years of experience in L.A.M.P (PHP) based programming - has good knowledge of HTML - has good communication skills Resumes should be mailed in text/pdf format to jobs(a)theargoncompany.com -- Warm Regards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vinayakam Murugan Manager - Software The Argon Company 7th floor, Nanavati Mahalaya, 18, Homi Modi Street, Fort, Mumbai 400 023. Tel: 91-22 - 2288 2163 Ext 105 Help Desk: 91-22 - 2288 2774 Fax Number: 91-22 - 2288 2809 Mobile : 91-22-3101 8082 http://www.TheArgonCompany.com Viruses getting you down? Get your virus protected mailbox at http://www.tassm.com I prefer an OS made by programmers that need marketing than an OS made by marketing that need programmers...

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Tolerance - Level
by yayati singh 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

Ok before this gets INTOLERABLE, let the Newbie or anyone find both kind of Beings on this list 1. Tolerant: people who are tolerant of u and ur mistakes, and are willing to help u in any means. 2. Critic: People who would criticise you and make u self reliant, make u learn from ur mistakes and become a Quality GLUgeer!!! Doesn't the World have duality as mentioned in TAO of physics one Mother the other Father, one Soft the other Hard, One male the Other Female, one North the Other South. So let the Newbies Experience both the North and the South, and take his/her course any where he likes may be to the WEST/EAST. Freedom for Freedom. Regards yayati.

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] Five countries to get cheap Windows XP
by Vistasp Mehta 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

If reports are accurate, networking has either been crippled or disabled entirely and they've stripped the OS down to such an extent, that only 3 programs can run concurrently. So, if you have a firewall and an antivirus running at all times, (and with Windows you do; you really do) then you simply _cannot_ multitask. If this is MS's much-touted response to Linux, they must *really* be hard up for ideas. Just my 2-pice. = v i s t a s p = bT Square Peg P.S. Calling it "Starter Edition" was a baaad move... How long do you think before it's dubbed the Non-Starter Edition? -----Original Message----- <snip> I wonder what members of this list think of this development? India is not mentioned in the list of five countries, but I am sure it wont be long before MS looks at launching the low-cost XP version in India. </snip>

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Re: trevors mail - tolerance levels
by gnurpreet＠softhome.net 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

> This list cannot and will not be an umbrella for >fanaticism of any kind. We have to learn to me >moderate and tolerable. Treating polotical >voilence/suppression with non-voilence gave india what >you and i treasure the most. Lets learn something from >old frail man with a vision who none of us can match >but look up to. i second trevor's thoughts on being more tolerant. our motto for the movement is to spread it's popularity. i understand the anarchic nature of linux hacker coz i have been in the community for some time, a new comer does not understand it. for him it may be an ego issue... let us accept this fact be a lil more newcomer friendly. but not spare any oldies not tagging "[commercial]" msgs. > > These are my thoughts.......we are more than a > list..a movement. > well said trevor... gurpreet >Trevor ------------------------------------ GNUrpreet Singh MPIT 1 (Nw specialization) Symbiosis Center for IT www.scit.edu

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Gartner: 'Steer away' from cheap Windows XP
by Venkatesh (Venky) Hariharan 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

For those interested in "expert" opinions on the cheap XP. Venky http://news.com.com/Gartner%3A+%27Steer+away%27+from+cheap+Windows+XP/2100-1 016_3-5309139.html?tag=nefd.hed Gartner: 'Steer away' from cheap Windows XP Published: August 13, 2004, 11:02 AM PDT By Aloysius Choong Special to CNET News.com Gartner has labeled Microsoft's upcoming version of Windows for developing countries as a product with good intent but poor execution. In a report published this week, Gartner analysts Dion Wiggins and Martin Gilliland noted that missing features in the Windows XP Starter Edition would frustrate users and claimed that its limited software upgrade path would "likely increase software piracy."

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SFD CDs required for Nashik
by Sriram N 15 Aug '04

15 Aug '04

Hi all: I'd like a copy of each of the CDs listed at the SFD site. I intend to distribute these in Nashik. I'll be available in Mumbai on Tuesday afternoon-evening, and on Wednesday morning. After which I'll return to mumbai only on Aug 25. If someone could post me the CDs by courier, etc, I'll gladly pay the courier charges and CD charges at the next Linuxers meet I attend. Sriram N. ObjectEdge Software India Pvt. Ltd. H-123, Ambad MIDC, Nashik Thanks, -- Sriram __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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[ILUG-BOM] software freedom day : Should we have our plan of action
by Trevor Warren 15 Aug '04

15 Aug '04

Afternoon All, August 28 has been designated as "Software Freedom Day". With the GLUG in mumbai having a significant presence it would make sence for us to draft a plan of action laying out the activities of the day. http://softwarefreedomday.org/index.html Please check the link above for more information. > We could distribute pamphlets talking about Software Freedom at various prominent locations across the city. > We could retail badges/stickers/banners supporting the FLOSS movement and providing information about the same. > Various software companies have their offices/development centres in mumbai. We have our volunteers at these outlets disseminating information pertaining to the FLOSS movement. > A 2-3 hour workshop can be conducted at some place in the city focussing on the importance and role played by "Software Freedom" which would be open to one and all. We can invite some distiguished speakers to preside and share their view points on the same. We have little time at our disposal. This event we can celebrate and we will need some funds with respect to carrying out the activities as listed. Please come forward with your criticism/suggestions with respect to the same. Towards meeting expenses with respect to the same in case we decide to celebrate "Software Freedom Day" i suggest the formation of a trust to be taken care by a treasurer nominated unanimously by GLUG-BOM. A donation of 1000/- toware the same is a sum assured on my behalf. Trevor ===== ( >- -< ) /~\ ______________________________________ /~\ | \) / Scaling FLOSS in the Enterprise \ (/ | |_|_ \ trevorwarren(a)yahoo.com / _|_| \____________________________________/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Commercial - Linux trainees
by pitcom＠vsnl.com 15 Aug '04

15 Aug '04

All We have vacancy for trainees on live projects. Freshers having MCA degree and good knowledge of Networking or C/C++, Java may apply to this email. Regards Kamlesh Shah Kamlesh Shah, E-comm Consultant +919820947222 Parth Information Technology www.parthinfo.net

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[ILUG-BOM] apologies for the 3 mails : more resources for SF days 2004
by Trevor Warren 15 Aug '04

15 Aug '04

Afternoon Luggers, Some fantastic material that could make the pamplets to be distributed..... http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FLOSS_Concept_Booklet "Table of contents [showhide] 1 Intro / Concept 1.1 What is free software? 1.2 As a user, why would I want to examine and modify my software? 1.3 Doesn't "free" mean that I do not have to pay for the software? 1.4 Well, what's not "free" about other kinds of software? 1.5 What do you mean by "Copyleft"? What's wrong with copyright? How is this different? 1.6 Is this copyleft against the law? 1.7 What other licenses exist to protect free software? 1.8 Okay, so I can see that free software is legal but surely if I duplicate something that means that someone is losing out somewhere along the way? 1.9 This freedom with software programs is interesting. Can this be extended to other forms of information like books? 2 History of Free Software 2.1 When did this whole free software thing start? 2.2 Okay, but now what is Linux? When did that come about? 3 Production Methodology 3.1 How is Free Software actually made? 3.2 Okay, how is software made then? 3.3 So now that I understand how software is made, how is free software made ? 3.4 So how is this different from the production of other kinds of software? 3.5 What kinds of people make free software? 3.6 But I still don't understand why anyone would want to give away their work for free? What's in it for them!? 3.7 What do you mean by a Digital Commons? 3.8 In what ways could I benefit from involving myself in this Digital Commons? 4 Arguments for using Free Software 4.1 I'm still not convinced. Surely a big computer company knows best when it comes to designing software? Why would I want to use software designed by an amateur? 4.2 But what about bugs? Surely free software is more likely to be virus prone? 4.3 Since the source code is available, won't it be easy for someone to find out a security loop hole and exploit it? 4.4 So you're saying that free software actually evolves at a faster pace than proprietary software? 4.5 Free software is only something used by computer enthusiasts, right? 4.6 Have any established organizations actually used free software to their advantage? 5 Personal Relationship to Free Software 5.1 What kinds of problems might I expect to encounter using free software? 5.2 Okay, but why would I want to modify my software anyway? 5.3 Look, I'm no computer whiz! Isn't it easier for me to just use packaged software? Who do I turn to when something goes wrong? 5.4 But how do I know I can trust someone not linked to a big company that has a reputation to uphold? 5.5 Okay, so how would I begin to install free software on my machine? 5.6 Which GNU/Linux distribution should I use?" Trevor ===== ( >- -< ) /~\ ______________________________________ /~\ | \) / Scaling FLOSS in the Enterprise \ (/ | |_|_ \ trevorwarren(a)yahoo.com / _|_| \____________________________________/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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top posting
by quasi 15 Aug '04

15 Aug '04

Dear Admin, Looks like everyone is top posting of late. You too busy to frown on that ? Or are the list rules bendable. -- quasi Utopia Unlimited!

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Post Installation Probs about RH9.0
by Linuxer Lin 14 Aug '04

14 Aug '04

Dear Linux users, Absolutely NEW to Linux, I recently installed RH9.0 and the installation went very well. However, when I tried to play MP3 music or any other cd, it did not respond. Although the song files were displayed in the window, even double clicking didnt help. The tray also does NOT eject and the only way to get the stuck cd out is to REBOOT the pc. I also couldnt configure the Internet access wizard 4 dial-up access. If I wish access Internet thru Cable system how do I configure it coz our Cableman doesnt seem to know about it. All help shall be highly appreciated. Thx in advn. Regards, Linuxer --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages!

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Meeting at IITB on 8th August.
by Amish Munshi 14 Aug '04

14 Aug '04

Greetings, The venue for the meeting at 8th August is IITB. Visit http://www.it.iitb.ac.in for directions to reach IITB. The speakers are 1. gnus - Abhijit (alias Quasi) 2. PHP - Nirav. Meeting is at 4pm. All are invited. Regards.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Using Google Groups 2 for ILUG Mailing List?
by scrapo＠saswatabanerjee.com 14 Aug '04

14 Aug '04

Philip Tellis <philip.tellis(a)gmx.net> wrote: __________ >Sometime Today, scrapo(a)saswatabanerjee.com assembled some asciibets to say: > >> First indian servers are expensive. Due to high local bandwidth costs, >> servers in india cost 3 times of that in USA. > >We use the hbcse servers hosted by Dr. Nagarjuna. > sorry, I was giving an answer to a genric point in the mail from amish as to why we should use indian servers. Regrds saswata >-- >"Protozoa are small, and bacteria are small, but viruses are smaller >than the both put together." > >-- >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Minutes: FSF Seminar @ K.J. Somaiya College
by Anurag Patel 14 Aug '04

14 Aug '04

> >Pictures from FSF Seminar @ K.J. Somaiya are available here > On the homepage [ www.ilug-bom.org.in ] -anurag

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Minutes: FSF Seminar @ K.J. Somaiya College
by Anurag Patel 14 Aug '04

14 Aug '04

*Minutes of FSF Seminar @ K.J. Somaiya College of IT* Date: 13th August 2004 Venue: KJSCIT, Sion Pictures from FSF Seminar @ K.J. Somaiya are available here Overview: The Free Software Foundation of India held a seminar cum workshop on GNU/Linux and the Free Software Paradigm (read SSP: Swatantra Software Paradigm) at KJ Somaiya College of IT, Sion, Mumbai. Dr. Nagarjun G., on behalf of the FSF introduced audience to the GNU Project and how to be a part of the Free Software Movement. * The Principal of KJSCIT introduced audience to speaker for this meet/workshop Dr. Nagarjun G. from Free Software Foundation. After Saraswati vandana, and a brief tea/coffee session, Nagarjun introduced audience to the GNU Project and Free Software Foundation India. He took us to the days of MIT hackers and explained the concept of Free Software at that time and brought us to this day where GNU Project is making a steady progress towards its HURD Kernel. A general question/answer session followed with Nagarjun answering questions pertaining to Free/Open Source and comparing various Unix flavors and windows systems. [after which everyone left for lunch :-) ] * After lunch, it was time for a demonstration of various Free Softwares that are giving a tough challenge to their proprietary counterparts. A hands-on demonstration of working around with GIMP 2.0 and Blender were presented. A sample movie created using Blender made everyone bite their nails. After which it was time to learn how to type/program at the speed of thought, using GNU Emacs. He demonstrated us how to create new macros in emacs so as to improve our speed and efficiency while typing/programming. (any vi fans there yet?) * Before starting a formal question/answer session, we went through the K Menu and saw what all applications are packed onto that single Knoppix 3.4 live CD. That brought us to a formal question/answer session followed by a demonstration of how to install Knoppix 3.4 on harddisk, hook on to internet, mount partitions and mess around with lilo. And another fun filled FSF Seminar came to an end with another round of tea/coffee and distribution of Knoppix 3.4 CDs and participation certificates. By 5pm, all new comers became *GNU Enthusiasts* and all GNU enthusiasts became *GNU Advocates/Extremists* -anurag PS: Please visit [www.ilug-bom.org.in] to view pics from this seminar.

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About Somaiya College Seminar !
by Anand Sharma 14 Aug '04

14 Aug '04

--------------------------------------------------------------- Forwarded Message From: "Saurabh Sawant" <saurabhsawant(a)hotmail.com> Subject: [ILUG-BOM] About Somaiya College Seminar ! Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 10:37:41 +0530 To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Plain Text Attachment [ Download File | Save to my Yahoo! Briefcase ] Hi, I have NEVER attended a seminar as good as this. Let me tell ya, i have been using Linux from 2 years, but this seminar cleared many of my most important doubts. Prof. Nagarjuna's speech was awesome ! Sitting in the front row, i had this very wonderful opportunity to grasp everything i could from this great person. I am so happy that i answered doubts of some of the people there. At the end when i looked at my watch, i was shocked to see that it was 5:30 pm. I was totally immersed in that event , and after a long time, i was unaware of the time. I cant explain how i felt but, it was a fantactic experience ; looking from a whole new paradigm ! Thank you Sir, thank you very much ! :) Regards, Saurabh ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you Saurabh, Thank you for your valuable comment ===== ================================================== ( ) \\/^^\// Anand Sharma /|oo \ anand(a)member.fsf.org (_| /_) 9821843567 `@/ ================================================== FSF (Free Software Foundation) mission to preserve, protect and promote the freedom to use, study,copy, modify and redistribute computer software, and to defend the rights of Free Software users. ================================================= __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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About Somaiya College Seminar !
by Saurabh Sawant 14 Aug '04

14 Aug '04

Hi, I have NEVER attended a seminar as good as this. Let me tell ya, i have been using Linux from 2 years, but this seminar cleared many of my most important doubts. Prof. Nagarjuna's speech was awesome ! Sitting in the front row, i had this very wonderful opportunity to grasp everything i could from this great person. I am so happy that i answered doubts of some of the people there. At the end when i looked at my watch, i was shocked to see that it was 5:30 pm. I was totally immersed in that event , and after a long time, i was unaware of the time. I cant explain how i felt but, it was a fantactic experience ; looking from a whole new paradigm ! Thank you Sir, thank you very much ! :) Regards, Saurabh They who have light in themselves, will not revolve as satellites. - Anon _________________________________________________________________ Post Classifieds on MSN classifieds. http://go.msnserver.com/IN/44045.asp Buy and Sell on MSN Classifieds.

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squid problem
by pramila 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

Hi all, i am using squid as proxy server on my linux box (with Fedora core 1) but my windows client can't use outlook with this proxy server . tried transparent proxy with the help of google but no luck any suggestions would be appreciated Regards, Pramila --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers!

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: [Commercial]Wanted Linux Hacker
by Raseel Bhagat 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

Hey ppl , don't mind my asking you but...after al= l is said and done...what exactly are you looking for this "Linux Hack= er"? Raseel. On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 Anil Gupte = wrote : >Thank you for clarifying. You more or less got it r= ight. My mistake, >perhaps, was calling it "proprietary= " without explaining how. And frankly I >do not complet= ely understand where they may have violated the GPL (if at >all).&= nbsp; The Linux portion is not proprietary as far as I can tell, but in = >combination with instructions that are buried on a proprietary (this= time >the word is correctly used) chip, the code is not available= . > >We are not doing anything illegal, but we are trying= to write third party >software to support this device. Unfo= rtunately, the company frowns on >anything that they do not contro= l, so we are forced to "hack" into it. > >Hope = this helps clarify any confusion I may have caused. > >An= il Gupte > >----- Original Message ----- > From:= "Rajesh Rajani" <rajeshr(a)vsnl.com> >To: <linux= ers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> >Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 4:47 = AM >Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Re: [Commercial]Wanted Linux Hacker = > > > > Hi all, > > > > I g= uess we are all going off on the wrong foot here. > > >= ; > If Anil wants someone to hack into a linux box which is said to be > > proprietory, it seems that he is the wronged party since he = did not >recieve > > the source along with the binary = as per the GPL. > > > > Linux can be as proprietory= or as open as you want. It just depends on to > > whom you dis= tribute the binaries. If you don't distribute, then you can do > &= gt; whatever you want with the sources without giving it out to anyone. = > > > > Anyway, from what I see about Anil's requests,= he wants someone to hack > > into a linux box and install some= software. This may or may not involve > > writing any software= . It may be more a question of finding out weaknesses > > in th= e linux distribution on the box and exploiting them. Doesn't look >= ;like > > any GPL is being violated here though the ethics may = be questionable. > > > > Just my $0.02. > = > > > Regards, > > Rajesh > > = > > > > -- > > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mail= man/listinfo/linuxers > > > > >-- >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers = [1] [adstream=] References 1. 3D"http://clients.rediff.com/signat

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Re: [Commercial]Wanted Linux Hacker
by Rajesh Rajani 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

Hi all, I guess we are all going off on the wrong foot here. If Anil wants someone to hack into a linux box which is said to be proprietory, it seems that he is the wronged party since he did not recieve the source along with the binary as per the GPL. Linux can be as proprietory or as open as you want. It just depends on to whom you distribute the binaries. If you don't distribute, then you can do whatever you want with the sources without giving it out to anyone. Anyway, from what I see about Anil's requests, he wants someone to hack into a linux box and install some software. This may or may not involve writing any software. It may be more a question of finding out weaknesses in the linux distribution on the box and exploiting them. Doesn't look like any GPL is being violated here though the ethics may be questionable. Just my $0.02. Regards, Rajesh

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First Americas Social Forum
by Kapil Karekar 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

The 1st Americas Social Forum (ASF) was held in Quito, Equador from 25th to 30th July. The ASF is part of the World Social Forum (WSF), which was initiated in 2001 and has become the world’s largest venue for NGOs and individuals who are critical of the current state of the world. The slogan of ASF was "Another World is Possible". This slogan has drawn over 10,000 people from more than 45 countries to take part in conferences, seminars, workshops, and cultural events. Globalization, the privatization of water, and communication rights in the information society were some of the primary issues being discussed. Environmentalists, members of sexual minorities, trade unionists, grassroots community activists and students formed part of the mosaic of expressions of civil society drawn to Quito from the entire southern Americas. The ASF also enabled to assess the imposition of a neo-liberal model of globalisation by means of free trade agreements and the installation of U.S. military bases in Latin America. http://libretech.com/?q=node/view/6 -- Kapil Karekar Norrix Associates (http://www.norrix.com) Reachable at: kapil {at} hipatia.info Readable at: http://www.libretech.com Audible at: (91)(22)2867 7305

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Re: Tolerance levels
by Linuxer Lin 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

> ATTACHMENT part 3.7 message/rfc822 From: Philip Tellis Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] tolerance levels Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 18:21:43 +0530 (IST) To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" Interesting how everyone who agreed that we should be more tolerant broke the list rules while doing that. :) Philip (the grouchy old man) Tellis -- Good old Dame Fortune. You can _depend_ on her. (The Truth) Dear Linuxers, Reminds me of an anecdote reproduced verbatim here. "When the company I worked for had an employee-suggestion competition, I told my staff to submit entries that would save money for the firm. The winner was a man in my department who suggested we post corporate memos on bulletin boards, instead of printing 100 individual copies for distribution. He got a mug with the company logo and ten shares of stock. And a memo announcing the prize went out to 100 people" Is this what we are seeing here too? Regards, Linuxer. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out!

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Fw: [ILUG-BOM] Re: trevors mail - tolerance levels
by K Ravishekar 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

Hi...Being a newbie myself I agree with Trevor and Vijay and I believe this will only result in a larger Linux Community... Regards Ravishekar ----- Original Message ----- From: Vijaya Rama Raju Alluru <vijay.alluru(a)gmail.com> To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 11:03 AM Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: trevors mail - tolerance levels > Hi > > > culture. The sooner > > the newbies learn the better. Everyone on this group was a newbie once > > remember..... > > In my experience, a newbie joins a list to get some problem solved. He > is more concerned about the problem than the etiqutte. I agree this is > not an excuse. But can we not help him without making him feel sorry > for asking a question. > I am with Trevor on this one. More newbie friendly. > > Regards, > Vijay > MPIT 2 (N/W specialization), Symbiosis Center for IT, www.scit.edu > > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.716 / Virus Database: 472 - Release Date: 7/5/04

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Tolerance Levels
by yayati singh 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

Quoting from Linux Advocacy-HOWTO http://www.datasync.com/~rogerspl/Advocacy-HOWTO-5.html Try to respond to one ``newbie'' posting each week. Seek out the tough questions, you may be the only one to respond and you may learn something in the process. However, if you aren't confident that you can respond with the correct answer, find someone that can. Regards Yayati.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Using Google Groups 2 for ILUG Mailing List?
by Vickram Crishna 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

>Amish Munshi <amish_munshi(a)fastmail.fm> wrote: >__________ > >On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 12:01 +0530, Rishi wrote: > >> I know Google Groups 2 is in beta right now... but would you >guys (moderators) > > > >I know that my reason is not practical, but on paper this stays true. >>""""Why should all of us user servers located in US to send and receive >>mails? If we have a mailing list mail server located in India, we live >>in India, and our personal mail servers (hopefully) are in India. Why > >should we waste international bandwidth on this?""" >> >More important, even if you have indian servers and an indian ISP, >you use international bandwidth. Last I checked a month ago, no ISP >in india provided interconnect to each other. So, you use siffy at >home to connect to vsnl email accounts at bom4 server in mumbai, >your data goes through some gateway in USA bcause vsnl and siffy >refuse to interconnect. > >I don't know whose fault it is, but I have been told govt is >planning to force large ISPs to interconnect here. This is discussed extensively on another list (exchinnet at yahoogroups). Several interested independent persons campaigned strongly for an 'exchange' (the facility that handles such a task - google for 'IX' if you would like to learn about this) and to the total dismay of all, the ISPs complicitly handed over the job to GoI, which later set up NIXI in Delhi and Mumbai. Unfortunately, NIXI is almost completely underutilised, mainly because its terms and conditions for interconnection are perverse and unrealistic. The result is the major ISPs, several of whom have created their own international bandwidth, do not use NIXI, and it is too expensive and too much hard work for the small ISPs (assuming there are any left), because a little professional networking skill is needed for their admins, who mostly don't exist at any real level of competence. I cannot see any reason why the government should 'force' anyone to do anything these days. It has consistently hogged tasks that it had no business to get into over the years, probably because when they succeed (and even when they don't: who looks once the ribbon cutting is over?) the politicians look good and the bureaucrats are given shiny awards for their dedicated years of spouting Sanskrit slokas. If the exchange is run on a professional basis then not only mail but even mirrors will come up fast here, saving uncountable millions of bucks in international bandwidth now being wasted on pointless shuttling up and down of packets that need never have hit those circuits. What the government needs to do is ensure that the playing fields are as level as possible for all kinds of participants, not only MNCs or conglomerates with cross interests in a number of media plays. Sadly, even the smaller ISPs have not acted to rectify this situation, because (and this is my opinion, Devdas - who also was active on exchinnet - is in a far better position to comment) the best thing to do was set up an alternative to NIXI. They didn't do it two years ago, and I doubt they will now, when they are even more squeezed on revenues. -- Vickram

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Using Google Groups 2 for ILUG Mailing List?
by scrapo＠saswatabanerjee.com 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

Amish Munshi <amish_munshi(a)fastmail.fm> wrote: __________ >On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 12:01 +0530, Rishi wrote: >> Hi Guys (Moderators) >> >> I know Google Groups 2 is in beta right now... but would you guys (moderators) >> consider moving this ILUG Mailing list from your site to Google Groups when >> it is officially release it bug free? > >I know that my reason is not practical, but on paper this stays true. >""""Why should all of us user servers located in US to send and receive >mails? If we have a mailing list mail server located in India, we live >in India, and our personal mail servers (hopefully) are in India. Why >should we waste international bandwidth on this?""" > ha ! Here is the catch and joke. First indian servers are expensive. Due to high local bandwidth costs, servers in india cost 3 times of that in USA. More important, even if you have indian servers and an indian ISP, you use international bandwidth. Last I checked a month ago, no ISP in india provided interconnect to each other. So, you use siffy at home to connect to vsnl email accounts at bom4 server in mumbai, your data goes through some gateway in USA bcause vsnl and siffy refuse to interconnect. I don't know whose fault it is, but I have been told govt is planning to force large ISPs to interconnect here. Regards saswata

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Post Installation Probs about RH9.0
by Vinayak Hegde 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 08:16:55 +0530, Ivan Bayross <ivanbayross(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: > Hi Vinayak, > > Just thought I'd add my two paise, I use RH extensively, if all else fails I'd be glad to have you across (or perhaps to come across) to help, if you are close by 9i.e. not too far away). My office is at Vile Parle (East) and I stay at Santacruz (West). RH 9 is a great product and I've been using it for quite a while. RH9 is a good product no doubt. Unfortunately I no longer live in Mumbai.( I am based in Bangalore). > Could I have some generic info: > Processor used, Maximum RAM, HDD size, Type of sound card, built in on the M'board or a separate plugin card? I have used RH9 and other distros on a variety of hardware, the only two notable hardware /chipsets which gave problems were a Winmodem(s/w based modems) and the infamous SiS 6215 card. (I know many Linuxers have not so fond memories of both of these :D). > Regarding, The cablewala, what windows based s/w are you currently using ? If I've an idea then I could make an ntelligent guess on what could be used on RH9 Mention the cable internet provider and the windows based software they use. There are many people on this list who have got it working without any problems. They should be able to help you. > If you like visit my web site www<dot>ivanbayross<dot>com I have a downloads section in which there is a whole lot of doucmentation on how to connect a dialup to the NET via Linux. I would like to find out it you found it to be useful. > Ivan If you have written any documentation on your own consider submitting it to tldp.org (howtos/guides) and or linuxgazette.net so a lot other people can benefit from it. Last but not the least I did not ask the question but answered it. So you replied to the wrong mail. :D > > Absolutely NEW to Linux, I recently installed RH9.0 I also couldnt configure the Internet access wizard 4 dial-up access. > > If I wish access Internet thru Cable system how do I configure it coz our Cableman doesnt seem to know about it. All help shall be highly appreciated. Thx in advn. > -------------------- > > RH9 did not ship with mp3 plugin due to patent concerns. get the plugin here. > http://havardk.xmms.org/dist/xmms-1.2.7-rh8-rh9-rpm/ > > > You can use kppp to configure dial up access.

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Re: Using Google Groups 2 for ILUG Mailing List?
by Rajesh Rajani 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Hi Rishi, >I know Google Groups 2 is in beta right now... but would you guys >(moderators) >consider moving this ILUG Mailing list from your site to Google Groups when >it is officially release it bug free? Do you know if it has the same facilities as this "MAILING" list. It is very convenient to write mails from my mail client rather than online on some website. Regards, Rajesh

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Microsoft says Linux, hmm, I need to worry!
by Amish Munshi 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Greetings, Are we now wasting time thinking about what Microsoft thinks about GNU/Linux, is it time for us to ignore Microsoft? Or is it still a little early still? Find out here: Some business intelligence about Microsoft and Linux from: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5614334/ or http://www.forbes.com/businesstech/2004/08/05/cx_js_0805msft.html I have high lighted some information on MS opinion and Novell related info for you how like to get the essence of this. Also see how Microsoft message about Linux has changed: http://forbes.com/2004/08/04/cx_js_microsoftslide.html? Amish.

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Needed Qmail for Redhat linux 9.0
by Anand Pandurang Shelake 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Hi, Can anybody help me with Qmail and its installation, configuration for Redhat Linux 9.0. As i searched the google but not able to download qmail. Regds, Anand Shelake

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Using Google Groups 2 for ILUG Mailing List?
by Rishi 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Hi Guys (Moderators) I know Google Groups 2 is in beta right now... but would you guys (moderators) consider moving this ILUG Mailing list from your site to Google Groups when it is officially release it bug free? Or do you feel since they have not licensed their software with the GNU GPL like MailMan, you would not? Regards Rishi

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mono VGA Monitor under Linux
by Chirag Wazir 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Hi Ajit, > Under Linux with those same settings we get a screen > that leaves an empty area on the top and bottom i.e. > screen display is not full screen. ..... > Can we do the some settings (software / hardware / cable) > to get fullscreen under Linux with a Mono VGA monitor.... Most distros include a utility called xvidtune. Start up X and run this - it allows you to change the monitor timings that affect the size and position of the display area. Once you have adjusted things to satisfaction, xvidtune can save the settings to your X config file so that they are used the next time you start X. Note that the program has a warning that fiddling can damage your monitor, but as long as you change one setting at a time in small increments you should be fine - I've used it plenty of times & it's never blown up a monitor for me yet :-) Always keep in mind that you can kill an X session and get back to the prompt in an emergency by pressing ctrl-alt-backspace. Chirag Wazir http://chirag.freeshell.org

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: trevors mail - tolerance levels
by scrapo＠saswatabanerjee.com 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

quasi <quasiabhi(a)softhome.net> wrote: __________ >Saswata spake thusly: > >> The mail was marked as commercial. It was written commercial in >> brackets, but at end of mail instead of the begining. I think a >> private warning would have made more sense here as far as that point >> goes. > >I agree think location should not matter -- but the square brackets >and the caps should be preserved. This is for the sake of those who >filter. Even though I wonder who filters. All I am trying to say is that it was probably an honest mistake that he didn't realise he put round in place of square brackets. regarda saswata > >-- >quasi > >Utopia Unlimited! > > >-- >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: trevors mail - tolerance levels
by gnurpreet＠softhome.net 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

>Last but not the least advocacy is a part of the culture and not the >only motive of this group. >We are not missionaries trying to spread any kind of religion but >trying to have fun and >help others in this process. I would say that all of us have gained something from the community. in terms of skills, in terms of technical help, in terms of software that we can use - "freely" I have a feeling that we have to give something back to the community. i am incapable of giving it back in terms of code, thus i give it back by spreading the word across. Thus for me, I have a specific goal wrt. FLOSS ie. increase the user base. I feel obliged to be newbie friendly thus. others may have a different opinion, with due respects... Since we clearly have two catagories of people regardign their opinion about being newbie friendly, why dont we have two seprate lists. 1. the newbie lists - the person who joins this list is expected to be tolerant enuff to entertain all types of stupid sounding questions form newbies. this shall be a lil less strict. 2. the general list - this list is used as a regular collaboration medium for the gnu/linux community in and around bombay. This way the posting of theselists can come to two diff folders in your inbox, and u can assign a time of the day(say15 mins in a good mood) to answering newbies. whereas your regular collaboration with your gnu/linux mates stays undisturbed from the crap of a few newbies. whats say? gurpreet ------------------------------------ GNUrpreet Singh MPIT 1 (Nw specialization) Symbiosis Center for IT www.scit.edu

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Fedora Core 2
by Shivanand Nadkarni 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Hi, Does anyone have Fedora Core 2 CDs? I heard that the CDs distributed recently have some problems. This is a bit urgent... Thanks, Santosh __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: trevors mail - tolerance levels
by scrapo＠saswatabanerjee.com 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

gnurpreet(a)softhome.net wrote: __________ > > >let us accept this fact be a lil more newcomer friendly. but not spare any >oldies not tagging "[commercial]" msgs. The mail was marked as commercial. It was written commercial in brackets, but at end of mail instead of the begining. I think a private warning would have made more sense here as far as that point goes. Saswata

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[Commercial] Windows Device Driver Course
by Concepts 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Hello All, We are starting a new batch of �Windows Device Driver� from next week. This hands on training course provides the knowledge and practice necessary to begin writing Windows device drivers for Windows XP, Windows 2000. This course provides a thorough grounding for Windows device driver development and Windows 2000 internals. Through lecture, class discussions and hands on lab work, the student will develop an immediately useful knowledge of how to write a device driver that will interface hardware to the system and to application programs. At the end of the course, a group of students will be given a problem statement for the Project. This project is aimed at making you proficient at writing Windows Device Drivers and solving real world problem. Syllabus is available at http://conceptsinc.s5.com/WritingWindowsDeviceDriver.htm Starting Date & Timings: 15th August 2004 (Sunday) 9.00 AM to 11.00 AM Saturday & Sunday Approximate Duration: 2 mths excluding project. Venue: Nirmal Complex, 3rd Floor,Nr. Vanaz Corner, Paud Road,Kothrud, Pune- 411038 For more details/queries mail us at conceptsinc(a)yahoo.com or call 9890454586. About Us: http://www.conceptsinc.s5.com Learn From Experts/ Engineers/ Professionals. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers!

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List search engine
by Linuxers Admin 11 Aug '04

11 Aug '04

The list search engine at http://www.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/search/linuxers has been upgraded and the index has been cleaned up. -- List Admin

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Re: [Commercial]Wanted Linux Hacker
by Rajesh Rajani 11 Aug '04

11 Aug '04

Hi, > > If Anil wants someone to hack into a linux box which is said to be > > proprietory, it seems that he is the wronged party since he did not recieve > > the source along with the binary as per the GPL. > >I don't see where he stated that he recvd. a linux binary. Receiving a box which works on embedded linux is equivalent to receiving a linux binary. This is what got Linksys into trouble. They were not giving the users of the router a way to obtain the source code, thereby infringing on the GPL. > > Linux can be as proprietory or as open as you want. It just depends on to > > whom you distribute the binaries. > >Nah ah. proprietory isn't the right word when you modify other ppl's >work. The changes are proprietory the original work isn't, unless of >course you happen to be RIAA/MPAA or m'be SCO (the ho-ho operation) . >Please correct me here. I agree completely. My mistake. An unfortunate choice of words. > > Doesn't look like > > any GPL is being violated here though the ethics may be questionable. > >Unless Anil comes out with any details of the whole thing, its going >to remain questionable. If you own the box, then hacking it cannot be illegal. If you don't own it, then it definitely is. BTW, is there any idea what is the validity of the GPL in India. As far as I know, it is based on the US copyright law. I am not sure if that applies to us. Before you flame me, please keep in mind that this is an academic question and I am asking merely out of curiosity. Regards, Rajesh

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Mono VGA Monitor under Linux
by Ajit Gulanikar 11 Aug '04

11 Aug '04

We are shifting out of Windows to Linux using Red Hat Linux (7.3) and Ethernet Cards that boot off the server We have many (old) Mono VGA monitors (Make: Samtel / Microtek) Under Windows 98 we get a full screen display by setting the following paramters in display settings a) 640 x 480 b) 60 Hz c) 256 Colours Under Linux with those same settings we get a screen that leaves an empty area on the top and bottom i.e. screen display is not full screen. If we use a colour monitor all is ok i.e. we get full display Can we do the some settings (software / hardware / cable) to get fullscreen under Linux with a Mono VGA monitor -- basically we want to hold down the cost of the switch from Windows to Linux without investing in colour monitors Regards Ajit Gulanikar

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keep track of passwords of users in linux.suggestions or hint orfaq site link please
by camsbgl＠vsnl.net 11 Aug '04

11 Aug '04

Dear Sir I would like to educated/introduced in a method or procedure for keeping track of password changes of users in Linux environment/Redhat thanks and regards P.R

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Sept 12th LUG meet
by Venkatesh (Venky) Hariharan 11 Aug '04

11 Aug '04

At the August 8th LUG meet it was decided that the organizing committee for the September LUG meet will of Nirav Mehta, Narayan Kejariwal and myself. This meet will be held at IIT Bombay, Powai. The three of us are coordinating amongst ourselves and our plan is to get one well known speaker from industry, and one expert in legal issues to speak on GPL and patenting issues. If there are any recommendations for either of these, please let us know. For the October 10th LUG meet, Mitul has volunteered to organize the meet. Incidentally, Michael Tiemann, Vice President, Open Source Affairs, Red Hat Inc will be in India in the second week of October. He is an excellent speaker and it would be good to have him address the LUG meet. The only problem is that he is coming during the week and our LUG meets are always held on Sundays. Perhaps these can be two seperae events. Red Hat is willing to host his talk. Perhaps the October LUG meet organizing team can suggest what can be done? Mitul? A brief profile of Michael is attached with this mail. Regards, Venky ===== Michael Tiemann is a true open source software pioneer. He made his first major open source contribution over a decade ago by writing the GNU C++ compiler, the first native-code C++ compiler and debugger. His early work led to the creation of leading open source technologies and the first open source business model. In 1989, Tiemann's technical expertise and entrepreneurial spirit led him to co-found Cygnus Solutions, the first company to provide commercial support for open source software. During his ten years at Cygnus, Tiemann contributed in a number of roles from President to hacker, helping lead the company from fledgling start-up to an admired open source leader. Tiemann serves on a number of boards, including the Open Source Initiative and the GNOME Foundation. Tiemann also provides financial support to organizations that further the goals of software and programmer freedom, including the Free Software Foundation and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

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qmail clustering query
by Ninad Purohit 11 Aug '04

11 Aug '04

Hi Guys I m planning to build up a Qmail cluster based on RedHat advanced server 3.0 FOr the shared stoarge quorum requirement of RedHat , i m planing to have a small Compaq/HP shared JBOD box of about 100GB However for the maildir storage , i m planning to have it exported out of an NFS (exported by some NAS ) | Qmail-1| | Qmail-1| --------- --------- | | | | SHARED STORAGE (100 GB) ----------- |NAS Server| (2 TB) ----------- The 2 servers wil mount their respective /home/maildir out of the same NAS export. The idea is that if any of the server goes down the other will take up and be able to serve all the users. Clustering is thru the use of Redhat Advanced server cluster .. not through HeartBeat or the likes Google tells me that maildir is **absolutely safe ** on NFS ... Can u guys pls throw some more light on this ..any practical experiences/issues ===== ninad purohit ninadonline(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)in have a nice day :-) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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403 Forbidden Error when Document Root is empty
by Vinayak 10 Aug '04

10 Aug '04

Hello This is the first time I am configuring Apache on a Knoppix server. We use Redhat most of the time. The problem is if there is an empty directory in the document root, it gives me a 403 Forbidden Error. In Redhat, in a similar scenario, the directory index used to be displayed. Any pointers, anyone? Regards Vinayak

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] system hanging/restarting at module scan time
by Philip Tellis 10 Aug '04

10 Aug '04

Ok, the problem seems to be that it's initialising a USB mouse, which I don't have. I have a USB printer though. It's possible that this causes a conflict that restarts the comp. Philip -- He keeps differentiating, flying off on a tangent.

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system hanging/restarting at module scan time
by Philip Tellis 10 Aug '04

10 Aug '04

My dad and sis in Bombay are having trouble booting into linux. They tell me that the system hangs when it comes to loading modules. At some point in the last month CMOS got reset and it started giving floppy drive errors (I don't have a floppy drive). A friend fixed the BIOS, and windows can boot, but linux won't go past the loading modules part. I need to ask a big favour. Someone who thinks they can fix this will have to drop in to Bandra and try and fix it. I'm available if you need to ask anything, but I'm not sure when I'll next be in Mumbai to test things. I really don't like the idea of them connecting to the net through windows, and most of what they need to do is through linux, so I really need someone to help fast. Thanks, Philip -- It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -- Kehlog Albran, "The Profit"

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] seminar at Somaiya-?
by advait raut 10 Aug '04

10 Aug '04

hi ninad if u want to attend the seminar at somaiya. then come on 13th. 9.30am and u have to pay fees of RS 125 or RS 175. its 6 hours seminar conducted by Free Software Foundation of India. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ninad" <ninadb(a)coolgoose.com> To: <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 1:21 PM Subject: [ILUG-BOM] seminar at Somaiya-? > > Hi > Has anyone regd for the seminar at Somaiya on 13/8/04 > Can anyone guide me w.r.t same. The persons to contact were not available > > Thanks and Regards > Ninad Bapat > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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fedora core 2 slows when internet is connected
by Chirag Arjun Bhangale 10 Aug '04

10 Aug '04

I m using Fedora Core 2, I have dial up net access using the reliance mobile ( ftdi usb driver) I m facing an irritating problem- whenever i start any application when the internet is connected the new application takes a lot of time to start up (whereas the older already open apps work perfectly fine) and as soon as i disconnect suddenly all the apps that i had clicked pop up My machine has 394MB RAM so i don't think it is a problem with memory. Please Help Regards, Chirag

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Minutes: August GLUG-Meet @ IIT
by Anurag 10 Aug '04

10 Aug '04

*Minutes of August GLUG-Meet @ KRESIT - IIT* The GNU/Linux Users Group of Mumbai held its August GLUG meet at KERSIT - IIT on 8th August 2004. Following discussions and talks were conducted. * Venky Hariharan talked about the Redhat Scholarships Programme for the year 2004: -> Overall response from different regions of the country -> Quality of projects recieved. -> About 900 projects received out of which finally 300 were selected in the first phase. -> How the scolarships programme can be improved with some good inputs from Nagarjun. Finally everyone agreed that it would be better that people from the industry should also be involved so that the participating students get a mentor. * Nirav Mehta conducted a session on PHP - -> An introduction to PHP. -> Smarty: The PHP Template Engine -> Nirav presented a hands on demo on his cool Mac laptop :-) on how to build a Website using Smarty in PHP titled "The Sholay Revolutions" . * Discussion on the next meeting to be held in September Date: 12 September 2004. *Agenda for September GLUG meet will be:* -> New perspectives in FLOSS, a talk by Rajesh Jain. -> RESTY.ORG - PHP app. framework & Revolution OS by Mitul Lambani. -> Screening of Python Movie by Kunal Bharti. -> Software Patenting issues. -> New meeting places apart from IIT/MET/HBCSE are under consideration. * The event concluded by distribution of Redhat Fedora Core 2 CDs by Venky as promised :-) * Coming FSF Events: There is a full day program cum workshop (09:00 to 16:00 hours) on 13th Aug 2004 at Somaiya College of Engineering on Free Software to be conducted by Dr. Nagarjun. Interested people can check out the mails posted earlier on this mailing list. - Anurag (with inputs from Suhas Prabhu) -- ----------------------------------------------- Anurag Patel GNU Enthusiast __ __ gnu /noo/ n. Ox like antelope; (abbr.) /gnoo/ (recursive acronym) Gnu's Not Unix. -----------------------------------------------

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::::SEMINAR NOTICE::::
by Anand Sharma 10 Aug '04

10 Aug '04

:::::::::::::::::::::::SEMINAR NOTICE:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: On the Spot Registration on Friday 13th 9:00AM at Somaiya College Sion. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: LAST DATE FOR REGISTRATION : Tuseday 10th Aug 2004 CONTACT PERSON FOR REGISTRATION : Mr. Uday Rote Email: udayrote(a)rediffmail.com, ravighanokare(a)yahoo.co.in Tel: 24042797, 24028801 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ORGANIZED BY: Free Software Foundation VENUE: K.J. Somaiya College of IT, Somaiya Medical College Ground Sion, Mumbai SPEAKER: Dr. Nagarjuna G. (Chairman Free Software Foundation, India) DATE: Friday, 13th Aug 2004 TIME: 9:30 to 4:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1.Why use GNU/Linux and free software? 2.What is Unix paradigm, how is it different from other OS? 3.How to type and program at the speed of thought? Introduction to GNU Emacs. 4.How to do x,y,z ..? keeping engineering students in mind. 5.How to carry home GNU/Linux and work at home college. Knoppix, college Gnoware. 6.Question Answers. ---------------------------------------------------------------- It include demonstrations and distribution of the GNU/Linux CD ---------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION FEE: Option 1 - RS 175/- Lunch + Tea + GNU/Linux CD Option 2 - Rs 125/- Tea + GNU/Linux CD LAST DATE FOR REGISTRATION: Tuseday 10th Aug 2004 CONTACT PERSON FOR REGISTRATION: Mr. Uday Rote Email: udayrote(a)rediffmail.com, ravighanokare(a)yahoo.co.in Tel: 24042797, 24028801 ===== ================================================== ( ) \\/^^\// Anand Sharma /|oo \ anand(a)member.fsf.org (_| /_) 9821843567 `@/ ================================================== FSF (Free Software Foundation) mission to preserve, protect and promote the freedom to use, study,copy, modify and redistribute computer software, and to defend the rights of Free Software users. ================================================= __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] seminar at Somaiya-?
by Sameer Niphadkar 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

Please mail to udayrote(a)rediffmail.com for reg. Y= ou may also do on the venue registration, but in that case you would receiv= e your CDs after a few days. Please mail Mr. Uday Rote at the above mention= ed mail for any more queries. rgds Sameer O= n Mon, 09 Aug 2004 Ninad wrote : > >Hi > &= nbsp; Has anyone regd for the seminar at Somaiya on 13/8/04 >Can = anyone guide me w.r.t same. The persons to contact were not available = > >Thanks and Regards >Ninad Bapat > = > > > >-- >http://mm.ilug-bom.org= .in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers [1] [3D"h=] References 1. 3D"http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp"

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running java applications from behind a proxy
by dhanesh andurlekar 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

hi guys i have configured my home machine to run as a proxy server.....and right now its working fine except that i am just not able to run any java apllications (for ex: yahoo pool ) from the clint machine..... i am also running some applications that require me to open some specific ports .....which i tried from the acl list in squid but nothings working..... help required guys thanks in anticipation dhanesh -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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squid configuration for antivirus scanning
by Ismail Pardawala 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

Hello People, I want the incoming traffic from net to be scanned by a antivirus when access to net is through squid-2.5STABLE4 and squidguard. How should I configure squid so that I can scan all incoming traffic from net? Our clients gonna use some commercial antivirus package. Regards Ismail Pardawala

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seminar at Somaiya-?
by Ninad 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

Hi Has anyone regd for the seminar at Somaiya on 13/8/04 Can anyone guide me w.r.t same. The persons to contact were not available Thanks and Regards Ninad Bapat

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Error Connecting to Exatt ISP through suse 9.1
by Vidyasagar Venkatesh 09 Aug '04

09 Aug '04

SuSE Meta pppd (smpppd-ifcfg), Version 1.16 on linux. Status is: disconnected trying to connect to smpppd connect to smpppd Status is: disconnected Interface is eth1. Status is: connecting pppd[0]: Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded. pppd[0]: RP-PPPoE plugin version 3.3 compiled against pppd 2.4.2 pppd[0]: Plugin passwordfd.so loaded. pppd[0]: Using interface ppp0 Status is: connecting pppd[0]: Connect: ppp0 <--> eth1 pppd[0]: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500 pppd[0]: Couldn't increase MRU to 1500 pppd[0]: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500 pppd[0]: CHAP authentication succeeded: Welcome to sion001. pppd[0]: peer from calling number 00:08:C7:B3:2F:71 authorized pppd[0]: local IP address 202.63.180.106 pppd[0]: remote IP address 202.63.173.18 pppd[0]: primary DNS address 202.63.164.17 pppd[0]: secondary DNS address 202.63.164.18 pppd[0]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid 6647), status = 0x0 Status is: connected pppd[0]: Modem hangup pppd[0]: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500 pppd[0]: Couldn't increase MRU to 1500 pppd[0]: Connection terminated. pppd[0]: Connect time 0.1 minutes. pppd[0]: Sent 54 bytes, received 54 bytes. pppd[0]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-down finished (pid 6790), status = 0x0 Status is: disconnected pppd[0]: Connect time 0.1 minutes. pppd[0]: Sent 54 bytes, received 54 bytes. pppd[0] died: A modem hung up the phone (exit code 16) This is the error that i get after i type ifup eth1 and then try to connect to the ISP configured in my DSL services. can someone tell me how to solve this problem? -- For Every Beginning there is an End... But At the End there is a new Beginning

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linuxjournal takes notice of unicode based freesoftware solution on voterlist search
by jitendras＠vsnl.com 08 Aug '04

08 Aug '04

See http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7711 for coverage on the software by IndicTrans team . The software is under active consideration of the Election authorities at state and central level. Those who want closer look see voterlist page on www.indictrans.org. Those who want a live demo, please contact offline. By the way how widely is linuxjournal.com read? jitendra

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Software Freedom Day : South Africa
by Kapil Karekar 08 Aug '04

08 Aug '04

On August 28, Free Software enthusiasts in South Africa will be celebrating Software Freedom Day. GNU/Linux user groups (LUGs), companies, organisations and individuals from around South Africa will get together to raise a toast for free and open source software. This is scheduled to be an annual event aimed at increasing awareness about free software. The initial call to declare a software freedom day was started in the US and has since been taken by organisations around the world. Software Freedom Day was also celebrated in India by the Free Software Foundation India. The activities spread over a day included a discussion on copyrights and society, a presentation on the Thunder by Anand Babu, an exhibition of IT related caricatures and posters etc. Some publications and short films were also screened. In South Africa a local website has been established to publicise the day and events have been planned for shopping centres, universities and schools throughout the country. As the day is designed to promote the use of Free Software, most organisations taking part in the celebrations will be handing out Free Software and giving members of the public a chance to see what it is capable of. Many organisations will be handing out a copy of The OpenCD, a collection of free software that can be used on Microsoft Windows. For users wanting to try out the GNU/Linux operating system organisations will also be handing out copies of Knoppix as well as other GNU/Linux distributions. URL: http://libretech.com/?q=node/view/7 -- Kapil Karekar Norrix Associates (http://www.norrix.com) Reachable at: kapil {at} hipatia.info Readable at: http://www.libretech.com Audible at: (91)(22)2867 7305

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[ILUG-BOM] Wrong about Windows? Or was I brainwashed ? Windows Review
by Rohit Baisakhiya 07 Aug '04

07 Aug '04

Hi luggers, Please read this article,got this on another BLUG list. http://chrisanth.blogspot.com/2004_07_01_chrisanth_archive.html

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re: [ILUG-BOM] Creation of a team for meetings and events.
by scrapo＠saswatabanerjee.com 07 Aug '04

07 Aug '04

Amish Munshi <amish_munshi(a)fastmail.fm> wrote: __________ >Greetings, > > >Everyone who would like to be a part of the team for co-ordinating LUG >activities and the meetings *should* be present in the coming meet on >8th. Please reply to this mail if you would like to be a part of the >team and may not be able to come for this meet. > >We will also be considering some modifications to the events - like >considering to have meetings on weekdays. Weekdays will not be convinient for modt of us. We should stick to sunday meetings. Saswata

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ERROR:Connection refused (111)
by SACHIN SAWANT 07 Aug '04

07 Aug '04

Dear All, Getting ERROR:Connection refused (111) while trying to change password in SquirrelMail version 1.4.2-1. Waiting for your suggestions. Thanks in advance. Thanks/Regards, Sachin _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN toolbar! Your shortcut to the internet! http://toolbar.msn.co.in/ Access a world of convenience!

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Re: Exatt Problem
by BIJU KRISHNAN 07 Aug '04

07 Aug '04

Hi Linuxer, Exatt is known to have a problem with the higher MTU ...so just >>lower<< the MTU on your eth with ifconfig and if its still a problem just post your status...and i'll talk to the exatt admin abt this..! -----------------Konsole Output--------------- pppd[0]: Connect: ppp0 <--> eth1 pppd[0]: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500 pppd[0]: Couldn't increase MRU to 1500 pppd[0]: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500 pppd[0]: CHAP authentication succeeded: Welcome to sion001. pppd[0]: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500 pppd[0]: Couldn't increase MRU to 1500 pppd[0]: Connection terminated. ------------------------------------------------------- "cerritoslug" in the U.S.A had this intresting concept of a GnuPG Keysigning Party Here are some excerpts.. -------------------------------------------------- A key-signing party is a get together with GnuPG/PGP users for the purpose of meeting other GnuPG/PGP users and signing each other's keys. This extends the Web of Trust that GnuPG/PGP relies upon. At the February CerritosLUG meeting there will be a party for all participants. Anyone and everyone is invited. We sign keys because GnuPG/PGP is based upon a Web of Trust. This web of trust is what ensures that nobody can pretend to be you and that you can really believe that a message you receive from Bob is really from Bob. The more deep and tightly inter-linked the web of trust is, the more difficult it is to defeat. ------------------------------------------------------ Just thght i share it with everybody. Bye for now. BijuCyborg __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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::::::SEMINAR NOTICE:::::::
by Anand Sharma 07 Aug '04

07 Aug '04

:::::::::::::::::::::::SEMINAR NOTICE:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Hurry!!!!Hurry!!!!Hurry!!!!Hurry!!!!Hurry!!!!Hurry!!!!Hurry!!!! ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: LAST DATE FOR REGISTRATION : Tuseday 10th Aug 2004 CONTACT PERSON FOR REGISTRATION : Mr. Uday Rote Email: udayrote(a)rediffmail.com, ravighanokare(a)yahoo.co.in Tel: 24042797, 24028801 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ORGANIZED BY: Free Software Foundation VENUE: K.J. Somaiya College of IT, Somaiya Medical College Ground Sion, Mumbai SPEAKER: Dr. Nagarjuna G. (Chairman Free Software Foundation, India) DATE: Friday, 13th Aug 2004 TIME: 9:30 to 4:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1.Why use GNU/Linux and free software? 2.What is Unix paradigm, how is it different from other OS? 3.How to type and program at the speed of thought? Introduction to GNU Emacs. 4.How to do x,y,z ..? keeping engineering students in mind. 5.How to carry home GNU/Linux and work at home college. Knoppix, college Gnoware. 6.Question Answers. ---------------------------------------------------------------- It include demonstrations and distribution of the GNU/Linux CDs (Knoppix 3.4, Fedora Core 2, Slackware). ---------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION FEE: Option 1 - RS 175/- Lunch + Tea + GNU/Linux CD Option 2 - Rs 125/- Tea + GNU/Linux CD LAST DATE FOR REGISTRATION: Tuseday 10th Aug 2004 CONTACT PERSON FOR REGISTRATION: Mr. Uday Rote Email: udayrote(a)rediffmail.com, ravighanokare(a)yahoo.co.in Tel: 24042797, 24028801 ===== ================================================== ( ) \\/^^\// Anand Sharma /|oo \ anand(a)member.fsf.org (_| /_) 9821843567 `@/ ================================================== FSF (Free Software Foundation) mission to preserve, protect and promote the freedom to use, study,copy, modify and redistribute computer software, and to defend the rights of Free Software users. ================================================= __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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PHP Talk in 8th meet
by Nirav Mehta 06 Aug '04

06 Aug '04

Hi, What would be an appropriate PHP topic of discussion for the 8th meet? - Introduction to PHP - Smarty templates in PHP - Building a (quick & dirty) meeting planner for GLUG using PHP/MySQL - Anything else?? Look forward to get some inputs so that I can prepare for the talk ;) Regards, Nirav .................................................... email ~ magnet(a)magnet-i.com phone ~ 91-22-2899 0490 / 2899 0507 / 3091 5047 cell ~ 91-22-3250 4767 web ~ www.magnet-i.com ~ www.radixsolutions.info ~ www.utkarsh.org Rich Internet Apps - Mobile Solutions - GNU/Linux Utkarsh - Computers in Gujarati Language :::::::::::::::: WE CODE THE FUTURE ::::::::::::::::

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SUSE
by latesh galia 06 Aug '04

06 Aug '04

Hi guys, Can anyone provide me with SUSE latest version, I'll provide u the blank cd's. I don want the LIFY cd's heard installation frm those cd's work horrible even on P4. Any1 stayin near Kandivali contact me on 9819494940. Latesh. Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline.

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Requirement of a Vender who can Supply & Burn CDs
by Anand Sharma 06 Aug '04

06 Aug '04

FSF-India is looking for a vender who can Supply & Burn CDs for us, intrested people do contact me offline. ===== ================================================== ( ) \\/^^\// Anand Sharma /|oo \ anand(a)member.fsf.org (_| /_) 9821843567 `@/ ================================================== FSF (Free Software Foundation) mission to preserve, protect and promote the freedom to use, study,copy, modify and redistribute computer software, and to defend the rights of Free Software users. ================================================= __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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::::::SEMINAR NOTICE:::::::
by Anand Sharma 06 Aug '04

06 Aug '04

::::::SEMINAR NOTICE::::::: ORGANIZED BY: Free Software Foundation VENUE: K.J. Somaiya College of IT, Somaiya Medical College Ground Sion, Mumbai SPEAKER: Dr. Nagarjuna G. (Chairman Free Software Foundation, India) DATE: Friday, 13th Aug 2004 TIME: 9:30 to 4:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1.Why use GNU/Linux and free software? 2.What is Unix paradigm, how is it different from other OS? 3.How to type and program at the speed of thought? Introduction to GNU Emacs. 4.How to do x,y,z ..? keeping engineering students in mind. 5.How to carry home GNU/Linux and work at home college. Knoppix, college Gnoware. 6.Question Answers. ---------------------------------------------------------------- It include demonstrations and distribution of the GNU/Linux CDs (Knoppix 3.4, Fedora Core 2, Slackware). ---------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION FEE: Option 1 - RS 175/- Lunch + Tea + GNU/Linux CD Option 2 - Rs 125/- Tea + GNU/Linux CD LAST DATE FOR REGISTRATION: Tuseday 10th Aug 2004 CONTACT PERSON FOR REGISTRATION: Mr. Uday Rote Email: udayrote(a)rediffmail.com, ravighanokare(a)yahoo.co.in Tel: 24042797, 24028801 ===== ================================================== ( ) \\/^^\// Anand Sharma /|oo \ anand(a)member.fsf.org (_| /_) 9821843567 `@/ ================================================== FSF (Free Software Foundation) mission to preserve, protect and promote the freedom to use, study,copy, modify and redistribute computer software, and to defend the rights of Free Software users. ================================================= __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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::::::SEMINAR NOTICE:::::::
by Anand Sharma 06 Aug '04

06 Aug '04

::::::SEMINAR NOTICE::::::: ORGANIZED BY: Free Software Foundation VENUE: K.J. Somaiya College of IT, Somaiya Medical College Ground Sion, Mumbai SPEAKER: Dr. Nagarjuna G. (Chairman Free Software Foundation, India) DATE: Friday, 13th Aug 2004 TIME: 9:30 to 4:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1.Why use GNU/Linux and free software? 2.What is Unix paradigm, how is it different from other OS? 3.How to type and program at the speed of thought? Introduction to GNU Emacs. 4.How to do x,y,z ..? keeping engineering students in mind. 5.How to carry home GNU/Linux and work at home college. Knoppix, college Gnoware. 6.Question Answers. ---------------------------------------------------------------- It include demonstrations and distribution of the GNU/Linux CDs (Knoppix 3.4, Fedora Core 2, Slackware). ---------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION FEE: Option 1 - RS 175/- Lunch + Tea + GNU/Linux CD Option 2 - Rs 125/- Tea + GNU/Linux CD LAST DATE FOR REGISTRATION: Tuseday 10th Aug 2004 CONTACT PERSON FOR REGISTRATION: Mr. Uday Rote Email: udayrote(a)rediffmail.com, ravighanokare(a)yahoo.co.in Tel: 24042797, 24028801 ===== ================================================== ( ) \\/^^\// Anand Sharma /|oo \ anand(a)member.fsf.org (_| /_) 9821843567 `@/ ================================================== FSF (Free Software Foundation) mission to preserve, protect and promote the freedom to use, study,copy, modify and redistribute computer software, and to defend the rights of Free Software users. ================================================= __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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RE: Compressing CD-ROMS (Iqbal Dehlvi)
by Abhijeet D Mhatre 06 Aug '04

06 Aug '04

> Message: 8 > Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 00:38:42 +0530 > From: "Iqbal Dehlvi" <iqbal_linux(a)softhome.net> > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Compressing CD-ROMS > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" > <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Message-ID: <000e01c4798d$4e5a31e0$0399fea9@in> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I have a lot of files, which are ranged from 735mb to 1.5 gigabytes. I´d > like to burn each of those files to a single cd, but they exceed the > capacity of every cd(700mb max). > > I would be thankful if you can help me knowing any special softwares for > this .... > > I´ve had several ideas of how to achieve this: > > 1. Re-encode the ones that are video files: Several of them are, but > re-encoding is very time consuming and i need to free hard disk space > often, plus I´m not an expert encoder and it would take time for me to > learn how not to degrade the quality while re-encoding. Re-encoding is not > an option. > > 2. Compress the ones that are data files or databases: but if I use zip > software, in order to read em from the cd, it extracts the whole file to a > temporary directory on my hard drive, which is time consuming. I want to be > able to read the files on the fly, just like every "NORMAL" cd. > > So any one can guide me in this. > > Regards > > ID Hi You want the files to fit in your cd of 700 MB but you also want them to be readable on the cd. These two requirements seem to be conflicting each other. I dont really think this is possible. regards Abhijeet D Mhatre

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Looking forward for the meet on 8th aug !
by Saurabh Sawant 06 Aug '04

06 Aug '04

Hi, I am very excited and looking forward for 8th aug meet. This will be my first one ! Saurabh _________________________________________________________________ Get head-hunted by 10,000 recruiters. http://go.msnserver.com/IN/46246.asp Post your CV on naukri.com today.

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