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[X-POST] March Mumbai Linux Users Group Meetup
by Rigved Rakshit 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

Hello, Date: 15th March, 2015 (Sunday) Time: 10:00 to 19:00 IST Venue: Directiplex, near Andheri Subway, Andheri (E), Mumbai, India We are planning on focussing on Big Data and Data Science at this meetup. If anyone is interested in conducting a session about the same, please do contact me. Entry is free of charge and anyone can attend. Apologies for the late announcement. I will put up the RSVP link soon. Hope to see some of you there! Best Regards, Rigved

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Arduino Day Celebration Mumbai (March 28,2015)
by Siji Sunny 04 Mar '15

04 Mar '15

Venue : Maker's Asylum Date : 28th March, 2015 Visit http://www.makersasylum.com/arduino-day/ for registration and other details. About Ardunio Day Arduino Day is a worldwide celebration of Arduino’s birthday. It's a 24 hours-long event –organized directly by the community, or by the Arduino team– where people interested in Arduino get together, share their experiences, and learn more. https://day.arduino.cc/#/ -- Siji Sunny

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Scicamp Mumbai- March 7 @ Makers Asylum
by Siji Sunny 04 Mar '15

04 Mar '15

Scicamp Mumbai -an "unconference" around Science and Technology @Maker's Asylum, March-7, 2015 For more details visit : http://scicamp.in/scm3/ -- Siji Sunny

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[OT/HW] Installing Linux on the new Celeron based mini ITX boards
by Arun Khan 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

Atom cpu boards are hard to find and they are expensive. I am considering buying the newer Celeron (J1800 and J1900 CPUs) based mini ITX boards from Biostar/Gigabyte. Reading the reviews on various e-stores, people have faced issues installing the OS. Please share your Linux experience in case you have installed Linux on these boards. TIA -- Arun Khan (অরুণ খান্/अरुण खान) "If you do not come out of your shell, you are just a nut." Sadhguru

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Ubuntu Linux Toolbox -- free download for a limited time
by Arun Khan 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

FWIW - here is the link to download the book; requires a work email though. <http://opensourceuniverse.tradepub.com/free/w_wile154/prgm.cgi> -- Arun Khan (অরুণ খান্/अरुण खान) "If you do not come out of your shell, you are just a nut." Sadhguru Sent from my non-iphone/non-android device

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Manix : revived ...
by Mayuresh Kathe 22 Feb '15

22 Feb '15

Hello, I had been involved in a project to bring about positive social change in non-urban regions. That project had been nixed due to issues beyond my control (back then), but is now being revived. For that project, I need a highly customized GNU/Linux distribution possessing the following characteristics; https://github.com/mayureshkathe/mayureshkathe.github.io/blob/master/Manix.… This is a non-Government, non-profit project, if anyone is interested in building the same, all that can be offered is credit where due. If interested, please get in touch with me, either on the list or off it. Thanks, ~Mayuresh

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Ubuntu Phone, porting guide - Port Ubuntu phone to OpenHardware/Mobile Devices
by sudheerkmuhammed 21 Feb '15

21 Feb '15

Anybody did it for other than nexus Is it faster than android? Siji Sunny <sijisunny(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Ubuntu has released a detailed tutorial to port Ubuntu phone >OpenHardware/Devices, and currently supports all the AOSP (Android >OpenSource Project) source tree listed devices. > >https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/start/ubuntu-for-devices/porting-new-device/ > > > >-- >Siji Sunny >-- >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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Ubuntu Phone, porting guide - Port Ubuntu phone to OpenHardware/Mobile Devices
by Siji Sunny 20 Feb '15

20 Feb '15

Ubuntu has released a detailed tutorial to port Ubuntu phone OpenHardware/Devices, and currently supports all the AOSP (Android OpenSource Project) source tree listed devices. https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/start/ubuntu-for-devices/porting-new-device/ -- Siji Sunny

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Seminar on ProjectARA - An Open Modular Smart Phone @ IIT Bombay
by Siji Sunny 13 Feb '15

13 Feb '15

Date : 17th Feb, 2015 Time : 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM Venue : IIT Mumbai Objective Enable the Mumbai engineering community to build the Project ARA hardware modules and get involved with the first of it’s kind modular hardware ecosystem. Agenda Introduction to Project ARA and incentive program - by Anil Rachakonda, Google. Understand the concept, who can participate, how to participate, access to Google's Ara play store / market, technical expertise required, incentive programs and a lot more. Android Software development for Project ARA - by Khasim Syed Mohammed, Linaro. Where to get the software, how to enable new modules, using development boards. For Registration visit - http://fossee.in/activities/seminars/project-ARA <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ffossee.in%2Factivities%2Fseminar…> Or http://tinyurl.com/ARAseminar <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2FARAseminar&h=-AQEN…> -- Siji Sunny

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Debian ARM Boot Camp @ Gnunify2015
by Siji Sunny 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Hello All, We are planning to have a Debian-ARM boot camp @ Gnunify2015, Pune, February 13 & 14th. We will having half day workshop with hands-on - covers building Debian RootFs from scratch, running Debian on various OpenSource Hardwares such as RaspberryPi, Beaglebone Black, Cubieboard, etc. Final schedule yet to be finalised by the organiser. Looking forward to see you there in Pune. Also please give your valuable suggestions/inputs regarding this. Conference Website : http://gnunify.in/ -- Siji Sunny

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Requires mini2440 ARM board ...
by Parag Shah 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

Hi All, Want *used* mini2440 ARM boards from < http://www.friendlyarm.net/products/mini2440 >. Regards, Parag Shah +91 996721 3082

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Internal (PCI) TV Tuner-Card supports Linux
by Siji Sunny 10 Feb '15

10 Feb '15

Hello All, Am looking for a TV tuner card which will run on any Linux flavor. So please suggest which brand is the right choice and where to buy ? -- Siji Sunny

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[X-POST] February Tech Meetup
by Mehul Ved 10 Feb '15

10 Feb '15

Hi, This month we are holding the Mumbai Tech Meetup on 22nd February at Directi. The agenda is as follows: Section 1: DATA VISUALIZATIONS Time : 11.00 am - 12.30 pm *Session 1*: Title: Need for Data Visualizations in the modern markets. Speaker: Hemesh Shah, Director- Technology, Co-Founder, Finoux Solutions Pvt Ltd. Bio: Overall experience of over 24 years of hands-on technical and managerial experience having played wide-ranging roles in numerous IT projects from Systems Analyst, Programmer, Database Administrator, Technical Architect to Project Manager/Program Manager. Responsible for giving thorough technical direction to clients and team members on large, critical projects and mentoring all levels of Software Engineers in best practices for software projects. *Session 2*: Speaker: Shilpa Karkera, Technical Product Specialist Lead, Finoux Solutions Pvt Ltd. Bio: A technology enthusiast currently working on the real time data visualizations. With an enjoyable experience path from the Member of Technical staff, Team Lead of Data Engineering at ZLemma to a Product Specialist at Finoux solutions. Responsible for mentoring, motivating the team along with innovating and developing successful high-end products. Target Audiences: Front-End Developers, Data Analysts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Time : 12.30 pm - 2.00 pm LUNCH ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section 2: PYTHON Time : 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm *Session 1*: Title : Decorators in Python Speaker: Anand Chitipothu via Hangout Bio: He works for Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library offering access to millions of free books, movies, and audio files, plus an archive of 170+ billion web pages.He is a well know pythonista and a maintainer of web.py framework He has spoken at PyCon, local meetups and on myriad platforms. He is also an excellent python trainer. Target Audience: Intermediate knowledge of Python *Session 2*: Title: Competitive Programming and Problem Solving using Python Speaker: Dhruv Baldava Bio: He is a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science. He has been a part of Google Summer of Code 2011 and 2012. He has been a gold medallist in Indian National Cyber Olympiad. He has worked as Software Developer at Enthought, Inc. Target Audience: Beginner knowledge of Python ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section 3: DOCKER Time: 4.00 pm - 6.00 pm *Session 1*: Title: Workshop on Kubernetes[Hands on; please bring your laptop] Speaker: Navid Shaikh Bio: He is an Associate Software Engineer at Red Hat and works on Linux containers. Target Audience: Beginner knowledge of Docker. Preference will be given to prior attendees of Docker & Kubernetes sessions. Right of admission reserved. There are limited seats for this session, as we have fixed number of instances provided by racskspace and limit decided by speaker to make it effective. RSVP for this session at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/february-2015-mumbai-technology-meetupmtp-tick… Thanks to the wonderful folks at Rackspace and especially Shaunak Kashyap for kindly providing us the instances to be used during this workshop. Please RSVP for the event at http://www.meetup.com/Mumbai-Technology-Meetup/events/220344030/ -- With Regards, Mehul Ved

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ubuntu server : wireless networking!
by Mayuresh Kathe 04 Feb '15

04 Feb '15

hi, is there any way to setup wireless networking under ubuntu server? it recognizes the wireless interface during installation, and even completes the installation using it, but barfs post install. i am a complete newbie to this, can someone please help? thanks, ~mayuresh

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windows 10 on the raspberry pi 2!
by Mayuresh Kathe 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

hell just froze over. microsoft announces windows 10 for the newly released raspberry pi 2. http://dev.windows.com/en-us/featured/raspberrypi2support

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[Commercial] Wanted GNU/Linux Persons
by Rony Bill 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Hi Rony As discussed, please find below a brief JD to post on the linux group. Am ccing my HR - Minal, whose id is the one given as the contact person Thanks a ton -Soumya Job Profile: Sys Admin| Needed on full time or contract basis with immediate availability Manage an office of around 150 people running mostly desktops with ubuntu. Ability to install all types of server centos, ubuntu, fedora & redhat. Ability to setup FTP, SAMBA, DHCP and VPN Experienced with package management eg. dpkg,rpm, yum, source code. Experience with PFsense Firewall Server plus please contact: Minal Patel | minal.patel(a)infibeam.net

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [Ilugc] Serious Bug in Webview-Android 4.3
by Arun Khan 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 3:20 PM, honest raj <honestraj.it(a)gmail.com> wrote: > i am a b.tech(it) final year student..nw,i am doing my final year project > in android..please ,give some idea. > i am choosed college management system using android...please give some > idea for security based.some algorithm... How is the above related to the original subject? If you do not have the time to compose a new message with a relevant subject line, how do you expect others to devote their time to give you suggestions? Please follow list guide lines and do not "hijack" other discussions with your queries. -- Arun Khan

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tinkering with the raspberry-pi!
by Mayuresh Kathe 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

hi, has anyone here tinkered with the raspberry-pi enough to call themselves gurus (relative to others)? would like to know the best way forward to build a customized linux kernel based operating system for the same. the most important requirement is that the 'os' be able to control various shields/add-ons via a simple to use programmable environment of a non-gui nature. thanks, ~mayuresh

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ilug-bom : website : improvement!
by Mayuresh Kathe 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

hi, the ilug-bom.org.in website definitely looks like it needs a lot of care and attention. is there anyone willing to chip in with copy writing skills to generate content for the landing page? i can take care of the look-n-feel. ~mayuresh

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newbies : free software projects : idea to implementation : any support group?
by Mayuresh Kathe 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

hi, is there by any chance a group/forum which newbies to free software be able to approach for guidance/advice regarding the best way forward vis-a-vis going from ideation to implementation process for projects? if not, how receptive would the free software crowd be to such an effort? would it be considered good? or, would it be considered a wasteful activity? best, ~mayuresh

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ubuntu 14.04 on mac book air 6,2?
by Uday P. Khedker 21 Jan '15

21 Jan '15

I am using Ububtu 14.04 on my mac book because I wanted a smooth transition from my lenovo t61 and I am happy with the transition. However, there are a couple of problems for which I am looking for suggestions. * I am unable to get the display through vga out for connecting to a projector. Has anyone tried it? * It appears that apple has moved the webcam from usb based interface to PCI and so I am unable to use the built-in webcam (an external webcam works fine) in Ubuntu. This is lesser of the problem but would appreciate hearing any suggestions for this too. Thanks and regards, Uday Khedker. -- signature.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Uday Khedker, Professor Department of Computer Science & Engg. IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India. Email : uday(a)cse.iitb.ac.in Homepage: http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~uday Phone : 91 (22) 2572 2545 x 7717, 91 (22) 2576 7717 (Direct)

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Serious Bug in Webview-Android 4.3
by Siji Sunny 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Rapid7, a security data and analytics firm found a serious bug in the WebView component of Android 4.3 and below (it's an older bit of software that lets apps view webpages without launching a separate app) that potentially opens up affected phones to malicious hackers. Android 4.4 and 5.0 are unaffected by the bug. Read More - http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/01/google-wont-fix-bug-hitting-60-perc… -- Siji Sunny

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January Meetup - 11th, Sunday @ Directi
by Siji Sunny 10 Jan '15

10 Jan '15

Below the details : Date : Jan 11, 9:00 AM to 7:PM Venu : Directiplex Next to Andheri Subway, Old Nagardas Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai (map <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Next+to+Andheri+Subway%2C+Old+Nagar…> ) Registration(Free) - https://jan2015mtp.eventbrite.com Sessions : We will be having two tracks for the January edition. Track 1 will have sessions on various topics. Track 2 will have a Mozilla Codebase Bootcamp. Track-1 1) 10.00 am - 12.30 pm : Bullet Meteor Meetup [Workshop + Talk with Arunoda via Hangout] 2) 2.00 pm - 3.00 pm: Function signatures and function annotations in Python 3 by Anand Chithipothu via Hangout 3) 3.00 pm - 4.00 pm : SEO with Python by Karan Ahuja 4) 4.00 pm - 5.00 pm: Introduction to Kubernetes by Navid Shaikh 5) 5.00 pm - 6.00 pm : How to better your service uptime with consul & monit by Mayur Rokade Track-2 9:00 am - 7:00 pm: Mozilla Codebase Bootcamp Visit below links for more details - http://www.meetup.com/Mumbai-Technology-Meetup/events/219395955/ https://reps.mozilla.org/e/mozilla-codebase-bootcamp/ -- Siji Sunny

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Linux Format &Linux Voice Magazine -User Group Event coverages
by Siji Sunny 10 Jan '15

10 Jan '15

Hello All, Linux Format and Linux Voice, have an Events page managed by Les Pounder ( http://t.co/j95b9uuMfH) where they mention about upcoming events. Since these are monthly magazines, you have to inform one moth before, the event been covered in next edition. -- Siji Sunny

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gnowsys : embedded : deployment platform : advice solicited
by Mayuresh Kathe 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

i am initiating work on delivering an embedded variant of gnowsys [1] which i intend to complete by december 2016. for the same, i will be re-writing the entire gnowsys stack such that it is geared towards a proper decentralized control model instead of the existing centralized one [2]. the completed project would be targeted to be run on low cost compute systems like the raspberry pi to afford wider adoption by virtue of them being more economically viable than real servers or even desktops. given all of the above, and the fact that i have very little knowledge about hardware level stuff, i request information about; 1. ways in which r-pi based system be wirelessly networked without human intervention, something like creating mesh networks which can auto-discover other nodes using zeroconf. 2. a feasible approach to deploying such nodes in regions with bad electrical and network infrastructure. also, i need a custom designed linux based distribution with the following characteristics; 1. minimal disk footprint (within 8mb), 2. low memory usage (within 4mb), 3. low electrical power consumption, 4. high security (am quite fascinated by the 'olpc' model). this is targeted to be free software, both, as in speech and beer. collaborators interested in working on the above are most welcome to contact me, either on the list or off it. best regards, ~mayuresh 1. http://www.gnu.org/software/gnowsys/ 2. http://www.gnowledge.org/

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TDIL Seeking Feedback on BOSS
by Siji Sunny 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Forwarded Mail : --- Dear All, Technology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL) Programme initiated by DeitY, GOI prepared draft advisory for DCS&D, NICSI & user departments for promoting use of Language CD & Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS) in government departments. Download draft advisory <http://www.tdil.mit.gov.in/pdf/Advisory_IL_Support_Draft_v_2.pdf> We hereby request you to send your feedback at *tdilinfo.dit(a)deity.gov.in <tdilinfo.dit(a)deity.gov.in>* Thanks and Regards, Indian Language Technology Proliferation and Deployment Centre -- Siji Sunny

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[X-POST] Registrations live for the Mini-DebConf Mumbai 2015
by Rigved Rakshit 28 Dec '14

28 Dec '14

Hello everyone, Registrations [1] are live for the 2015 Mini-DebConf [2], to be held at Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai on the 17th and 18th of January. If you have any questions, you can mail them to the Mini-DebConf India Mailing list [3] or drop into our IRC channel #debian-in [4] on the OFTC network. Looking forward to have you at the event. [1] https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mini-debconf-mumbai-2015-tickets-15022071420 [2] http://in2015.mini.debconf.org/ [3] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/in.mini/ [4] https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=debian-in Warm Regards, Rigved

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[INTERNSHIP/JOBS] Position: Internship :: Linux Systems and Network Administrator.
by Arun Khan 21 Dec '14

21 Dec '14

Position: Internship :: Linux Systems and Network Administrator. At Silver Arc Solutions, we have a couple of Internship positions in the Linux Systems and Network administration area. We are looking for individuals who are self starters, have a thirst for knowledge and are willing to learn. The internship program varies from 3 to 6 months depending upon individual aptitude and progress in assignments. Upon successful completion of the Internship program, individuals will be inducted as “Trainee Systems and Network Administrator.” Experience: Freshers 3 to 6 months hands on exposure to the Linux Command Line Interface (CLI) tools and basic shell scripting. You should have done at least one Linux installation on your own, understand the basic concepts of disk partitioning and the configuration of video, audio and network components in a computer. Personality: Quick learner, multi-tasking, hands on and proactive. Ability to anticipate needs and implement improvements in processes a plus. Communication: Must be able to articulate your thoughts in English and prepare detailed documentation and/or presentations of the tasks undertaken. Education: BCA, MCA, B.Tech CS, B.Tech IT or equivalent. Certification: None. Job Location: Mumbai Western Suburbs. Stipend: NONE during the internship period. Relocation Package: NONE. What you are expected to learn during the internship period: 1. Installation, administration, troubleshooting setups of major Linux distribution. 2. A broad knowledge of the Linux command line tools specific to system and network administration. 3. bash/sh – develop scripts to automate administration tasks. 4. Networking - LAN, WAN, VPN, subnets, supernets, CIDR, routing, Unix/ Linux/ Windows inter-operability. 5. Install and configure services like DNS, DHCP, FTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, NFS, Proxy Server, and Samba. 6. Monitoring and analyzing system logs. Create summary reports on errors and warnings. 7. Data backup - automation and management of backups. 8. Security - securing Linux and MS Windows hosts. After successfully completing the internships, you will be working in the following areas: 1. Directory Services (LDAP/Samba4 Active Directory). 2. Host/Network monitoring using Host/Network monitoring tools like Zabbix, Nagios, Cacti, openNMS. 3. Management of multiple systems with ansible, salt. 4. Knowledge of SELinux, AppArmor. 5. Knowledge of php and/or python. 6. Virtualization (KVM, openVZ, LXC, Docker) and more. Interested individuals, please fill out the form below: <http://preview.tinyurl.com/sas-req-201412> Please note: do *not* respond to the mailing list or to the email id herein. Only those who fill up the form will considered for the short list for personal interview. About Us: Silver Arc Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd. is located in the western suburbs of Mumbai, India. We are a multi-faceted consulting company providing cost effective turnkey solutions in Information Technology, Management Information Systems and Telecom projects. We offer a work environment that will always keep you technically challenged and provide opportunity for technical and personal growth. Thanks and regards, -- Arun Khan

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Fwd: Invitation to join Fedora 21 release party AT Mumbai
by Rahul Bhalerao 19 Dec '14

19 Dec '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: pravin.d.s(a)gmail.com <pravin.d.s(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 7:11 PM Subject: Invitation to join Fedora 21 release party AT Mumbai To: india(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, Nagarjuna <nagarjun(a)gnowledge.org> Cc: Rahul Bhalerao <b.rahul.pm(a)gmail.com> Hi All, As most of you know we got an awesome Fedora 21 release on 9th Dec. [1] Fedora 21 is special release specifically when we say its happening after 1 year and under the Fedora.Next initiative. There is lot to talk and share about Fedora 21 including features, design, what works best and what does not. Lets gather to celebrate first release party in India at HBCSE TIFR on 21st Dec 2.00pm and make most of it. See Event page [2] for more details and registration. The event is open and free to all but still its good to know the numbers for better organisation of event. Hence do register. If any problem feel free to drop an email or call me or Rahul [3] Feel free to forward this invitation on relevant mailing lists. Best Regards, Pravin Satpute 9881038402 7506020910 (Rahul) 1. http://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-21/ 2. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fedora-21-release-party-tickets-14972818102 3. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:RahulBhalerao

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Free ebooks daily from Packt Publishing until Christmas !
by Royce Pereira 17 Dec '14

17 Dec '14

Hi, Packt Publishing is offering a free eBook daily until the 24th December 2014. Plenty of excellent books on Raspberry pi, Linux, Beaglebone, Android etc. Grab them at this link: https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/christmas-countdown -- Royce

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[X-POST] Mumbai Tech Meetup, Vashi - December 2014
by Mehul Ved 11 Dec '14

11 Dec '14

Hello, This month we are having a Mumbai Tech Meetup at JustUnfollow office in Vashi. So far we have a session on building a Linux Kernel. Date: 14th December 2014 Time: 11:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. More details are available on http://www.meetup.com/Mumbai-Technology-Meetup/events/219033613 We have more slots available for talks, get in touch if you're interested in giving a talk. -- With Regards, Mehul Ved

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Debian : how to disable that VGA console mode?
by Mayuresh Kathe 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Hello, Debian 7.6.0, even at the console level, sets up my display in some high resolution mode. Any way to disable this so called high resolution VGA mode? Thanks, ~Mayuresh

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Debian : 7.6.0 : x86_84 : installs cleanly but fails to boot
by Mayuresh Kathe 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Hello, I have an HP AiO 18 which runs Ubuntu 14.10 successfully. It is my first attempt at Debian 7.6.0 under my x86_64 machine. While the install process went well, the first boot just doesn't happen. The boot-up menu is shown and when I select the first item; Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64, the screen just blanks out. There are no boot messages, nothing. The num-lock indicator lights up and then goes out. After waiting a while, I tried the caps-lock key, it's responsive by way of the indicator going on and off. On hitting ctrl+alt+del the system just reboots without going through the usual system shutdown sequence. Any ideas about how I could resolve this? Thanks, ~Mayuresh

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Report of workshop at Adarsh Vidyalaya school by FSMM
by Vikram Vincent 27 Nov '14

27 Nov '14

Greetings! The workshop had around 18 participants and 8 volunteers. We had Venkatesh Hariharan give the opening talk followed by an immersive hands-on session on kturtle by Richa Mishra. The afternoon session on games by Rajeev R.K. was the icing on the cake. Thanks to the school management who sponsored the entire workshop. -- Vikram Vincent

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Announcing the Mini-DebConf Mumbai 2015 CFP
by Rigved Rakshit 26 Nov '14

26 Nov '14

Hello everyone, The 2015 Mini-DebConf [1], to be held at Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai on the 17th and 18th of January, is now seeking presenters. The call for papers is now out (started on 26th January) and registrations will open soon. If you are interested in presenting papers / talks or conducting workshops / hands-on sessions, please submit an abstract of 100 to 200 words describing the topic, including its relevance to Debian, to this email address: debian [at] shieldofachilles [dot] in Please provide links to the code, if it is Free Software. If you have any questions, you can mail them to the Mini-DebConf India Mailing list [2] or drop into our IRC channel #debian-in [3] on the OFTC network. Looking forward to have you at the event. [1] http://in2015.mini.debconf.org/ [2] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/in.mini/ [3] https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=debian-in Warm Regards, Rigved

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Learn to 3D Print today at the Makers Asylum, Bandra. 7pm to 9pm.
by Siji Sunny 26 Nov '14

26 Nov '14

Maker's Asylum holding a session on 3D printer today evening, at their maker's space Bandra. https://www.facebook.com/events/1520389738223466/ -- Siji Sunny

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Quantom OS - Material Design + Linux
by Siji Sunny 24 Nov '14

24 Nov '14

The quantom OS team is developing an operating system based upon Linux which conforms to Google’s Material Design guidelines. The focus will be on creating a stable and easy-to-use operating system with a heavy emphasis on well-thought-out design. http://quantum-os.github.io/ -- Siji Sunny

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Open Hardware Meetup, 23rd Nov- Updated schedule
by Siji Sunny 20 Nov '14

20 Nov '14

SESSIONS: 10.00 am - 10.40 AM Sandhi by Mushir and Akshay Sandhi is being developed to serve as an open source alternative for proprietary data acquisition and control applications. It uses graphical programming concepts. 10.50 am - 11.30 am FreeEDA by Ambikeshwar and Fahim FreeEDA (previously known as Oscad) is an open source EDA tool for circuit design, simulation, analysis and PCB design. It is an integrated tool built using open source software such as KiCad, Ngspice and Scilab . 11.30 - 12.15 pm: Open PLC and Anuduino by Nivedita and Akshay OpenPLC, the first fully open source Programable Logic Controller. Anuduino is a micro-sized, Arduino compatible USB development board 12.30 pm 1-.30 pm: Open Source Toolchain for Digital Manufacturing by Anool Mahidaria Learn how OS tools like Inkscape, FreeCad, KiCad have made it very easy to manufacture products. And how MakerSpaces can help in the process. Lunch : 1.30 pm - 2.30 pm 2.30 pm - 3.30 pm: IoT Overview and Applications using Open Hardware by Sachin Pukale + 3.30pm - 4.45 pm: IoT demo by Anand George Showcasing 5 demos involving littleBits, Espruino, Tessel, BeagleBone Black & Raspberry Pi 5.00 pm -6.00 pm : The Debian Way of Open Source Hardware by Siji Sunny Introduction to open source hardware boards and getting started with Debian on ARM -- Siji Sunny

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Fwd: World Toilet Day and Free Software
by Vikram Vincent 20 Nov '14

20 Nov '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vikram Vincent <vincentvikram(a)gmail.com> Greetings on the occasion of World Toilet Day! You might be wondering as to what the relationship between the two is :) http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/world-toilet-day-2014-lack-sanitation-leaves-women… While there is no direct correlation, I would suggest that people who are interested can use this occasion to use OpenStreetMap and map out the location of toilets in your vicinity. Also map out whether there are toilets for women and how hygienic they are. While it is good to go on the streets with brooms and clean the place it is more important to provide a sewage system where none exists and improve the ones which do exist. So please help out with a small part. Thanks -- Vikram Vincent

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Drupal Freelancer
by Rahul Mahale 20 Nov '14

20 Nov '14

Hello, If any one working on Drupal and ready to do a Project in Drupal 7.0, Please Contact me Off-list ASAP Thanks -- Rahul.R.Mahale. http://rahulmahale.wordpress.com/

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[Commercial] Junior Linux Administrator
by Joel A Divekar 15 Nov '14

15 Nov '14

Hi All There is a urgent opening for a Junior System Admin at Games2Win.com and job description  is shared over here http://games2winmedia.com/2014/11/13/junior-linux-administrator/ Do also check other openings on their career pages and share it with your friends too.   Regards Joel Divekar Mumbai, India Mob : +91 9920208223 Blog : http://joeldivekar.blogspot.com/ Linkedin : http://www.linkedin.com/in/joeldivekar Slideshare : http://www.slideshare.net/JoelDivekar

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November Mumbai Linux Users Group Meetup
by Rigved Rakshit 14 Nov '14

14 Nov '14

Hello, Date: 23rd November, 2014 (Sunday) Time: 12:00 to 18:00 IST Venue: IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India RSVP: http://meetu.ps/2CdMn0 Entry is free of charge and anyone can attend. Event schedule (may change later): 1. Open Source Toolchain for Digital Manufacturing: How OS tools like Inkscape, FreeCad, KiCad have made it very easy to manufacture products. And how MakerSpaces can help in the process. - Anool Mahidharia 2. Open-Source Hardware - The Debian way: Introduction to open source hardware boards and getting started with Debian on ARM. - Siji Sunny Hope to see some of you there! Best Regards, Rigved

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Mini-Debconf Mumbai 2015 and Volunteers Meeting
by Rigved Rakshit 14 Nov '14

14 Nov '14

Hello, I am glad to announce that we will be hosting a mini-Debconf at IIT Mumbai on 17th January, 2015 and 18th January, 2015. Details: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianIndia/MiniDebConf2015/Mumbai We are having a volunteers meeting at the Mumbai University Kalina campus on Saturday, 15th November from 12:00 to 14:00. Anyone who's interested in helping with the mini-Debconf preparations, please feel free to attend. Best Regards, Rigved

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FOSS India - Update
by Rushabh Mehta 13 Nov '14

13 Nov '14

Dear all, Finally managed to find most of the important articles / blog posts: https://gist.github.com/rmehta/51f814190e59873113d2 Could not find any background about the FOSSEE labs @ IITB - anyone has a timeline / blog pls post. — There are 5 main threads: 1. FOSS in Kerala 2. Linux Distribution by PCQuest 3. IndLinux 4. NRCFOSS in TN 5. Events: Linux Bangalore / FOSS.IN / Open Source India Days Btw if anyone has links / blogs on the ground reality of FOSS implementation of IT@School in Kerala, please post. @rushabh_mehta https://erpnext.com

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FOSS Landscape and History in India
by Rushabh Mehta 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

Dear all, I am working on an article to map the FOSS landscape in India. I spent some time going through archives of the various groups / Wikipedia pages and websites. What I see is a fragmented group of individual enthusiasts and contributors, either working individually or in companies that support / use FOSS and of course having a lot of flame wars. The Linux Archives India have a tag line "All The Dirty Laundry Unfit to Wash in Public" From what I gather, the PC magazines of the mid-90s were critical in getting FOSS (via Linux) in India and there were a few mailing lists that cropped up in the late 90s (the earliest archives I found are from 98. This list itself was formed in 2001). I guess there were some fights about naming (who owns ILUG v/s Bharat LUG etc) and the mailing lists were mostly about sharing tips regarding installation, drivers and networking troubleshooting. In Chennai CDAC was established in 1998 and they started promoting FOSS in local universities and then branched off into NRCFOSS and launched the Bharat Operating System (BOSS) in 2007 (anyone using it??) that had built in localisation for Indian Languages. These days NRCFOSS is supposed to be working on a “SAAS based delivery stack for cloud computing” but can’t find any evidence of it. (Your tax payer money!!) In Bangalore, the community was driven by the very inspirational Atul Chitnis and Kenneth Gonsalves who got some “movement” going on with the FOSS.IN events (from 2001 to 2004) which I have heard (second hand) that were instrumental in introducing FOSS to a large number of people. I also heard they had an ugly spat. Bangalore is also home to VTiger CRM, a popular Open Source project (or is it Chennai? I heard it was run by the Zoho group, can anyone confirm?) State of Kerala (where A is for Activism) has been on the forefront of FOSS implementation (atleast in the PR) and the state legislature has also moved to get FOSS implemented in government. As per Wikipedia FSF India was established in Kerala in 2001 and the movement is largely led by Satish Babu who is the director of ICFOSS. They seem to be the most progressive in terms of FOSS implementation and there are a lot of News Items on how they have successfully used FOSS in many Gov activities (power to them!). (Interestingly the ICFOSS website has a “Director” menu link instead of “About Us” as if the Director and the organization are the same thing!). Kerala is also the home to the formerly open source Fedena school ERP project, which is un updated in a while and and I think its not open anymore. In Mumbai we have Nagarjuna from Homi Bhabha who runs the Gnowledge Lab from 2007 (still can’t figure how its different from a wiki!) and has also been active in promoting One Laptop Per Child and other FOSS projects in India. Also in Mumbai is the very inspirational Krishnakant Mane who runs the GNU Khata project in IIT Mumbai (funded by ICFOSS?). Did not find any post on the history of GNU Khata but the mailing list is since 2009, so I assume it has been around since 2006-7? Ironically Mumbai is the only city that has some “projects” (in Mumbai, we do, we don’t talk) including our ERPNext (sorry for the plug) which was started in 2006 but the repo is from around 2008. Speaking of Projects, the NRCFOSS website has a number of projects listed, but like spent tax payer money it seems to be hard to find any public repository or mailing list for any of them. Also sometime, I am guessing since Facebook and mobile explosion (2007), the focus has moved from Linux to a more broader (and some might say evil) “Open Source” - note the renaming of popular blogs and events (Linux Asia is now Open Source India, Linuxforu is now Opensourceforu) and focus has now “shifted” to cloud based technologies like “OpenShift” and also there has been some movement in the Android space (Aakash tablet, again anyone seen the repos?). Also the “free thinking” community has also moved to other technologies like Python which have a reasonable community and some traction in the universities (SciPy). I am not covering the commercial space yet. The Open Source India (OSI Days) event is happening this weekend in Bangalore and I am not sure if they even bother to post on these lists. Wipro has pledged to staff its Open Source Unit to 10,000 (yay!). And not to mention the hundreds or may be thousands of Open Source development shops that have sprung up all over India (esp in Delhi, Jaipur, Ahmedabad) servicing Open Source projects on Elance and similar and mostly doing HTML / CSS / PHP based customization. The poor guys who don’t get respect for their taste but still manage serve many small businesses and keep the world moving. In terms of contributors, I see some really brilliant individual contributors to various projects, many of whom have now moved to the west but their names still crop up in mailing list archives. There is a FOSS Community of India page on the wikia site that has a “hall of fame” section which is sadly unmaintained but has a list of many individual contributors (and probably some of them are spammed or self-promoted) I guess this mail itself has become the article - I am sure I have missed a whole bunch of important stuff so please send your comments and thoughts. (specially the old timers!) Thanks! best, Rushabh @rushabh_mehta https://erpnext.com

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Workshop for FOSS newbies (Was: Re: Require l10n resource people for session on 23 Nov 2014)
by Vikram Vincent 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

Hello, This is an invitation to the FOSS workshop on 23 November 2014 (Sunday) at Adarsh Vidyalaya organised by Kerala People's Education Society (KPES) and Free Software Movement Maharashtra (FSMM). If you are planning to participate then please do RSVP either +91 9920028691 or +91 9960844421. Admission free but seats limited to the number of systems in the lab. The schedule is below. Do forward this to anybody whom you feel will benefit from this session. Regards Vikram Vincent 1. Introduction to free software philosophy 10.30 am to 11.00 am 2. Educational FOSS tools for schools 11.00 am to 1.00 pm 3. Lunch Break 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm 4 .Games on GNU/Linux 2.00 pm to 3.00 pm 5 GNU Linux users’ Group (GLUG) formation 3.00 pm to 3.30 pm

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] FOSS Landscape and History in India
by Uday Khedker 09 Nov '14

09 Nov '14

Hi Rushabh, I guess we are quite keen on engaging with the local community. We have been conducting rather well attended annual workshops (roughly 50 participants) in the hope of fostering engagements with the community at large. However, our experience has been that it is difficult to build a sustainable engagement because it requires a very specific background and the overheads of background building could be high. We have tried to engage the external student community for their B.E. projects but by the time they build the background to be productive, it's almost the time for them to graduate and then the continuity of the project suffers. All this has forced me to restrict the explorations and give up on the ambition of taking the ideas to their logical conclusion in the form of submitting code patches to GCC. The problem is that in the kind of explorations we want to do, even an adhoc code for experimentation comes late in the picture and a sensible publicly shareable (and understandable) code comes much much later. So I have no clue how to engage with people who can work on this only part time with most of their time and energy being taken away by their day job which cannot be compromised because paapee pet kaa sawaal hai :-) In any case, I will be happy to give talks and should be able to pitch it at different levels depending upon the interest and the background of the audience. I would be happy if this could lead to a long term association. If there is a reasonable number of people who wish to explore the option of engaging with us, I will be happy to host the talks at IIT Bombay (and they could well be on a Saturday or a Sunday). My Ph.D. students would be happy to showcase what they are doing although I am afraid there is nothing that would look entertaining unless one is curious about the behind-the-scene activities of how programs are made to work :-) Thanks and regards, Uday Khedker. Dr. Uday Khedker Professor Department of Computer Science & Engg. IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India. Email : uday(a)cse.iitb.ac.in Homepage: http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~uday Phone : Office - 91 (22) 2572 2545 x 7717, 91 (22) 2576 7717 (Direct) Res. - 91 (22) 2572 2545 x 8717, 91 (22) 2576 8717 (Direct) On Sunday 09 November 2014 10:30 AM, Rushabh Mehta wrote: > > It seems that the IITs do not seem keen on engaging the local community > in these projects. Some ideas that cross my mind are hosting events, > talks on all the different projects for all categories (beginners / > intermediate / advanced) on a regular basis. Also it might be a good > idea to host all projects on GitHub / similar so that people can quickly > find out what is really happening. (The first things I want to see in a > FOSS project is the Issue list/ mailing list and Commit Log!) …. I am > sure the increased transparency would help the project too… I think this > could be a great opportunity to seed a FOSS community here in Mumbai > (results may come later)… >

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Require l10n resource people for session on 23 Nov 2014
by Vikram Vincent 09 Nov '14

09 Nov '14

Hello, A full day workshop on various FOSS technologies is being conducted for newbies by Free Software Movement Maharashtra along with Kerala People’s Education Society’s( KPES) at Adarsh Vidyalaya at Chembur on 23 November 2014. Of this there will be a one hour session on localisation in Hindi, Marathi and Malayalam from 2-3pm. Please send me an email off-list if you can help lead this session. Thanks -- Vikram Vincent

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any distro implementors around?
by Mayuresh Kathe 07 Nov '14

07 Nov '14

hello, i need a specialized gnu/linux distribution for a non-commercial project. distribution characteristics are roughly summarized at; https://github.com/mayureshkathe/manix anyone out here capable and willing enough to work under the guidance of highly experienced mentors (not just me) should contact me off-list. candidates will be interviewed and tested hands-on before being selected. this will be paid work. ~mayuresh

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[Commercial] Freelancer-WxPython
by Siji Sunny 05 Nov '14

05 Nov '14

Hello All, We are looking for a freelancer, who can work with WxPython (UI development). Interested people, pls contact off-list. -- Siji Sunny

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[Offtopic][Career Opportunities in Linux Platform-DevOps]
by Ganesh Hariharan 31 Oct '14

31 Oct '14

I am hiring Redhat Support Engineers for a DevOps Prod Environment Experience : 3-4 years only Candidate should posses following skills in Prod Support Env Redhat Admin Skills (LVM, FHS, troubleshoot,Process, Networking etc) Apache HTTPD Server admin skills Apache Tomcat Server admin skills ITIL - Service Management focal env exposure is required Cloud Ops skills are desired Puppet Ops skills are desired Job location: *Chennai, INDIA* Email your resume: ganesh.hariharan(a)sysopminds.com I could share more information offline, thx

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October / November Mumbai Linux Users Group Meetup
by Rigved Rakshit 31 Oct '14

31 Oct '14

Hello, Date: 2nd November, 2014 (Sunday) Time: 10:00 to 19:00 IST Venue: Directiplex, near Andheri Subway, Andheri (E), Mumbai, India RSVP: http://meetu.ps/2CdMn0 Entry is free of charge and anyone can attend. We are having a Ubuntu 14.10 Release Party, followed by Docker HackDay and Meteor Day. Apologies for the late announcement. Hope to see some of you there! Best Regards, Rigved

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How to sync data from Server to Raspberry Pi
by Rahul Mahale 30 Oct '14

30 Oct '14

Hello, I need to periodically sync the data to raspberry pi from Windows Azure. I can't use rsync as the data is on Windows server. Currently I am syncing the data by parsing the JSON API A python script extracts the links of physical files and then downloads the data. Script is scheduled to run using cron job. Is there any other way to Pull and Push data from Raspberry Pi to Server ? -- Rahul.R.Mahale. http://rahulmahale.wordpress.com/

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Fail-Over & Load-balancing
by Siji Sunny 30 Oct '14

30 Oct '14

Hello All, We are trying to identify the right approach to do Fail-Over and Load Balancing in Linux server (Centos7), which contains Mariadb(mysql) and web-server (nginx) with some services such as Video On Demand, Games, etc. (streaming through Intranet, not Internet) Please guide, to select the right technology/solution (Ofcource OpenSource) to do so. Its seems complicated for me because of the dynamic data (eg: If a user watching video and fail over happens, he should get seamless streaming without interruption). I have considered HA-Cluster (Heartbeat) for Failover and HA-Proxy for load balancing, but still not sure, how to handle dynamic data fail over. -- Siji Sunny

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Libreoffice 4.3.2.2 Writer -- loosing embedded images
by Arun Khan 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

A few days ago, I upgraded LO to 4.3.2.2 (amd64) on Linux and Mac OS X. In writer, while editing the doc with imported images (PNG), it looses some of the images (random) and shows a box with "Read Error" in top left corner. After closing the doc and reopening it, all traces of that image is gone! Seeing this problem on both Debian / Wheezy (amd64) as well OS X desktops. Anyone else experiencing this anomalous behavior? -- Arun Khan

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How to bypass a domain in squid
by Rahul Mahale 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

Hello, I had set-up an proxy server on my raspberry pi. Raspberry Pi is a wifi hotspot running a dhcp on a subnet 192.168.5.1-255. all my LAN traffic goes through transperent squid proxy. I have one website hosted on Pi with Apache. I used bind9 to bind a local DNS with a website domain now the local website is available through LAN with abc.co.in domain but I want this site to be excluded from access.log or I want it to completely bypass the transparent squid proxy server. I tried following rules in squid3 but no success:- acl abclan dstdomain .abc.co.in http_access allow abclan always_direct allow abclan and this acl abclan dstdomain .abc.co.in cache deny abclan cache allow all but none worked and still access.log shows the abc.co.in entries. any suggestions to achieve this scenario ? Thanks! -- Rahul.R.Mahale. http://rahulmahale.wordpress.com/

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Defining fixed IPs to VM Guests
by Joel A Divekar 11 Oct '14

11 Oct '14

Hi All I have setup a Centos7 host server with KVM and have created multiple VM running Ubuntu 14.04 using virt-manager. All VMs were having forward mode as "NAT" and using internal DHCP IP address 192.168.122.x series and gave them fixed ips based on their mac address. Now all these VMs are able to access Internet and able to run update on all these guest OS. But no server or devices on LAN / Internet is able to access these VM and I am running web and API servers on VMs. And as they have to be part of the Host servers IP pool, 192.168.1.x/24 network, I changed our virsh network settings from default to routed as <forward mode='route' dev='em1'> and struggling to configure fixed IPs for our VMs i.e Host 192.168.1.11, Web Server 192.168.1.12, API server 192.168.1.13 .... etc. Would like to do exactly as mentioned in this link https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/ht… Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Regards Joel Divekar Mumbai, India Mob : +91 9920208223 Blog : http://joeldivekar.blogspot.com/ Linkedin : http://www.linkedin.com/in/joeldivekar Slideshare : http://www.slideshare.net/JoelDivekar

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [Network] Need suggestion
by Rahul Mahale 10 Oct '14

10 Oct '14

Hello I have some success to my problem but their are few concerns, What I did :- 1.Installed Raspbian on Pi(B+). 2.made it as a wifi hotspot using hostapd and udhcpd. 3.installed the squid3 proxy server(apt-get install squid3). 4.managed the routing through Iptables to go all traffic through proxy. 5.made the proxy transperent. 6.wrote an python script to analyse the squid log (access.log) 7.the log analyzer counts the bytes used by each ip and dumps it in sqlite db. 8.the wifi clients who exceeds the limit are put in to one acl file blockedip. 9.from squid.conf i use the blockedip acl list to restrict the access. 10.after setting the cron job i am able to block clients after particular data usage. My Concerns:- 1.I am not able to bypass the one domain abc.com from proxy which should not appear in access.log 2. How can I increase the size of access.log to maintain the logs for more time as Pi has low storage. Any suggestions ? Regards:- -- Rahul.R.Mahale. http://rahulmahale.wordpress.com/

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Ncomputing thin client and Ubuntu
by Ninad Gupte 10 Oct '14

10 Oct '14

Hi, Has anybody here tried getting Ncomputing L230 thin client to work with Ubuntu LTS? Though the Ncomputing website claims support for Ubuntu, and also provides a guide on configuring it, I have just not been able to get the thin client to connect to it. There are a number of guides floating around with slight variations, but none of them have worked for me so far. Regards, Ninad Gupte

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debian : wheezy : display : resetting to regular mode?
by Mayuresh Kathe 08 Oct '14

08 Oct '14

hello, trying out debian wheezy on my newly acquired hp-aio. the display looks to be in some sort of a high-res vga mode. is it possible to reset the same to regular mode? if yes, may i get links/tips to achieve the same? thanks, ~mayuresh

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Nginx with Centos7
by Siji Sunny 07 Oct '14

07 Oct '14

Hi All, Am trying to setp-up nginx in centos7 (minimal image), and it seems like installed successfully, but failed to start. Below the steps which I followed to install nginx - Created a file at /etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo and add following content to repo file: [nginx] name=nginx repo baseurl=http://nginx.org/packages/centos/$releasever/$basearch/ gpgcheck=0 enabled=1 And "yum install nginx", installed nginx without returning any error. Then started nginx by using - sudo systemctl start nginx.service, but " http://localhost or IP" not loading nginx default welcome page I have verified whether any other services are running on the port 80, its used by nginx only. Below the result. lsof -i :80 COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME nginx 2357 root 6u IPv4 20726 0t0 TCP *:http (LISTEN) nginx 2358 nginx 6u IPv4 20726 0t0 TCP *:http (LISTEN) cat /var/log/nginx/error.log is empty. So where am wrong ? Pls help. -- Siji Sunny

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[cross post] Colombian grad student faces jail for sharing a thesis online
by Pirate Praveen 30 Sep '14

30 Sep '14

Diego Gomez, a Colombian graduate student, currently faces up to eight years in prison for doing something thousands of researchers do every day: posting research results online for those who would not otherwise have a way to access them. http://news.sciencemag.org/latin-america/2014/07/colombian-grad-student-fac… Please sign this petition https://act.eff.org/action/let-s-stand-together-to-promote-open-access-worl… Also we need to have a continuous campaign to make people realize how we are still denied access to knowledge. Indian Pirates are starting a campaign called "Ekalavya to Aaron Swartz - access (to knowledge) denied" https://www.loomio.org/d/igPz5ORr/ekalavya-to-aaron-swartz-access-to-knowle… Hoping to get all your support. As one concrete step, we should translate Aaron Swartz Guerilla Open Access Manifesto to all Indian languages. http://openaccessmanifesto.org/ Please let me know if you can help with the translation in any language.

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The Challenge - Clean India
by Siji Sunny 25 Sep '14

25 Sep '14

Seems like nice initiative and we should support this. "Inspired by The Ugly Indian <https://github.com/indiarising/hackathon/blob/master/theuglyindian.com> and the community <https://www.facebook.com/theugl.yindian> who have been transforming public spaces in the country over the past few years, create a software application that empowers people to take charge and solve problems in their neighborhood." Read more - https://github.com/indiarising/hackathon/blob/master/README.md -- Siji Sunny

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September Mumbai Linux Users Group Meetup
by Rigved Rakshit 21 Sep '14

21 Sep '14

Hello, Date: 28th September, 2014 (Sunday) Time: 11:00 to 17:00 IST Venue: Directiplex, near Andheri Subway, Andheri (E), Mumbai, India RSVP: http://meetu.ps/2ycLsq Entry is free of charge and anyone can attend. We are celebrating Software Freedom Day at this month's meetup. Hope to see some of you there! Best Regards, Rigved

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'i18nWidgets' project for developing multi-lingual Android widgets
by Rahul Bhalerao 20 Sep '14

20 Sep '14

The i18nWidgets is a project for developing extended Android widgets that would support multi-lingual text without being dependent on the underlying support for the languages. The widgets would be integrated with native support for HarfBuzz and Freetype for rendering of the multi-lingual text. More details on the project can be found here: http://bit.ly/1mqaVBz If you would like to contribute, please join the project on github: https://github.com/GnowTantra/i18nWidgets The project currently support individual Indic languages and Gujarati widget is given as an example. The immediate task is to make generic implementation where languages can be detected and selected automatically to make it truly multi-lingual. Regards, Rahul.

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19 Sep '14

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[x-post] Free Software roots are growing deeper in Maharashtra
by Pirate Praveen 18 Sep '14

18 Sep '14

See my notes https://poddery.com/posts/1349028 (I prefer comments on diaspora as it is a cross post). I want to take all those colleges with good free software adoption to the next step of contributing to free software. If you'd like to mentor any student from these colleges in contributing to a project you work or care about please post your ideas at https://www.loomio.org/g/ryhOsTnV/fosscommunity-in-mentors If are a student looking for mentors, you can also join the above group and post your interest there.

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EOIs invited for designing User Interface for Tata Institute of Social Sciences main website
by smita patil 18 Sep '14

18 Sep '14

Details: Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) is a Deemed University U/S-3 of the University Grants Commission Act 1956. It is located at V.N. Purav Marg, Opposite Deonar Bus Depot, Mumbai. TISS invites an *Expression of Interest* from interested web developers/web designers/freelancers for designing User Interface of the Institute website as per the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG2.0) *Scope of Work:* 1. Study the current website and propose a new design/structure. 2. Design templates using HTML, CSS, Javascript for academic and administrative sections of the Institute and also for showcasing Institute's work in terrms of Projects, activities etc. as per the proposed design/structure. 3. *Server side scripting will be done by the internal development team*, however the party will have to work in co-ordination with the team. 4. Checking WCAG2.0 compliance and certifying the website accordingly. *Qualification criteria*: 1. Should have atleast 2 years experience in developing websites with free and open source softwares. 2. Should have extensive experience in designing user-interface of websites and web portals. 3. Should have experience in developing websites which are accessible to people with visual impairment and should be aware of WCAG2.0 4. Experience in developing websites which can be viewed on web browsers as well as mobile phones 5. Experience in developing similar Intsitute websites with WCAG2.0 compliance is desirable. *Documents to be attached along with the EOI are:* 1. *Contact details with **Address and Email* 2. Core technical competencies and skill sets available. 3. Details of major work website development undertaken with urls. 4. Details about quality processes and standards followed in developing websites. Interested parties are requested to mail the above mentioned details to *eoi at tiss.edu <http://tiss.edu>* on or before 30th September, 2014. Shortlisted parties will have to give a presentation precisely on similar work undertaken and proposed template designs for TISS website. Current website Url is http://www.tiss.edu Above details are also available at: http://www.tiss.edu/lefttop/jobs-tenders/tenders-1 and http://download.tiss.edu/tenders/website_tenders_revised_sept9_1.pdf

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Qubes: The Open Source OS Built for Security
by Siji Sunny 17 Sep '14

17 Sep '14

Qubes is an open-source operating system designed to provide strong security for desktop computing. Qubes is based on Xen, the X Window System, and Linux, and can run most Linux applications and utilize most of the Linux drivers. Ref : https://qubes-os.org/ http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/200-libby-clark/788085-qubes-the-o… -- Siji Sunny

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unused Windows 8.1 license : refund available?
by Mayuresh Kathe 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

I intend to purchase a Lenovo ThinkPad which comes pre-installed with Windows 8.1. Since I will be installing Ubuntu from the moment the machine is first switch on, is there any possibility of getting a refund on the unused Windows 8.1 license? If yes, may I know the general procedure? Thanks, ~Mayuresh

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[COMMERCIAL] requirement for Jr. Sysadmins
by Vihan Pandey 08 Sep '14

08 Sep '14

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences is looking for Junior Sysadmins. Profile : ===== Position : Junior System Administrator No. of Positions : 04 Location : Mumbai Date of Interview : To be decided Duration of Engagement : 1 year extendable to 2 or 3 years depending on performance. We are looking for young people (early to mid 20’s are preferable) willing to work long and at times (though not regularly) at unconventional hours. Must have strong operating system and computer network fundamentals based on the Unix model and have a desire and capability to learn as well as work in teams. Should also follow a culture of documenting and regularly backing up work. Education : Preferably but not mandatorily graduates in Engineering or BSc in IT or Computers or Computer Science. Core Competencies and Skills : - A hands on understanding of a GNU/Linux distribution preferably Debian or Ubuntu - Strong command of the BASH shell commands - Strong command of at least one shell based editor preferably vim or emacs - Strong understanding and command of the GNU/Linux user/group/other permissions and ownership at PAM and structures, units and divisions at LDAP levels - Strong understanding and command of the GNU/Linux ext3/ext4 file system and hierarchies - Shell scripting, along with minor sed and awk skills is a bonus - Strong understanding and command of Apache, SSH(D), SAMBA, LDAP, Cyrus IMAP, Postfix, Dovecot, Round Cube administration and deployment - Strong understanding and command of Xen virtual machine administration and deployment Added Bonus Qualifications : - RHCE/RHCT and/or CCNA/CCNP certifications - Working on Mac OS X Duties and Responsibilities : - Troubleshooting - Problem diagnosis and solving under high pressure environments - Upgrades and updates of existing software - Configuring and deploying above stated applications - Documenting work and system changes - Good communication skills and teamwork capabilities Experience : Experienced candidates are preferred, but freshers with core knowledge and a strong motivation are most welcome. If interested, please send an email with you resume (in pdf and pdf alone other formats will be rejected outright) to : vihan.pandey(a)tiss.edu and alpesh(a)tiss.edu with [JOBAPP] in the subject line. ===== -- ``Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature." - Micheal Faraday

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are you concerned about your privacy on the internet?
by Pirate Praveen 06 Sep '14

06 Sep '14

Those who have nothing to hide or think they don't share anything private on facebook or whatsapp can safely ignore the message. Alternatively you can think you will never share a nude photo anyway so you don't need privacy. You may also think privacy is needed only for celebrities and geeks, then also you can ignore this post. Another reason for ignoring could be to wait till these tools become famous. Do you want to learn how to ensure your privacy on the internet? Do you want to ensure all your friends also follow these practices? Then join us the coming weekend to learn and promote the tools to ensure privacy for everyone. http://www.meetup.com/Diaspora/Mumbai-IN/1205392/

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http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/ down?
by J T Dsouza 30 Aug '14

30 Aug '14

https://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/ is down. The connection has timed out The server at mm.ilug-bom.org.in is taking too long to respond. http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/ ERROR The requested URL could not be retrieved ------------------------------ The following error was encountered while trying to retrieve the URL: http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers *Connection to 74.207.228.67 failed.* The system returned: *(111) Connection refused* The remote host or network may be down. Please try the request again. Your cache administrator is webmaster. ------------------------------

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [Network] Need suggestion (Was Re: Linuxers Digest, Vol 122, Issue 13)
by Arun Khan 30 Aug '14

30 Aug '14

Rahul, On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Rahul Mahale <rahul.mahale123(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: J T Dsouza <jtd1959(a)gmail.com> >> To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> >> Cc: >> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:10:46 +0530 >> Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] [Network] Need suggestion >> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Siji Sunny <sijisunny(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > > > Hi, Please mailing list guidelines. In digest mode, you need to change the subject line to the original discussion that you started. Reading "Linuxes Digest" in the subject line is meaningless. -- Arun Khan

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OT : Firefox OS powered phone available in India
by Mayuresh Kathe 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

The "Intex Cloud FX" cell phone powered by Firefox OS has been launched in India today. It's available via SnapDeal, check out; http://www.snapdeal.com/product/intex-cloud-fx/1356760619 ~Mayuresh

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Firefox OS on a Raspberry Pi : any progress?
by Mayuresh Kathe 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

Does anyone out here know of any good progress been done on getting the Firefox OS to run on a Raspberry Pi? Googling around showed projects which are mostly half baked. ~Mayuresh

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[Commercial] HP ChromeBook 14 : any takers?
by Mayuresh Kathe 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

Looking to sell off my HP ChromeBook 14 (4GB RAM). Runs that Linux based ChromeOS from Google. :) Is less than 2 months old. Am willing to part with it for INR.20,000/-. Any takers? ~Mayuresh

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OT : Hardware : USB Condom ...
by Mayuresh Kathe 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

Dunno if anyone out here has heard of this before. Check out the device which protects your gadgets from malware while being charged using a USB port. http://boingboing.net/2014/08/25/usb-condom-charge-your-device.html ~Mayuresh

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2014 Linux Training Scholarship Program is now Accepting Applications
by Siji Sunny 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

The Linux Foundation’s Training Scholarship Program aims to provide funds to up-and-coming developers and sysadmins who show incredible promise for helping to shape the future of Linux, but do not otherwise have the ability to attend Linux Foundation training courses. http://training.linuxfoundation.org/free-linux-training/linux-training-scho… -- Siji Sunny

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [Network] Need Suggestion
by Rahul Mahale 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Siji Sunny <sijisunny(a)gmail.com> > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Cc: > Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:55:00 +0530 > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] [Network] Need suggestion > > On 26 August 2014 12:31, Siji Sunny <sijisunny(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On 25 August 2014 19:55, Rahul Mahale <rahul.mahale123(a)gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > I have a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, and I have configured it > as a > > > > wifi > > > > > hotspot using Hostapd and dhcp server. Mobile clients connect to > the > > > wifi > > > > > network and browse internet. I need to keep the track of each user, > > how > > > > > much internet data it uses, and also need to limit the user to > > > particular > > > > > data limit (e.g:1 GB). I need to track data plan, as well how much > > data > > > > > used or left for particular user. > > > > > > > > > > Which tool or configuration will allow me to achieve this scenario? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in Advance. > > > > > -- > > > > > *Rahul.R.Mahale.(**http://rahulmahale.wordpress.com/ > > > > > <http://rahulmahale.wordpress.com/>**)* > > > > > -- > > > > > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Rahul, > > > > > > > > These systems will require a linux server/router box and little bit > of > > > > setup( Sadly, i doubt the Pi has the grunt to run them.), but you can > > > > satisfy all your requirements and more. Again, it might be worth it > if > > > you > > > > are looking at doing this on an organized basis, but may be too much > > > effort > > > > for just personal use. > > > > > > > > > > Squid will work without any issue on ARM platform, so RPi. Only you may > > > need to compile it from source. > > > Since the processing capacity of RPi is very low, you may not be able > to > > > handle much users/data. > > > > > > > > Siji, i was not taking about basic squid, but rather the ISP grade > billing > > systems that i had listed in my mail as not being able to run on the RPi > > Specificaly(Remember, this is an ARMv6 platform, with very limited > > resources available, compared to something like the beagelboard black, > > ARMv7+lots more ram). > > > > This can be managed by Log-Cycle management and pushing data to a cloud > server periodically. (which we are using ins some of our wifi projects, > similar to his set-up). > > > > > > > > > > http://www.freeside.biz/freeside/ > > > http://www.citrusdb.org/ > > > http://www.amberdms.com/ > > > > > > > > > > Also, the way he described his setup, it looks like he has only minimal > > storage available(Agreed, my assumption), so he would have to add more > > flash/SDCard Storage to provide any meaningful caching with squid, else > > just use squid as a pass through to throttle/account data usage(And dont > > get me started on the required storage space for the log files for all > that > > data usage accounting). > > > > > > Are Raspberry Pi B+ system specifications not capable for me to achieve this scenario with USB Wifi Adapter ?. I have 8 GB SD card and if needed I can mount USB drive as well. And is it necessary to compile squid from source rather then installing by apt-get ? Also I searched on squid delay pools but did'nt get any exact method to limit quota ,rest all are to limit bandwidth speed . will try it practically once i receive my Wifi Adapter. Also I would like to ask, Is it easily achievable to do with Capative Portal like fruitywifi or wifidog ? -- *Rahul.R.Mahale.*

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Fwd: How to get a computer science career?
by Shrinivasan T 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shrinivasan T <tshrinivasan(a)gmail.com> Date: 2014-08-26 19:06 GMT+05:30 Subject: How to get a computer science career? To: ILUG-C <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in> Few weeks ago, I wrote an article on students and computer science job in Tamil here. http://kaniyam.com/how-to-get-a-computer-science-job/ On reading this, Mr. Ashok <ashokramach(a)gmail.com> translated that article in English. Here it is. http://goinggnu.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/how-to-get-a-computer-science-care… Thanks Ashok for the translation. Read and share your thoughts. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com Get CollabNet Subversion Edge : http://www.collab.net/svnedge -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com Get CollabNet Subversion Edge : http://www.collab.net/svnedge

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[Network] Need suggestion
by Rahul Mahale 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

Hi, I have a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, and I have configured it as a wifi hotspot using Hostapd and dhcp server. Mobile clients connect to the wifi network and browse internet. I need to keep the track of each user, how much internet data it uses, and also need to limit the user to particular data limit (e.g:1 GB). I need to track data plan, as well how much data used or left for particular user. Which tool or configuration will allow me to achieve this scenario? Thanks in Advance. -- *Rahul.R.Mahale.(**http://rahulmahale.wordpress.com/ <http://rahulmahale.wordpress.com/>**)*

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 122, Issue 13
by Rahul Mahale 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: J T Dsouza <jtd1959(a)gmail.com> > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Cc: > Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:10:46 +0530 > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] [Network] Need suggestion > On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Siji Sunny <sijisunny(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, and I have configured it as a > > > wifi > > > > hotspot using Hostapd and dhcp server. Mobile clients connect to the > > wifi > > > > network and browse internet. I need to keep the track of each user, > how > > > > much internet data it uses, and also need to limit the user to > > particular > > > > data limit (e.g:1 GB). I need to track data plan, as well how much > data > > > > used or left for particular user. > > > > > > > > Which tool or configuration will allow me to achieve this scenario? > > > > > > Make all traffic go through a proxy server located at the egress point > > > of your network. Try find some metering software or write something > > > yourself which would be an interesting project. > > > > > > > And share it under GPL :) > > > > Squid-cache with delay pool permits quota. > Squidclient provides monitoring > > > Thanks all for your quick response. Sure I will try using squid proxy server and will know the status. What ever i will do will undoubtedly under GPL, will push it to Github once after success. Thanks:- -- *Rahul.R.Mahale.*

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An Ubuntu install over wifi only!
by Mayuresh Kathe 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

Is it possible to install Ubuntu 14.04 (along with the install-time updates) on a machine which doesn't have wired Internet connectivity? ~Mayuresh

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OpenSource Network Management System with Browser based GUI
by Siji Sunny 25 Aug '14

25 Aug '14

Hello All, Am looking for a Open-source NMS with browser based management console.Please suggest a suitable one. -- Siji Sunny

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August Mumbai Linux Users Group Meetup
by Rigved Rakshit 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

Hello, Date: 24th August, 2014 (Sunday) Time: 11:00 to 18:00 IST Venue: Directiplex, near Andheri Subway, Andheri (E), Mumbai, India RSVP: http://meetu.ps/2vnttC We will also be having a belated Debian Day celebration! Entry is free of charge and anyone can attend. We welcome anyone who wants to take sessions (presentations, workshops etc.) during this event. Please reply to this thread if you want to conduct a session. Hope to see some of you there! Best Regards, Rigved

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[X-Post] ERPNext Conference, 2014
by Pratik Vyas 14 Aug '14

14 Aug '14

Hi, We're excited to announce ERPNext Conference, 2014 scheduled on 25th September. We've sessions planned for ERPNext users, partners and developers and are hosting it in Mumbai. ERPNext is a free and GPL licensed ERP for small and medium sized business and has modules for accounting, manufacturing, sales, purchase, HR management, project management, customer support and even has an integrated CMS for a company website. The product is powered by the frappe framework and can be used to build web based business apps. Features include MVC, database migration system, CMS, out of the box REST APIs, user management, background tasks and more. Frappe apps can extend or complement ERPNext or other frappe apps. The product and framework are written in Python and JavaScript and use MariaDB as database. Links: Conference page : https://erpnext.com/conf Registration page : https://erpnext.com/conf/register Product website : https://erpnext.com Frappe framework : https://frappe.io Sources: https://github.com/frappe/frappe https://github.com/frappe/erpnext Thanks, -- Pratik ERPNext

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Fwd: [Ilugc] PyCon India 2014: The Conference Schedule is Up!
by Siji Sunny 13 Aug '14

13 Aug '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Baiju Muthukadan <baiju.m.mail(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 7:36 PM Subject: [Ilugc] PyCon India 2014: The Conference Schedule is Up! To: Chennai LUG <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in> Hi All, With just one more month to go for PyCon India 2014, we have shifted gears and switched to hyperdrive. The first-cut of the conference schedule is up! After the long list of proposals being submitted, the community voting and the review process plus confirmation, finally we have everything sorted out and ready to go. Checkout the conference schedule here: http://in.pycon.org/2014/schedule.html With 3 Keynotes, 22 Talks, 9 Workshops along with open spaces, lightning talks and panel discussions, this year's PyCon India will be filled with three days of fun, geeking out with your fellow Pythonistas, brainstorming on ideas, and altogether having a great time! So no more procrastination. For those of you who were waiting to see the conference schedule to plan your trip, this is it. For the rest of you who are still thinking about attending the conference, you might want to grab your tickets soon lest they should get sold out. Book your tickets ( http://pyconindia2014.doattend.com ), book your accommodation and plan your trip right now! The last weekend of September is going to be epic. -- Baiju M _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines -- Siji Sunny

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Fwd: [Fsmm-discuss] Regarding Free Software Movement Maharashtra
by Siji Sunny 12 Aug '14

12 Aug '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vikram Vincent <vincentvikram(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 8:07 AM Subject: [Fsmm-discuss] Regarding Free Software Movement Maharashtra To: Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List <plug-mail(a)plug.org.in>, fsmm-discuss(a)fsmm.in Dear Friends Last year there was an initiative to take the technology and philosophy of free software to different parts of Maharashtra and the Free Software Movement Maharashtra was conceptualised and taken forward at a meeting at IITB in May 2013. In this regard, I am visiting Pune on 14-15 August to meet students - GLUGs, academicians, FOSS enthusiasts, IT folk to take things forward. If you are in or around the area of Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune do give me a buzz on my Bangalore number and we can meet up. Thanks Regards -- Vikram Vincent 09448810822 (Bangalore) 09969249984 (Mumbai) _______________________________________________ Fsmm-discuss mailing list Fsmm-discuss(a)fsmm.in http://fsmm.in/mailman/listinfo/fsmm-discuss_fsmm.in -- Siji Sunny

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Microsoft tax refund
by Pirate Praveen 11 Aug '14

11 Aug '14

SFLC India has completed their research on this case and we are hoping they will file the legal notice soon. http://yy.reddit.com/r/india/comments/28z9qn/microsoft_tax_refund/ Thanks Praveen -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow the rules: laws and constitution.

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Workshop on "Web Development with FOSS tools"
by purveshrshah＠gmail.com 08 Aug '14

08 Aug '14

Dear FOSS Lovers, One of my friend (*Thyagarajan Shanmugham*) is conducting 2 days workshop on "Web Programming with Foss Tools" in Engineering Colleges . Please find the complete syllabus at http://openvidya.fossfactory.in/syllabus.pdf I am sure that this workshop will find the students better placed and increasing their be employable factor. This course is a successful one, please find the previous workshops at http://openvidya.fossfactory.in/workshops One of the testimonials at http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/pipermail/ilugc/2012-April/070916.html You can also contact him directly to: citizenofgnu(a)gmail.com Thank you. -- Regards, Purvesh Shah Website & Blog: http://purveshshah.com | http://purveshshah.wordpress.com Founder & Contributor of Ubuntu Gujarati Translation Team: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-gu Ubuntu Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/purvesh.shah

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{Commercial} Job opening -Web programmer
by Siji Sunny 04 Aug '14

04 Aug '14

We are searching for outstanding web developers to be responsible for developing innovative, reusable Web-based tools and User interface. Programming, and database administration are all elements of this position. *Responsibilities* - Work actively to develop detailed specification documents with clear project deliverables and timelines, and to ensure timely completion of deliverables. - Attend client meetings during the sales process and during development. - Do Progamming using Php, javascript, HTML5 ,jquery etc, and be able to learn new programming languages if and when required. - Determine appropriate architecture, and other technical solutions, and make relevant recommendations to clients. - Communicate with efficiency and accuracy any progress and/or delays. Engage in outside-the-box thinking to provide high value-of-service to clients. *Required Skills* - Graduate in computer science or a related field, or significant equivalent experience - 6months – 1 year minimum experience with HTML/XHTML and CSS - 6months – 1 year minimum Web programming experience, including PHP, Jquery or Js - 6months – 1 year minimum experience working with relational database systems such as MySQL and/or PostgreSQL and a good working knowledge of SQL - Development experience using extensible web authoring tools - Experience developing and implementing open source software projects - Self-starter with strong self-management skills - Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities Interested Candidates please contact(a)melabs.in -- Siji Sunny

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Fwd: [Indlinux-group] FOSS Summit 2014 conference
by Siji Sunny 02 Aug '14

02 Aug '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa.com(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:29 PM Subject: [Indlinux-group] FOSS Summit 2014 conference To: fsug-goa <fsug-goa(a)yahoogroups.com>, ilug-goa <ilug-goa(a)yahoogroups.com>, marathiopensource <MarathiOpenSource(a)yahoogroups.com>, fsf-india(a)mm.gnu.org.in, ILUG-C <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in>, ilugd(a)frodo.hserus.net, The Linux-Delhi mailing list < ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org>, "Indian Linux group ," < indlinux-group(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Hi, We are having a FOSS conference "fosssummit 2014" this week on 1,2 August. This is organised by PLUG and MIT college of Engineering. Various talks and hands on workshops on the following tracks will be conducted in the conference. Track 1 : Programming Track 2 : Scientific Computing Track 3 : Cloud Computing Track 4 : Basic Linux Track 5 : Networking Track 6 : Big Data / Data Analytics The schedule is being updated (subject to change) on the conference website http://fosssummit.in Entry is free and open to all. Please register on the website. Do spread the word about this conference. Thanks and regards --Sudhanwa Jogalekar ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ IndLinux-group mailing list IndLinux-group(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/indlinux-group -- Siji Sunny

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Fwd: [Wikitech-l] 34 TB Wikimedia Commons files on archive.org: you can help
by Kartik Mistry 01 Aug '14

01 Aug '14

Fwd :) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:42 PM Subject: [Wikitech-l] 34 TB Wikimedia Commons files on archive.org: you can help To: Announce Mailing List <WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: wikiteam-discuss(a)googlegroups.com WikiTeam[1] has released an update of the chronological archive of all Wikimedia Commons files, up to 2013. Now at ~34 TB total. <https://archive.org/details/wikimediacommons> I wrote to – I think – all the mirrors in the world, but apparently nobody is interested in such a mass of media apart from the Internet Archive (and the mirrorservice.org which took Kiwix). The solution is simple: take a small bite and preserve a copy yourself. One slice only takes one click, from your browser to your torrent client, and typically 20-40 GB on your disk (biggest slice 1400 GB, smallest 216 MB). <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Emijrp/Wikipedia_Archive#Image_tarballs> Nemo P.s.: Please help spread the word everywhere. [1] https://github.com/WikiTeam/wikiteam _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Kartik Mistry/કાર્તિક મિસ્ત્રી | IRC: kart_ {kartikm, 0x1f1f}.wordpress.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 121, Issue 4
by Jays Linux Love 24 Jul '14

24 Jul '14

I am currently in Kolkata (hail from Mumbai, but relocated here) and would love to attend a session. If you can let me know about the meetup in August, I can book tickets well in advance. Jay On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 12:00 PM, <linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> wrote: > Send Linuxers mailing list submissions to > linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > linuxers-owner(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Linuxers digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. July Mumbai Linux Users Group Meetup (Rigved Rakshit) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rigved Rakshit <r.phate(a)gmail.com> > To: Mumbai LUG <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Cc: > Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 13:20:23 +0530 > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] July Mumbai Linux Users Group Meetup > Hello, > > Date: 27th July, 2014 (Sunday) > Time: 10:00 to 20:00 IST > Venue: Directiplex, near Andheri Subway, Andheri (E), Mumbai, India > RSVP: http://meetu.ps/2q0bps > > We have a lot of sessions on DevOps topics lined up for the coming event. > > Entry is free of charge and anyone can attend. > > We welcome anyone who wants to take sessions (presentations, workshops > etc.) during this event. Please reply to this thread if you want to > conduct a session. > > Hope to see some of you there! > > Best Regards, > Rigved > > > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers >

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July Mumbai Linux Users Group Meetup
by Rigved Rakshit 23 Jul '14

23 Jul '14

Hello, Date: 27th July, 2014 (Sunday) Time: 10:00 to 20:00 IST Venue: Directiplex, near Andheri Subway, Andheri (E), Mumbai, India RSVP: http://meetu.ps/2q0bps We have a lot of sessions on DevOps topics lined up for the coming event. Entry is free of charge and anyone can attend. We welcome anyone who wants to take sessions (presentations, workshops etc.) during this event. Please reply to this thread if you want to conduct a session. Hope to see some of you there! Best Regards, Rigved

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Ref: Career opportunity as a Sr. Linux Admin
by devopsjay 19 Jul '14

19 Jul '14

Hi Mumbailuxers, Looking to hire a Sr. Linux Admin for a TechDev team based in Kolkata. Excellent compensation (upto 20L including relocation) and must have: 1) Have superior Linux knowledge (CentOS/RHEL preferred) 2) Be able to write scripts in Bash high knowledge of variables, scripting 3) Have previously supported a PHP/LAMP stack environment - (2 years at least preferred, but not mandatory) 4) Understand the co relation of every component of the LAMP stack 5) Understand and interpret code/coding/development best practices 6) Be able to provide innovative solutions 7) Be able to customize the Linux kernel (s/w, application level kernel customization) 8) Be able to secure the platform against coding malpractices, DoS and other external threats Email 'devopsjay(a)gmail.com' for more information with an updated copy of your profile and current compensation. Thanks, Jay

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OffTopic][HW] Are A-Data the only SSDs available in Mumbai?
by kshitij_kotak 09 Jul '14

09 Jul '14

Samsung disks are available. So is Kingston. Check with Prime ABGB in Mumbai (they are prime stockists). Contact details here: 022-23855500 / 022-23896600 / 022-23890341 Should you hit wall, let me know. -------- Original message -------- From: Easwar Hariharan <meindian523(a)gmail.com> Date: 07/07/2014 21:45 (GMT+05:30) To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Subject: [ILUG-BOM] [OffTopic][HW] Are A-Data the only SSDs available in Mumbai? Hi all, I'm having a new PC built for my parents and I'm trying to get a quote for an assembled PC. The assembler is claiming that the only SSDs available in Mumbai are A-Data in the 120/128 GB category. Being outside India, I'm not able to independently verify this claim, so can anyone clued into the hardware market in Mumbai tell me whether this is true? I was originally looking to get either the PNY XLR8 or the Samsung 840 EVO 120/128 GB SSDs for the build. TIA, Easwar -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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CentOS 7 released
by Arun Khan 08 Jul '14

08 Jul '14

Download ISOs here <http://centos.mirror.net.in/centos/7.0.1406/isos/x86_64/> -- Arun Khan

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[OffTopic][HW] Are A-Data the only SSDs available in Mumbai?
by Easwar Hariharan 07 Jul '14

07 Jul '14

Hi all, I'm having a new PC built for my parents and I'm trying to get a quote for an assembled PC. The assembler is claiming that the only SSDs available in Mumbai are A-Data in the 120/128 GB category. Being outside India, I'm not able to independently verify this claim, so can anyone clued into the hardware market in Mumbai tell me whether this is true? I was originally looking to get either the PNY XLR8 or the Samsung 840 EVO 120/128 GB SSDs for the build. TIA, Easwar

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[HW] Linux compatible multi function inkjet (tank) printers
by Arun Khan 05 Jul '14

05 Jul '14

WTB - a Linux compatible multi function (printer, copy, scan) inkjet printer with tank. Those who have such a thing, please share the brand/model and your experience with it so far. TIA -- Arun Khan (অরুণ খান্/अरुण खान) "If you do not come out of your shell, you are just a nut." Sadhguru Sent from my non-iphone/non-android device

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[Commercial] Book: "i want 2 do project. tell me wat 2 do"
by Shakthi Kannan 12 Jun '14

12 Jun '14

Greetings! I am happy to announce my first self-published book on working with free and open source software projects, titled, "i want 2 do project. tell me wat 2 do." Topics covered in the book: * Mailing List Guidelines * Attention to Detail * Project Communication * Project Guidelines * Development Guidelines * Methodology of Work * Tools * Reading and Writing * Art of Making Presentations * Sustenance The product details are as follows: Price: ₹ 399 Pages: 135 pages Publisher: Self-published (June 2014) Language: English ISBN-13: 978-93-5174-187-9 Size: 6 x 9 inches Binding: Paperback (Perfect Binding) Availability: In Stock (Indian edition) You can order the book at pothi.com: http://pothi.com/pothi/book/shakthi-kannan-i-want-2-do-project-tell-me-wat-… The home page for the book is at: http://shakthimaan.com/what-to-do.html If you have any comments or queries, please feel free to write to me at author(a)shakthimaan.com. Regards, SK -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com

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Openstack 4th B'Day party on 20/July/2014.
by Arun Khan 11 Jun '14

11 Jun '14

Openstack is celebrating it's 4th B'Day, hosted by the Mumbai Chapter, on 20/July/2014. More details and RSVP here -> <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/188059912/> -- Arun Khan

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Commercial -- Job Post / Product Startup in Bombay
by Akshay Mishra 08 Jun '14

08 Jun '14

Hello, An embedded products company based out of Mumbai is looking for software and hardware engineers. Software Engineers: Experience: Good professional experience (1 - 3 years of experience) on Embedded Systems, C, Linux and scripting tools like perl, python as well as some experience on make/ gcc/ gdb. Experience on ARM based microprocessors will be an added advantage. Job Description: Working in an embedded products startup as a team member in developing algorithms and systems software tasks. Candidate will be part of the team developing BSP and device drivers as well as algorithm development and integration on custom hardware platforms so some background will be essential. Hardware Engineers: Experience: 1-2 years of experience in Schematic design, gschem/ Orcad, for design of DSP, ARM based systems. The candidate should have experience in board bring-up, debugging and ability to use debugging tools like JTAG/ Oscilloscopes. Job Description: Candidate will be involved in Schematic Design, Layout supervision, Board-bringup as well as testing of the developed hardware. All jobs are based in Mumbai at Powai. Please contact akshaymishra <at> gmail.com. I can assure the work will be exciting. Thanks, Akshay

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[X-Post] 5th Elephant Runup Event - Machine Learning Workshop
by Mehul Ved 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Hasgeek is organizing a Machine Learning Workshop in Mumbai on Saturday, 7th June 2014. More details at https://fifthelephant.in/2014/machine-learning-mumbai -- With Regards, Mehul Ved

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June Mumbai Linux Users Group Meetup
by Rigved Rakshit 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

Hello, Date: 22nd June, 2014 (Sunday) Time: 10:00 to 13:00 IST Venue: Directiplex, near Andheri Subway, Andheri (E), Mumbai, India Entry is free of charge and anyone can attend. We welcome anyone who wants to take sessions (presentations, workshops etc.) during this event. Please reply to this thread if you want to conduct a session. Hope to see some of you there! Best Regards, Rigved

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Hill Hacks in Mumbai
by Siji Sunny 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

Date - Today, 6.30 PM Where - Maker's Asylum Mumbai <https://www.facebook.com/makersasylum> Hill Road Bandra West, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 400050 http://hillhacks.in/mumbai -- Siji Sunny

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Maker's Space in Mumbai
by Siji Sunny 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

Hello All, We got a maker's space in Mumbai Bandra named as Maker'sAsylum, which has been started by some of the well known technology enthusiast in Mumbai. Maker’s Asylum is a not-for-profit organisation that offers a community space that allows collaborative ideation, bringing together interdisciplinary activities covering Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) to foster a culture of innovation and learning. http://makersasylum.com/ -- Siji Sunny

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OpenSSL to Get a Security Audit and Two Full-Time Developers
by Siji Sunny 29 May '14

29 May '14

A Linux Foundation project inspired by the Heartbleed Security flaw <http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/04/how-heartbleed-transformed-https-se…> announced that it will fund a security audit for the OpenSSL code base and the salaries of two full-time developers. http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2014/05/linux-found… -- Siji Sunny

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Talk on "THE OPEN DATA INDIC CHALLENGE" by Ms. Alolita Sharma @IIT Mumbai
by Siji Sunny 29 May '14

29 May '14

THE OPEN DATA INDIC CHALLENGE Speaker: Ms. Alolita Sharma Time: Friday, 30 May 2014, 2:00pm Venue: Conference Room, C Block, 01st Floor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kanwal Rekhi (KReSIT) Building, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai. Abstract: India has 23 official languages which have millions of native users as well as many more smaller languages supported by 8 major scripts, distinct vocabularies and grammatical rules. But when it comes to Wikipedia and other large repositories of user generated content on the Web, all these languages are very poorly represented compared to their real world usage. There are many factors for this anomaly on the Web ranging from access to the Internet and computing devices to lack of language tools such as fonts and input tools and linguistic resources such as dictionaries, terminology glossaries, structured and linked data. As the Web transforms itself into the mobile Web, an enormous opportunity to access and distribute information in Indic languages to billions of people is at stake. To make this opportunity real, user generated content needs to be jumpstarted with open data of all categories. Non-digital forms of dictionaries, terminology glossaries, geo-data - all kinds of categorized data need to be transformed into digitally consumable, standardized, and structured open data repositories which can be leveraged by users to create and contribute digital content on platforms like Wikipedia. This talk will examine the barriers and solutions in creating open data repositories for Indic languages leveraging platforms like Wikipedia and language technologies for reading and creating content on the Web and mobile Web. -- Siji Sunny

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Fwd: [Ilugc] PyCon India 2014 - Call for proposals closing date
by Siji Sunny 28 May '14

28 May '14

From: Baiju Muthukadan <baiju.m.mail(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:05 AM Subject: [Ilugc] PyCon India 2014 - Call for proposals closing date To: Chennai LUG <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in> Hi, PyCon India 2014 call for proposal is closing on May 30th! The CFP was opened on February 1st and now after 4 months, there are 100+ proposals in the funnel. If you have prepared a proposal but not yet submitted, submit now! If you're interested in submitting a proposal, take a look at our Call for Proposals at http://in.pycon.org/funnel/2014/ and poke around the site for advice and resources to help you create a great proposal. PyCon India 2014 will be taking place from September 26-28 in Bangalore and we're ready to accept proposals. Registration are opened ( http://pyconindia2014.doattend.com/ ), so mark your calendars and get ready to visit Bangalore for another great PyCon India. If your company is interested in sponsorship, we need you. Sponsors are what make PyCon India a possibility, and sponsorship offers some great values to the generous organizations who support the conference. Check out prospectus at http://in.pycon.org/2014/sponsorship-prospectus.pdf Contact Vijay Kumar at contact(a)in.pycon.org with any sponsorship inquiries. Keep an eye out for news on our blog at http://in.pycon.org/2014/blog/ and follow us on twitter at https://twitter.com/pyconindia and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/PyConIndia Vijay Kumar, Coordinator vnbang2003(a)gmail.com Baiju Muthukadan, Publicity Coordinator baiju.m.mail(a)gmail.com -- Siji Sunny

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Handicapped after moving from 13.10 to 14.04
by H.S.Rai 28 May '14

28 May '14

HP Pavilion X2 worked almost fine on Ubuntu 13.10. Touchpad (stop working after sometime), Touch Screen. WebCam, WiFI worked fine. On upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04, everything above mentioned stopped working. Even external USB mouse fail to work. Never expected such a situation. Similar thing I heard from other with different hardware. Is there issue of drivers with Ubuntu 14.04 or Is there something I missed? How to manage it to bring to life. It does not have Ethernet card. Only WiFI is there. -- H.S.Rai

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Handicapped after moving from 13.10 to 14.04 (H.S.Rai)
by Uday Gaitonde 26 May '14

26 May '14

I have installed 14.04 (64 bit, desktop) on a Dell Vostro 1310 (2009). No issues after installation (as yet). The mouse (external, USB) as well as the touch-pad works nicely. U N Gaitonde

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A Linux sighting Mumbaikars might find amusing
by Weldon Goree 23 May '14

23 May '14

I was waiting in line at the train station today because one of the ATVMs was down. As I looked more closely, I noticed my old friend Rxvt (or is that Xterm?) appearing where it probably shouldn't: http://b.rontosaur.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/atvm.jpg (As a side note, this is why you should probably not use username or hostname in your prompt for kiosks -- there's no need for any user to ever know either of those things...) I'm also trying to figure out what the underlying window manager is; those widgets look almost NeXT-ish. WMG

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Inquiry/complaint regarding use of bus pass on route 311.
by Royce Pereira 22 May '14

22 May '14

Hello, I have been using a pass for routes from Santacruz station to Kurla station. This included route no 311. However now the bridge near Air India colony, Kalina has been closed due to repairs. Therefore the route 311 had been cut short at Air India colony. Now the conductor is not accepting the pass, saying that there is no bus anymore in that route and I need to buy a ticket. Why must the passenger be penalised if the BEST has cut short a route due to some repair work? I request you to please clarify the correct position in this case. Thank you and best regards, Royce Pereira. Tel : 9820061636

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May Mumbai Linux Users Group Meetup
by Rigved Rakshit 18 May '14

18 May '14

Hello, Date: 18th May, 2014 (Sunday) Time: 10:00 to 13:00 IST Venue: Directiplex, near Andheri Subway, Andheri (E), Mumbai, India Entry is free of charge and anyone can attend. We welcome anyone who wants to take sessions (presentations, workshops etc.) during this event. Please reply to this thread if you want to conduct a session. Hope to see some of you there! Best Regards, Rigved

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[x-post] ERPNext Version 4 Released
by Rushabh Mehta 10 May '14

10 May '14

Dear all, We very happy to announce the release of ERPNext Version 4 and our rebranded web application framework Frappe (Framework + Apps). Announcement: https://frappe.io/blog/announcements/erpnext-version-4-is-here GitHub Repo: https://github.com/frappe/erpnext Demo: https://demo.frappecloud.com VM / Install instructions: https://www.erpnext.com/use Do give it a spin and give your feedback! best, Rushabh @rushabh_mehta https://erpnext.org

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debian : package : creation and maintenance
by Mayuresh Kathe 25 Apr '14

25 Apr '14

hello, is there anyone on this list with debian package creation and maintenance skills? would like to get work done on a package, paid work. do write back at the earliest. ~mayuresh

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Call for Proposals
by Ganesh Gajare 25 Apr '14

25 Apr '14

Dear Friends, In TISS, Mumbai. We have call for proposal for android developement. Please refer to below link, http://www.tiss.edu/lefttop/jobs-tenders/tenders-1 If anyone interested send proposal or contact on the given contact details. Thanks, Ganesh, Use GNU/LINUX

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by akshay bala 05 Apr '14

05 Apr '14

ilug bom not have any facebook page or group in facebook. ilug channai have facebook group ,

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[Ilugc] [Commercial] A sneak peek into OSFY April 2014
by Priyanka Sarkar 05 Apr '14

05 Apr '14

Dear Members, Packed with a stream of Android-related articles, OSFY's April 2014 edition packs a punch! Developers' Zone --Using Xposed Framework to tweak your Android --Learn new ways to develop Android Apps --Create Cool Android Apps With AppiNventor2 Admin's Domain --gPXE: A Troubleshooting Note for Sysadmins --Some Must Have Android Apps for Sysadmins --Set Up Perl On Windows 7 For U & Me: It's the stuff for everyone --What Does Open Source Offer the Differently Abled? --Know How Cignex Datamatics uses open source to garner revenue --Learn about Nokia's Android Strategy This issue comes bundled with the latest version of Kali Linux and Linux Mint Debian Edition You can get a copy of our magazine from your nearest newsstands or you can subscribe at http://electronicsforu.com/electronicsforu/subscription/subsc2scheme.asp#. To locate some dealers selling OSFY close to your home, you can check our website: dealers.efyindia.com. Regards, Priyanka

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Ubuntu Global Jam Mumbai - Trusty cycle
by Rigved Rakshit 01 Apr '14

01 Apr '14

Hello, The Ubuntu Global Jam will be held this weekend: Date: 6th April, 2014 (Sunday) Time: 10:00 to 17:00 Venue: Directiplex, near Andheri Subway, Andheri (E), Mumbai - 400069 For more details about the Ubuntu Global Jam, check this: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam . Entry is free of charge. Wifi and laptop charging points will be available at the venue. Hope to you see you guys there! Best Regards, Rigved

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April Mumbai Linux Users Group Meetup
by Rigved Rakshit 29 Mar '14

29 Mar '14

Hello, Tentative schedule - Date: 20th April, 2014 (Sunday) Time: 9:00 to 13:00 IST Venue: Directiplex, near Andheri Subway, Andheri (E), Mumbai, India Entry is free of charge and anyone can attend. We welcome anyone who wants to take sessions (presentations, workshops etc.) during this event. Hope to see some of you there! Best Regards, Rigved

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Arduino Day 2104 -29TH MARCH
by Siji Sunny 25 Mar '14

25 Mar '14

Ardunio has announced "Arduino Day" - a worldwide celebration of Arduino’s first 10 years. I have registered for an event in Mumbai for the same, awaiting for their approval now. If any one interested we can club somewhere on the same day with discussions/sessions on Ardunio hacks. *About Arduino Day* *Arduino Day is a worldwide celebration of Arduino’s first 10 years. It’s 24 hours full of events – both official and independent, anywhere around the world – where people interested in Arduino can meet, share their experiences, and learn more.* *ho can participate?* *Arduino invites all Arduino user groups, makerspaces, hackerspaces, fablabs, associations, teachers, pros, and newbies to participate. Let’s make this the biggest birthday party yet!* *What can you do during Arduino Day?* *You can attend any event or organize one for your community.* *It doesn’t matter whether you are an expert or a newbie, an engineer, designer, crafter or maker: Arduino Day is open to anyone who wants to celebrate Arduino and all the things that have been done (or can be done!) with it.* *The events set up by independent organizers will offer different types of activities, tailored to local audiences all over the world.* -- Siji Sunny

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Interesting Indian Language tools by TDIL
by Siji Sunny 21 Mar '14

21 Mar '14

Hi All, I have found some very interesting and useful Indian Language tools @ TDIL website - such as, Indian Language ADK for Android, Text to Speech Mozilla Browser Plugin, Indian Language SMS reader, etc. http://tdil-dc.in/index.php?option=com_up-download&view=download&lang=en -- Siji Sunny

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March Mumbai GNU/Linux Users' Group Meetup
by Rigved Rakshit 20 Mar '14

20 Mar '14

Hello, The next meetup will be held on 23rd (Sunday) at Directiplex, Andheri (E), Mumbai. If anyone else wants to take any sessions related to GNU/Linux, they are more than welcome to do so. Other sessions planned for the same day: http://www.meetup.com/Mumbai-Technology-Meetup/events/169372132/ . Best Regards, Rigved

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Laptop with touch screen
by H.S.Rai 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

Wanted to purchase laptop with touch (convertible; 2 in 1; laptop cum tablet). Could not find Linux friendly, Linux certified. Vendor was of opinion that any device with MS Window 8, will be hard to use with Linux. Can any one suggest make and model which works well with Linux? -- H.S.Rai

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Video recording of Richard Stallman's January Speech
by Amit Gokhale 07 Mar '14

07 Mar '14

Dear All, Does anyone have video recording of Richard Stallman's speech which he gave sometime in last week of January. -- Amit Gokhale. 9619147571

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[Commercial] A sneak peek into OSFY March 2014
by Priyanka Sarkar 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Dear Members, OSFY's March 2014 issue brings a few exciting articles for sysadmins on the move! . Admin's Domain --Three Tools to Help You Protect Your Network --Monitor Your Network Effectively with Monit --Monitoring log files with Nagios plugin Developers' Zone --Create Android Apps With Processing --Demystifying HTML5 Attacks --Developing Web Apps With Boostrap For U & Me: It's the stuff for everyone --Boost Your Employability With Hadoop Skills --Know How Microfinance Institution Combats Roadblocks With Open Source --Kamal Brar, MongoDB VP (Japan And APAC), Talks About Opportunities In India This issue comes bundled with the newest version of Mageia and Clonezilla You can get a copy of our magazine from your nearest newsstands or you can subscribe at http://electronicsforu.com/electronicsforu/subscription/subsc2scheme.asp#. To locate some dealers selling OSFY close to your home, you can check our website: dealers.efyindia.com. Regards, Priyanka

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Fwd: [smc-discuss] Typoday 2014
by Siji Sunny 01 Mar '14

01 Mar '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Santhosh Thottingal <santhosh.thottingal(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 11:55 AM Subject: [smc-discuss] Typoday 2014 To: Discussion list of Swathanthra Malayalam Computing < discuss(a)lists.smc.org.in> Typoday 2014, an event organized on28th Feb, 1st, 2nd March 2014 at the Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune is happening now. The theme for this year's event is 'Typography and Culture'. http://typoday.in/ The program is live streamed at http://gowebtechnologies.com/ live-event/sid/webcast.html There is a session related to Malayalam today: 6.00 – 6.30 The Many Modes of Malayalam Script Paul Hunt, Adobe Type Team, USA Thanks Santhosh -- Siji Sunny

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DroidSync 2014 - Android Developers & Business Conference in Mumbai
by Siji Sunny 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

Organizers of Nitrodroid - Goa (android conference) is organizing Android Developer &Business conference in Mumbai. When : 5th April 2014, Starting at 9.30 AM Where : Ramada Plaza Palm Grove, Ramada Plaza Palm Grove, Juhu Beach, Juhu Tara Rd Website : http://www.droidsync.in/ About Conference (from the website) : "DroidSync is one of the few conferences to cover the entire Android ecosystem - business & development together. It is a 1-day conference ideal for Android developers and professionals from commercial companies, business & management professionals, owners of start-ups and just anyone who loves to work with Android. Here, you'll find the latest and best information for maximizing the power of the Android platform. Be here! Sharpen your skills and meet many like-minded developers, business leaders, and startup owners like you! " -- Siji Sunny

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Fwd: [smc-discuss] Linux-Intelligent-Ocr-Solution (Lios) 1.9.1 Released.
by Siji Sunny 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nalin.x.Linux <nalin.x.linux(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 5:48 PM Subject: [smc-discuss] Linux-Intelligent-Ocr-Solution (Lios) 1.9.1 Released. To: Discussion list of Swathanthra Malayalam Computing < discuss(a)lists.smc.org.in> Lios is a free and open source software for converting print in to text using either scanner or a camera, It can also produce text out of scanned images from other sources such as Pdf, Image or Folder containing Images. Program is given total accessibility for visually impaired. Lios is written in python3, and we release it under GPL-3 license. There are great many possibilities for this program, Feedback is the key to it, Expecting your feedback Nalin.x.Linux(a)gmail.com Lios 1.9.1 beta released for Ubuntu(>=13.10) and Fedora(>=19) Features 1. Acquire image from Scanner 2. Import images from PDFs,Folder 3. Scan using Web-cam(beta) 4. Support two OCR Engines (CUNEIFORM,TESSERACT) 5. 24 Language support (Given at the end), 30 more languages can be installed in Tesseract, 6. OCR Selected images(With or without rotation) 7. Full Auto Rotation for any Language(If aspell installed for the language, Eg : 8. "sudo apt-get install aspell-hi" for Hindi 9. OCR Selected Areas(Rectangle selection) 10 Output Insert position(Where the output is to be inserted) 11. Scan and OCR directly 12. Selection of Scan area, brightness, resolution and time between repeated scanning 13. Advanced Brightness optimizer 14. Cache calibration(Scanner) 15. Selection of starting page number, page numbering mode and number of pages to scan 16. Side by side view of image and output 17. Basic user interface options including image rotation and zoom options 18. Print text(beta) 19. Export as pdf(beta) 20. Audio converter 21. Spell-checker 22. Good text manipulation with Find, Find-and-Replace, Go-To-Page, Go-To-Line, Append file, and Punch File 23. Options for save, load and reset settings 24. Text Reading with Highlighting, With user selected Color, Font, and Background Color 25. Display Preferences for Low vision 26. Dictionary Support for English Sourceforge http://sourceforge.net/projects/lios/ GitHub https://github.com/Nalin-x-Linux/lios-3 _______________________________________________ Swathanthra Malayalam Computing discuss Mailing List Project: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/smc Web: http://smc.org.in | IRC : #smc-project @ freenode discuss(a)lists.smc.org.in http://lists.smc.org.in/listinfo.cgi/discuss-smc.org.in -- Siji Sunny

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[X-Post] Open Mobile Workshop - invitation for speakers
by Anoop John 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

Hello, An open mobile workshop targeted at developers and students to introduce them to open mobile platforms is planned to be held in Trivandrum, Kerala in March. I am interested in seeing if we can get some speakers to conduct sessions on totally Free (Libre) mobile platforms (unencumbered by any kind of restrictions and fully Free Software licensed) like Replicant, or Firefox OS or any other similar platform. If you know of developers who could take workshops on such fully open platforms please pass on contact information to me and I can reach out to these people. Please do note that I am not categorizing Android as a fully open platform here (For example see - http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/02/new-android-oem-licensing-terms-leak…) There are going to be Android workshops as part of this event and it would be good if we can get some speakers to represent and introduce fully open platforms. Thanks in advance for your help in this regard. Thanks Anoop |-- | Zyxware Technologies | http://www.zyxware.com |-- | Be the change you wish to see in the world, M. K. Gandhi |--

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Mail server receives email, cannot send email to all adresses - IP not authorized
by Revant Nandgaonkar 18 Feb '14

18 Feb '14

I am new to mail servers. my domain name is revant.me (you can know ip/smtp/rdns ptr etc. now) I bought static IP from MTNL Mumbai and they also changed Reverse DNS for me recently (Week ago) I have recently configured mailserver (postfix/dovecot/roundcube), email domain and mailbox with IPConfig3 on my Server My server is running debian amd64 stable, the LAMP is ON since May 2013. With my recently configured mail server I can receive emails. When I send email from my server to gmail, hotmail, facebook, yahoo I get "Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender" or similar email message: Example Gmail error: 550-5.7.1 [my static IP] The IP you're using to send mail is not authorized to 550-5.7.1 send email directly to our servers. Please use the SMTP relay at your service provider instead. Learn more at 550 5.7.1 http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=10336 vb2si7620646pbc.217 - gsmtp (in reply to end of DATA command) I tried sending email from my mailserver to my email address on other domain name by google app gmail server and email on rediffmail, both work! Yahoo, hotmail, gmail don't accept my emails from my mail server, Rediffmail does accept my email. Right now I am receiving mail on my self-managed server and sending email via gmail's "Send email as" feature so I can send to everyone. Is any special class of IP or service is required to have my own mailserver? I have a half working email server which receives 100% mails but sends only to few email addresses. Any help? Server Noob. Revant

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February Mumbai Linux Users' Group Meetup
by Rigved Rakshit 16 Feb '14

16 Feb '14

Hello, The next meetup can be held on 16th (Sunday). Is anyone against this date? I will check with the Debian Diaspora team if anyone can take a Debian Packaging session over IRC. Will inform here about results. If anyone else wants to take any sessions related to GNU/Linux, they are more than welcome to do so. Best Regards, Rigved

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Views solicited for a story
by Priyanka Sarkar 07 Feb '14

07 Feb '14

Dear All, We have come up with a story idea and would really appreciate if you chip in and share your views on this. The topic is :'What would you like to change about Linux and why?' Please let us have your insightful suggestions on the same. Regards, Priyanka

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[Commercial] A sneak peek into OSFY 11th anniversary issue (Feb 2014)
by Priyanka Sarkar 05 Feb '14

05 Feb '14

Dear Members, OSFY's mega 11th Anniversary issue (Feb 2014) brings you an array of interesting articles. Special Read for Developers: --10 Website Building Tools To Boost Your Coding Skills --Know the Top 10 apps for rooted Android devices --Create Great Graphics and Visualisation with DSLs Admin's Domain --Ten Must-Have Open Source Tools for Systems Admin --Building A Storage System with CEPH --How To Set Up A Mail Server on Linux For U & Me: It's the stuff for everyone ---A look at The Top Five Linux Distributions of 2013 --Know how a Gujarat based Firm saved millions with FOSS! --A peek into the five most popular Android ROMs This issue comes bundled with amazing multiple distros on a single,free DVD: PCLinuxOS 2013.12,openSUSE 13.1 and pfSense 2.1. You can get a copy of our magazine from your nearest newsstands or you can subscribe at http://electronicsforu.com/electronicsforu/subscription/subsc2scheme.asp#. To locate some dealers selling OSFY close to your home, you can check our website: dealers.efyindia.com. Regards, Team OSFY

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Reflections on the RMS Talk
by Rushabh Mehta 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

Thanks for the reply. Replies inline: > > It is very sad to see that the few > people who are promoting free software are also tired and depressed. > > Dunno where you jumped to that conclusion. I have been watching these lists for quite a while. There hardly any projects / activity / events other than meetups that have started recently. I think we are barely scratching the surface as far as promotion of free software is concerned. Even the FSF India website is dated. > Clearly new energy is required on> and revenue is also increasing year on year, but it is still not enough. If > we divert attention in too many things, then we may lose the advantage that > ERPNext has built up. Also, there is a lot to be done. > > Business development is part of a business. Every state government > spends tens crores on education. The smartness is in campaigning for > FOSS with ones business goals in mind. > If you take funding from let's say the FSF, it would be wholly unprincipled to project your company > / services in such programs, unless you too were contributing financially. We are not taking or wanting to take any funding from FSF. Thankfully we are able to sell hosting services to the user community. Our goal was to voluntarily go to these organizations and not to promote our software but Linux Desktops, Office tools, Mail and Web Servers - the basic stack. > This would be ideally done under the umbrella of Free Software Foundation > of India (or if they are very religious/suspicious about us who have to > earn our bread and don't live off grants, or there are too many > ego-mountains to be climbed, then we could form a new group). > That one is a Pointless rant. Afaik, Nobody on this list is living off > someone else's largesse. Agree - its a rant, but I have mailed a lot of people individually, and from the response (or lack) I can clearly sense that we are "outsiders". Either ways, its surely something for people to introspect - we need to pool resources if we have to fight commercial interests. --

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Laptop with Windows 8
by Joel A Divekar 28 Jan '14

28 Jan '14

Hi Friends I recently purchased HP J028tx laptop which came along with pre installed Windows 8. I plan to get rid of windows 8 completely and install Ubuntu, but would like to know how to retain Windows 8 licence as no windows license key was provided along with the laptop. I may need the license to setup virtual instance for testing connectivity with Samba ADs server. Kindly advice Regards Joel Divekar Mumbai

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Reflections on the RMS Talk
by Rushabh Mehta 28 Jan '14

28 Jan '14

Dear all, Wrote a small writeup after attending the RMS talk last week: https://www.erpnext.com/free-or-open-source-software Last week, we attended a talk by Richard Stallman, the father of Free Software. He is legendary in tech circles for founding the GNU Project (GNU is Not Unix) and writing a lot of tools that are a part of the Linux Operating System, which according to him, must be called GNU/Linux. Stallman is also known to have radical political views on software and has a set of terminology that he insists must be used by everyone talking about his work. His primary disagreement is with the term Open Source, which he calls as pushovers. By pushovers, he means that the term Open Source software is tainted by the need for sustainability using commercial means. Often this is unfairly done either by only distributing parts of the software as free or by keeping some features as paid. For Stallman, all software must be free and must be used in ways that all derivate works also have the same freedom. The thought is both noble and also a protection that companies do not pick up work from the community and bundle it as their own tools. The GNU General Public License, also called as the "copyleft" license, protects these rights. ERPNext too is licensed under this License, even though we position ERPNext as Open Source. Personally I am more pragmatic about the usage of the terminology. We use Open Source because our users understand this term more than Free. Also Free ERP has different connotations. Free stuff is eyed suspiciously as most people believe that there is a cost to everything. This is tragic because a lot of good free and open source software exists, and it is sad to see that because of such political issues, groups cannot get together to promote it. (I will use these terms interchangeably in this post.) Stallman also talked a lot about surveillance and how governments are using devices to illegally and surreptitiously capture information of our likes, relations and movements. Even though we all need to caution against too much intrusion of privacy, these devices also bring a lot of convenience and freedom to us. *Advocacy* One of the primary roles that Stallman and his Free Software Foundation (FSF) plays is that of advocating Free Software in education institutes and governments. Teaching Free Software to students is of vital importance because if they start getting familiar with free software, they will grow up to use it. Companies like Microsoft send sales people to promote their software to schools because they want to get young students to user their tools and grow familiar with them. In the same way, promoters of free software must also send volunteers to schools to promote free software. The second is governments. Governments by definition are owned by the commons. People pool in their taxes so that the government can work efficiently and the best bang for the buck is delivered when companies providing solutions are forced to use free software and publish their solutions as open source. India is lacking on both these counts. It is very sad to see that the few people who are promoting free software are also tired and depressed. Clearly new energy is required on these fronts. We at Web Notes feel very strongly about this and we hope to make some contribution here. Unfortunately we are also stuck with a couple of constraints. One is of course that we are need to get our revenues in place first and second is that we don't know where to start. Maybe a fresh beginning is required. *What Can We Do* Our first goal, like I said earlier is that we need to ensure we have surplus funds to invest in this area. ERPNext is surely growing very well and revenue is also increasing year on year, but it is still not enough. If we divert attention in too many things, then we may lose the advantage that ERPNext has built up. Also, there is a lot to be done. If we had the resources, we would setup a voluntary effort for schools and governments where we could go and give them short presentations and also give free support for using Linux Desktops, Office tools, Mail Servers, Web Servers etc. The challenge would be in making the initial contact, then setting up a time, then doing the presentation and then offering support. This would be ideally done under the umbrella of Free Software Foundation of India (or if they are very religious/suspicious about us who have to earn our bread and don't live off grants, or there are too many ego-mountains to be climbed, then we could form a new group). I think to do this would be our duty as not only publishers of free software but as good citizens too. best, Rushabh

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site which teaches android dev in a strange way
by Pratik Anand 27 Jan '14

27 Jan '14

Site is www.codelearn.org/android-tutorial<http://www.codelearn.org/android-tutorial?utm_source=lugmum> They ask users to download an Eclipse plugin for their tutorials which is then used for tracking user errors and showing hints, which I think is pretty cool. -- Pratik Anand http://www.pratikanand.com Twitter handle:pratikone <http://twitter.com/pratikone>

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Exporting and importing webmin groups
by Kshitij M Kotak 27 Jan '14

27 Jan '14

Hello expert friends We are trying to backup Webmin users and groups from 1 system and restoring it on another system. While webmin users are getting restored, webmin groups are not getting backed up. >From the Webmin Interface > Backup Configuration > Backup now we are backing upWebmin ConfigurationWebmin Servers IndexWebmin Users into a file, copying that file and restoring it on 2nd system. What is the additional I am supposed to do for getting Webmin Users and Groups transferred into 2nd system? Urgent help will be appreciated. Thank you in advance. Kshitij

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Help on Vi Command
by Joel A Divekar 26 Jan '14

26 Jan '14

Thanks a lot Pratik. From: Pratik Vyas <m(a)pd.io> Sent: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 16:08:24 To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Help on Vi Command Hi Joel, On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Joel A Divekar <joel_divekar(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All > I am trying to do the following > Search for all lines starting with&nbsp;INSERT&nbsp;command and append ;&nbsp;at End of Line > > I am aware about search and replace using > :%s/^INSERT/$;/g > but this replaces INSERT and not append ; at end of the line.&nbsp;Kindly help > Regards > Try, :%s/^INSERT$.*$$/\0\&nbsp\;/g ie. Capture everything after the INSERT and replace it by itself (\0) and the text you want you append. > > Joel Divekar > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers Thanks. Pratik -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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[OT] Help on Vi Command
by Joel A Divekar 26 Jan '14

26 Jan '14

Hi All I am trying to do the following Search for all lines starting with INSERT command and append ; at End of Line I am aware about search and replace using :%s/^INSERT/$;/g but this replaces INSERT and not append ; at end of the line. Kindly help Regards Joel Divekar

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[OT] Help on Vi Command
by Joel A Divekar 26 Jan '14

26 Jan '14

Hi All I am trying to do the following Search for all lines starting with INSERT command and append ; at End of Line I am aware about search and replace using :%s/^INSERT/$;/g  but this replaces INSERT not append ;. Kindly help Regards Joel Divekar

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[OT] Help on Vi Command
by Joel A Divekar 26 Jan '14

26 Jan '14

Hi All I am trying to do the following Search for all lines starting with INSERT command and append ; at End of Line I am aware about search and replace using :%s/^INSERT/$;/g  but this replaces INSERT not append ;. Kindly help Regards Joel Divekar

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Fwd: Valve games for Debian Developers
by Praveen A 23 Jan '14

23 Jan '14

Another reason to contribute to Debian. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Neil McGovern <neilm(a)debian.org> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:27:21 +0000 Subject: Valve games for Debian Developers To: debian-devel-announce(a)lists.debian.org Hi all, At $dayjob for Collabora, we've been working with Valve on SteamOS, which is based on Debian. Valve are keen to contribute back to the community, and I'm discussing a couple of ways that they may be able to do that [0]. Immediately though, they've offered a free subscription to any Debian Developer which provides access to all past and future Valve produced games [1]! If you're interested, and a DD, simply mail jo.shields(a)collabora.co.uk with a mail signed by a key in the Debian keyring, and he'll send you back a redemption code to add in Steam. If you haven't heared from him in a couple of days, you can also prod me at neil.mcgovern(a)collabora.com as he may happen to be on holiday that week. Happy gaming, Neil [0] If anyone has any specific ideas, drop me a mail :) [1] List at http://deb.li/91yz, but excluding Steam Greenlight. -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow the rules: laws and constitution.

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Public lecture by Richard Stallman at TISS, Mumbai (21st Jan)
by Indivar Jonnalagadda 22 Jan '14

22 Jan '14

Dear All, On behalf of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, we cordially invite you to a public lecture *by Richard Stallman *titled *"Free Software, Free Society", * *on Tuseday, 21st of January, *at the Old Conference Hall, TISS Main campus (Time: 5pm -7pm). I trust that Richard Stallman needs no introduction on this mailing list. The talk will be followed by a Q&A session. We welcome you all and hope to see you there. Warm Regards, Indivar Jonnalagadda MA, Schol of Development Studies TISS (Mumbai) +91-9819172401

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{Commercial} {OT}Looking for programmers to work with Mumbai based startup
by Siji Sunny 22 Jan '14

22 Jan '14

Hello, We (MELabs) are into Mobile & Embedded Computing Domain, looking for some programmers who is willing to work on technologies such as - - Linux (Kernel, Drivers) - Python - Web Technologies (HTML5, LAMP) - Mobile Application Development (Android) - Embedded devices & Mobile Wireless Networking. We prefer Freshers with good Programming & Logical skill-set and ready to learn new technologies. We consider Programming, Technical and logical knowledge consider as qualification. Qualification : Graduates/Post graduates and Diploma holders with sound technical/logical understanding can apply. Location: Bhandup, Mumbai (Prefer candidates from Mumbai) Interested candidate, pls contact me offline. -- Siji Sunny

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Kontalk messenger (Re: [X-POST] January Meetup)
by Praveen A 21 Jan '14

21 Jan '14

For those who were not present at the meetup, kontalk is a Free Software replacement for whatsapp - you can chat with anyone if you know their phone number using a data connection (cheaper sms for many people). See http://kontalk.org Currently it is available only on android. Their next version would support XMPP and it would make it easy to get it working on other platforms. Karan asked me how they would know if my contact has a kontalk account if they don't store everyone's number? I asked the upstream and he confirmed my guess. When you register your number, the server sends you an sms to confirm your number and the number is discarded. A one way hash of the number is used as username (like storing passwords, the server can never guess the number based on the hash). So when you want to talk to someone in your phone contact list, the client will make a hash and send it to the server to find the public. The public key of the user will be signed by the server and all communications will be end to end encrypted. Only way to spy would installing apps on the users' phones. This is simply brilliant, the encryption solution we have been waiting for, as easy as whatsapp! Cheers Praveen 2014/1/18, Rigved Rakshit <r.phate(a)gmail.com>: > Hello, > > There might be connectivity issue at the venue. It is advisable to > have a backup Internet connection handy. > > Best Regards, > Rigved > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow the rules: laws and constitution.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [X-POST] January Meetup
by Rigved Rakshit 18 Jan '14

18 Jan '14

Hello, > I was thinking of keeping the January meetup on 12th Sunday. This is because 19th Sunday has the Mumbai Marathon. What does everyone think about this change? > > Also, for the Linux meetup, there'll be a presentation on Debian packaging. I meant January meetup and not December meetup in the subject line! Best Regards, Rigved @Sent from my smart-phone

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Fwd: Happy New Year...
by Dhruv Baldawa 12 Jan '14

12 Jan '14

Hi All, Would anyone like to help/volunteer with this? and any pointers would be helpful :-). ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ambuja Salgaonkar <ambujas(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 9:01 PM Subject: Happy New Year... To: Dhruv Baldawa <dhruvbaldawa(a)gmail.com> Hello Though very belated, hope you will appreciate this as a gesture of restarting the interaction that had started during the last month. May I know the updates of your last meeting? My college colleagues are ready to host FOSS lectures. Do let me know what best could be done. Thanks and reply awaited Regards -Ambuja -- Dhruv Baldawa (http://www.dhruvb.com)

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CfP Open for RootConf 2014
by Mehul Ved 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

Rootconf is a conference targeted at system administrators. As per their website: """Rootconf is a conference on web and cloud infrastructure. It is targeted at companies who are struggling to scale the effectiveness of their developer teams and performance of their web stacks.""" If you'd like to speak on a topic, you can submit your proposal on https://funnel.hasgeek.com/rootconf2014/ -- With Regards, Mehul Ved

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Study on the Culture of FOSS in India
by Indivar Jonnalagadda 05 Jan '14

05 Jan '14

Hey, My name is Indivar Jonnalagadda, I am a student at TISS, Mumbai. I'm contacting you with regards to my dissertation which is a study of FOSS culture in India. Basically I want to look at the ideas of FOSS developers/enthusiasts regarding themes like intellectual property rights, internet, innovation & collaboration and also look at how these ideas are linked to the practices of FOSS. As part of my study I wish to interview developers and advocates of FOSS. That is why I'm posting to this mailing list. If anybody is interested in sharing their experiences and views on FOSS in India, please get back to me at indivarj(a)gmail.com. Based on your convenience and preference we could either have an interview over telephone/skype or in person. Thanks. I'm looking forward to speaking to some of you. Regards Indivar Jonnalagadda (+919819172401)

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[X-Post] conf.kde.in details
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 02 Jan '14

02 Jan '14

Hi, Happy new year to you all. Please forward this email to various Linux/FOSS user groups in your city, college any where you think it should reach. Thank you in advance. We are very excited to announce the second edition of conf.kde.in, the biggest KDE conference in India. This three day conference scheduled in February will bring together Qt developers, KDE contributors, open source enthusiasts and users from all across the nation. The event will give you the opportunity to learn, share, contribute, innovate and create while providing you endless possibilities with Qt/KDE technologies. conf.kde.in is an excellent platform for you to learn about FOSS and start contributing to it. The participants will be introduced to the KDE community, and shall also be given an overview of the latest developments in it. The talks, interactive sessions shall help strengthen your basis and shall familiarize you with what it’s like to be a part of the KDE community and help you to contribute to KDE SC and maybe for future participation in programs like Google Summer of Code and Season of KDE. Last year, KDE was the largest participating organizing in GSoC with a selection of 60 students.The sessions will range from the beginner to the advanced level, to facilitate all kinds of participants. *Talks* There shall be a vibrant gamut of talks at the event; ranging over a variety of technical as well as non technical talks covered by members of the KDE community from the extremes of India as well as the world. Be a witness to this cultural as well as intellectual infusion of ideas and experiences, of knowledge and guidance; by people from different walks of life, all with a common passion - open source, KDE; ready to ignite the same passion in you through their words and their minds. 1. How I got involved in KDE and How to attack a problem - Sujith H 2. Hacking on KStars: Progress and challenges - Rishab Arora 3. One app to rule all your media - Sinny Kumari 4. KDE unlike a coconut - Smit Shah 5. Plasma Workspace 2: Little introduction - Bhushan Shah 6. Baloo - Metadata and Search - Vishesh Handa 7. Cute (Qt) C++ idioms - Nikhil Marathe 8. Qt Project - Frederik Gladhorn 9. Language learning with KDE - Samikshan Bairagya 10.Effective Open-Source Speech Recognition in Your Application - Peter Grasch 11.Where KDE is and where it is going - Jos Poortvliet 12. C++11: A Language Renaissance - Kévin Ottens The above is the incomplete list of talks, we are adding more talks as we get confirmation from the speakers. The updated list of talks can be found at http://kde.in/conf/accepted-talks. Every speaker at conf.kde.in is a bonafide contributor to KDE, some of them contributing over a decade. Attending the conference will give you the opportunity to meet seasoned open source contributors, discuss with them, exchange ideas with them, learn from them and also teach them something new. Many of these contributors work for great companies (which themselves are involved in various open source projects) like Mozilla, openSUSE, Red Hat, Blue Systems, ThoughtWorks, KDAB, Digia etc. Also you will find that many of these contributors were students until recently. *Wondering what KDE/Qt is?* KDE is one of the largest international free software community. It has an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Microsoft Windows, and OS X systems. KDE is known for its Plasma Workspace, an environment provided as the default working environment on many Linux distributions, such as Kubuntu, Pardus, and openSUSE. To find more information about KDE, please visit http://www.kde.org/ Qt is a cross-platform application framework that is widely used for developing application software with a graphical user interface (GUI) and also used for developing non-GUI programs such as command- line tools and consoles for servers. Qt is most notably used in Adobe Photoshop Elements, Skype, VLC media player, VirtualBox, Dassault DraftSight and Mathematica, and by the European Space Agency, DreamWorks, Google, HP, KDE, Lucasfilm, Autodesk Maya, The Foundry's Nuke, Panasonic, Philips, Blackberry applications, Samsung, Siemens, Volvo, Walt Disney, Animation Studios and Research In Motion. Qt runs on multiple platforms which include Linux, Windows, Mac OSX, Embedded Linux, Blackberry 10, Android, Sailfish and Ubuntu Phone OS. To find more information about Qt, please visit http://qt-project.org/ *Details about conf.kde.in*: Venue: Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar Date: 21st - 23rd Feb, 2014 Time: 9 AM - 6:30 PM The registrations for the conference are now open. Please register yourself here (http://cki2014.doattend.com/) and avail the “Early Bird” discount till 15th Jan. There are limited seats so hurry up! You will find accommodation options at http://conf.kde.in/accommodation. We are working very hard to make conf.kde.in 2014 a huge success. And it will happen with the help of your participation. Looking forward to meet you all. Stay tuned for regular updates about this event on our Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/kdeindia) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/kdeindia) page. For any queries, feel free to reach us at conf(a)kde.in Cheers, Pradeepto -- Pradeepto Kumar Bhattacharya KDE e.V. Board of Director | Proud KDE Contributor The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org

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Diaspora meetup on Jan 11, 3 pm at HBCSE and my Mumbai trip
by Praveen A 30 Dec '13

30 Dec '13

With recent revelations of NSA spying on all communications they can get their hands on, it is all the more important for us to build technological solutions like federated social networks, encrypted email etc. Diaspora is an an important solution to this critical problem facing all of us. But as it is a social network, along with technical part, we need to take it to the masses. So if you are keen about protecting your privacy, join us in this campaign and lets together plan how far we can take it. RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/Diaspora/Mumbai-IN/1078062/ Also if any of you are interested in technical contributions like packaging diaspora for debian or developing features for diaspora (it is a ruby on rails application), let me know. Btw, I will be in Mumbai from 9th to 24th Jan and I would like to visit as many campuses as possible to promote free software, free culture, privacy, internet freedom etc. If you have contacts with any schools or colleges, connect with me. A little about me, I contribute to debian and maintains many ruby libraries needed for diaspora. You can see the current status of diaspora packaging at http://people.debian.org/~praveen/diasbar/ I used to be a Senior System Administrator with Red Hat in Pune. Now I'm just travelling around India promoting digital commons and meeting friends. 4 of my recent campaigns 1. Pirate Cycling https://poddery.com/tags/piratecycling 2. Kids on Computers free software lab setup at Assam https://poddery.com/tags/kocassam 3. Diaspora setup at Acharya Narendra Dev college in Delhi https://poddery.com/tags/andcdiasportal 4. Diaspora Yatra https://poddery.com/tags/diasporayatra http://yatra.diasporafoundation.org Looking forward to meeting you all. -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow the rules: laws and constitution.

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[X-POST] December Meetup
by Rigved Rakshit 29 Dec '13

29 Dec '13

Hello, I was thinking of keeping the January meetup on 12th Sunday. This is because 19th Sunday has the Mumbai Marathon. What does everyone think about this change? Also, for the Linux meetup, there'll be a presentation on Debian packaging. Best Regards, Rigved @Sent from my smart-phone

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mumbai Debian Users' Group Meetup
by Praveen A 29 Dec '13

29 Dec '13

2013/12/8 Rigved Rakshit <r.phate(a)gmail.com>: > Hello, > > So, I know that there are some Debian activities that take place in > Pune. But I have not come across anything happening in Mumbai. So, I > wanted to know if anyone in Mumbai is interested in starting some > Debian activities (or have these already started?). I will be in Mumbai from 9 to 24 Jan and I would like to meet the community and share what I have learned. I can take debian packaging workshops if anyone is interested to learn and start contributing to debian. -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow the rules: laws and constitution.

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Linux Users Group Meetup
by Rigved Rakshit 23 Dec '13

23 Dec '13

Hello, This month's Linux Users' Group meetup can take place at Directiplex. Details: Date: 22nd December, 2013 (Sunday) Time: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Suggestions for sessions are welcome. We also need one session for the Spotlight session (showcasing a Linux distribution). Let me know if anyone has any suggestions for the event. Best Regards, Rigved

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Pact publishing bonanza... $5 any book /video!
by Royce Pereira 22 Dec '13

22 Dec '13

Hey guys, Just came across this year end sale from Packt publishing. Valid till 3rd Jan (only on ebook - epub and pdf versions) www.packtpub.com/ebookbonanza I myself am a customer, and have purchased a few books on Linux and Raspberry Pi. Best Regards, - Royce Pereira

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Open Street Workshop
by J T Dsouza 06 Dec '13

06 Dec '13

As a part of NUSSD Digital Literacy Trainers' Training Programme, Gnowledge Lab is organising a one day hands-on workshop on "Contributing to Open Street Map (OSM)" on 06-12-2013 at the Homi Bhaba Centre for Science Education, Anushakti Nagar. Its open for public, but please RSVP to Amit. Topics covered: * Paper mapping using field papers * Geo referencing and digitizing map scans * OSM editing using iD * Loading OSM data in Quantum GIS * Creating basic visualization with QGIS The workshop will be guided by Arun Ganesh. Arun is an expert in mapping and has been contributing to the OSM project for a long time. Time: 10 am to 3 pm Date: 06-12-2013 Venue: Room No 217, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education Tata Institute of Fundamental Research V. N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd Mumbai, 400088 INDIA Please bring your laptops for the workshop. Please forward this mail to people who might be interested. Those who miss this workshop will be trained by those who attend this workshop. RSVP: Amit Dhakulkar | damitr(a)gnowledge.org <mailto:damitr@gnowledge.org> | 9819350953 <tel:9819350953>

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CentOS 6.5 released
by Arun Khan 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

See the official announcement. <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-December/020032.html> and Release Notes <http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS6.5> The ISO images can be found here <http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/6.5/isos/> -- Arun Khan Sent from my non-iphone/non-android device

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Change of Profile to Information Security
by Amit Joshi 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

Hi Group, Currently I am working in the Surveillance industry and was looking for a profile change to the Information Security Industry. I tried to study the general trends people follow to get into this industry and most of them either had an in-depth knowledge of Linux / Unix / System Administration through courses like RHCE/ LPIC etc, or through direct experience. My level of knowledge in Linux is what some may call "intermediate" - but thats a self-proclamation. I am studying for the RHCSA+RHCE exams. Can someone please point me in the right direction. Thanks. -- Regards, Amit Joshi

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[OT] Cisco 887VA as Home Router?
by Binand Sethumadhavan 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps380/data_sheet_c78-613… http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps380/data_sheet_c78-613… Anyone knows anyone using this model? I am thinking of getting one for my home (it is a bit pricey but ideal for 2x broadband + a few IPSec tunnels). Binand

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[OT]34, 115 Indian PSU bank branches are at risk due to their reliance on Windows XP
by Yogesh योगि 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [fosscomm] 34,115 Indian PSU bank branches are at risk due to their reliance on Windows XP Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 21:58:52 +0530 From: Guru गुरु <Guru(a)ITforChange.net> Reply-To: Indian FOSS Community Network list <network(a)lists.fosscom.in> To: Fosscom Network <network(a)fosscom.in>, ict-education-india(a)googlegroups.com, indianteachereducators(a)googlegroups.com Source - http://www.varindia.com/Microsoft-to-end-support-for-Windows-XP-34K-bank-br… Microsoft(NASDAQ:MSFT) <http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/default.aspx> has revealed the results of a startling study of the banking sector in India today.Â Conducted by Ascentius Consulting, the study has revealed that some 34,115 Indian PSU bank branches are at risk due to their reliance on Windows XP. Windows XP will no longer be supported by Microsoft beginning April 08, 2014 <http://www.microsoft.com/india/msindia/pressreleases/banks-in-india-could-b…>, but the study shows that the penetration of Windows XP is still high at 40â70% in the banking sector. Amongst the greatest risks facing banks that maintain their Windows XP installations, despite the end of support, are their ability to respond to customers and manage waiting times.Â Besides, there are several IT risks that will require extensive effort to manage. In the light of these, CERT-IN has also come out with an advisory recommending immediate migration. We have been advising our customers to move off Windows XP for a long time now. There are a significant number of PCs out there that still need to be moved as per a plan. The move to a modern OS like Windows 8.1 will not only alleviate the risks for users and businesses but will also open up opportunities posed by modern technology, like the cloud, for them, said Amrish Goyal, General Manager, Windows Business Group, Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd. <http://www.varindia.com/Krrish-3-Game-comes-exclusive-on-Windows-Platform.h…> According to the most recent Security Intelligence Report by Microsoft, Windows XP users are six times more likely to be infected than users of modern operating systems like Windows 8.1, despite encountering the same amount of threats. Windows XP users are also twenty-one times more vulnerable. regards, guru

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[Commercial] PHP Programmers, Designers & Sysadmins
by Joel A Divekar 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

Hi Everyone We are currently looking for  a) Sr & Jr Programmers having experience in PHP 5 with OOPs, Python, MySQL 5 & jQuery. Node.js, MongoDB will be added advantage b) Designers with experience in html with very strong exposure to CSS. HTML5, CSS3 will be added advantage. c) Sr & Jr Sysadmin for managing online Gnu/Linux based servers d) Sr & Jr Sysadmin for managing Desktops, Networking devices    e) Also we are looking for interns All opening are in Mumbai & Navi Mumbai and for detailed JD kindly contact me off the list. Regards Joel Divekar Mumbai, India

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Mumbai LUG Meetup for November
by Rigved Rakshit 12 Nov '13

12 Nov '13

Hello, I am looking at 17th November, 2013 (Sunday) as the day for the next LUG meetup. The timing will be 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. JFYI, there might be a workshop on iOS development from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., followed by our meetup. Then, the Python and Javascript meetups will take place from 2:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Last time, everyone went out for lunch. This time, I think we should order food from the restaurants nearby, so that we can sit in the cafeteria and have lunch there itself. The last LUG meetup was good but we found ourselves lacking in time. If the concerned people are up for it, we can schedule those missed sessions for this November meetup. We will get around 2 hours at the next meetup, so we need to limit the number of sessions to 3. My suggestion would be a session of 15-20 minutes followed by 10 minutes to discuss the topic(s) of the session. This way, we can cover 3 sessions in 90 minutes. If any company working on a FOSS stack would like to take a session spot, they are more than welcome to do so. In addition to those sessions, we will also have the Spotlight session, focusing on on a GNU/Linux distro. This can be covered in the remaining 30 minutes. So, what is everyone's take on the above? Any suggestions on how things can be handled in a better way? Best Regards, Rigved

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Scipy.in 2013 | IIT Bombay.
by isachin 12 Nov '13

12 Nov '13

*http://scipy.in/2013 <http://scipy.in/2013>* -- Sachin

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Getting started with GNU Emacs.
by isachin 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

Hello Everybody, If any one has just started with GNU Emacs and don't know how to configure it, have a look at www.haqiba.org -- Sachin

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[Commercial] Open Source India Kicks Off On Monday At Bengaluru
by Priyanka Sarkar 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

Dear All, The 10th edition of Open Source India 2013, Asia's largest convention on open source, is back and all set to kick off at the NIMHANS Center in Bengaluru from Monday i.e November 11. It will conclude on November 13, 2013. Open Source India (OSI) 2013 is a one-of-a-kind gathering of all things open source, where you will get an opportunity to enhance your knowledge through the information-packed sessions and workshops, understand how the current trends of open source can help you do business better, network with your peers, and more! The three-day conference-cum-expo will have tracks ranging from cloud computing and mobile app development to kernel development, Web development, open source databases and FOSS for everyone. In addition, there will be presentations by IT thought leaders, discussions and workshops, which will together provide a perfect platform for networking opportunities that could help you boost your knowledge in today's competitive world. Register today for attending Open Source India at http://osidays.com/osidays/osi_registration/osidays_register.php. We are looking forward to welcoming you on November 11 at NIMHANS Center, Bengaluru. For details on the varied tracks, schedule, workshops, speakers, etc, log on to www.osidays.com. Regards, Team Open Source India

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[HW] PCI Express x1 VGA card availability in India
by Arun Khan 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

I am encountering X11 issues with the embedded Matrox G200eW chipset on a server motherboard (Supermicro). The server board has only x8 PCI-e slots; no x16 slots (required for the VGA cards readily available). Debian Squeeze (amd64) stock 2.6.32 kernel installed by the distro. The Linux kernel fails to load the MGA (Xorg) driver and falls back to VESA Frame Buffer driver. The VESA driver does not support the hardware features that our application needs (xawtv/tvtime). I have searched but have not found any conclusive solution to the problem. A few have suggested installing a PCI Express x1 VGA card like this one [a]. Please share OEM/model + Indian vendor, in case you have come across anyone stocking PCI express x1 VGA cards. TIA -- Arun Khan Sent from my non-iphone/non-android device

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] well supported wireless broadband for linux!
by gnulinuxist＠gmail.com 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

-----Original Message----- From: Mayuresh Kathe Sent: 27/10/2013, 12:05 To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Subject: [ILUG-BOM] well supported wireless broadband for linux! Hi, are there any good wireless broadband Internet providers in Bombay who support Linux as well as they support Microsoft and Apple systems? I'm running Ubuntu Server 13.10 (AMD64) and currently am using MTNL Triband, need to have good backup Internet connectivity option. Thanks, ~Mayuresh -- http://kathe.in/ Hi. Nowadays most providers and devices connect to a wireless router. Then it is just a LAN. Regards, Rony. -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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{Commercial} Looking for interns
by Siji Sunny 30 Oct '13

30 Oct '13

Hello Students, We are looking for some project interns to work with us to complete small projects (most of them will be in open-source) on Android, Linux etc. Pls contact me off-list, to discuss further. -- Siji Sunny

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[Commercial] Open Source India Kicks Off This November At Bengaluru
by Priyanka Sarkar 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Dear All, The 10th edition of Open Source India 2013, Asia's largest convention on open source, is back and all set to kick off at the NIMHANS Center in Bengaluru from November 11. It will conclude on November 13, 2013. Open Source India (OSI) 2013 is a one-of-a-kind gathering of all things open source, where you will get an opportunity to enhance your knowledge through the information-packed sessions and workshops, understand how the current trends of open source can help you do business better, network with your peers, and more! The three-day conference-cum-expo will have tracks ranging from cloud computing and mobile app development to kernel development, Web development, open source databases and FOSS for everyone. In addition, there will be presentations by IT thought leaders, discussions and workshops, which will together provide a perfect platform for networking opportunities that could help you boost your knowledge in today's competitive world. Register today for attending Open Source India at http://osidays.com/osidays/osi_registration/osidays_register.php. We are looking forward to welcoming you on November 11 at Bengaluru. For details on the varied tracks, schedule, workshops, speakers, etc, log on to www.osidays.com. Regards, Team Open Source India

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well supported wireless broadband for linux!
by Mayuresh Kathe 27 Oct '13

27 Oct '13

Hi, are there any good wireless broadband Internet providers in Bombay who support Linux as well as they support Microsoft and Apple systems? I'm running Ubuntu Server 13.10 (AMD64) and currently am using MTNL Triband, need to have good backup Internet connectivity option. Thanks, ~Mayuresh -- http://kathe.in/

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Upgrade from Raspberry Pi to Cu-Box (Linux computer for $45)
by Royce Pereira 25 Oct '13

25 Oct '13

Here is the link for the details: http://cubox-i.com/cubox-i-a-mini-computer-starting-at-45/ Best Regards, - Royce Pereira

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Mumbai LUG meeting and Ubuntu 13.10 Release Party
by Rigved Rakshit 21 Oct '13

21 Oct '13

Hello, Ubuntu 13.10 will be released on October 17th. So, I was planning of keeping a release party on Oct. 20 (Sunday). If people here are interested, we can have a Mumbai LUG meeting at the same time! The venue will be Directi again but the time is not fixed yet. Any suggestions for time? Also, there is currently discussion going on about having the Mumbai Python user group meetup and the Mumbai JavaScript user group meetup on the same day at Directi. I thought it would be great to combine all the events to maximise knowledge sharing. Does anyone have any objections to this? Best Regards, Rigved

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Feedback about the Mumbai LUG meet and the Ubuntu Release Party
by Rigved Rakshit 21 Oct '13

21 Oct '13

Hello, I would like to collect any feedback about the event. Is there anything that should be changed? Is there anything that you liked about the meet-up and that should continue. Is there anything that can be added? What are your thoughts on having the Python / Javascript meetups on the same day? I know that we discussed many things at the meet-up, like having mini-workshops etc. I am not sure how these can be managed in the conference room, as there is only a limited number of charging points and not enough room for tables etc. However, having a small presentation on various topics can be very well managed. We can also try a Google Hangout-on-Air next time at the event, so that people can participate remotely. -- Best Regards, Rigved Rakshit

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had a great time
by jalinder jag 21 Oct '13

21 Oct '13

thank u all for this wonderful event, learned a lot and enjoyed even more met all this awesome brilliant minds keep it up guys Thank you to all. Jalinder.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: [OT/HW] How to unglue AMD Phenom II from it's heat sink?
by gnulinuxist＠gmail.com 20 Oct '13

20 Oct '13

Sorry about the blank mail earlier. -----Original Message----- From: Arun Khan Sent: 07/10/2013, 13:00 To: ILUG-Mumbai Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: [OT/HW] How to unglue AMD Phenom II from it's heat sink? Greetings HW enthusiasts, The motherboard of one of my system is RIP. When I took out the CPU heatsink+fan, it came out with the CPU firmly stuck to the copper!. I have tried to separate the CPU from the heat sink without much success. I am afraid if I try any solution it might damage the CPU. Any suggestion to resolve this 'sticky' issue would be much appreciated. -- Arun Khan -- What about yanking it gently with a broad flat screw driver? Regards, Rony.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] inability to attend
by jitendra 20 Oct '13

20 Oct '13

Due to throat infection and some fever, I am unable to attend today's party. More specifically will miss making presentation on Treemapindia Cheers! Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel

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any lispers around?
by Mayuresh Kathe 19 Oct '13

19 Oct '13

Hi, are there still any Lispers around on the list (pun intended). ;) ~Mayuresh

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ilug-bom : website : any plans?
by Mayuresh Kathe 19 Oct '13

19 Oct '13

Hello, are there any plans to create a proper website for ilug-bom? I voluteer (again) to build and maintain the website, just that I would need suggestions and contributions on the content front. ~Mayuresh

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mumbai LUG meeting and Ubuntu 13.10 Release Party
by Rushabh Mehta 19 Oct '13

19 Oct '13

Dear all, If there is time, one of our team would like to present some of the FOSS projects we are working on (15mins) including ERPNext, which has been recently listed as one of the world's best open source applications of 2013 [1] by InfoWorld magazine along with Wordpress and OpenERP. We have also done a couple of side projects including a prototype for Prof Shah of IITB [2] and have also made an open data browser [2] [1] www.infoworld.com/slideshow/119652/bossie-awards-2013-the-best-open-source-… [2] http://treemapper.in [3] http://opendataproject.in best, Rushabh W: https://erpnext.com T: @rushabh_mehta On 15-Oct-2013, at 9:30 PM, linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in wrote: > Send Linuxers mailing list submissions to > linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > linuxers-owner(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Linuxers digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Mumbai LUG meeting and Ubuntu 13.10 Release Party > (Rigved Rakshit) > 2. Re: Mumbai LUG meeting and Ubuntu 13.10 Release Party > (Rigved Rakshit) > > From: Rigved Rakshit <r.phate(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mumbai LUG meeting and Ubuntu 13.10 Release Party > Date: 15 October 2013 7:12:12 PM IST > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Reply-To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > > >> Yes, I will make a presentation and also offer opportunities for >> participation of FOSSers in TreemapIndia FOSS project of GISE Lab f Comp >> Science deptt, IIT >> I will like 15 minutes of presentation > > Great! > > Best Regards, > Rigved > > > > > From: Rigved Rakshit <r.phate(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mumbai LUG meeting and Ubuntu 13.10 Release Party > Date: 15 October 2013 7:19:27 PM IST > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Reply-To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > > >> I'm trying to register myself on the RSVP page. >> >> On the Login page , after I submit my emai/password I get this: >> >> An attribute required for logging in was not returned (nickname). >> I read elsewhere that I ought to check my personal details I want to share >> before I click 'Log in'., But these items are already checked and grayed >> out as well. > > It seems that some details are not being passed to loco.ubuntu.com. > >> Is there anything I need to do ? Thank You. > > * Go to this URL: https://login.ubuntu.com/ and log in. > * Make sure that all your details are entered correctly. > * Now, in a new tab, go to this URL: > http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/indian-team/2596-ubuntu-1310-release-party-mu… > and try to register for the event. > * Please make sure that you have selected all the personal details > that are available, while logging in. It may be possible that a > personal details is not greyed out, but is still required and is > unselected. > > I hope this helps! Otherwise, just come along to the event and we'll > get your registered there on the spot. > > Best Regards, > Rigved > > > > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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filesystems
by J T Dsouza 16 Oct '13

16 Oct '13

Has anyone used btrfs? so far I have been using jfs which has worked just fine over the past several years. any gottchas to take care of with btrfs.

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Fwd: [OT/HW] How to unglue AMD Phenom II from it's heat sink?
by Arun Khan 10 Oct '13

10 Oct '13

Greetings HW enthusiasts, The motherboard of one of my system is RIP. When I took out the CPU heatsink+fan, it came out with the CPU firmly stuck to the copper!. I have tried to separate the CPU from the heat sink without much success. I am afraid if I try any solution it might damage the CPU. Any suggestion to resolve this 'sticky' issue would be much appreciated. -- Arun Khan

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Digisol DG-BA3370
by J T Dsouza 10 Oct '13

10 Oct '13

has anyone got usb_modeswitch to work with this? usb_modeswitch -W -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/2077\:f000 Reading config file: /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/2077:f000 * usb_modeswitch: handle USB devices with multiple modes * Version 1.1.4 (C) Josua Dietze 2010 * Based on libusb0 (0.1.12 and above) ! PLEASE REPORT NEW CONFIGURATIONS ! DefaultVendor= not set DefaultProduct= not set TargetVendor= 0x2077 TargetProduct= 0x9000 TargetClass= not set TargetProductList="" DetachStorageOnly=0 HuaweiMode=0 SierraMode=0 SonyMode=0 GCTMode=0 MessageEndpoint= not set MessageContent="5553424308902082000000000000061b000000020000000000000000000000" NeedResponse=0 ResponseEndpoint= not set Interface=0x00 InquireDevice enabled (default) Success check disabled System integration mode disabled usb_set_debug: Setting debugging level to 15 (on) usb_os_find_busses: Found 004 usb_os_find_busses: Found 003 usb_os_find_busses: Found 002 usb_os_find_busses: Found 001 usb_os_find_devices: Found 001 on 004 usb_os_find_devices: Found 001 on 003 usb_os_find_devices: Found 001 on 002 usb_os_find_devices: Found 008 on 001 usb_os_find_devices: Found 001 on 001 error obtaining child information: Inappropriate ioctl for device No default vendor/product ID given. Aborting. root@in1:~# lsusb Bus 001 Device 008: ID 2077:f000

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: [OT/HW] How to unglue AMD Phenom II from it's heat sink?
by gnulinuxist＠gmail.com 08 Oct '13

08 Oct '13

-----Original Message----- From: Arun Khan Sent: 07/10/2013, 13:00 To: ILUG-Mumbai Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: [OT/HW] How to unglue AMD Phenom II from it's heat sink? Greetings HW enthusiasts, The motherboard of one of my system is RIP. When I took out the CPU heatsink+fan, it came out with the CPU firmly stuck to the copper!. I have tried to separate the CPU from the heat sink without much success. I am afraid if I try any solution it might damage the CPU. Any suggestion to resolve this 'sticky' issue would be much appreciated. -- Arun Khan -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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real-time linux : embedded systems : anyone?
by Mayuresh Kathe 07 Oct '13

07 Oct '13

Hi, of all the listas doing embedded systems work using Linux, does anyone possess first hand experience with real-time extensions to the kernel? ~Mayuresh

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] hello again...
by Joel A Divekar 07 Oct '13

07 Oct '13

Welcome back Mayuresh ... Regards Joel Divekar From: Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh(a)kathe.in> Sent: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:03:21 To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Subject: [ILUG-BOM] hello again... A hello to all listas. The old timers might remember me. ;) To those who're new (relatively speaking), here's something about me; I'm one of the old timers, infact, one of the founding members as well as the guy who created and maintained the first website for ILUG-Bom. Back then, we had a good agenda, one to spread the usage of Linux across various institutes and organizations in Bombay as well be a guiding and helping community for individuals. Thinking about it, from those days (was it 1997~98), we've come a long way, and looks like our goals have been achieved. :) So what's the latest? What does the group do now-a-days? Does it still resemble the same old "Gaulish" village I so fondly remember? Or has it become an orderly "Roman" system? :) BTW, it does feel good to be back... Best, ~Mayuresh -- http://kathe.in/ -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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Fwd: [Fsmm-discuss] Fwd: Berkman Center Accepting Fellowship Applications for the 2014-2015 Academic Year
by Siji Sunny 04 Oct '13

04 Oct '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vikram Vincent <vincentvikram(a)gmail.com> Hello! The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University has opened our yearly call for fellowship applications. This opportunity is for colleagues who wish to spend the 2014-2015 academic year in residence in Cambridge, MA as part of Berkman's community of pioneers, and who seek to deeply engage in the collaborative, cross-disciplinary, and cross-sectoral exploration of some of the Internet's most interesting, challenging, and compelling issues. We invite applications from individuals from around the globe working on a broad range of opportunities and challenges related to Internet and society, which may overlap with ongoing work at Berkman or will expose us to new opportunities and approaches. We encourage applications from a diverse group of scholars, practitioners, innovators, artists, and others committed to understanding and advancing the public interest. The application deadline is Sunday December 8, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, and applications will be submitted online through our Application Tracker tool at: https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/apply/jobs/11?apptracker_id=3 More information about this call for applications may be found below and at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships/opencall20142015 . More information about the Berkman Center Fellowship Program may be found at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships. A Fellowship Program FAQ may be found at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships/faq. With excitement, Becca --- -- Siji Sunny

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Fwd: [Fsmm-discuss] Internship opportunity at IIT-Bombay
by Siji Sunny 04 Oct '13

04 Oct '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vikram Vincent <vincentvikram(a)gmail.com> Hello! The details of the internship can be found in the link below. http://ekalavya.it.iitb.ac.in/summerinternship/ Please do not email me as I am just forwarding the info. Thanks -- Vikram Vincent _______________________________________________ Fsmm-discuss mailing list Fsmm-discuss(a)fsmm.in http://fsmm.in/mailman/listinfo/fsmm-discuss_fsmm.in -- Siji Sunny

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Elementary OS Luna
by Niket Raja 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

I would like to start off by saying that I only started exploring Linux recently. Well, I would like to promote a not-so-popular distro- elementary OS. It's based off Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Instead of me personally telling you why it could be the next big thing, why not read it some reviews? Reviews: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/looking-for-a-beautiful-easy-to-use-linux-dist… http://www.macworld.com/article/2048021/if-i-had-to-leave-the-mac-id-switch… http://www.webupd8.org/2013/08/quick-elementary-os-02-luna-stable.html Official site: http://www.elementaryos.org Do give it a try and let me know what you think! -Niket

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Elementary OS Luna
by gnulinuxist＠gmail.com 01 Oct '13

01 Oct '13

-----Original Message----- Friends, Its just like old times. Please remember that those who fought a lot on etiquette have passed away much early in life so don't waste your lives fighting and arguing. :-) Regards, Rony.

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[JOBS] Brilliant Developers to build smartest Connections Graph @ MIT-featured, well-funded startup
by Rachna Singh 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Hachi - http://www.gohachi.com/<http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egohachi%2Ecom%2F&ur…> We are working on an interesting and challenging computer science problem - which is to figure out the best way to connect two new people online. We recently got nominated for "2012 World Technology Awards", which is presented in association with TIME, CNN, Fortune, Technology Review, Science and Kurzweil AI. We have been featured by <http://gohachi.com/media> MIT, Business Insider, Techcrunch, etc. We are looking for developers who love to code, and want to make an impact globally with the products they build. You can read more about us and the opportunity here - https://gohachi.recruiterbox.com/jobs/25051

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Android Developers Conference @ Goa - Nitrodroid 2013
by Siji Sunny 29 Sep '13

29 Sep '13

When - October 26, 2013 Where - Hotel Fidalgo, Panaji Goa Website - http://funnel.nitrodroid.in/2013/ About Nitrodroid 2013 NitroDroid 2013 is the second season of Goa's largest Android Developer Conference for Software Developers Building Android apps and for all those developers/IT Professionals willing to set a step in Android Arena.Whether you’re an enterprise developer, work for a commercial software company, or are driving your own start-up, if you are building Android apps, attending NitroDroid would be an ultimate treat. Nitrodroid 2013 is scheduled to be held at Hotel Fidalgo, Goa. -- Siji Sunny

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[JOBS] Brilliant Developers for a well funded, high tech US startup
by Rachna Singh 29 Sep '13

29 Sep '13

Hachi - http://www.gohachi.com/<http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egohachi%2Ecom%2F&ur…> We are working on an interesting and challenging computer science problem - which is to figure out the best way to connect two new people online. We recently got nominated for "2012 World Technology Awards", which is presented in association with TIME, CNN, Fortune, Technology Review, Science and Kurzweil AI. We have been featured by <http://gohachi.com/media> MIT, Business Insider, Techcrunch, etc. We are looking for developers who love to code, and want to make an impact globally with the products they build. You can read more about us and the opportunity here - https://jobs.hasgeek.com/view/njuy5

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hello again...
by Mayuresh Kathe 28 Sep '13

28 Sep '13

A hello to all listas. The old timers might remember me. ;) To those who're new (relatively speaking), here's something about me; I'm one of the old timers, infact, one of the founding members as well as the guy who created and maintained the first website for ILUG-Bom. Back then, we had a good agenda, one to spread the usage of Linux across various institutes and organizations in Bombay as well be a guiding and helping community for individuals. Thinking about it, from those days (was it 1997~98), we've come a long way, and looks like our goals have been achieved. :) So what's the latest? What does the group do now-a-days? Does it still resemble the same old "Gaulish" village I so fondly remember? Or has it become an orderly "Roman" system? :) BTW, it does feel good to be back... Best, ~Mayuresh -- http://kathe.in/

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eLearning for FOSS using Screencasts
by Navin Dhanuka 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

Hi All, Its been 3 months I posted this. I have been working hard to make the TRANSCRIPT for the ruby tutorial. Its on my local wiki. I am also testing various screen-casting tool for my project. I liked WinK because its free and quite good. I have made a small prototype & put it at http://foss.geek007.com Please send me feedback on it. Regards, Navin Dhanuka

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