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Distro release cycle
by Priyanka Sarkar 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

Dear All, We thought of coming up a good story on the distro release time span. Our question is 'With many distros going for a six-monthly release cycle, do you think the release cycles of distros are too short? (And users don't have to upgrade on a frequent basis?) ' What do you think on this? Would really appreciate if you share your views elaborately. Regards, Priyanka

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Ubuntu Global Jam India Saucy Cycle
by Rigved Rakshit 13 Sep '13

13 Sep '13

Hello, Ubuntu Global Jam in India to help make the next release awesome. All are invited. Bug Jam, Testing Jam, Upgrade Jam, Documentation Jam, Transalation Jam or Packaging Jam. Feel free to take part in any of these jams! Details of the various Jams: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam . The Jam is from 13 Sept. 2013 to 15 Sept. 2013. The event will be from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. on all three days. The Jam will be held on the #ubuntu-in Freenode channel on IRC. Visit this URL to attend the Jam: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ubuntu-in . Visit this URL to register for the event: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/indian-team/2513-ubuntu-global-jam-india/ . Note: Due to the Ganapati festival in Mumbai, there is no venue available for the event. So, this year's event will be a virtual one! Hope to see you there! Best Regards, Rigved

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[commercial] LInux Sysadmin/Netadmin workshop in Mumbai.
by Arun Khan 07 Sep '13

07 Sep '13

A Linux Sysadmin/Netadmin workshop is planned for the week of 16/Sep/2013. The workshop will cover: - The FOSS model, various open source licenses - File Hierarchy - Command line utilities general. - System Admin, Network Admin. - Shell scripting basics - the ability to read and follow system scripts. - Setup/Configuration of basic services like DNS, FTP, DHCP ... - Expose the individual to multiple Linux distributions [a] The duration of the workshop will be approx. 40 hours of contact time + more with individual assignments. Attendees will meet 3 times a week for 3 hours each (90 min. lecture + 90 min. hands on exercise) in the evening hours (18:00 to 21:00). Our USP 1. Small class size - no more than 10 attendees per session. 2. training philosophy -- "Make New Mistakes and Learn from them" Thus the more effort the attendee puts in, the more s/he learns :) 3. Each attendee get his/her own system (guaranteed) to practice the hands on exercises. 4. Goal is to prepare the attendee to handle real life scenario. 5. We have prepared our own training material based up on our experience over the last several years. 6. The workshop is conducted by instructors who have at least 10+ years of Linux System/Network Administration. Interested persons, please contact me at the following email id: <info> at <silverarc> dot <biz> with subject line: "[2013-09] Linux Sysadmin / Netadmin workshop" Please do *not* send queries to this mailing list or to my address here (knura9 at gmail dot com). [a] Exposure to multiple popular Linux distributions, like CentOS (RHEL), Debian (Ubuntu), openSUSE (Novell SuSE) will prepare attendees to handle more than what the current commercial certification programs offer. Thanks and regards, -- Arun Khan I'd rather be called a moron, than walk around with doubts in my mind.

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Cryptoparty at VJTI, Mumbai on 07-09-2013
by Vikram Vincent 04 Sep '13

04 Sep '13

Hello, Free Software Movement Maharashtra (FSMM) in association with Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) is organising a cryptoparty at VJTI, in Mumbai on the 7th of September 2013. What is a cryptoparty? A CryptoParty is a hands-on training program where we introduce Internet users to the tools that help in protecting privacy in the online world. The training program will teach the ways in which communications and data can be encoded to prevent disclosure of their contents through eavesdropping or message interception, using codes (2), ciphers (3), and other methods, so that only certain people can see the real message. Agenda: Introduction Browsing Security TOR Browser security Password Management Email and IM Security Web based email Email clients (thunderbird) Mail encryption The session will also look at the legal and philosophical aspects of the issue as well. Where: VJTI, Matunga, CS lab, Mumbai When: 7 (Saturday) September 2013, 10AM to 1pm Contact: Vikram Vincent 09448810822 or Rahul Maganti 09029809860 Preparation: If you have a GNU/Linux system then it would be useful to install the above tools with your favourite package manager. While there are exe versions of the same tools for Windoze we do not promote the use of proprietary software. Registration: Registration is free but please let us know you are coming by filling this form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1InZkZp2IMGY3xekbIUIezmf3gGjuEVPZ30ZHBSUhoi… Looking forward to your participation. Thanks -- Vikram Vincent

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[Commercial] Visiting faculty at Mumbai University
by Anurag 04 Sep '13

04 Sep '13

Would anyone be interested in conducting weekend classes at MU's Kalina campus. Syllabus covers basic topics like working with Ubuntu/Fedora, using the shell interface and setting up simple services like httpd, nfs, postfix. Please get in touch with me if anyone's interested in taking this up. -- http://web.gnuer.org/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Good Server Motherboard
by gnulinuxist＠gmail.com 04 Sep '13

04 Sep '13

-----Original Message----- From: J T Dsouza Sent: 04/09/2013, 01:14 To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Good Server Motherboard Do the AMD boards have better graphics? JTD, the Asus boards I mentioned have good graphics and on the net it seems the core i5 and i7 have better performance. On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:12 AM, J T Dsouza <jtd1959(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I was looking for a board with good 3d acclerated graphics for my nephews > workstation (architecture stuff). > Budget 10~14K. > > For the past several years i never cared about graphics, all my stuff > being essentially headless. > > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 12:57 AM, Arun Khan <knura9(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Rony <gnulinuxist(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Tuesday 03 September 2013 06:57 PM, Arun Khan wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Rony <gnulinuxist(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Budget around 10K to max 20K if the board is really good. >> >>> >> >> I recently finalized on an entry level server with a SuperMicro board >> >> X9SCM-F. It has 4 PCI-e slots for expansion + IPMI 2 (remote >> >> management). >> >> >> >> I have no idea about it's pricing; I ordered the full system from the >> >> system integrator. >> >> >> > Who provides support for SuperMicro motherboards in India? >> >> Mostly by a system integrator who is an OEM rep. of SuperMicro (there >> are a few in India). >> >> -- >> Arun Khan >> Sent from my non-iphone/non-android device >> (অরুণ খান্/अरुण खान) >> -- >> http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers >> > > -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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Good Server Motherboard
by Rony 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

Hello, I am looking for a locally available and not too expensive workstation motherboard to be used for file sharing running Debian OS for a small organisation. The graphics part is not important but need good SATA, USB3.0 and Gigabit LAN support. I was looking at this one but I feel its more for graphics which I do not need at all. http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z77V_PROTHUNDERBOLT/ Any other suggestions? -- Regards, Rony. http://ronybill.blogspot.com/

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Podcast Corner for MBA & FOSS
by Navin Dhanuka 27 Aug '13

27 Aug '13

Hi, I am Navin Dhanuka. I am an Information Architect and a Usability Analyst. I have launched a podcast corner on the web. Please check it at http://www.podcast.web.in . Current works: 1. MBA Book - A Good Hard Kick In The Ass 2. MBA Frameworks - Fayolism 3. Autobiography - Every Street Is Paved With Gold. Under Construction: 1. MBA Book - Easy Understanding of the Economics 2. FOSS - Free as in Freedom (The Crusade of RMS for Free Software) 3. FOSS - The Cathedral and the Bazaar You can reach me at email(a)geek007.com . Best Regards, Navin Dhanuka

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Views solicited for a story idea!
by Priyanka Sarkar 23 Jul '13

23 Jul '13

Dear All, Would really appreciate if you share your views/opinion on a story we are planning to come up with in our forthcoming edition. ''What steps/measures should be taken by the open source community to attract new talent in the FOSS world?' We believe that your insights in the open source terrain will be enlightening to our readers and for anyone who wishes to take a plunge in the FOSS world. Regards, Priyanka

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[Jobs] Software Developer at HashCube
by Deepan Chakravarthy 18 Jul '13

18 Jul '13

Hi, This is to inform you of openings in HashCube for Software Developers. The details of the Company and Job are mentioned below along with the link to Apply for the position. If you're an awesome coder interested in developing kick-ass games for millions of users, get in touch! *The Company* * * HashCube is a social gaming company based out of Bangalore, with presence on Facebook and now expanding to Mobile. Our games have been played by over 2 million users over the years on Facebook with our flagship title, Sudoku Quest, being the #1 Sudoku game on Facebook and now aiming to be #1 Sudoku app on Mobile. We are porting our other Facebook games to the Mobile platform and will launch more classic casual games on Mobile. The aim is to be the #1 Casual gaming company. *What we look for* * * - Portfolio of self started projects - Passion for puzzles - Familiarity with Linux - Knowledge about webservers, mysql, shell scripts, version control systems (git prefered) - Experience with web technologies like PHP, Python, RoR, JavaScript, CSS - Be a Quick learner - You should make HashCube the primary focus of your life * * *What we offer* * * - Work on interesting problems that affect millions of users - Exposure to technical challenges as well as the business challenges of a startup - Best salary in the industry - Attractive stock options - Table Tennis at office To make your application stand out please include - source code or links to source code of projects you have worked on - link to your websites, blogs *Apply at * http://hashcube.com/careers.php

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [ilugd] [Ilugc] Off-topic: Bitcoin's Potential for Social Change
by Ashwin Dixit 15 Jul '13

15 Jul '13

Hello folks, I wrote a humorous article called "How to kill Bitcoin: A guide for governments". Please mod it up on Slashdot, if you enjoy it! http://slashdot.org/submission/2801565/how-to-kill-bitcoin-a-guide-for-gove… Cheers, - Ashwin. -- ================================================= Subvert the dominant paradigm. Repeat as desired. http://ownlifeful.net/ <http://ownlifeful.com/>

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Ubuntu 13.10 replacing X.org with Mir
by Siji Sunny 12 Jul '13

12 Jul '13

Some of the recent announcement by Ubuntu clearly mentioned that their latest release 13.10 will replace X-window server (X.org) with their own Mir-Display Manager. I strongly feel this is going to make a big impact in the Linux Community/Developers. Even-though the license is GPL, I think they are planning to reach the Eco-system that Android and Apple is having. In some of the blog entires Ubuntu has mentioned that Unity 7 will run atop of XMir, an implementation of X that provides a compatibility layer that allows software, desktop environments, peripherals and multi-monitor setups designed for X to continue to work as expected. But am not sure about how feasible it is .Looking forward to hear your inputs. About Mir - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mir/ PS: Kubuntu has announced that they are not planing to switch to Mir. Below the comments made by Jonathan Riddell of Kubunut- "A few months ago Canonical announced their new graphics system for Ubuntu, Mir. It's a shame the Linux desktop market hasn't taken off as we all hoped at the turn of the millennium and they feel the need to follow a more Apple or Android style of approach making an OS which works in isolation rather than as part of a community development method. Here at Kubuntu we still want to work as part of the community development, taking the fine software from KDE and other upstream projects and putting it on computers worldwide. So when Ubuntu desktop gets switched to Mir we won't be following. We'll be staying with X on the images for our 13.10 release now in development and the 14.04 LTS release next year. After that we hope to switch to Wayland which is what KDE and every other Linux distro hopes to do." -- Siji Sunny

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [ilugd] [Ilugc] Off-topic: Bitcoin's Potential for Social Change
by Ashwin Dixit 29 Jun '13

29 Jun '13

On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Tanveer Singh <web(a)tanveer.in> wrote: > > > > On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Supreet Sethi <supreet.sethi(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> It does provide safe haven for parking > > > You can use ssh tunnels for secure communication with your criminal >> friends.Does it make SSH evil? >> > > Excellent points, both. I think government security policies are based on these premises: 1. We can separate good people from bad people. 2. We can stop bad people by punishing them. 3. To punish bad people, we need to overpower them with superior force. The problem is, all these premises are false! Anything you use, a "terrorist" uses. Chairs, desks, computers, currencies ( both digital and non-digital ), weapons etc. We engage in an arms race to develop stronger crypto, deadlier weapons, and we think that this will help us overpower the bad people. Yet, sooner or later, everything you develop, falls into the "wrong" hands. And the consequences of your shiny new technology falling into the "wrong" hands are increasingly drastic. This is the age of Weapons of Mass Destruction. The "wrong" people already have all kinds of deadly power. It is time we stop at this precipice, and re-evaluate where the weapons race is taking us. Perhaps it is asking too much for Obama to have hugged Osama and disarmed him that way. NSA: "Yes, we scan!" Cheers, - Ashwin. -- ================================================= Subvert the dominant paradigm. Repeat as desired. http://ownlifeful.com/

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Letter to the Indian FOSS Community
by Ashwin Dixit 22 Jun '13

22 Jun '13

Dear people, I believe in Free and Open Source Software, because I want to give our children the best possible tools we have, which they can adapt to their needs, and share on. FOSS is humanity's best hope. I have been an observer of the Linux community from the periphery, since I started using Linux in 1995. I have been programming since 1984, when my privileged parents got me a ZX Spectrum+ with 48Kb of RAM. So I would like to make a few semi-informed remarks. I invite your feedback. There seems to be too much diversity. Everybody can roll their own distro, which is great for special purposes. For the most part though, it confuses people that there's no "Linux UI". China has started transitioning to a single distribution of Linux. An Air Traffic Control officer told me that all offices are designed to be identical, so that one person can easily start working in another location. Let everyone customize their experience; that's great. Yet, there really is a need for adoption by the Indian government, of a single GNU/Linux distribution. We cannot remain at the mercy of the NSA any longer. There seems to be too much groupthink. We think too alike. There is not enough real debate which would foster innovation. Everyone is too locked-in into the status quo. For example, media statistics show that we as a community, are too male. Males like to take control, and drive stick shift cars. We would give up compilers, and dive into the logic gate and decide where electrons should go, if we could. This is entirely the wrong way to think! We "submit" to the machines all the time, without thinking about it. Machines should do our bidding and become ever more DWIM ( Do What I Mean ). After decades of programming in the trenches, I realized that programmers are really glorified clerks. We fill out forms for the machine all day long. Yet, we trust the CPU chip and rarely bother studying it. Who's ruling who here? Google's Notebook "Pixel" ( obsolete name on arrival, like calling something "gold" -- how quaint! ) has a great dual-mode concept -- Let the machine hide all its complexity in one mode, and expose it in great detail, in the other. What we have instead, is General Purpose programming tools that try to bridge this cognitive divide, unsuccessfully. So it's a lot of work for the user to get things done using Linux, because nobody has thought of the UX from the ground-up. Lots of sucky UI's that geeks fetishize, enlightenment, whatever. And, it's also a lot of work for the programmer to get things done. To develop a whole web application, one has to know for example: DDL, SQL, Perl, Template Toolkit ( yes, somebody invented a mini-language syntax just for templates! ), HTML/XHTML, CSS/or some more compact variant, JavaScript/CoffeeScript/some variant, and Backbone.js/jQuery/( some JavaScript ). So that's 8 languages, if you're counting! I jumped through all these hoops, and I have touched a dozen other languages in my life. And you know what? This needs to change! It really does. Domain-specific languages, such as those used by the Rails set of technologies, are obsolete. We need one language, to fluidly bridge these cognitive gaps between various kinds of people and machines. It has to be International! Every programmer can read comments in a language of their choice. No more -- "you must learn English to do this"! We must learn to delegate more to machines. They are, as "The Matrix" movies say, already beyond our comprehension. Do you want freedom? Then don't be slave to your machine. You have jammed your head full of telephone numbers, and IP addresses, and PIN's, and God-knows what garbage your machine has fed you! Your machine tells you -- learn this new language, and I will make you more powerful! And you gladly start learning new syntax. Is this really "knowledge"? We must discard the tools that Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds gave to us, and use their philosophy. The are fingers pointing to the Moon, not the Moon itself. They developed Free Software using closed source software, because it was the only way they could. We must use Free Software to really liberate ourselves, not bow to old Gods. We have let Linux become surrounded by ugly Java ( in the form of Android ). Don't worry, Samsung, and Google, and the NSA ( No Such Agency ) really are rich and powerful for a reason. And BSD? It's surrounded by some Apple crap. Rich=Trustworthy Beautiful=Good Free Software? Free Speech? We can barely tolerate trolls like Girish on this Free Software list. So we set our filters to ignore him. "..be cool and learn it", he says! Don't learn anymore! Rethink from scratch. We don't need no education! Cheers, - Ashwin. PS: Girish Guru-ji, if you would like, I'll arrange an interview with Microsoft for you. You will be appreciated there, and the whole world will be a much happier place. :-) -- ================================================= Subvert the dominant paradigm. Repeat as desired. http://ownlifeful.com/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Deleting read only partition data.
by gnulinuxist＠gmail.com 17 Jun '13

17 Jun '13

-----Original Message----- From: Arun Khan Sent: 17/06/2013, 09:47 To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Deleting read only partition data. On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 12:08 AM, <gnulinuxist(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Friends, > > With so much espionage happening in computers, I was wondering whether a read only mounted partition is read only by software only or is there an electrical lock on the hdd, which does not seem possible for multi-partition disks as another partition may be writeable. No electrical lock. Anyone with root/sudo (with rights to mount) can do 'mount -o remount,rw <fs_dir_tree>' > > Can a malicious software gain control of the electrical side of the hdd and modify or delete data, even on a read only mounted partition? For the military then, would it be better to use an entire disk as a single partition and lock it down electrically? The 3.5" disks have pin outs, one of these pairs can be jumpered to make the *entire* disk 'ro' - this takes care of remote root/sudo scenarios. Anyone with physical access can easily remove the jumper and make the *entire* disk 'rw' -- Thanks guys for your responses and information. The recent events of US monitoring got me thinking about this remote controlled scenario. Regards, Rony.

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Deleting read only partition data.
by gnulinuxist＠gmail.com 17 Jun '13

17 Jun '13

Friends, With so much espionage happening in computers, I was wondering whether a read only mounted partition is read only by software only or is there an electrical lock on the hdd, which does not seem possible for multi-partition disks as another partition may be writeable. Can a malicious software gain control of the electrical side of the hdd and modify or delete data, even on a read only mounted partition? For the military then, would it be better to use an entire disk as a single partition and lock it down electrically? Regards, Rony.

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Remove debian-multimedia repo
by Anurag 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

http://bits.debian.org/2013/06/remove-debian-multimedia.html -- http://web.gnuer.org/

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Long time Debian developer Ray Dassen died
by Siji Sunny 28 May '13

28 May '13

Long time Debian developer Ray Dassen died on May 18. Ray was a Debian Developer for an incredible 19 years. He joined the project in 1994, and continued to be an active contributor until recently. Ray was one of the founding members of the Debian GNOME team, his friendliness and willingness to help fostered a spirit of collaboration within the GNOME team. He continued his involvement within Debian as the maintainer of several packages, most notably the Gnumeric spreadsheet. Ref:http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130523 -- Siji Sunny

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Is having too many Linux distros a problem?
by Priyanka Sarkar 22 May '13

22 May '13

Dear All, A lot of debate happened on our FB wall on the topic 'What are the advantages & disadvantages of having multiple Linux Distros?'. Here is the link https://www.facebook.com/OpenSourceForU?ref=tn_tnmn#!/photo.php?fbid=101516…. We are planning to do a story on the same and we would really appreciate if you let us know your thoughts on *'Is having too many Linux distros a problem?*'. Please share your views on what you think on this. Regards, Priyanka

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Is having too many Linux distros a problem?
by gnulinuxist＠gmail.com 20 May '13

20 May '13

-----Original Message----- We are planning to do a story on the same and we would really appreciate if you let us know your thoughts on *'Is having too many Linux distros a problem?*'. Please share your views on what you think on this -- Could you describe the problem? Regards, Rony.

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[JOBS/INTERNSHIP] Openings for Junior Linux System Administrators
by Arun Khan 18 May '13

18 May '13

Position: Junior Linux System Administrators. No. of Openings: 2 Experience: One (1) to two (2) years experience with Debian 6/7, CentOS/RHEL 5/6, Ubuntu 10.04/12.04 server. Must be comfortable with: 1. Command line - no GUI for administration. 2. Shell scripting (sh/bash) 3. Remote administration with ssh 4. Grub, 5. Deb and RPM package management, 6. Network tools like tcpdump, wireshark, iperf, ... 7. Virtualization (Linux KVM, VirtualBox). 8. DNS (bind), DHCP Working knowledge of the following very helpful a. Directory Services (LDAP+Kerberos) b. Samba 3/4 c. FTP (vsftpd) d. Messaging (email + calendaring) - postfix, dovecot, roundcube, kolab e. Proxy server / Captive Portal f. Trouble ticket system Besides the above, the Candidate must be A. proficient in written/spoken English; some interaction with overseas colleagues. B. self motivated problem solvers - you are expected to resolve IT related issues on you own and escalate only those that are beyond your control. C. Taking and following instructions with diligence. Education/Certification: None. Application of Mind (knowledge) a *must* Location: Mumbai, Western suburbs Relocation: NONE. How to apply: Please send your professional bio data (ODT/PDF/RTF/TEXT formats only) to hr <at> silverarc <dot> biz with subject line as follows "[JOBREQ NO 20130518] Junior Linux System Administrators" Please note that any candidate who does not follow the above instruction, disqualifies him/her self automatically. Please circulate this among your friends/colleagues who may be interested. Thanks. -- Arun Khan Sent from my non-iphone/non-android device

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [ilugd] [Ilugc] Off-topic: Bitcoin's Potential for Social Change
by Ashwin Dixit 12 May '13

12 May '13

On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:07 AM, Supreet Sethi <supreet.sethi(a)gmail.com>wrote: ... > Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? > Thank you Supreet, for inspiring me to investigate the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto. I think I have guessed the true identity: http://ownlifeful.blogspot.com/2013/05/bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto.html Cheers, - Ashwin. ================================================= Subvert the dominant paradigm. Repeat as desired. http://ownlifeful.com/

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Free Software Movement Maharashtra - Outcome of preparatory meeting
by Vikram Vincent 10 May '13

10 May '13

Free Software Movement Maharashtra - Outcome of preparatory meeting The preparatory meeting for formation of 'Free Software Movement Maharashtra' was a success. The meeting was held at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay on 4th May 2013. 44 people participated in it. The agenda of the meeting was: 1. Discussion on the importance free software and knowledge as a commons 2. Discussion about the need for a movement in the free software domain 3. Forming an organising team to take forward activities in Maharashtra 4. Listing and approving of action items for the next few months The participants were welcomed by Vikram Vincent, Member, General Council, FSMI and Prof. Puru Kulkarni moderated the session. Prof. Kannan Moudgalya inaugurated the first agenda point by talking about the FOSS initiatives at IITB and the efforts to connect with the teachers and students from all over the country. Prof. D.B. Phatak explained about the role of Aakash and the need for large scale efforts to localise knowledge. He raised several points of importance, two of which are the need to create strong business ecosystems in the FOSS domain and the need for the end users to have the freedom to choose the products and services they want. Dr. T. Jayaraman of TISS highlighted the efforts of TISS in opening up knowledge and the challenges that arise out of such initiatives. He extended support both from himself personally and also of his colleagues at TISS for furthering the free software movement. Dr. Vivek Monteiro spoke a few words on the universalisation of knowledge. Venkatesh Hariharan of Knowledge Commons intervened in the discussions and provided the theoretical framework for knowledge as a commons. Kiran Chandra, General Secretary of FSMI, detailed the need for a strong people’s movement in the free software domain. He emphasised on the guiding principles of FSMI which allowed it to take up issues of human concern and society. The recent mandate of AICTE (to all its institutes) to implement Microsoft's Office365 suite of collaboration tools was discussed. A link to AICTE's announcement is here: http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/AICTE_notice%20_3_.pdf Kiran Chandra pointed out FSMI's response to this, which is available at the following link: http://fsmi.in/content/fsmi-representation-aicte-against-deal-microsoft The possible effects of the implementation of the mandate to use Office 365 were discussed and there was unanimous agreement towards demanding reasons for the same from AICTE, through legal means and using RTIs etc., along with an agreement to oppose such an initiative. The meeting then called for volunteers to form a core team who would drive the activities for the next few months towards initiating the Free Software Movement Maharashtra. A team of 18 members was created, and Dr. Puru and Vikram will coordinate the same. The members of the organising team are Dr. T. Jayaraman, Mrunmayee Tayade, Rajesh Kumar, Nikita Belavate, Rahul Maganti, Deepak Pacha, Arun Khan, Siji Sunny, Kiran Eranki, Prof. Shishir Jha, Dinesh Jain, Rahul Muttu, Pradeep Mohandas, Krutikaa Jawanjal, Karthik Nadar, one for ERP-next. The meeting had representation from several organisations such as IITB, TISS, FSMI, Wikipedia, Knowledge Commons, DA-IICT, ILUG-BOM, Somaiya and other colleges. The ‘Free Software Movement Maharashtra' with the domain name of http://fsmm.in was declared functional. The following points were chosen as action points in near future: 1. FOSS sessions in colleges and schools 2. GNOME Marathi popularisation and supporting respective groups already working in this domain. 3. Office 365 4. Any other that may be feasible as and when opportunity arises. Photographs of the meeting. Courtesy of Venky https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/116931769998801651977/albums/58745079553…

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[CROSS-POST][OT][COMMERCIAL]Help me make it happen for 'Open Source Contribution Through Micro Finance' on Indiegogo
by Abhijit Navale 09 May '13

09 May '13

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Fwd: AICTE Removes mandatory clause
by Vikram Vincent 07 May '13

07 May '13

Cross-posting 07/05/13 Hyderabad In favour of Publication Sub :AICTE removes the mandatory clause from the notice on implementing Office-365. A delegation from the Free Software Movement of India and other groups have submitted a representation demanding the revision of the decision of the AICTE making the usage of Office-365 mandatory on the 30th of April 2013. A group of young parliamentarians led by P Rajeev also made a representation to the AICTE chairman raising concerns that were similar on 07-05-13. The signatories include Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Sitaram Yechury, KN Balagaopal, PK Biju CP Narayanan, Prashantho Chatterjee, Tapan Sen, Dr T Seema and MP Achutan. We understand that the AICTE has now agreed and is removing the mandatory clause from the notice. We welcome this decision. However, we demand that AICTE should revise the decision of using Office-365 totally, as it is not in the interest of the students, institutions and colleges. AICTE as a public funded body should not engage in supporting proprietary systems. We also thank all those in the academia, intellectuals, developer community, policy makers and parliamentarians who have taken it up with AICTE for revising the decision.

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Fwd: Debian 7.0 Wheezy released
by Kartik Mistry 05 May '13

05 May '13

Enjoy! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Francesca Ciceri" <madamezou(a)debian.org> Date: May 5, 2013 6:28 AM Subject: Debian 7.0 Wheezy released To: <debian-announce(a)lists.debian.org> Cc: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/ > Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" released press(a)debian.org > May 4th, 2013 http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130504 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > After many months of constant development, the Debian project is proud > to present its new stable version 7.0 (code name "Wheezy"). > This new version of Debian includes various interesting features such as > multiarch support [1], several specific tools to deploy private > clouds [2], an improved installer, and a complete set of multimedia > codecs and front-ends which remove the need for third-party > repositories. > > 1: http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110726b > 2: http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120425 > > Multiarch support, one of the main release goals for "Wheezy", will > allow Debian users to install packages from multiple architectures on > the same machine. This means that you can now, for the first time, > install both 32- and 64-bit software on the same machine and have all > the relevant dependencies correctly resolved, automatically. > > The installation process has been greatly improved: Debian can now be > installed using software speech, above all by visually impaired people > who do not use a Braille device. Thanks to the combined efforts of a > huge number of translators, the installation system is available in 73 > languages, and more than a dozen of them are available for speech > synthesis too. > In addition, for the first time, Debian supports installation and > booting using UEFI for new 64-bit PCs (amd64), although there is no > support for "Secure Boot" yet. > > This release includes numerous updated software packages, such as: > > * Apache 2.2.22 > * Asterisk 1.8.13.1 > * GIMP 2.8.2 > * an updated version of the GNOME desktop environment 3.4 > * GNU Compiler Collection 4.7.2 > * Icedove 10 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Thunderbird) > * Iceweasel 10 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox) > * KDE Plasma Workspaces and KDE Applications 4.8.4 > * kFreeBSD kernel 8.3 and 9.0 > * LibreOffice 3.5.4 > * Linux 3.2 > * MySQL 5.5.30 > * Nagios 3.4.1 > * OpenJDK 6b27 and 7u3 > * Perl 5.14.2 > * PHP 5.4.4 > * PostgreSQL 9.1 > * Python 2.7.3 and 3.2.3 > * Samba 3.6.6 > * Tomcat 6.0.35 and 7.0.28 > * Xen Hypervisor 4.1.4 > * the Xfce 4.8 desktop environment > * X.Org 7.7 > * more than 36,000 other ready-to-use software packages, built from nearly 17,500 source packages. > > With this broad selection of packages, Debian once again stays true to > its goal of being the universal operating system. It is suitable for > many different use cases: from desktop systems to netbooks; from > development servers to cluster systems; and for database, web, or > storage servers. At the same time, additional quality assurance efforts > like automatic installation and upgrade tests for all packages in > Debian's archive ensure that "Wheezy" fulfills the high expectations > that users have of a stable Debian release. It is rock solid and > rigorously tested. > > You can install Debian on computers ranging from handheld systems to > supercomputers, and on nearly everything in between. A total of nine > architectures are supported: 32-bit PC / Intel IA-32 (i386), 64-bit PC / > Intel EM64T / x86-64 (amd64), Motorola/IBM PowerPC (powerpc), Sun/Oracle > SPARC (sparc), MIPS (mips (big-endian) and mipsel (little-endian)), > Intel Itanium (ia64), IBM S/390 (31-bit s390 and 64-bit s390x), and ARM > EABI (armel for older hardware and armhf for newer hardware using > hardware floating-point). > > Want to give it a try? > If you want to simply try it without having to install it, you can use a > special image, known as a live image, available for CDs, USB sticks, and > netboot setups. Initially, these images are provided for the amd64 and > i386 architectures only. It is also possible to use these live images to > install Debian. More information is available from the Debian Live > homepage [3]. > > 3: http://live.debian.net/ > > If, instead, you want to directly install it, you can choose among > various installation media, such as Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, CDs, and USB > sticks, or from the network. Several desktop environments — GNOME, KDE > Plasma Desktop and Applications, Xfce, and LXDE — may be installed > through CD images; the desired one may be chosen from the boot menus of > the CDs/DVDs. In addition, multi-architecture CDs and DVDs are available > which support installation of multiple architectures from a single disc. > Or you can always create bootable USB installation media (see the > Installation Guide [4] for more details). > > 4: http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/installmanual > > The installation images may be downloaded right now via bittorrent [5] > (the recommended method), jigdo [6], or HTTP [7]; see Debian on CDs [8] > for further information. Wheezy will soon be available on physical DVD, > CD-ROM, and Blu-ray Discs from numerous vendors [9], too. > > 5: http://www.debian.org/CD/torrent-cd/ > 6: http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/#which > 7: http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/ > 8: http://www.debian.org/CD/ > 9: http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors > > Already a happy Debian user and you only want to upgrade? > Upgrades to Debian 7.0 from the previous release, Debian 6.0 (codenamed > "Squeeze"), are automatically handled by the apt-get package management > tool for most configurations. As always, Debian systems may be upgraded > painlessly, in place, without any forced downtime, but it is strongly > recommended to read the release notes [10] as well as the installation > guide [11] for possible issues, and for detailed instructions on > installing and upgrading. The release notes will be further improved and > translated to additional languages in the weeks after the release. > > 10: http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/releasenotes > 11: http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/installmanual > > > About Debian > ------------ > > Debian is a free operating system, developed by thousands of volunteers > from all over the world who collaborate via the Internet. The Debian > project's key strengths are its volunteer base, its dedication to the > Debian Social Contract and Free Software, and its commitment to provide > the best operating system possible. Debian 7.0 is another important step > in that direction. > > > Contact Information > ------------------- > > For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at > http://www.debian.org/ or send mail to <press(a)debian.org>.

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Workshop on Essential Abstractions in GCC, 2013
by Uday Khedker 03 May '13

03 May '13

Workshop on Essential Abstractions in GCC, 2013 (http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/grc/gcc-workshop-13) Organized by: GCC Resource Center (http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/grc). Venue: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay (http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in). Dates: 29 June to 3 July (Saturday to Wednesday) 2013. Registration starts on: Wednesday 1 May 2013 Registration closes on: Friday, 31 May 2013 Our apologies if - you have received multiple copies of this notification, or - if this notification has reached you erroneously. Please forward this to people who you think might be interested. If you would like to avoid receiving further emails, please reply to this mail by adding the word REMOVE in the subject line. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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)

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Invitation: Preparatory meeting for formation of Free Software Movement Maharashtra (FSMM)
by Vikram Vincent 02 May '13

02 May '13

Dear Friends, Greetings on behalf of the Free Software Movement of India. Free Software Movement of India (FSMI) is a national coalition of various regional and sectoral free software movements operating in different parts of India. The formation of FSMI was announced in the valedictory function of the National Free Software Conference - 2010 held in Bangalore during 20–21 March 2010. To know more about FSMI please see [1][2] FSMI has been a coordinating platform in promoting the culture of free knowledge, free culture, free speech and free society through the use and development of free software, free hardware and free bandwidth in India. In order to build a strong free software movement in Maharashtra we are trying to create a 'Free Software Movement Maharashtra ' to promote the ideas of a free society via freedom in the digital realm and in this regard a preparatory meeting is being organised. We request you to kindly participate in this meeting and help build the movement in Maharashtra . Details: Preparatory meeting to organise a Free Software Movement Maharashtra Venue: IIT Bombay campus, Powai, Mumbai. Date: May 4th Saturday 2013 Time: 4pm - 6pm Contact: Vikram Vincent: 09969249984 With warm wishes, Vikram Vincent Member, General Council, Free Software Movement India(FSMI) References: [1] http://www.fsmi.in/about [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Movement_of_India [3] For more details on the concept of 'free as in freedom' software http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

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Fwd: [fosscomm] FSMI representation to AICTE against the deal with Microsoft
by Arun Khan 01 May '13

01 May '13

Forwarding without any prejudice. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alagunambi Welkin <alagunambiwelkin(a)fsftn.org> Date: Wed, May 1, 2013 at 1:52 AM Subject: [fosscomm] FSMI representation to AICTE against the deal with Microsoft To: mailinglist(a)fsftn.org Cc: network(a)lists.fosscom.in, kanchilug(a)freelists.org, ILUG-C <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in> Dear All, Please find the link below for the document and key concerns raised by FSMI representation to Chairman of AICTE. http://fsmi.in/content/fsmi-representation-aicte-against-deal-microsoft -- Alagunambi Welkin Executive Committee Member, Free Software Foundation Tamil Nadu, part of Free Software Movement of India. www.fsftn.org

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Invitation: Preparatory meeting for formation of Free Software Movement Maharashtra (FSMM)
by Amit Gokhale 01 May '13

01 May '13

Hi, I would be interested in participating FSMM meeting. Regards, Amit Gokhale Thane 9619147571 On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 11:30 AM, <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: Linux Advocacy Document (Ashwin Dixit) > 2. Re: Invitation: Preparatory meeting for formation of Free > Software Movement Maharashtra (FSMM) (Rajagopal Swaminathan) > 3. Re: Invitation: Preparatory meeting for formation of Free > Software Movement Maharashtra (FSMM) (Rajeev R. K.) > 4. Re: Invitation: Preparatory meeting for formation of Free > Software Movement Maharashtra (FSMM) (Venkatesh Hariharan) > 5. Re: Invitation: Preparatory meeting for formation of Free > Software Movement Maharashtra (FSMM) (Vikram Vincent) > 6. Fwd: [fosscomm] FSMI representation to AICTE against the deal > with Microsoft (Arun Khan) > 7. Re: Invitation: Preparatory meeting for formation of Free > Software Movement Maharashtra (FSMM) (???? ??????? ??????????) > 8. Re: Invitation: Preparatory meeting for formation of Free > Software Movement Maharashtra (FSMM) (Vikram Vincent) > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rajagopal Swaminathan <raju.rajsand(a)gmail.com> > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Cc: > Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:53:12 +0530 > Subject: > Re: [ILUG-BOM] Invitation: Preparatory meeting for formation of Free > Software Movement Maharashtra (FSMM) > Greetings, > > > On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 7:55 PM, Vikram Vincent <vincentvikram(a)gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Dear Friends, > > Greetings on behalf of the Free Software Movement of India. > > > > > > We request you to kindly participate in this meeting and help build > > the movement in Maharashtra . > > > > Details: > > Preparatory meeting to organise a Free Software Movement Maharashtra > > Venue: IIT Bombay campus, Powai, Mumbai. > > Date: May 4th Saturday 2013 > > Time: 4pm - 6pm > > > > Contact: Vikram Vincent: 09969249984 > > > > > I would be interested in participating and hoepfully contributing to this. > > -- > Regards, > > Rajagopal > Thane, > 09930633852 > > >

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Linux Advocacy Document
by Ashwin Dixit 28 Apr '13

28 Apr '13

Dear Linux-ers, I have the rare privilege of getting the attention of someone who frames technology policy for India. I have been asked to prepare a document in 1000 ASCII characters or less, that makes the case for Linux. My contact is highly educated, yet not very technical. Here is the document I wrote. In Open-Source-style, I am opening it up to the public, before I submit it to the powers-that-be. Please, help me improve it! Thanks, - Ashwin. http://ownlifeful.com/ #########BEGIN Open-Source Software ( Linux ) is peer reviewed by the public, and is generally considered more secure than Closed-Source Software ( Windows ), which is reviewed by the company that made it. Windows has gained a stronghold since Linux became comparably user-friendly much later. Linux is free to download and use indefinitely. China is realizing benefits by adapting to this changing technology landscape, and standardizing on Linux. This gives China a significant advantage in security, and education, and goes a long way towards ending their financial dependence on foreign software. Our government is driven on vehicles whose engines can only be fixed by paid foreign mechanics. Our cars should be opened to Indian mechanics. Microsoft Office, and Windows are opaque to our students. Chinese students will gain an edge on us by using Linux, an operating system whose source they can freely study, improve, and share. Open-Source Software in government and education is recommended. #########END

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BeagleBone Black For 45$
by Siji Sunny 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

TI has announced their new series of development board Beaglebone Black for 45$ . http://beagleboard.org/ Below the specification of the board: RAM - 512MB DDR3600 Mhz Flash - 2GB & SD card Processor - 1Ghz AM3359 Ethernet10/100 Mbs USB1 client1 host Video - HDMI Audio - Via HDMI Periperals - SPI, I2C, SPI, CAN, Timers, LCD, MMC, Analog -- Siji Sunny

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Opinion solicited for a story idea
by Priyanka Sarkar 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

Dear All, We were overwhelmed by the responses we received from you on our story 'Will Certifications Related to FOSS Help You Get a Job?' This story definitely wouldn't have happened without your valuable inputs. Please find the link: http://www.linuxforu.com/2013/04/will-certifications-related-to-foss-help-y…. For our next edition, we are planning to come up with a story on '*What Takes To Be a FOSS Expert'?* Many of our readers, who are also open source enthusiasts, seek answers to this question. Would really appreciate and if you chip in and let us have your views/opinion on the same. We value your inputs and we are sure, this will help our readers who are planning to make a career in this terrain. Looking forward for your inputs. Regards, Priyanka

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Ubuntu 13.04 Release Party Mumbai
by Rigved Rakshit 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

Hi, Come celebrate the release on the new and most-awesome-version-yet of Ubuntu on Saturday, 27th April 2013 at Elphinstone Building, Fort, Mumbai. Ubuntu 13.04 installation images and wi-fi access will be available. For the brave at heart, bring your Android devices and get Ubuntu Touch flashed to them! For a list of compatible devices, check this: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Devices . Date: 27-04-2013 Time: 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Venue: Starbucks Coffee, 10, Elphinstone Building, Horniman Circle, Veer Nariman Road, Kala Ghoda, Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India – 400001 For registration, check this page: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/indian-team/2338-ubuntu-1304-release-party-mu… . Best Regards, Rigved

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [ilugd] [Ilugc] Off-topic: Bitcoin's Potential for Social Change
by Ashwin Dixit 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

Tavish, I couldn't agree more. It's not BitCoin, it's the idea of private P2P transactions. It's not Linux, it is the idea of radical transparency. These things are pioneering technologies, but ultimately, it is their successors that will thrive.

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Off-topic: Bitcoin's Potential for Social Change
by Ashwin Dixit 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

Greetings fellow-Linuxers, I have a vision to share with you. Whether you call it a utopia, or a dystopia, I leave up to you. There is great power in people's numbers. I feel that a critical mass is gathering behind FOSS and BitCoin. I feel that these Davids can potentially overthrow Goliaths. Please read my latest blog article and share your opinion: http://ownlifeful.blogspot.com/2013/04/bitcoins-potential-for-social-change… -- ================================================= Subvert the dominant paradigm. Repeat as desired. http://ownlifeful.com/

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Microsoft Office 365 for Education made mandatory for approved institutions by AICTE
by Balachandran Sivakumar 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Hi all, I came to know about this when my alma mater, Thiagarajar College of Engineering where we have been running our own mail servers with just free software was asked to migrate to AICTE by pointing the MX records to some domain of Microsoft. Here is the release from AICTE - http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/AICTE_notice.pdf Here is an article about this on Microsoft's site - http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-Office-365/All-India-Council… It already seems to be too late to do anything about this, or is something possible ? -- Thank you Balachandran Sivakumar Arise Awake and stop not till the goal is reached. - Swami Vivekananda Mail: benignbala(a)gmail.com Blog: http://benignbala.wordpress.com/

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How to detect a power failure?
by Binand Sethumadhavan 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

I am thinking of something like a mobile charger that would plug in a regular 3-pin plug at one end and a computer at the other, and some software/sensor combo that would read the (DC) voltage at the computer end. If there is no voltage, there is no power in the mains and ergo - we are in the middle of a power outage, so take action. Know of something along these lines? (idea is to detect power failures, while powered by a "dumb" UPS unit - one that cannot communicate with the a computer. Any other solutions/suggestions?). Binand

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Article on Linux, China, and India.
by Ganesha Computes 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

Greetings, I have written an article about China switching to Linux, and the tremendous opportunities this brings to India. It is available at: http://bit.ly/chinalinux I cordially invite your comments. Warm Regards, - Ashwin Dixit.

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Inputs solicited for a story
by Priyanka Sarkar 28 Mar '13

28 Mar '13

Dear All, We value and always love to have your thoughts on our story. We did get an interesting set of comments from you all on our last story idea ' How important are FOSS certifications when it comes to the job market?' We have incorporated your views/ opinions in the story and we will soon share the article with you. (This is scheduled for our forthcoming print edition). Well, we bring you another idea and we would appreciate if you share your thoughts on the same. The latest news that is generating a lot of buzz in the open source circuits is that Linux and Mozilla smartphones may hit the markets this year! So this prompts us to come up with a volley of questions...'If phones based on Linux and Mozilla OS make their way in the market, which open source OS you would prefer to switch on to..and why.?' (Linux, Mozilla, Ubuntu or will you stay with Android?)..Do you see this a long term threat to Android? What's your take on the same? Please let us know! Regards, Priyanka

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Fwd: [ilugd] M.Sc. CS-FOSS online distance education programme
by Arun Khan 20 Mar '13

20 Mar '13

FYI - might be of interest to the members of this list. -- Arun Khan ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Srinivasan Sundararajan <srini.it(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:15 PM Subject: [ilugd] M.Sc. CS-FOSS online distance education programme To: ILUG-C <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in>, The Linux-Delhi mailing list <ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org> hi all, you might be aware (thru earlier mails sent by Ramadoss) that Anna University is offering M.Sc. (CS-FOSS) 4-semester programme thru distance education mode. The lectures are delivered in online mode on saturdays/sundays and the programme is coordinated through AU-KBC Research Centre, MIT Campus, Chromepet, Anna University Chennai. You can get details about the course curriculum at the "M.Sc. (CS-FOSS)" links the following url : http://au-kbc.org/ Primary Target group : working/non-working persons who have completed B.Sc. Maths/Physics/Comp Science. (though B.E. students have also joined the programme). Course duration : at least 4 semesters, but the students (especially the working persons) are advised to not to take the full load of 5 subjects per semester, but spread it over 6 plus semesters. So far about 100 plus students have registered and attended two batches of this programme. The third batch is about to begin by end April 2013 and the registration is likely to close by 2nd week of April. I would appreciate if you could spread the word about the programme so that students across the country could check it out. For further details, contact me <srini.it(a)gmail.com> or Prof C N Krishnan <cnkrish(a)au-kbc.org> or Mr. Senthil Anand (senthils(a)au-kbc.org> at AU-KBC I am sure FOSS community members will have many queries/comments/suggestions regarding this programme and alternative modes of drawing students into FOSS. We could discuss in the group mail or you could catch me at my personal gmail id. A half-day seminar is being organized at AU-KBC on 27th March (10.00 A.M to 1:00 P.M.). Those interested, especially in and around Chennai could attend the same -- preferably pre-register by contacting AU-KBC. [Since the Arts & Science Colleges in TN are closed, you could help out by forwarding this mail to your acquaintances -- students/staff/alumni-mail groups or give me the contact info so that I could reach out to them.] thanks and best wishes Srinivasan Dr. S. Srinivasan Cell: 94443 02439 Shrini/Raman/Arun Khan/Shakthi/Dr. Gora/Mr. Mani: would be grateful if you could forward this msg to other LUG groups. thanks, Srinivasan. _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

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Reviewer for tutorials Joomla and gChemPaint (proprietary equivalent is ChemDraw)
by Shahid Farooqui 16 Mar '13

16 Mar '13

Dear Friends, Greetings from Spoken Tutorial Project at IIT Bombay. The Spoken Tutorial project is the initiative of the "Talk to a Teacher" project of the National Mission on Education through Information Communication through Technology, launched by MHRD, Govt of India. Spoken Tutorials team creates tutorial on various Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in various Indian regional languages. Please visit http://www.spoken-tutorial.org for more details. We are looking for a reviewer to review the outline, scripts and video tutorials on gChemPaint (proprietary equivalent is ChemDraw) and Joomla (CMS). Reviewer should be either a faculty member of an institution/university or a person with 2-3 years of working experience in gChemPaint (proprietary equivalent is ChemDraw) and Joomla (CMS). A reasonable honorarium will be paid to the reviewer. Those who are interested, please get back to us at the earliest. Thanks & Regards Shahid Farooqui

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Fwd: [Ilugc] Fwd: [Ubuntu-phone] Announcing the Ubuntu SDK Days
by Mehul Ved 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Shrinivasan T" <tshrinivasan(a)gmail.com> Date: Mar 13, 2013 6:22 AM Subject: [Ilugc] Fwd: [Ubuntu-phone] Announcing the Ubuntu SDK Days To: "ILUG-C" <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in> Cc: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Daniel Holbach" <daniel.holbach(a)ubuntu.com> Date: Mar 12, 2013 10:28 PM Subject: [Ubuntu-phone] Announcing the Ubuntu SDK Days To: "ubuntu-phone" <ubuntu-phone(a)lists.launchpad.net>, < ubuntu-touch-coreapps(a)lists.launchpad.net>, " ubuntu-app-devel(a)lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-app-devel(a)lists.ubuntu.com>, "Ubuntu Developers" <ubuntu-devel(a)lists.ubuntu.com> Cc: Hello everybody, Hot on the heels of the announcements of the Ubuntu SDK and the Touch Developer Preview, we bring you the first ever Ubuntu SDK Days. On Thursday, 14th March and Friday, 15th March a number of app developers and Ubuntu SDK creators will get you started writing apps for Ubuntu on multiple devices. It's surprisingly simple, and since the announcement we've seen many early adopters try out the SDK and the first apps up and running. We will answer your questions, talk about best practises and show you the power of the SDK. Here a quick overview over the sessions we'll run: Installing and Configuring the SDK Writing your first app with the SDK Writing games with QML and Javascript Live update from the development progress of the Touch Core Apps Several Q&A sessions Making the best of the Ubuntu App Design guidelines More about the SDK skunkworks projects Introducing Friends and Gwibber QML Writing a new generation of Scopes Lightning talks and Project demos How to join Participating is easy: just head to http://ubuntuonair.com to watch the sessions on the schedule. Videos will be available after the event, to ensure you can watch the content even if you couldn't make it to the session you wanted. Check out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuSDKDays/ to see the timetable of the event, be there for lots of fun and bring your friends - and your questions too! Have a great day, Daniel -- Get involved in Ubuntu development! developer.ubuntu.com/packaging Stay up to date: follow @ubuntudev on identi.ca/twitter.com/facebook.com -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone(a)lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Ubuntu Global Jam Mumbai 2013 for Ubuntu Raring Ringtail
by Rigved Rakshit 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

> The dates are tentative because Canonical themselves have not released > the dates. Once that is done, I will let you guys know the final > dates. This is one of the "problems" of planning events ahead of time. > But I am hoping that this will give everyone enough time to plan and > attend the event! Dates have been finalised. Now, it will be on March 2 and 3. Here is the event page: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/indian-team/2235/detail/ . As of now, I have kept the event only on Saturday and Sunday. But if people are interested, I can keep it on Friday as well. Best Regards, Rigved Rakshit

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Inputs solicited for a story
by Priyanka Sarkar 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

Dear All, Few weeks back, your valuable comments helped us come out with an interesting article on rooting one's Android device. We are back with a story idea and would really appreciate if you chip in and share your views on this. So the story idea goes like: How important are FOSS certifications when it comes to the job market? Please let us have your insightful suggestions on the same. Looking forward to see some great takes... Thanks and Regards, Priyanka

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[Commercial] A sneak peek into OSFY March 2013 issue
by Priyanka Sarkar 04 Mar '13

04 Mar '13

Dear Members, OSFY's March issue lets you explore the power of the virtual world and brings you some interesting reads on virtualisation. Special Read --Ensuring security on Open Source Virtual Platforms. --Going virtual with OpenVZ --For SMB's, virtualisation is the way to go. Developers' Terrain --A few Things You Should Know About Futexes. --Plan an Android based Device For an Enterprise. --Introducing Celery with Python+Django. Admins' Corner --Open Source Access To MS Exchange Server using DavMail. --A look At the Basics of LVM. --Deploying A Ticket Request System With OTRS. For U& Me: It's For Everyone --How OSS helped A Construction Company Almost Halve its IT Budget. --A review of Viridis:A Low-Power Linux-Powered Super Server. --Red Hat top honchos get up close and personal with Team OSFY. This issue comes bundled with a free DVD: PCLinuxOS. It also includes ISOs of Snowlinux, Arch Linux and Zorin OS. 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. If you face any issue related to availability of our magazine, contact us off the list. Regards, Team OSFY

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Thanks a lot for the inputs on our story.
by Priyanka Sarkar 02 Mar '13

02 Mar '13

Dear All, Few days back, we did seek your inputs on a story we were doing on rooting your Android Phone. We want to thank you all for sparing your valuable time and sending us your thoughts promptly. We have compiled a story based on your quotes and published it on our website http://www.linuxforu.com/. Thank you so much again! Here is the link. http://www.linuxforu.com/2013/03/to-root-or-not-to-root/ Regards, Priyanka

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Using grep 'AND'
by gnulinuxist＠gmail.com 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Hello, I am using a script where I check if /home and /backup are present in /etc/mtab but can't manage the 'and' operator in grep. Currently I use the 'if grep -q "/home" ; then ......... then I do 'fi' and again 'if grep -q "/backup" to finally go to my commands. I tried to make grep do the AND combo but got errors as it works only on one line. I want my command to start only if both /home and /backup are present in mtab. With my dual check method it works, but I want a clean lean script. Regards, Rony.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Using grep 'AND'
by gnulinuxist＠gmail.com 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

-----Original Message----- From: Rajeev R. K. Here you go..... mount | grep -q home HOMESTATUS=$? mount | grep -q backup BACKUPSTATUS=$? if [ $HOMESTATUS -eq 0 -a $BACKUPSTATUS -eq 0 ]; then echo "You got both man, do your thing..." exit 0; else echo "Error -- either home or backup missing -- Or is it BOTH !%$!!@#%!" exit 1; fi Regards R. K. Rajeev Thanks Rajeev and Binand for your tips. I noticed a '-a' option in the if statement so will this below work? If [grep -q "/home" mtab -a grep -q "/backup" mtab ] then......... Regards, Rony.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Using grep 'AND'
by gnulinuxist＠gmail.com 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

Thanks friends, I will try out combos and post my final script once I get on that server again.

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UEFI shenanigans
by J T Dsouza 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

Linus gets it spot on. http://www.zdnet.com/torvalds-clarifies-linuxs-windows-8-secure-boot-positi…

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Ankit Fadia redux...
by Binand Sethumadhavan 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

http://forbesindia.com/article/beyond-business/ankit-fadia-revealed/34793/0 (Charles Assisi is an editor at Forbes). Binand

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Opinion solicited for an article
by Priyanka Sarkar 24 Feb '13

24 Feb '13

Dear All, One of our journalists is doing a story on 'How safe is rooting your android phone? Or is it worth rooting your android phone. Would be great if we get some great inputs from you on the same. Please let us have your your opinion/ views. Regards, Priyanka

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Unable to reactivate a RAID10 mdadm device
by Arun Khan 23 Feb '13

23 Feb '13

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Arun Khan <knura9(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Any help in solving this problem would be highly appreciated. > Fortunately, I have been able to recover the data due to sheer luck! For details please see <http://marc.info/?l=linux-raid&m=136163159413360&w=2> -- Arun Khan

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Ml woes
by J T Dsouza 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

host mm.ilug-bom.org.in [74.207.228.67]: 450 4.7.1 <mail.sparc.net>: Helo command rejected: Host not found exim4 -Mvh 1U7A6g-0002Re-Q9 1U7A6g-0002Re-Q9-H Debian-exim 102 102 <jtd(a)mtnl.net.in> 1361130062 0 -helo_name debamd.localnet -host_address 192.168.0.16.43515 -host_name debamd.sparc.net -interface_address 192.168.0.8.25 -received_protocol esmtp -body_linecount 46 -max_received_linelength 81 XX 1 linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in 234P Received: from debamd.sparc.net ([192.168.0.16] helo=debamd.localnet) by mail.sparc.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from <jtd(a)mtnl.net.in>) id 1U7A6g-0002Re-Q9 for linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in; Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:11:02 +0530 022F From: jtd(a)mtnl.net.in 032T To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in 055 Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to detect a power failure? 038 Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:22:24 +0530 And exim -brw jtd(a)mtnl.net.in sender: jtd(a)mtnl.net.in from: jtd(a)mtnl.net.in to: jtd(a)mtnl.net.in cc: jtd(a)mtnl.net.in bcc: jtd(a)mtnl.net.in reply-to: jtd(a)mtnl.net.in env-from: jtd(a)mtnl.net.in env-to: jtd(a)mtnl.net.in I am fairly sure nothing has changed in the local mail server since 2005. Mails to the list were just fine until it came back online after the last years outage. HELP. I hate mail servers.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to detect a power failure?
by Arun Khan 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

Changed the subject for it to be relevant to the OP On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 11:58 PM, Joel Rebello <joelmadzu(a)gmail.com> wrote: ........... trimmed a lot of the irrelevant quote from the *digest* message > Hey, > > Im from Vasai, where we have frequent powercuts. I run a linux box at home > which basically acts as my home server(box) > I currently use the GPIO pin on my wifi router(running openwrt) to 'sense' > powercuts, which in turn powers off the box and turns it back on when power > resumes. > Let me know if you'd like more details on the setup and code, I'd be happy > to share :) Thanks for sharing your idea. *However* - when you reply make sure you 1. Change the subject line to that of the Original Post 2. Trim *all* other messages in the digest and only include that is relevant to what you are responding to. It takes a few more seconds to do so *but* it does make your post a lot more enjoyable to read. -- Arun Khan

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How to detect a power failure?
by J T Dsouza 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

On Friday 15 February 2013 19:57:59 Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: > I am thinking of something like a mobile charger that would plug in a > regular 3-pin plug at one end and a computer at the other, and some > software/sensor combo that would read the (DC) voltage at the computer end. > If there is no voltage, there is no power in the mains and ergo - we are in > the middle of a power outage, so take action. Know of something along these > lines? My mails to the list are getting rejected, so the direct post. You will need either a serial or parallel port. if you have a parallel port connect the output of the psu (PSU ouput must be 5v ) thru a 1 K resistor to pin 2 of the 25 pin dshell connector. Use this program to read the printerport http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/portcontrol.tar The link below provides nice info http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/parallel_output.html You can also use the serial port with the psu wired to one odf the following inputs dcd, RI, CTS or DSR. RTS and DTR can be used as o/p via a opto isolated relay to fire your dg or alarm etc. > > (idea is to detect power failures, while powered by a "dumb" UPS unit - one > that cannot communicate with the a computer. Any other > solutions/suggestions?). you might wire the ups batteries thru a LM393 comparator and feed the op/ to pin 3. then you will be able to shut the pc when the ups is about to shut. Or if you are up to it use a small microcontroller (pic or avr arduino) with an ADC and connected to USB. BTW we do a server room monitoring system that monitors rack temprature and ups + mains 3 phase and send smses on failure of any of the above. Kindly forward to the list. > > Binand

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 104, Issue 7
by Joel Rebello 17 Feb '13

17 Feb '13

On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 10:30 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: Ubuntu Global Jam Mumbai 2013 for Ubuntu Raring Ringtail > (Rigved Rakshit) > 2. Re: How to detect a power failure? (gnulinuxist(a)gmail.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:21:02 +0530 > From: Rigved Rakshit <r.phate(a)gmail.com> > To: mumbailug(a)googlegroups.com, Mumbai LUG > <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Ubuntu Global Jam Mumbai 2013 for Ubuntu > Raring Ringtail > Message-ID: > < > CAEuhoydO7nY5nHW_4vpj96GKgBNRq4sa7370WbC+UK7fz4DWmA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > The dates are tentative because Canonical themselves have not released > > the dates. Once that is done, I will let you guys know the final > > dates. This is one of the "problems" of planning events ahead of time. > > But I am hoping that this will give everyone enough time to plan and > > attend the event! > > Dates have been finalised. Now, it will be on March 2 and 3. Here is the > event page: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/indian-team/2235/detail/ . As of > now, I have kept the event only on Saturday and Sunday. But if people are > interested, I can keep it on Friday as well. > > Best Regards, > Rigved Rakshit > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:54:55 +0000 > From: "gnulinuxist(a)gmail.com" <gnulinuxist(a)gmail.com> > To: "linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to detect a power failure? > Message-ID: <5120ef43.8148420a.567d.ffffb7ad(a)mx.google.com> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Arun Khan > Sent: 16/02/2013, 01:45 > To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to detect a power failure? > > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Binand Sethumadhavan <binand(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > I am thinking of something like a mobile charger that would plug in a > > regular 3-pin plug at one end and a computer at the other, and some > > software/sensor combo that would read the (DC) voltage at the computer > end. > > If there is no voltage, there is no power in the mains and ergo - we are > in > > the middle of a power outage, so take action. Know of something along > these > > lines? > > > > (idea is to detect power failures, while powered by a "dumb" UPS unit - > one > > that cannot communicate with the a computer. Any other > > solutions/suggestions?). > > > > Good idea. You could use one of those AC Mains to USB > adapter/charger; which I think gives out 5V on the USB power line. A > USB cable into the computer USB port should be a good starting. > > -- Arun Khan > -- > > This usb idea is good. A usb powered device can be used where power comes > externally for on/off and the system gives signal to detect that device is > down. A cheap 200 rupees usb lan can be opened and modified. Every few > minutes, the output of ifconfig can be grepped to detect the presence of > eth(n). Battery power detect option is only in laptops. > > Hey, Im from Vasai, where we have frequent powercuts. I run a linux box at home which basically acts as my home server(box) I currently use the GPIO pin on my wifi router(running openwrt) to 'sense' powercuts, which in turn powers off the box and turns it back on when power resumes. Let me know if you'd like more details on the setup and code, I'd be happy to share :) Regards, Joel Rebello -- Be yourself , just better.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to detect a power failure?
by gnulinuxist＠gmail.com 17 Feb '13

17 Feb '13

-----Original Message----- From: Arun Khan Sent: 16/02/2013, 01:45 To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to detect a power failure? On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Binand Sethumadhavan <binand(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I am thinking of something like a mobile charger that would plug in a > regular 3-pin plug at one end and a computer at the other, and some > software/sensor combo that would read the (DC) voltage at the computer end. > If there is no voltage, there is no power in the mains and ergo - we are in > the middle of a power outage, so take action. Know of something along these > lines? > > (idea is to detect power failures, while powered by a "dumb" UPS unit - one > that cannot communicate with the a computer. Any other > solutions/suggestions?). > Good idea. You could use one of those AC Mains to USB adapter/charger; which I think gives out 5V on the USB power line. A USB cable into the computer USB port should be a good starting. -- Arun Khan -- This usb idea is good. A usb powered device can be used where power comes externally for on/off and the system gives signal to detect that device is down. A cheap 200 rupees usb lan can be opened and modified. Every few minutes, the output of ifconfig can be grepped to detect the presence of eth(n). Battery power detect option is only in laptops.

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Unable to reactivate a RAID10 mdadm device
by Arun Khan 12 Feb '13

12 Feb '13

Recovery OS -- System Rescue CD v 2.8.0 Production OS - Debian Squeeze (6) 2.6.32 stock kernel, using mdadm raid /dev/md0 in raid level RAID10 - members /dev/sdb1, /dev/sdc1, /dev/sdd1, /dev/sde1 all with partion id=fd HDD /dev/sdb went bad, replaced it with another disk with same size partion (id=fd) using System Rescue CD v2.8.0 1. System Rescue CD recognized the md devices but it comes up as 'inactive' Searched for possible solutions and I have tried several things including zeroing the super block and adding them back to the array. Still unable to bring back /dev/md0 with all 4 partions in active mode. I have included below, the entire transcript of the commands I have tried to recover /dev/md0 I have data on /dev/md0 that I need. I do have back ups of critical files (but not all). I prefer solving the problem v/s recreating the /dev/md0 from scratch. Any help in solving this problem would be highly appreciated. TIA, -- Arun Khan --------------- transcript of mdadm activity with System Rescue CD v2.8.0 ---------------- # mdadm -V mdadm - v3.1.4 - 31st August 2010 # cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] md0 : inactive sdd1[2] sde1[3] 312574512 blocks super 1.0 # mdadm -S /dev/md0 mdadm: stopped /dev/md0 # cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] unused devices: <none> # mdadm -v -v -A /dev/md0 -R /dev/sd[bcde]1 mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md0 mdadm: /dev/sdb1 is identified as a member of /dev/md0, slot 0. mdadm: /dev/sdc1 is identified as a member of /dev/md0, slot 1. mdadm: /dev/sdd1 is identified as a member of /dev/md0, slot 2. mdadm: /dev/sde1 is identified as a member of /dev/md0, slot 3. mdadm: added /dev/sdb1 to /dev/md0 as 0 mdadm: added /dev/sdc1 to /dev/md0 as 1 mdadm: added /dev/sde1 to /dev/md0 as 3 mdadm: added /dev/sdd1 to /dev/md0 as 2 mdadm: failed to RUN_ARRAY /dev/md0: Input/output error mdadm: Not enough devices to start the array. # cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] md0 : inactive sdd1[2] sde1[3] 312574512 blocks super 1.0 unused devices: <none> from /var/log/messages Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.339015] md: md0 stopped. Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.374016] md: bind<sdb1> Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.374417] md: bind<sdc1> Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.374604] md: bind<sde1> Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.374869] md: bind<sdd1> Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.374899] md: kicking non-fresh sdc1 from array! Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.374903] md: unbind<sdc1> Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.379016] md: export_rdev(sdc1) Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.379041] md: kicking non-fresh sdb1 from array! Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.379044] md: unbind<sdb1> Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.386010] md: export_rdev(sdb1) Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.387382] md/raid10:md0: not enough operational mirrors. Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.387410] md: pers->run() failed ... # mdadm -D /dev/md0 /dev/md0: Version : 1.0 Creation Time : Fri Apr 29 04:27:04 2011 Raid Level : raid10 Used Dev Size : 156287232 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 2 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Mon Feb 11 13:43:52 2013 State : active, FAILED, Not Started Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Layout : near=2 Chunk Size : 32K Name : brahmaputra:0 UUID : f2d4e898:2e026f85:244a7e9c:908e1af7 Events : 783527 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 0 0 0 removed 1 0 0 1 removed 2 8 49 2 active sync /dev/sdd1 3 8 65 3 active sync /dev/sde1 # mdadm -E /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdc1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.0 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : f2d4e898:2e026f85:244a7e9c:908e1af7 Name : brahmaputra:0 Creation Time : Fri Apr 29 04:27:04 2011 Raid Level : raid10 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 312574512 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Array Size : 625148928 (298.09 GiB 320.08 GB) Used Dev Size : 312574464 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Super Offset : 312574640 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 2fbc103e:ca40e0c2:b8e4d64f:0fbc7b94 Internal Bitmap : -8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Mon Feb 11 13:43:52 2013 Checksum : 2e8e9fad - correct Events : 0 Layout : near=2 Chunk Size : 32K Device Role : spare Array State : ..AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) # mdadm -E /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.0 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : f2d4e898:2e026f85:244a7e9c:908e1af7 Name : brahmaputra:0 Creation Time : Fri Apr 29 04:27:04 2011 Raid Level : raid10 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 312574512 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Array Size : 625148928 (298.09 GiB 320.08 GB) Used Dev Size : 312574464 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Super Offset : 312574640 sectors State : clean Device UUID : e27c187b:9004cb93:5bb05639:164822cd Internal Bitmap : -8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Mon Feb 11 13:43:52 2013 Checksum : 5ea77bd0 - correct Events : 0 Layout : near=2 Chunk Size : 32K Device Role : spare Array State : ..AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) # mdadm -E /dev/sde1 /dev/sde1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.0 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : f2d4e898:2e026f85:244a7e9c:908e1af7 Name : brahmaputra:0 Creation Time : Fri Apr 29 04:27:04 2011 Raid Level : raid10 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 312574512 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Array Size : 625148928 (298.09 GiB 320.08 GB) Used Dev Size : 312574464 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Super Offset : 312574640 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 78fc82bc:2eb18f07:56c98922:7639269e Internal Bitmap : -8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Mon Feb 11 13:43:52 2013 Checksum : ce19a703 - correct Events : 783527 Layout : near=2 Chunk Size : 32K Device Role : Active device 3 Array State : ..AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) # mdadm -E /dev/sdd1 /dev/sdd1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.0 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : f2d4e898:2e026f85:244a7e9c:908e1af7 Name : brahmaputra:0 Creation Time : Fri Apr 29 04:27:04 2011 Raid Level : raid10 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 312574512 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Array Size : 625148928 (298.09 GiB 320.08 GB) Used Dev Size : 312574464 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Super Offset : 312574640 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 1dce2f63:fef488cb:1a362c57:7ed908ac Internal Bitmap : -8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Mon Feb 11 13:43:52 2013 Checksum : 7b44c944 - correct Events : 783527 Layout : near=2 Chunk Size : 32K Device Role : Active device 2 Array State : ..AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) # mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sdb1 # mdadm -E /dev/sdb1 mdadm: No md superblock detected on /dev/sdb1. # mdadm /dev/md0 --add /dev/sdb1 mdadm: add new device failed for /dev/sdb1 as 4: Invalid argument from /var/log/messages Feb 12 06:52:26 sysresccd kernel: [ 9900.298880] md0: ADD_NEW_DISK not supported

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Fwd: [MumPy] hackathon at CAMP on Saturday, 9th feb
by Mehul Ved 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sanjay Bhangar <sanjaybhangar(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 1:51 PM Subject: [MumPy] hackathon at CAMP on Saturday, 9th feb To: mumpy(a)googlegroups.com Hey all, Sorry for the delayed notice on this -- We're hosting a hackathon at CAMP [1] [2] on Saturday 9th Feb, 3pm onwards. The broad agenda is to build an open platform for book-sharing in the city. A few artist's organizations have come together as the Umbrella group to collaborate on spaces and projects. As part of this, we plan to index all the books in our various collections, and enable access to them. We're using http://openlibrary.org to enter data about the books and associate them with groups / people that own them. The plan is, to start with, build a simple website to find books you're looking for and who to contact to get access to them, using the openlibrary.org API, but is completely open to ideas to facilitate sharing of things, both digital and analog. The event also marks solidarity with Aaron Swartz. [3] If this seems interesting, bring your laptop / coding device and come - wifi, food and beer shall be provided. Please circulate if you know anyone who maybe interested. Thanks, Sanjay [1] http://camputer.org/directions.html [2] http://camputer.org/campstudio.html [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2013Jan/0017.html -- -- _________________________________________________ Mumbai Python Users Group - http://www.mumpy.org/ Mailing Group - http://groups.google.com/group/mumpy/ Membership Management - http://groups.google.com/group/mumpy/subscribe/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mumpy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mumpy+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- With Regards, Mehul Ved

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[Commercial] A sneak peek into OSFY mega anniversary issue (Feb 2013
by Priyanka Sarkar 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

Dear Members, OSFY's mega 10th Anniversary issue (Feb 2013) brings you a melange of interesting articles on your platter. Special Read for Developers: --Protecting Systems Intents in Android --Implementing HTML5 WebSockets Using Java --Dynamic Program Analysis Using Valgrind: A Jump-Start Guide Admin's Domain --A Peek Into Best open source security tools --Combat virtual threats with IPCop Firewall --A look at top 10 open source Web log Analysers For U & Me: It's the stuff for everyone ---Ten open source cloud computing resources you should know about ---The Top Mind Mapping tools in Android ---Explore the power of bench calculator Expert Speak: Exploring Software by Anil Seth: Creating Massive open online course Joy of Programming by SG Ganesh:Learning From Mistakes Codesport by Sandya Mannarswamy This issue comes bundled with a free DVD: Fedora 18 and an additional CD Clear OS. (The CD is only for newsstands) 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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Serious Problems With USB Controller in Raspberry Pi
by Siji Sunny 06 Feb '13

06 Feb '13

It seems like the usb controller used* *in Rspberry pi SOC (Broadcom BCM2835) has some serious issues , since it can only supply low amount of current to its USB devices (Approximately 140 mA). This will cause continues restart of RPI specially while connecting USB Network Card, USB Modem or GPS devices. This may be a bug in USB driver, which has not fixed yet and may not be an easy task because : (Ref: http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/08/24/2228251/serious-problems-with-u… ) 1) Documentation on the Broadcom USB controller is proprietary and is not made openly available by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. 2) The USB core for the Broadcom SoC was bought from a 3rd party, and we are told that not even Broadcom has full documentation, nor understands the driver. 3) The Foundation has discovered that the controller and its driver expect realtime response from the ARM core, and if Linux's non-realtime scheduling doesn't respond in 1 ms, a split transaction USB event can be dropped. Not surprisingly, this occurs regularly and produces lost mouse clicks, stuck keyboard keys, etc.. -- Siji Sunny

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Fwd: Will you be at LibrePlanet? Register today for March 23-24
by Shahid Farooqui 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Free Software Foundation <info(a)fsf.org> Date: Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 4:40 AM Subject: Will you be at LibrePlanet? Register today for March 23-24 To: Shahid Farooqui <shahidfarooqui(a)gmail.com> [image: Register now]<http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2013> Hi Shahid, We're excited to announce that registration is now open for LibrePlanet 2013: "Commit Change."<http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2013> LibrePlanet is a yearly conference where the global free software community comes together to learn from each other, face challenges and welcome newcomers. This year, the conference focuses on bringing together the diverse voices that have a stake in free software, from software developers to activists, academics to computer users. The theme is called "Commit Change," and it's about drawing ideas from everyone to create the software freedom we need. If you're an FSF associate member, you can sign up now<http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2013>at no cost! Otherwise, we invite you to become a member <http://www.fsf.org/associate/benefits> for gratis admission and a host of other benefits, including an account on our brand new Jabber chat server<http://www.fsf.org/blogs/membership/help-us-sign-up-71-new-members-by-janua…>. You can also attend the conference at the non-member rate<http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2013> . The conference will feature a keynote address by Karen Sandler, executive director of the GNOME Foundation and renowned software freedom advocate. LibrePlanet will also include workshops in using free programs, talks and discussion panels with free software luminaries, plentiful networking opportunities and a pre-conference social gathering. In addition to Karen, the program includes sessions with Stefano Zacchiroli, Project Leader at Debian, Wendy Seltzer of the W3C, and our own Richard Stallman. If you're interested in technology's role in struggles for justice, community, and freedom, then you will find a lot to be excited about at LibrePlanet. Join us at LibrePlanet 2013 and help Commit Change. Register for the conference now<http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2013>or become a member<https://my.fsf.org/associate/support_freedom/join_fsf?referrer=2442>to attend at no cost. Hope to see you at LibrePlanet! Zak Rogoff, Campaigns Manager PS: Today is the very last day of our recruitment drive, and we're very close to reaching our goal of 120 new members. If you become a member<https://my.fsf.org/associate/support_freedom/join_fsf?referrer=2442>today, you'll help us shatter our goal and do more for software freedom in 2013. *Read this message online at http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/will-you-be-at-libreplanet-register-toda… .* -- Follow us at https://status.fsf.org/fsf | Subscribe to our blogs via RSS at http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Join us as an associate member at http://fsf.org/jf *Make sure we have your correct location information<https://crm.fsf.org/civicrm/profile/edit?gid=34&reset=1&id=28233&cs=6aab93b…>— please do not forward this email with this link intact. * Sent from the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street Fifth Floor Boston, MA 02110-1335 United States You can unsubscribe to this mailing-list by visiting the link https://crm.fsf.org/index.php?q=civicrm/mailing/unsubscribe&reset=1&jid=127…. To stop all email from the Free Software Foundation, including Defective by Design, and the Free Software Supporter newsletter, click this link: https://crm.fsf.org/index.php?q=civicrm/mailing/optout&reset=1&jid=127109&q… .

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Fwd: KDE Meetup
by Arun Khan 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

Forwarding without any prejudice. -- Arun Khan ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shahid Farooqui <shahidfarooqui(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 11:46 AM Subject: [PLUG] KDE Meetup To: Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List <plug-mail(a)plug.org.in> Hi.. Google Developer Group, DA-IICT and the renowned International KDE Community are glad to announce "KDE Meetup 2013". This two day conference scheduled in February will bring together Qt Developers, KDE contributors, open source enthusiasts and users from all across the nation. The meetup will give you the opportunity to learn, share, contribute, innovate and create limitless possibilities by using most emerging technologies. KDE Meetup is the first large scale open source conference to be held in Gujarat and the largest KDE/Qt event in India since conf.kde.in in 2011. This meetup is an excellent platform for you to learn about FOSS and start contributing to it. The participants will experience the KDE world, understanding the latest developments happening in it. The Talks, Tutorials, Interactive Sessions, Coding Jams will lay your foundations to become a part of KDE community and even participate in programs like Google Summer of Code and Season of KDE. Last year, KDE was biggest participating organizing in GSoC with selection of 60 students.The sessions will range from the beginner to advanced level, to facilitate all kinds of participants. This meetup will prove to be of immense importance to anyone who is starting or contributing to the developer's world using Qt (Desktop, Mobile or Embedded Applications). Teachers and trainers, will also benefit from this event by gaining knowledge about the latest Qt and KDE based FOSS technologies and using them in their day to day lives. The conference will be headlined by four keynote speakers combined with some hands on experience with contributing to KDE. The meetup is primarily designed to bring the research and developmental interests of people in open source to the forefront. KDE Meetup will result in networking, mentoring, and increasing the visibility for KDE contributors. Date & Venue Venue: Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar Date: 23rd - 24th Feb, 2013 The registrations for the conference are now open. Please register yourself on http://www.gdgdaiict.com/kdemeetup/ Thanks Regards, Shahid _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List

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CFP :: gnuNify 2013 @ Pune 15/Feb/2013 to 17/Feb/2013
by Arun Khan 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Greetings, gnuNify 2013 @ Pune is an annual FOSS event organized by the Pune LUG and SICSR (Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research) This year's event will run from 15/Feb/2013 to 17/Feb/2013 (Fri - Sun). The CFP (call for paper) is open. The agenda for the three days are as follows: Friday 15/Feb/2013 All day OpenStack miniconf Saturday 16/Feb/2013 General Cloud Computing Sys Admin tracks/workshops. Sunday 17/Feb/2013 Mozilla Hackathon Wikipedia Language Summit. Alongside, there will be talks and workshops on other topics. If you have an interesting / compelling talk/workshop to share, please visit the site, register yourself and submit your CFP. For details please visit the gnuNify website <http://www.gnunify.in> For more info on track / events <http://www.gnunify.in/2013/events> Speakers from out of Greater Pune area -- boarding and lodging will be provided. Travel -- your home town <> Pune is reimbursable (up to Rs. 5000). Any specific query not answered on the web site or the FAQ. Please use the Contact form <http://www.gnunify.in/contact>. Please do not post query to this mailing list and/or send personal emails. Hope to see many of you at the event. Thanks and regards, -- Arun Khan

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[OT] Recommendation for Wi-Fi AP.
by Arun Khan 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Greetings, I am looking for Wi-Fi AP that: 1. Is stable (does not require frequent reboot or power OFF/ON) 2. Supports 802.11 b/g/n 3. Supports up to WPA2-Enterprise (RADIUS auth) - a *must* 4. Has external Antenna Desirable - Accepts DD-WRT / OpenWRT images. Many list members may be using these Wi-Fi features in their own office / home and I would appreciate if you could share you experience. Please mention brand/model. PS - There are lot of brands claiming features and performance. Unfortunately, they can be verified only after one has purchased such an unit. In the past, I have used Linksys and Buffalo. Linksys has been OK but with internal antenna, range is suspect (at least in my experience). The Buffalo APs, on paper have great feature and few models do accept DD-WRT firmware. However, I have had heating issues - over a period of time the WLAN would disappear. The only way I could solve it was to power them OFF, let it cool and then power them ON. Buffalo was great in the RMA dept. but the brand new replacements had the same problem. TIA, -- Arun Khan

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FOSS Meet + Minidebconf @ NITC
by pavithran s 28 Jan '13

28 Jan '13

Hi ILUG Bombay , Nice to see you all back , FOSS Meet[1] is happening this year with a Minidebconf [2] track . Try attending it :) 1. http://fossmeet.in/2013/content/mini-debconf 2 .MiniDebconf - http://fossmeet.in/2013/content/mini-debconf --- FOSSMeet 2013 will be held from February 22nd to 24th at National Institute of Technology Calicut. FOSSMeet will feature wide range of workshops, talks, discussions and hands-on sessions. Be a part of FOSSMeet 2013 by being a speaker, delegate or an exhibitor. To view speaker proposals, rate or discuss, please see http://funnel.fossmeet.in External Student and Professional Registration is now open. Regards, Pavithran

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ping
by Anurag 28 Jan '13

28 Jan '13

Hello, Thanks to push from Arun and Dinesh, the mailing list is back online. ILUG-BOM was left without a mailing list server for a year, but is now nested within FSF-I infrastructure. Anurag -- http://web.gnuer.org/

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Ubuntu Global Jam Mumbai 2013 for Ubuntu Raring Ringtail
by Rigved Rakshit 26 Jan '13

26 Jan '13

Hi, Firstly, sorry for cross-posting but I do not know which list is currently being used by everyone. It's time for another Ubuntu Global Jam! This time, it is for the Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (13.04) cycle. Since this is too early for an official announcement, I will update this thread when the Ubuntu Loco website opens up for UGJ registration. Tentative Dates: 15 March 2012, 16 March 2012 and 17 March 2012 Venue: Directiplex, Andheri (W), Mumbai Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on all the days There is nothing planned on these days as of yet. I am looking for suggestions. Come and fix bugs, test the new OS installation process, fix documentation etc. Specifically, I am hoping that we can fix Ubuntu bugs and forward the patches upstream. So, if any Debian Developers (or other upstream developers) are free at this time, please attend the event so we can get help with the same. Looking forward to a great Jam! Best Regards, Rigved

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] ping
by Joel A Divekar 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

From: Dinesh Shah ( / ) <dineshah(a)gmail.com> Sent: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:29:34 To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] ping Anurag, On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Anurag <anurag(a)gnuer.org> wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks to push from Arun and Dinesh, the mailing list is back online. > ILUG-BOM was left without a mailing list server for a year, but is now > nested within FSF-I infrastructure. Thanks for doing all the hard work for bringing the MM backup. > Anurag With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System Pvt. Ltd. +91-98213-11906 +91-9833-TICKET http://www.shahmicro.com http://iopt.in http://crm.iopt.in Blog: http://dineshah.wordpress.com -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers This is really cool guys !!!  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] ping
by gnulinuxist＠gmail.com 18 Jan '13

18 Jan '13

Sent from my Nokia phone -----Original Message----- From: Arun Khan Sent: 18/01/2013, 18:34 To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] ping On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Anurag <anurag(a)gnuer.org> wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks to push from Arun and Dinesh, the mailing list is back online. > ILUG-BOM was left without a mailing list server for a year, but is now > nested within FSF-I infrastructure. > Anurag Yay! This is good news indeed. However, what happens to the Google Group that Binand started? -- Arun Khan Arun, we can have a dual forwarding type system across both lists. Regards, Rony. -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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What's wrong with db.ilug-bom.org.in/db.glug-bom.org?
by Philip Tellis 04 Dec '11

04 Dec '11

I'm trying to find my sendmail rewriting howto which used to be on the lug webserver here: http://db.glug-bom.org/lug-authors/philip/docs/Hdr-Env-Masq-miniHOWTO.txt however the server does not seem to be active any more. The alternate URL: http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/lug-authors/philip/docs/Hdr-Env-Masq-miniHOWTO.txt doesn't work either (404). Does anyone know where these pages were moved to? -- hello world

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A personal appeal from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
by Siji Sunny 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

I know every one might have read this since it's in wikipedia.So it's a gentle reminder to all who hasn't contributed yet. "Google might have close to a million servers. Yahoo has something like 13,000 staff. We have 679 servers and 95 staff. Wikipedia is the #5 site on the web and serves 450 million different people every month – with billions of page views. Commerce is fine. Advertising is not evil. But it doesn't belong here. Not in Wikipedia. Wikipedia is something special. It is like a library or a public park. It is like a temple for the mind. It is a place we can all go to think, to learn, to share our knowledge with others. When I founded Wikipedia, I could have made it into a for-profit company with advertising banners, but I decided to do something different. We’ve worked hard over the years to keep it lean and tight. We fulfill our mission, and leave waste to others. If everyone reading this donated ₹100, we would only have to fundraise for one day a year. But not everyone can or will donate. And that's fine. Each year just enough people decide to give. This year, please consider making a donation of ₹100, ₹200, ₹300 or whatever you can to protect and sustain Wikipedia. Thanks, *Jimmy Wales* Wikipedia Founder -- Siji Sunny

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US has become a dangerous place for software development: RMS
by Swapnil Bhartiya 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

RT (Russia Today) yesterday conducted an interview with Richard M Stallman, the founder of Free Software Foundation and the writer of the world's most advance license GNU GPL. RT asked readers to ask questions and then they would pick questions for RMS. http://www.muktware.com/news/3056 We asked two questions on RT's Facebook page and both those questions were presented to RMS. Muktware: Do you think USA is becoming hostile to innovation and competition as the companies like Apple and Microsoft are gaming the system? RMS: I have to point out that innovation is not my highest value. Human rights are my highest values. So I don't to get into the dialogue that treats innovation as a primary goal. With software patents the US has become a dangerous place for software development, including innovative software development, because when a program is innovative, that means it has some new ideas in it. But it also has lots of well-known ideas in it. A large program combines thousands of ideas. So if you have some new ideas and you want to use them, in order to use them you have to combine them with a lot of other ideas that are well-known. And if you are not allowed to do that because those other ideas are patented, you can't use your new idea. Muktware: How much control should the USA have over the Internet? RMS: No more than anyone else. I don't think it will be safe to have any global control over the internet. because we could predict that that global control will work for the empire of the mega corporations and would attack human rights. Read more here: http://www.muktware.com/news/3056 -- Swapnil Bhartiya Editor: Muktware.com Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives Facebook: http://facebook.com/muktware Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware Google+ : https://plus.google.com/109027644713767623413/posts

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Reminder - Lug-Mum meeting Tomorrow
by Siji Sunny 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

Reminder : LugMumbai Meeting Date : 3rd December,2011 Time : 4PM Venue : Favourites Bakery and Restaurant Shop No. 5, 6-A, Sonwadi Mansion, 209 LJ Road, Shivaji Park, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400016 -- Siji Sunny

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UID and FOSS
by Rony 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

Hello, The purpose of this thread is to move further from where we had left it in the earlier one and as suggested by Dinesh Shah, discuss how we as FOSS people can provide alternate solutions to the shortcomings of the current system. Lets keep this purely technical and not pro or anti Aadhar. I have been looking up official as well as technology information about the Aadhar UID system and some important links are posted below. My observations are as follows. 1) The Aadhar project uses 2 forms of biometric identities, the fingerprints and the iris. 2) The fingerprint system used is the standard 2D system which is prone to errors due to various factors as explained in the links. There is a new system which is the 3D fingerprint scan that is yet to be available commercially (IMHO). It has better accuracy with good image quality as it is contact-less. The pdf link to the same is here.... Quality and Matching Performance Analysis of 3D Unraveled Fingerprints http://vis.uky.edu/~realtime3d/Doc/Manuscripts/Quality%20and%20matching%20p… Fingerprint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprint 3) In iris scanning, there are chances of cheating by using fake iris contact lenses. To eliminate this problem, iris scanners use 'live-tissue verification' techniques to detect natural tissue. Iris recognition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_recognition 4) The Aadhar PoC ducument does not mention whether the live-tissue verification system is in place for iris scanners. proof of concept trial http://uidai.gov.in/images/FrontPageUpdates/uid_enrolment_poc_report.pdf 5) It is surprising that though they take multiple photos of the subject during the enrolment process, there is no face recognition software to take advantage of this bio-identity for more accurate results. Although this should be a fringe benefit and not the main basis of checking id. 6) Blood group which is an important and constant bio-identity for life is not included in this project. If implemented, proper sterile needles should be used for every sample collected. This information may not be necessary for regular business but useful for security agencies for id lookup of suspicious persons. 7) The software used for the devices is a custom software "A reference implementation of the enrolment software was created to standardize the process and have a uniform look-and-feel of the application across all three states. However, since the devices used were different in each state, the enrolment software used in each state was a custom version which followed the reference design. The UID technology team worked with each of the three agencies to create the customized software to be used in the corresponding state. There were also variations in the capture process followed, particularly in iris capture, because of the variations in capture devices." As devices vary in hardware, their accuracy will vary too. Since the software is the custom type, there will be total dependency on the hardware suppliers for software. In addition to this cost, for every computer that they use across the country, a license fee will have to be paid for every operating system that is the commercial proprietary type. Conclusion: 1) Instead of leaving this project in the hands of private hardware and software suppliers, the entire project should be centrally controlled by a Govt. institution that is actively involved into computing and software development like CDAC etc. 2) They should test devices from various vendors across the country and list them according to their accuracy. Only those devices that conform to FOSS software support should be included in the list. The entire report of this testing should be posted openly on the internet. 3) Software for this entire project including the server side too should be developed in-house by that Govt. institution and made the standard to all computers involded in the Aadhar project across the country. 4) Use only free as in freedom and free as in cost and open source software for the Aadhar system. This will eliminate the per computer license fees for operating systems in every Aadhar computer across the country. Given the total number of Aadhar computers in tens of thousands, this will be a significant amount. The added advantage of POSIX confirming systems will be immunity against common computer viruses as the systems will be on-line all the time for faster transactions. Some more lniks.... Unique Identification Authority of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unique_Identification_Authority_of_India De-duplication – The Complexity in the Unique ID context http://www.4gid.com/De-dup-complexity%20unique%20ID%20context.pdf -- Freedom is a shared resource. Take some, leave the rest for others. Please trim your replies. Avoid cross posting to other lists. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Regards, Rony. http://ronybill.blogspot.com/

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How can I unsubscribe from this list?
by Heenal Rajani 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

How can I unsubscribe from this list? Thanks! Heenal -- Heenal Rajani +502 4283 5042 www.HugItForward.org ~ be the change ~

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Aadhar on Wiki --> Edit it.
by Rony 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

Hello, There is a wiki article on the Aadhar UID project and has very little content on the risks of the current system. So add your inputs to it. Keep the temperature low. -- Freedom is a shared resource. Take some, leave the rest for others. Please trim your replies. Avoid cross posting to other lists. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Regards, Rony. http://ronybill.blogspot.com/

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Indian UID, Aadhar Project Is A Proprietary, Non Open Source Project?
by Swapnil Bhartiya 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

http://www.muktware.com/bitsnbytes/2983 I worked on the story and found oss is only a smoke screen. The entire UID project seems to be a pure Microsoft stack. This document provides step-by-step instructions to install the AADHAAR Enrolment Client and Biometric components needed for Biometrics capturing. The document is not intended to be a user manual for the AADHAAR Enrolment Client. The application has been built to work with the given pre-requisites. 1.1 Installation Pre-requisites • Operating System: Windows XP SP3 OR Windows 7 (only 32-bit editions) • Windows Installer 4.5 • Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express • Aadhaar QSS SDK Setup • Vendor Device Manager You can see how the UID project has made Microsoft technologies mandatory. You can't use it without Microsoft. There is no mention of Linux in this important document. That clearly states that other than the already popular and powerful open source technologies such as Apache and MySQL rest of the stack is proprietary. Calling UID/Aadhar and Open Source project is like calling a Tata tractor a Mercedes just because one of its four tyres is a Mercedes tyre. -- Swapnil Bhartiya Editor: Muktware.com Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives Facebook: http://facebook.com/muktware Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware Google+ : https://plus.google.com/109027644713767623413/posts

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[Job Opportunity] Linux System Admin
by Ashish Disawal 30 Nov '11

30 Nov '11

Company : www.affinity.com Located at : Charkop, Kandiwali (W), Mumbai No of positions : 2 Position : System Administrator Experience : 2 - 4 years Skills: * Supporting and Administrating Linux (Debian and Redhat based distributions) * Ability to work in a large scale environment * Strong Linux administration and networking skills * Experience on Apache, bind, nagios, iptables and svn * Knowledge on virtualization technologies * Knowledge of cloud computing and clustering * Any *nix certification preferred * Good knowledge of TCP/IP * Strong shell scripting skills. Perl/Ruby would be a plus * Experience on Kernel upgrade * Good understanding on security practices Role & Responsibilities: * Server Installation, Configuration & Management * Automation * Documentation * Research & Development lnxnubie - Always a Linux Newbie

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Is Linux Lagging Behind After Its Initial Headway?
by Rony 27 Nov '11

27 Nov '11

Hello, Without trying to sound pessimistic, I get the feeling that Linux is lagging behind M$ and at a time when its chances of catching up were the best. The gaps that Linux had created in the M$ environment through alternate compatibility appear to be getting slowly filled by M$ through the process of vendor lock-in. Small changes are taking place but in a way that brings people back to Windows. My bank's netbanking website worked superbly in Linux but a recent upgrade in their software has made the entire system Windows IE7+ only. OpenOffice upto 3.3 is unable to save .docx files so it is being rendered useless for the new office systems. Mobile phones still come with Windows only software for their 'Suites' for full functionality on the pc. There is not much happening in accounting, architectural CAD and multi-media packages too, in a way that can replace the use of current commercial Windows based software. It looks like it has hit the pause button. The big Linux giants do not look interested either. -- Freedom is a shared resource. Take some, leave the rest for others. Please trim your replies. Avoid cross posting to other lists. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Regards, Rony. http://ronybill.blogspot.com/

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LUGM-Planning Meeting
by Siji Sunny 22 Nov '11

22 Nov '11

Hello All, After having discussion with some of the group memebers,this meetup will be only a "planning meeting" and there won't be any technical sessions.So I request all of you to attend this for discussing and finalising 2012 LugMumbai's activities. Agenda : LugMumbai's Activities/Action plan for next 1 yr. -Workshop for students -FOSS Technical sessions/Conferences -Contribution to OpenSource Projects -Website/Wiki activities. Pls feel free to add your points. Date : 3rd December,2011 Time : 4PM Venue : Favourites Bakery and Restaurant Shop No. 5, 6-A, Sonwadi Mansion, 209 LJ Road, Shivaji Park, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400016 PS :Everyone who's attending will be assigned actionable items.People who can give sensible,implementation ideas also invited. -- Siji Sunny

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Stopping monitor / pc from going into standby
by jtd＠mtnl.net.in 22 Nov '11

22 Nov '11

This is one mystery that I have failed to crack. in xorg.conf Section "ServerFlags" Option "blank time" "0" Option "standby time" "0" Option "suspend time" "0" Option "off time" "0" EndSection in the XFCE gui set everything to never. But the freakin thing will go into standby without mouse or keyboard activity. Monitor is a HDMI TV. The Monitor DOES NOT go into standby and will show check HDMI input. As an added consolation, the behaviour is the same with a regular TV with VGA input and a regular vga monitor. Motherboard Intel and AMD. Any suggestions.

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LugMum- Meetup in December
by Siji Sunny 22 Nov '11

22 Nov '11

Hello, Should we plan for a meetup /Technical session in December? Date : December 3rd Saturday ? Venue : Dr,Nagarjun &Ganesh, will it possible to arrange HBSE seminar hall? Technical Sessions : 1.Disko - UI frame work for Embedded Linux - By myself . 2. 3. -- Siji Sunny

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[OT]: FLOSS Start-Ups In India?
by Swapnil Bhartiya 20 Nov '11

20 Nov '11

Hi, We are planning a series of stories and interviews of open source start-ups from India (Linus' interview triggered the need). So, if you know any such start-up please let me know. You can contact me at Muktware.com. -- Swapnil Bhartiya Editor: Muktware.com Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives Facebook: http://facebook.com/muktware Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware Google+ : https://plus.google.com/109027644713767623413/posts

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[OT] Malcon?
by Binand Sethumadhavan 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

I came across (on Slashdot) this conference happening in Mumbai: http://www.malcon.org/ Anyone knows anything about the organizers, speakers etc.? Binand

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America Heading Towards The Internet Dictatorship?
by Swapnil Bhartiya 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

The greedy Hollywood is about to change the world as we know it. The entertainment industry which is failing to keep up with the innovation and is relying on Flintstone's model is conspiring with the US congress to break the Internet and freedom on the web. http://www.muktware.com/blogs/2948 -- Swapnil Bhartiya Editor: Muktware.com Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives Facebook: http://facebook.com/muktware Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware Google+ : https://plus.google.com/109027644713767623413/posts

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CsvToFootprint released.
by Balwinder 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

Hello, CsvToFootprint converts CSV file to Kicad footprints. It is similar to CsvToKicadSch. Please download it from http://sourceforge.net/projects/csvtofootprint/ Distribution also includes lot of example footprints and a demo PCB created using this utility. For any support/feature request please contact. Best Regards Balwinder Singh

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Harald Welte wins again.
by jtd＠mtnl.net.in 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

German DSL router vendor AVM had attempted to stop Cybits, which produces children's Web-filtering software, from modifying any part of the firmware used in its routers, including a key piece of Linux-based free software. Cybits won. Harald Welte argued on behalf of cybits. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/243607/german_court_rules_tha…

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Google Releases Honeycomb Code!
by Swapnil Bhartiya 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

While everyone is talking about Android 4.0 code, what is worth mentioning is that Google has also released source code of Honeycomb as well. Despite Google's repeated clarification that holding back Honeycomb code was not intended to make it close source but to stop OEMs from starting to put it on their devices. Honeycomb was a work-around to put Android on the tablets while Google works on Android 4.0. But now Google has released the source code for honeycomb as well. Queru writes in his post, "This release includes the full history of the Android source code tree, which naturally includes all the source code for the Honeycomb releases. However, since Honeycomb was a little incomplete, we want everyone to focus on Ice Cream Sandwich. So, we haven't created any tags that correspond to the Honeycomb releases (even though the changes are present in the history.) Read here: http://www.muktware.com/news/2937 Swapnil Bhartiya

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Android IceCream sandwich Source Code released
by Siji Sunny 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

*Announced by Jean-Baptiste Queru* Hi! We just released a bit of code we thought this group might be interested in. Over at our Android Open-Source Project git servers, the source code for Android version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) is now available. Here's how to get it:Follow the instructions at http://source.android.com/source/downloading.htmlCheck<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://source.android.com/source/downloadi…>out the 'ics-release' branch:repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=https://android.googlesource.com/platform/…>-b android-4.0.1_r1 That's it! However since this is a large push, please be aware that it will take some time to complete. If you sync before it's done, you'll get an incomplete copy that you won't be able to use, so please wait for us to give the all-clear before you sync. This is actually the source code for version 4.0.1 of Android, which is the specific version that will ship on the Galaxy Nexus, the first Android 4.0 device. In the source tree, you will find a device build target named "full_maguro" that you can use to build a system image for Galaxy Nexus. Build configurations for other devices will come later. Unfortunately we still don't have our Gerrit code review servers back online. That remains our top priority though, and we hope to have them back soon. This release includes the full history of the Android source code tree, which naturally includes all the source code for the Honeycomb releases. However, since Honeycomb was a little incomplete, we want everyone to focus on Ice Cream Sandwich. So, we haven't created any tags that correspond to the Honeycomb releases (even though the changes are present in the history.) JBQ, on behalf of the AOSP team. -- Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru Software Engineer, Android Open-Source Project, Google. -- Siji Sunny

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Commercial- Needed Android Trainer
by Siji Sunny 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Hello All, One of my friend is looking for a android trainer for giving a 10 day training on android application development at her company on urgent basis.If anyone interested pls contact me or Mrs.Padmaja Johi ( padmajanjoshi(a)gmail.com) off list. Thanks -- Siji Sunny

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Website redirected to FSF
by pavithran s 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Is it me or the LUG website is being redirected to FSF India ? I was even unable to get to the mailing list page . Regards, pavithran

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test
by Anurag 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

test mail

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Beaglebone hacking session at Droidcon
by Siji Sunny 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

DroidCon : Nov-18 & 19,Bangalore http://droidcon.in/2011/ Khasim's Mail from beagleboard maillist : Hi all, We will be introducing Beaglebone running Android from arowboat.org for the first time live at http://droidcon.in/2011/ What's more ? There will be a big hackers corner with : - Lots of beaglebone(s), beagleboard xm (s), pandaboards, craneboards, flashboards, lot more - Instructors from arowboat.org community to teach/discuss Android internals - Beginners sessions will be conducted every 3 hrs. - Tools and sources will be provided handy - Win exciting prizes - You could win a "beaglebone" Thanks to Android porting, arowboat.org communities for helping us. Looking forward to meet you there, if you have more inputs, suggestions, please write to me directly. Regards, Khasim -- Siji Sunny

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Video of Linus Talking about Indian contribution
by Swapnil Bhartiya 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Extracted the chunk where Linus talks about India. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=worGBIx-pdU -- Swapnil Bhartiya Editor: Muktware.com Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives Facebook: http://facebook.com/muktware Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware Google+ : https://plus.google.com/109027644713767623413/posts

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Complete Docu-Interview of Linus Torvalds
by Swapnil Bhartiya 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

Hi we just released the video of interview with Linus Torvalds. Its here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3a_HVnJSMHU -- Swapnil Bhartiya Editor: Muktware.com Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives Facebook: http://facebook.com/muktware Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware Google+ : https://plus.google.com/109027644713767623413/posts

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Boot to Gecko : Web based Mobile Operating system My Mozilla
by Siji Sunny 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

** *Mozilla announced more details and a project roadmap for its Android-based, web-centric Boot to Gecko (BTG) mobile operating system, including plans to release a version in the second quarter of 2012. It also announced an updated Firefox 8 web browser for desktop and mobile devices, featuring improved HTML5 support, Twitter integration, and an enhanced password function for Android.* Read More : https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G -- Siji Sunny

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Plasma Active : Technology for an intelligent user experience
by Siji Sunny 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

Plasma Active is innovative technology for an intelligent user experience (UX). It is intended for all types of tablets, smartphones and touch computing devices such as settop boxes, smart TVs, home automation, in-vehicle infotainment. The goals for this KDE open source project are: - a fast embedded UX platform with minimal memory requirements - customizable and modular to support different form factors - an interface that adapts as users change Activities. http://plasma-active.org/ -- Siji Sunny

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fedora 15 - Unable to connect to Internet (Lan-based SSV/24online)
by Rony 05 Nov '11

05 Nov '11

-----Original Message----- From: Sachin Divekar Sent: 04/11/2011, 20:37 To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fedora 15 - Unable to connect to Internet (Lan-based SSV/24online) On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Rony <gnulinuxist(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > -To ensure interoperability: Some internet service providers bind their > > > service to a specific MAC address; if the user then changes their > network > > > card or intends to install a router, the service won't work anymore. > > > Changing the MAC address of the new interface will solve the problem. > ( > > > re-read this thread ) > > > > Could you expand on the interoperability part, on what is it and how > > does binding of MAC id help ensure that? > > > > This particular ISP (SSV) bind ethernet MAC address for authentication. So > according to > them if someone is using one machine then he must stick to that if he do > not have router. > > In the context above, what do you mean by the term 'interoperability' and > how does binding a mac id help an isp achieve that? > > sorry, "interoperability" was wrong word. proper term, *maybe*, would be "to ensure portability of the connection on more than one systems". and it is in context of user not ISP. I am rephrasing my wordings. For user, changing MAC ensures that he can use the internet connection which is bound to a specific MAC id, on more than one systems. Correct! Binding mac ids prevents interoperability and spoofing mac ids is a workaround over this device locking by isps. :-) Regards, Rony.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fedora 15 - Unable to connect to Internet (Lan-based SSV/24online)
by Rony 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

-----Original Message----- > > -To ensure interoperability: Some internet service providers bind their > > service to a specific MAC address; if the user then changes their network > > card or intends to install a router, the service won't work anymore. > > Changing the MAC address of the new interface will solve the problem. ( > > re-read this thread ) > > Could you expand on the interoperability part, on what is it and how > does binding of MAC id help ensure that? > This particular ISP (SSV) bind ethernet MAC address for authentication. So according to them if someone is using one machine then he must stick to that if he do not have router. In the context above, what do you mean by the term 'interoperability' and how does binding a mac id help an isp achieve that? Regards, Rony.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Interview of Linus Torvalds; He Also Speaks Of Sad Situation Of India (Nishit Dave)
by Brian D'Souza 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

> From: Nishit Dave <stargazer.dave(a)gmail.com> > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 10:54:29 +0530 > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Interview of Linus Torvalds; He Also Speaks Of Sad Situation Of India > On Nov 3, 2011 10:08 AM, "Akshay Mishra" <akshaymishra(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > the social condition in India is very different. > > > > The issue is not about social conditions at all. People choose software > development as a lucrative career, and not just because they like it. Many > of the developers come from non-engineering backgrounds, leave aside > computer science/engg. and therefore you don't see many kernel > contributors. The understanding (engg aspect) of many comp sci graduates is just abt the same as a arts or comm student. Our education system does not build young minds in a way that kernal contributors need to think and apply their engg knowledge. > Hardly anybody understands the Free Software / Open Source philosophy. In > fact, many still believe in the ancient Microsoft FUD of open source being > more insecure as anybody can see and change it. > > Apart from philosophy and knowledge related hurdles, another one is that as > FLOSS is not prevalent, freeloaders have a license to steal code without > the fear of being discovered. However, that is a strawman argument. > > Ultimately, as long as developers continue to evaluate opportunities purely > on the basis of how much salary / development fees they will earn, they > will not program just for the joy of it. This has to be expected. We > aren't called a nation of traders for nothing.

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Interview of Linus Torvalds; He Also Speaks Of Sad Situation Of India
by Swapnil Bhartiya 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

India is kind of somewhat a sad situation. Compared to the amount of educated people, I think India is fairly low on the list compared to what it could be. Culturally it should be fairly easy, because language barriers should not be there. If you are educated in India, you know English even if it is not your first language. So India actually should have an easier time being involved in some of the discussions. Don't get me wrong, there are developers, but just not as many as I would expect. And I don't know quite why. There is a fair amount of really enthusiastic local LUGs and I get to hear about them. But, at the same time I don't know India, you know much better. My gut feeling is that a lot of the actual professional developers in India see software development as a job and not as a hobby. That's the kind of picture I've gotten, I don't know if it's true. If you see it [software development] as a job and not as a hobby the whole open source thing is not as natural anymore. http://www.muktware.com/news/2855 -- Swapnil Bhartiya Editor: Muktware.com Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives Facebook: http://facebook.com/muktware Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware Google+ : https://plus.google.com/109027644713767623413/posts

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fedora 15 - Unable to connect to Internet (Lan-based SSV/24online)
by Rony 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

-----Original Message----- > > They bind your ethernet MAC id. So if you are already using their > connection > on > windows box you need to set your windows mac in linux. > > Please guide me on this part (setting the windows MAC). -- Mac ids are in the hardware not OS. It is the same in all OSs unless it is cloned from another device in a particular OS. Regards, Rony.

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Fedora Conference: FUDCon Pune 2011
by Anurag 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rahul Sundaram <metherid(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 8:55 PM Subject: [Ilugc] Fedora Conference: FUDCon Pune 2011 Hi When: 4 to 6th of November 2011 Where: College of Engineering Pune FUDCon is the Fedora Users and Developers Conference, a major freesoftware event held in various regions around the world, usuallyannually per region. FUDCon is a combination of sessions, talks,workshops, and hackfests. More details at http://fudcon.in/ Rahul -- http://web.gnuer.org/

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Opening For Junior Linux Engineer
by Pravinkumar Chavan 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Job Title: Junior Software Engineer Job Location: Mumbai Key Skills: Familiarity with Linux platform, Good programming skills, Programming knowledge of C, C++, Knowledge of QT,Bugzilla,SVN will be added advantage. Job Description: The Junior software Engineer will be involved in configuring and testing Linux based system.Shell scripting on server and device, compiling kernels and related application. Maintaining operation statistic, Providing on sight support. Experience: At least 6 month of relevant work experience. Salary: 1.2 to 1.8 per anum Please send your resume to getgoing(a)enrouteinc.com -- ** _________________________ Pravinkumar Chavan Software Engineer +919867107370 ** *_________________________* * *

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Fedora 15 - Unable to connect to Internet (Lan-based SSV/24online)
by Sarfaraz Kazi 01 Nov '11

01 Nov '11

Hi! I have installed Fedora 15 on my desktop & facing problem with connecting to the Internet. I'm using SSV Internet (LAN based network) which uses the 24Online Cyberoam client in Windows for connection & authentication. I have downloaded & installed the cyberoam linux client but it fails to connect. If anyone is using SSV internet connection on Fedora 15, please guide me how to enable connectivity. Regards, Sarfaraz Kazi

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[Commercial] Job opening for Software Developer at Tata Institute of Social Science
by Ganesh Gajare 01 Nov '11

01 Nov '11

Job Title: Software Developer Job Location: Mumbai Key Skills: Familiarity with Linux platform, strong programming skills, experience in web and database programming, familiarity with CSS and Javascript. Job Description: The software developer will be involved in programming web-based applications. The responsibilities will include understanding requirements and system design, developing client side user pages and server side code along with database programming, testing and maintenance of web applications. Experience: At least 1 year of relevant work experience. Salary: 2.5 to 3.5 per anum Please send your resume to recruitment(a)tiss.edu before 4th November 2011 -- Ganesh Gajare Be a FOSSER, Use GNU/Linux

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BeagleBone : 89$ ARM development board by Texas Instruments.
by Siji Sunny 01 Nov '11

01 Nov '11

BeagleBoard.org(Texas instruments) announced a new open-platform, hobbyist-focused development board -- priced at just $89 and equipped with a Linux distro that boots in ten seconds. The BeagleBone offers an ARM Cortex-A8 processor running at 720MHz, 256MB of RAM, two 46-pin expansion connectors, a USB host port and multipurpose device port, on-chip Ethernet, and a microSD slot. http://beagleboard.org/bone -- Siji Sunny

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compiled image not reaching shell prompt
by Pravinkumar Chavan 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Hi All, Thanks siji. I do take care of that. So I am starting new thread with this. Kernel compile really testing my patience. I have cross compile the linux kernel 2.6.35 for mips based system. When i loaded that to the device and rebooted the device its booting device but not falling or reaching the shell prompt so because of that I am not able to access the shell. Can someone help me where I made mistake. This is what the log message says... 1. For compiled image vmlinux =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= PuTTY log 2011.10.24 11:19:04 =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= <--LAN_LAN91C111_install() ##HW_CFG--zmh---get HW_CFG--- is 0x00050000. LCD has been installed! Panel(WVGA_800x480), 800x480 frame_buffer =0x81800000 Start to display framebuffer! Display down! YAMON ROM Monitor, Revision 02.27GDB1200. Copyright (c) 1999-2004 MIPS Technologies, Inc. - All Rights Reserved. For a list of available commands, type 'help'. CPU/SBUS/DDR in MHz: 492/164/164 Compilation time = Nov 23 2010 17:12:04 MAC address = 00.00.01.02.30.40 Processor Company ID = 0x03 Processor ID/revision = 0x02 / 0x02 Endianness = Little CPU = 492 MHz Flash memory size = 8 MByte SDRAM size = 256 MByte First free SDRAM address = 0x8008fdb0 Environment variable 'start' exists. After 2 seconds it will be interpreted as a YAMON command and executed. Press Ctrl-C to bypass this. -----------------------zmh---- -------------lcd --init-----panel-------111111111------- Panel(WVGA_800x480), 800x480 -----------------------zmh-----------------lcd --init-----panel-------222222222222------- -----------------------zmh-----------------lcd --init-----panel-------33333333333------- -----------------------zmh-----------------lcd --init-----panel-------444444444444444444------- -----------------------zmh-----------------lcd --init-done-- -----------------------zmh-----------------lcd -----setlocation-----frame_buffer =0x81800000 -----------------------zeng-----------------go-----vmlinux------- files: 9FD08B98, address: 9FD08B4C, jump: 0 --------------------------------------------- Loading Image: vmlinux.rec (Format = SREC) TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TTTTTTTTTTTTTTT Image Loaded Successfully. --------------------------------------------- Program Entry Point: 80104610 Executing Application Linux version 2.6.35 (root@pravin-P5GZ-MX) (gcc version 3.4.4) #1 Sat Oct 22 12:49:09 IST 2011 bootconsole [early0] enabled CPU revision is: 04030202 (Au1250) (PRId 04030202) @ 492.00 MHz Alchemy/AMD/RMI DB1200 Board, CPLD Rev 0 Board-ID 0 Daughtercard ID 8 Determined physical RAM map: memory: 10000000 @ 00000000 (usable) Zone PFN ranges: Normal 0x00000000 -> 0x00010000 Movable zone start PFN for each node early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges 0: 0x00000000 -> 0x00010000 Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 65024 Kernel command line: PID hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) Dentry cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes) Primary instruction cache 16kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes. Primary data cache 16kB, 4-way, VIPT, no aliases, linesize 32 bytes Memory: 255308k/262144k available (2601k kernel code, 6836k reserved, 684k data, 164k init, 0k highmem) Hierarchical RCU implementation. RCU-based detection of stalled CPUs is disabled. Verbose stalled-CPUs detection is disabled. NR_IRQS:128 Alchemy clocksource installed Console: colour dummy device 80x25 console [tty0] enabled, bootconsole disabled <--LAN_LAN91C111_install() ##HW_CFG--zmh---get HW_CFG--- is 0x00050000. LCD has been installed! Panel(WVGA_800x480), 800x480 frame_buffer =0x81800000 Start to display framebuffer! Display down! -- ** _________________________ Pravinkumar Chavan Software Engineer +919867107370 ** *_________________________* * *

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Request for conducting campus interview
by pankaj＠glug4muz.org 30 Oct '11

30 Oct '11

Hi, Myself Pankaj Kumar, working as a faculty in the MCA(Master in Computer Applications) Course of B. R. Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India (http://www.brabu.net/) on contract basis is also maintaining GNU/Linux User Group (http://www.glug4muz.org/) for my home town. I am spreading knowledge about GNU/Linux O/S to the student community as well as other members of my society. Due to this reason maximum computers are being sold only after installation of at least any one version of GNU/Linux O/S. I started working on Red Hat Linux, then to Fedora, then to Open SUSE and now a day I am working on Arch Linux. I have installed Arch Linux on more than 50 computers without taking any money for this. I am also not taking money for any help required by any one in this environment. For my survival, I am earning very little amount (Rs. 8000 per month ~ $175 per month) from University and some money by taking projects from http://www.freelancer.com/ in the LAMP environment with identity of ccpplinux (http://www.freelancer.com/users/30055.html). Now I want to expand this project execution process by involving more and more students in this work so that I can attract maximum students towards this operating system. For that purpose I have divided the current running projects in different modules and assigned them to three different students. You can have a look at this distribution of work and money at http://www.glug4muz.org/jobs_projects.php and then clicking on any running project name. This process has attracted several students to work with me due to transparency in work and money distribution. I think it will further make popular the GNU/Linux O/S among the student community. But now I am facing the problem of computers on which more and more students will work on these projects. At this moment I am having only two desktop computers on which students are working in shifts. But if I will get any old and used computers or laptops then I am confident that I can utilize them by installing Arch Linux on those computers and starting development work in LAMP environment on them. I am confident that with my present level of income I can maintain these old computers by earning from them but I am NOT having so much money in hand that I can purchase at least 5 new computers and start working on them to spread popularity of GNU/Linux O/S. If any one of you are interested in donating old and used computer for this purpose then please contact me. It will really help me a lot and I will remain thankful to you for this forever. It will also increase my confidence about support of GNU/Linux User Groups for the development of this excellent environment of this world. If you know any other person or organization which can be interested in donating used computers / laptops then please forward this mail to them. I shall remain thankful for this forever. Best Regards ... Pankaj Kumar Webmaster GNU/Linux User Group for Muzaffarpur Phone: +91-9934222555

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[Educational ] Required Live Project for M.C.A Sem 6
by yogesh 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Resp. I am studying a M.C.A. from Mumbai University . As part of Curriculum we have to do a live project in last semester.(which will be from December to May). As i have done a RHCE certification so i want to do a project related to Linux or open source or anything like that. For further information please contact me off the list. sincerely, योगेश. 2 Sentence never wrong 1 god is gr8 2nd life in beautiful

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 100, Issue 1
by Rony 27 Oct '11

27 Oct '11

Sent from my Nokia phone -----Original Message----- From: Arun Khan Sent: 26/10/2011, 14:39 To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 100, Issue 1 On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Suhit Kelkar <suhitkelkar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Not pretty to see that those with queries are still being insulted on > this list. Admins, kick out the rabid and the insane. Why don't we > make a fresh start? > I do not perceive KG's comment as an insult, rather he was pointing out a proper way to post queries to the mailing list. Very true. Regards, Rony.

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FW: test
by Rony 27 Oct '11

27 Oct '11

Forwarding my reply that accidently went only to Kenneth. Sent from my Nokia phone -----Original Message----- From: Rony Sent: 27/10/2011, 08:29 To: lawgon(a)thenilgiris.com Subject: RE: [ILUG-BOM] test -----Original Message----- From: kenneth gonsalves Sent: 24/10/2011, 16:23 To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] test On Mon, 2011-10-24 at 15:27 +0530, Pravinkumar Chavan wrote: > I am Debian user and debian lenny on my embedded device with MIPSEL au > 1xxx > processor. aha - no sooner does the list get resurrected than the top posters and thread hijackers come out in droves! welcome back Mumbai list - we love you. Great to see the list alive again in all ways. ;-) Congratulations and thanks to those who did it. A lovely Diwali gift for all. My Nokia mail app. shows the original mail too so replies are compatible with our list rules. Regards, Rony. Happy Diwali to everyone.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 100, Issue 1
by Suhit Kelkar 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

Not pretty to see that those with queries are still being insulted on this list. Admins, kick out the rabid and the insane. Why don't we make a fresh start? Regards Suhit Kelkar

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Ubuntu Oneiric Release Party
by Nitesh Mistry 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

Hello all, Nice to have the list back up and running again. I wanted to share the info on the Ubuntu Oneiric release party that was held in Mumbai recently [0]. It was a nice experience to see new students being introduced to linux and Ubuntu community. Now that even the ilug-bom list is back, can we also have a lug meet too sometime? [0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IndianTeam/Events/ReleaseParty/Oneiric/OneiricRelea… -- Regards, Nitesh Mistry | www.mistrynitesh.com PGP key id: A6FEF696 | 'geekosopher' on irc.freenode.net

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[Cloud Enthusiasts] [Offtopic]OpenStack Cloud Community in India
by Saurabh Bhatia 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

Hello All We have started a community for OpenStack Implementers / Adopters / Developers in India.This is primarily for people interested in the Private Cloud Technology and implementation of the same. We have been in close touch with the community and have succesfully implemented in a few places in India using Ubuntu Server as the base. We extend our support for the community as well as call other interested members to join us for OpenStack . Here are a few links to get you started : http://www.openstack.org/ , http://wiki.openstack.org/OpenStackUsersGroup You can subscribe by simply mailing at : "openstackindia" <openstackindia(a)librelist.com>, Thanks -- Best Regards Saurabh http://about.me/rootuser

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flash to html5
by jtd＠mtnl.net.in 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

http://swiffy.googlelabs.com/

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[Commercial] Setup Wake-on-Lan
by RSCL Mumbai 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

Hi, I have a PC with CentOS 5.4 installed. I run a "shutdown" command via cron every day at 1pm. I need to start this PC every day at 11am. I believe this can be accomplished using Wake-On-LAN. I do not have much knowledge on this, hence seeking paid help from someone who can do this for me. Please contact me off-list to discuss more. Thx & Rgds, Sans

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

04 Jul '11

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

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

04 Jul '11

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

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[OFFTOPIC] ---- Hack MBA --- Open Hack Open MBA
by Navin Dhanuka 02 Jul '11

02 Jul '11

Hi, Check http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QfPWUyqGq8 Its our first release. Launching the whole moolah on 4th April 2011. Regards, Navin Dhanuka HackMBA.com

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

02 Jul '11

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

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

02 Jul '11

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

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

01 Jul '11

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

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

30 Jun '11

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

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

28 Jun '11

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

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

27 Jun '11

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

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

27 Jun '11

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

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[ANN] Scaling PHP in the cloud
by Anurag 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Sorry for the mess up with the previous mail. Sending it again. >From the friendly folks at HasGeek -- highly recommended for web engineers. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Scaling PHP in the Cloud is a one day conference on the challenges of scaling up from a single-server to multi-server software development model. It is an event for hands-on programmers, with sessions conducted by other programmers on how they do it. Our leading sessions are from Flipkart on how they write and deploy software on the hundreds of machines that power their e-commerce website; Zynga on their use of Membase; MobStac on how you can use Amazon EC2 to scale; and a number of other notable developers from the community. The event is on July 9 at Dharmaram College, Christ University Campus, Dairy Circle, Bangalore. Event website: http://phpcloud.hasgeek.in/ Session proposals: http://funnel.hasgeek.in/phpcloud/ Tickets: http://phpcloud.doattend.com/ Tickets are Rs 800 online and Rs 900 at venue. Early bird pricing has expired, but you can still get tickets at a lower price if you team up with your friends and buy together (3 or more tickets; even lower with 6+). We are a participant-supported event, by developers, for developers, with no sponsor interference. Your ticket money makes this possible. At this event, you get to choose the sessions you want. The schedule was made on the basis of sessions voted up by the community, and we've still got a few spots open for anyone who wants to come up and speak. Part of the ticket price goes to the cost of spreading word about the event. If you can help by telling your friends and buying your ticket with them, we'll give you a nice discount on the total price. -- Anurag <0xB20A82C1> http://web.gnuer.org/blog/

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[ANN] Scaling PHP in the cloud
by Anurag 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

>From the friendly folks at HasGeek -- highly recommended for web engineers. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Scaling PHP in the Cloud is a one day conference on the challenges of scaling up from a single-server to multi-server software development model. It is an event for hands-on programmers, with sessions conducted by other programmers on how they do it. Our leading sessions are from Flipkart on how they write and deploy software on the hundreds of machines that power their e-commerce website; Zynga on their use of Membase; MobStac on how you can use Amazon EC2 to scale; and a number of other notable developers from the community. The event is on July 9 at Dharmaram College, Christ University Campus, Dairy Circle, Bangalore. Event website: http://phpcloud.hasgeek.in/ Session proposals: http://funnel.hasgeek.in/phpcloud/ Tickets: http://phpcloud.doattend.com/ Tickets are Rs 800 online and Rs 900 at venue. Early bird pricing has expired, but you can still get tickets at a lower price if you team up with your friends and buy together (3 or more tickets; even lower with 6+). We are a participant-supported event, by developers, for developers, with no sponsor interference. Your ticket money makes this possible. At this event, you get to choose the sessions you want. The schedule was made on the basis of sessions voted up by the community, and we've still got a few spots open for anyone who wants to come up and speak. Part of the ticket price goes to the cost of spreading word about the event. If you can help by telling your friends and buying your ticket with them, we'll give you a nice discount on the total price. -- Anurag <0xB20A82C1> http://web.gnuer.org/blog/

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PCMCIA
by chetan patil 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

hi, Does anyone have an idea about PCMCIA card which will work on IBM t43 with fedora 14. And does bluetooth,wifi and usb come Bundle in one PCMCIA? Thanks

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Meetup in Mumbai on 24th at 5 PM
by satyaakam goswami 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

Hi, i am travelling and will be in Mumbai from 23rd plan to have a meetup with folks from Mumbai on 24th , the meeting place is going to be Directi office, we will be going out for Dinner after the meetup Meeting time : 5 Pm Meeting Location : Directi.com , Directiplex, Old Nagardas Road, Andheri (East) Mumbai - 400053 Meeting Agenda : Networking Contact Person : Gaurav Chaturvedi , 09869201103 -Satya fossevents.in | fossyatra.in

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MTS mblaze netconnect
by Koustubh Sinkar 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

Namaste, I am trying to use my MTS mblaze netconnect with my Fedora 14. The modeswitching takes place automatically. I don't have to manually use the modeswitch command to switch the mode from storage device to modem. The problem starts after that. When I allow the network manager to connect to the internet automatically, it shows connected and also assigns an ip address to my computer. It also adds the default nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf but I am not able to ping www.google.com or 8.8.8.8. Then I changed the nameservers to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. and tried pinging again. It failed. Next I tried using wvdial. The device connects, but again I am unable to ping and the modem shuts down automatically after 2 minutes or so. I starting reading more about this and realized that the wvdial is nothing but a heuristic frontend that uses the chat(08) program. I think writing the chat script should solve my problem, but the problem is that to write the chat script I will need specs of how this particular modem works. The modem is identified as ONDA systems communications device after typing lsusb in the shell and the manufacturer is ZTE. If anyone have access to these specs or if anyone has experience in hacking or reverse-engineering their protocol please help. Regards, Koustubh Sinkar कौस्तुभ सिनकर <http://www.about.me/ksinkar>

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Tata Photon+ Data Card EC156
by Kaushal Shriyan 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

Hi, I have connected Huawei Technologies EC 156 Tata Photon+ Data Card to Ubuntu 11.04, Please suggest. [ 67.153909] usb 2-1.4: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6 [ 67.248675] scsi7 : usb-storage 2-1.4:1.0 [ 68.248210] scsi 7:0:0:0: CD-ROM HUAWEI Mass Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 [ 68.258218] sr1: scsi-1 drive [ 68.258446] sr 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 [ 68.258777] sr 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5 Bus 002 Device 006: ID 12d1:1505 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Regards, Kaushal

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Welcome to the FOSS India IRC Network
by Vivek Varghese Cherian 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

Hi, The FOSS India Internet Relay Chat Network (irc.foss-india.org) is a communications network for friends,well wishers and community members of the Free Culture and Free/Open Source Movement in India. Come join us and have a wonderful and intellectually rewarding chat experience. Regards, -- Vivek Varghese Cherian (विवेक वर्गीस चेरियान) Senior System Administrator RHCSA #100-173-327 Member of USENIX,SAGE,LOPSA,EFF, FSF Associate. Website : http://www.vivekcherian.com Blog: http://www.vivekcherian.net Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekvc Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vivek.v.cherian IRC: Vivek and ViveKVC on both Freenode and OFTC GPG Key fingerprint = 1EB1 0647 9574 18A3 40B5 8D74 F842 576B 3C2B 8538

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our school in GNU
by sanalmadatheth＠gmail.com 13 Jun '11

13 Jun '11

Dear All, Vocational Higher Secondary School, Irimpanam and the activities of SSK (Swathanthra Software Koottayma, VHSS Irimpanam) has now been included the educational case studies of GNU. Have a look at the link given below. http://www.gnu.org/education/edu-cases-india-irimpanam.html ================================================== <http://www.gnu.org/education/edu-cases-india-irimpanam.html>Sanalkumar HSA(Malayalam) VHSS Irimpanam Irimpanam.P.O. Thripunithura Ernakulam Kerala 9496449969 *SSK on IRC channel #ssk at irc.freenode.net* ================================================== -- പറയാതെ പരിഭവം നീയൊന്നു മുടി കോതി- ക്കഴിയുമ്പൊഴായുസ്സു തീരും പറയാതെ പരിഭവം ഞാനൊന്നു നെടുവീര്‍പ്പിട്ടു- കഴിയുമ്പോള്‍ ലോകവും തീരും..........

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Commercial: Job Posting
by Krishna Dagli 11 Jun '11

11 Jun '11

Infotech Financials Pvt Ltd is a software firm developing customised financial software for the capital markets. We have a requirement for software programmers. We are looking for eligible candidates from the institute with the following profile: 1. B.E pass percentage - No cut off percentage however there should be no backlogs. 2. Basic programming skills - C/C++/Java and sound RDBMS knowledge. Familiarity with HTML/JAVASCRIPT/CSS and Linux would be an added advantage. 3. Good command of written and verbal skills. 4. Should be willing to learn any new technology on any platform - depending on the requirement of the projects. The job profile: 1. Part of a team developing code for financial software. 2. Languages currently used are C, Perl and Java. Work involves development of algorithmic trading software, with parallel computing. 2. May involve work after business hours and being on-call. 3. Work can be onsite or offsite. 4. During a six month probation period, trainees will be offered a stipend based on the skills of the candidate. This will match industry standards post confirmation. Please mail your CVs to resume(a)infofin.com For company related information, please visit our website i.e. www.infofin.com -- Thanks and Regards ---------------------------------------- Krishna Dagli http://krishnadagli.blogspot.com

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Postfix Query
by Rony 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

Hello, I have been going through various docs on the net about sasl authentication in postfix. In the system that I have set up at a client's place, mails are going fine but there is a small issue that needs to be corrected. The setup is a group of machines on LAN running Outlook Express mail clients and a Linux box running postfix pushing all mails to the main ISP's smtp server. Since It is a relay server, I have used the parameter relayhost = [smtp_of_ISP]:25 in the main.cf file. The sasl auth is using smtp_auth_enable and not smtpd_auth_enable and the user names/passwords are listed in the /etc/postfix/sasl_password file. The only *smtpd* related entry is smtpd_recipient_restrictions = check_recipient_access hash:/etc/postfix/recipient_access, reject. Mails are going as required and only to those in the recipient_access list as required. Now if an employee has left and his/her entries are removed from the postfix box as well as the ISP server mail accounts, the Outlook Express mailer can still send mails as that non-existent user. What I found through more reading of docs is that my OE accounts can send mails even without authentication as I don't have smtpd_auth_enable and the LAN is in my mynetworks parameter. Not a big problem as it is local and under control and the OE account can be deleted for that user. However, why is the ISP allowing this unknown user which postfix is relaying when I have everything set in the smtp_auth_ part of postfix? Suppose there is a flaw in my settings, shouldn't the ISP's mail server reject those mails when the username and password do not match with their list? That user has been deleted from their server. -- Freedom is a shared resource. Take some, leave the rest for others. Please trim your replies. Avoid cross posting to other lists. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Regards, Rony.

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[Commercial] Linux & Open Source Jobs Site Announced
by Swapnil Bhartiya 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

We are launching a section of Muktware[1] called - Linux and Open Source Jobs. Under this section, you can search and apply for Linux and Open Source Jobs. If you are an employer or looking for full time employees, experts for contract-based projects, freshers and trainees, you can post job openings and find right candidates for your firm. If you are an engineering student looking for Jobs in the Linux and Open Source industry, you can search for appropriate jobs and apply with one click. The service is available for free of cost. Why to advertise your jobs with Muktware? Muktware has a massive reach in the global market, with a strong presence in India. So, your advertisements will reach out to a wider audience. Since Muktware is an web-magazine we reach out to those who are not aware of regional or Linux specific job sites. Thus Muktware's jobs site offers you a coverage wider than any jobs only site can offer. Its extremely easy to post jobs on Muktware. Just register with us and start posting jobs. Select Employer as the Account time during registration to be able to post jobs. [1] http://www.muktware.com/user [2] http://jobs.muktware.com/ [3] Register http://www.muktware.com/user If you have any query, please write to us at editor at muktware.com -- Swapnil Bhartiya Editor: Muktware.com Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives Facebook: http://facebook.com/mukwtare Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware

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Linux 3.0
by jtd＠mtnl.net.in 07 Jun '11

07 Jun '11

Linux 3.0 on AMD Hudson (Gigabyte E350N-USB3). Had a major struggle getting 5.1 sound going - all kernels between 2.6.32 and 2.6.39 have a problem with ALC892 (something to do with 64bit DMA). The display would not work at all and I had to ssh to get to the machine. Careful inspection of syslog showed a missing radeon binary firmware blob - !@#$ piece of shit I HATE BLOBS - getting it from sid repo solved the problem. Not much info on this board, it being very new even abroad. I am pleasantly surprised at this board being available a month ago. I decided to purchase this one because coreboot was being ported and presumed there would be no problems, since it's a lot harder to run linux in bios than as a regular kernel. Now to test 1080P.

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[Commercial] Linux Tips & Tricks
by Swapnil Bhartiya 06 Jun '11

06 Jun '11

Hi, We are now starting to publish useful tips & tricks for Linux and other foss projects. We would like to invite the community to send us tips and tricks. We will pay per tip & trick. If you are interested in writing, please contact editor(a)muktware.com -- Swapnil Bhartiya Editor: Muktware.com Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives Facebook: http://facebook.com/mukwtare Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware

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Pune Demo Party by Mozilla India & Mozilla Labs, June 25th 2011.
by Siji Sunny 06 Jun '11

06 Jun '11

Hi All, Mozilla India & Mozilla Labs is hosting "Pune Demo Party" for a full day + night of open web (aka HTML5) demo hacking, food/drinks! An artful exploration of open web technologies, in the tradition of the Demo Scene. Attend/ Host hands-on HTML5 workshops and collaborate with hackers and artists till late night or even the next day to take home the evenings Demo Party Award! Date & Venue: IIIT- PUNE, June 25th. For more deatails please visit: http://mozillaindia.org/blog/pune-demo-party-mozilla-india-mozilla-labs-jun… http://mozillalabs.com/demoparty/pune -- Siji Sunny

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[Commercial] Printing LaTeX generated pdf
by H.S.Rai 05 Jun '11

05 Jun '11

After a lot help from all, I am able to produce impostioned 1 page of Souvenir: https://sites.google.com/site/hardeeprai/foss-projects/unified-documentatio… I have no mean to check that images and text is in CMYK or RGB, though I tried it to be in CMYK. I need printer who can printer either as shown in above sample, or one can see part of Souvenir (Branch-wise) at (not impostioned, meant for onscreen or getting printed on personal printer) at: http://tcc.gndec.ac.in/souvenir/files/mba.pdf or http://tcc.gndec.ac.in/souvenir/ I need printer, who can print it with good quality without redesigning it. Persons who can offer this service, may email me at: hardeep.rai(a)gmail.com -- H.S.Rai

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Good Media Organiser
by Rony 03 Jun '11

03 Jun '11

Hello, I am looking for a good multimedia organiser that can dig into my system and organise pictures, music, video files that are scattered across many folders as doing it manually is just not possible for me. It should automatically categorise media types. It should have category views that I can simply click on like music, videos etc. so I can get all those files in one list. I have been trying out different media players/centers but they don't have what I want. -- Freedom is a shared resource. Take some, leave the rest for others. Please trim your replies. Avoid cross posting to other lists. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Regards, Rony.

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Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay
by Shahid Farooqui 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

Dear FOSS user, Greetings from IIT Bombay, Spoken Tutorial project ! This is to let you know about this project which promotes FOSS use via helping the learning process. *What is a Spoken Tutorial* "A Spoken Tutorial explains the steps involved in carrying out a computer based activity - such as using the features of some software - with the help of a screencast and narration. A screencasting software captures all the activities on the screen along with the narration and plays it back as a movie. This movie, 10 minutes long, is called the Spoken Tutorial. The Spoken Tutorial serves as a valuable self-study tool." *Benefits of the Spoken Tutorial* - Learn Software and pass certification exams - Get better Employment opportunities - Learn complicated topics through simple tutorials - Pass college exams - Improve English language - Cost effective – end user does not pay anything - Earn honorarium when you create Spoken Tutorials *To use or create Spoken Tutorials* *all you need is -* - a PC/Laptop - a Headphone with a mic input, - free software for capturing the screencast and narration - lots of Enthusiasm ! We would like to hold workshops - "Events" - to teach specific FOSS and teach "How to create Spoken Tutorials".Typically we target Institutes having Computer Science/ Engineering programs. *The FOSS we have Spoken Tutorials for are Linux, Latex, Camstudio, Scilab, Python, Orca and Java, GCC, PHP MySQL and others under preparation. *The tutorials are offered in English and some in select Indian languages too. We welcome your participation in spreading awareness in your group and amongst your contacts.Do write if you have any questions or need more information. We appreciate your involvement in this project of National significance that can "Bridge the Digital Divide". Best regards, Shahid Farooqui Spoken Tutorial Project http://spoken-tutorial.org/wiki/index.php/Spoken_Tutorial_Technology IIT Bombay 022-25764229

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Kernel 3.0 - without absolutely anything new
by jtd＠mtnl.net.in 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/5/29/204 Trust Linus to be a boring techie. Atleast he could have named it 8.0 Astra or 8.0 Gilese. But he's promised to be a ^&^hole.

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Why are We Cross-posting ??
by Narendra Sisodiya 31 May '11

31 May '11

We are seeing an increasing trend of crossposting of email on most of the LUGs of India.. So can we stop this??? we can choose one or create a FINAL mailing list for this purpose or BAN cross-posting in all LUGs.. We need to think some better solutions.. Constructive replys are highly welcome.. -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘

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[cross-post] Ruby on Rails vs Drupal - for new website
by Hameed 29 May '11

29 May '11

Hi Friends I would like to know which of these frameworks - RoR or Drupal - should be chosen for developing a new website. The website should support the following. - A system for - requests to be created by customers, - which get automatically assigned to engineers - request gets resolved by the assigned engineer - customer closes the request with a rating - Excellent Database support - both customers and engineers must be able to register / login to see the status of their requests. - Automatic emails on request status - Generating Reports must be easy. - 'Social' from the ground up. - Easy Payment Gateway Integration - 100,000+ Hits a day - support for Great UI. More importantly, Changes to the UI must be very easy. A google search on the topic gives results pointing more towards Drupal (as probably the internet is dominated by PHP/Drupal developers) and am finding it hard to decide. I also heard a suggestion to go for Microsoft ASP .NET for scalability reason- confused again :(. I do not want to "pay" for Microsoft products. I feel an open source product supported by a community of developers would be better than a Microsoft product. And that would keep the costs low as well. Could you please give me some pointers. Once website development starts, changing the framework later on would prove to be very expensive and I want to avoid such a situation. Hence, need your expert opinions to decide now. Please excuse if ilug is not the forum to ask such a question. Thanks. Shaahul Hameed

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Mx Host look up problem
by Vishal Shinde 27 May '11

27 May '11

Hi Team, I have 4 postfix relay configured with Local DNS cache. I am facing a problem for MX host Look Up for only one particular domain . Whenever I restart named service it works fine for few hours but again the same issue comes back. Please suggest. When ido "host -tmx xyz.com" it gives 2 (SERVEFAIL) -- * With Regards,** Vishal V Shinde ***

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Skype - M$ screws Asterisk
by jtd＠mtnl.net.in 27 May '11

27 May '11

Digium (Asterisk) cannot distribute a skype connector with their appliances, having been served a notice from M$. http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/simon-says/2011/05/a-liberating-betrayal/

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Another Blow To Oracle In Google-Java Lawsuit
by Swapnil Bhartiya 26 May '11

26 May '11

The pre-mature 'conclusions' of Oracle winning the case against Google in the ugly Java battle seems to be falling apart. The court has given an order which makes it clear that Oracle must simplify the case by bringing the patents claim down to a triable number. In case Oracle fails to do that the court will wait for the US Patent Office to verify the patents in question -- which will take quite some time. The reason behind this decision is that the court doesn't want to drag this trial longer. The situation is favourable to Google as either Oracle will have to cut its claims or take the risk of them being re-examined by the USPTO. http://www.muktware.com/news/26/2011/1266 -- Swapnil Bhartiya Editor: Muktware.com Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives Facebook: http://facebook.com/mukwtare Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware

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[cross]Linux Mint 11: Manual Table Of Content
by Swapnil Bhartiya 26 May '11

26 May '11

After Fedora 15, we have created a comprehensive Linux Mint Manual for users. It is a very simple guide which will helps users to migrate from Windows or other operating systems to Linux Mint with greater ease. It also helps you in upgrading to the latest version of Linux Mint along with a detailed guide about how to manage your Linux Mint. You can read the manual here. We invite you to translate it into local Indian languages. http://www.muktware.com/man/1254 Swapnil Bhartiya

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[Cross-Post] Fedora 15 Manual Published
by Swapnil Bhartiya 26 May '11

26 May '11

Hi, We have published a comprehensive Manual for Fedora 15, targeting novice users. The content is available here: http://www.muktware.com/man/1217 The manual is available under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Please feel free to translate it into your own language. If you wish we can publish the translated version on Muktware to give it visibility. Please also feel free to suggest chapters, improvements to it. *Swapnil Bhartiya* Editor: Muktware.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/mukwtare Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware

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USB to parallel port dongle
by jtd＠mtnl.net.in 25 May '11

25 May '11

Anyone used a usb to parallel dongle? I need to use it with LCDproc, and dont want to build an ft232 parallel dongle.

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virtualization software on linux
by naibed 24 May '11

24 May '11

Hello, Need to have a virtual machine to use as test platform. OS is Debian 6.0 on 32bit arch. Let me know any free and stable software which you have used for such purpose Thanks.

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Fwd: confirm ffb882563b0dff1f07d8dada3455c098338b2fe6
by Koustubha Kale 23 May '11

23 May '11

<quote> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Date: Sat, May 21, 2011 at 9:00 AM Subject: confirm ffb882563b0dff1f07d8dada3455c098338b2fe6 To: kmkale(a)anantcorp.com Your membership in the mailing list Linuxers has been disabled due to excessive bounces The last bounce received from you was dated 18-May-2011. You will not get any more messages from this list until you re-enable your membership. You will receive 1 more reminders like this before your membership in the list is deleted. To re-enable your membership, you can simply respond to this message (leaving the Subject: line intact), or visit the confirmation page at <snip> </quote> I haven't sent many messages to the list and none have bounced. So I wonder why I got this nasty bit today morning? ( And I have checked, there haven't been any worms sending out mails from my machine ) Regards, Koustubha Kale Anant Corporation Contact Details : Address : 103, Armaan Residency, R. W Sawant Road, Nr. Golden Dyes Naka, Thane (w), Maharashtra, India, Pin : 400601. TeleFax : +91-22-21720108, +91-22-21720109 Mobile : +919820715876 Website : http://www.anantcorp.com Blog : http://www.anantcorp.com/blog/?author=2

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intact
by Jagdish Chhailkar 23 May '11

23 May '11

On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Koustubha Kale <kmkale(a)anantcorp.com>wrote: > <quote> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: <linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Date: Sat, May 21, 2011 at 9:00 AM > Subject: confirm ffb882563b0dff1f07d8dada3455c098338b2fe6 > To: kmkale(a)anantcorp.com > > > Your membership in the mailing list Linuxers has been disabled due to > excessive bounces The last bounce received from you was dated > 18-May-2011. You will not get any more messages from this list until > you re-enable your membership. You will receive 1 more reminders like > this before your membership in the list is deleted. > > To re-enable your membership, you can simply respond to this message > (leaving the Subject: line intact), or visit the confirmation page at > > <snip> > </quote> > > I haven't sent many messages to the list and none have bounced. So I wonder > why I got this nasty bit today morning? ( And I have checked, there haven't > been any worms sending out mails from my machine ) > > Regards, > Koustubha Kale > Anant Corporation > > Contact Details : > Address : 103, Armaan Residency, R. W Sawant Road, Nr. Golden Dyes Naka, > Thane (w), > Maharashtra, India, Pin : 400601. > TeleFax : +91-22-21720108, +91-22-21720109 > Mobile : +919820715876 > Website : http://www.anantcorp.com > Blog : http://www.anantcorp.com/blog/?author=2 > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers >

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Call for collaboration on few Kernel projects
by Shamit Verma 22 May '11

22 May '11

Hi All, Got a Tablet that runs Android (Kernel 2.6.36.3 on ARM Cortex A9). Was pleasantly surprised to see that I can apply Linux knowledge for Android development. Working on these two hobby projects: 1. Enabling Bluetooth DUN 2. Enabling 3G USB sticks Primarily, this would involve 1. Modifying Kernel modules (E.g. usb_modswitch) to work on ARM and to work without glibc. 2. Shell scripts for loading modules + setting up networking (E.g. ppp) via userland tools. On Android, we have: 1. Code that already works on other Linux systems 2. Easy to use dev environment and build/debug tools 3. Linux userland tools (via BusyBox) Please let me know if you want to collaborate or help. All work would be maintianed as open source on some repository like Github / Sourceforge / Google Code. Regards, Shamit

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Long time to detect Reliance Data Card
by H.S.Rai 22 May '11

22 May '11

On Ubuntu 10.10, Reliance Netconnect, Broadband+ works out of box, with following one issue: It takes long time (2 to 4 minutes), to appear in Network Manager. What could be the issue, and can we do something (to issue some command, run script, or setting) to make it appear in less time (say 10 seconds). -- H.S.Rai

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Call for collaboration on few Kernel projects
by Nishit Dave 22 May '11

22 May '11

On May 22, 2011 9:46 AM, "Shamit Verma" <subs.linux.mum(a)vshamit.com> wrote: > > > Thanks for the pointers that you provided for usb_modeswitch. Can you > post your script for reliance. Reason is, Android does not have some > tools like wvdial so scripts might be slightly different. > This is my script, Reliance.dia: #!/system/bin/sh /system/bin/pppd \ /dev/ttyUSB0 \ 115200 \ debug \ noauth \ user 93******** \ password 93******** \ defaultroute \ noipdefault \ usepeerdns \ connect '/system/bin/chat -v -f /system/etc/ppp/Reliance.conf' I don't know if it works, as my kernel still lacks ppp support. Why did you need usb_wlan and tun? This is the conf script that I'm really doubtful about: TIMEOUT 40 ABORT "DELAYED" ABORT 'BUSY' ABORT 'ERROR' ABORT 'NO DIALTONE' ABORT 'NO CARRIER' TIMEOUT 40 " \nAT OK AT&F0 OK ATE0V1&C1&D2 OK ATE0 OK AT+CGDCONT=1 OK ATD#777 CONNECT " I don't remember what I did with the APN requirement. > > Sure, will compile a step-by-step for building and loading these > Kernel modules once I get the whole thing to work. > > Regards, > Shamit > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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Requirement of programmers in R&D project, IITB
by jitendra 20 May '11

20 May '11

GISE Lab ( www.gise.cse.iitb.ac.in ) is looking for Developers Desirable skill set - Java Web Programmer/Web Developer with prior experience of 1 year. - Having good knowledge of javascript, AJAX, JDBC. - Hands on experience with Postgresql database. - Experince working on LINUX platform. - Having basic knowledge and understanding of GIS (Geographic Information System) and its vector/raster data . - Experience with POSTGIS database. - Hands on experience with Geoserver/Mapserver/Degree.

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Request to kernel developers for help
by Nishit Dave 19 May '11

19 May '11

Hello everyone, Most of you must be aware of the Indian tech startup Notion Ink, which has released its much-awaited nVIDIA Tegra 2 based tablet, Adam, which runs on Android 2.2. You must also be aware that Google has not released the source code of Honeycomb (Android 3.0), claiming that much work needs to be done, but some large hardware manufacturers like Motorola, Acer, Asus etc. already have access, and have released their Honeycomb tablets based on nVIDIA Tegra 2 to a great public reception. The Adam tablet is technically as capable as the rest of the Tegra 2 devices, but it suffers from lack of access to the latest operating system. On the other hand, Notion Ink has been supportive of efforts by hackers to improve upon the device software, which has given us various alternative ROMs, root access, etc. As of now, the community of hackers organised around the forum at http://tabletroms.com is focusing its effort on porting Honeycomb to the Adam and other 'left out' tablets. This work is being done by tweaking the system dumps obtained out of the existing Honeycomb tablets, and so far, there has been substantial progress in getting it to run on the Adam. ( http://tabletroms.com/forums/showthread.php?356-Honeycomb-on-the-Adam-%28Up… ) As you may read on the thread above, there is still lots of work to be done to have a stable system, and much of this concerns the kernel. ( http://tabletroms.com/forums/showthread.php?596-WIP-Honeycomb-kernel-(nv-te… ) The community is running short of experienced hands at kernel development, and would like to solicit your help in the kernel development effort. If you are an experienced kernel developer with interest in Android or embedded systems, you could be an ideal candidate. In fact, the community has chipped in to create a bounty for a fully working instance of Honeycomb, with amounts set aside for different aspects of the OS. (http://tabletroms.com/forums/content.php?2-Honeycomb-ROM-Contest) (http://tabletroms.com/forums/content.php?4-Stabilize-the-HC-Rom) We know that the chief motivators for open source contributors are knowledge, community building and recognition, not money. However, it always helps to show our gratitude for your contribution, apart from actually using it. Many members have also demonstrated good spirit by sending donations to student developers and others that have been helping maintain the forum and development out of their own pockets. If any of you feel that the likely end results are worth the effort, please feel free to visit the forum or IRC at http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23%23adamroot&uio=d4 Best regards, Nishit ps: If you are interested in the device itself, some owners are willing to sell their tablets as they have access to other alternative models.

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[Commercial] ERP for University
by H.S.Rai 17 May '11

17 May '11

Show that FOSS can be there :-) https://sites.google.com/site/hardeeprai2/home/greatdevelopers/PEC.jpeg -- H.S.Rai

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Dell Laptop
by Surya Sharma 16 May '11

16 May '11

I'd like to buy a Dell XPS15, and want it without Windoze. Anyone has any info on this? Thanks Surya

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Ubuntu 11.04 First Impressions
by Rigved Rakshit 15 May '11

15 May '11

> > Ubuntu 11.04 is up and running in my system since some days. Takes a > little while to get used to the new locations of the application icons. > The entire focus of the new UI is to save vertical space. It detected my > HP PSC Deskjet K209a directly and print and scan worked out of the box. > As usual video, sound everything works. My system, Core i-3 + Intel > DH55TC mobo + 2GB DDR3 RAM. No restricted drivers used. > > One good change in the installation process is that during the > pre-installation questions round, it shows 2 options, one, to download > 3rd party hardware drivers and two, to download multimedia codecs and > other non-free stuff for full multimedia support > (ubuntu-restricted-extras). Check mark both of them and after your > installation, your system is up and running with full hardware (If using > restricted drivers) and multimedia support. > > -- > > Freedom is a shared resource. Take some, leave the rest for others. > Please trim your replies. Avoid cross posting to other lists. > Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. > > > Regards, > > Rony. Yes Unity is great and it takes some getting used to. Just wanted to point out that the non-free stuff installed during installation is not the same as ubuntu-restricted-extras. This will have to be installed separately. If you are wondering what is the difference, it is as such: ubuntu-restricted-extras has more packages (codecs etc.) than the ones installed via the installation process. Regards, Rigved Rakshit

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Ubuntu 11.04 First Impressions
by Rony 14 May '11

14 May '11

Hello, I tried out the Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit edition on my system and was amazed at the new UI. It looks like a mix of Android, Apple and Ubuntu-Netbook-Edition. The developers have thoughtfully eliminated the horizontal bars and put the menu vertically on the left had side. Nowadays with monitors short in height but stretched wide, there is surplus space on the vertical sides. There is this new Libre-Office. I wonder if there is some dispute with OOo? The Apple like feature is the permanent menu bar that adapts into the open application's menu bar and back after the application is closed. As time permits, I will install it in my system. -- Freedom is a shared resource. Take some, leave the rest for others. Please trim your replies. Avoid cross posting to other lists. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Regards, Rony.

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linux admin required @ persistent
by neel 13 May '11

13 May '11

Opportunities @ Persistent, Pune. If you are interested, please send cv to neel.gurjar(a)gmail.com Regards, Neelesh Gurjar I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious !J best suit for the below profile (2 to 4 Years of experience) – · Experience in managing storage, including encrypted volumes · Deploying network services, including SSH, FTP, and web services in HA · Hands on experience in securing files with ACLs and network services with the firewall and SELinux · Working effectively with security tools, including SELinux, SSL, and authentication · Automating installation of Linux using kickstart · Understanding of elements of monitoring and system tuning · Work experience with advanced GRUB features, rescue and GRUB CDs, advanced ext2/ ext3 file system repair, rescuing RAID and LVM volumes · Configuration and management of Red Hat Directory Server · Management of user authentication with PAM and glibc NSS · Experience in using Kerberos and LDAP to centrally manage user authentication · Good understanding on the Threat Model and Protection Methods, Basic Service Security, Cryptography · Administration of Public DNS servers. BIND and DNS Security, OpenSSH, FTP, Apache Security, Intrusion Detection and Recovery · Hands of experience in setting up SQUI Reverse proxy in cluster and Webserver publishing is must · Hands on experience on any log collection and analysis tools, like RSA eNvision, Symantec SSIM · Data backups and restoration · Scripting experience is must, in any one language Perl, Shell, BASH etc · Excellent process knowledge and work experience on any change management tool administration · Good knowledge of processes (change and configuration management)

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[commercial] python/django training
by Kenneth Gonsalves 12 May '11

12 May '11

hi, there is a large demand for python/django programmers, and I am getting constant requests for candidates. I had tried to interest some institutes in training, but most of them are unprofessional and provide mere theoretical knowledge. Companies that need django developers have to spend too much time training their recruits. The recruits lack the all round skills in development and deployment that are the hall mark of a modern web programmer. I have decided to offer training in a live environment which will produce people who can 'hit the ground running'. The programme will be flexible, tuned to the individual needs. This means that the course can run from one month (minimum) up to 3 months. Again depending on the trainee, it will be both on location and remote. The location is Ooty, and accommodation will be provided/arranged. As an introductory offer, the charge will be 25K - and a job is guaranteed for anyone who passes. Prerequisites - some knowledge of programming and web development. More important, the ability to work hard and the desire to learn new things. Please contact me off list. -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com Coimbatore LUG rox http://ilugcbe.techstud.org/

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Linux bios
by jtd 10 May '11

10 May '11

http://lwn.net/Articles/442042/ AMD to use linux bios (now coreboot) in all new processors. -- Rgds JTD

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Reliance 3G USB Mobile Broadband Dongle
by Kaushal Shriyan 10 May '11

10 May '11

Hi, Have Anyone configured Reliance 3G USB Mobile Broadband Dongle on Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ? I can see it in dmesg and lsusb,but the NM applet does not detect it. I have added usbserial and options in /etc/modules and rebooted the laptop still it does not get detected by NM (Network Manager). Have added usb-modeswitch and usb-modeswitch-data. I have the latest modemmanager and NM and Tried all options but works fine in Ubuntu Linux 10.10. Any clue ? Regards, Kaushal

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USB TV Tuner card on GNU/Linux which can record also
by Narendra Sisodiya 08 May '11

08 May '11

Do you know any such model ?? Let me know.. -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘

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[JOBS] Requirement of Sysadmins
by Ninad Gupte 08 May '11

08 May '11

Hello, We are a web hosting and remote infrastructure management company based at Prabhadevi. We have 2 vacancies for Linux System Administrators. A junior position is for a person with at least a year's experience on Linux, while the higher position is for 3+ years. Interested candidates can write to us on hr(a)interpole.net Regards, Ninad Gupte Interpole Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

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Re-Introduction to DebBundle project
by Narendra Sisodiya 06 May '11

06 May '11

If you have Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit and do not have vlc on it. then you can download this 24MB package - http://code.google.com/p/debbundle/downloads/detail?name=vlc.x86_64.OneClic… and just give a one click, it will it install vlc on your system So, how I have done it, Here it the full story.. Problem - How to install Software package on a Linux System when it do not have Internet ? I know there are multiple solution to this problem.. Here I am giving one very solution which looks perfect to solve the problem you can down the script from http://code.google.com/p/debbundle/ What this little script will do.. For example, your system do not have vlc , then you can go to other system which has Internet and then run the script . Script will produce VLC.i386.OneClickInstall , You can can carry this file to anywhere and then install it by just clicking it. Let me repeat, Just by clicking it, neither you terminal , nor you need any extra software to install it. So enjoy it and give me feedback. ( narendra AT narendrasisodiya DOT com ) read more at - http://blog.narendrasisodiya.com/2011/05/how-to-install-software-package-on… <http://blog.narendrasisodiya.com/2011/05/how-to-install-software-package-on…> Script will only download the files which are needed on a given system. But the OneClickInstall Bundles will created on a centralized manner on a freshly installed Ubuntu/Debian. What I am exactly doing ? I am basically reproducing the beauty of "D: Drive" which almost every windows user has. For example when I was in BTech, I never used Internet but Still I did many installation and re-installation of Windows where everytime I use to go to D:\Software folder to make few clicks to install all other software. {I was not aware of GNU/Linux at my BTech. please excuse me} There are still many many user exist who do not have Internet and this solution will help them a lot. Also, My intention is to create a 3GB bundle from this script which will cover almost every daam COMMOM software for normal user. I hope you got my intension behind this. Last year , I did the same, instead of creating this 3GB oneclickbundle, I create "iso" with lots of customizations. Its called SchoolOS. those who used it, just loved it. But unfortunate people took it as different OS and hesitated to installed SchoolOS. There is no momentum in SchoolOS project from last 4 months. I hope, people will love this solution. I am trying to solve all common problem which normal user face. For example, In SchoolOS , I compiled list of command-line operations which normal user do, and then I created nautilus script to do same thing from GUI.. Well this solution is not for user who can run command line "apt-get install ...", its for them who want to install it using just ONE CLICK. There will not be any dependency problem WHY - ? because I am creating these bundles on freshly installed system. I am no going to Install anything on this system. So I am minimum number of packages on my system which you will be having. Let me repeat again. Step 1) Install Ubuntu Step 2) Click on this 3GB bundle and this will install almost all software which you ( office guy, programmer, engineer, students) need. I might create smaller package something like 600MB and so too. Checkout the LOG for VLC - http://gist.github.com/958318 Someone with higher bandwidth can also use it. Nothing wrong it 2 step process. you will eventually create some software bundle which might be useful to you in future or different machine.. For a sample, Try installing one click installation of VLC - http://code.google.com/p/debbundle/downloads/detail?name=vlc.x86_64.OneClic… -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘

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Lug-Mumbai Site is Down
by Siji Sunny 02 May '11

02 May '11

Hi, http://www.ilug-bom.org.in/ seems to be down.Pls do the necessary action whoever responsible for it. -- Siji Sunny

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] May LUG Meet
by Rigved Rakshit 01 May '11

01 May '11

> > > > > I will try to come on Sunday but since my exam schedule for next week has > > not been released, I can't be sure of anything. > > > > Still, looking forward to the Release Party cum LUG meet. :) > > > > > In all probability I will have the iso of ubuntu/kubuntu 11.04 > > Please bring a media to carry the iso of your choice back with you. (i > dont have a cd / dvd burner) > I also have the .iso images (CD and DVD) of x86 and amd64 versions. So, we can add that to the collection. Oh and by the way, I will be coming. Rigved

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GNU/Linux Distribution Suggestion
by pankaj＠glug4muz.org 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

Hi all, Please suggest me a GNU/Linux distribution with following features: 1. After installing it with CD/DVD, most of packages available for it can be installed from same or another CD/DVD. High speed Internet connection should not be required for installing default packages available for it. 2. It should not be much resource consuming. Should work on an old system such as P-IV with low amount of RAM such as 512MB. 3. Latest version of LAMP related packages should be available on it. 4. It should support Tata Indicom Photon Plus connection. 5. Codes of common audio and video format should be available on it by default. 6. Upgradation process of it should be easy with the CD/DVD of current version. Best Regards ... Pankaj Kumar

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AKSHARAYA - Bi-monthly Speaker Session: About Prof.R.K.Joshi
by Siji Sunny 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

Hi All, Aksharaya’s events are a way to both create awareness about Indian calligraphy, typography and scripts; and efforts to further their development. These events include everything from talks and discussions to demonstrations, workshops and camps. And they are organising a speaker session "RK is RK (Re-introducing R. K. Joshi) " By Vinay Saynekar who is a well known designer/font designer (Contributed to Indix's Raghu series Fonts for NCST (CDAC Mumbai) and lecture at J.J.School Of Arts. Title of the talk: RK is RK (Re-introducing R. K. Joshi) Date: 29 April 2011 Venue: Auditorium of Sir J J College of Architecture, Sir J J School of Art Campus, Fort, Mumbai 400 001 For more information visit : http://www.aksharaya.org/ -- Siji Sunny

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Ubuntu 11.04 Released
by Swapnil Bhartiya 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

Ubuntu 11.04 Released, Available For Free Download The game changing Ubuntu 11.04 is now available for download. Muktware Manual Project has created a very comprehensive guide to help users in installing or upgrading to the latest version of Ubuntu. The guide has special focus on Windows users. Read more here http://www.muktware.com/news/28/2011/1069

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LUG Meet (was Re: Natty Narwhal Release Party)
by Mehul Ved 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:16 AM, gaurav chaturvedi <gaurav.p.chaturvedi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Lets do it on a weekend with the lug meet 30th april or 1st may? Sunday 1st May at 3 p.m.? We need a session or two more to make things more interesting. -- With Regards, Mehul Ved

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May LUG Meet
by Mehul Ved 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

Hi, After a long time we are getting back to having LUG Meets, we have one scheduled for the month of May. Details as follows: Date: 1st May 2011 Time: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Venue: Directiplex, Next to Andheri Subway, Old Nagardas Road, Andheri (East). Agenda for the meet 1. Ubuntu Release Party 2. Debian Session by Kartik Mistry(Kartik can you please confirm the topic?) RSVP page for the event can be found at http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/wiki/index.php/RSVP_May_2011 -- With Regards, Mehul Ved

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Natty Narwhal Release Party
by Rigved Rakshit 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

> > >> > > >> Lets do it on a weekend with the lug meet 30th april or 1st may? > >> > >> > > I'll come in the weekend, preferably on 30th April. Can I also attend the > > LUG meet? Just curious as to what work is going on in the LUG currently. > > > > In all probability we'll have the meet this Sunday (1st may). > The Ilug-Bom servers were not reachable the last time i checked. Hence > the delay in the formal announcement. > I will try to come on Sunday but since my exam schedule for next week has not been released, I can't be sure of anything. Still, looking forward to the Release Party cum LUG meet. :) Rigved

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] May LUG Meet
by Rigved Rakshit 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

> > Hi, > After a long time we are getting back to having LUG Meets, we have > one scheduled for the month of May. Details as follows: > > Date: 1st May 2011 > Time: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. > Venue: Directiplex, Next to Andheri Subway, Old Nagardas Road, Andheri > (East). > > Agenda for the meet > 1. Ubuntu Release Party > 2. Debian Session by Kartik Mistry(Kartik can you please confirm the > topic?) > > RSVP page for the event can be found at > http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/wiki/index.php/RSVP_May_2011 > > -- > With Regards, > Mehul Ved > Will try to come. Rigved

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Squeeze 64 bit
by jtd 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Does any one have squeeze dvds for 64bit ? -- Rgds JTD

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Squeeze 64 bit
by jtd 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Does any one have squeeze dvds for 64bit ? -- Rgds JTD

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[JOBS / INTERNSHIP] Internship for Linux System + Network Administrator
by Arun Khan 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

I am part of an IT Infrastructure Solutions and Management consulting company (www.silverarc.biz). The solutions we provide are based on the FOSS stack. We have tried the traditional method of recruiting and hiring experienced help as well as fresh grads from local vocational institutes, that offer training in Linux. Even with certified and/or experienced candidates, we have found their knowledge of Linux SysAdmin skills and application of mind to be lacking. We want to try out a different approach. We want to train and hire individuals who have a deep thirst for knowledge and the desire to excel. To achieve our objective we are starting a 3 month internship program. The internship will cover the basics in: 1. Linux System Administration. 2. Networking Administration. 3. Hardware. 4. Simple shell Scripting. with practical sessions including client site visit with our field engineer. Timings: Mon-Fri 10:00 - 17:00 Qualifications: 1. Passion for FOSS technology. 2. Willingness to learn something new everyday. 3. Commitment, Dedication and Trustworthiness. Location: Mumbai, Santacruz West. Stipend: None. Fees: Your time. Process: We are serious about this program and request that individuals who are genuinely interested, to reply to me directly [1] with your CV/Resume (ODF/PDF/RTF/TXT formats OK) listing out your current skill set. There will be assesment of individual progress at regular intervals. Successful candidates may be offered full time Junior System/Network Administration position. [1] URL for the email address is <http://tinymailto.com/jobs> Please forward this to your off-list friends/colleagues who might have an interest in the program. Thanks, -- Arun Khan

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Natty Narwhal Release Party
by Rigved Rakshit 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

> > >> Directiplex, > >> Next to Andheri Subway, > >> Old Nagardas Road, > >> Andheri (East), > >> Mumbai, Maharashtra 400069 > >> India. > >> > >> > >> > http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&hq=andheri… > >> > >> No clue why it dosnt show up in the default search. > >> > >> Thanks! > > > > OK. So, just to confirm: > > > > The above address on 28th April during office hours. > > > Lets do it on a weekend with the lug meet 30th april or 1st may? > > I'll come in the weekend, preferably on 30th April. Can I also attend the LUG meet? Just curious as to what work is going on in the LUG currently. Rigved Rakshit

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CsvToKicad released.
by Linux 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Hello List, For electronics engineers, when using open source EDA tools, one of big challenge is component schematic symbols. If you are creating symbol for component with more than 100 pins, it becomes very time consuming and challenging to create error free symbols. Here is a simple program to create symbols for open source EDA kicad. The idea is to describe symbol in .csv format and convert .csv to schematic symbol. At preset program supports Kicad only, but we as a community can expand the program to include as many EDAs(free/commercial) as we can. So that manufactures may start distributing .csv files for their components. Hence I request, if you know Java, have time and know some symbol formats, please contribute. The link to program is http://sourceforge.net/projects/csvtokicad/ http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Utilities/CsvToKicad.shtml Thank you. Best Regards Balwinder Singh

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Natty Narwhal Release Party
by Rigved Rakshit 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

> > > by directi do you mean the old offices or the new , coz even google maps > > doesnt show the new offices' location. > > > > Directiplex, > Next to Andheri Subway, > Old Nagardas Road, > Andheri (East), > Mumbai, Maharashtra 400069 > India. > > > http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&hq=andheri… > > No clue why it dosnt show up in the default search. > > Thanks! OK. So, just to confirm: The above address on 28th April during office hours. Regards, Rigved Rakshit

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Natty Narwhal Release Party
by Rigved Rakshit 19 Apr '11

19 Apr '11

> > > Fine by me. > > Time and place? > > We could host at directi if its ok with everyone. > Hey I don't know where is DirectI. But i'll also come. Time?

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Configuring Dnsmasq server
by Binand Sethumadhavan 17 Apr '11

17 Apr '11

2011/4/17 Mukesh Yadav <mak.gnu(a)gmail.com> >> 1. See if you can resolve DNS from a Linux live CD. > > I can ping from linux machine, but again www.example.com does not work. Ping != Resolve. > C:\Users\m4k>nslookup -q=soa . > Server: m4k-laptop > Address: 192.168.0.3 > > Non-authoritative answer: [snip] So DNS resolution does work. Now do these nslookups: 1. nslookup -q=soa com. 2. nslookup -q=soa example.com. 3. nslookup -q=a example.com. (Note the period at the end of every line) Binand

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Screen brightness problem in ubuntu 10.04
by Amit Gokhale 17 Apr '11

17 Apr '11

Hello Everybody, This is my first post in the mailing list. I have Acer Aspire 4741Z laptop. After installing Ubuntu 10.4 everything is working out of the box. Only problem is I am not able to adjust screen brightness using Fn + left/right arrow keys. When I press those keys slider moves, but screen brightness does not changes. As brightness is always at maximum it drains battery fast. I have updated my distro with all latest patches and updates including latest kernel patch. But still have the problem. I even posted this problem on ubuntu forums also, but no luck there. Searched ubuntu forums also but found nothing. Is anyone else having same problem? Thanks in advance. -- Regards, Amit Gokhale. 9619147571

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[Commercial-China offer]All kinds of embedded hardware
by lug＠the6mgroup.com 17 Apr '11

17 Apr '11

Hi , It just occurred to me that I am silent member of this group since years .Years back I was just a small guy running a business in India . Now that life has changed a lot .I thought I will revisit you guys and see what I can be of use to others here . I have a Chinese and a Hong kong company. We are based in Shenzhen ( the nerve center of electronics manufacturing ), China . The interesting part is we are an unique Chinese company( with Indian origins) which has license to import export from China and also we have local software consultancy and solutions providing license for Doing business in China. China is the hot bed for consumer electronics. I am sure lot of my Indian brothers are now working on ARM technologies and various interesting projects in embedded technology and I am sure things are a lot harder in India because the hardware is not so freely available . In contrast in China all components and hardware required can be sourced very fast . So I would like to supply any hardware you may require even in small numbers .Since we have regular shipments to India for our existing business we can deliver the goods in Mumbai for you too . If there are people who are interested in developing China market for any of their products they may write to me also . Also if any of you guys want to come to Shenzhen,China and explore the mind blowing massive markets here feel free to ask for help . Please email me on mail(a)nikhilbhaskaran.com or laptopsmumbai(a)gmail.com I dont check the lug emails so much Take care all Regards Nikhil Bhaskaran

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Configuring Dnsmasq server
by Mukesh Yadav 16 Apr '11

16 Apr '11

Hi, I'm using Ubuntu 10.10 and I have installed dnsmasq to resolve local domain say www.example.com. In dnsmasq I have configured these settings. address=/example.com/127.0.0.1 listen-address=192.168.0.3 The dnsserver is my laptop on which I have my xampp too. On my laptop I have given 192.168.0.3 as default DNS and it works fine. when I type www.example.com on Browser. On my desktop I'm running Windows which is having 192.168.0.2 IP. But the desktop is not resolving www.example.com I have changed default DNS to 192.168.0.3 and these two machine are connected via mtnl router and also I'm able to ping vise versa. -- Regards Mukesh Yadav

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Sync and backup with latest modification time
by Sagar Belure 16 Apr '11

16 Apr '11

Hi all, I liked the rsync utility for sync and backup in ubuntu. e.g. rsync -arH <source> <destination> would backup files in archive mode(-a), recursively(-r) and preserve hard links(-H). Using this, destination is modified based upon the filesize differences. How do I make rsync to take backup based on latest modified time, doesn't matter if destination file size is larger or smaller than the source file? Anyone have suggestion to use some other/better sync and backup utility than rsync? Any help would be appreciable. Thanks, Sagar Belure

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Natty Narwhal Release Party
by Rigved Rakshit 16 Apr '11

16 Apr '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mehul Ved <mehul.n.ved(a)gmail.com> > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:35:54 +0530 > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Natty Narwhal Release Party > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Rigved Rakshit <r.phate(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I wanted to ask whether there will be a release party in Mumbai on 28th > > April for the Natty Narwhal release. > > A weekday won't be such a good idea. We can have a release party + LUG > meet on 1st May instead. > > -- > With Regards, > Mehul Ved > Fine by me. Time and place? Sorry about the earlier e-mail in which I did top posting.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Natty Narwhal Release Party
by Rigved Rakshit 15 Apr '11

15 Apr '11

There are some people interested in my college. So, we need time and place. Any suggestions? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: gaurav chaturvedi <gaurav.p.chaturvedi(a)gmail.com> > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:15:27 +0530 > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Natty Narwhal Release Party > >> I wanted to ask whether there will be a release party in Mumbai on > >> 28th > >> April for the Natty Narwhal release. > > Sure we can have one, if enough people show interest. > > > > > they are releasing it into the harbour? > > What do you mean by this Kenneth? > > Please keep the talk on topic. >

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Natty Narwhal Release Party
by Rigved Rakshit 15 Apr '11

15 Apr '11

Hi, I wanted to ask whether there will be a release party in Mumbai on 28th April for the Natty Narwhal release. Rigved

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What type of email we discuss in email list
by Narendra Sisodiya 14 Apr '11

14 Apr '11

I am trying to define following type of email which we discuss here 1) Troubleshooting -- Something do not work, Unable to do something, Query in FOSS world 2) Sharing FOSS - Good News - Good news about FOSS implementation in India, like if OpenStandard Policy adopt ODF .. or new FOSS lab installations , new LUGs 3) Sharing BAD FOSS news - Bad new for FOSS lover - INGOU goes for Adobe connect (it should have done icecast etc) 4) Announcement -- Event, broadcast message which usually type in every possible mailing list, job notification, servey etc 5) FOSS - Advocacy - discussion about FOSS Advocacy and how we can change govt policies , syllabus etc 6) Flame-Wars - un-ending discuss , debates .. Do let me know if we have any other type of email in mailing list.. -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘

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