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[OT] Latex... should I use it?
by Nikhil Joshi 24 Dec '02

24 Dec '02

Hi! I recently submitted my proj synopsis, over which the examiner was not at all impressed (spacing,indentation,et al...) We had done the thing in Microsoft Word format ( I used Star Office while my colleagues Microsoft Office ) I researched a little and found out that groff and Latex are great doc formatting (typesetting ?) tools. Also I discovered that mostly Latex is preferred over groff. Now I've learnt Latex a little. However the pdf file I create (with the help of dvips and ps2pdf) looks very crappy in acrobat reader. Ghostview however displays the thing quite well. Is this normal? Has anyone tried Latex and stuff ? Most probably we would print the project on a Windows machine ( i guess very few DTP vendors have Linux as of yet :( ). One of my friends told me that pdf files do not print quite well as compared with Microsoft Word files. Is this correct? I'm in a fix. I'm beginning to like Latex. But at the same time I would not like to face problems with the printing and stuff. Has anyone made his/her synopsis/report/article in Latex ? Is there any other good doc formatting system? Please guide Thx Nikhil

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anybody tell me what is .sft file extentions
by romi jk 24 Dec '02

24 Dec '02

hi can anybody tell me what is .sft file extention and what application is it used and how do i open it (i have a cd of some small linux distribution and it contains a file called elite.sft but cant open it) thnkx in advance Rohit ------------------------------------------------- Sify Mail - now with Anti-virus protection powered by Trend Micro, USA. Know more at http://mail.sify.com Sunny`s column,World Cup Schedule, Scorecards, The cricket Store and much much more!! http://www.khel.com/worldcup/

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Linux Lunacy at Arnala
by Abhijeet More 24 Dec '02

24 Dec '02

"Are you sure about the place and the timing?", I asked Sachin - the only presence from the LUG that I was aware of till then. " As far as I remember it *was* Borivili Station, 7:00 am , Platform no. 6 .... under the indicator." "Yeah! Platform no 6 , under the indicator", comes a voice from behind us. "Hi, I am Mr. Ram Rao ...." Trevor joins in a while later, and then the gang eventually assembles. We left at around 8:00am from Borivili Station for Arnala. But 'lunacy' had already begun for all there. No one seemed to notice that things had been delayed because people were already talking computers ... after the initial 'Hi's and 'Hello's. We got to the resort talking about open source as a business strategy, AMD vs. Intel, 'tangibility in the new world' and what not. At the resort, we hogged at the breakfast table. Absence of females at the resort made us wonder if entry was restricted only to Linux users ;-). Some soft music was being played and the pool looked inviting ... so we obliged our senses ... Ouch, the water was chilling and neither was the sun as hot as yet ... but soon we got playing handball in the pool and the chill didn't quite bother us anymore. Gurpreet, Kunal , Warren had arrived by then. After a few beers, people got back in the pool for some more handball. By noon we'd had enough of it, so we got out and began waiting for lunch to be served. A discussion on the history of commercial computers ensued with Mr. Rao talking about how computers long back,before the IBM PC would boot into BASIC. There was discussion on the invention of GUI and its commercial adoption first by Apple and then by Microsoft. This was followed by some discussion on the current hardware scenario, cheap laptops, expensive server tecnologies. Trevor talked about Media Labs and some of the research work going on there... on low cost technologies. Lunch was taken at half past one and by that time all of us were hungry enough not to talk about computers until some pet puja. Prakash Advani of freeos.com, then talked about the inside experience at his venture, what gave him the idea, how he got funded and his thoughts on content publishing dotcoms as of now. That was followed by discussion on free software business models. Almost everybody was of the opinion that intellectual property had to be recognised. Ideas for revenue generation under such models were put in. Mr. Rao discussed in particular about his enterprise Bajirao Technologies which is into (proprietary) Linux based solutions for medical institutions of all sizes. We left for a walk by the beach at around 3:30, after which we left for Virar. However lunacy wasn't quite over. In the train on the way back, there was that never ending war: 'emacs vs. vi' I and Warren Noronha happened to be the only emacs users around. So it was 2 against 12, but still vociferous enough, countering each of the stupid anti-emacs arguments ... after all, emacs *is* the best editor ;-). So that's what Linux Lunacy was like. Looking forward for a lot more such events. ciao Abhijeet More PS: This lug seriously needs to take a look at HOWTO encourage women in Linux.(http://www.linuxchix.org) ... How about a Linux workshop at SNDT?? (Kapil's idea ... I think)

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Method to print in draft mode frm GNOME/KDE.
by P.V. Mohan Krishnan 23 Dec '02

23 Dec '02

We need to print documents in draft mode on DMPs and D Inkjet printers from Openoffice. Is thre any method of doing that ? Maybe if some simple font was available this could be done !!! - Mohan Krishnan

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Re: [ilug-goa] Poll results for ilug-goa........how about this contest
by Trevor Warren 23 Dec '02

23 Dec '02

Hello FN, How about having a contest on framing Business models based on Free Software. I am sure we can rope in some sponsors and then get them to foster the young minds to build a feasible buisiness model based on FSF/OS. Lemme know if this interests you. We can figure out the modalitities later. I would like to run this on an all india level. Bye for now. Trevor On 16 Dec 2002 13:57:42 -0000 ilug-goa(a)yahoogroups.com wrote: > > The following ilug-goa poll is now closed. Here are the > final results: > > > POLL QUESTION: Is it possible to make a living from > Free/Libre and Open Source Software > (FLOSS)? > > CHOICES AND RESULTS > - No way, you must be kidding..., 0 votes, 0.00% > - Mmmm... I'm not sure about this, 0 votes, 0.00% > - Maybe, under certain circumstances, 0 votes, 0.00% > - Yes, I'm confident I could do it, 0 votes, 0.00% > - Why not?, 0 votes, 0.00% > - For individuals and small firms yes, not for large companies with > overheads, 0 votes, 0.00% - It's possible, but different business > models need to be adopted, 3 votes, 60.00% - You can making a living > (or more)... but not your millions, 1 votes, 20.00% - This is the > wrong premise on which to start a debate about FLOSS, 0 votes, 0.00% > - This is a very crucial question that needs to be first answered, 0 > votes, 0.00% - Proprietorial software has given us wrong ideas about > how to earn from software, 0 votes, 0.00% - FLOSS could expand the > market and create tonnes of more work, 0 votes, 0.00% - Giving away > code for free would kill potential for creativity, 0 votes, 0.00% - > Show us models that work, and we'll be convinced, 0 votes, 0.00% - > How does RMS make his living anyway?, 1 votes, 20.00% > > INDIVIDUAL VOTES > - No way, you must be kidding... > - Mmmm... I'm not sure about this > - Maybe, under certain circumstances > - Yes, I'm confident I could do it > - Why not? > - For individuals and small firms yes, not for large companies with > overheads - It's possible, but different business models need to be > adopted > - saniltalaulikar(a)yahoo.com > - fred(a)bytesforall.org > - trevorwarren(a)yahoo.com > - You can making a living (or more)... but not your millions > - mario(a)alienwiz.com > - This is the wrong premise on which to start a debate about FLOSS > - This is a very crucial question that needs to be first answered > - Proprietorial software has given us wrong ideas about how to earn > from software - FLOSS could expand the market and create tonnes of > more work - Giving away code for free would kill potential for > creativity - Show us models that work, and we'll be convinced > - How does RMS make his living anyway? > - a7ash(a)yahoo.com > > > For more information about this group, please visit > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa > > For help with Yahoo! Groups, please visit > http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/ > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ---------------------~--> Get 128 Bit SSL Encryption! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/CBxunD/vN2EAA/xGHJAA/0XFolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ~-> > > To Post a message, send it to: ilug-goa(a)yahoogroups.com > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: > ilug-goa-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > -- ( >- GNU/LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) /~\ __ http://www.qmailtheeasyway.com __ /~\ | \) / mailto: trevor.w(a)media.mit.edu \ (/ | |_|_ \ Research Asst, MediaLab / _|_| \___________________________________/

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wireless info
by Jai 23 Dec '02

23 Dec '02

Hi Everybody... Can anybody tell me who in mumbai will setup wireless network, my server and clients will be linux based. So I need to know which Access Point, WLAN cards are compatible with linux networking and there availability. bye JAI

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Emulex fiber channel adapter on Linux
by Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe 22 Dec '02

22 Dec '02

Hi, We have SAN here, with a Compaq TL890 tape library, an HSG80 storage array, one GS160 configured as two hosts and a normal ML350 ... all connected to a SAN switch through Emulex fiber channel adapters. For testing, we connected the tape library (TL890 directly to the ML350). It has 10 tape slots and two drives with a robotic arm ... the ML350 has an Emulex fiber channel adapter, that is supposed to show all SAN boxes as SCSI devices. But problem is, /proc/scsi/scsi shows only the robotic arm, and not the tape drives ... we tried compiling all the scsi modules into the kernel, but still no effect. Earlier, when the server was on the SAN, it could not see the storage array or other hosts either. It only shows the first LUN it founds. So we tried tweaking MAX_LUNS, but that doesn't help either! Has anybody tried doing something like this before? Please help! Sameer. -- MTech Student, Reconfigurable Computing Lab, KReSIT, IIT-Bombay. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You'd like to do it instantaneously, but that's too slow.

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problem with printer resolution
by Pradnyesh Sawant 22 Dec '02

22 Dec '02

Hello, i have the foll doubts regarding my printer. i hope u all will be kind enough to answer them 1. i have an epson 480 color stylus printer, which has support in rhl 7.3. the docs (/usr/share/doc/ghostscript-6.52/Devices.htm) specifies that my printer can give the foll resolutions: Xdpi=180,360,720 & Ydpi=90,180,360,720. but i don't know how 2 use these resolutions. plz tell me some place where i can learn about the "gs" command mentioned in the above mentioned doc. also i didn't understand the "YourFile.ps" part. can somebody plz hlp me out? THANX! 1. how can i see the status of the ink remaining in my cartridges? also how do i replace the cartridge when it is empty? 1. when i tried taking some print-outs using gimp, i got them in the default res. if the image is color then the print-out gets messed up, whereas if i specify a b&w print-out, then the image is printed using both color & b&w inks. how do i specify if i want 2 use only b&w ink? THANX! a lot in advance :) -- Best regards, Pradnyesh mailto:pradnyesh@gmx.net

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DNS defaults
by Amish Munshi 22 Dec '02

22 Dec '02

Hi, How do I setup bind to give all the IP address for all subdomains as a.b.c.d? I mean if myhost.com has an IP of 20.20.20.20, then how can I configure DNS server on myhost.com so that ns1.myhost.com,mail.myhost.com, and anything.myhost.com points to 20.20.20.20. I do not want to create a seperate entry for all of them I was a single line that will make everything.myhost.com point to 20.20.20.20. Thanks in advance. Bye.

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NEWSLETTER: GNU/LinuxIndia Dec 22, 2002
by Frederick Noronha 22 Dec '02

22 Dec '02

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You can download the ISO image from ftp://ftp.seul.org/pub/glue/ Bowse the contents of it at ftp://ftp.seul.org/pub/glue/GLUE/index.html Recently, Ajith was demoing the CD to the Press. Says he: "It takes only 10 minutes to setup the lab. Method is extreamly simple. Create a RedHat (or any other) installation and all other required software. Make a tarball of it. A bootable CD with a small script plants it to another computer. "Kudzu" does a good job in detecting new hardware." Free Software campaigners in the Southern State of Kerala are convinced that the local government is "wasting their money" if they sign a MoU (memorandum of understanding) for costly proprietorial software to be implemented in their IT@School Project. o MAKING FREE SOFTWARE/OPEN SOURCE A 'HOUSEHOLD NAME': Abhishek <efylinux1(a)electronicsforu.com> of ElectronicsForYou magazine writes in to announce the planned launch of a new Indian mag, devoted entirely to Free Software and Open Source. Some key facts, as promised by this publishing group, are as follows. Launch date: mid January 2003. Pages: 100 plus. Cover price: Rs 50, or about US$1 (including a CD). This mag is likely to be called 'Linux For You'. It is being published by the same group that brings out 'Electronics For You' and the 'i.t.' magazines. Ideas, suggestions, doubts and inputs for editorial content invited. o LINUX-INDIA GENERAL: This is the list which still is working to play the role of networking different Free/Libre and Open Source Software initiatives across India. See the Linux-India General list at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-general o LITTLE LEAGUE: The idea is to help smaller LUGs around India to network and share resources and ideas to grow and survive. If you belong to this category, contact Sukrit D of Pondicherry <sd_root(a)yahoo.com>. There's also an offer to help you get inexpensive (maybe even zero-cost) CDs of useful distros... provided you undertake to share the same widely in your area. o BELGAUM LUG: Belgaum is a city of c. 300,000 in North Karnataka and home to one of the youngest GNU/Linux user groups in India. This was recently launched with most members being students of the Gogte College of Engineering there. If you'd like to get in touch contact Ashutosh Naik <a7ash(a)yahoo.com> and Rohan Kangralkar <rohankangralkar(a)hotmail.com>. See also their list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-belgaum All the best to them. o LINKING STUDENTS, PROJECTS, MENTORS: Mumbai/Bombay-based Trevor Warren <trevorwarren(a)yahoo.com> or <trevor.w(a)media.mit.edu>, while still in his early twenties, has come up with this idea of a Project Resource Centre. The goal? To link students wanting socially-useful and challenging projects with techies willing to play the role of mentors. Any volunteers? Says Warren: "As of now...we are looking forwards to having a decent site dissimanating information to the FSF/OS community on the following aspects. --> What is the objective of the PRC. --> List of projects for (students) to take up --> List of mentors with their skill sets (based on a Wiki-like tool) --> List of projects students/community wants to propose --> Section for commercial projects that the industry wants to offer --> Collabration tool for all. Tripta <tripta(a)sarai.net> from Delhi, another young lady behind a lot of interesting work, volunteered to list some of the people who have already signed up at the PRC as mentors, some possible projects, and who's coming forward to work on the same. For more details, sign on or check out the archives at the site http://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/prc -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SiteWatch RANDOMLY-SELECTED INDIAN GNU/LINUX SITES: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://ilugmvgr.sourceforge.net Hi all, this is MVGR college linux user group website. In this website we will chat and explore to Linux as well as Linux applications. This website has lots of information as well as good links to visit on LINUX. Every one is invited to join us, we are well supported by OSDN (open source development network), SOURCEFORGE (world's biggest open source arena) as well as lots of Linux lovers.... We will discuss all Linux issues and help each other. Members can also write application programs for Linux but under GNU (the General Public License). http://groups.yahoo.com/group/in-phpug A group for PHP users and developers in India. Anyone and everyone who is interested in PHP, the world's most popular scripting language, is invited to join the Indian PHP User Group. Share your code, your problem, search for solutions, create fantastic new projects. And most importantly *enjoy*. Founded Dec 2001. Members 103. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOUR INPUTS to this newsletter are welcome. Volunteers more than welcome. Contact us at fred at bytesforall dot org --COPYLEFT 2002, GPL. May be freely circulated provided entire text is retained. FN --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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