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FossConf Day One snaps
by Shrinivasan T 02 Feb '08

02 Feb '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shrinivasan T <tshrinivasan(a)gmail.com> Friends. yesday, FossConf Day One events held well. Inaugurated at 1.00pm. stalls were arranged well by NRC-FOSS and MIT friends. people did wonders on stages. lot of students. saw some public too. Mostly classes are filled, speakers rocked there. Still two days are there. come and see our friends doing wonders. see the snaps here. http://picasaweb.google.com/tshrinivasan/FossConfDayOne -- dear, T.Shrinivasan My experiences with Linux are here http://goinggnu.wordpress.com For Free and Open Source Jobs http://fossjobs.wordpress.com -- dear, T.Shrinivasan My experiences with Linux are here http://goinggnu.wordpress.com For Free and Open Source Jobs http://fossjobs.wordpress.com -- dear, T.Shrinivasan My experiences with Linux are here http://goinggnu.wordpress.com For Free and Open Source Jobs http://fossjobs.wordpress.com

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[Commercial]OSIW 2008 Update
by Niraj Sahay 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

[Commercial] OSIW 2008 Update 1. Community Passes are over now. We thank the community for a very encouraging response. 2. Visitor Passes are now available for FREE--you get access to Keynotes and Expo, but not the Tech Tracks. Offer open to the next 200 registrants or 5th of Feb '08. **** TO REGISTER, VISIT: http://www.osiweek.com/users/delegatetemp.php 3. Speaker registration opened for a day. Great response. Now we are closing that too. 4. FREE booths for non-commercial organisations like LUGs available at the B'lore's OSIW Expo and Delhi's ManageIT Expo. Five 6 sqr mtr booths available at both locations. Please contact niraj.sahay(a)efyindia.com (M:09899637885) to exhibit. 5. Two workshops announced: (1) Open Source Powered Virtualization (Delhi) (2) FOSS-enabled software development for mobile devices, B'lore 6. Agenda and programme for all CIO/CTO level summits have been announced. 7. Coming soon: (i) The complete schedule for the Tech Tracks at Delhi and B'lore (ii) Workshop powered by Mr Uma Sankar (ELCOT) and Klaus Knopper (Knoppix): Open Source solutions for people with disabilities at Delhi (Free Entry) (iii) Workshop for those who want to become Entrepreneurs in the FOSS world at B'lore (Free Entry) Thanks a lot for supporting OSIW. Yours truly, Team, OSIW OSIweek.com PS: Bonanza for Naukri.com registrants! If you are registered with Naukri.com, then look for special offers coming your way. [Commercial]

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Mysql embedded with Qt.
by Rajen M. Parekh 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

Hi, I am currently trying to make a small portfolio managing application using Qt4.3.3 + mysql-5.1. I wanted to use Mysql embedded rather then full server. I recompiled the qt mysql driver for using mysql embedded as explained in the Qt manual (qassistant) and the driver compiled successfully. I installed the newly compiled driver at its appropriate location. Now when I start my application, I get the following error...... 080201 14:10:06 InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file operation. InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to InnoDB: the directory. InnoDB: File name /var/lib/mysql/ibdata1 InnoDB: File operation call: 'open'. InnoDB: Cannot continue operation. Actually I don't know how to use this driver.... or rather I should say that how to use the embedded MySQL system. Am I supposed to copy the any files within my application project directory. I tried to search on the net, but couldn't find much to continue. In my main.cpp (where I initialise the mysql server connection), I commented the connection parameters that are used when using the mysql server. My main.cpp looks like this..... ///////////main.cpp///////////////// #include <mainmenu.h> #include <QSqlDatabase> #include <QSqlError> #include <QMessageBox> int main(int argc, char *argv[]){ QApplication app(argc, argv); QSqlDatabase mdb = QSqlDatabase::addDatabase("QMYSQL"); /*mdb.setHostName("localhost"); mdb.setDatabaseName("portfolio"); mdb.setUserName("rajen"); mdb.setPassword("somePassword");*/ if (mdb.open()){ QString success = "Success!!"; QString con = "Connection Successful."; QMessageBox *mbox = new QMessageBox(QMessageBox::Information, success, con, QMessageBox::Ok); mbox->exec(); } else { QMessageBox::critical(0, QObject::tr("Database Error"), mdb.lastError().text()); } MainMenu *main = new MainMenu(&mdb); main->show(); return app.exec(); } ///////////main.cpp///////////////// Any guidance or some links on the net would be helpful. Regards, Rajen.

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POSITIONS AT HBCSE
by alpesh gajbe 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

HOMI BHABHA CENTRE FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENT Ref:HBC/EST/SA/ 30/01/2008 NOTICE NO. 02/08. Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR), Mumbai hereby invites applications for one temporary position of System Administrator. 1. System Administrator at HBCSE - 1 position : Qualification: Candidates should have B.Tech/M.C.A. with 5 years experience (relaxable for meritorious candidates). Job Discription : HBCSE has a LAN with about 120 clients, and several servers. The candidate is required to manage and monitor the network, the websites and provide basic support. All the servers run GNU/Linux operating system and exclusively use free software. This is a major and key assignment, requiring high quality of professional skill and experience. The applicant should have sound knowledge of GNU/Linux (Unix) system administration. System administration includes setting up and maintaining servers for web, email, spam and virus filtering, firewalls, network traffic monitoring, databases, wikis, backups,etc. HBCSE conducts computer related workshops for schools and other educational organizations. Applications are sought from individuals with a passion and commitment for working in a learning environment, and an excellent understanding of free software development and support systems. The candidate should also have good communication skills with interest in technical education. The position is purely temporary, for one year in the first instance and extendable by one or two more years. A consolidated honorarium will be paid as follows. * Rs. 25000/- p.m. + HRA 30% in lieu of Institute accommodation. Age: Upto 35 years (relaxable for meritorious candidates) Application giving full details such as Name, Date of Birth, Full address with phone/mobile number and e-mail address, Educational Qualification, names and addresses of two referees (attach testimonials from referees) together with true copies of relevant certificates, testimonials duly attested & super scribing the post applied for and the Notice No. 02/08 on the envelope, should reach the Administrative Officer, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, T.I.F.R, V. N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd, Mumbai - 400 088 within 20 days from date of publication of this notice. Applicants in Govt. / Semi-Government / Public Sector undertakings /Autonomous bodies must apply through proper channel. For more information visit our website: http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in (M.D. Gaitonde) Admn. Officer – D NOTICE BOARDS : HBCSE, Mankhurd : GMRT, Pune : TIFR Main Campus : RAC Colony : TIFR Centre, Bangalore : CRL, Ooty : NCBS, Banglore : BF, Hyderabad : NCRA, Pune : HEGRO,Panchmarhi

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] GPRS /EDGE etc performance
by Kartik Mistry 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

jtd wrote: > The CDMA usb modem from tata is about tolerable I am using it, the speed is much better at Ahemdabad than Mumbai! I am wondering if it is location specific.. > Basically Schuyler Erle one of the freemap faculty would like to > obtain a connection when he is India. Tata modem will suck for them, specially who had experience with broadband/or other good connection. -- Cheers, Kartik Mistry | 0xD1028C8D | IRC: kart_ blog.ftbfs.in | kartikm.wordpress.com

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GPRS /EDGE etc performance
by jtd 31 Jan '08

31 Jan '08

Hi all, what is the state of gprs /edge performance. a few months ago i tried out airtel gprs and it was pathetic to say the least. The CDMA usb modem from tata is about tolerable Basically Schuyler Erle one of the freemap faculty would like to obtain a connection when he is India. Rgds JTD

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Kolhapur workshop
by Kenneth Gonsalves 31 Jan '08

31 Jan '08

Hi, the report on the recent workshop in Ichalkaranji is here: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/wiki/KolhapurWorkshop We would like to thank the members of Mumbai and Pune LUGs for their active and professional help in making the event a grand success. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ Foss conference for the common man: http://registration.fossconf.in/web/

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[OT][JOBS] PHP/MySQL Developer
by Rohan Dighe 31 Jan '08

31 Jan '08

DETAILS OF VACANCY POSITION VACANT PHP/MySQL Developer COMPANY NAME Webchutney Studio Pvt Ltd. COMPANY PROFILE Webchutney is a full Service Interactive Business and Marketing Agency that provides its clients with multi-platform user interface design and marketing, interactive application development and technical program management, data analysis, customer relationship management and advisory services. Webchutney has offices in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. For more, visit us on www.webchutney.com JOB DESCRIPTION • The Incumbent would be responsible for development of new section / features, and maintenance of websites. • Designing and implementing code that is portable, high performing and bug free. • The incumbent would also be also be working on some open source module for Integration. QUALIFICATION Experience: 1 – 3 yrs Education: Graduate, BCA/DCA or Certificate course in Computer Science or equivalent LOCATION New Delhi & Mumbai CONTACT INFORMATION : rohan.dighe(a)webchutney.net

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Invitation to FOSS Meet@NITC 2008
by Praveen A 30 Jan '08

30 Jan '08

Linuxers, We are pleased to inform you that National Institute of Technology, Calicut will be hosting its annual free and open source software conference, namely FOSS Meet @ NITC 2008, on 28th, 29th and 30th of March 2008. This time the focus of the event is to get more students actively involved in FOSS. As usual, there will be talks, BOFs, workshops etc. - details of which will soon be put up on our website – http://www.fossmeet.in/nitc . In addition to that, this year, we are starting a contest called FOSSDev, to promote student participation in and contribution to FOSS. Basically, a team wishing to participate has to find a mentor who will help them contribute to a project of the participant's choice. FOSSDev is a year long event. There will be three "checkpoints" at which progress will be evaluated and prizes will be given accordingly. Total prize money is Rs. 23,500. You can read more about FOSSDev at http://fossmeet.in/nitc/fossdev . This meet is organized by the GNU/Linux Users Group Calicut(GLUGC) in association with Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Student Branch NIT Calicut [IEEE], Computer Society of India, Calicut Chapter [CSI], Computer Science and Engineering Association [CSEA] and all the volunteers from various walks of life. Listen to people who already experienced the FOSS Meet spirit. * [...] NITC's FOSS event has grown in stature, and is quickly becoming one of the recognized FOSS events in India, along with Gnunify, Freedel and of course FOSS.IN. [...] - Atul Chitnis http://atulchitnis.net/diary/showentry/420 * [...]The organization of FOSS @ NITC surprised me, compared to what I'd seen at other similar conferences. Compared to what went on at GNUnify, these guys are a lot more decentralized in organization and had quite a feel of a student run tech fest. I hardly saw any faculty running around, except for Amarjeet. The faculty was more of facilitiating the event rather than running the event and their pulls on the event was not quite obvious, if any. Quite heartening indeed from my point of view.[...] - Gopal V http://t3.dotgnu.info/blog/conferences/foss-nitc-06.html * [...] Right. All around good experience, the event, the place, the hosts and not to mention the food. College set near a nice jungle/hill kinda place. Appams rocked! Beach was fun as well, just in time for the sunset. Lots of good talks from Philip, Gopal, Shyam, Shreyas and so many many more people. [...] - Pradeepto in this same mailing list http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/pipermail/linuxers/Week-of-Mon-20070212/058037.ht… * [...] I was at the meet up last year along with Pradeepto and many other people. It's quite a nice experience. You should go if you can. [...] - Philip Tellis again in this same mailing list http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/pipermail/linuxers/Week-of-Mon-20070212/058031.ht… Looking forward to meeting you at FOSSMeet@NITC 2008. Note: Please register yourself on the website as soon as possible. Regards, The Core Team FOSSMeet@NITC2008 -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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[Cross Post] Code review tool
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 30 Jan '08

30 Jan '08

Hi, http://www.review-board.org/ " For too long, code reviews have been too much of a chore. This is largely due to the lack of quality tools available, leaving developers to resort to e-mail and bug tracker-based solutions. At VMware, we've traditionally done code reviews over e-mail. A significant amount of time was wasted in forming review requests, switching between the diff and the e-mail, and trying to understand what parts of the code the reviewer was referring to. We decided to fix all that. " Cheers! Pradeepto -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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Best Linux Distro for Maya
by Aniruddha Dasgupta 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

Hello Folks, As a new member to your mailing list, i hereby state, that i am a novice at using linux. But i am well aware of the power it bestows upon us. :)) Anyway, i am an _Animator_ and would like to know, which would be the best Distro for running Autodesk Maya ? I stay in Vashi Sector 10. and would be greatly obliged if any of the senior members would have an extra copy of a suitable distro for me. Thanking all the members in Advance. regards Aniruddha Dasgupta 3d Character Animator +91-9324696842 +91-9860931588

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[Cross Post] Qt 4 now a part of LSB 3.2
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

Hi, --------- The Linux Standard Base version 3.2 has been released. Release notes are available here: https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/ReleaseNotes32 The specification itself is available here: http://refspecs.linux-foundation.org/LSB_3.2.0/ The test suites and SDK can be downloaded from our FTP site. More information is available at: https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Downloads This release of the LSB has many fixes and features, including: * New "trial use" modules, replacing the former "optional" modules. * Initial support for printing. * Initial support (as trial use) for ALSA. * Support for Perl and Python as first-class languages for Linux apps. * Several freedesktop.org standards, including menus and icon themes. * Support for the Portland project's xdg-utils as trial use. * Promotion of Qt 4 to a required part of the standard, and deprecation of Qt 3. * FreeType support, through both FreeType and the Xft X extension. * XRender support. More details are available in the release notes. In addition, a new certification process has been introduced in time for LSB 3.2. ------ Section 16 [1] should be of interest :) [1]http://refspecs.linux-foundation.org/LSB_3.2.0/LSB-Desktop-generic/LSB-De… Cheers! Pradeepto -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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[Commercial]Hurry! 40 free seats left at Delhi, and 80 at B'lore: Open Source India Week 2008
by Niraj Sahay 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

Dear Open Source Enthusiasts, Open Source India Week (aka LinuxAsia) as part of its community initiatives, had released 500 entry tickets (worth Rs 1000 each) for FREE. As on date, only 40 FREE seats remain at Delhi and 80 at B'lore! These FREE Passes entitle registrants to: 1. The Keynote & Star-Speaker sessions 2. The Tech Tracks: (For: (a) IT Developers, (b) IT Administrators and (c) FOSS Solutions for the disabled) 3. The Expo The Dates: Bangalore (11th-12th Feb), Mumbai (13th Feb) and Delhi (14th-15th Feb). Register at: http://www.osiweek.com/users/delegatetemp.php These FREE tickets are applicable for the Bangalore and Delhi chapter, since at Mumbai, OSIW has not scheduled a TechTrack this year (Mumbai only has a CXOSummit). Star Speakers at Open Source India Week ********************************** Brian Behlendorf, Apache & Collabnet (B'lore and Delhi) Klaus Knopper, Knoppix (B'lore and Delhi) David Axmark, MySQL (B'lore and Delhi) Paul Kangro, Novell (B'lore and Delhi) Louis Sourez Potts, OpenOffice (Delhi) For MORE DETAILS on OSIW, go to: www.osiweek.com Your truly, Team, OSIW www.osiweek.com team(a)fosii.org IMP: Make your contribution in growing this Indian Open Source event, by distributing this message amongst as many as you can--your LUG members, your office colleagues, your bulletin boards, etc.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Best Linux Distro for Maya
by Easwar Hariharan 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

> > > So we are now looking for the best platform to run that. > We have zeroed in on Open Suse and Mandriva. Can someone tell us how to > convert RPM > packages run on Ubuntu. because we really liked the distro. Use alien,to install alien,do sudo apt-get install alien ,then alien -d foo.rpm Reagrads, Easwar Hariharan

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Freemap India 2008 Mumbai
by alpesh gajbe 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

I would like to announce the Freemap India 2008 Mumbai Workshop which is a part of the Freemap India 2008 workshop series which will be held in select cities in India.In Mumbai the workshop will be held in HBCSE from 7th and 8th February the details are available on http://wiki.freemap.in/moin.cgi/FreeMapIndia2008 The Registration are open and instructions to register are available at http://wiki.freemap.in/moin.cgi/FreeMapIndia2008Mumbai Mailing List http://freemap.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freemap-workshop The Freemap India Workshop Calendar http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=gbs0f0nb8c5l578qm5b395cmo4%40group…

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SID dvds
by jtd 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

does any one have sid dvds. -- Rgds JTD

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[JOB] Open source weather visualization
by Prabhu Ramachandran 27 Jan '08

27 Jan '08

Hello, One project position is open at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay for the visualization of weather data using open source tools. The project will involve creating tools for the visualization of atmospheric weather data using Mayavi. Mayavi is an open source, interactive, 3D visualization tool written in Python. More information on Mayavi is available: https://svn.enthought.com/enthought/wiki/MayaVi In addition to directly working with Mayavi and its core development team, the project will require working with and contributing to several important open source projects like VTK (http://www.vtk.org), Python (http://www.python.org), Traits and the Envisage application framework (http://code.enthought.com). Mayavi2 is packaged as part of Debian (testing) and many people all over the world are using it. Mayavi2 was also featured on the front page of the Python Magazine in December http://pymag.phparch.com/c/issue/view/61 Requirements ------------- * knowledge of C and object oriented programming with C++. * passion for 3D graphics, visualization, software engineering and technology. * passion for open source software. * knowledge of Python is a plus. You will need to work at IIT Bombay. If you are from outside Mumbai accommodation will be provided on campus. Local Mumbai residents can choose to stay at home. The project ends in April 2009. The pay will be reasonable but depends on how good you are. It might not match industry rates, but you will be on the IITB campus. More details on the project are available here: http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/~prabhu/Projects Please do get back to me if you are interested. Please also circulate this to anyone who you think may be interested. Thanks! Regards, -- Prabhu Ramachandran http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/~prabhu

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seminar at Lala lajpat rai college.
by mukesh yadav 26 Jan '08

26 Jan '08

hello friends... a small time change is there in our seminar. now it is on Sunday 20th feb from 10 am to 5 pm. instead of 9th feb. here is a topics 1) Introduction to GNU/Linux (you people can add FOSS too if you'd like), Familiarize them with LUG, IRC, etc 2) Small session on GCC 3) LAMP basics 4) Maybe some QT demo. 5) running java on different distro. 6) An small talk on Linux kernel. if you guys want to discus some other topic then that also can be added..... so please guys do come for this small seminar to give a talk. thanks.

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[COMMERCIAL][JOB] Openings for linux & web programmers
by YOGESH JADHAV 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

*Please mail to kalpeshindia(a)gmail.com, do NOT Reply to this post. *Hi all, Kalpesh Technologies, a small but ambitious startup, is looking for linux and web developer candidates. Positions are based in Mumbai. Interested candidates may email their resumes to above mentioned email-id. Here are some more details Linux - very good at c,php,shellscripting,sql - good at TCP/IP networking concepts - should be aware of wifi Web - good in Javascript, html,css, PHP - basic knowledge of GUI based tools like VB - willingness to learn & work on flash technologies like FMS, Flex - knowledge of actionscript preferred -- Regards, Yogesh

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[request for help] A social movement wants to build a dynamic website
by Sudhir Gandotra 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

Hello List, A social movement wants to build a dynamic website with the following features : 1. The site designing will be done once and will remain the same for quiet some time; Further on, there will be a lot of content added/modified on regular basis and the need is for any of their members to be able to do it (like, I think it happens with the CMS like Joomla, Drupal among others); 2. Polling on various issues, Creation of electronic Newsletters to be emailed to subscribers, based on information existing on the site; 3. Separate areas for separate levels of visitors; 4. Discussion forum; 5. Search through the site for terms, words; 6. Adding links of other sites similar to theirs; 7. Giving links to various issues and grouping them under issues (subjects); perhaps there can be many more things through which they can link their activities happening across the country and they are working on these. they would like to have a site that will give room for adding more features as they develop the web-based way of working further. One main concern is that if the management of such a site needs a technical specialist, it will be a problem. They want to train some of their members form a team, learn this and manage the site. Yours suggestions from your experience will help enrich their work. Thanks a lot. With best wishes for Unity in thinking, feeling and action. Sudhir Gandotra. 98-101-20918 IIPL: B-220/2, 2nd Fl., Savitri Nagar, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi 110017, India 1/G, Shrikrishna Sansthan Building, Bistupur, Jamshedpur 831001, India Phone : +91-11-26014670, 71, 72. Fax : +91-11-26014672 OpenLX Linux OS, Linux Training, Support, Services, Product Development Legal.Software @ Fractional Cost : http://kalculate.com http://www.openlx.com/openlx.html - Linux from India for your PC http://openlx.com/features.html - OpenLX Linux features You don't need violence to shake the world Treat Others As You Would Have Them Treat You www.humanistmovement.org

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Weird video playback issues
by Joel Solomon 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

Hi all, i use ubuntu 7.10. i'm very happy with it but off late i have this weird problem. The Video playback gets Black and white all of a sudden and once it is that way it remains that way only. The only remedy to this is that i have to make a new account and then view the same video again. It works fine!!!!! i'm pretty new to ubuntu and i am just a basic user. Can anybody help i have installed gstreamer plugins ( all non-free codecs too). even the audio visualisation in totem or vlc gets black and white..... -- Joel Solomon -- Joel Solomon

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[OT] Mild, insidious FUD: Cheap laptops
by Nishit Dave 24 Jan '08

24 Jan '08

Today's Business Standard features an article on the front page on cheap laptops on the market, being offered with Linux pre-installed. You can read it here: http://www.businessstandard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=8&subLeft=3&… The article's tone seems to be to downplay the emergence of the GNU/Linux OS and software package as a strong alternative to Windows and MS Office, requiring modest hardware to run, and the increasing ease of usage. Instead, it quotes the disadvantage of having to pay Redhat or Novell for support as compared to installing proprietary software from Microsoft. There is no mention of the fact that hardly any home user of Microsoft Windows ever reads up Microsoft Knowledge Base articles or calls Microsoft for support, at least in India. There is no mention of the fact that Ubuntu, which is usually pre-installed on laptops, is available with long term support pledges, that it is very easy to keep a GNU/Linux installation updated, much more so than in case of Microsoft's offerings, which anyway cost you heavily for each upgrade. Similarly, it also conveniently ignores the fact that apart from an office suite and the basic operating system, GNU/Linux distributions also feature a huge variety of other Free software packages, the Windows equivalents of which will see you bankrupting yourself over a period of, say, two years, considering installation and upgrades. In fact, in the print version, there is a big box comparing the prices of software on 'cheap laptops' with Microsoft offerings, where it mentions, as an alternative to MS Office, Google Docs! OpenOffice is mentioned in the article, but only briefly. It seems there is an attempt to suggest that even though the laptop may be cheap, if you want to use serious software, you will have to pay a large sum of money or buy a costlier laptop. Oh, and the aspect of Windows' vulnerability is also blithely ignored. All in all, considering that IDC has been quoted in the study, the bogeyman of piracy is brought forth, and there is a quote from Microsoft saying that the OEM versions of Windows and MS Office are cheaper than off-the-shelf purchases, this seems a direct and concerted, but veiled effort to cast aspersions on the opportunity offered by products such as MiLeap etc. Gentlemen, I call FUD. I am also posting this mail as a comment to the article. You are encouraged to add your comments likewise.

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Meet the prophet of free software (on rediff)
by G Karunakar 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

Here is an article today on RMS on rediff.. http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/jan/23guest1.htm

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fossconf update
by Kenneth Gonsalves 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

hi, just an update on fossconf chennai - we have a good list of speakers - most of them new and speaking for the first time. We have also been able to attract quite a few people from academia. Also a few student groups doing their projects in foss. So we have around 70 good talks - now let us hope we get a good audience to listen to these talks ;-) The talk list is here: http://registration.fossconf.in/web/talks/ -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ Foss conference for the common man: http://registration.fossconf.in/web/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Net Radio in Linux
by Kartik Mistry 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

On Jan 20, 2008 12:00 PM, Rony wrote: > A friend of mine showed me this site for internet radio. It works in > Linux too. Go to www.sky.fm and check out 'Listen Now' on the top and > from the list, select 'MP3 Streams'. A playlist file .pls will be > downloaded. Save it and load the playlist in your audio player. Listen > to good music without RJ yak yak. I selected the 96Kbps stream. As per > the theoritical calculations, one hour of listening takes about 43 MB > download. Also, http://schizoid.in/ and http://radioverve.com/ is 'working' with Linux (Specially, check faq at schizoid.in) without any issues. Check it out! Make sure that you have fat bandwidth too. -- Cheers, Kartik Mistry | 0xD1028C8D | IRC: kart_ blog.ftbfs.in | kartikm.wordpress.com

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