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Re: Citizen Information System (CIS): A FOSS Model
by Vivek Rai 16 Sep '06

16 Sep '06

> This is sure not an academic exercise. > > We MUST design an Open Source Prototype for this and present it to the > potential customer (Government of India?). The complete system should > be practical and economically viable. > I think we need to figure out what this can be used for, before we get into other details. I can think of 2 use cases for such system 1) social or business networking (orkut, linked in types).. a more casual usage in this case, you probably want to keep its contect voluntary and open.. (ie members can put in whatever they want) If I can get your hotmail password or something else based on getting the answer to your secret question (mothers maiden name, date of birth, pets name).. it is your problem. 2) a system used by government .. ie legally binding.. ( in future, maybe other services like credit rating agencies, organizations trying to verify your identiry?).. this is more formal.. its content are deemed to be reliable by everyone.. it could be used by police across the country to track criminals.. in this case, you may keep a read-only access to the publicly avaialable info.. maybe more access to some paid subscribers (potential customers would be someone issuing a credit card, home loan, or a car loan to you and hence trying to do an identity check/credit or criminal history check on you) unique id for a citizen? well.. we dont have any unique ID so far.. US has a social security #, UK has a national Insurance #... maybe this is the major benefit of having such a system in the first place - as it can be a single identity for people having (or not having) various diverse id's .. (passport#, DL#, voter id# (for 18+), PAN# (for the few tax payers)).. why not have some biometric ID to make it really foolproof.. u can confidently say that ram ral, s/o shyam lal, living in pin code 100 020 (and with the given biometric ID details) has id 100 and has no criminal records or bad credit history.. so it is safe to lend money to him.. whereas ram lal s/o manmohan singh has defaulted on that previous loan paid to him.. in fact his current address is tihar jail.. but, then you can only design a technical framework to hold this data, and access/amend it. implementation details such as who enters and keeps on updating data would depend on sarkari babus sitting in the villages who are normally happier to exploit and harass the citizens than in serving them.

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Re: Citizen Information System (CIS): A FOSS Model
by Vivek Rai 16 Sep '06

16 Sep '06

> > (as we dont have a proper centralized credit history system in India, and that hurts our economy badly) > It doesnt. i'd suggest you read this story, and then do some research. http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=140179 in summary, credit risk is higher in india for lack of identity and credit history systems. thats why penetration of so many banking products is very low.. poor people are left to borrow money from loan sharks at exhorbitant rates.. when banks lend money to the middle class, they rip us off.. in west, long term (25 yr) home loan rate is usually ~ 1% more than the central bank's base lending rate.. in india the banks (having to account for all the risks), charge much more.. (3-5% more than base rate) > > Pleeease not those two idiotic countries. ...The UK rfid passport (afair) is such a farce > that inspite of grave flaws in the scheme they are going ahead. i presume u r talking of biometric passports, this is actually now the recommended standard by ICAO.. in time, every country WILL HAVE TO move towards it.. just that some countries are more progressive. > The shooting of the south american and raids on apparantely innocent Muslims speak > volumes for conventional physical investigation. lets stick to the topic here, so please explain how some central ID scheme was behind the shooting of the brazilian guy.. ..(in fact, had the officers involved cross confirmed the address/occupant details, it probably would have saved him!) last time i checked, india was lagging far behind these "idiotic" countries on most counts of human rights and development.. forget about security forces in insurgency prone spots, mumbai police alone kills a lot of people every year in "encounters".. in fact there are so many cases, that they arent headlines anymore.. and we dont even notice or care problems at home.. and like to feel good by focusing on ONE guy shot accidently on the day they were having 2nd round of bomb attacks in london. > > Like insurance companies and? do what? they know your credit record, if u have not paid a previous debt, they are perfectly entitled to treat you as a risky customer and charge more... > > What is your concept of perfect e-governance? > > How about Citizens monitoring the government? U dont need any id for that. please elaborate more on how this wonderful idea would work.. > There is no such facility that neccesitates an id. Provide one example. (i already had.. but, since u didnt get it.. let me elaborate) First example is actually related to privacy... to access only the online data/files that I am allowed to access.. e.g. I should be able to and restricted to see a property/revenue/PF record that I am entitled to see (that has my ID as an owner).. but not YOUR property records.. if we want a "real" e-governance, where we can have online access to government files, we would need some ID to implement access control. Also, the ID can be used to submit ANY "signed" document/form/application that you may have to submit manually to a government office.. like we already have in the case of electronic tax return filing.. we could have electronic forms to report a crime, track progress.. initiate court cases.. vehicle registrations/taxes.. land/property deeds, queries/forms for pensions/provident funds... electoral rolls.. whatever u ever need a government for.. a sample of such services available to citizens of some other countries is : http://www.direct.gov.uk/Homepage/fs/en e.g, you can setup a company online in 10 minutes, and you can do ALL taxes - personal income tax, excise, customs, company tax, VAT, road tax, online.. u can even request your local council to repair a road or streetlamp online.. a gvoernment website/portal effectively becomes a services counter of a government department.. > > Oh, so the next time you go to a doctor, your identity is established by > using this card. Then the insurance comany uses the same primary key. > Then you file your tax returns. you are totally missing the point. Even if we ASSUME for a minute that that a doctor really NEEDS to verify your identity before he treats you, (since when are u having the fever? and whats your national ID? ohh your ID is 1002356? then u must have malaria) .. why does he NEED to include the fact that you had malaria on sep 14 at 2pm to THIS database? why does a doctor even need to have a write access to the CIS system? medical records have no place in a CIS.. > Oh, the threat isn't CIS itself. The threat is the creation of a primary key to identify a person everywhere. threat? yes, to the terrorists and illegal immigrants.. > Losing freedom, one bit at a time. The US and UK are good examples of repression today, not freedom. > again, thats just your view, and can be debated.. (e.g. movies, books and artists are not banned in US and UK just to have a political censorship on things that a government doesnt like) .. anyways, lets chose some other western countries....how about scandinavian countries?.. would you agree that they have a better governance than India?.. > Erm, there are no such restrictions. Also, these companies do not even > claim to maintain records properly. Have you even heard the horror > stories of people whose credit has been ruined because of identity > theft, or errors in these databases? yes, i do personally know of some such cases with my friends.. in all of them, the affected person hadnt really committed any credit fraud, (problems with a cheque, identity theft victim) .. it was straightforward to sort any problems with credit history.. if a bank or a company marks you as a credit defaulter for wrong reasons, it is that organization's responsiblity to sort it out.. you have mechanisms and safeguards in place.. on the other hand, by having credit histories, they have easier and cheaper access to financial products like mortgages. > Digital signatures would work fine, even though the government mandates a socially broken implementation. nice idea... ever heard of term "trusted CA".. and wondered what they are, why they are needed?.. > I don't know about you, but I do deal with people involved with this > stuff as part of my job. I can tell you that what you are saying is > bullshit, and it does exactly the reverse. vow! that is such a convincing argument! ;-) > It encourages identity theft, > credit fraud (against merchants rather than banks/CC companies), does > nothing for government services ... Although u havent explained how.. by your logic, having PAN numbers (which is a step towards a common ID for all taxpayers) was a bad idea, and actually increased black money circulation in our country? remember the first step to prevent money laundering if for banks to "know their customers" (i recommend you read about it) think harder, more carefully and without being paranoid before u call my ideas bullshit..

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Harvard study says Linux will remain second best
by Sujeet Bhatt 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

A Harvard Study which uses formal economic modelling to determine "Will OSS ever displace traditional software from its market leadership position?" came to a (not so?) surprising result. Linux is likely to remain second best as long as Microsoft has a first mover advantage. http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/4834.html

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Re: Citizen Information System (CIS): A FOSS Model
by Vivek Rai 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

> > Yes, I do have things to hide. Nothing illegal, just personal stuff. can you give some specific examples of general identity data SUITABLE FOR such a system that someone may want to hide? So far, you have NOT given specific examples to explain the reason for being paranoid about this. If you don't have anything to hide, why don't you put out your medical > history, your financial information.....? I dont see how medical history is suitable for any such database.. (unless we are a nation full of 'sick' people ;-) ).. AGAIN, this CANNOT be a SECRET FILE ON EVERY DETAIL OF EVERY CITIZEN. Even for financial information, the only thing useful for CIS to keep (or help keep) would be some sort of credit history record, (as we dont have a proper centralized credit history system in India, and that hurts our economy badly) Would you be willing to be > searched randomly, because only those who have something to hide will > opposed such searches? If it is a system used to prove my credentials and credit/criminal past.. why not?.. In fact they already use such systems in UK/US etc.. You guys are forgetting that not all such information needs to be publicly available.. In the west, credit history systems CHARGE MONEY for each query that you make. Also, their are proper restrictions on their usage. If you have so much time and money that you can buy a subscription to the "full access" (meant to be for organizations like banks and police etc)... just to randomly search for details of other people.. . yes, go ahead.. Think not of how it impacts criminals, but how it impacts the innocent. by that logic, we shouldnt search air travellers before boarding the plane... 99.99% of the time, it mostly affects the innocent ... right? What is your concept of perfect e-governance? That you can download and print the forms at home, and then queue up at the government office? Or do you want to be able to submit them online too? How do you propose to implement identity verification for any such facility requiring "authorized access"? Why dont you suggest an alternative system that we can compare against? Remember, such systems are already in place in many countries. The society in these countries is doing just fine. It helps prevent identity theft, money laundering, tracks credit frauds, promotes easy financing, easy access to a lot of government services.. etc etc etc.

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Ilug-bom wiki
by Anurag 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

Hello, If anyone from this list has recently written a good tutorial and is looking for place to publish it, then please post it at our wiki. It has mostly been an unused resource till now. Anurag -- __ __ gnu /noo/ n. Ox like antelope; (abbr.) /gnoo/ n. (recursive acronym) Gnu's Not Unix.

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Re: Citizen Information System (CIS): A FOSS Model
by Vivek Rai 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

> Citizen Information System sounds like it provides information TO citizens. > Instead, it provides information ABOUT citizens. Yes, we should also think of a framework which makes it convinient for a government department to provide its services online to citizens. (there are many such CMS tools, a multilingual one can easily be adopted) However, depending on the kind of service, the access may need to be authorized. 1) Viewing tendors, notifications, documents - open access 2) submitting forms online etc - authorized access. To effectively handle the 2nd kind of service, a centralized system can be useful. (another potential use of CIS) > May I recommend Nineteen Eighty-Four? While you are at it, Brave New > World, Farenheit 451, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, The rise and fall > of the Third Reich are also good to read. Many developed countries already have such unique ID systems.. and they are nothing like the big brother society discussed in Nineteen Eighty-Four.. you cannot get to that situation in a democracy of billion plus people.. > Modification of the data can render your identity pretty useless. > Merely reading that data and correlating it across databases can cause > serious havoc. Identity theft isn't a mere buzzword. > I can understand your concerns, identity theft is indeed a serious problem in the west. Identity theft can always occur, with or without such a database.. and it depends on the checks being used to identify a person.. EVEN now, if I get a driving license with the name of Devdas Bhagat by paying a bribe at the RTO, I can use it to travel in your name.. open a bank account... etc etc. Which is why if such a database can store some biometric information.. (pictures, fingerprints for example).. it will, in fact, serve to minimize any identity theft.. if an organization still relies solely on publicly available data (address, age etc) to identify you, they are being foolish.. this is NOT the fault of the database. Still, we have to be very careful about classifying A) what data needs to be private, accessable to tax/law authorities only (financial data, things that can be mis-used) B) what MAY be made public (perhaps depending on the preference of the citizen) .. address/contact/family details.. ? C) what NEEDS TO be made available, perhaps some of it to specific agencies only, and not the public directly (loan defaults... criminal records? although one can argue that it can unnecessarily prejudice people against a "reformed" criminal ?) I am not sure if our existing cyber-crime laws address issues related to identity theft, privacy and data protection... anyways, the point is -- such a system could be very useful, of course, we would need to have the adequete safegaurds in place to prevent any misuse .. but that doesnt mean that u stop thinking about developing such a system, it merely means that u think even harder and try to plug any potential loopholes in the scheme. > About the only way your proposal could work would be if the idea of > privacy is completely destroyed. No one has any privacy, and the > database is fully accessible to everyone all the time. The only > private thing you would possess would be your thoughts. I think you are over-estimating the power of such a database.. it would be very difficult to store ALL the details of a billion people and still make it easily searchanble and useful.. So, such a database can only ever have a very few details.. (storing fingerprint/pics itself could take a lot of space) i can probably learn more about your thoughts from reading all your posts to this forum (publicly available) than by getting a few other details from a database (sex, age, ID, educational qualifications)... I cannot do anything extra with it, that i cannot do now... unless, you have stored all your credit card details on your hotmail account, and your secret question in case of forgotten passwords is your age, and your age was a best-kept secret until this CIS database went live. that would be like carrying a paper with all your PIN witten inside your wallet! u dont start arguing for a 23 different PIN based ATM system from your bank.. it only invades your privacy if you had something to hide ... you were an illegal immigrant from Bangaladesh, a terrorist who has sneaked into india and doesnt have a proper ID.. you had taken a huge loan from a bank in nagaland and had disappeared, you had a criminal past.. you are a middle aged woman who keeps on claiming she is only 26.. you were a married guy fooling around with a girl .. (if marital status/age are chosen to be "public" details)

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Re: new idea, screen reader for KDE desktop, Reminder for 16th. meet
by krishnakant Mane 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

hello, Please be at HBCSE on 16th. sep that is tomorrow. the meeting is at 5 in the evening. I had posted the ajenda in my previous email. thanking all. Krishnakant.

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Maximum volume on OpenSuse 10.1
by Nadeem M. Khan 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

Hi. Following the suggestions given by list members, I installed OpenSuse 10.1 on my HP Compaq v5000 laptop. Everything is detected nicely. Just one major problem. I am not able to get maximum volume whem I play music. All sliders on alsamixer and the speaker volume applet on the desktop next to the clock are set to maximum, but the the sound plays at say 50% of the max. Any suggestions? Its a built in Intel soundcard with Altec Lansing speakers. Regards, NMK.

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Re: Link to GPLv3 audio and video (dead link?), RMS public lecture Audio / Video CD?
by Roshan 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

> > "...Microsoft Windows is a spyware ...(Windows > XP)" > > May i know who was it that said this? RMS. He's said this because, either he has discovered it or someone has told him. You weren't there at the lecture? __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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migrating thunderbird from windoze 2000 to linux
by Kenneth Gonsalves 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

hi, i saw a thread on this in the archives which says just copy the folders across. But i searched doze and couldnt find the folders. Where does thunderbird store the mail, profiles etc? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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Thunderbird has lost its thunder.
by Rony 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

Hello All, I got Mandriva 2006 and while everything is fine, since many days I notice that whenever I use thunderbird, it shows a lot of HDD activity and opening new messages and moving to the next ones is too slow, as the HDD shows busy activity. The /log/messages show the following report below as the activity takes place. I even downgraded from Thunderbird 1.5 to 1.0.6 but still same problem. Browsing is no problem. I even uninstalled clamv in case it was scanning mail but still same problem. Has my system got a linix based spyware? ( Calm down guys! ) What is the net activity below? I have set the mailbox to manual mail download only. Below is the log. Is this anything to do with the reiserfs? Sep 8 22:01:26 mandrake06 kernel: Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.2 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=198 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=39 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=178 Sep 8 22:01:57 mandrake06 kernel: Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.2 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=198 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=40 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=178 Sep 8 22:02:31 mandrake06 kernel: Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.2 DST=192.168.1.255 LEN=198 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=41 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=178 Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail. "The New Version is radically easier to use" The Wall Street Journal http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Citizen Information System (CIS): A FOSS Model
by Dinesh Shah 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

Hi All, This is a proposal based on the idea 1st proposed by Rony and discussed on the list. This is very important and useful idea and we must develop this idea further by the FOSS process of collective wisdom. Here is the out-line. I will put more info over a period of time. Citizen Information System (CIS): A FOSS Model Today India faces a serious challenge of identifying her citizens and her citizens have to struggle to establish their positive identities. Due to the lack of unique and verified/verifiable citizen identity the State has to face the challenges of internal and external security, leakage in revenues and wasteful expenditures, improper and/or inappropriate planing for the welfare of her citizens. At the same time, due to the lack of unique, verifiable an positive identity citizens have to cope with acquiring and managing and establishing his or her identity which leads to waste of valuable resources and seriously hampers his/her rights to enjoy the state welfare schemes and plans and impair him/her in carry out his/her duties. An unique and verifiable identity can help the country in - Securing her citizens for internal and external threats - Secure proper revenue collections and control expenditures - Can make the citizen welfare plans more effective - Can improve the law and order in the country - Can empower her citizens to enjoy their democratic rights and help Carry out their duties. An unique and verifiable identity can help the citizens in - Enjoying their constitutional and democratic rights - Empower them to fulfill their duties - Help them fully enjoy the ownership of movable and immovable properties - Reduction / elimination of harassment by various authorities - Improved state provided security - Better rewards from the country's citizen welfare plans Considering the tremendous advantages of the Citizen Identification/Information System (CIS), I would like to propose a FOSS model for developing and implementing such a system. In this paper I will propose and develop this idea in the FOSS spirit where people for all walks of life can participate in - Formulating such an Open System - Discussing social, economical and legal aspect of the CIS - Discussing implementation and management aspects of the CIS - Discussing technological details of the CIS Your feedback as usual is most welcome. With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-)

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Re: new idea, screen reader for KDE desktop
by Roshan 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

>So why not > meet at an open place like some garden? Wouldn't that require new members to be introduced to the existing members? Or would there be a sign-post that would tell where the GLUG members are actually discussing? :-? > > 16th is a Saturday, so could the timings be after > > 5:30 pm in the evening? > > Oh dear that would prevent me from attending. sunday > is all i have :-( I think the date is tentative. Not many from the list have replied. __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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Re: new idea, screen reader for KDE desktop
by Roshan 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

> > BTW when and where is the lug meet being held? > > We have no agenda for the meet as yet. Should we all > meet on 16th > itself at HBCSE? 16th is a Saturday, so could the timings be after 5:30 pm in the evening? __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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new idea, screen reader for KDE desktop
by krishnakant Mane 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

hello, with a lot of accessibility related talk going out on this list, I just discovered that some thing is yet to be done. there is a big hole in the accessibility of gnu/linux desktop. while the gnome desktop is getting more and more accessible slowly, there is nothing but an un organised start made on the k desktop side. there is a speach front end for the k desktop it is called ktts. the link was given to me by roni it is http://accessibility.kde.org/developer/kttsd/index.php if any one want to have a look. so we will not be re inventing the wheal but use the wheal to build up a car. + we have the engine of the car also. I am refering to festival speach synthesizer. the mattter of fact is that it will be easiest to convert blind computer users to k desktop and thus linux, if we can provide a good screen reader. there are applications on the k desktop which make transition from windows to gnu/linux much easy as compared to gnome. and then the programmers or any one interested can be gathered together for this kind of an organisation. and the finansial aspect is that we can earn by providing this service to blind people. they can and will happily give out a few thousand rs for this service as compared to rs. 80000 + for some screen reader on windows. thanks all waiting for feedback. Krishnakant.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] make menuconfig for kernel does not work in ubuntu.
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

> it is giving so many errors that I can't even post on this list. > what could be the problem? Could you post the errors verbatim? > am I missing some packages on my ubuntu 6.06 server? > I have the build-esssential package installed which probably has > installed glib libc 6 etc along with gcc 4 and make. > now I want to knwo what else is remaining? > it appears to me that even ncursis is also installed although I am not > quite sure of the same. I think the curses-devel package is also necessary. Please check if you have that or not. Cheerio, Debarshi -- It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose. - Darrin Weinberg

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Re: [OT] [Caution] For Windows users on this list.
by Roshan 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

> Do you know how much time it actually takes to start > a live CD on a P4 with > 128 MB RAM? my reply has little relevance to the topic, but I would like to share this information. It is approximately 7 minutes for the GNOME desktop to load on my P4 248 MB (256 -8 Video Memory) using Ubuntu 6.06 Live CD / and KDE on Kubuntu 6.06 Live Cd. (right from *Boot from Cd...* till the final screen of stability, where the mouse moves smoothly) >Who is going to go through the pain > (read time) required to boot > a live CD, then setup networking and what not, just > to check email? I agree...30 minutes...20 Rupees!! :-? > And plus, there are things like CMOS password and > administrator privileges > which make it very difficult for you to do that. Not so common in Cyber cafe's afaik. Possibility in College Computer Labs. __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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FOSS elective textbook
by Kenneth Gonsalves 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Hi, As you all know Anna University has offered two FOSS elective subjects in the engineering and MCA streams. The syllabi for this has been drafted by NRC-FOSS and the textbook on elective 1 has been published. We are now writing the text book on elective 2. The draft of what is done so far is on our wiki here: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/wiki/FossElectiveTwoBook Please go through what has been done and add your contributions: 1. Correct spelling 2. Correct code errors 3. Add examples and explanations In any place where there is a heading and no text, feel free to add text. please mark your corrections and add your name also, you will be credited in the book if you do so. You do not need to log in to edit the wiki. Please help us make the text book a great success. And dont crib later if you didnt help now. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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make menuconfig for kernel does not work in ubuntu.
by krishnakant Mane 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

hello all, just a few minutes back I tried to compile a kernel by using make menuconfig. it is giving so many errors that I can't even post on this list. what could be the problem? am I missing some packages on my ubuntu 6.06 server? I have the build-esssential package installed which probably has installed glib libc 6 etc along with gcc 4 and make. now I want to knwo what else is remaining? it appears to me that even ncursis is also installed although I am not quite sure of the same. I have linux2.6.16.18 kernel source which I downloaded from kernel.org since I needed a vanila kernel. any suggestions? Krishnakant.

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pam_tally & idle or inactivity close's the session
by ryan coelho 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Hi Friends, Any one here has an idea on configuring pam_tally. I want that the user account should be locked after 3 tries and automatically reset after an hour . Another request whenever the session is idle or inactive the session should automatically close. Please help I need to configure this. Thanks & Regards Ryan Coelho.

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[OT] [Caution] For Windows users on this list.
by Rony 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Hello All, I use this email id only for ILUG list messages and since some time I get a lot of spam in my mailbox. Other users too may be facing the same problem so those who use windows for checking list mails, please scan your computers for viruses, spyware or mallware. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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video recording on ubuntu
by Abhishek Daga 11 Sep '06

11 Sep '06

Aim: To be able to record video on Ubuntu. Apparatus: a) China make Wireless camera and receiver. b) Receiver A/V can directly be plugged into a VCR (or any recording device). c) However, I would like to record on the PC. Currently running Ubuntu Dapper Drake. d) Have an external TV tuner Card. The receiver can be plugged in here. Procedure? I didnt see any relevant software in ubuntu that will allow me to do this. Anyone worked with this setup before? Any ideas how I can achieve this? Thanks abhishek __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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FSF Certified Trainer
by Siddhesh Poyarekar 11 Sep '06

11 Sep '06

Hi, I am currently undergoing training for my company in Coimbatore. We have many courses to complete in the two month period, one of them labeled as "Linux". That course happened yesterday. It was something really new for me as I got to know some very new things about GNU/Linux Systems: => Stallman and Linus came together to make Linux => Linus was developing on Minix and then he had an idea to create Linux, which he shared with others on a mailing list and all of them started working on Linux together (rather than him announcing the first prototype on usenet). => The default Linux installation is as a server attached to dumb terminals. => The shell, etc for Linux was created after the kernel. => The default is only console. If you want GUI with Unix, you need to *buy* X-Windows. => symlinks are exactly like windows shortcuts and much more. My point is not to make fun of the professor as I believe many do not really even make an attempt to understand the history of anything, leave alone GNU/Linux. That said, trainers and teachers should be fairly accurate in all that they give to their audience. All I said above doesn't simply apply to the trainer I experienced yesterday. Everyone using GNU/Linux in the mainstream only know that they're using "Linux" and that it's simply another Unix that can be only used in servers. It actually reminds me of a comment by a very senior person in my firm -- "Linux? Why? Doesn't it require, like, expensive hardware or something?" Is it possible for FSF to take some initiative in starting a Training Certification program which will ensure that the trainers themselves are well trained? FSF would be the best choice to design such a course as it would more or less ensure that the trainer training is not Distro-centric. I understand deficiency of funds would be the first problem though. Regards, Siddhesh PS: Please don't ask or guess the company name here; I don't want that to be publicized on list. -- Siddhesh Poyarekar http://siddhesh.tk http://siddhesh.phpnet.us

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10 common misunderstandings about the GPL
by പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen 11 Sep '06

11 Sep '06

Hi, IT Manger's journal has an article about 10 common misunderstandings about the GPL which you can read here http://www.itmanagersjournal.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/21/1659203 The experts NewsForge consulted to come up with this are: Richard Fontana, a lawyer with the Software Freedom Law Center and one of the main drafters of the third version of the license; David Turner, former compliance engineer at the Free Software Foundation who is assisting with the revisions of the license; and Harald Welte of the GPL-Violations project<http://gpl-violations.org/>, which tracks possible cases of non-compliance and tries to assist in resolving them. <quote>In the end, Turner concedes, some degree of confusion is probably inescapable. "There's always going to be people who misunderstand," he says, "no matter how you write the license, even in words of one syllable." </quote> Regards Praveen -- "Value your freedom, or you will lose it, teaches history. `Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn." -- Richard Stallman Me scribbles at http://www.pravi.co.nr

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Problem Installing Red Hat 9.0 on Sata Hard disk
by hemendra jain 11 Sep '06

11 Sep '06

Dear Iluggers, PC configuration : P4 3.06GHz with 915 intel original motherboard of 102GCc type with 512MB RAM and 80GB SATA hard disk I'm trying to install Red Hat Linux 9.0 when Im inserting the bootable linux cd i get this warning..... "no hard drives have been found.You probably need to manually choose device drivers for the installation to succeed.Would u like to select drivers now? YES NO if YES then it goes into asking for the driver if NO then it goes on with linux installation aftr selection of mouse it asks for manually or automatic partition to which i select manually with disk druid to which i get the warning as "An error has occured-----no valid devices were found on which to create new file systems.Please check your hardware for the cause of this problem..." Rgds, Hemendra Jain

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