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Where is the Space gone ??
by Francis 27 Jul '06

27 Jul '06

I installed Fedora Core 5 all worked well , got the latest version of Eclipse downloaded and it seems I have run out of space to extract it . I have the 3 questions : 1. how much space is alloted to each folder by default as the folders seem to show a free space value . 2. how do I resize the space alloted to the folders by default . 3. how do I check to see how much space each folder in / is using ?? here is the output of : df -a -H Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 8.8G 8.2G 95M 99% / proc 0 0 0 - /proc sysfs 0 0 0 - /sys devpts 0 0 0 - /dev/pts /dev/hda3 104M 18M 82M 18% /boot tmpfs 248M 0 248M 0% /dev/shm none 0 0 0 - /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc sunrpc 0 0 0 - /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs automount(pid1774) 0 0 0 - /net /dev/fuse 49G 47G 1.8G 97% /root/mydocuments /dev/fuse 22G 14G 8.1G 63% /c Cheers , Francis

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Making Sendmail co-exist with ListManager
by Rohit V Bhute 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

We have installed Lyris ListManager on a Redhat AS 3 server. It uses ports 25 (for mailing) and 82 (for web-based admin). We also want to run Sendmail on this server so that mails can be sent using the PHP mail() function. How do we configure an alternative port for the Sendmail server? The second (major) problem is that the Sendmail user was deleted as part of hardening the system (since Sendmail was not need at the time). Now, we find that starting and stopping Sendmail is not smooth at all. The Sendmail client (sm-client) shows its status as "service stopped but subsys locked". Any hints/prods in the right direction are welcome. -- Rohit V. Bhute http://blog.rvbhute.org

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Biometrics for PAN using FOSS
by Sameer N Ingole 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Hi, Just saw this: Biometrics for PAN The Income Tax department seeks inputs from organizations engaged in providing biometric solutions to ensure uniqueness of Permanent Account Number (PAN). http://incometaxindia.gov.in/archive/bio1907_19072006.doc Are there any companies that provide such solutions using FOSS in India? It might be useful for them. -- Sameer N. Ingole http://weblogic.noroot.org/ --- Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

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Re: Offline Dictionary
by Roshan 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

> Perhaps you did not search enough. > http://stardict.sourceforge.net/ > (This requires libglib 2.0 or above) I read this at wikipedia but assumed, it ran only over DICT protocol. Thanks for the link. > Don't know about WORDWEB but stardict works great. > You are using way too old Linux pal. Resolving > dependencies on your > version of Linux will be headache. I'll try and resolve dependencies, if any. I know, I am using way too old GNU/Linux. I plan to buy a new HDD next month and would be installing Fedora Core 5 and Kubuntu on it. Possibly, would be successful on dual booting. __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Offline Dictionary
by Chirag Wazir 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Hi, Roshan wrote: > I have been searching for offline dictionaries.... > .... Is there something similar to "Word Web?" WordWeb is based on the WordNet project at Princeton. Take a look at http://wordnet.princeton.edu WordNet itself works cross-platform & there are various third-party GUIs available (a little googling will help), and APIs in most common languages if you want to roll your own. Chirag Wazir http://chirag.freeshell.org

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Offline Dictionary
by Roshan 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Hello List, I have been searching for offline dictionaries for Redhat Linux 9.0. I haven't been able to search one. By default, I have Kdict with KDE, but it requires an internet connection. Though, I should not be saying this, but in Windows, there is a software called WORDWEB that is free as in "free bear". Is there something similar to "Word Web?" __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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HyperLinks to UNC Paths not working in Firefox
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Infra, Energy) 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

Hi everyone the problem is identical to this guy's post... www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t85763-unc-path-hyperlink-syntax.html If anyone can figure out the unbelievably precise solution, please enlighten me. I have a html page (served by ASP.NET.. that shouldn't matter right ;) ) which has a hyperlink to a UNC Share. so <a id="something" href="file://///WinMachine/Share/Dir1/File.ext">Text</a> I needed 5 slashes for Firefox. IE worked with some internal magic. Now here's the strange part. With the above syntax, the URL works in IE. It shows up in FireFox but doesn't work i.e. Click (nothing happens), right click menu (doesn't function). If I copy the link, open a new tab and paste it there, the Run_Or_Save dialog comes up (expected behavior) Next if I save the HTML locally and open it up in firefox, then the links work straight out of the page. Spent the last 3 hours to get this thing work identically in both browsers... I have already tried the checkloaduri thing mentioned here. No luck! http://jspwiki.org/wiki/FAQGeneral#section-FAQGeneral-LinkingToUNCPaths If anyone can help.. please do :) -- Gishu

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Fourth International GPLv3 Conference
by Anurag 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

Free Software Foundation of India is hosting the Fourth International GPLv3 Conference in Bangalore, this August 23-24, 2006. Please go through the mail in case you are interested in participating in the event. Anurag ----- Forwarded message from Arun M <arun(a)gnu.org.in> ----- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:18:15 +0530 From: Arun M <arun(a)gnu.org.in> Subject: [Fsf-friends] Fourth International Conference To: Principal Support List of FSF-India <fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in>, fsf-press(a)gnu.org.in Reply-To: Principal Support List of FSF-India <fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bangalore to Host the Fourth International Conference on GPLv3 India will host the Fourth International GPLv3 Conference in Bangalore, this August 23-24, 2006. A part of the world-wide drive to create awareness about the upcoming version three of the GNU General Public License (GPLv3), the two-day conference is expected to draw delegates from across the communities - legal, bureaucrat and academia. While the first day will see Richard M Stallman and Eben Moglen, the original architects of the GPLv3 license, communicating latest updates on the GPLv3 final draft, the second day holds panel discussions on localisation, awareness and adoption of GPLv3 and threat of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM). The event to be held at the Indian Institute of Management - Bangalore is a sequence to the Third International GPLv3 Conference that took place in Barcelona, Spain. Similar events have already been held in the USA and Brazil. The international GPLv3 conferences are part of a year-long public consultation process to update the GNU General Public License (GPL). The version 3 of the GPL, essentially, takes into account changes in terms of legal and technical environment, in which software licenses operate, and the need to increase protection against new threats such as software patents and Digital Restrictions Management (DRM). The worldwide awareness drive for GPLv3, is to ensure that, all users of software distributed under its terms, have the freedom to examine, share, and modify that software. For registration kindly visit GPLv3 conference website http://gplv3.gnu.org.in For Details, kindly contact: Arun M (FSF-I) arun(a)gnu.org.in Prof Rahul De' (IIM-B) rahul(a)iimb.ernet.in Abhas Abhinav (FSUG-Bangalore) abhas(a)deeproot.co.in Venue: IIM-B Date: 23, 24 August, 2006 Contact numbers: Abhas Abhinav (FSUG-Bangalore) #080-41124785 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ Fsf-friends mailing list Fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends ----- End forwarded message -----

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[Fw: [Fsf-friends] Fourth International Conference:]
by Anurag 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

Free Software Foundation of India is hosting the Fourth International GPLv3 Conference in Bangalore, this August 23-24, 2006. Please go through the mail in case you are interested in participating in the event. -- __ __ gnu /noo/ n. Ox like antelope; (abbr.) /gnoo/ n. (recursive acronym) Gnu's Not Unix.

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[COMMERCIAL]Finalising RTLinux/Device Driver details
by hemendra jain 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

Dear Friends, I require certain info to decide on the timings,dates,days and other information. Plz replay back with Yes/No and Relevant info wherever required. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. I want to join RTLinux course: Yes/No 2. I want to join Linux Device Driver course: Yes/No 3. I want to join both the courses: Yes/No 4. My days preference a. Sat alone - Yes/No b. Sun alone - Yes/No c. Sat and Sun - Yes/No d. Any day - Yes/No 5. Timings: a. 9 to 2pm b. 2.30 to 7.00 pm 6. Personal Info: a. Your name : b. email addr: c. contact info: - Mb no - Off/Resi no IMP: Depending upon the majority all the details would be decided and communicated to every one. Once the details are decided, all the people would be called in prior to starting of the lectures for fees,notes and other details. --------------------------------------------------------------------- About the course: Venue: Byculla(E), 5 mins from the station, Opp. Jain Temple, Seth Motisha lane(Love Lane) Land Mark: Byculla Police Station Course duration: 30 to 35 bhrs Timings,days and dates: Yet to be finalised. Course Fees: Rs. 3000/- each course Timings: Either 9 to 2pm OR 2.30 to 7.30 pm, still to be decided. Rgds, SN Embedded Hemendra Jain (98205 65918) snembedded(a)yahoo.com

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Skype on Linux
by Dinesh Joshi 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hi guys, I've installed Skype-1.2.0.18 on my FC2 system. It worked out of the box. But the problem is that voice breaks a lot to such an extent that a decent conversation becomes impossible. I am NATed behind my own router. I've forwarded all ports above 1024 and allowed UDP on them. I have 64Kbps connection but the latency is high on my connection. I get more like 48-56Kbps speeds. As I understand Skype isn't very bandwidth efficient. Can someone point me to a better VoIP software or some hacks so that Skype plays nicely with my connection? Thanks. -- Dinesh A. Joshi

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Indian governments blocking blogspot, geocities,
by Amish Mehta 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Philip Tellis wrote: > >Sometime on Jul 20, Amish Mehta assembled some asciibets to say: > >> 1) Make your DNS server host blogspot.com and redirect ALL port 53 >> traffic to it and block blockedblog.blogspot.com requests. > > User can use an alternate DNS server Well thats why I said redirect port 53. When port 53 is redirected alternate DNS would not work as user expects. >> 3) Just like ip_conntrack_ftp module which tracks PORT commands, >> develope ip_conntrack_http module which tracks HTTP "Host:" header >> and blocks the blocked sites. > > User can use HTTP/1.0 which does not require the Host: header unless > going through a proxy. General users do not know how to do all that. There are many other ways to access sites too. Anonymous proxies (not necessarily running on port 80), SOCKS and all which is too tough to block. But most of people do not know all that. And if one is expert to do that, which means that person is doing something which is banned by Government and hence illegal so can get himself arrested. Amish.

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Commercial: JOb Opening for the post of GM - IT (domain: Open Source)
by AISHWARYA 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

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Re: lug meet
by Roshan 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

> I'd been trying to arrange for an alternate venue > this time, at Press > Club instead of HBCSE. I was unable to coordinate > with Mr. Shiv as he > went to aurangabad on an assignment. So, as of today > its undecided if > we are going to have lug meet (this weekend is > surely no possible). > > I'll let the list know if there is any progress in > this regard. Btw, > would it be okay to have meet at HBCSE instead of an > alternate venue? It is ok if it is at HBCSE. I say this because I live in Ghatkopar. I'm interested to meet LUG members. The last I had attended was in February. :( __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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CG Technology Meetup: Rhythm & Hues India
by Samuel Nair 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

Hi, This might be interesting to people who want to know about how a VFX company uses Linux. Rhythm & Hues has worked on movies like 'Chronicles of Narnia', 'Superman Returns' and many more. http://www.asifaindia.com/ Rhythm & Hues India home page: www.rhythm.in Sam!!

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Indian governments blocking blogspot, geocities,
by Amish Mehta 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

Devdas Bhagat wrote: > >On 20/07/06 09:06 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: >> >> On 20-Jul-06, at 12:50 AM, Harsh Busa wrote: >> >> >saw on some TV channel that govt is refining the order to only certain >> >blogs of blogspot and parts of other sites. >> >> which cant be done >> >It *can*. It isn't impossible. Just economically infeasible. > >Devdas Bhagat Three ways to do this and not at all expensive: 1) Make your DNS server host blogspot.com and redirect ALL port 53 traffic to it and block blockedblog.blogspot.com requests. 2) Use transparent proxy which also does SNAT, back to original IP for outgoing packets. 3) Just like ip_conntrack_ftp module which tracks PORT commands, develope ip_conntrack_http module which tracks HTTP "Host:" header and blocks the blocked sites. 3rd option seems to be much more easy (and technically sound as it would require no redirection/NAT) once code is developed and can also be implemented on router chip. Amish.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Wireless LAN hacking.
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

>> I am trying to configure my Wireless LAN in such a way that it can >> route packets from other nodes to a access points, so that nodes >> outside the reach of the access point can route their packets through >> my card. I understand that I need to put my card into Ad-hoc mode for >> this to work. >> >> However, >> # iwconfig eth1 mode Ad-Hoc >> # service network restart >> fails to look up IP information for my card. DHCP is configured in >> the network. I have tried to put the card in Auto and Repeater mode >> too through iwconfig, with the same results. Funnily the >> configuration file at /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth1 >> still showed the mode as Managed even when I had set it to Repeater. >> Manually changing the setting did not yield anything fruitful. >> >> I am using Fedora Core 5, 2.6.16 kernel, and my card only supports >> 802.11b not 802.11g. >> >> Any idea? > Ok...did you check whether your wifi card is binding with the other > node? Unless it binds, it wont get an IP address. How do I check that? Cheers, Debarshi -- -- ,= ,-_-. =. ((_/)o o(\_)) `-'(. .)`-' \_/

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lug meet
by Philip Tellis 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

is there a lug meet this weekend? btw, the website still advertises the april lug meet. philip

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Linus does not matter to the World anymore ?
by Raseel Bhagat 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

Wassup ppl, The following article contains 2 lists : People who matter most in the World and the people who don't. Interestingly, Linus Torvalds , the President of Sony and Rob Malda (who gave us Slashdot) are in the latter list. http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/21/technology/10dontmatter.biz2/index.htm Thanks, Rasee. Raseel http://osd.byethost8.com/ http://raseel.livejournal.com

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Fwd: Can anyone here convert a miniDV to Ogg Theora?
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 22 Jul '06

22 Jul '06

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Stallman <rms(a)gnu.org> Date: 21-Jul-2006 21:51 Subject: Can anyone here convert a miniDV to Ogg Theora? To: gnu-prog(a)gnu.org If you know how to do this, please send me email. _______________________________________________ GNU Maintainers Announcement List gnu-prog(a)gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-prog -- ,= ,-_-. =. ((_/)o o(\_)) `-'(. .)`-' \_/

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Fwd: Indian governments blocking blogspot, geocities, and other sites.
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 22 Jul '06

22 Jul '06

Here is RMS' reaction on coming to know about the recent blockages by Indian ISPs. Cheers, Debarshi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Stallman <rms(a)gnu.org> Date: 18-Jul-2006 19:07 Subject: Re: Indian governments blocking blogspot, geocities, and other sites. To: Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray <debarshi.ray(a)gmail.com> Thanks. Doesn't India recognize human rights that would prohibit this censorship?

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Your 2p on vmsplice() [was Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linus does not matter to the World anymore ?]
by Mohan Nayaka 22 Jul '06

22 Jul '06

On 7/19/06, Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh.poyarekar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On 19 Jul 2006 06:18:00 -0000, Raseel Bhagat > <raseelbhagat(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: > > > http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/21/technology/10dontmatter.biz2/index.htmHasLi… really outgrown Linus? He still seems to exercise a lot of > control to try and keep the kernel slim. The recent COW vs vmsplice() > debate for example. Here it is: > > http://kerneltrap.org/node/6506 > > > Siddhesh > > PS: Rob Malda (CmdrTaco) of Slashdot is also on that list. > > -- > http://siddhesh.tk > > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > Hi Tanmay, your thoughts on this? (i mean the vmsplice issue) i only understood that part where Linus slams page table invalidates on other processors in the system. i will read up about this (vm) & see. Regards, Mohan S N -- There will be plenty of time to rest in the grave. - Paul Erdos

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Technology against terrorism.
by ronbillypop＠yahoo.co.uk 22 Jul '06

22 Jul '06

Hello All, I have been pondering over some ideas to use technology against terrorism. Please keep this thread related to technology only without getting into Govt. bashing. The ideas have been borrowed from the old kings and emperors as well as server room security. The first part deals with providing wireless ID cards to all citizens of India, starting with all the cities and going into the villages. These cards can be radio, magnetic or plain optical like the bar code stickers that are momentarily scanned before a red light scanner. The optical option is the cheapest and is already used in shops for making final bills. Every railway station complex should be sealed and everyone entering the station must produce their ID card to be scanned for keeping a record of everyone entering and exiting the complex. Along with that, they must face a camera that records their faces too. No ID card means no entry. The same security system can be used in all public complexes like Govt. offices, schools, colleges. Even BEST buses can be fillted with these scanners at the entrance and exit of the bus. Anyway, most buses are single decker and allow only one thin person or half fat person to enter at a time. That way we will also learn to queue properly and the passengers can get in like humans instead of being herded like cattle by the conductors doing an early `ting ting'. The other part is to use the security system that old kings and emperors used. They created walled cities where entry and exit was restricted by guards manning the fort gates. All major cities can put up an international-border grade barbed wire fence with gates for entry and exit. Everyone entering and exiting the city must provide an ID card and also be photographed for records. Some system should also be in place for outstation trains to go through this check. Every foreigner who lands in India must get a temporary ID card made at the airport to be used just like other Indian ID cards. Whenever there is any terrorist strike or a major armed robbery/dacoity etc., the gates will be shut for some hours, preventing the culprits from simply walking away and catching the next train to freedom. This is inconvenient, but a good deterrent. Extra checking will be done after that to scan all those who leave after any attack. Well thats all for now, any comments or suggestions? Positive or negative, all invited. 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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SELF project at HBCSE, TIFR
by Nagarjuna G. 22 Jul '06

22 Jul '06

The forwarded mail informs about the project that HBCSE, TIFR will be part of in promoting free software and generating documentation. If free software hackers are intersted in joining the team please send me a mail off the list, with a note saying in what way can you contribute. The link http://www.selfproject.eu/ and http://www.selfproject.eu/kickoff provides more info. Nagarjuna ----- Forwarded message from Wouter Tebbens <w.tebbens(a)staff.isoc.nl> ----- > Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:10:35 +0200 > From: Wouter Tebbens <w.tebbens(a)staff.isoc.nl> > Subject: [Self-l] Completely booked SELF Conference in The Hague (10 july) > To: SELF mailinglist <self-l(a)selfplatform.org> > Reply-To: w.tebbens(a)staff.isoc.nl, > General SELF mailinglist <self-l(a)selfplatform.org> > Organization: ISOC-SELF > User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 > > Many of you have been there on this very inspiring first SELF Conference and > kick-off of the project. For those of you who have missed it, find here a > short summary, and links to presentations on the website: > > http://www.selfproject.eu/kickoff > > On Monday the 10th of July Internet Society Netherlands organised in The Hague > a completely booked conference about Free Software and education and how the > creation of open content revolutionizes our societies. Vice-mayor of the City > of The Hague, Frits Huffnagel opened the day with an inspiring speech about > the need for innovation through the use of Free Software > > Speakers were amongst others: > > * Jan Willem Broekema (OSOSS) > > * dr. Nagarjuna G. > (project leader Knowledge platforms Homi Bhabha Center for Science > Education, India) > > * Georg Greve (president FSF Europe, Germany) > > See his bio or download presentation PDF > * Mathias Klang (project leader Creative Commons Sweden) > > * David Megias (coordinator Master Free Software UOC, Spain) > > * Wouter Tebbens (Internet Society Nederland, project leader SELF) > > Besides there were panel discussions with national and international experts, > like prof. dr. Paul Klint (CWI), drs. Marja Verstelle (Leiden University), > Joep van Nieuwstadt (Exin), Jonas ?berg (Free Software Foundation Europe), > Martijn Verver (VPRO New Media), Thijs Chanowski, Michael van Wetering > (KennisNet), Leo Besemer (ECDL), Tom Dousma (SURF) and prof. Kees Stuurman > (University of Tilburg). > > The event marked at the same time the official launch of the ambitious SELF > project that will setup an international platform for educational and > training material about Free Software and Open Standards with the financial > support from the European Commission. > > The focus of the platform is on material about Free Software and knowledge > creation about open standards. ISOC.nl leads the international consortium > with strong partners from the rest of Europe (amongst which some universities > and the Free Software Foundation Europe), India and Argentina. S.E.L.F. > stands for Science, Education and Learning in Freedom. > > This first SELF Conference was supported by the Open Source agency from the > Dutch goverment, Programme OSOSS, the city of The Hague and the European > Commission. > > _______________________________________________ > Self-l mailing list > Self-l(a)selfplatform.org > http://mail.selfplatform.org/mailman/listinfo/self-l_selfplatform.org ----- End forwarded message -----

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Can we have some GNU/Linux discussions here ? [OT]
by Mitul Limbani 22 Jul '06

22 Jul '06

Over the past two weeks its getting worse. List Admins, please moderate the list for all things that dont talk of GNU/Linux. Well feel free to moderate this mail too, but if it reaches the list, then I am requesting fella Gnuers to stop posting things that are completely irrevalant to the above topic. Please REFRAIN from posting on threads which are already overdue to close, we respect your right of expression, but this is not the forum to post about the same. Thanks & Regards, Mitul Limbani, Founder & CEO, Enterux Solutions, The Enterprise Linux Company (TM), www.enterux.com

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