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Software RAID setup
by Richard Victor Correia 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

Dear Friends, I have a webserver with two 160GB SATA HDDs. I have installed Centos5.X on one of the HDD. I need help in setting up software RAID 1 on second HDD, so that if any HDD fails we can switched to second HDD. My office is in Malad West, near DMART, Link road. Can someone help me with this setup for a fee or a crate of beer? :) -- Thanks, Richard Victor Correia PH: +91 9004911199

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Check out my photos on Facebook
by Sudheer K Muhammed 16 Feb '10

16 Feb '10

Hi India, I set up a Facebook profile where I can post my pictures, videos and events and I want to add you as a friend so you can see it. First, you need to join Facebook! Once you join, you can also create your own profile. Thanks, Sudheer To sign up for Facebook, follow the link below: http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=1427901091&k=Z2G2P5V236TB51AITB5U2USUSSDJ46… Already have an account? Add this email address to your account http://www.facebook.com/n/?merge_accounts.php&e=linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in… was invited to join Facebook by Sudheer K Muhammed. If you do not wish to receive this type of email from Facebook in the future, please click on the link below to unsubscribe. http://www.facebook.com/o.php?k=81ff72&u=512595019&mid=18e6d6dG1e8d944bG0G8 Facebook's offices are located at 1601 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304.

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Looking for a Linux job opportunity
by Sarfaraz Kazi 15 Feb '10

15 Feb '10

Dear List Members, I'm a Commerce graduate and I've been working in the HR/Admin back-office related field for the past 6 years. However, I've come to realise that I'm not suited for this field of work and I wish to change my field of work. I've been using Linux on my home machine for the past 7 years and have been an ardent supporter of the FLOSS movement. I'm well-versed with the basics of a Linux-based system and have worked with various applications. I would love to explore the opportunity of working in any Linux related field. I'm willing to start from the very bottom without any salary expectations and working hours and location constraints. I request the List members to kindly guide me further in this regard. Any references, openings or opportunities will be highly appreciated. Thanking you in advance. Regards, Sarfaraz Kazi

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Linux alternative to Irfanview
by Rony 12 Feb '10

12 Feb '10

Hello, I was looking up an alternative to IrfanView which is a light weight doze based utility for quick image editing. Found 'showfoto'. It is a cut throat competitor for IrfanView except that it lacks the batch conversion utility that is very handy in Irfanview. However other features are terrific to touch up photos, change brightness contrast etc. The Text tool is also lovely. You can scroll through the font sizes and see the actual result go big and small live. Overall a great piece of software. The best part of it is that I did not find it in google in spite of a reasonable search. It was found in the apt repos of my Lenny, silently awaiting its turn to see the world. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Auto mount
by Richard Victor Correia 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '10

Hi. I have a linux server, centos 5.X I have following mount points on the server and I need to restart the server. What is the ideal location where I should put this commands so that in case of reboot following mounts will be in place? mount --bind /var/www/html/Dell /var/www/html/PSB/Dell mount --bind /var/www/html/Ideas_images /var/www/html/Idea_Research/Ideas_images Should I put it in rc.local? -- Thanks, Richard Victor Correia PH: +91 9004911199

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Fwd: [Ilugc] [UbuntuWomen] International Women's Day -- Competition!
by Mehul Ved 09 Feb '10

09 Feb '10

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shrinivasan T <tshrinivasan(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:39 AM Subject: [Ilugc] [UbuntuWomen] International Women's Day -- Competition! To: ILUG-C <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in> Cc: kanchilug(a)freelists.org Hi, Ubuntu Women is running an essay competition on how women get into ubuntu linux. Any female can send article. Read further here. http://www.geekosophical.net/?p=423 https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-women/2010-January/002406.html -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My experiences with Linux are here http://goinggnu.wordpress.com For Free and Open Source Jobs http://fossjobs.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

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ANN: Rhythmbox album art search plugin
by Rupesh Kumar 07 Feb '10

07 Feb '10

Rhythmbox album art search is a plugin which searches the web for the album art of the currently playing song using google search apis. From the resulting images, one can then choose an image to set it as album art. The plugin is based on the context pane plugin. For screenshot, download and installation instructions please see http://code.google.com/p/albumartsearch/ Rupesh

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Open Office Document in MsOffice
by Saswata Banerjee 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Hi Guys, I do not know if you consider this as an achievement, but Microsoft Word 2007 can open and read all odt files. They have provided a add-in converter. If you have MsOffice on your PC and you double click an odt file, it gets the converter (once only) and installs it in MsOffice I found this when a business associate to whom i send a odt file was able to open it without issues :-) Regards Saswata

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Open Office Document in MsOffice
by Saswata Banerjee 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

On 2/4/2010 12:30 PM, Saswata Banerjee wrote: > On 2/4/2010 12:24 PM, steve wrote: >> On 02/04/2010 11:52 AM, Saswata Banerjee wrote: >>> Hi Guys, >>> I do not know if you consider this as an achievement, but Microsoft >>> Word >>> 2007 can open and read all odt files. >>> They have provided a add-in converter. If you have MsOffice on your PC >>> and you double click an odt file, it gets the converter (once only) >>> and >>> installs it in MsOffice >>> >>> I found this when a business associate to whom i send a odt file was >>> able to open it without issues :-) >> >> Not much of an achievement considering that the odt format is an >> *open* format, so anyone who can read specifications and write >> software to match those can create a odt reader/editor, unlike >> proprietary formats (or in case of ooxml bad, over general and patent >> dependent ^standard^), where creating a reader/writer is not only a >> technical issue (if the format has to be reverse engineered) but also >> a legal issue (if implementing such software would imply 'infringing' >> on patents). >> >> So, basically it is the same as Microsoft's contribution to the linux >> kernel -- not really noteworthy since they do it only because they can. > Steve, > I was looking at it as an achievement for Open Office since its not > done because Microsoft Can, but because they are forced to provide it > as their clients need it. >> >> >> cheers, >> - steve >> > oops Just found out that it was not microsoft that made the converter. http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter/files/ My appologies But still worthwhile info. regards saswata

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[NEWS] Microsoft to provide `unique identification` to 600 million people
by Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

Microsoft Research sees “exciting” opportunities for itself in the Indian government's unique identification project – in the areas of user interface, multi-lingual systems, mobility and secure database management. The research arm of Microsoft is in talks with Mr Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India, to explore options. Complete news can be read here... http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/01/23/stories/2010012352560400.htm -- With Regards Abhishek Amberkar Learn to appreciate the beauty within...

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any editors which have the split window functionality
by Kussh Singh 03 Feb '10

03 Feb '10

Are there any editors in Linux which allow the editable window to be split as in Microsoft windows? I have tried gedit and openoffice. Both do not have this ability yet. Kussh -- http://www.mvhlive.com/ windows freeware for designing homes or renovating them sweethome3d.sourceforge.net

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] any editors which have the split window functionality
by Kussh Singh 01 Feb '10

01 Feb '10

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Kussh Singh <kussh.singh(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Osric Fernandes < > osric.fernandes(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Or else, if you want to use gedit, there's a third party plugin available: >> http://www.psyguygames.com/SplitView2.tar.gz >> Just extract the files to ~/.gnome2/gedit/plugins/ >> >> -- >> >> Thanks, will try it out. > > Had to put the 2 extracted files in /usr/lib/gedit-2/plugins for system wide availability. (a python file and a plugin file) Then enable the splitview plugin in the gedit preferences. The user interface took some getting used to-- the tabs can be toggled --both vertical and horizontal split are possible.

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dell inspiron 14 wid linux
by sharad kumar 31 Jan '10

31 Jan '10

ya linux is completely comfortable wid dell inspiron14 ........... -- REGARDS Sharad Kumar Visit my blog at :- http://techshaddy.wordpress.com/ See my pictures at:- http://www.flickr.com/photos/techshaddy/ See my videos at :- http://shaddyshare.vodspot.tv Sent from Delhi, India

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[OT][HUMOUR] Testing this group's sense of humour
by Mohan Nayaka 30 Jan '10

30 Jan '10

http://xkcd.com/456/ /me runs from the flames! Regards, Mohan S N -- Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. -- J. R. R. Tolkien

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Wireless connection problem.
by Rajen M. Parekh 30 Jan '10

30 Jan '10

Hi, I am not able to establish wireless connection on my wireless router if I choose "Do not broadcast SSID" setting on the router. I am using Opensuse 11.2 (KDE 4.3.4). Everything works fine if I choose to broadcast SSID, but it doesn't connect if the SSID is not broadcasted. The connection is managed by "NetworkManager". (Just for information, on Windows, by modifying connection settings, one can connect with "Do not broadcast SSID" setting turned on.) On Opensuse+kde-4.3.4, there is no option available with the "KNetworkManager" which allows to make connection when SSID is not broadcasted. I don't know if this is opensuse specific problem, as I haven't tried any other distro for this. From googling I could gather that there is/was such a problem with other Linux distros like Ubuntu too. On a positive note, in a tutorial for wireless connection on linux, there was even this option where one could establish a connection when SSID is not broadcasted. This tutorial was on Fedora. So I guess that this isn't a linux specific problem, but its probably distro specific. Or maybe it could be that I have missed something here. I wonder why I can't find this option with Opensuse 11.2 (KDE - 4.3.4). Have I to install any additional packages? If anybody has any experience in this regard, do let me know. Regards, Rajen.

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free web training for linux users from the elite
by Kussh Singh 28 Jan '10

28 Jan '10

Check this out http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/blogs/browse/2010/01/how-learn-li… Kussh -- http://www.mvhlive.com/ windows freeware for designing homes or renovating them sweethome3d.sourceforge.net

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT][HUMOUR] Testing this group's sense of humour
by U N Gaitonde 28 Jan '10

28 Jan '10

And I did not have to talk about linux to my kids. Since 199x, had linux as the OS on my machine at home. So daughter and son grew with it. Now both are avid linux users in their active life! U N Gaitonde

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foss calendar
by Kenneth Gonsalves 23 Jan '10

23 Jan '10

-- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Project Officer NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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linux for legal transcription
by Kenneth Gonsalves 23 Jan '10

23 Jan '10

hi, a firm doing legal transcription wants to explore the use of linux. What is needed is: "a Startstop foot pedal system and a Soundcard that enables you to adjust bass and treble on audio files". Any clues as to what this is, can it work on linux and if so what is the cost/recommendations? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Project Officer NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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GRUB issue
by Mayur Pawar 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

hi, I am having a dual boot machine with Ubuntu 7.04 and Windows XP. Yesterday i replaced Ubuntu 7.04 with Ubuntu 9.10 desktop edition and updated it. After updating i restarted my machine and the GRUB took unbelievably long time. It took almost 15 mins to load. It was not the same with 7.04. Also before i updated 9.10 the GRUB was fast enough. Now it takes a lot of time to kick in. Any help on this?..as in why its taking so long and how can i work it around?..i dont intend to reinstall the OS.. Regards, Mayur K. Pawar

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Specific issues with version 2.4 of Draft Policy on Open Standards for eGovernance (India)
by narendra sisodiya 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

*Specific issues with version 2.4 of Draft Policy on Open Standards for eGovernance (India)* This document examines the Draft Policy on Open Standards for eGovernment v2.4 dated 25.11.2009 and the process followed in adopting the same. You can download from http://fosscomm.in/OpenStandards . If v2.4 is adopted as official policy, it will result in: 1. The legitimization of proprietary standards that entail the payment of royalty fees and huge foreign exchange outflows. This cost will be paid by Indian taxpayers and pocketed by monopolistic vendors located in foreign countries, since most proprietary standards are controlled by entities outside India. Unlike royaltyfree open standards, the usage of proprietary standards will mean that users will, directly or indirectly, pay a royalty to a private entity for the privilege of communicating with the government. 2. Reduce eGovernment in India to a mess of incompatible systems that cannot communicate with each other, thus defeating the very purpose of eGovernment, if multiple standards for the same purpose are allowed. *Logical inconsistencies in v2.4* This section points out some of the most apparent flaws in v2.4 though it is not an exhaustive list. In particular, we would like to draw attention to the utterly lax manner in which one of the key clauses in section 4.1 titled "Mandatory Characteristics," has been drafted. "4.1.2 The essential patent claims necessary to implement the Identified Standard should preferably be available on a RoyaltyFree (no payment and no restrictions) basis for the life time of the standard. However, if such Standards are not found feasible and in the wider public interest, then RF on Fair, Reasonable and Non Discriminatory terms and conditions (FRAND) or Reasonable and Non Discriminatory terms and conditions (RAND) could be considered." *Inconsistency #1:* The use of a phrase like, "should preferably be available on a RoyaltyFree (no payment and no restrictions) basis," contradicts the title of the section, which is, "Mandatory Characteristics" and makes the usage of the Identified Standard nonbinding. This renders the entire policy meaningless. By wording this clause in such a casual manner, the government is surrendering its policy making responsibilities to market forces that are driven to extract maximum profits from tax payers. * Inconsistency #2: *The government has a serious longterm responsibility of safeguarding its citizens data. Egovernment data remains valid for decades, if not centuries and the archival and preservation of this data is critical. In this context, we would like to point out that v2.4 does not even explain or define "essential patent claims," which is one of the most important terms in this policy. The implementation of a standard cannot be bifurcated into "essential" and nonessential" parts. The policy v2.4 is also silent on how the government will distinguish "essential patent claims" from nonessential patent claims. Egovernment data stored in formats with such unclear rights could be subject to litigation. Therefore, we would like to submit that ALL patent claims on a standard should be made available on a royaltyfree basis so that there are no problems in the foreseeable future. * Procedural issues with v2.4* 1. Apart from these above mentioned inconsistencies, there is also no change log that explains the reasons for introducing new terms in v2.4 and the major directional changes made in this version, as compared to v2.0. 2. It has also been brought to our notice that the expert committee constituted by Department of Information Technology that was involved in drafting this policy since 2007 and was responsible for creating v2.0 that was acclaimed by Civil Society Organizations, was not even informed of the creation and adoption of v2.4. This is a significant disservice to the expert committee Such undemocratic actions will only dissuade public spirited citizens from participating in national policy making processes, especially if these process are marked by lack of transparency and accountability on the part of the government. 3. While Department of Information Technology has invited industry lobbies and trade associations to be part of Apex Committee on Open Standards, it has given no representation to Civil Society Organizations. In fact, the inputs sent in by organizations like National Campaign for People's Right to Information, IT For Change, Center for Internet and Society, Knowledge Commons and others have been completely ignored by Department of Information Technology. *Financial Issues * From an eGovernment perspective, when royaltyfree standards are available, or can be created, it is perfectly rational, economic behavior to opt for such standards. There are very few situations where the government will be able to justify the use of proprietary standards that are controlled by monopolies and entail the payment of huge royalties. Our national data should not be stored in formats that are trade secrets of vendors or controlled by vendors through patents and other forms of protection that enable them to extract royalties and other rents. Furthermore, it has to be recognized that open standards do not preclude anyone from implementing them. If India's egov data is stored in proprietary data formats, the cost of using these formats will grow as we get more and more invested in egovernance. Therefore the government must draw strict rules in favor of open, royaltyfree standards and mandate that ALL stakeholders involved in e Governance adhere strictly to these standards. * Policy issues* As an emerging software superpower, the IT policies formulated in India are closely monitored and emulated. If a poorly worded, logically inconsistent draft like v2.4 becomes national policy, India will be a laughing stock in the community of nations. From a policymaking perspective, the government has repeatedly appealed to educated Indians to contribute to national goals and policy making. However, if software monopolies can so easily defeat policies that are aimed at protecting national interests, this is a serious discouragement to all the public spirited academics and citizens who have volunteered their time and effort to drafting this policy. This will send a strong negative signal to those who wish to contribute to policy making and dissuade them from participating in such policy making processes. We therefore request urgent corrective steps to ensure that the Draft Policy on Open Standards for e Government results in the creation of a meaningful policy that protects the interests of the country. ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Society for Knowledge Commons │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org └─────────────────────────┘

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pop3 mail checker/notifier application
by RSCL Mumbai 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

Hi, I am looking for an application which will sit in the system tray, check multiple pop3 mailboxes at predefined intervals, pop-up / notify when a new email is received. Any recommendations for such an application ? On windows desktop I have been using *Magic Mail Monitor* & *PopPeeper*. Both are brilliant applications. Now I need something similar for my linux desktops. Thx Sandeep

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] pop3 mail checker/notifier application
by steve 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

Hi, On 01/19/2010 03:55 PM, RSCL Mumbai wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for an application which will sit in the system > tray, check > multiple pop3 mailboxes at predefined intervals, pop-up / notify > when a new > email is received. > Any recommendations for such an application ? > > Which desktop manager do you use ? There is this ultra-cool web page > that I visit when I want something like this[1]. > > > Gnome. > > Googling since an hour, but not much help. > What exactly did you google for ? http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+mail+notification http://www.google.com/search?q=gnome+mail+notification http://www.google.com/search?q=mail+notification+in+gnome http://www.google.com/search?q=i+want+a+mail+notifier+for+gnome The first result for all of those is the link that I sent you in my reply ! Even /these/ gives relevant results: http://www.google.com/search?q=mail+popup+thingy+in+linux (2nd freaking result !!!) http://www.google.com/search?q=i+want+a+mail+notifier+for+linux http://www.google.com/search?q=i+want+a+mail+notification+applet+for+gnome and dammit ! ..even these exist: http://www.google.com/search?q=Magic+Mail+Monitor+for+linux http://www.google.com/search?q=PopPeeper+linux (again, the *second* result mentions the very same app, I sent the link to in my reply) <rant> If there's something more annoying than an idiot who makes mistakes is an idiot who would tries to cover it up with bulls**t rather than admit to it when the mistake is discovered ! It has to be one of these two: a. You are trying to cover up the fact that you *did not* google b. You are too stupid to use google even Which is it ? Gah !! </rant> (I am sorry, just in a bad mood today ! ...but seriously ...??) cheers, - steve -- random non tech spiel: http://lonetwin.blogspot.com/ tech randomness: http://lonehacks.blogspot.com/ what i'm stumbling into: http://lonetwin.stumbleupon.com/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] New Fedora Mirror Mumbai, INDIA
by ripunjay＠hns.net.in 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

Thanks just giving back as much as we can to the community. Yup, just working only, will call u one of these days Sent from my Android ----- Reply message ----- From: "Rajeev R. K." <rajeevrk(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jan 19, 2010 11:09 AM Subject: [ILUG-BOM] New Fedora Mirror Mumbai, INDIA To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Ripunjay Bararia <ripunjay(a)hns.net.in>wrote: > Hi All, > We have just launched a new fedora mirror for India, > > http://fedoramirror.hnsdc.com > > Good on you m8... awesome to have a low latency yum repo around without having to rsync the whole shebang :P Rajeev P.S.: How are you doing even.. been ages since we touched base.... > regards > Ripunjay Bararia > Honesty Net Solutions (I) Pvt Ltd > Mumbai, INDIA. > > > > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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New Fedora Mirror Mumbai, INDIA
by Ripunjay Bararia 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

Hi All, We have just launched a new fedora mirror for India, http://fedoramirror.hnsdc.com regards Ripunjay Bararia Honesty Net Solutions (I) Pvt Ltd Mumbai, INDIA.

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