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Screencast project - Call for contributions?
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

List, In the recent meet, Naveen, described a project that called for contributions. I have lost the leads to what are the requirements, but as far as I remember, it is about creating screencasts that'll help those who want to have a self-controlled e-learning environment. This email is also directed towards Naveen (since I don't have his email id, and I assume, he has subscribed to this list) who can add more details to this. http://www.ubuntu-in.org

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[OT?] RMS -- old photo / video
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

List, This probably doesn't have much to do with the technical aspect of FOSS, but of the pioneer of the Free Software Movement, RMS's video which includes a very old photo, without the beard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1DFwtR755I&NR=1 http://www.ubuntu-in.org

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_simple_ checkbook balancing program
by Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

I am looking for a _simple_ checkbook balancing program. All I need is to be able to enter my debits and credits and be able to print it out to give it to my CA. The ability to print (ideally directly) is essential. Incrementing check numbers would be nice too. The ability to import a qif file is a plus point but not absolutely essential. Previously I used gacc w/ kubuntu 6.04 (and fedora -- I forget which version). This was the perfect solution. Unfortunately after upgrading to kubuntu 7.04 (and 8.04) gacc does not work. What happens is that though the program opens, there is no text in the menu bar or the status bar. The same is the trouble with cbtracker. Here again, the program starts up but I run up against this problem of no text in the menu or status bar. I wrote to the author and he suggested that it could be a problem with the gtk theme and maybe changing the gtk theme might help. Google also gave a similar answer but for older versions of kubuntu. The software that helped in these cases is no longer available for kubuntu 7.x or 8.x. I installed _all_the gtk-themes available. None helped. Asking on the kubuntu list turned up exactly zero answers :(. Okay so back to google. I found pycheckbook but it messes up the dates when it imports a qif file. All the dates are changed to the present date. Also, it won't print directly. You need to export to text then open in vim or OOo and more often than not the formatting is screwed up. I also found chkbk. Just a shell script but no export or printing support that I could find. Next was cbb. Again no direct printing possible. Then I looked at brinance. A cli program that takes a cli parameter everytime you run it. Depends upon Brinance.pm -- a perl module that the author accepts is not very perl-ish and hence may give different results. I looked at kmymoney, gnucash, buddi. Kmymoney, nicely integrates with kde, imports qif files correctly after a bit of fiddling. But it won't let me print just a record of my transcations. Too much shoo sha for my taste (or even need). I tried gnucash but it is greatly overkill. Buddi won't import _anything_ :( . Maybe I'm missing something but the import and export commands are greyed out. I intend taking a look a avsap but it too seems to be a full fledged accounting package. so what do I do now ? suggestions welcome. regards, Sharukh. -- Dr. Sharukh K R Pavri. Homoeopath, Linuxer. The advantage of exercising every day is that you die healthier.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] _simple_ checkbook balancing program
by Sameep 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

----- Original Message ---- From: Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. <lists(a)pavri.net> To: Lug Bom <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 8:21:17 PM Subject: [ILUG-BOM] _simple_ checkbook balancing program I am looking for a _simple_ checkbook balancing program. All I need is to be able to enter my debits and credits and be able to print it out to give it to my CA. The ability to print (ideally directly) is essential. Incrementing check numbers would be nice too. The ability to import a qif file is a plus point but not absolutely essential. You can try http://www.mint.com/ Its online. Its a really good app. Regards, Sameep

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ERP Presentation and Notes
by Sameep 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

Hi, Here is the link to download the ERP presentation made in the July LUG meeting. I have also attached some ERP notes. I would be glad to answer any queries regarding ERP or CRM implementations ( to the best of my ability ) http://www.box.net/shared/mxnsezpnos Regards, Sameep

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Distro Requests ...
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 20 Jul '08

20 Jul '08

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 Sameep wrote : >It probably a little late for this but does anyone want any specific distros ? Do you already have a ready-to-use copy of OpenSuSE 11.0? A few days ago, I burnt a copy of OpenSuSE 11.0 for a guy, but that didn't seem to work on his machine for unknown reasons. It did on my machine, though. http://www.ubuntu-in.org

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Distro Requests ...
by Sameep 20 Jul '08

20 Jul '08

It probably a little late for this but does anyone want any specific distros ? Regards, Sameep

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Announce: ILUG-BOM July 2008 Meet
by દિનેશ શાહ 19 Jul '08

19 Jul '08

H! All, Here is the formal announcement for upcoming LUG meet. Date: Sunday, 20th July 2008 Time: 2:00-5:00 PM Venue: Directi (Thanks to Gaurav Chaturvedi.) 330 Link-Way Estate, Link Road Malad (W) Above Greens hotel Directions on getting here :- Get off at Malad / Goregaon station, ask for "greens hotel" (it is very close to in orbit mall) Topics: Programming in Ruby. By Prashant Shah - Introduction - Basic programming in Ruby - Regular experssions - Arrays, Hashes, Ranges - Control structures - Statement modifiers - Iterators - Object Oriented Programing (classes, objects, inheritance) - Mixin, Procs, Blocks, Modules, Accessors, etc. - Exceptions ERP Solutions under GNU/Linux By Sameep 1. Introduction to ERP. : What is ERP and brief history of ERP. Origins and Present state. 2. Why ERP + Benefits of ERP : How an ERP implementation can help a business be more organized while improving customer satisfaction. 3. Availability of various ERP applications : Popular ERP packages available . Benefits of using OpenSource ERP packages. 4. Comparison of the most popular open source ERP options available : Comparison of Compiere , Adempiere, OpenBravo , TinyERP and webERP 5. Steps for implemetation of ERP packages - ERP package environment , Installation, Configuration, Usage . Side by side implementation of OpenBravo and webERP 6. Required Domain Knowledge for implementation : Basic requirements to implement ERP for an organization. Computer Skills plus basic Management knowledge, 7. How to choose a suitable ERP solution : Pre-requisites for finalising an ERP package. Associated Pitfalls. 8. Questions / Comments Anurag, please update the wiki with above info. TIA Looking forward to see you all! With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System -- Laurence J. Peter - "Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it."

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WIFI meeting ; ; --- can you bring olsr from www.olsr.org there since every notebook can support it
by Erach 19 Jul '08

19 Jul '08

> 3. Re: Please make this list searchable ---- or put it on yahoo > groups / google groups ( ????? ??? ) > 4. Re: Please make this list searchable ---- or put it on yahoo > groups / google groups (Anurag) Thank you for making the list searchable ----- now I read on www.olsr.org THAT EVERY computer notebook have ethernet wireless 11 can host olsr in the driver if it supports ad-hoc protocol. OLSR is layer 3. Well, so no money is needed to switch to olsr. If people start playing with OLSR now, I have heard that a computer notebook from HCL costs $ 250 ---- so can cheap notebooks be enabled for OLSR. The prices of cheapest notebooks, if it follows that of mobiles, will be Rs 5,000 in 4 years. I can't come but I read your list regularly in archive mode. Erach

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[xpost] xinerama dual display with Intel graphics
by Arun Khan 19 Jul '08

19 Jul '08

Ubuntu 8.04.1, Intel graphics chip on laptop - shows as 2 distinct ports: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) I am trying to setup two displays side by side, using the laptop's display and LCD panel through VGA port. I have read thru the some of the help and modified xorg.conf per suggestions but it is not working. If you have successfully setup xinerama on a laptop, I would appreciate if you could share your xorg.conf settings. TIA, -- Arun Khan

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] date and time for the lug meet
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 gaurav chaturvedi wrote : > > What day and time is the meeting? >http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Monthly_Meetings Reminds me that those who have wiki accounts, can add their names / nicks on the wiki page http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Upcoming_meet_RSVPs or may be just post it here. http://www.ubuntu-in.org

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date and time for the lug meet
by Suhit Kelkar 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Hello, What day and time is the meeting? Thanks and regards Suhit Kelkar.

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Please make this list searchable ---- or put it on yahoo groups / google groups
by Erach 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Hi, There are lots of technical questions and answers which are being answered on this list. Can you make this list a searchable list (instead of merely downloading the zipped files) or put it on yahoo groups (viewable by everybody ----- how does one prevent SPAM) or google groups so everybody can view it. Also, note that the OLPC XO notebook with built-in OLSR is available in Nepal for $ 125. I had got Microsoft Word and Excel and powerpoint to work under WINE on Kubuntu LINUX but then again it became non-workable the next day. I can't get Tally to connect properly under WINE. Thanks, Erach

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Venue for July Meeting
by દિનેશ શાહ 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Dear Prashant, On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Prashant Shah <elite.mumbai(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I will take ruby 1 hr. session. Please make it the first one to start if > possible. I have no problems if anyone wants to video record it. You are ON. Can you send an abstract of your talk/presentation at the earlist? I will announce the meet ASA I get your abstract, TIA for your quick response. With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System -- Laurence J. Peter - "Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it."

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Venue for July Meeting
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 gaurav chaturvedi wrote : >Venue :- >DirectI > >330 Link-Way Estate, >Link Road Malad (W) >Above Greens hotel [snip] Confirmed? http://www.ubuntu-in.org

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Log synaptic commands
by Puneet Lakhina 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Hi, I use Ubuntu and depend on Synaptic to install/uninstall packages and also to search for packages. I want to gradually learn to do the same things from the command line. Is there any way I can sort of ask synaptic to log all system commands (apt-get or whatever) that it executes with the options? -- Puneet http://sahyog.blogspot.com/ Latest Post: javac -g

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Venue for July Meeting
by Dinesh Shah 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

H! I have not received any confirmation from Vipul for KReSIT venue for up-coming LUG meet. Any one else from IIT who can confirm the venue in a day? TIA With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System :-) +91-98213-11906 -- Yogi Berra - "A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."

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Wiki being attacked by spam bots
by Roshan N Baladhanvi 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

List, The wiki is being attacked on a daily basis by spam bots. I have been cleaning pages, as soon as I notice one. However, I would request, those who already have an account, and have created pages / edited pages, to add watch to their / other pages so that pages could be cleaned for spam. Thanks! http://www.ubuntu-in.org

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A virtual visit to ILUG-Goa...
by Frederick Noronha [फ़र ेदरिक नोर ोनया] 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Freedom... at a Free Software meet We invite you for a virtual meet of the India Linux Users Group-Goa at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4sQK7AZyDQ ABOUT THE VIDEO: On the fourth Saturday of each month, a group of volunteer-techies meets at the Goa Science Centre (Miramar), to share knowledge and ideas. Strangely, this free-to-join, non-profit group has been effective over the last eight years in building skills, sharing talent, and keeping it going. More details at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa DETAILS: ILUG-Goa was launched in February 2000. It has 583 members on its mailing list, and upto 15 turn up each month for the meetings, hosted generously by the (Government of India's) Science Centre, Miramar. Anyone can join this network, and all it costs is a ten-rupee entry fee to the venue for each meeting. The mailing-list is also open to all. Please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4sQK7AZyDQ -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Goa http://www.linkedin.com/in/fredericknoronha

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Please make this list searchable ---- or put it on yahoo groups / google groups
by Philip Tellis 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

2008/7/15 Erach <erach27(a)gmail.com>: > Thank you, > but have you thought that if a copy of this list is maintained on > google groups (or automatically sent to a web-page so that it can be > indexed by google ) it becomes a searchable resource by everybody. And what makes you think that it is not indexed by google and yahoo and all other search engines right now? We don't block search engines from our archives.

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Lindependence 2008
by Sameep 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

An enterprising group has taken on a radical approach in attracting users to Linux: switch a whole town! Dubbed "Lindependence 2008" (a.k.a. LIN08), this event strives to switch citizens in Felton, Calif., for at least a week from Microsoft Windows to Linux. The initiative, loosely led by Ken Starks in Austin, Texas, and Larry Cafiero in Felton, has taken the idea of introducing normal computer users to Linux to screaming heights. By July 28, those in Felton who decide to take the plunge will go Microsoft-free for a week or more. http://www.lindependence.net/ We need something like this here.. :D Regards, Sameep

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[commercial] need LAMP trainers
by Sanjeev Sarma 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

Dear Friends, I need LAMP Trainers to work with me on a project, on a purely commercial association. Obviously, I would love to look for vertical expertise in each area of LAMP, to create and impart course ware driven knowledge to an audience that can't think beyond (sic!) *other, proprietory* technologies. The requirement is for 4 hours a day, 3 days a week. I need people who are passionate about their expertise area, and have a deep understanding of their subject, and huge practical experience too. Do send across expressions of interest to me so that we may start establishing a working relationship ? Regards Sanjeev Sarma http://osmos.net

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FLOSSInclude
by vinay＠itforchange.net 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

Hello All, Greetings from IT for Change. I had earlier shared information about a new FLOSS project that we had started working on - FLOSSInclude (http://www.flossinclude.org/) I am writing to you again to give you details about the planned activities in this project and to seek your support for the same.The FLOSSInclude project is an international research project in FLOSS and open standards which aims to study the requirements of increasing the deployment, development and societal impact of FLOSS in Africa, Asia and Latin America. ITforChange (http://www.itforchange.net/) and Sarai, India (http://www.sarai.net/) are the two organizations in India, which will be a part of this project. As part of this project IT for Change seeks to focus on ?FLOSS and the public sector?, and will study the role of public sector agencies in procuring, organizing and stimulating production of FOSS, including using FLOSS for public administration, and sharing of FLOSS applications among public sector bodies. We specifically aim to understand; (1) the context of, and requirements for, a wide scale deployment and use of FLOSS within the public sector agencies in India, (2) the issues and challenges involved in building an ecology for the development of such FLOSS and applications that have the most development and governmental uses, and, (3)the issues and challenges in fostering sharing software in the public sector. Understanding such techno-social as well as social factors would be useful to understand,conceptualize and design programs that would further the use of FLOSS in these sectors. Our activities in the initial phase of this project will include - 1. Collection and analysis of data on government policies on FOSS and open standards, and on FOSS implementation in Indian public sector 2. A study on the issues of perceptions regarding software choices within the public sector 3. Undertaking a techno-social analysis of success and/or failure of FOSS implementations in the public sector As we launch the first phase, we request your support for gathering information in the above mentioned area. Please do let us know of any organizations/individuals/resources which might prove useful in gathering such information. Looking forward to your support through the project. Please email back if any further clarification is needed on this. Thanks, Vinay. Vinay Sreenivasa IT for Change 91-(0)821-2343527 91-98805-95032 vinay(a)itforchange.net www.ITforChange.net

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FLOSSInclude
by vinay＠itforchange.net 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

Hello All, Greetings from IT for Change. I had earlier shared information about a new FLOSS project that we had started working on - FLOSSInclude (http://www.flossinclude.org/) I am writing to you again to give you details about the planned activities in this project and to seek your support for the same.The FLOSSInclude project is an international research project in FLOSS and open standards which aims to study the requirements of increasing the deployment, development and societal impact of FLOSS in Africa, Asia and Latin America. ITforChange (http://www.itforchange.net/) and Sarai, India (http://www.sarai.net/) are the two organizations in India, which will be a part of this project. As part of this project IT for Change seeks to focus on FLOSS and the public sector, and will study the role of public sector agencies in procuring, organizing and stimulating production of FOSS, including using FLOSS for public administration, and sharing of FLOSS applications among public sector bodies. We specifically aim to understand; (1) the context of, and requirements for, a wide scale deployment and use of FLOSS within the public sector agencies in India, (2) the issues and challenges involved in building an ecology for the development of such FLOSS and applications that have the most development and governmental uses, and, (3)the issues and challenges in fostering sharing software in the public sector. Understanding such techno-social as well as social factors would be useful to understand,conceptualize and design programs that would further the use of FLOSS in these sectors. Our activities in the initial phase of this project will include - 1. Collection and analysis of data on government policies on FOSS and open standards, and on FOSS implementation in Indian public sector 2. A study on the issues of perceptions regarding software choices within the public sector 3. Undertaking a techno-social analysis of success and/or failure of FOSS implementations in the public sector As we launch the first phase, we request your support for gathering information in the above mentioned area. Please do let us know of any organizations/individuals/resources which might prove useful in gathering such information. Looking forward to your support through the project. Please email back if any further clarification is needed on this. Thanks, Vinay. -- Vinay Sreenivasa IT for Change 91-(0)821-2343527 91-98805-95032 vinay(a)itforchange.net www.ITforChange.net --

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LAMP workshop at Ichalkaranji
by Kenneth Gonsalves 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

hi, NRC-FOSS is pleased to announce that a LAMP workshop for lecturers in Shivaji University was successfully conducted recently. We thank those members of Mumbai and Pune LUGs who sacrificed their time to make the workshop a success. Details here: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/wiki/IchalkaranjiWorkshop -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/

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