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UEFI shenanigans
by J T Dsouza 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

Linus gets it spot on. http://www.zdnet.com/torvalds-clarifies-linuxs-windows-8-secure-boot-positi…

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Ankit Fadia redux...
by Binand Sethumadhavan 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

http://forbesindia.com/article/beyond-business/ankit-fadia-revealed/34793/0 (Charles Assisi is an editor at Forbes). Binand

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Opinion solicited for an article
by Priyanka Sarkar 24 Feb '13

24 Feb '13

Dear All, One of our journalists is doing a story on 'How safe is rooting your android phone? Or is it worth rooting your android phone. Would be great if we get some great inputs from you on the same. Please let us have your your opinion/ views. Regards, Priyanka

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Unable to reactivate a RAID10 mdadm device
by Arun Khan 23 Feb '13

23 Feb '13

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Arun Khan <knura9(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Any help in solving this problem would be highly appreciated. > Fortunately, I have been able to recover the data due to sheer luck! For details please see <http://marc.info/?l=linux-raid&m=136163159413360&w=2> -- Arun Khan

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Ml woes
by J T Dsouza 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

host mm.ilug-bom.org.in [74.207.228.67]: 450 4.7.1 <mail.sparc.net>: Helo command rejected: Host not found exim4 -Mvh 1U7A6g-0002Re-Q9 1U7A6g-0002Re-Q9-H Debian-exim 102 102 <jtd(a)mtnl.net.in> 1361130062 0 -helo_name debamd.localnet -host_address 192.168.0.16.43515 -host_name debamd.sparc.net -interface_address 192.168.0.8.25 -received_protocol esmtp -body_linecount 46 -max_received_linelength 81 XX 1 linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in 234P Received: from debamd.sparc.net ([192.168.0.16] helo=debamd.localnet) by mail.sparc.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from <jtd(a)mtnl.net.in>) id 1U7A6g-0002Re-Q9 for linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in; Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:11:02 +0530 022F From: jtd(a)mtnl.net.in 032T To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in 055 Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to detect a power failure? 038 Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:22:24 +0530 And exim -brw jtd(a)mtnl.net.in sender: jtd(a)mtnl.net.in from: jtd(a)mtnl.net.in to: jtd(a)mtnl.net.in cc: jtd(a)mtnl.net.in bcc: jtd(a)mtnl.net.in reply-to: jtd(a)mtnl.net.in env-from: jtd(a)mtnl.net.in env-to: jtd(a)mtnl.net.in I am fairly sure nothing has changed in the local mail server since 2005. Mails to the list were just fine until it came back online after the last years outage. HELP. I hate mail servers.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to detect a power failure?
by Arun Khan 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

Changed the subject for it to be relevant to the OP On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 11:58 PM, Joel Rebello <joelmadzu(a)gmail.com> wrote: ........... trimmed a lot of the irrelevant quote from the *digest* message > Hey, > > Im from Vasai, where we have frequent powercuts. I run a linux box at home > which basically acts as my home server(box) > I currently use the GPIO pin on my wifi router(running openwrt) to 'sense' > powercuts, which in turn powers off the box and turns it back on when power > resumes. > Let me know if you'd like more details on the setup and code, I'd be happy > to share :) Thanks for sharing your idea. *However* - when you reply make sure you 1. Change the subject line to that of the Original Post 2. Trim *all* other messages in the digest and only include that is relevant to what you are responding to. It takes a few more seconds to do so *but* it does make your post a lot more enjoyable to read. -- Arun Khan

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How to detect a power failure?
by J T Dsouza 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

On Friday 15 February 2013 19:57:59 Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: > I am thinking of something like a mobile charger that would plug in a > regular 3-pin plug at one end and a computer at the other, and some > software/sensor combo that would read the (DC) voltage at the computer end. > If there is no voltage, there is no power in the mains and ergo - we are in > the middle of a power outage, so take action. Know of something along these > lines? My mails to the list are getting rejected, so the direct post. You will need either a serial or parallel port. if you have a parallel port connect the output of the psu (PSU ouput must be 5v ) thru a 1 K resistor to pin 2 of the 25 pin dshell connector. Use this program to read the printerport http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/portcontrol.tar The link below provides nice info http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/parallel_output.html You can also use the serial port with the psu wired to one odf the following inputs dcd, RI, CTS or DSR. RTS and DTR can be used as o/p via a opto isolated relay to fire your dg or alarm etc. > > (idea is to detect power failures, while powered by a "dumb" UPS unit - one > that cannot communicate with the a computer. Any other > solutions/suggestions?). you might wire the ups batteries thru a LM393 comparator and feed the op/ to pin 3. then you will be able to shut the pc when the ups is about to shut. Or if you are up to it use a small microcontroller (pic or avr arduino) with an ADC and connected to USB. BTW we do a server room monitoring system that monitors rack temprature and ups + mains 3 phase and send smses on failure of any of the above. Kindly forward to the list. > > Binand

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 104, Issue 7
by Joel Rebello 17 Feb '13

17 Feb '13

On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 10:30 PM, <linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in>wrote: > Send Linuxers mailing list submissions to > linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > linuxers-owner(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Linuxers digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Ubuntu Global Jam Mumbai 2013 for Ubuntu Raring Ringtail > (Rigved Rakshit) > 2. Re: How to detect a power failure? (gnulinuxist(a)gmail.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:21:02 +0530 > From: Rigved Rakshit <r.phate(a)gmail.com> > To: mumbailug(a)googlegroups.com, Mumbai LUG > <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Ubuntu Global Jam Mumbai 2013 for Ubuntu > Raring Ringtail > Message-ID: > < > CAEuhoydO7nY5nHW_4vpj96GKgBNRq4sa7370WbC+UK7fz4DWmA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > The dates are tentative because Canonical themselves have not released > > the dates. Once that is done, I will let you guys know the final > > dates. This is one of the "problems" of planning events ahead of time. > > But I am hoping that this will give everyone enough time to plan and > > attend the event! > > Dates have been finalised. Now, it will be on March 2 and 3. Here is the > event page: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/indian-team/2235/detail/ . As of > now, I have kept the event only on Saturday and Sunday. But if people are > interested, I can keep it on Friday as well. > > Best Regards, > Rigved Rakshit > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:54:55 +0000 > From: "gnulinuxist(a)gmail.com" <gnulinuxist(a)gmail.com> > To: "linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to detect a power failure? > Message-ID: <5120ef43.8148420a.567d.ffffb7ad(a)mx.google.com> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Arun Khan > Sent: 16/02/2013, 01:45 > To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to detect a power failure? > > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Binand Sethumadhavan <binand(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > I am thinking of something like a mobile charger that would plug in a > > regular 3-pin plug at one end and a computer at the other, and some > > software/sensor combo that would read the (DC) voltage at the computer > end. > > If there is no voltage, there is no power in the mains and ergo - we are > in > > the middle of a power outage, so take action. Know of something along > these > > lines? > > > > (idea is to detect power failures, while powered by a "dumb" UPS unit - > one > > that cannot communicate with the a computer. Any other > > solutions/suggestions?). > > > > Good idea. You could use one of those AC Mains to USB > adapter/charger; which I think gives out 5V on the USB power line. A > USB cable into the computer USB port should be a good starting. > > -- Arun Khan > -- > > This usb idea is good. A usb powered device can be used where power comes > externally for on/off and the system gives signal to detect that device is > down. A cheap 200 rupees usb lan can be opened and modified. Every few > minutes, the output of ifconfig can be grepped to detect the presence of > eth(n). Battery power detect option is only in laptops. > > Hey, Im from Vasai, where we have frequent powercuts. I run a linux box at home which basically acts as my home server(box) I currently use the GPIO pin on my wifi router(running openwrt) to 'sense' powercuts, which in turn powers off the box and turns it back on when power resumes. Let me know if you'd like more details on the setup and code, I'd be happy to share :) Regards, Joel Rebello -- Be yourself , just better.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to detect a power failure?
by gnulinuxist＠gmail.com 17 Feb '13

17 Feb '13

-----Original Message----- From: Arun Khan Sent: 16/02/2013, 01:45 To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to detect a power failure? On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Binand Sethumadhavan <binand(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I am thinking of something like a mobile charger that would plug in a > regular 3-pin plug at one end and a computer at the other, and some > software/sensor combo that would read the (DC) voltage at the computer end. > If there is no voltage, there is no power in the mains and ergo - we are in > the middle of a power outage, so take action. Know of something along these > lines? > > (idea is to detect power failures, while powered by a "dumb" UPS unit - one > that cannot communicate with the a computer. Any other > solutions/suggestions?). > Good idea. You could use one of those AC Mains to USB adapter/charger; which I think gives out 5V on the USB power line. A USB cable into the computer USB port should be a good starting. -- Arun Khan -- This usb idea is good. A usb powered device can be used where power comes externally for on/off and the system gives signal to detect that device is down. A cheap 200 rupees usb lan can be opened and modified. Every few minutes, the output of ifconfig can be grepped to detect the presence of eth(n). Battery power detect option is only in laptops.

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Unable to reactivate a RAID10 mdadm device
by Arun Khan 12 Feb '13

12 Feb '13

Recovery OS -- System Rescue CD v 2.8.0 Production OS - Debian Squeeze (6) 2.6.32 stock kernel, using mdadm raid /dev/md0 in raid level RAID10 - members /dev/sdb1, /dev/sdc1, /dev/sdd1, /dev/sde1 all with partion id=fd HDD /dev/sdb went bad, replaced it with another disk with same size partion (id=fd) using System Rescue CD v2.8.0 1. System Rescue CD recognized the md devices but it comes up as 'inactive' Searched for possible solutions and I have tried several things including zeroing the super block and adding them back to the array. Still unable to bring back /dev/md0 with all 4 partions in active mode. I have included below, the entire transcript of the commands I have tried to recover /dev/md0 I have data on /dev/md0 that I need. I do have back ups of critical files (but not all). I prefer solving the problem v/s recreating the /dev/md0 from scratch. Any help in solving this problem would be highly appreciated. TIA, -- Arun Khan --------------- transcript of mdadm activity with System Rescue CD v2.8.0 ---------------- # mdadm -V mdadm - v3.1.4 - 31st August 2010 # cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] md0 : inactive sdd1[2] sde1[3] 312574512 blocks super 1.0 # mdadm -S /dev/md0 mdadm: stopped /dev/md0 # cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] unused devices: <none> # mdadm -v -v -A /dev/md0 -R /dev/sd[bcde]1 mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md0 mdadm: /dev/sdb1 is identified as a member of /dev/md0, slot 0. mdadm: /dev/sdc1 is identified as a member of /dev/md0, slot 1. mdadm: /dev/sdd1 is identified as a member of /dev/md0, slot 2. mdadm: /dev/sde1 is identified as a member of /dev/md0, slot 3. mdadm: added /dev/sdb1 to /dev/md0 as 0 mdadm: added /dev/sdc1 to /dev/md0 as 1 mdadm: added /dev/sde1 to /dev/md0 as 3 mdadm: added /dev/sdd1 to /dev/md0 as 2 mdadm: failed to RUN_ARRAY /dev/md0: Input/output error mdadm: Not enough devices to start the array. # cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] md0 : inactive sdd1[2] sde1[3] 312574512 blocks super 1.0 unused devices: <none> from /var/log/messages Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.339015] md: md0 stopped. Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.374016] md: bind<sdb1> Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.374417] md: bind<sdc1> Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.374604] md: bind<sde1> Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.374869] md: bind<sdd1> Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.374899] md: kicking non-fresh sdc1 from array! Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.374903] md: unbind<sdc1> Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.379016] md: export_rdev(sdc1) Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.379041] md: kicking non-fresh sdb1 from array! Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.379044] md: unbind<sdb1> Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.386010] md: export_rdev(sdb1) Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.387382] md/raid10:md0: not enough operational mirrors. Feb 12 06:13:59 sysresccd kernel: [ 7593.387410] md: pers->run() failed ... # mdadm -D /dev/md0 /dev/md0: Version : 1.0 Creation Time : Fri Apr 29 04:27:04 2011 Raid Level : raid10 Used Dev Size : 156287232 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 2 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Mon Feb 11 13:43:52 2013 State : active, FAILED, Not Started Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Layout : near=2 Chunk Size : 32K Name : brahmaputra:0 UUID : f2d4e898:2e026f85:244a7e9c:908e1af7 Events : 783527 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 0 0 0 removed 1 0 0 1 removed 2 8 49 2 active sync /dev/sdd1 3 8 65 3 active sync /dev/sde1 # mdadm -E /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdc1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.0 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : f2d4e898:2e026f85:244a7e9c:908e1af7 Name : brahmaputra:0 Creation Time : Fri Apr 29 04:27:04 2011 Raid Level : raid10 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 312574512 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Array Size : 625148928 (298.09 GiB 320.08 GB) Used Dev Size : 312574464 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Super Offset : 312574640 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 2fbc103e:ca40e0c2:b8e4d64f:0fbc7b94 Internal Bitmap : -8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Mon Feb 11 13:43:52 2013 Checksum : 2e8e9fad - correct Events : 0 Layout : near=2 Chunk Size : 32K Device Role : spare Array State : ..AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) # mdadm -E /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.0 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : f2d4e898:2e026f85:244a7e9c:908e1af7 Name : brahmaputra:0 Creation Time : Fri Apr 29 04:27:04 2011 Raid Level : raid10 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 312574512 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Array Size : 625148928 (298.09 GiB 320.08 GB) Used Dev Size : 312574464 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Super Offset : 312574640 sectors State : clean Device UUID : e27c187b:9004cb93:5bb05639:164822cd Internal Bitmap : -8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Mon Feb 11 13:43:52 2013 Checksum : 5ea77bd0 - correct Events : 0 Layout : near=2 Chunk Size : 32K Device Role : spare Array State : ..AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) # mdadm -E /dev/sde1 /dev/sde1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.0 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : f2d4e898:2e026f85:244a7e9c:908e1af7 Name : brahmaputra:0 Creation Time : Fri Apr 29 04:27:04 2011 Raid Level : raid10 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 312574512 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Array Size : 625148928 (298.09 GiB 320.08 GB) Used Dev Size : 312574464 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Super Offset : 312574640 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 78fc82bc:2eb18f07:56c98922:7639269e Internal Bitmap : -8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Mon Feb 11 13:43:52 2013 Checksum : ce19a703 - correct Events : 783527 Layout : near=2 Chunk Size : 32K Device Role : Active device 3 Array State : ..AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) # mdadm -E /dev/sdd1 /dev/sdd1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.0 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : f2d4e898:2e026f85:244a7e9c:908e1af7 Name : brahmaputra:0 Creation Time : Fri Apr 29 04:27:04 2011 Raid Level : raid10 Raid Devices : 4 Avail Dev Size : 312574512 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Array Size : 625148928 (298.09 GiB 320.08 GB) Used Dev Size : 312574464 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) Super Offset : 312574640 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 1dce2f63:fef488cb:1a362c57:7ed908ac Internal Bitmap : -8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Mon Feb 11 13:43:52 2013 Checksum : 7b44c944 - correct Events : 783527 Layout : near=2 Chunk Size : 32K Device Role : Active device 2 Array State : ..AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) # mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sdb1 # mdadm -E /dev/sdb1 mdadm: No md superblock detected on /dev/sdb1. # mdadm /dev/md0 --add /dev/sdb1 mdadm: add new device failed for /dev/sdb1 as 4: Invalid argument from /var/log/messages Feb 12 06:52:26 sysresccd kernel: [ 9900.298880] md0: ADD_NEW_DISK not supported

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Fwd: [MumPy] hackathon at CAMP on Saturday, 9th feb
by Mehul Ved 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sanjay Bhangar <sanjaybhangar(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 1:51 PM Subject: [MumPy] hackathon at CAMP on Saturday, 9th feb To: mumpy(a)googlegroups.com Hey all, Sorry for the delayed notice on this -- We're hosting a hackathon at CAMP [1] [2] on Saturday 9th Feb, 3pm onwards. The broad agenda is to build an open platform for book-sharing in the city. A few artist's organizations have come together as the Umbrella group to collaborate on spaces and projects. As part of this, we plan to index all the books in our various collections, and enable access to them. We're using http://openlibrary.org to enter data about the books and associate them with groups / people that own them. The plan is, to start with, build a simple website to find books you're looking for and who to contact to get access to them, using the openlibrary.org API, but is completely open to ideas to facilitate sharing of things, both digital and analog. The event also marks solidarity with Aaron Swartz. [3] If this seems interesting, bring your laptop / coding device and come - wifi, food and beer shall be provided. Please circulate if you know anyone who maybe interested. Thanks, Sanjay [1] http://camputer.org/directions.html [2] http://camputer.org/campstudio.html [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2013Jan/0017.html -- -- _________________________________________________ Mumbai Python Users Group - http://www.mumpy.org/ Mailing Group - http://groups.google.com/group/mumpy/ Membership Management - http://groups.google.com/group/mumpy/subscribe/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mumpy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mumpy+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- With Regards, Mehul Ved

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[Commercial] A sneak peek into OSFY mega anniversary issue (Feb 2013
by Priyanka Sarkar 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

Dear Members, OSFY's mega 10th Anniversary issue (Feb 2013) brings you a melange of interesting articles on your platter. Special Read for Developers: --Protecting Systems Intents in Android --Implementing HTML5 WebSockets Using Java --Dynamic Program Analysis Using Valgrind: A Jump-Start Guide Admin's Domain --A Peek Into Best open source security tools --Combat virtual threats with IPCop Firewall --A look at top 10 open source Web log Analysers For U & Me: It's the stuff for everyone ---Ten open source cloud computing resources you should know about ---The Top Mind Mapping tools in Android ---Explore the power of bench calculator Expert Speak: Exploring Software by Anil Seth: Creating Massive open online course Joy of Programming by SG Ganesh:Learning From Mistakes Codesport by Sandya Mannarswamy This issue comes bundled with a free DVD: Fedora 18 and an additional CD Clear OS. (The CD is only for newsstands) You can get a copy of our magazine from your nearest newsstands or you can subscribe at http://electronicsforu.com/electronicsforu/subscription/subsc2scheme.asp#. To locate some dealers selling OSFY close to your home, you can check our website: dealers.efyindia.com. Regards, Team OSFY

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Serious Problems With USB Controller in Raspberry Pi
by Siji Sunny 06 Feb '13

06 Feb '13

It seems like the usb controller used* *in Rspberry pi SOC (Broadcom BCM2835) has some serious issues , since it can only supply low amount of current to its USB devices (Approximately 140 mA). This will cause continues restart of RPI specially while connecting USB Network Card, USB Modem or GPS devices. This may be a bug in USB driver, which has not fixed yet and may not be an easy task because : (Ref: http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/08/24/2228251/serious-problems-with-u… ) 1) Documentation on the Broadcom USB controller is proprietary and is not made openly available by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. 2) The USB core for the Broadcom SoC was bought from a 3rd party, and we are told that not even Broadcom has full documentation, nor understands the driver. 3) The Foundation has discovered that the controller and its driver expect realtime response from the ARM core, and if Linux's non-realtime scheduling doesn't respond in 1 ms, a split transaction USB event can be dropped. Not surprisingly, this occurs regularly and produces lost mouse clicks, stuck keyboard keys, etc.. -- Siji Sunny

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Fwd: Will you be at LibrePlanet? Register today for March 23-24
by Shahid Farooqui 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Free Software Foundation <info(a)fsf.org> Date: Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 4:40 AM Subject: Will you be at LibrePlanet? Register today for March 23-24 To: Shahid Farooqui <shahidfarooqui(a)gmail.com> [image: Register now]<http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2013> Hi Shahid, We're excited to announce that registration is now open for LibrePlanet 2013: "Commit Change."<http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2013> LibrePlanet is a yearly conference where the global free software community comes together to learn from each other, face challenges and welcome newcomers. This year, the conference focuses on bringing together the diverse voices that have a stake in free software, from software developers to activists, academics to computer users. The theme is called "Commit Change," and it's about drawing ideas from everyone to create the software freedom we need. If you're an FSF associate member, you can sign up now<http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2013>at no cost! Otherwise, we invite you to become a member <http://www.fsf.org/associate/benefits> for gratis admission and a host of other benefits, including an account on our brand new Jabber chat server<http://www.fsf.org/blogs/membership/help-us-sign-up-71-new-members-by-janua…>. You can also attend the conference at the non-member rate<http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2013> . The conference will feature a keynote address by Karen Sandler, executive director of the GNOME Foundation and renowned software freedom advocate. LibrePlanet will also include workshops in using free programs, talks and discussion panels with free software luminaries, plentiful networking opportunities and a pre-conference social gathering. In addition to Karen, the program includes sessions with Stefano Zacchiroli, Project Leader at Debian, Wendy Seltzer of the W3C, and our own Richard Stallman. If you're interested in technology's role in struggles for justice, community, and freedom, then you will find a lot to be excited about at LibrePlanet. Join us at LibrePlanet 2013 and help Commit Change. Register for the conference now<http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2013>or become a member<https://my.fsf.org/associate/support_freedom/join_fsf?referrer=2442>to attend at no cost. Hope to see you at LibrePlanet! Zak Rogoff, Campaigns Manager PS: Today is the very last day of our recruitment drive, and we're very close to reaching our goal of 120 new members. If you become a member<https://my.fsf.org/associate/support_freedom/join_fsf?referrer=2442>today, you'll help us shatter our goal and do more for software freedom in 2013. *Read this message online at http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/will-you-be-at-libreplanet-register-toda… .* -- Follow us at https://status.fsf.org/fsf | Subscribe to our blogs via RSS at http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Join us as an associate member at http://fsf.org/jf *Make sure we have your correct location information<https://crm.fsf.org/civicrm/profile/edit?gid=34&reset=1&id=28233&cs=6aab93b…>— please do not forward this email with this link intact. * Sent from the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street Fifth Floor Boston, MA 02110-1335 United States You can unsubscribe to this mailing-list by visiting the link https://crm.fsf.org/index.php?q=civicrm/mailing/unsubscribe&reset=1&jid=127…. To stop all email from the Free Software Foundation, including Defective by Design, and the Free Software Supporter newsletter, click this link: https://crm.fsf.org/index.php?q=civicrm/mailing/optout&reset=1&jid=127109&q… .

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Fwd: KDE Meetup
by Arun Khan 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

Forwarding without any prejudice. -- Arun Khan ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shahid Farooqui <shahidfarooqui(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 11:46 AM Subject: [PLUG] KDE Meetup To: Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List <plug-mail(a)plug.org.in> Hi.. Google Developer Group, DA-IICT and the renowned International KDE Community are glad to announce "KDE Meetup 2013". This two day conference scheduled in February will bring together Qt Developers, KDE contributors, open source enthusiasts and users from all across the nation. The meetup will give you the opportunity to learn, share, contribute, innovate and create limitless possibilities by using most emerging technologies. KDE Meetup is the first large scale open source conference to be held in Gujarat and the largest KDE/Qt event in India since conf.kde.in in 2011. This meetup is an excellent platform for you to learn about FOSS and start contributing to it. The participants will experience the KDE world, understanding the latest developments happening in it. The Talks, Tutorials, Interactive Sessions, Coding Jams will lay your foundations to become a part of KDE community and even participate in programs like Google Summer of Code and Season of KDE. Last year, KDE was biggest participating organizing in GSoC with selection of 60 students.The sessions will range from the beginner to advanced level, to facilitate all kinds of participants. This meetup will prove to be of immense importance to anyone who is starting or contributing to the developer's world using Qt (Desktop, Mobile or Embedded Applications). Teachers and trainers, will also benefit from this event by gaining knowledge about the latest Qt and KDE based FOSS technologies and using them in their day to day lives. The conference will be headlined by four keynote speakers combined with some hands on experience with contributing to KDE. The meetup is primarily designed to bring the research and developmental interests of people in open source to the forefront. KDE Meetup will result in networking, mentoring, and increasing the visibility for KDE contributors. Date & Venue Venue: Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar Date: 23rd - 24th Feb, 2013 The registrations for the conference are now open. Please register yourself on http://www.gdgdaiict.com/kdemeetup/ Thanks Regards, Shahid _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List

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CFP :: gnuNify 2013 @ Pune 15/Feb/2013 to 17/Feb/2013
by Arun Khan 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Greetings, gnuNify 2013 @ Pune is an annual FOSS event organized by the Pune LUG and SICSR (Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research) This year's event will run from 15/Feb/2013 to 17/Feb/2013 (Fri - Sun). The CFP (call for paper) is open. The agenda for the three days are as follows: Friday 15/Feb/2013 All day OpenStack miniconf Saturday 16/Feb/2013 General Cloud Computing Sys Admin tracks/workshops. Sunday 17/Feb/2013 Mozilla Hackathon Wikipedia Language Summit. Alongside, there will be talks and workshops on other topics. If you have an interesting / compelling talk/workshop to share, please visit the site, register yourself and submit your CFP. For details please visit the gnuNify website <http://www.gnunify.in> For more info on track / events <http://www.gnunify.in/2013/events> Speakers from out of Greater Pune area -- boarding and lodging will be provided. Travel -- your home town <> Pune is reimbursable (up to Rs. 5000). Any specific query not answered on the web site or the FAQ. Please use the Contact form <http://www.gnunify.in/contact>. Please do not post query to this mailing list and/or send personal emails. Hope to see many of you at the event. Thanks and regards, -- Arun Khan

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[OT] Recommendation for Wi-Fi AP.
by Arun Khan 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Greetings, I am looking for Wi-Fi AP that: 1. Is stable (does not require frequent reboot or power OFF/ON) 2. Supports 802.11 b/g/n 3. Supports up to WPA2-Enterprise (RADIUS auth) - a *must* 4. Has external Antenna Desirable - Accepts DD-WRT / OpenWRT images. Many list members may be using these Wi-Fi features in their own office / home and I would appreciate if you could share you experience. Please mention brand/model. PS - There are lot of brands claiming features and performance. Unfortunately, they can be verified only after one has purchased such an unit. In the past, I have used Linksys and Buffalo. Linksys has been OK but with internal antenna, range is suspect (at least in my experience). The Buffalo APs, on paper have great feature and few models do accept DD-WRT firmware. However, I have had heating issues - over a period of time the WLAN would disappear. The only way I could solve it was to power them OFF, let it cool and then power them ON. Buffalo was great in the RMA dept. but the brand new replacements had the same problem. TIA, -- Arun Khan

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FOSS Meet + Minidebconf @ NITC
by pavithran s 28 Jan '13

28 Jan '13

Hi ILUG Bombay , Nice to see you all back , FOSS Meet[1] is happening this year with a Minidebconf [2] track . Try attending it :) 1. http://fossmeet.in/2013/content/mini-debconf 2 .MiniDebconf - http://fossmeet.in/2013/content/mini-debconf --- FOSSMeet 2013 will be held from February 22nd to 24th at National Institute of Technology Calicut. FOSSMeet will feature wide range of workshops, talks, discussions and hands-on sessions. Be a part of FOSSMeet 2013 by being a speaker, delegate or an exhibitor. To view speaker proposals, rate or discuss, please see http://funnel.fossmeet.in External Student and Professional Registration is now open. Regards, Pavithran

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ping
by Anurag 28 Jan '13

28 Jan '13

Hello, Thanks to push from Arun and Dinesh, the mailing list is back online. ILUG-BOM was left without a mailing list server for a year, but is now nested within FSF-I infrastructure. Anurag -- http://web.gnuer.org/

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Ubuntu Global Jam Mumbai 2013 for Ubuntu Raring Ringtail
by Rigved Rakshit 26 Jan '13

26 Jan '13

Hi, Firstly, sorry for cross-posting but I do not know which list is currently being used by everyone. It's time for another Ubuntu Global Jam! This time, it is for the Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (13.04) cycle. Since this is too early for an official announcement, I will update this thread when the Ubuntu Loco website opens up for UGJ registration. Tentative Dates: 15 March 2012, 16 March 2012 and 17 March 2012 Venue: Directiplex, Andheri (W), Mumbai Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on all the days There is nothing planned on these days as of yet. I am looking for suggestions. Come and fix bugs, test the new OS installation process, fix documentation etc. Specifically, I am hoping that we can fix Ubuntu bugs and forward the patches upstream. So, if any Debian Developers (or other upstream developers) are free at this time, please attend the event so we can get help with the same. Looking forward to a great Jam! Best Regards, Rigved

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] ping
by Joel A Divekar 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

From: Dinesh Shah ( / ) <dineshah(a)gmail.com> Sent: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:29:34 To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] ping Anurag, On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Anurag <anurag(a)gnuer.org> wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks to push from Arun and Dinesh, the mailing list is back online. > ILUG-BOM was left without a mailing list server for a year, but is now > nested within FSF-I infrastructure. Thanks for doing all the hard work for bringing the MM backup. > Anurag With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System Pvt. Ltd. +91-98213-11906 +91-9833-TICKET http://www.shahmicro.com http://iopt.in http://crm.iopt.in Blog: http://dineshah.wordpress.com -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers This is really cool guys !!!  Regards Joel Divekar Mumbai, India Mob : +91 9920208223 Blog : http://joeldivekar.blogspot.com/ Linkedin : http://www.linkedin.com/in/joeldivekar Slideshare : http://www.slideshare.net/JoelDivekar

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] ping
by gnulinuxist＠gmail.com 18 Jan '13

18 Jan '13

Sent from my Nokia phone -----Original Message----- From: Arun Khan Sent: 18/01/2013, 18:34 To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] ping On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Anurag <anurag(a)gnuer.org> wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks to push from Arun and Dinesh, the mailing list is back online. > ILUG-BOM was left without a mailing list server for a year, but is now > nested within FSF-I infrastructure. > Anurag Yay! This is good news indeed. However, what happens to the Google Group that Binand started? -- Arun Khan Arun, we can have a dual forwarding type system across both lists. Regards, Rony. -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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What's wrong with db.ilug-bom.org.in/db.glug-bom.org?
by Philip Tellis 04 Dec '11

04 Dec '11

I'm trying to find my sendmail rewriting howto which used to be on the lug webserver here: http://db.glug-bom.org/lug-authors/philip/docs/Hdr-Env-Masq-miniHOWTO.txt however the server does not seem to be active any more. The alternate URL: http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/lug-authors/philip/docs/Hdr-Env-Masq-miniHOWTO.txt doesn't work either (404). Does anyone know where these pages were moved to? -- hello world

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A personal appeal from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
by Siji Sunny 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

I know every one might have read this since it's in wikipedia.So it's a gentle reminder to all who hasn't contributed yet. "Google might have close to a million servers. Yahoo has something like 13,000 staff. We have 679 servers and 95 staff. Wikipedia is the #5 site on the web and serves 450 million different people every month – with billions of page views. Commerce is fine. Advertising is not evil. But it doesn't belong here. Not in Wikipedia. Wikipedia is something special. It is like a library or a public park. It is like a temple for the mind. It is a place we can all go to think, to learn, to share our knowledge with others. When I founded Wikipedia, I could have made it into a for-profit company with advertising banners, but I decided to do something different. We’ve worked hard over the years to keep it lean and tight. We fulfill our mission, and leave waste to others. If everyone reading this donated ₹100, we would only have to fundraise for one day a year. But not everyone can or will donate. And that's fine. Each year just enough people decide to give. This year, please consider making a donation of ₹100, ₹200, ₹300 or whatever you can to protect and sustain Wikipedia. Thanks, *Jimmy Wales* Wikipedia Founder -- Siji Sunny

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US has become a dangerous place for software development: RMS
by Swapnil Bhartiya 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

RT (Russia Today) yesterday conducted an interview with Richard M Stallman, the founder of Free Software Foundation and the writer of the world's most advance license GNU GPL. RT asked readers to ask questions and then they would pick questions for RMS. http://www.muktware.com/news/3056 We asked two questions on RT's Facebook page and both those questions were presented to RMS. Muktware: Do you think USA is becoming hostile to innovation and competition as the companies like Apple and Microsoft are gaming the system? RMS: I have to point out that innovation is not my highest value. Human rights are my highest values. So I don't to get into the dialogue that treats innovation as a primary goal. With software patents the US has become a dangerous place for software development, including innovative software development, because when a program is innovative, that means it has some new ideas in it. But it also has lots of well-known ideas in it. A large program combines thousands of ideas. So if you have some new ideas and you want to use them, in order to use them you have to combine them with a lot of other ideas that are well-known. And if you are not allowed to do that because those other ideas are patented, you can't use your new idea. Muktware: How much control should the USA have over the Internet? RMS: No more than anyone else. I don't think it will be safe to have any global control over the internet. because we could predict that that global control will work for the empire of the mega corporations and would attack human rights. Read more here: http://www.muktware.com/news/3056 -- Swapnil Bhartiya Editor: Muktware.com Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives Facebook: http://facebook.com/muktware Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware Google+ : https://plus.google.com/109027644713767623413/posts

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Reminder - Lug-Mum meeting Tomorrow
by Siji Sunny 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

Reminder : LugMumbai Meeting Date : 3rd December,2011 Time : 4PM Venue : Favourites Bakery and Restaurant Shop No. 5, 6-A, Sonwadi Mansion, 209 LJ Road, Shivaji Park, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400016 -- Siji Sunny

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UID and FOSS
by Rony 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

Hello, The purpose of this thread is to move further from where we had left it in the earlier one and as suggested by Dinesh Shah, discuss how we as FOSS people can provide alternate solutions to the shortcomings of the current system. Lets keep this purely technical and not pro or anti Aadhar. I have been looking up official as well as technology information about the Aadhar UID system and some important links are posted below. My observations are as follows. 1) The Aadhar project uses 2 forms of biometric identities, the fingerprints and the iris. 2) The fingerprint system used is the standard 2D system which is prone to errors due to various factors as explained in the links. There is a new system which is the 3D fingerprint scan that is yet to be available commercially (IMHO). It has better accuracy with good image quality as it is contact-less. The pdf link to the same is here.... Quality and Matching Performance Analysis of 3D Unraveled Fingerprints http://vis.uky.edu/~realtime3d/Doc/Manuscripts/Quality%20and%20matching%20p… Fingerprint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprint 3) In iris scanning, there are chances of cheating by using fake iris contact lenses. To eliminate this problem, iris scanners use 'live-tissue verification' techniques to detect natural tissue. Iris recognition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_recognition 4) The Aadhar PoC ducument does not mention whether the live-tissue verification system is in place for iris scanners. proof of concept trial http://uidai.gov.in/images/FrontPageUpdates/uid_enrolment_poc_report.pdf 5) It is surprising that though they take multiple photos of the subject during the enrolment process, there is no face recognition software to take advantage of this bio-identity for more accurate results. Although this should be a fringe benefit and not the main basis of checking id. 6) Blood group which is an important and constant bio-identity for life is not included in this project. If implemented, proper sterile needles should be used for every sample collected. This information may not be necessary for regular business but useful for security agencies for id lookup of suspicious persons. 7) The software used for the devices is a custom software "A reference implementation of the enrolment software was created to standardize the process and have a uniform look-and-feel of the application across all three states. However, since the devices used were different in each state, the enrolment software used in each state was a custom version which followed the reference design. The UID technology team worked with each of the three agencies to create the customized software to be used in the corresponding state. There were also variations in the capture process followed, particularly in iris capture, because of the variations in capture devices." As devices vary in hardware, their accuracy will vary too. Since the software is the custom type, there will be total dependency on the hardware suppliers for software. In addition to this cost, for every computer that they use across the country, a license fee will have to be paid for every operating system that is the commercial proprietary type. Conclusion: 1) Instead of leaving this project in the hands of private hardware and software suppliers, the entire project should be centrally controlled by a Govt. institution that is actively involved into computing and software development like CDAC etc. 2) They should test devices from various vendors across the country and list them according to their accuracy. Only those devices that conform to FOSS software support should be included in the list. The entire report of this testing should be posted openly on the internet. 3) Software for this entire project including the server side too should be developed in-house by that Govt. institution and made the standard to all computers involded in the Aadhar project across the country. 4) Use only free as in freedom and free as in cost and open source software for the Aadhar system. This will eliminate the per computer license fees for operating systems in every Aadhar computer across the country. Given the total number of Aadhar computers in tens of thousands, this will be a significant amount. The added advantage of POSIX confirming systems will be immunity against common computer viruses as the systems will be on-line all the time for faster transactions. Some more lniks.... Unique Identification Authority of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unique_Identification_Authority_of_India De-duplication – The Complexity in the Unique ID context http://www.4gid.com/De-dup-complexity%20unique%20ID%20context.pdf -- Freedom is a shared resource. Take some, leave the rest for others. Please trim your replies. Avoid cross posting to other lists. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Regards, Rony. http://ronybill.blogspot.com/

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How can I unsubscribe from this list?
by Heenal Rajani 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

How can I unsubscribe from this list? Thanks! Heenal -- Heenal Rajani +502 4283 5042 www.HugItForward.org ~ be the change ~

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Aadhar on Wiki --> Edit it.
by Rony 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

Hello, There is a wiki article on the Aadhar UID project and has very little content on the risks of the current system. So add your inputs to it. Keep the temperature low. -- Freedom is a shared resource. Take some, leave the rest for others. Please trim your replies. Avoid cross posting to other lists. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Regards, Rony. http://ronybill.blogspot.com/

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Indian UID, Aadhar Project Is A Proprietary, Non Open Source Project?
by Swapnil Bhartiya 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

http://www.muktware.com/bitsnbytes/2983 I worked on the story and found oss is only a smoke screen. The entire UID project seems to be a pure Microsoft stack. This document provides step-by-step instructions to install the AADHAAR Enrolment Client and Biometric components needed for Biometrics capturing. The document is not intended to be a user manual for the AADHAAR Enrolment Client. The application has been built to work with the given pre-requisites. 1.1 Installation Pre-requisites • Operating System: Windows XP SP3 OR Windows 7 (only 32-bit editions) • Windows Installer 4.5 • Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express • Aadhaar QSS SDK Setup • Vendor Device Manager You can see how the UID project has made Microsoft technologies mandatory. You can't use it without Microsoft. There is no mention of Linux in this important document. That clearly states that other than the already popular and powerful open source technologies such as Apache and MySQL rest of the stack is proprietary. Calling UID/Aadhar and Open Source project is like calling a Tata tractor a Mercedes just because one of its four tyres is a Mercedes tyre. -- Swapnil Bhartiya Editor: Muktware.com Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives Facebook: http://facebook.com/muktware Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware Google+ : https://plus.google.com/109027644713767623413/posts

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[Job Opportunity] Linux System Admin
by Ashish Disawal 30 Nov '11

30 Nov '11

Company : www.affinity.com Located at : Charkop, Kandiwali (W), Mumbai No of positions : 2 Position : System Administrator Experience : 2 - 4 years Skills: * Supporting and Administrating Linux (Debian and Redhat based distributions) * Ability to work in a large scale environment * Strong Linux administration and networking skills * Experience on Apache, bind, nagios, iptables and svn * Knowledge on virtualization technologies * Knowledge of cloud computing and clustering * Any *nix certification preferred * Good knowledge of TCP/IP * Strong shell scripting skills. Perl/Ruby would be a plus * Experience on Kernel upgrade * Good understanding on security practices Role & Responsibilities: * Server Installation, Configuration & Management * Automation * Documentation * Research & Development lnxnubie - Always a Linux Newbie

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Is Linux Lagging Behind After Its Initial Headway?
by Rony 27 Nov '11

27 Nov '11

Hello, Without trying to sound pessimistic, I get the feeling that Linux is lagging behind M$ and at a time when its chances of catching up were the best. The gaps that Linux had created in the M$ environment through alternate compatibility appear to be getting slowly filled by M$ through the process of vendor lock-in. Small changes are taking place but in a way that brings people back to Windows. My bank's netbanking website worked superbly in Linux but a recent upgrade in their software has made the entire system Windows IE7+ only. OpenOffice upto 3.3 is unable to save .docx files so it is being rendered useless for the new office systems. Mobile phones still come with Windows only software for their 'Suites' for full functionality on the pc. There is not much happening in accounting, architectural CAD and multi-media packages too, in a way that can replace the use of current commercial Windows based software. It looks like it has hit the pause button. The big Linux giants do not look interested either. -- Freedom is a shared resource. Take some, leave the rest for others. Please trim your replies. Avoid cross posting to other lists. Post your replies below the relevant original text, leaving a line space. Regards, Rony. http://ronybill.blogspot.com/

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LUGM-Planning Meeting
by Siji Sunny 22 Nov '11

22 Nov '11

Hello All, After having discussion with some of the group memebers,this meetup will be only a "planning meeting" and there won't be any technical sessions.So I request all of you to attend this for discussing and finalising 2012 LugMumbai's activities. Agenda : LugMumbai's Activities/Action plan for next 1 yr. -Workshop for students -FOSS Technical sessions/Conferences -Contribution to OpenSource Projects -Website/Wiki activities. Pls feel free to add your points. Date : 3rd December,2011 Time : 4PM Venue : Favourites Bakery and Restaurant Shop No. 5, 6-A, Sonwadi Mansion, 209 LJ Road, Shivaji Park, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400016 PS :Everyone who's attending will be assigned actionable items.People who can give sensible,implementation ideas also invited. -- Siji Sunny

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Stopping monitor / pc from going into standby
by jtd＠mtnl.net.in 22 Nov '11

22 Nov '11

This is one mystery that I have failed to crack. in xorg.conf Section "ServerFlags" Option "blank time" "0" Option "standby time" "0" Option "suspend time" "0" Option "off time" "0" EndSection in the XFCE gui set everything to never. But the freakin thing will go into standby without mouse or keyboard activity. Monitor is a HDMI TV. The Monitor DOES NOT go into standby and will show check HDMI input. As an added consolation, the behaviour is the same with a regular TV with VGA input and a regular vga monitor. Motherboard Intel and AMD. Any suggestions.

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LugMum- Meetup in December
by Siji Sunny 22 Nov '11

22 Nov '11

Hello, Should we plan for a meetup /Technical session in December? Date : December 3rd Saturday ? Venue : Dr,Nagarjun &Ganesh, will it possible to arrange HBSE seminar hall? Technical Sessions : 1.Disko - UI frame work for Embedded Linux - By myself . 2. 3. -- Siji Sunny

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[OT]: FLOSS Start-Ups In India?
by Swapnil Bhartiya 20 Nov '11

20 Nov '11

Hi, We are planning a series of stories and interviews of open source start-ups from India (Linus' interview triggered the need). So, if you know any such start-up please let me know. You can contact me at Muktware.com. -- Swapnil Bhartiya Editor: Muktware.com Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives Facebook: http://facebook.com/muktware Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware Google+ : https://plus.google.com/109027644713767623413/posts

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[OT] Malcon?
by Binand Sethumadhavan 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

I came across (on Slashdot) this conference happening in Mumbai: http://www.malcon.org/ Anyone knows anything about the organizers, speakers etc.? Binand

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America Heading Towards The Internet Dictatorship?
by Swapnil Bhartiya 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

The greedy Hollywood is about to change the world as we know it. The entertainment industry which is failing to keep up with the innovation and is relying on Flintstone's model is conspiring with the US congress to break the Internet and freedom on the web. http://www.muktware.com/blogs/2948 -- Swapnil Bhartiya Editor: Muktware.com Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives Facebook: http://facebook.com/muktware Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware Google+ : https://plus.google.com/109027644713767623413/posts

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CsvToFootprint released.
by Balwinder 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

Hello, CsvToFootprint converts CSV file to Kicad footprints. It is similar to CsvToKicadSch. Please download it from http://sourceforge.net/projects/csvtofootprint/ Distribution also includes lot of example footprints and a demo PCB created using this utility. For any support/feature request please contact. Best Regards Balwinder Singh

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Harald Welte wins again.
by jtd＠mtnl.net.in 16 Nov '11

16 Nov '11

German DSL router vendor AVM had attempted to stop Cybits, which produces children's Web-filtering software, from modifying any part of the firmware used in its routers, including a key piece of Linux-based free software. Cybits won. Harald Welte argued on behalf of cybits. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/243607/german_court_rules_tha…

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Google Releases Honeycomb Code!
by Swapnil Bhartiya 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

While everyone is talking about Android 4.0 code, what is worth mentioning is that Google has also released source code of Honeycomb as well. Despite Google's repeated clarification that holding back Honeycomb code was not intended to make it close source but to stop OEMs from starting to put it on their devices. Honeycomb was a work-around to put Android on the tablets while Google works on Android 4.0. But now Google has released the source code for honeycomb as well. Queru writes in his post, "This release includes the full history of the Android source code tree, which naturally includes all the source code for the Honeycomb releases. However, since Honeycomb was a little incomplete, we want everyone to focus on Ice Cream Sandwich. So, we haven't created any tags that correspond to the Honeycomb releases (even though the changes are present in the history.) Read here: http://www.muktware.com/news/2937 Swapnil Bhartiya

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Android IceCream sandwich Source Code released
by Siji Sunny 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

*Announced by Jean-Baptiste Queru* Hi! We just released a bit of code we thought this group might be interested in. Over at our Android Open-Source Project git servers, the source code for Android version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) is now available. Here's how to get it:Follow the instructions at http://source.android.com/source/downloading.htmlCheck<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://source.android.com/source/downloadi…>out the 'ics-release' branch:repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=https://android.googlesource.com/platform/…>-b android-4.0.1_r1 That's it! However since this is a large push, please be aware that it will take some time to complete. If you sync before it's done, you'll get an incomplete copy that you won't be able to use, so please wait for us to give the all-clear before you sync. This is actually the source code for version 4.0.1 of Android, which is the specific version that will ship on the Galaxy Nexus, the first Android 4.0 device. In the source tree, you will find a device build target named "full_maguro" that you can use to build a system image for Galaxy Nexus. Build configurations for other devices will come later. Unfortunately we still don't have our Gerrit code review servers back online. That remains our top priority though, and we hope to have them back soon. This release includes the full history of the Android source code tree, which naturally includes all the source code for the Honeycomb releases. However, since Honeycomb was a little incomplete, we want everyone to focus on Ice Cream Sandwich. So, we haven't created any tags that correspond to the Honeycomb releases (even though the changes are present in the history.) JBQ, on behalf of the AOSP team. -- Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru Software Engineer, Android Open-Source Project, Google. -- Siji Sunny

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Commercial- Needed Android Trainer
by Siji Sunny 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Hello All, One of my friend is looking for a android trainer for giving a 10 day training on android application development at her company on urgent basis.If anyone interested pls contact me or Mrs.Padmaja Johi ( padmajanjoshi(a)gmail.com) off list. Thanks -- Siji Sunny

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Website redirected to FSF
by pavithran s 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Is it me or the LUG website is being redirected to FSF India ? I was even unable to get to the mailing list page . Regards, pavithran

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test
by Anurag 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

test mail

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Beaglebone hacking session at Droidcon
by Siji Sunny 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

DroidCon : Nov-18 & 19,Bangalore http://droidcon.in/2011/ Khasim's Mail from beagleboard maillist : Hi all, We will be introducing Beaglebone running Android from arowboat.org for the first time live at http://droidcon.in/2011/ What's more ? There will be a big hackers corner with : - Lots of beaglebone(s), beagleboard xm (s), pandaboards, craneboards, flashboards, lot more - Instructors from arowboat.org community to teach/discuss Android internals - Beginners sessions will be conducted every 3 hrs. - Tools and sources will be provided handy - Win exciting prizes - You could win a "beaglebone" Thanks to Android porting, arowboat.org communities for helping us. Looking forward to meet you there, if you have more inputs, suggestions, please write to me directly. Regards, Khasim -- Siji Sunny

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Video of Linus Talking about Indian contribution
by Swapnil Bhartiya 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Extracted the chunk where Linus talks about India. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=worGBIx-pdU -- Swapnil Bhartiya Editor: Muktware.com Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives Facebook: http://facebook.com/muktware Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware Google+ : https://plus.google.com/109027644713767623413/posts

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Complete Docu-Interview of Linus Torvalds
by Swapnil Bhartiya 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

Hi we just released the video of interview with Linus Torvalds. Its here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3a_HVnJSMHU -- Swapnil Bhartiya Editor: Muktware.com Skype: No Way...its non-free. Looking for alternatives Facebook: http://facebook.com/muktware Twitter: http://twitter.com/muktware Google+ : https://plus.google.com/109027644713767623413/posts

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Boot to Gecko : Web based Mobile Operating system My Mozilla
by Siji Sunny 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

** *Mozilla announced more details and a project roadmap for its Android-based, web-centric Boot to Gecko (BTG) mobile operating system, including plans to release a version in the second quarter of 2012. It also announced an updated Firefox 8 web browser for desktop and mobile devices, featuring improved HTML5 support, Twitter integration, and an enhanced password function for Android.* Read More : https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G -- Siji Sunny

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Plasma Active : Technology for an intelligent user experience
by Siji Sunny 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

Plasma Active is innovative technology for an intelligent user experience (UX). It is intended for all types of tablets, smartphones and touch computing devices such as settop boxes, smart TVs, home automation, in-vehicle infotainment. The goals for this KDE open source project are: - a fast embedded UX platform with minimal memory requirements - customizable and modular to support different form factors - an interface that adapts as users change Activities. http://plasma-active.org/ -- Siji Sunny

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