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by Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

List, There was some issue with ilug-bom.org.in domain registration. The mailing list was down and if you gave sent a mail between 28 Feb - 3 March, you may have received a bounce. Now the issue is resolved and we should be on our way to nirvana! No need to reply (unless you are facing withdrawal symptoms and can not resist to write a mail to list). With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 http://iopt.in http://shahmicro.com Blog: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/

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test email
by Mehul Ved 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

Please ignore the email. Thank You.

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Richard Stallman On FOSS GNU And Freedom
by shamoorthy 28 Feb '10

28 Feb '10

Dear All, I had the privilege of laying my hands on a video by Richard Stallman promoting FOSS, GNU & Freedom. Please do take a look and share your thoughts. Richard Stallman On FOSS GNU And Freedom<http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C2233C191A464B26> http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C2233C191A464B26 ( Same Video's URL ) Regards, Shamoorthy

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 82, Issue 28
by Surya Sharma 27 Feb '10

27 Feb '10

> > If RMS found out that you have uploaded his videos on YouTube he would > not be too impressed. He hates YouTube because they use proprietary > flv format. I interviewed him too a year and a half back, and he gave > the interview under the condition that I would not upload them to > YouTube. :) > > You can add a line saying how bad flv is. > Anyway the HTML5 standard should more or less straighten things out > soon. BTW the usual suspect is missing from the standardisation > committee. They were invited but proly have too many feet in the > mouth to walk or talk.. > You could always upload it to www.pad.ma then, its HTML 5 and ogg based :) Surya Sharma me(a)suryas.info 9920482321

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[OT] Open Source is equal to Piracy !!
by prithvis＠gmail.com 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

Hi, What have these guys been smoking !! http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/02/24/1812244/Use-Open-Source-Then-Youre-… Sad to see such wayward equations :( Best Regards Prakash N. Shetty Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Need Fedora 10 Mirrors - Resolved
by Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Thanks everyone who replied. 2010/2/25 Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) <dineshah(a)gmail.com> > > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Arun Khan <knura9(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> 2010/2/25 Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) <dineshah(a)gmail.com>: >> > >> > Today I was trying to install some packages on Fedora 10 system. I am >> > shocked that the original mirrors are gone! >> > >> > Can you help me setup alternate mirror sites for my Fedora 10? I DO NOT >> want >> > to upgrade to Fedora 11/12. :-) >> >> The issue is resolved. The problem was corrupt yum repo DBs. Here is what I did to resolve the issue. $ sudo yum clean all $ sudo yum clean metadata $ sudo yum clean dbcache $ sudo yum makecache $ sudo yum update $ sudo yum install dia HTH \With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 http://iopt.in http://shahmicro.com Blog: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/

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Need Fedora 10 Mirrors
by Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

List, Today I was trying to install some packages on Fedora 10 system. I am shocked that the original mirrors are gone! Can you help me setup alternate mirror sites for my Fedora 10? I DO NOT want to upgrade to Fedora 11/12. :-) TIA Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit http://archive.kernel.org/fedora-archive/a/linux/releases/10/Everything/i38…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/fedora-archive/a/linux/releases/10/Everything/i386…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/archive.fedoraproject.org/a/lin…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://archive.nl.eu.kernel.org/fedora-archive/a/linux/releases/10/Everythi…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/a/linux/releases/10/Everything…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/fedora-archive/a/linux/updates/10/i386/repodata/re…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://archive.kernel.org/fedora-archive/a/linux/updates/10/i386/repodata/r…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/archive.fedoraproject.org/a/lin…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/a/linux/updates/10/i386/repoda…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 http://iopt.in http://shahmicro.com Blog: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/

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[X-post] Announcement of National Conference On Free Software- 2010, Bangalore
by Vikram Vincent 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Raghavendra S <raghuarr(a)gmail.com> Date: 25 February 2010 16:47 Subject: [FSUG-Bangalore] Announcement of National Conference On Free Software- 2010, Bangalore Dear Friends, It is a matter of great pride for all of us that the National Conference On Free Software is being held in Bangalore on 20th and 21st of March,2010. The conference would be hosted by the Free Software Movement-Karnataka(FSMK) http://www.nc2010.fsmk.org/ The conference aims at enhancing awareness on Free Software in the country. As run-up to the Conference, we will be organizing Technical Workshops in colleges, inviting other college students and professionals in Bangalore for the same.These will be in the mode of hands-on workshops like we have been doing in the past. We are also trying to focus on the Kannada localization, Accessibility tools and customized distributions for students. There will also be some interesting inputs to the Conference in terms of activities from the Slum Computing Centers as well. In the conference, apart from spreading the word of Free Software -- We are trying to focus on the sociology of ICT as a whole. -- Discussions on the Policy track will focus on working with the IT ministry to try and get Free Software in school education in Karnataka -- Our community has been keenly watching version 2.4 of Draft Policy on Open Standards, We will work with all communities including open source in this conference for this important battle for software freedom -- Good number of talks by reputed speakers in the realm of Free Software struggle are being organized over the two days Shri Katta Subramania Naidu, IT minster, Karnataka will be inaugurating the conference. Central ministers and State IT ministers, prominent literary figures, industry professionals and students are expected to participate. We take this as an opportunity to urge each one of you to lend your help and support in making this National Conference on Free Software a success. Free Software is the future, the future is ours. -- Raghavendra S http://fsmk.org/ http://ideasareimmortal.blogspot.com/

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[commercial][ot] Anyone interested in running tuxdvds.com
by Sameep 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Hi , Is anyone interested in running and maintaining an Online Linux Distro Store for India. [tuxdvds.com] ? I took it down a few weeks back. If anyone is interested please mail me off list. Regards, Sameep

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Upgrading Hardware - best practice
by RSCL Mumbai 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Hi, I have a gateway server (CentOS5 + Squid) running since past 2 years. I need to free up the current server and prepare the same setup (CentOS5 + Squid) on a new hardware. I am exploring the short cut option of cloning the HDD and putting in a new server. When the cloned HDD boots in a new h/w environment, the OS will scream for new hardware found. I am sure the OS will then adjust its parameters for the new hardware. But, Is this a good approach ? Are there any stability issues ? Has anyone done this before ? Another approach I thought is to install CentOS5 and then copy only the "/" partition from the old HDD to the new one. Is there any other way of doing this ? What is the best way ? I am just trying to avoid reinstall & reconfigure efforts. Thx & regards, Vai PS: There are reasons why I need to do all this, hence I would appreciate if we limit the discussions to "best approach for move HDD into a new hardware".

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Computer Education in Schools
by Rony 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Hello, This is an interesting link where a syllabus for elementary computer education based on Ubuntu has been prepared for classes 1 to 4. It has been prepared by IIT with support of the Shri Shri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir. It is licensed under Creative Commons and can be used by anyone. http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~sri/ssrvm/ -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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Clonezilla for bare metal backup/restore
by Richard Victor Correia 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Anyone used http://www.clonezilla.org/. Before trying and testing I want to check if anyone already using it. I will post my test findings here.... -- Thanks, Richard Victor Correia PH: +91 9004911199

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Job opportunity for FOSS in Education
by jitendra 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Sanchar InfoTech (SIPL) is a for-profit organisation in the field of promoting and supporting IT in education Pratham InfoTech Foundation and Pratham Mumbai Education Initiative are undertaking a Localization project for creating Open Education Resources in Indian Languages with the help of Sanchar Infotech Private Limited. Sanchar InfoTech is looking for 2 persons with flare for FOSS with following profile 1. Good knowledge in Marathi ( soon other languages may be needed) 2. Facility and fluency with FOSS environment and web 3. Keen interest in education and educational software 4. This is not a coding job but familiarity with programming needed 5. Readiness to travel ,mostly urban or semi-urban interior as needed Job involves 1. Localization of educationl contents/softwares 2. coordinating of translations of educational content as open education resources (OER) 3. Support translators with computer skills 4. maintenance of the web site with content, liaison with software developers if any changes needed 5. Testing of the localized educational contents including translated interfaces of softwares 6. advocacy of the OER in schools 7. support to managers of school computer labs with FOSS environment and OER 8. training of teachers Qualification 1. Formal qualification unimportant : graduates from any stream or technical diploma holders preferred 2. Good knowledge of Marathi and English essential : Sample translation will be used as test 3. Skill , familiarity or willingness and ability to learn FOSS , (e.g Computer Masti (IIT-B) , Netlogo (ccl.northwestern.edu ), www.curriki.org) 4. experience with education ( B Ed training or teaching experience) with computers will be an advantage Salary : 8 to 10k pm (consolidated) Location: Kurla+Powai+Home Freshers will be considered for apprenticeship : 3000 PM (consolidated) , 3 month training before placement Working Part-Time and assignment basis,flexible hours with some work from home will also be considered Appointment will be for one year, renewable subject to project funding Apply thru email with biodata and SOP to : sneha.pratham(a)gmail.com Jitendra Shah Director , Content Development Cell Pratham Infotech Foundation

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 82, Issue 23
by Surya Sharma 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

> > Ask alpesh to bring camera from gnowledge > lab if necessary. > > Nagarjuna > > I can lend you my camcorder (digital with DVD) as a single camera is not > good enough.You may either see the speaker or the audience and not both. > You > my wish to have an edited version with both. > jitendra > Thanks for the offer. I have a camcorder. > Rgds > JTD Thanks, I think I can arrange for about 3 camcorders if we really need it, I have 1 DVD based one at hand, so I think it shall work out. I'm just a little worried about the installfest, because the 20 pc's have only CD Rom drives and 256 Mb Ram. I managed to boot to a netinstaller image using PXEboot, but netinstaller wanted to download the files off a mirror, so I still have to look into that. It would be good if I could just use the 4 or 5 Debian DVD ISO's instead of setting up a 40GB mirror [Unless someone already has the media / data for that] Surya Sharma me(a)suryas.info 9920482321

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Foss workshop at MGM college Panvel - Speakers wanted
by jtd 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

FossArete 2010 is being held at the MGM's College of Engineering and Technology Junction NH-4, Sion Panvel Expressway, Navi Mumbai - 410 209, India. http://www.mgmmumbai.ac.in Date: 27th Feb 2010 Time 1100 to 1900 Those interested in speaking on any of the mentioned subjects (including those already covered ) or any new subject get in touch with Surya Sharma <cyb3roidx at gmail dot com> or <jtd at mtnl dot net dot in> Topics FOSS Philosophies, History and Key Players - Talk by J T Dsouza Installation Procedure Workshop Using Debian Lenny - J. T. D'souza * Linux Distributions * Partitioning System * Filesystems * Utilities * APT Brief Introduction to Applications - * Make * bison * Integrated Development Environments [IDE] * GCC * Toolkits * Java FOSS in Engineering, and Foss Development and Business Models. Talk by J T Dsouza [Sparc Systems] , Alpesh Gajbe [ Gnowledge Lab, TIFR ] * Foss Business Plans and Models * Foss in engineering * GCC * Qcad * Python * Scilab Workshop on Rapid Website Development Using Joomla. Talk by Surya Sharma * Talk on Web designing quickly using modern simple methods based using Floss * What options do we have? * Why Joomla? * Setting up Databases, Introduction to Mysql * Installing Joomla * Configuring Joomla o Themes o Modules o Components * Publishing Websites -- Rgds JTD

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questions about the GPL
by Kenneth Gonsalves 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

hi, some flame bait: http://jacobian.org/writing/gpl-questions/ -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Associate NRC-FOSS http://certificate.nrcfoss.au-kbc.org.in

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SSH tunnel
by Sameed Ahmed 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Hi, Did any one worked on SSH Tunnel? I need to connect to my Home Desktop from my office. But problem is that my ISP gave me dainamic IP. if u worked on tunnel pls give simple steps not any website like thank you ------------------------ Sameed Ahmed Jr. Support Engineer Enterux Solutions, www.enterux.com +91 9819033228 ------------------------ The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/

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[OT] Dynamic v/s Static IP by ISPs (Was Re: SSH tunnel)
by Arun Khan 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Rahul Jayaraman <rahul(a)moqshh.com> wrote: > yup.. how much does a static ip cost btw? MTNL TriBand Rs. 1000/year. IMO, businesses should be able justify it as part of their operating cost. If their engineer needs to telecommute then they should provide the infra to make it possible. Complaining about dynamic IP assignment is not the solution. -- Arun Khan PS Anyway, this is turning into OT so I have changed the subject line.

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Pad.ma / Firefox session at HBCSE TODAY 5pm
by b＠pad.ma 23 Feb '10

23 Feb '10

hey everyone, Sorry for the seriously late intimation ;-). After a fun and productive event at CAMP this Sunday, Dr. Nagarjun is kindly hosting another session at HBCSE this evening 5 pm onwards. Just in case anyone can make it at such short notice, will be great, else we shall be posting pictures, videos and a report of the events shortly. Event Details: A seminar on Pad.ma and Firefox development will be held in Homi Bhabha Centre for Science education, TIFR on 23rd Tuesday evening at 5pm. Pad.ma is a full featured video archival website started as a collaboration between a number of groups (http://pad.ma/about). As a software project, the site uses completely open web and video technologies, significantly, the open source Theora video codec. Pad.ma has pushed the boundaries of what is possible with video on the web - being perhaps the first website to offer time-based annotations, server-side seeking to an arbitrary point in the video, partial clip download, client-side video encoding through the Firefogg browser plugin, alongwith full-text search through the video material. Jan, Sebastian and Sanjay will be talking on Pad.ma. Firefox does not need any Introduction. Mozilla Firefox is getting ready for the new Internet standard HTML 5, and the speakers from Mozilla Foundation will talk on what HTML5 means for the users and developers, what revolution is expected in terms of web applications. Seth, Arun and Axel will be speaking from Mozilla Foundation. The seminar will be informal and participants can interact with the guest speakers. The meeting will conclude with a Tea/Coffee and snacks at around 7pm. We are sorry for the very short intimation, but we hope you will all make use of the opportunity to attend. All are welcome, RSVP lab(a)gnowledge.org How to reach Homi Bhabha Centre are available at this link: http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/about-us/contact-and-location/homi-bhabha-cent… (note: the speakers from the Mozilla foundation may not make it due to their schedule, but have sent us tons of material that we will present some of.) Sorry if you have received this email from multiple mailing lists. Thanks, Sanjay

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want to learn linux
by rajesh ruparel 19 Feb '10

19 Feb '10

pl help. wlling to pay Must try OPEN OFFICE software better than ms office and free. go to www.openoffice.org <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=142008&t=1">Get Firefox!</a>

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Openings for Java Developer 4 Nos
by Ubaid Khan 19 Feb '10

19 Feb '10

Hello World, We have openings for Java Developer in Canada based MNC located in Mumbai.I being a GNU/Linux enthusiast thought I should post the job as my contribution towards FOSS and more thing we this company work on Debian Linux not Windows so one more reason to apply for. Job Criteria, Exp Required :- 3 years and above in java Minimum of 3 years of OOAD and web-based programming experience using Java and J2EE to build large-scale applications in an enterprise environment. Experience with J2EE, JSP, Servlets, Struts, Hibernate, OJB, Spring. HTML, JavaScript, CSS, XML, AJAX Package:- 4.0 Lacs p.a. and above Location :- Mumbai P.S :- I cannot post the company details due to some legal issues as in the company we internally know about the openings.

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(Moz)Meet this Sunday Evening
by b＠pad.ma 18 Feb '10

18 Feb '10

Hey all, Some folks from the Mozilla Foundation are down in India and are going to be in Mumbai from the 21st - 25th. We're having a meetup cum dinner event (food n drinks sponsored by Mozilla:)), at our space in Khar, (W) [1] on Sunday the 21st, 7pm onwards. Please see the wiki[2] for details and do add your name to the RSVP page [3] if you plan on attending. [[we have space for 50, and while we're fairly certain we won't turn anyone back, putting your name on the RSVP will help us plan things better]] It should be a fun evening and interesting discussions and presentations about the mozilla project, web standards and the future of open video. We will also be demoing and talking about http://pad.ma. If there's anything you wish to talk about / discuss/ present, please add it to the agenda page on the wiki [4]. We'll have roughly an hour and a half of presentation before going into dinner and informal discussions, that will hopefully stretch on until late :). Shall hope to see a lot of you here. -Sanjay [1] http://camputer.org/directions.html, http://camputer.org/campstudio.html [2] http://mozcamp.in/mumbai [3] http://mozcamp.in/mumbai/wiki/index.php/RSVP_%28Feb_21,_2010%29 [4] http://mozcamp.in/mumbai/wiki/index.php/Agenda,_2010

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Ubuntu Cloud
by Rahul Jayaraman 18 Feb '10

18 Feb '10

Has anyone tried it? Looking for system spec suggestions for node& cluster. -- Best Regards, Rahul Jayaraman +91 9819619320

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[positions] at gnowledge.org lab
by Nagarjuna G 18 Feb '10

18 Feb '10

A walk in interview for a free software hacker http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/advt/one-position-of-project-fellow-for-gnowle… -- Nagarjuna

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Any Open Source Library for VoIP development?
by Shirish Padalkar 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

Hello All, I'm working on some VoIP projects. I'm looking for some good VoIP libraries for the development. I got this - http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Open+Source+VOIP+Software Anybody knows any good library? Thanks. With regards, Shirish

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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 04 Feb '10

04 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] 03 Feb '10

03 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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