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[Project] Syntax Highlighter program
by Nikhil Marathe 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

Hello everyone, This is for all the coders out there. I have written a small Ruby program to generate syntax highlighted HTML files from a source file in virtually any language (ATM Java HTML C++ Python and Ruby). Its still in 0.1 beta and lacks quite a number of features but is good enough for daily use. I was wondering if interested people in the community could test it out and give me feedback. Homepage: http://22bits.exofire.net/browse.php/code/colourcode Nikhil -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reclaim your digital rights, eliminate DRM, learn more at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[attn wiki sysadmins] deactivating pacenetrules
by Kenneth Gonsalves 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

hi, if you look at the discussion here: http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Broadband_Pacenet you will find that this guy pacenetrules has broken the rule of three - that is he has deleted matter in the page three times in a row. I request the sysadmins to deactivate him and prevent him from editing pages. Please dont boot him - he will just reregister. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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Compiz screenshot
by Siddhesh Poyarekar 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

Hi, Can someone with compiz/beryl make a cool looking screenshot in the cube mode? I'm trying to make a front page design for the brochure. The requirements are as follows: * XMMS/Beep Media or some other media player * A movie in progress, preferably a bollywood movie * Firefox open with a Linux or GNU site; anything that has the right words and the Tux logo * A nautilus/konqueror window with some pictures (in preview mode) * There should be no terminal program running * The shot should be high res, preferably in dark colors but clear looking at the same time. I have been searching for a screenshot on the net but sadly most either have a terminal running, or 'microsoft ipod' searches. One even had Windows 2000 running in VMWare ;-) I would have done this myself but I am not able to install compiz on my system. -- Siddhesh Poyarekar http://siddhesh.tk

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A Linux Brochure Re-visited
by Vihan Pandey 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

First of all, great job Rony :-) Its not easy trying to say so much in so few, you certainly have done it. Kudo's to you. However, there are a couple of things i did some checking on that we could deliberate upon: 0)In the paragraph ``Why Free and Open Source Software" the word Freedom and the ethical reasons for why they should be used are very much absent. Not to mention the dangers of using proprietary software besides viruses, security problems, and data loss problems. It is later mentioned that ``Linux is not just software, it is a movement that was started to empower the people, to empower YOU with full freedom to create, distribute and use software without getting locked out until you paid for an 'upgrade' of your commercial software.". The Linux kernel was NEVER started as a movement, it was started as a student project. The only movement which started this is the Free Software movement, from which the Open Source movement offshooted. It was only later that Linus joined up with the Open Source movement. Linus has also admitted that he would never have bothered to make the Linux kernel mainstream if GNU had finished their kernel.This is very much a historical fact. i have have to really thank you Rony for this, as now it makes perfect sense why we just cannot refer to the operating system as Linux even for simplicity. 1)The word Freedom is mentioned in the ``Is Linux widely used?" paragraph right at the end, that too with an entire paragraph of tech praises preceding it. If we are mentioning technical excellence, great usability, and fantastic features everywhere - its only fair to mention the values and ethics of Freedom, the spirit of Revolution and the undying struggle against a tyranical order. Such language has caused change and shaped history in the past through printed books, let your wiki page stir the same passion for those online. 2)The link you quote http://www.linux.org/ mentions ``Linux<http://www.linux.org/#>is a free Unix-type operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of developers around the world." which seems to contradict(in the newbie readers perspective) what is written on the Wiki. Moreover the only mention about GNU is with a link on the GPL: http://www.linux.org/info/gnu.html in that page to there are two links ``Foundations Software" and ``free software" both of which point to web ads via some bizweb2000.com site. Why are we putting such pages as links on our Wiki? It gives a very bad impression that we are encouraging adware. 3)The term ``Linux" is trademarked to Linus Torvalds and it should be mentioned. If you are respecting it for Microsoft you can certainly respect it for Linus. comments? Regards, - vihan

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OLPC
by Mukund Deshmukh 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) is using linux. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Main_Page That's great, because children will not be poisoned by MS$ stuff. Warm Regards, Mukund Deshmukh, Beta Computronics Pvt Ltd, 10/1 IT Park, Parsodi, Nagpur -440022, India. Warm Regards, Mukund Deshmukh, Beta Computronics Pvt Ltd, 10/1 IT Park, Parsodi, Nagpur -440022, India.

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Promotional Article
by Siddhesh Poyarekar 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

Hi, Is it possible that we write an article about GNU/Linux on desktop and get it published in some of the famous newspapers like Times of India, DNA, Hindustan Times, etc? It will have to be done by some notable people since it should be accepted by these papers. The theme could be that of a myth breaker, showing how Linux is not difficult to install, better looking, etc. Linux power on servers should get no more than a mention as the aim is to get desktop users to use it. Regards, -- Siddhesh Poyarekar http://siddhesh.tk

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Re: A Linux Brochure.
by Vickram Crishna 02 Jan '07

02 Jan '07

--- Rony wrote: > Is it ok if I use a full page A4 portrait brochure? > That way I gain more > trying space than the landscape one with muliple > columns, as they need > spacing too. I need space for pictures too. Is a > normal A4 page good > looking for presentation? It will work fine, designwise. If you use an expensive glossy paper for the cover, it will look much smarter and give the finished job some stiffness (while the paper is relatively expensive, it may not add much real cost if the quantities are small). Re the earlier suggestion by someone to print 4 or 6 or 8 pages and paste them, there is a technique of magazine/book assembly where the pages are stuck on the edge (perfect binding). There are two ways of doing this: one being that some service centers have small perfect binding systems (can't really call them machines) for very small run corporate brochures and reports, the other is to do it manually using Fevicol or a cheaper substitute (but they don't come in nice clean tubes). The perfect binding systems are better because they use a more flexible glue. Vickram Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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what comprises the GNU operating system
by Kenneth Gonsalves 02 Jan '07

02 Jan '07

There has been a lot of discussion of GNU/Linux versus Linux. I am not clear on one point. It is said that GNU is the operating system and Linux is the kernel. I have been going through Stallman's essays and FSF literature for the past few hours and am unable to come up with an answer to this question: What precisely are the applications/tools that comprise the GNU operating system? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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Conversion to GNU/Linux
by Debarshi Ray 02 Jan '07

02 Jan '07

>From the fsf-friends list. Maybe someone here can help. Cheerio, Debarshi Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:00:00 -0800 (PST) From: Krishna Pagadala <krishnaact(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [Fsf-friends] Help needed in Chennai To: fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in Message-ID: <998564.67900.qm(a)web52604.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi All, One of the non-profits in Chennai that I work with wants to convert 5 computers from Windows to GNU/Linux can somebody help them? Helping will involve installing and configure a GNU/Linux system. I think that they will need one CD of TheOpenCD http://www.theopencd.org/download I am suggesting that they go with Kubuntu, does anybody have install and live CD for Kubuntu? Regards, Krishna -- After the game the king and the pawn go into the same box. -- Italian proverb

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] what comprises the GNU operating system
by Vickram Crishna 01 Jan '07

01 Jan '07

--- Vihan Pandey wrote: > > > Wikipedia is a good example. They use GNU FDL > license, we didn't ask > > > them to call it GNUpedia. In fact the original > gnupedia project was > > > abandoned in support of wikipedia > > > > not true. it was abandoned because it went phut. > which is what is > > going to happen to hurd also. > > > Only time will tell. If the world needs a a > distributed nano kernel > tomorrow, where else will they look? > How does that matter? At the rate the 'organised' world is destroying the earth's natural wealth (species etc) you think anyone (with enough money to do something) cares about losing the incomplete efforts of thousands of sincere people? Don't forget that the Germans knew how to extract liquid fuel from coal 60 years ago - we wouldn't have such disastrous war and suffering if we had easily available fuel today. What's a better OS compared to that? Vickram Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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[OT] reverse-engineering pacenet password is unethical?
by rohit bhute 01 Jan '07

01 Jan '07

I would like to lodge a strong protest with the admins of ILUG-BOM over this member's behaviour : <http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/wiki/index.php/Talk:Broadband_Pacenet>. He (she?) has deleted all traces of matter pertaining to decryption of Pacenet's password and inserted standard sales talk in its place. I have not undone this as I want to know whether doing so is "illegal" as the user 'Pacenetrules' claims. Perhaps we need to get a LUG meet arranged with these fanboys and ISP heads. Why should users of non-windows opeating systems bend over backwards to rightfully get what they have paid for? -- Rohit V. Bhute http://blog.rvbhute.org/

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A Linux Brochure.
by Rony 01 Jan '07

01 Jan '07

Hello All, I am planning to start the DTP process after some days so please provide your inputs by the next 7 days. Please do check out the last paragraph on why linux is not popular and check if anything invites trouble from manufacturers or if anything extra needs to be added. The first paragraph about contributions and licences appears to be balanced so no further editing may be required. I am actually going to distribute these brochures so please help in getting the page contents finalised within a week. Another important thing is.......what about mentioning this list in the brochure and do we have any logos to go with it. I want to show it as a LUG-BOM effort. http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Linux_Brochure_Quick_Guide Regards, Rony. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] FC6 hanging problem
by Debarshi Ray 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

>> I am having FC6 installed on IBM ThinkPad R40e. It hangs abruptly. >> Is there a way to find out the cause of it? I have checcked /var/log/messages >> but was not able to find anything concrete. > FC6 is not a nice distro. I had problems in installation itself in my PC > as well as laptop. The Linux For You Fedora Core 6 DVD seems to be defective. I used it on an IBM R51 and it failed to boot with a kernel panic. The reason I think this is not a problem with the distribution itself is because I found the downloaded ISOs from the mirrors working fine. > The worst part is that all the computer mags had > only this distro for December as if it was a hot cake. :P Well the DVDs they gave might be lukewarm at best. :-) Happy flaming, Debarshi -- Universities are places of knowledge. The freshman each bring a little in with them, and the seniors take none away, so knowledge accumulates.

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OpenDNS
by Debarshi Ray 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

http://www.opendns.com/ http://wahjava.wordpress.com/2006/11/23/opendns-for-faster-domain-name-reso… OpenDNS claims to be a safer, faster and smarter DNS service. Regards, Debarshi -- Universities are places of knowledge. The freshman each bring a little in with them, and the seniors take none away, so knowledge accumulates.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Calling for a Bof to see if it is feasible to hold a security conf in Bombay.
by Vickram Crishna 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

--- gaurav.p.chaturvedi wrote: > Here is a small plan i have worked out. Not exactly a plan ;-) but it's a start, for sure. I am a little committed to too many things in January, but can help with some non-hardware based networking. > Intended Audience :- Anyone interested In Networking > and Security. Yes, there is an audience, possibly a paying audience, and either paying or non-paying (fully sponsored) models can be worked out. > Cost :- No idea (We can go to a couple of companies > for sponsorship) Right... errrr... but let's be a little more clear on what we want ^before^ we do that. > Venue:- We can ask IIT to sponsor or MIT bandra. > (Basically any place with > bandwidth). That's MET, not MIT - let's not confuse them before we even get started. > Subject:- A few talks and a capture the flag event > to wrap things up ;-) > I say this is the first thing to lock down on: topics, speakers. In general, are we talking about limiting this event to FOSS, or will we address needs of Mumbai's users in general? Are we talking corporate or all kinds of users? Are we addressing end-users or service providers? Please keep in mind that we can't serve everyone, and shouldn't try: that will dilute the event and put off sponsors and audience alike. Looking forward to this Vickram Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Wanted: contributors for free software project
by Philip Tellis 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

I'm looking for contributors for ayttm (http://ayttm.sourceforge.net/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayttm) If you're interested, mail me offlist and I'll tell you how to get started. Note that there's no money involved in this. You'll be putting in your time and talents for no compensation whatsoever. Philip

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] FUD against CAS
by BombayNews 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

On 21-Dec-06, at 7:02 PM, Rony wrote: > This mail is not meant to create any controversy or flaming. It is > to simply highlight the FUD article that was printed in today's > Mumbai Mirror under the title "Shock in the box" this is going too far - please join some lists/fora concerned with these things. Totally inexcusable intrusion on the list bandwidth. If it had been anyone else, i would have made a strong demand for booting you out. so what if it a digression. it was pretty informative. I, for one, have begun to shut down the DTH receiver along with the TV after the Mirror piece. Had to tinker with plugs and wires as well.... shiv kumar

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Linux Brochure - Slogans Page
by Roshan 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

Hello List, Siddhesh has created a new page called "Slogans for the Linux Brochure". Please come up with creative slogans for the brochure and contribute to the wiki. [OT] The wiki would reach 5000 hits, when this email probably reaches your inbox. Ofcourse, it isn't about the hits, its about contribution. [/OT] -- FSF-India Fellow Associate http://www.gnu.org.in Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

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Exaile
by Debarshi Ray 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

http://www.exaile.org/trac I just happened to come across Exaile. It is a GTK+ based media player very similar in functionality to Amarok. I could not find any RPMs for it though there is a package for Edgy Eft. Installation from the tarball is nothing but 'make install', but one can easily run into dependency hell since there is no configure script to tell you what you need. Make sure you have: a. python-gstreamer b. notification-daemon c. notify-python d. python-sqlite2 e. python-mutagen You might need some more, but these are what I noticed. It is still not as polished as Amarok, but is surely nice if you can manage to install it. Cheers, Debarshi -- After the game the king and the pawn go into the same box. -- Italian proverb

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[OT] foreign VOIP Services legal?
by Abhishek Daga 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

Hi JTD/KG and others, So whats the clarification on using Foreign VoiP services? legal? illegal? I believe one of you had made a clarification about this some time ago that as long as it does not terminate into a pstn line, it is legal. But what if it is a foreign service such as lingo, vonage or even via yahoo? thanks abhishek __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Calling for a Bof to see if it is feasible to hold a security conf in Bombay.
by gaurav chaturvedi 30 Dec '06

30 Dec '06

Hey Guys, Delhi has freedel,Bangalore has foss.in. I was wondering if it would be a good idea to hold a conf here in Bombay, and as far as the topic of this conf goes its open to debate. I say we hold a security conf. Why? because India doesn't have such a conf (AFAIK) and its a topic of interest to me. It doesn't have to be anything big,just a few guys doing some cool stuff. Please comment.

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FC6 hanging problem
by Shubham Saxena 30 Dec '06

30 Dec '06

I am having FC6 installed on IBM ThinkPad R40e. It hangs abruptly. Is there a way to find out the cause of it? I have checcked /var/log/messages but was not able to find anything concrete. Shubham __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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CDs4grabs wiki for ILUG-BOM
by Shakthi Kannan 29 Dec '06

29 Dec '06

Hi, I have just created the template page for CDs4grabs for ILUG-BOM: http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/CDs4grabs I feel the CDs available and CDs wanted can be removed as the above will cater to it. This is similar to the CDs4grabs project at chennailug.org: http://chennailug.org/wiki/?title=CDs_for_Grab Any thoughts/suggestions welcome, SK -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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[OT] reverse-engineering pacenet password is unethical?
by Mandar Joshi 29 Dec '06

29 Dec '06

>On 29-Dec-06, at 12:08 PM, rohit bhute wrote: >> and keeps editing without permission, he is deactivated/prevented >> from editing. This is the way wikipedia handles it. So first revert > > Hmm, done. But going off on a tangent, is "reverse engineering the > password" illegal? >afaik not if you paid for it - only reverse engineering someone >else's password would be illegal >regards >Kenneth Gonsalves Hello, To play safe, we could put just the decryption process on the wiki. Not the actual procedure on how to go about connecting to Pacenet with the decrypted password. It could be considered illegal if you post information that undermines the security or violates the policy of the company. Hence, I suggest only the decryption process be described on wiki. Regards Mandar Joshi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Commercial - PHP programmers / System administrators needed
by Vinay Ramdas 29 Dec '06

29 Dec '06

Hello, Neural IT Pvt Ltd. is a service oriented company providing IT and IT enabled services. Our core services revolve around the legal and insurance domain. We are seeking professionals for the following positions: Senior Programmer/Project manager --------------------------------- - Minimum 3 years of experience in PHP/Mysql - Done module development in Drupal - Experience on GNU/linux platforms - Excellent documentation and communication skills Experience with shell scripting, docbook will be an added advantage Junior Programmer --------------------------------- - 3-6 months of experience in PHP/Mysql - Good communication skills Familiarity with GNU/linux platforms will be an added advantage System Administrator --------------------------------- - Minimum 2 years of experience in administration of *nix systems - Worked with apache, qmail, bind, squid, ldap, jabber, firewalls - Worked on Debian Experience in FreeBSD, asterisk will be an added advantage Interested individuals should mail their resumes to careers(a)neuralit.com For information about our organization visit http://www.neuralit.com Vinay Ramdas, (CTO, Neural IT Pvt Ltd.) +91-22-25706632 +91-22-32973705

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HTop
by Debarshi Ray 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

http://htop.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=main Thanks to Debian Times, I came across HTop- an interactive process viewer for Linux kernel versions 2.4 and 2.6. Regards, Debarshi -- Universities are places of knowledge. The freshman each bring a little in with them, and the seniors take none away, so knowledge accumulates.

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Re: Linuxers Digest, Vol 44, Issue 85
by Kartik Mistry 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

Chetan wrote something to say about: >Few questions - > >where do you intend to take it to ? Considering developments in gaim, >gossip and telepathy framework upcoming in gnome. > >There needs to be a cool factor to entice people. Any such ? Dear Chetan, You are free to contribute code to above projects. Please send patches/security bug fixes etc. Ayttm/libyahoo2 can be startup for who want to learn C. I am packaging libyahoo2 and maintain ayttm in Debian (from sometime :)). Anyone want to join hand with me are Welcome.. Regards, Kartik Mistry kartikmistry.org/blog

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Re : A Linux Brochure
by Mandar Joshi 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

>From: Roshan <d_rosh2001(a)yahoo.co.in> >To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.glug-bom.org> >Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] A Linux Brochure >Hello All, >There has been a lot of contribution to the article by >the list members. I would personally, request them to >take some more time and create their user pages, so >that we could use the talk pages for communication. >However, if the list members feel, that the mailing >list is best for communication / discussion regarding >the article, no problems! :) >-- >FSF-India Fellow Associate >http://www.gnu.org.in Hello , I had this little page made about a year back. All the stuff that I've done over the last year needs to be added but I think this could still be useful. I completely agree with Roshan that a user page serves as much better reference than a mailing list. Here is the link http://mndar.linux-fan.com . I think there have been references to it on this mailing list with regards to the pacenet connection. Let me know whether the HOW-TOs seem Beginner Friendly. Regards Mandar Joshi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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[Commercial] Seeking Linux Gurus for Educational Venture
by Atanu Dey 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

Greetings All: As part of a new commercial venture that will provide educational services to educational institutions, I am interested in building a server-centric technology platform (servers, LAN, and network computers or thin clients). To that end, I am seeking Linux server software gurus for either consultation or full time employment. The company is based in the Pune/Mumbai region. My sincere apologies if this message is not appropriate to the forum. Thanks for any help and suggestions. Sincerely, Atanu 09823-931-931 -- Atanu Dey, Ph.D. Chief Economist Netcore Solutions Pvt Ltd Blog: http://www.deeshaa.org

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A Linux Brochure.
by Rony 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

Hello All, I have been struggling to get my sample text on the wiki but still learning. The page is more than 8 Kb so rejected by the mailing list admin. I have finally managed to put it on to google home pages and here is the link below: http://ronybill.googlepages.com/home Please go through it and give feedback. The brochure is meant to introduce people with no knowledge of linux, to linux. So it doesn't have to be detailed but give an overall picture about it. Regards, Rony. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Linux Brochure - Short Version
by Mrugesh Karnik 27 Dec '06

27 Dec '06

Hi, Creating a new thread because the original has gone way too awry (I am to be blamed for it too, I guess :/ Sorry, anger got the better of me). Anyway, here's my version of the Brochure: http://floyd-n-milan.blogspot.com/2006/12/linux-brochure-short-version.html It's for anyone to copy, distribute or modify, if they want to. Just one (or is it two?) condition. The term ``GNU/Linux'' must not replace the term ``Linux based Distribution''. Any matter from that post must also not appear in any document that uses the term ``GNU/Linux'', unless it is used in the following context (quoting myself from a previous email to the list): > Do something. Create an OS which does NOT have Xorg, KDE, Apache, MySQL, > Postfix, Mozilla, OpenSSH etc etc etc. In essence, only the software > developed directly by the GNU project. Do NOT include software that's under > the GPL but not developed directly by GNU. Do NOT include the software > that's not under the GPL. I doubt any GNU projects use any other license > than the GPL. Use the Linux kernel. Call the OS GNU/Linux. If you can't abide by the condition, please do not use any of the matter. I personally won't stop you from breaching the condition though. That's completely up to you. Thank you. -- ---------------------------------------- Mrugesh Karnik GPG Key 0xBA6F1DA8 Public key on http://wwwkeys.pgp.net ----------------------------------------

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[OT][Programming]: Who's better?
by Roshan 27 Dec '06

27 Dec '06

Hello List, Found this image, on my cousin's blog. Take a moment and smile at it :) http://techflock.blogspot.com/2006/12/programmer-hierarchy.html -- FSF-India Fellow Associate http://www.gnu.org.in Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

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[OT] Good news for Triband Users
by Rony 27 Dec '06

27 Dec '06

Hello all, All existing Broadband customers will be automatically upgraded to speeds upto 2 Mbps. starting from 1st Jan 2007. Not aplicable to unlimitted plans (590). Regards, Rony. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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FC6 and Display Problem
by nilesh mahajan 27 Dec '06

27 Dec '06

Hi, I installed FC6 on Intel Core2 Duo Processor with Intel 946 chipset.When I installed at first time it get installed with normal FC6 kernel but when I installed after few days it will get installed with "fc6xen" kernel. What it stands for? Also when I am trying to change graphical mode(X Server) to text mode(80x25) and vice versa by using ctrl-alt-F1 and alt-F7 the display gets stretched or flickering. Some time shifting of graphics to text mode and vice versa is perfect by mostly it is abnormal. Even shifting during shutdown/reboot has the same problem. How can I solve this issue.Please Help. Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

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Problem with running a long process on apache
by Pascal Nunes 26 Dec '06

26 Dec '06

I can run a script as the linux user apache. But when I try to invoke the same through a web-page running on the server (I am using the php system command) it does not execute, and I get a return value of 127. This script takes really long to run, can run for several minutes sometimes. I am clueless about why this is happening... Any suggestion to how a user can call it on a web server? -- Any tool is only as good as it is used. .:[ Pascal Nunes <http://pascal_nunes.blogspot.com> ]:.

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Problem with
by Pascal Nunes 26 Dec '06

26 Dec '06

I can run a script as the linux user apache. But when I try to invoke the same through a web-page running on the server (I am using the php system command) it does not execute, and I get a return value of 127. This script takes really long to run, can run for several minutes sometimes. I am clueless about why this is happening... Any suggestion to how a user can call it on a web server? -- Any tool is only as good as it is used. .:[ Pascal Nunes <http://pascal_nunes.blogspot.com> ]:.

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Re: December GLUG Meet photos (Roshan)
by Sobi pillai 26 Dec '06

26 Dec '06

On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:00:01 Roshan wrote: >Those GLUGers who attended it from CDAC-Mumbai, are > >you active on the list? Drop in a line to say hi ;) > Firstly a big HI !!!! (as demanded) :) Yeah! we are very much active. Active in reading all the mails :) N since we are newbies its too early for us to respond or comment on any of the mails... till then we are happy with our role of listener...... i guess we guys will catch up soon.... :) and join in the discussions.... Sobi :)

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ubuntu+pacenet howto on wiki
by Rohit V Bhute 26 Dec '06

26 Dec '06

I 've put up a report on connecting to Pacenet on Ubuntu. <http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Broadband_Pacenet> I would appreciate if you guys go through it and correct any errors. Also, documentation about connecting from Red Hat, Mandriva, etc. is needed. Regards. -- Rohit V. Bhute http://blog.rvbhute.org

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A Linux Brochure.
by Rony 25 Dec '06

25 Dec '06

Anurag wrote: > > > That doesnt change the fact that there are several useless discussions going > on the mailing list. People have even started calling this list as ``General > Knowledge'' mailing list where you ask any question and it will end up with > 80 replies. > > I think we all need to ask ourselves that while we have expectations from this list, what can we do for it. Some time back there was a discussion on why there is lack of Indian contribution to development of FOSS. Lets put on our thinking caps to find out what we GLUG-BOM can do for Linux. We also need to find centralised locations nearer to railway stations or major junctions so that members from all over Mumbai can attend regular LUG meets. May I propose a simple assignment for this list? Some time back when I was with Krish, I mentioned to him the need for a linux brochure as, other than live CDs, there is nothing in text to distribute to people from the windows background. Many people may not want to use the CDs or may not know what work to do with them. So can we as a list create a brochure for Linux. We need to start with an overall picture and then a basic partitioning information to show them the difference between the windows and linux partitions and the file system hierarchy like 'C:\' and '/'. Provide a lot of links too. There may be brochures available on the net but lets do it our way. We could create the brochure on the net as a wiki or some online room where the project grows and leave the printing to the downloader. Regards, Rony. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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About gprof
by Mohan Nayaka 25 Dec '06

25 Dec '06

Hi all I am planning to do a little write up on gprof this weekend & put it up on the wiki. Is this OT ? With flame wars on the rise, I don't want to take any risk :) Regards, Mohan S N -- "The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne, the' assay so hard, so sharp the conqueryinge" -- Geoffrey Chaucer

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The battle for wireless network drivers
by പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen 25 Dec '06

25 Dec '06

The battle for wireless network drivers Written by Jem Matzan Dec 20, 2006 at 08:52 PM "BSD and Linux programmers have had a lot of success in creating drivers for new computer hardware in a timely manner, but much of their effort has been without the support of major hardware manufacturers. Intel, Marvell, Texas Instruments and Broadcom, though separate and competing entities, seem by one consent to prevent non-Microsoft operating systems from working properly with some of their most widely-used network chips." Read the full story http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/293 It is a bit long but really worth it. The author has interviewed many of the wireless chip manufactures and gives an insight into the issues surrounding wireless card drivers for Free and Open Source Operating Systems. He suggests the main issue is the lack of communication between the developers and the manufacturers. Take this into account when you buy a new wireless network card and support the companies which provides specifications and documentation to the Free and Open Source Operating Systems developers. Cheers Praveen PS: Sorry for cross-posting -- "Value your freedom, or you will lose it, teaches history. `Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn." -- Richard Stallman Me scribbles at http://www.pravi.co.nr

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how to uninstall kubuntu
by Vivek R 25 Dec '06

25 Dec '06

i have a dual boot wth kubuntu/win 98 on my system. both are on separate hard disks.in kubuntu it shows all the hard disks(i.e, drives used by windows as well) but in windows it does not show me the kubuntu installed drives. now i want to uninstall kubuntu, how do i do that? had the drives been visible in windows which is definitely a drawback, i wldve formatted the kubuntu harddisk, but since it does not show me the drives, how do i uninstall kubuntu ? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com

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Thread waiting to be delivered?
by Roshan 25 Dec '06

25 Dec '06

The mailman has received one of my threads titled "Want to install Fedora Core 6 without installing?" but it hasn't delivered it to me. I have selected the option of "Receive a copy of your post to the list" in the subscription options page. Did someone (or anyone) receive this message? I have passed a link describing about the LIVE CD and the link to download it. -- http://houdini-aboutnothing.blogspot.com/ Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

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uninstalling kubuntu
by Vivek R 24 Dec '06

24 Dec '06

my dear brothers, the issue was not of not being able to view linux partitions on windows, i just wanted to know how does one uninstall kubuntu. and for the record, to the person who said he does not see me using any of the gnu/linux versions, i am using ubuntu right now instead of kubuntu. i could have very well installed ubuntu over kubuntu, but i thought knowing how to uninstall it would add to little knowledge. anyways, thank u all for the help. i got it done. thanks again ____________________________________________________________________________________ Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now.

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Want to try out Fedora Core 6 without installing?
by Roshan 23 Dec '06

23 Dec '06

You may be interested to download a 682 MB iso file, provided, you have no data caps on the internet connection provided by your ISP. Follow the link below. http://www.linuxlookup.com/2006/dec/22/fedora_6_zod_live_cd -- http://houdini-aboutnothing.blogspot.com/ Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

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Need inputs for FOSS Hospital Management Tools
by Dinesh Shah 23 Dec '06

23 Dec '06

Hi All! I will meeting a charitable hospital management tomorrow. They want to migrate to FOSS technologies for their hospital. This hospital caters to about 1000 OPD cases on daily bases. They already have some accounting, attendance and payroll software running on MS Windows. They would also like to know if the same can me run on the Linux (GNU/Linux) system. I would like to get inputs from people who are associated with health care industry what are the components and tools required for Hospital Management. Are these tools available in FOSS. If yes, how good are they? What amount of customisation will be required? TIA for all your feedback and inputs. With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-)

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[OT] FUD against CAS
by Rony 22 Dec '06

22 Dec '06

Hello Everyone, This mail is not meant to create any controversy or flaming. It is to simply highlight the FUD article that was printed in today's Mumbai Mirror under the title "Shock in the box". A PWD certified electrical engineer has stirred up a FUD against the Conditional Access System and DTH set top boxes by claiming that they consume high amount of power. The vested interests are trying their level best to scare people from migrating to CAS which will empower them with the freedom of choice. This engineer goes about with a tong tester and has measured a current of 500 mA in his set top box while another reader claims to have measured 1 A. This translates to 110 Watts and 220 Watts. The paper has even produced photographs of the engineer using the tong tester. They claim that this will increase electricity bills by 150/- per month. The first stupidity of this engineer is that he is using a tong tester to measure currents in mA. Tong testers are meant to measure high currents in thick power cables that cannot be disturbed, not domestic appliances. For normal current measurements, an ammeter is connected in series with the power cable and the unit is powered on to measure the current flow. I measured my DTH box's current and it was only 35 mA which means a power of 7.7 watts at 220 volts. I have been using DTH since 2 years and never had any increase in power bills. So those who want to switch over to CAS or DTH in Mumbai need not worry about the power consumption. Signal processing does not consume too much power. Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ All New Yahoo! Mail Tired of Vi@gr@! come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] December GLUG Meet photos
by amit pundir 22 Dec '06

22 Dec '06

On Thursday 21 December 2006, Rohan wrote: > >Those GLUGers who attended it from CDAC-Mumbai, are >you active on the list? Drop in a line to say hi ;) or >create a poll on Favourite GNU/Linux distro ;) > Hi, yes we are pretty much active in this mailing list. -- Regards Amit "If its got a processor, someone somewhere is trying to get GNU/Linux running on it!"

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Re: Linux expert with a monitoring background required.
by Vihan Pandey 22 Dec '06

22 Dec '06

> ok i'll be honest. i am a OS/2 user (actually dos 6.22) with no clue of > windows and *linux* if it makes you happy. It's not about making anyone ``happy", its about what you say and what you stand for. >> Gimme a break and be practical.. use the right tool for the job and > >> stop being a GNU/Linux fanboi.. and while you are at it, stop > >> calling it GNU/Linux as well.. simply 'linux' does the trick. Don't > >> get me wrong, I love linux.. it gives me and my family lunch, > >> dinner, an occasional drink and a good life. I am a linux > >> user/admin, not a slave. A lot of us here too earn a living out of GNU/Linux. In assuming you are a ``slave" you are forgetting what the entire movement was all about. > > Freedom is responsibility.. freedom is letting others do what they > choose. Freedom is NOT using things/encouraging(directly or indirectly) which take freedom away from you and others. Freedom is NOT choosing your toothpaste, freedom is choosing > whether you want to brush at all (ok bad example) as long as others > don't get affected by bad breath. Sigh, maybe i went to the wrong school. try visiting gnu.org > If you fit the requirements and are interested, then send me your > profile preferably in plaintext (but .doc and .odt are welcome as well). you still don't get it. Why must you welcome .doc AT ALL? Regards, - vihan

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Allison resigns from Novell - first nail in the coffin
by jtd 22 Dec '06

22 Dec '06

Jeremy Allison developer of samba has resigned in protest over the Microvell deal. http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=170 -- Rgds JTD

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