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[info] 4th fastest supercomputer in the world -- for linux enthusiasts
by Agnello George 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

HINDU group of publications Mumbai/Chennai, Nov. 13 The Tata Group on Tuesday announced that its supercomputer Eka, which became operational this October, has been adjudged the world's fourth fastest. This distinction was made at the International Conference for High Performance Computing Networking Storage and Analysis at Nevada, US. The super machine, developed at Tata Group's Computational Research Laboratories (CRL) in Pune, is the fastest computer in Asia and the first one developed using corporate funding, said Mr S. Ramadorai, Chairman, CRL, at a news conference in Mumbai. Eka (Sanskrit word for number one), is a Hewlett-Packard based system with a performance of 117.9 teraflops. A teraflop equals a trillion calculations per second. A supercomputer is the equivalent of 20,000 ordinary computers put together but the comparison stops with power. "It is like comparing an aeroplane and a bicycle," added Mr Ramadorai. 'Eka' was developed with an investment of $30 million (Rs 120 crore) in six weeks' time, funded entirely by Tata Sons. TCS, Tata Technologies, Tata Strategic Management Group and other companies from the Tata stable have contributed to the project. This computer will enable CRL to offer computing services in the field of weather forecasting, oil & gas exploration, drug discovery, gaming & animation and data mining, among others. *The supercomputer is powered by a Linux open source operating system and it is based on standard hardware to address the issue of application scalability, which has been the bane of supercomputing till date. * The Tata Group now intends to market the supercomputers` capabilities to potential customers. "We are in active negotiations with government and private agencies," said Mr Ramadorai. Group company Tata Elxsi and aircraft maker Boeing have been using the supercomputer on a pilot basis. Commenting on potential models of doing business, Dr Sunil Sherlekar, Head, Embedded Innovation Labs, TCS, said: "We will be selling time to our customers to use these systems. Another model could be to build slightly smaller capacity systems for our clients on a turnkey basis." -- Agnello . G .Dsouza -- Agnello . G .Dsouza

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[Commercial] Call for Linux Support Engineers
by Rajeev R. K. 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Hi All, We are looking for Linux Support Engineers to work for our company engaged in Information Technology Consulting & Training. The company has been working on standard Linux server and client systems and also on Open-Source ERP, CRM, e-governance and Groupware. Most of the work is on fedora and similar platforms. The position will involve a mix of telephonic support, onsite support, remote management and new project implementation. Some travelling within the country may be involved. Qualification : A strong UNIX / LINUX base with experience in diverse network environments. Comfort with various different distribution and styles of administration will be an required. RHCT / LPI Level 2 or higher certification will be preferred. Base Location - Lower Parel, Mumbai. Please send the CV in PDF format to rajeevrk(a)xlncenterprises.com (do not send mail / queries about this to the group). CV must have details of experience, qualification and expectation. Regards R K Rajeev

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[Commercial] Call for Linux Support Engineers
by Rajeev R. K. 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

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[Commercial] Why not enroll in FOSS India Awards?
by Niraj Sahay 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Hi, Are you working on any free software or open source (FOSS) project? Do you know anyone who is? There's a great opportunity for all Indian FOSS contributors to showcase their work at the national level, and perhaps global too! Plus, the development team (or individual) can get a minimum cash prize of Rs 25,000! But, there's more to it than just cash prize. The winners will get exclusive coverage in LINUX For You magazine, and openITis.com (aka linuxforu.com). Which in turn could mean: (a) more media coverage for the project and its developers, (b) publicity amongst targeted customers, and (c) more contributors getting attracted to the project. Launched with an initial kitty of Rs 5 lakhs, the FOSS India Awards aim to recognise India's top 20 FOSS projects. The LINUX For You team is working with FOSII (Forum for Open Source Initiatives in India) on this venture. The registration for FOSS India Awards is FREE! All one has to do to register is to visit http://www.openitis.com/awards/ and fill in the two-minute form. Registration for FOSS India Awards is open till 15th December '07. The awards will be announced during Open Source India Week (aka LinuxAsia 2008) during the 2nd week of February '08. Please do forward this message to anyone whom you believe is working on a FOSS project, and is a good candidate. Let's prove to the World that India contributes to FOSS too... Best Wishes! LINUX For You team

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Helpful article on Linux Graphics Drivers
by Sarfaraz Kazi 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Here's a newbie-friendly and very helpful article about the various Linux Graphics Drivers - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=908&num=1 Regards, Sarfaraz

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VPN
by Nilesh 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Dear , We are having two linux server with os RHEL4-U4 one server is in pune office and another is in mumbai. Now we have to configure VPN between these two server kindly provide me step by step configuration that i could configured it Regards -- Nilesh

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Re: Ilug-bom wiki
by Neelesh Gurjar 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

> We are in the process of migrating the some of the services to a > better server with better connectivity. At first, Ilug-bom wiki has > been migrated and is working at http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki . It's gr8 news that our wiki is started. Can I upload my docs about Linux on this wiki ? If yes can anybody provide me the short steps please ? I have created my account on this wiki ? Thanks NeeleshG

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Firefox 3 and memory usage
by Chetan S 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

Hi All, Just an headsup on the upcoming firefox 3 ( Granparadiso ). This version is very very snappy as against firefox 2. Also a developer named Pavlov has implemented a "memory defrag" kind of plugin for firefox 3 that works real well, driving down the memory usage drastically. ( http://www.pavlov.net/blog/archives/2007/11/memory_fragment.html ) A point in case is the speed with which ff 3 can spawn new windows. This is specifically more important when the window in question is a small login popup or such. Another example - As I type this, I am using a measly 512 mb, T42 centrino laptop with the following elements in memory 1. Lotus Notes - Hog hog hog 2. PDF viewer with a image heavy file open 3. 2 xls in openoffice. 4. Terminal 5. John the cracker cracking my passwd file in background. Lastly firefox 3 with no less than 18 tabs open consuming 94 mb of non-shared memory and 119 mb gross memory ! And with compiz and wobbly effects on. As of now no slowdown in any of my applications. W00t ! Plugin compatibility ============== >From my perspective I care only about adblock plus and no-script which work with the current alpha available on ubuntu gutsy 7.10 Suggested you give firefox 3 a try. There are few things that are different from 2.0 and will require you to be generally competent with fixing problem with help via Google searches. regards, C

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Ilug-bom wiki
by Anurag 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

Hello and Diwali Greetings to all! We are in the process of migrating the some of the services to a better server with better connectivity. At first, Ilug-bom wiki has been migrated and is working at http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki . Taking Siddhesh's suggestions forward, is it a good idea to keep the wiki itself as the main website? Anurag

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List downtime notification.
by Anurag 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

Hello! We are shifting our mailing list to another data center on tomorrow, 12th November. Mailing list services may remain unavailable tomorrow till evening as the MX records get updated. Anurag

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