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Are you the Linux type?
by Praveen A 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

Interesting comparison of OSes. "I think that our choice of Linux, BSD, Windows, Apple or whatever really boils down to how we look at life. To put things in a simpler way the different types of operating systems floating around in the ether can be broken down into two classes. The first class in which I will include Windows and Apple is what I would compare to an automatic car. You don't need to know how it works you just get in and drive. The second class in which I obviously include Linux, BSD and their ilk I would put in the manual car analogy. In a manual car you don't just get in and drive, the car becomes an extention of yourself." http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/linux/locutus/archives/are-you-the-linux-type-17… -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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Re: Firefox Community Event + July LUG Meet
by Kartik Mistry 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

> From: Mitul Limbani > Lets start by making a quick post like below, Just make sure you append > your name, and not say me, and me too, count me in. Please put in your > full name. in order suggested. > > List of Attendents : > > *) Nirav Mehta > *) Mitul Limbani *) Kartik Mistry Someone wish here that he/she will come with better venue, he/she didn't came yet -- so, venue is same :) -- -------------------------------------------------------- Kartik Mistry | Eng: kartikmistry.org/blog 0xD1028C8D | Guj: kartikm.wordpress.com --------------------------------------------------------

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Acer 3684 -- ubuntu installation
by saurabh daptardar 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

Hi, Installed Ubuntu Feisty on Acer 3684 . I have added installation report on the wiki. http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/wiki/index.php/Laptop_Installation_Report_-_Acer_… Many things are not tested currently -- I shall make changes as I test them. Regards, Sourabh

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PHP Seminar
by Prashant Shah 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

Hello all, I am keeping a PHP seminar in Ghatkopar/Mumbai. It will be for 2 hours, once a week for 4 weeks. It is for beginers with knowledge about HTML/C/C++ It will cover the basic php knowledge (basics, loops, variables, arrays, error handling, database connectivity) It is free of cost. Email me on <pshah.mumbai at gmail.com> to register for it. Regards. ps : Exact place and timing not decided. It will be in Ghatkopar area.

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Firefox Community Event + July LUG Meet
by Nirav Mehta 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

Dear All, I wrote last week about the Firefox Community event happening on 14th July. The event is now rescheduled to 21st because Seth and JT will be attending Open Source Conference in A'bad on 13th and 14th. The plan for the day remains the same. We will be able to accommodate limited people - only 25 - so would like to get your confirmation. If you will be attending the event, please email me: nirav <dot> mehta <at> magnettechnologies <dot> com. You can find more details about the event at: http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/06/29/join-hands-with-firefox/ * Here is the plan for the day: * * 10.30AM - Registration (it’s free!) * 11AM - Introduction & Welcome * 11.30AM - The State of Mozilla * 12.00AM - Do we need an EN_IN version of Firefox? Local English, local search providers, certain spellings and other India specific items. Brainstorming, and team formation. * 1.00PM - Lunch break * 2.00PM - Brainstorming on promoting Firefox in India * 3.00PM - How to localize Firefox? How did we localize for Gujarati? - small workshop * 4.00PM - Firefox 3 - what’s up the sleeve? * 5.00PM - Completion of Firefox event * 5.30PM - LUG Meet starts - Ruby On Rails presentation by Dibya Prakash * 6.30PM - Chai - Coffee and the usual LUG after event gatherings!

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[Commercial] Need Support for RedHat 9 system
by Dinesh Shah 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

Hi List, A friend of mine needs commercial paid support for his RedHat 9 Linux system. The PC has important data and can not be formated. Minimum requirement is to bring the system up and put it on the network. If you can handle this please send me off-list your contact details. TIA for your quick response. With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Join the Revolution!

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Re:[RESOLVED]Compiz-Fusion on Ubuntu 7.04 and HAL problems8
by Easwar Hariharan 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

> > Hi all, > 1)Compiz-Fusion on Ubuntu 7.04 > I am using Compiz-Fusion on a Ubuntu 7.04,ATi Radeon XPress 200 series > onboard using the proprietary fglrx drivers and Xgl.Though the startxgl > script for starting Xgl automatically on boot had a workaround for missing > shutdown and reboot buttons,I'm missing my Suspend(Hibernate?) > button.Isthere a workaround for this? > > 2)HAL problems > I am the sole user on Ubuntu 7.04 hence my userid has system > administration > privileges subject to root password.Since I don't have a printer,I > disabled > cups in System-->Administration-->Services.Also, I disabled Bluetooth > support and the second cron service(non-anacron one) and a couple other > services.Since then,whenever I login,I'm faced with a dialog box saying > "Couldn't initialize HAL" and even after supplying root password,I'm > unable > to access selected system administration components which include Users > and > Groups,Services,Network,etc.A dialog box pops up with this: > > The configuration could not be loaded > You are not allowed to access the system configuration. > > The interesting thing is that after I enabled GUI root login by editing > the > /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf file,even when I login as root,I'm unable to access > the above-mentioned components.The above-mentioned dialog box pops up for > root as well. :o > Can someone help or point out a resource please? Turned out I had disabled the dbus service which is used by many system components to communicate among each other.Was solved by a single command to restart the service sudo /etc/init.d/dbus start Thence I could access the service-admin and re-enable the dbus service.Also,the missing suspend/hibernate buttons were also due to the above disabled dbus.As soon as the command was issued,they were back! Thanx and regards, Easwar

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sound working spasmodically
by Kenneth Gonsalves 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

hi, i am trying to use krec to record sounds. Problem is that sometimes the mic works and at other times it doesnt. Last night it was working, I didnt switch off the machine, but in the morning it refused to work. It is an onboard card - headphones work all the time. Would this be a hardware problem or a software problem? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/

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[OT] Linux Multimedia Guide (Book Anyone?)
by Roshan 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

List, I have a task at hand and need to refer a particular book. The book is titled "Linux Multimedia Guide" authored by Jeff Tranter. If someone has it and wishes to sell it at a reasonable price, please let me know. This book is out of print, and therefore not available in most book shops. -- FSF of India Associate Fellow - http://www.gnu.org.in http://www.somaiya.edu/sksasc ubunturos @ freenode Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. To know how, go to http://in.mail.yahoo.com

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kubuntu 7.04 and beryl
by Mohan Nayaka 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

Hi all, I am running Feisty Kubuntu on a Toshiba A135-S2386 notebook. I am trying to setup Beryl on it. facing some problems... My graphics card is a ATI Radeon Xpress 200M on a T2080 ( 1.73GHz) Dual core. Is the machine good enough? Following the documentation, I installed ATI's fglrx driver. Accordingly, I think I should use Xgl and not AIGLX. For this I added the line: Option "AIGLX" "false" in the ServerLayout section of xorg.conf. Without this, launching beryl would simply stop saying that conpositing is disabled. I installed ATI's driver (restricted modules). glxinfo gives "Direct rendering : Yes" fglrxinfo output is: display: :0.0 screen: 0 OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc. OpenGL renderer string: RADEON XPRESS Series OpenGL version string: 2.0.6334 (8.34.8) My xorg.conf is uploaded at : http://pastebin.com/944969 lsmod |grep gl gives: fglrx 540004 11 agpgart 35400 2 fglrx,ati_agp X -version output: X Window System Version 7.2.0 Release Date: 22 January 2007 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2 Build Operating System: Linux Ubuntu Current Operating System: Linux ZION 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686 Build Date: 04 April 2007 Also following documentation, I restarted X using Xgl using a script recommended on many websites. This script is uploaded at:http://pastebin.com/944990 and http://pastebin.com/944993 Should I try using AIGLX+mesa instead ? Regards, Mohan S N -- The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles

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