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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 03 Jan '07

03 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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