Hi list, Just saw a glimpse of an ad for BOSS (the 'desi' Linux distro) by CDAC & NRC-FOSS. Was gone just after I realized what it was. Quite a pleasant surprise.
Regards, Easwar Registered Linux user #442065
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Easwar Hariharan meindian523@gmail.com wrote:
Hi list, Just saw a glimpse of an ad for BOSS (the 'desi' Linux distro) by CDAC & NRC-FOSS. Was gone just after I realized what it was. Quite a pleasant surprise.
Yes, I saw it on SAB TV lastnite as well as tonite. I hope CDAC is not paying for the air time.
-- Arun Khan
On Wednesday 02 June 2010 23:55:13 Arun Khan wrote:
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Easwar Hariharan
meindian523@gmail.com wrote:
Hi list, Just saw a glimpse of an ad for BOSS (the 'desi' Linux distro) by CDAC & NRC-FOSS. Was gone just after I realized what it was. Quite a pleasant surprise.
Yes, I saw it on SAB TV lastnite as well as tonite. I hope CDAC is not paying for the air time.
Atleast it is better than paying for airy-fairy security in the form of AV. Notice how AV which was an acronym for Audio-Video is now an acronym for Anti-Virus.
Well, CDAC & NRCFOSS should better save-up some money from TV commercial, & pay for hosting BOSS on some better server as the connectivity to bosslinux.in website really sucks, connections gets reset every now & then.
Whats the use of TV commercials if ppl are not able to access BOSSLinux ISOs.
Mohit Sethi
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:59 AM, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
On Wednesday 02 June 2010 23:55:13 Arun Khan wrote:
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Easwar Hariharan
meindian523@gmail.com wrote:
Hi list, Just saw a glimpse of an ad for BOSS (the 'desi' Linux distro) by CDAC & NRC-FOSS. Was gone just after I realized what it was. Quite a pleasant surprise.
Yes, I saw it on SAB TV lastnite as well as tonite. I hope CDAC is not paying for the air time.
Atleast it is better than paying for airy-fairy security in the form of AV. Notice how AV which was an acronym for Audio-Video is now an acronym for Anti-Virus.
-- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
On 3 June 2010 15:43, Mohit Sethi openpercept@fedoraproject.org wrote:
pay for hosting BOSS on some better server as the connectivity to bosslinux.in website really sucks, connections gets reset every now & then.
Looks like its hosted internally at their office(218.248.24.21 ?). No wonder Indian ISP's have their own down times . Got to bear with it .
Regards, Pavithran
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:24 PM, pavithran s pavi.eu@gmail.com wrote:
On 3 June 2010 15:43, Mohit Sethi openpercept@fedoraproject.org wrote:
pay for hosting BOSS on some better server as the connectivity to bosslinux.in website really sucks, connections gets reset every now & then.
Looks like its hosted internally at their office(218.248.24.21 ?). No wonder Indian ISP's have their own down times . Got to bear with it .
I learnt from some source that they apparently had to host stuff on own servers only, not even like using SF for ISO downloads.
Karunakar
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:24 PM, pavithran s pavi.eu@gmail.com wrote:
On 3 June 2010 15:43, Mohit Sethi openpercept@fedoraproject.org wrote:
pay for hosting BOSS on some better server as the connectivity to bosslinux.in website really sucks, connections gets reset every now & then.
Looks like its hosted internally at their office(218.248.24.21 ?). No wonder Indian ISP's have their own down times . Got to bear with it .
I learnt from some source that they apparently had to host stuff on own servers only, not even like using SF for ISO downloads.
that's absurd. I couldn't connect to the site all day - finally managed (6 am and Indian ISPs work well :)) - max speeds (wgetting from a server hosted at hetzner.de) seemed to be about 40k/sec .. ah, and now even that's ground to a halt ..
not a nice way to distribute 2.8gb dvd images :(.. is there a torrent somewhere ? I'm happy to host a mirror if their connection stays up long enough for me to get the file ..
- sanjay
For those who havent seen ad on tv
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RPQPz5M3Q8&feature=related
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 6:47 AM, b@pad.ma wrote:
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:24 PM, pavithran s pavi.eu@gmail.com wrote:
On 3 June 2010 15:43, Mohit Sethi openpercept@fedoraproject.org
wrote:
pay for hosting BOSS on some better server as the connectivity to bosslinux.in website really sucks, connections gets reset every now & then.
Looks like its hosted internally at their office(218.248.24.21 ?). No wonder Indian ISP's have their own down times . Got to bear with it .
I learnt from some source that they apparently had to host stuff on own servers only, not even like using SF for ISO downloads.
that's absurd. I couldn't connect to the site all day - finally managed (6 am and Indian ISPs work well :)) - max speeds (wgetting from a server hosted at hetzner.de) seemed to be about 40k/sec .. ah, and now even that's ground to a halt ..
not a nice way to distribute 2.8gb dvd images :(.. is there a torrent somewhere ? I'm happy to host a mirror if their connection stays up long enough for me to get the file ..
- sanjay
On 5 June 2010 10:45, shreekant bohra skbohra123@gmail.com wrote:
For those who havent seen ad on tv
Well that ad doesn't say much but made colourful like 'School chale ad' maybe its same production .
The other ad in related videos says a lot about localised desktop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh5gwTSL1lw&feature=related
Regards, Pavithran
On 05-Jun-2010, at 10:45 AM, shreekant bohra wrote:
For those who havent seen ad on tv
Why does this not say in Hindi what the thing actually is ? Only in english ? Or is there different version advts that i have missed.
On Saturday 05 June 2010 10:25 PM, Saswata Banerjee & Associates wrote:
On 05-Jun-2010, at 10:45 AM, shreekant bohra wrote:
For those who havent seen ad on tv
Why does this not say in Hindi what the thing actually is ? Only in english ? Or is there different version advts that i have missed.
Try going to the BOSS website and it says in English, 'Boss is busy and not available'. :-D
On 4 June 2010 06:47, b@pad.ma wrote:
not a nice way to distribute 2.8gb dvd images :(.. is there a torrent somewhere ? I'm happy to host a mirror if their connection stays up long enough for me to get the file ..
I think they would be mailing the media to home ( like shipit :) ) if you take care to ask politely and repeatedly ( AFAIK) .
The person/team to contact would be your local BOSS support centre which is located in major Indian cities ie CDAC offices .
Since this is ILUG Bombay : Boss Support Centre
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing ,
Gulmohar Cross Road No 9
Juhu, Mumbai 400 049
Ph: 022 - 26201488
Email: bosslinux.support@cdacmumbai.in
My advice would be to call them and ask it would always work :)
Regards, Pavithran
On Saturday 05 June 2010 12:53:27 pavithran s wrote:
Email: bosslinux.support@cdacmumbai.in
My advice would be to call them and ask it would always work :)
that is if they have got the memo informing them that they are a boss support centre.
why not we tap iit resources ... the iit servers are pretty good... cygwin is loaded in iitm server i think fedora repositories are there in many iits... or let it be available in shops in majorcomputer shops and educational institutions...
On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@au-kbc.orgwrote:
On Saturday 05 June 2010 12:53:27 pavithran s wrote:
Email: bosslinux.support@cdacmumbai.in
My advice would be to call them and ask it would always work :)
that is if they have got the memo informing them that they are a boss support centre. -- Regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Associate NRC-FOSS at AU-KBC -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
On Sat, Jun 05, 2010 at 12:57:43PM +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On Saturday 05 June 2010 12:53:27 pavithran s wrote:
Email: bosslinux.support@cdacmumbai.in
My advice would be to call them and ask it would always work :)
that is if they have got the memo informing them that they are a boss support centre.
I recently contacted them about the distro and they promptly replied back asking for my address details so that they can send the cds/dvds. Now waiting for the delivery (buts its only a week ago).
However, there is some misrepresentation on the website. It says, they send cd pack consisting of installercd, livecd and something else. But in the email communication they mentioned dvd. So wondering what would I receive and what would I do with it.
I am anyways happy that there is atleast a project like BOSS.
On 5 June 2010 20:09, Nitesh Mistry mailbox@mistrynitesh.net wrote:
I recently contacted them about the distro and they promptly replied back asking for my address details so that they can send the cds/dvds. Now waiting for the delivery (buts its only a week ago).
Ping/call them back . :)
However, there is some misrepresentation on the website.
They hardly take care whether their website is available/not available . you expect them to regularly update their website . IMHO they are govt employees(approximately) they need continous feedback/pingback :D
There is one place which does not need their servers to be up and you can contact them online . #boss-nrcfoss @ irc.freenode.net
send cd pack consisting of installercd, livecd and something else. But in the email communication they mentioned dvd. So wondering what would I receive and what would I do with it.
do you remember those olden days of ubuntu ? version 5 or 6 used to come with a live cd and a installer cd. BOSS a debian distribution gets its inspiration from it :)
Now they can't fit everything in one CD so there is your answer .
I am anyways happy that there is atleast a project like BOSS.
me too . I wish they take care of the project and collaborate/communicate more with local FOSS people .
Regards, Pavithran
-- Regards, Nitesh Mistry www.mistrynitesh.com
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