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[Damodharan R] Re: [Nagarjuna G.] [FSF India Board] Fwd: FSF Coimbatore Chapter
by Anand Babu 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

Hi RMS, PSG-GNU/Linux Club is now registered as GNU Users Groups. This group alone has 300 members. India now has the highest number of GNU Users Groups registered and this list is growing. Here is the list: ( 1) Coimbatore GNU/Linux Users Group ( 2) DGLUG - Dehradun GNU/Linux User Group ( 3) GNU/Linux Fanatics' Group (Howrah, West Bengal) ( 4) GNU/Linux Users Group, Nilgiris ( 5) GNU/Linux Users Group, Bombay ( 6) Nixal - The GNU/Linux user group of Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata ( 7) North Mumbai GNU/Linux User Group ( 8) Pune GNU/Linux Users' Group ( 9) Trichy GNU/Linux User Group (10) GNU/Linux User Group Howrah Chapter (11) GNU/Linux User Group (GLUG) of Madurai (12) GNU/Linux User Group of Kolhapur (13) PSG GNU/Linux Club -- Anand Babu Free as in Freedom <www.gnu.org> --- [Forwarded Message] --- From: Damodharan R <rdamodharan(a)gmail.com> To: Anand Babu <ab(a)gnu.org.in> Subject: Re: [Nagarjuna G.] [FSF India Board] Fwd: FSF Coimbatore Chapter In-Reply-To: <87sm3wsgfy.fsf(a)gnu.org.in> References: <87sm3wsgfy.fsf(a)gnu.org.in> Dear Sir, We were happy to receive your acknowledgement. We have registered our club with GNU Users Group. Now it is listed in that User Groups Page. Looking forward for your guidance and cooperation, With Regards, Damodharan PSG-GNU/Linux Club On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 06:54:57 -0800, Anand Babu <ab(a)gnu.org.in> wrote: > Dear Damodharan, > Can you please register your PSG GNU/Linux User Group with > GNU Users Group at http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-user-groups.html > > Thanks > -- Anand Babu > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Nagarjuna G." <nagarjun(a)gnowledge.org> > To: fsf-board(a)mm.gnu.org.in > Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:46:34 +0530 > Subject: [FSF India Board] Fwd: FSF Coimbatore Chapter > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Damodharan R <rdamodharan(a)gmail.com> > To: gnu(a)gnu.org.in > Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 13:36:53 +0530 > Subject: FSF Coimbatore Chapter > Dear Sir, > Greetings > The PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore has a GNU/Linux Club with > more than 300 members of various institutions and industries actively > participating in various Free Software Development activities. > We would like to form a FSF Coimbatore Chapter. > Kindly inform us the modalities we should undergo in establishing the same. > > With Kind Regards > Damodharan R > Advisor, PSG GNU/Linux Club > > > > > -- > Anand Babu > Free as in Freedom <www.gnu.org>

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INDIA * http://wikiwikiweb.de/LugsList
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

Just a brief note to say I've created a listing of LUGs, FSUGs, GLUGs and other user groups around India. If you find any error or omission in the listing, I'd be grateful if you could draw it to my attention. The list is at: http://wikiwikiweb.de/LugsList Needless to say, you are more than welcome to copy, reproduce or improve this listing. Thank you! FN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GNU/Linux user groups... from India and Asia A list of the useful user groups that help in spreading Free/Libre and Open Source Software. Would really appreciate any help in updating and correcting this list and keeping it current. Let's try to network all the 'little' GNU/LUGs, who badly need your support to grow. FN (Frederick Noronha in Goa) GNU/Linux links and lists (India) All India networks * Free Software Foundation of India http://fsf.org.in/ * Linux India network http://www.linux-india.org/ * Linux India General https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-general/ * Linux India Help https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help * BSD India http://www.bsd-india.org * BSD India mailing list http://www.bsd-india.org/mailinglist.html * Linux In India http://www.freelists.org/archives/linuxinindia/ Regional networks in India Northern India * ILUG-Delhi http://linux-delhi.org/ * ILUG-Indore http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-indore/ * Kanpur LUGK http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lugk/ * Linux-Chandigarh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux_chandigarh * Sun City Jodhpur LUG http://groups.yahoo.com/group/suncityjodhpurlug * Apart from the mailing list, a website at http://www.geocities.com/sunnylug/ * Linux Lucknow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-lucknow/ * Raipur http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug_raipur/ * Bhopal http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lug-bhopal/ * LUG of Dehradoon http://lists.asiaosc.org/mailman/listinfo/lugdoon * Address for posting is lugdoon at lists.asiaosc.org * Linux Gurus Bhopal http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux_gurus/ Southern India * Linux Bangalore http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-bangalore/ * Linux Bangalore nontech http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-bangalore-non-tech * Linux - Technical n Tutorials Bangalore http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vtplinux/ * ILUG-Chennai (Madras) http://www.chennailug.org/ * Chennai wiki http://www.chennailug.org/wiki/Main_Page * ILUG-Cochin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-cochin/ * ILUG-KTM (Kottayam) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-ktm/ * ILUG-Belgaum http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-belgaum/ * ILUG-Mangalore http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-mangalore/ * ILUG-Hyderabad LUG http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilughyd/ * ILUG-Hyderabad http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-hyd/ * ILUG-Trivandrum (Kerala) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-tvm/ * ALUG - Andhra Linux Users Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alug_linux/ * AP LUG http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aplug/ * Linux Hubli http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linuxhubli/ * GLUG-Madurai http://www.glug-madurai.org/ Mailing list at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/glug-madurai-discuss * GLUGOT (GNU/Linux User Group of TCE) http://cepserver.tce.edu/glugot/ Mailing list at http://cepserver.tce.edu/mailman/listinfo/glugot * Tamil Linux http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tamillinux/ * Tiruvannamalai LUG http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tvmalailug/ * Kochi FSUG (Kerala) http://puggy.symonds.net/~fsug-kochi * MyLUG - Mysore Linux Users' Group http://mylug.org/ * RVCE (Bangalore) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rvcelug/ * Sona College of Technology, Salem Sona LUG http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sonalug/ Western India * India GNU/Linux Users Group Mumbai http://ilug-bom.org.in/ * Mailing list at http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers ILUG-Nagpur http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nagpur-linux/ * Nagpur http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nagpur-lug/ * Linux At Ahmedabad http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linuxatahmedabad/ * ILUG-South Maharashtra http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug_sm/ * ILUG-Goa http://ilug-goa.swiki.net/ (On Swiki.net) * ILUG-Goa http://iluggoa.iosn.net/ (On IOSN.net) * ILUG-Goa mailing list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa * Linux Goa Help List http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linuxgoahelp/ * Linux Ahmedabad http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-ahmedabad-users/ * ILUG-DAIICT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug_daiict/ Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of ICT, Gujarat * Gnunify, Pune http://gnunify.sicsr.ac.in/ Mailing list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gnunify/ Eastern India * ILUG-Cal Kolkata Chapter http://www.ilug-cal.org/ * Mailing lists link at http://www.ilug-cal.org/?q=node/view/3 Archive of list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-cal/ * ILUG-Burdwan (West Bengal) http://ilug-bwn.org * Mailing list Burdwan http://www.ilug-bwn.org/mailman/listinfo/ilug-bwn_ilug-bwn.org Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-bwn Contact mail-id : thecyberzone at gmail.com, webmaster at ilug-bwn.org Bandel LUG -- CSSLUG http://groups.yahoo.com/group/csslug/ * ILUG-Bhubaneswar http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-bbsr/ * Bihar Linux User Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biharlinuxusergroup/ * Patna Linux Users Group http://lists.asiaosc.org/mailman/listinfo/plug * Rourkee http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rklug/ * Mizoram http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mizolinxusergroup/ * North East LUG Kokrajhar http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nelug-discussion/ * LUG NGFOSS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ngfossf/ Miscellaneous * Linux Council of India http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Linux_Council_of_India/ * Linux on Yahoogroups http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux/ * AMCLUG http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amclug/ * Codebreaker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/codebreaker/ Indic Computing, localisation * Indic Computing http://indic-computing.sourceforge.net/ Mailing list at Indic-computing-users(a)lists.sourceforge.net Linux in Education (India) * Gnoware http://www.gnowledge.org/ * By `gnowledge' we mean the knowledge accessible freely for the community in general, and to the users of the WWW in particular. * Gnosys mailing lists http://www.gnowledge.org/Data/ObjectType/mailinglists/index_html/ * Linux @ Schools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux_schools/ LIFE-GNUL in Edn life at mm.hbcse.tifr.res.in LIFE-2 life at hbcse.tifr.res.in LIFE-Nagarajuna G. nagarjun at hbcse.tifr.res.in LIFEAdmin life-admin at hbcse.tifr.res.in Magazines, other resources * Linux For You http://www.linuxforu.com/ GNU/Linux links and lists (Asia) * GNU Linux In Asia http://www.freelists.org/archives/gnulinuxinasia/ * Open Source Resource Centre of Pakistan http://www.osrc.org.pk/ * Linux Pakistan http://linuxpakistan.net/ * Mailing list address general at linuxpakistan.net * Israel Group of Linux Users, IGLU http://www.iglu.org.il/IGLU/index.php Mailing lists at http://www.iglu.org.il/mailing-lists/ * Lanka Linux Users Group LKLUG http://www.lklug.pdn.ac.lk/ * Linux com np http://linux.com.np/ * Email address admin at linux.com.np * Malaysia http://www.my-opensource.org * Email myoss at my-opensource.org * Malaysia OSSIG http://www.mncc.com.my/ossig/ * Email ossig at mncc.com.my * Mauritius Linux User Group http://www.linux.mu/ * Mailing list at http://linux.mu/mailman/listinfo/discuss-linux List address discuss-linux at linux.mu. * LUG Myanmar (Burma) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/myanmarlinuxusersclub * Singapore http://www.lugs.org.sg/ * Tajik Linux Users' Group http://68.54.23.240/tajikngo/tlug/main/index-en.html * Tajikistan (non-English) http://www.tjoss.freenet.tj/ * Vietnam Linux Users' Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vclug/ West Asian region * Arabeyes, the Arabic unix project http://www.arabeyes.org/ Arabeyes is a Meta project that is aimed at fully supporting the Arabic language in the Unix/Linux environment. It is designed to be a central location to standardize the Arabization process. Arabeyes relies on voluntary contributions by computer professionals and enthusiasts all over the world. * Linux Middle East http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Linuxmiddleeast * Linux Iran http://www.linuxiran.org/modules/news/ * Linuxarabia.com Yemen http://linuxarabia.com/ * Linux Iran http://www.linuxiran.org/modules/news/ * Saudi Arabia http://www.linux.org.sa/ (Arabic site) * Linux4Arab: http://www.linux4arab.com/ * Linux Egypt http://www.linux-egypt.org/ * Egyptian GNU/Linux Users Group http://www.eglug.org * Palestine Linux Users Group http://www.lugps.org/ * Linuxforus.org Arabic http://www.linuxfocus.org/Arabic/ * Linux Syria http://www.linuxsyria.org/ * Arabiclinux.com http://www.linux.org.sa/ * Haydar, making a new distro for "all people including Arabs" http://www.haydarlinux.com/ GNU/Linux links and lists (Africa) * Nigeria * NG-LUG, Lagos http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ng_linux/ * LUG-Nigeria http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naija-lugs/ GNU Linux links and lists (Latin America) Brasil * Brasil Total http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-brasil-total/ GNU/Linux links and lists (Miscellaneous) * Linux Announce http://linux.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.os.linux.announce/ Email events to Linux-Announce-Request(a)senator-bedfellow.mit.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha (FN) Nr Convent Saligao 403511 GoaIndia Freelance Journalist P: 832-2409490 M: 9822122436 http://fn.swiki.net http://fn-floss.notlong.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Where the needs of the world and your talents cross, there lies your vocation. --Aristotle

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Re: [Fsf-friends] Kerala government to use free software in schools
by CK Raju 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

Dear Sasi Kumar, Here's a similar story from Chile. http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39127078,00.htm Raju ---- "V. Sasi Kumar" <sasi.cess(a)gmail.com> wrote: We should thank the Kerala School Teachers Association for its efforts in this matter. _____________________________________________________________ LinuxTimes.Net --> An Online Linux Magazine _______________________________________________ Fsf-friends mailing list Fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends _____________________________________________________________ LinuxTimes.Net --> An Online Linux Magazine _______________________________________________ Fsf-friends mailing list Fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends _____________________________________________________________ LinuxTimes.Net --> An Online Linux Magazine

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Re: [Fsf-friends] Kerala government to use free software in schools
by CK Raju 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

Nuaiman is available at nuaiman(a)journalist.com Raju --- CK Raju <ckraju(a)linuxtimes.net> wrote: We should also thank Nuaiman who wrote the damning piece in Madhayamam Weekly that provoked the KSTA. CK Raju --- "V. Sasi Kumar" <sasi.cess(a)gmail.com> wrote: We should thank the Kerala School Teachers Association for its efforts in this matter. _____________________________________________________________ LinuxTimes.Net --> An Online Linux Magazine _______________________________________________ Fsf-friends mailing list Fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends _____________________________________________________________ LinuxTimes.Net --> An Online Linux Magazine

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[Fsf-friends] FSF India activities in TN between 5th and 8th Feb 2005
by Ramanraj K 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

A short summary of the FSF India activities that took place in TN between 5th and 8th Feb 2005 is posted at: http://gnowledge.org/pipermail/fsf-tn/2005-February/000051.html

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RMS on Bill Gates Intellectual property views
by Keshav V 17 Feb '05

17 Feb '05

This article by RMS in published in ZDNET : http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9593_22-5578632.html thanks Keshav ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony

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Re: Re: [Fsf-friends] Fwd: [mramadoss@techserve.co.in: Can u guide to a GNU laptop]
by Kanti Jadia 17 Feb '05

17 Feb '05

Seeing this thread am unable to follow what we are talking about. Maybe we need a new thread. chao Kanti On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 Joe Steeve wrote : >Raj Mathur <raju(a)linux-delhi.org> writes: > > I wonder how useful it is to make Hurd T-shirts? > >I dont know., but maybe because of my constant talking ;-) of the >Hurd., there is some eagerness among people in my college to try >the Hurd. > >-- >.O. A proud GNU user >..O http://www.joesteeve.tk/ >OOO http://joe.bsdnerds.org/ >_______________________________________________ >Fsf-friends mailing list >Fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in >http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends ----------------------------------------- Enjoy your Freedom,use GNU/Linux. http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html -----------------------------------------

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Re: [Fsf-friends] Kerala government to use free software in schools
by CK Raju 17 Feb '05

17 Feb '05

We should also thank Nuaiman who wrote the damning piece in Madhayamam Weekly that provoked the KSTA. CK Raju --- "V. Sasi Kumar" <sasi.cess(a)gmail.com> wrote: We should thank the Kerala School Teachers Association for its efforts in this matter. _____________________________________________________________ LinuxTimes.Net --> An Online Linux Magazine

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Interview: Tony Mobily, Free Software Magazine
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 16 Feb '05

16 Feb '05

Download this magazine from freesoftwaremagazine.com http://entertainment.newsforge.com/entertainment/05/01/27/1829208.shtml?tid… Interview: Tony Mobily, Free Software Magazine Tuesday February 15, 2005 (08:00 AM GMT) By: Aaron Klemm Free Software Magazine launched last month in electronic format, with a print version due in April. Free Software has no central office, and is not funded by any venture capitalists with deep pockets. Article topics range from an analysis of XML to a discussion about intellectual freedom. Segments of Richard Stallman's blog are promised as a regular feature. A section of technically-oriented articles covers password management, LiveCDs, and programming free software on Mac OS X. The final section deals with economic, social, and political issues of free software. We spoke with editor-in-chief Tony Mobily about creating FSM and his goals for the magazine. Congratulations on the launch of Free Software Magazine. Who do you see as your target audience? Identifying FSM's audience is a little bit tricky. Free software is not a specific product; for example, both Apache and Firefox are free software, but they are very different in many respects. The common ground for FSM's readers is their love of free software and of freedom in general. The magazine is a good way of reinforcing our movement's beliefs, and of creating awareness that the freedom we have at the moment might be taken away if we don't fight for it. It is also a way of discovering what you can do with free software from a technical point of view. The magazine also targets all those people who confuse free software with "shareware" or "freeware." Sadly, that still happens a lot. FSM is a "free software" magazine. Does the "open source" ideology have a place at FSM? Using Richard Stallman's own words, "The Free Software movement and the Open Source movement are like two political camps within the free software community". In general, FSM leans towards the Free Software movement, which, I feel, gives more recognition to GNU (which, let's remember, started it all) and emphasize the importance of freedom. This is why the magazine is not just about free software, but also about freedom. The Open Source ideology does have a place in FSM, for sure: we are fighting the same war, but in different camps, and in different ways! What are the key features of your business plan? Is FSM a completely bootstrapped venture? Yes -- in fact, we are pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps as we speak. :-) The business plan is based on an assumption that would probably only work in the free software world: that subscribers are willing to pay a higher subscription for a magazine that is: # Of a very high standard. # Central to our community. # Aimed at paying authors good money for free contents (we are not at this point yet). # Willing to donate ads to free software companies. Other magazines cost much less than ours -- we charge $6.95. But our aim is different. We are not here to make millions. We simply want to give free software an authoritative voice people can refer to and quote. You have offered reduced-price and even free advertising to companies that support free software. Are you concerned that will place too high a burden on subscribers? No, because we will hopefully have plenty of paying advertisers. As soon as that happens, we will reduce the price of the magazine. Since delivering a free-as-in-beer printed magazine to subscribers isn't feasible, do you see a lesson in the FSM sales model for software developers? To be honest the short answer is no. I think writing software and writing magazines (and documentation in general) are very different things. FSM's model is basically "subscribers get the newest magazine, non-subscribers get six-week-old issues." This works because the delay is not great. Applying this principle to software doesn't really work. There are security bugs to be fixed, patches to be accepted, and so on. What I do think, though, is that this model should be followed by other magazines and publications. I worked in the magazine industry in Europe for five years. The amount of wonderful articles locked away forever is just not acceptable. Making articles accessible on a Web site for free (as in beer) is not enough. Contents need to be free -- under the GNU Free Documentation License, a Creative Commons license, or simply a verbatim-copying-only license. That's the only way to ensure that contents will stay alive forever -- or at least as long as at least one person wants them published. In Issue 1 of FSM, you describe the technical work involved in creating the magazine. Were there unique technical problems using completely Free Software to create the first issue? First of all, a disclaimer: our system is based nearly entirely on free software. Unfortunately, there is still one critical component [a VBA script for manipulating RTF files] which needs non-free software to run. We are planning to fix that soon. As far as unique technical problems, I must say that, if anything, thanks to free software we managed to save phenomenal amounts of time (and therefore money). I am not talking about license fees here. I am talking about the fact that we generate the magazine's PDF automatically. There is no composition involved! We achieved this thanks to LaTeX and Gianluca Pignalberi, a LaTeX guru and university lecturer who decided to invest vast amounts of his time in this project. With FSM, the PDF is generated directly from the tex file, which is generated from the XML. Gianluca has to check that nothing went wrong with the conversion, but mistakes are getting less and less frequent -- and once they are fixed, they won't show up ever again! You use GIF files on the FSM website and JPEG files in the print version of FSM. Are there plans to use the W3C-endorsed PNG file format, which has no history of patent problems? GIF was a choice that happened nearly by accident. In fact, it was thoughtlessness on my side. Now, many automatic scripts are based on the assumption that we have GIF files there. JPEG was used for a similar reason. We are looking into converting all the images to PNG, but it will take time. It's a typical example of the mistakes you can make when you start fresh, even if you are a freedom advocate. There are a million things to do, and by the end of the month you've made one or two mistakes which you really shouldn't have made, and that will take quite some time to fix. Is it difficult to find authors who want to write about free software and related issues? Finding good authors in any field is not easy. Finding reliable authors is very hard. Finding good, reliable authors who are willing to write for free (even as a temporary arrangement) can be really quite tricky! Again, I was amazed by the number of amazing authors I found right at the beginning of this adventure. I am talking about people who write articles which make a difference, change people's minds, or explain something in the most brilliant way. How will you ensure the quality of the articles remains high? Some authors will hand in an article, and you think, "If every author were like this, I wouldn't need editors." But they are the exceptions. Several authors need [three or four] steps in the editing cycle. Some of the published articles have been edited really heavily, changed, improved, discussed. I believe that's what makes the difference. A magazine is not a blog: each article needs to be sharp, well-edited, aimed at a specific audience. That's a lot of work and we are willing to do it. What are your plans for compensating authors? We can pay authors when we have at least 1,300 subscribers and a few paying advertisers. We are working on both these things. I believe we will be able to pay authors from issue 5 onwards, but it could be a little later (if no ads are sold, and subscriptions are slow), as it could be a little earlier (if people buy ads, and subscriptions are going OK). Not paying authors really, really bothers me. I will never, ever say "your payment is the honour of writing for us and be published." I don't think that's the way you run a business. I will pay authors before I pay myself -- that's a promise. How does the future look for FSM? What are your long-term goals for the magazine? Right now, the future of Free Software magazine depends on its subscribers, and subscriptions are coming. We need about 300 subscribers by March 12 not to lose money, and we are slowly but steadily getting there. The long-term goal? Well, I have several. The primary goal is to turn Free Software Magazine into the most important magazine in the free software world. I want it to become the authoritative voice of our movement, a publication that everybody in the IT world knows and respects. I would also love to be able to drop the subscription prices, which at the moment are far too high. We will be able to do that as soon as we get more subscribers and advertising. How can people subscribe and what is the subscription price? There are several options. You can pay by credit card (monthly, six monthly or yearly) or by (American) cheque. The magazine costs US$6.95 per issue; at the moment, that just covers the printing costs and the postage. When we print more magazines, the printing costs will go down and we will be able to charge less for FSM. In the meantime, we ask the members of our community to subscribe, support us and join us in this adventure. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha (FN) Nr Convent Saligao 403511 GoaIndia Freelance Journalist P: 832-2409490 M: 9822122436 http://fn.swiki.net http://fn-floss.notlong.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Where the needs of the world and your talents cross, there lies your vocation. --Aristotle

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Re: Swatantra - The cluster demo went gr8
by Anand Babu 16 Feb '05

16 Feb '05

,----[ Javed Rahman <s.kaniff(a)gmail.com> ] | Hi anand, | Javed here.. Remember me??? i called u to check out my cluster here | at Swatantra.. The demo went great.. Thanx for ur help.. The Ganglia | test seemed to satisfy everyone.. Remember that Debian machine i | told you about?? The one we couldnt get the x server running.. Can | u send me some documentation on how to install and run the x server | on debian.. i tried searching the internet but couldnt find | anything.. | Thanx... | Javed `---- Hi Javeed, Sorry, I am still trying to catch up with my huge email backlog. I choosing emails randomly and replying. I am glad to hear that your Cluster demo went well. There are many ways to configure XFree86 under Debian GNU/Linux. Before you start X configuration, do this to make hardware probing smooth. # apt-get install mdetect read-edid discover ------------------------------------------------------------------- Easiest method is dpkg-reconfigure approach # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Or xf86cfg method # xf86cfg # cp XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 # ln -sf /dev/psaux /dev/mouse I usually edit the screen section by hand to look like this Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Generic Video Card" Monitor "Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection ------------------------------------------------------------------- If nothing works, lspci will tell you what VGA card you have. Post me the output of 'lspci -v'. Newer Debian Sarge installers does a fairly good job in detecting hardware. -- Anand Babu Free as in Freedom <www.gnu.org>

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