Linuxers December 2004

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103 participants
144 discussions

by risqer

Hello Gnu/Linux Users, I wanted to say that when we say ILUG in ILUG-BOM, aren't we ignoring "GNU" ? I think so because, it's "GNU/Linux", not the Linux kernel alone that we support. So ILUG should be more appropriately called IGLUG. And so, ILUG-BOM should be IGLUG-BOM. I maybe wrong on this since I may not know the reason for this. If you feel I am thinking wrong, please correct me. -- Regards, Saurabh Sawant. (risqer).

18 years, 2 months

does ubuntu have apt-get?

by rohit bhute

I finally got enough money to get a new OS. So far I've tried only RPM based distros. I have heard only good things about Ubuntu - single CD though based on Debian. What I want to know is after installing Ubuntu, using the much talked about apt-get (provided I'm connected to the net), can I get specific Debian software packages (say related to engineering and such stuff) onto my OS ? And what about updates - how soon will Ubuntu be deprecated vis-a-vis Debian ? -- Take back the Web - Get Firefox Rohit V. Bhute Mumbai http://rvbhute.blogspot.com/

18 years, 2 months

new year resolution

by Kenneth Gonsalves

hi, my new year resolution: whatever it takes, avsap must knock tally off its pedestal positives: translation is no problem - enough guys around to do it tally has opted for mysql and shot themselves in the foot avsap has tamil, telugu, gujarati and hindi - tally doesnt negatives: indians dont like to work for free conclusion: as long as there are guys to translate, i'll do the rest btw like tally, avsap is hiring: no pay, only qualifications is a willingness to work invoicing and inventory control modules should be up in a week happy new year all kg

18 years, 2 months

Re: Personal Diary software for Linux

by VC Bothra

I'll recommend a blogging tool for maintaining a diary / personal log. Wordpress is a PHP / MySQL blogging tool having a vibrant community and large installed base. Its licensed under GPL. http://www.wordpress.org/ Veer. http://www.blogstreet.com/ Blog Profile, RSS Ecosystem, Blog Tops, Search and Directory

18 years, 2 months

Personal Diary software for Linux

by Ninad

Hi Is there a personal diary like software for Linux It should show the current day/date and time and one can write the daily happenings/events etc in it which will be stored. Thanks and Regards Ninad Bapat

18 years, 2 months

Meeting - Jan 9 - suggested topic

by Vickram Crishna

Dear Mumbai Linuxers May I suggest a topic for the meeting? This is to meet an urgent and very real need of a service group that I happen to think is particularly important to India, and Mumbai as well. The service group is cybercafe operators. Currently, as many of you know, cybercafes are very tiny outfits, aside from the hyped up Sifys and Webworlds, which are just a handful. Most of these outfits use Windows in various flavors - I hesitate to call it MS Windows, for the simple reason that most copies are in fact pirated and of poor quality (now, now, let's not get ;-) nasty everyone, about the quality of the native product). As a result, when the police get into one of their sudden spurts of public spirit and barge into these little corner shops, enthusiastically rounding up customers and owners indiscriminately, while purportedly looking for offcolour downloads and spies around every corner, they have a very easy and genuine excuse for harassment - illegal software. The current level of hafta is around one month's gross revenue for a small cafe, renewable whenever the local officer concerned gets transferred and a new one comes around hungry. So what's the solution, and how can we help? Most of these businesses are really small, and are quite technically unequipped to deal with issues of software and hardware. They depend on small assemblers for their low cost machines, and this usually means the machines come preloaded with some form of Windows OS, and the usual slew of applications that customers want. I don't know what cybercafe customers actually want by way of applications, and I suspect that not many of us do either. What I am suggesting is that we turn the LUG meet into a session where representatives of both cybercafes and small assemblers can come, with the objective being to make a wish-list. We need to find out what the statistically typical hardware configuration is, what the commonly used applications are, and to make a distro that will install on most cybercafe machines. This distro can be duplicated either by members for a small fee, or turned over to the cybercafe reps at some point, or distributed through Mumbai IT magazines, or whatever. These points need to be worked out in consultation with the target audience ie., the owners and the assemblers. Idea is of course ease of use for both cybercafe owners and for the assemblers, who as you know are hardly aware that there are any choices in OS other than Windows. I think that although the owners are really very small businesses, and as a group quite unorganised, we may possibly be able to create a set of local micro-businesses for members doing this (keeping the distros updated and uniform over time). I am thinking not just of the task of making readymade distros, but of low cost training (neighborhood informal training schools) for assemblers and their techies. If this idea sounds interesting to you all, please do offer your yeas or nays here on the list. Dr Jitu Shah is already sensitised to this matter, and has I understand offered the use of the C-DAC offices in Nariman Point (capacity 60 persons seating) for a meeting on the subject. 9 Jan sounds like a good date for such a meeting, kicking off the new year on a very positive and socially useful manner. I do hope that some or all of you agree. >On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 11:49, Amish Munshi wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> Where can we have the meeting on 9th? >> What is the agenda? >> >> Amish. > >We can do this at MET this time--around 60 of their students are likely >to attend. Satish Mohan of Red Hat is willing to talk on Open Source >Architecture. This talk was also given at the Calcutta LUG and around >100 people attended. > >Venky -- Vickram

18 years, 2 months

IRC server for ILUG-Mumbai !

by Saurabh Sawant

Hi guys, Since the website http://www.ilug-bom.org.in is hosted on a server at TIFR ( i think so ) , can we have an IRC server set up there so that, there can be more interaction, fast responses and good discussions ? As for improving the ettiquete of this mailing list , we can invite people who make mistakes to a room at IRC and teach them the proper way. And also, i think it will also compliment this wonderful mailing list. I request Sir Nagarjuna to look into this. Regards, Saurabh Sawant ! :) _________________________________________________________________ The hottest products! The coolest discounts! http://www.msn.co.in/shopping Get them all at MSN Shopping!

18 years, 2 months

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Meeting - Jan 9 - suggested topic

by BIJU KRISHNAN

Dear Vickram, You have a great idea...! Well a year ago, I and my friend decided to sell proxy solutions to these small time cafe's and faced the following problems 1. The small cyber cafe's cannot afford to provide one stand-alone machine for the proxy set-up. Normally they set-up win/analog/free proxy on a machine and allow users to use it during peak hours. 2. A entire GNU\Linux cyber cafe setup has the most daunting task (others may disagree) of a browser which supports all sites just like IE....we may agree that IE is insecure...but most of the sites are optimised for IE..! Opera is the best but then its paid..! 3. Cyber cafe accounting software is also needed, the present ones are all windows based, there are a couple of projects on freshmeat but have'nt found success implementing them, maybe need to invest more man hours. 4. Messengers with similiar LOOK FEEL AND FUNCTIONALITY..! 5. VOIP dialer applications to run on the OS. There are more such avenues where the LUG can play an immediate and active role. 1. I had got first hand reports of management students who received Laptops with Suse loaded feeling uncomfortable and loading WinXP in them. This hapenned at MET too..! 2. Educating pupils in schools and colleges too can ensure Linux Domination by 2007. 3. We had a Marketing exec who used RedHat 9.0 for a year as a desktop but couldnt convince himself and others for extending it, since Word docs were'nt the same when they viewed it in OOffice. People like me have to be blamed....i have to follow the TALK LESS WORK MORE regimen immediately. My new year resolution would be to act more in spreading awareness about GNU\Linux, we have to make life easier on GNU\Linux than on windows if we were to ever dream of a secure. I have succesfully helped many of my friends who are IT managers in non-IT firms to atleast bring about a foot in the door for GNU\Linux and can use more contacts and reach to convince others too. Although I'am not so sure of my work schedule next week , i would try my level best if we can have a user interaction and a wish list ready in the meet. WISHING ALL LUG members A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. bye rgds BIJU __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

18 years, 2 months

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Different sender name in messages send by mail

by Bilal Ahmed Mazhar

Dear Amish Munshi Recommended syntax is not working. Bilal

18 years, 2 months

Re: [ILUG-BOM] we need help on extraction of ISO from CD!!

by Kartik Mistry

--- "Anurag" <anurag(a)hbcse.tifr.res.in> wrote: >Guys, keep in touch with Amish. He is the CD remastering >expert. > >Amish, extract_compressed_fs works properly on Knoppix 3.6. and >there's no version mismatch with cloop either in Knoppix 3.6. >These people didn't tell which version of knoppix they're >extracting. >Anurag It'seems that there is not enough space (i.e. swap or RAM of ~1GB) and atleast Free space of 3 to ~4 GB. Thanks, Kartik Mistry GNU/Linux Developer, kartikm.blogspot.com +91-22-28990490,28990507 _____________________________________________________________ LinuxTimes.Net --> Open Source to everyone.

18 years, 2 months

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