Linuxers September 2004

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Linux Kernel Development book
by Pankaj 29 Sep '04

29 Sep '04

Hi, Is the Linux Kernel Development book by Robert Love available in INdian edition or has anybody seen it in any bookshop.Please let me know.. Pankaj -- Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men Remaining 999 follow women.

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re: [ILUG-BOM] [commercial]Two Day Program on " Open Source - The Returns On TheEmerging Technology" on 24th & 25th Sept. 2004
by Saswata Banerjee 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

Interesting. Why are you wasting every body's time sending invitation to a seminar 2 days after it is over ? Saswata pramila <prami_22(a)yahoo.com> wrote: __________ > > >Open Source The Returns On The Emerging Technology >A comprehensive insight on the path-breaking technology >ON >September 24 - 25, 2004 Timings: 9:30 AM 5:00 PM >Organised by >Iducate Managers > > > >Intruduction >The rapid pace in which the Linux and the Open Source … [View More]Movement have been developing meteorically in the recent years is being watched upon very closely by the entire world. The Open Source movement is an extremely powerful model for software development and advancement, and emerging economies like India particularly have a lot to gain from adopting it. In the information age, value is based not on scarcity but on familiarity" - This is the seed thought for the movement. Open Source technologies is a term used to define those technologies which is available to the public in source code form, and which does not have licensing restrictions Open Source software generally is distributed under a license that guarantees the right to read, modify, redistribute and use the software freely. Much of the open source software is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL). > >Objective > >To understand the Open Source Technology and achieve clarity of thinking for making cost-effective information technology based decisions. A further take-home would be a freedom of choice on decisions of softwares, an insight into the value-added benefits of the Open Source Technology and best-practices for smooth migration. > >Open Source is doing what GOD, government and market have failed to do. > >It is putting powerful technology within the reach of cash poor but idea-rich people. > >Just imagine what the cash rich can do with it??? > >And, YESThat is Revolutionary!!! > >Helping the > >Industry discover the benefits of Open Source Technology > >Linux and the Open Source Movement have been developing rapidly in recent years and are now seen as serious competitors. There are millions of user/s world-wide. Some of most successful and robust software on the web today has been developed under this license. IBM and Oracle are now among the 'big names' supporting Linux and have released Linux versions of their database server products. A high-powered lab has been set up to encourage open source development and research. Among the sponsors are Dell, Fujitsu, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Intel, NEC, Mitsubishi, Red Hat and SGI. > >The Indian government, too, in connivance with the President of India is promoting usage of Open Source software as the "platform of choice". The Department of Information Technology has already devised a strategy to introduce Linux and open source software as a de-facto standard in academic institutions, especially in engineering colleges. Research establishments have also been advised to use and develop re-distributable toolboxes just as Central government departments and state governments has been asked to use Linux-based offerings. > >CONTENTS > >1. STEPPING INSIDE THE WORLD OF OPEN SOURCE > >q WHAT IS OPEN SOURCE? > >q WHAT IS FREE? > >q DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FREE & OPEN SOURCE > >q LICENSE GNU & OTHERS > >q FLOSS > >2. OPEN SOURCE INTEGRATORS: A LARGER VIEW ON THE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES > >q OPERATING SYSTEM > >- LINUX > >- MICRO LINUX > >- DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTORS (RED HAT, CALDERA, DEBIAN ET AL) > >q DATABASES > >- MySQL > >- SAP DB > >- POSTGRES SQL > >- SQL LITE > >- ORACLE > >q PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES > >- JAVA > >- PHP > >- PYTHON > >- AUBIT 4GL > >- PERL > >- OTHERS (AWK, SED, BASH) > >q LIBRARIES AN OVERVIEW (PHPLIB, PERL DBI, PHP GEM) > >q DOCUMENTORS (DIA) > >q TESTING TOOLS > >3. OPEN SOURCE BASED UTILITIES > >q VNC > >q PHP-PROJEKT > >4. OPEN SOURCE FOR END USERS > >q SQL LEDGER > >q GNU CASH AN ACCOUNTING PACKAGE > >q OFFICE SUITES > >5. NETWORKING THE WORLD > >q LINUX WITH OTHER NETWORKS SAMBA, MARSNWE > >q MAIL SERVER > >q PROXY (SQUID) > >q LINUX ROUTER > >6. EMBEDDED LINUX > >7. WAP BASED APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT WITH KANNEL > >8. COST SAVING METHODOLOGIES LTSP > >9. THE ROAD AHEAD > >Who Should Attend : > >CIOs, CEOs, CTOs, IT Managers, IT Consultants & IT Project Managers > >SPEAKER: > >Mr. T. Srinivas Reddy, Technology Head Asia Pacific, ISI Emerging Markets, is an expert in networking, designing architectures and building web based applications using the Open Source Technology and is widely solicited as an Open Source Consultant in numerous firms such as Luence Technologies, CPAPASS.com, Optimal Solution Providers et al. He has conducted Open Source based Workshops for multitude Corporates, Computer Society of India & various educational institutions. He has taken it upon himself to contribute to the world of Open Source by creating awareness about Open Source Technologies and by utlilizing the same technology in his developmental work leading to creation of an environment that inculcates the concept of FREEDOM in the true sense in the end users. > >Wokshop Duration : 2 days Dates: Sept. 24th & 25th, 2004 Timings: 9:30 am to 5:30 pm > >Registration Fees: Rs. 6,000/- (Rupees Six Thousand Only), inclusive of Workshop Material. >Cheque/DD should be drawn in favour of Iducate Managers" Payable at Mumbai > >Venue: Hyatt Regency, Sahar Airport Road, Andheri (E), Mumbai. >Registration >Contact :9820879303,34265637,32939736, 33810632,Email: iducate(a)vsnl.net, info(a)iducate.org >Address: 404, Saiprasad, Road No. 7, Near Akruti Trade Centre, MIDC, Andheri East, Mumbai - 400093, > > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! >-- >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers [View Less]

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FC-2 CD's
by Anil Kulkarni 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

i urgently need FC - 2 CD's, i can replace it with blank media i stay at ghatkopar Ph: 9819218437 Thanx in advance, Anil M Kulkarni _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] FC2 on Vmware 4.00
by Raseel Bhagat 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

Hey Sanjay, I have Vmware 4.0.0. build 4460 and the help= files say that the supported Guest OS is only upti RH 8.0 I h= ave RH 9.0 with a 2.6.7 kernel and the 2.4.20 kernel, but still i get a few= errors while booting. So, maybe the 4.0.5 version gives full = support to FC and FC2 Raseel. On Tue, 28 S= ep 2004 Sanjay Chaudhari wrote : >Hi , > >I am i= nstalling FedoraCore2 on Vmware workstation 4.00 . The >installati= … [View More]

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [O.T.][astronomy]Help support the seti project (download there screensaver)
by Vickram Crishna 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

>Here is the download link :-http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/download.html > Help SETI,become a part of the biggest supercomputer network there >is,who know ur comp might just make THE big discovery! While SETI is possibly the most successful of the collaborative network projects (because it is the oldest - and I have run it myself for about 4 years, so I am very supportive), there are others of equal and possibly more immediate human value, including protein decoding and … [View More]

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FC2 on Vmware 4.00
by Sanjay Chaudhari 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

Hi , I am installing FedoraCore2 on Vmware workstation 4.00 . The installation works fine but. When I reboot the VMImage it fails : any Iaea?? --Sanjayt

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Commercial: Job posting
by Krishna Dagli 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

Hi, My organisation, Infotech Financials (http://www.infofin.com), has an urgent requirement for people having atleast 2 years of practical experience in: a) Perl/CGI with any RDBMS knowledge and/or b) JSP, Servlets and any RDBMS knowledge and having sound J2EE concepts Please contact me if anyone is interested. Regards, Krishna Dagli

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FC - 2 CD's needed
by Anil Kulkarni 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

i urgently need FC - 2 CD's, i can replace it with blank media i stay at ghatkopar Ph: 9819218437 Thanx in advance, Anil M Kulkarni

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[ILUG-BOM] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (Nahant) Beta 1 Public Availability.
by Animesh Singh 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

Morning Everybody, FTP Availability ---------------- Installable binary ISO images, binary RPM packages, and source RPM packages are available at the Red Hat FTP site, as well as select Red Hat FTP mirrors worldwide: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/nahant Red Hat Network Availability and Updates ---------------------------------------- Installable binary and source ISO images are also available via Red Hat Network at: https://rhn.redhat.com/network/software/download_isos_full.… [View More]pxt You will be required to login using a valid RHN account, or create a new one. During the beta period, we will also be supplying updated packages via Red Hat Network channels. We strongly encourage you to register your system with Red Hat Network at installation time, and use the Red Hat Update Agent (up2date) to keep your systems up-to-date with the latest beta packages. Help on using the Red Hat Update Agent is available at: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/RHNetwork/ref-guide/3.4/ch-up2date.html Note that Red Hat Network service entitlements are required for each system registered for updates with RHN, Beta or otherwise. Each RHN account includes a single demo entitlement, and paid RHEL enterprise entitlements can optionally be used to subscribe additional systems to the RHEL 4 Beta channels for updates. Bug Reporting ------------- To ensure accurate tracking and follow-up, please report all bugs via Red Hat's web-based Bugzilla tool. To report a bug: 1. Login to the Bugzilla home page at http://bugzilla.redhat.com. If you don't have an existing account, simply create one by following the link on this page. 2. On the Bugzilla home page, choose the "New" tab. Proceed to Step 3, "Choosing Your Product" by clicking that button at the bottom of the page. 3. Choose "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Public Beta". Proceed to Step 4, "Choosing Component" by clicking that button at the bottom of the web page. 4. Choose the component against which you wish to report a problem, such as kernel, glibc, etc. 5. Scroll the page to Step 5, "Choosing Version and Architecture". In the Version field, choose 'rhel4-beta1'. Choose the appropriate architecture. Proceed to Step 6, "Additional Info", by clicking that button at the bottom of the web page. 6. Provide the information about the problem you're reporting by entering information in the appropriate fields. Then click the "Open Bugzilla Entry Form" button. In the summary of the bug, and in the text describing your problem, please state clearly that you are using a *BETA* package and provide the full package versions of any components you are experiencing problems with (as packages may be updated during the beta period). Check to make sure that all information is accurate and click the "Commit" button to submit your problem report. Mailing List ------------ Red Hat has created a public mailing list for general discussion of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (Nahant) Beta releases. To subscribe to nahant-beta-list, send mail to nahant-beta-list-request(a)redhat.com with 'subscribe' in the subject line. You can leave the body empty. Or subscribe using the web-based mailing list interface at: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/nahant-beta-list/ Regards, Animesh. _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com [View Less]

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[ILUG-BOM] [O.T.][astronomy]Help support the seti project (download there screensaver)
by chaturvedi gaurav 27 Sep '04

27 Sep '04

hello guys, just a request could you guys please download the seti screensaver its pritty cool and it helps process the data recived by seti project Here is the download link :-http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/download.html Help SETI,become a part of the biggest supercomputer network there is,who know ur comp might just make THE big discovery! cheers, … [View More]

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Linuxers September 2004