Linuxers December 2006

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Forbes.com: Toppling Linux
by Dinesh Shah 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

Software radical Richard Stallman helped build the Linux revolution. Now he threatens to tear it apart. http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2006/1030/104_print.html -- --Dinesh Shah :-)

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would luv to work on Linux
by rohan k 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

Hi felas, this is Rohan Kaluskar (yet to meet Krishnakant Mane...well km m busy hunting a linux development job).felas m currently a BE fresher n would luv to work on my fav operating sys as a programmer.m also quite proficient with C,Java.would prefer to work in mumbai,also pursuing an embedded sys course from idemi,sion.if u do have an interesting job opportunity,do contact me at 32406312

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] A Linux Brochure
by Kartik Mistry 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

Rony wrote: > May I propose a simple assignment for this list? <snip> No, you can't. We must have ILUG-Delhi rule. You have given the idea, you need to work on it first! > We could create the brochure on the net as a wiki or some online room > where the project grows and leave the printing to the downloader. We can spin the globe in reverse direction. Please start the things on LUG wiki. -- Regards, ---------------------------------------------------------- Kartik Mistry | kartikmistry.org 0xD1028C8D | kartikm.wordpress.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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[OT] reverse-engineering pacenet password is unethical?
by rohit bhute 01 Jan '07

01 Jan '07

I would like to lodge a strong protest with the admins of ILUG-BOM over this member's behaviour : <http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/wiki/index.php/Talk:Broadband_Pacenet>. He (she?) has deleted all traces of matter pertaining to decryption of Pacenet's password and inserted standard sales talk in its place. I have not undone this as I want to know whether doing so is "illegal" as the user 'Pacenetrules' claims. Perhaps we need to get a LUG meet arranged with these fanboys and ISP heads. Why should users of non-windows opeating systems bend over backwards to rightfully get what they have paid for? -- Rohit V. Bhute http://blog.rvbhute.org/

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A Linux Brochure.
by Rony 01 Jan '07

01 Jan '07

Hello All, I am planning to start the DTP process after some days so please provide your inputs by the next 7 days. Please do check out the last paragraph on why linux is not popular and check if anything invites trouble from manufacturers or if anything extra needs to be added. The first paragraph about contributions and licences appears to be balanced so no further editing may be required. I am actually going to distribute these brochures so please help in getting the page contents finalised within a week. Another important thing is.......what about mentioning this list in the brochure and do we have any logos to go with it. I want to show it as a LUG-BOM effort. http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Linux_Brochure_Quick_Guide Regards, Rony. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] FC6 hanging problem
by Debarshi Ray 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

>> I am having FC6 installed on IBM ThinkPad R40e. It hangs abruptly. >> Is there a way to find out the cause of it? I have checcked /var/log/messages >> but was not able to find anything concrete. > FC6 is not a nice distro. I had problems in installation itself in my PC > as well as laptop. The Linux For You Fedora Core 6 DVD seems to be defective. I used it on an IBM R51 and it failed to boot with a kernel panic. The reason I think this is not a problem with the distribution itself is because I found the downloaded ISOs from the mirrors working fine. > The worst part is that all the computer mags had > only this distro for December as if it was a hot cake. :P Well the DVDs they gave might be lukewarm at best. :-) Happy flaming, Debarshi -- Universities are places of knowledge. The freshman each bring a little in with them, and the seniors take none away, so knowledge accumulates.

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OpenDNS
by Debarshi Ray 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

http://www.opendns.com/ http://wahjava.wordpress.com/2006/11/23/opendns-for-faster-domain-name-reso… OpenDNS claims to be a safer, faster and smarter DNS service. Regards, Debarshi -- Universities are places of knowledge. The freshman each bring a little in with them, and the seniors take none away, so knowledge accumulates.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Calling for a Bof to see if it is feasible to hold a security conf in Bombay.
by Vickram Crishna 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

--- gaurav.p.chaturvedi wrote: > Here is a small plan i have worked out. Not exactly a plan ;-) but it's a start, for sure. I am a little committed to too many things in January, but can help with some non-hardware based networking. > Intended Audience :- Anyone interested In Networking > and Security. Yes, there is an audience, possibly a paying audience, and either paying or non-paying (fully sponsored) models can be worked out. > Cost :- No idea (We can go to a couple of companies > for sponsorship) Right... errrr... but let's be a little more clear on what we want ^before^ we do that. > Venue:- We can ask IIT to sponsor or MIT bandra. > (Basically any place with > bandwidth). That's MET, not MIT - let's not confuse them before we even get started. > Subject:- A few talks and a capture the flag event > to wrap things up ;-) > I say this is the first thing to lock down on: topics, speakers. In general, are we talking about limiting this event to FOSS, or will we address needs of Mumbai's users in general? Are we talking corporate or all kinds of users? Are we addressing end-users or service providers? Please keep in mind that we can't serve everyone, and shouldn't try: that will dilute the event and put off sponsors and audience alike. Looking forward to this Vickram Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Wanted: contributors for free software project
by Philip Tellis 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

I'm looking for contributors for ayttm (http://ayttm.sourceforge.net/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayttm) If you're interested, mail me offlist and I'll tell you how to get started. Note that there's no money involved in this. You'll be putting in your time and talents for no compensation whatsoever. Philip

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