Linuxers December 2006

linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in

93 participants
146 discussions

Sharing printers in Linux.[INFO]
by Rony 20 Dec '06

20 Dec '06

Hello All, I was surfing the web for information on printer sharing and came across this gem below. All those who are new to printing in linux *must* read this page. It even gives tips to set up printers in command line. Another trick is that you can use the web based setup like going to address 'localhost:631' in command line too using the Lynx command line browser. Simply type 'lynx localhost:631' at the command prompt. Even those who have only one computer should definitely try these modes of setup. Its fun and a good learning experience. If you don't have lynx, simply download it using apt or yum according to your system. http://www.cups.org/doc-1.1/sam.html#4_2_1 Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

1 0

Re: [ILUG-BOM] What is stoping Indians from contributing to FOSS ?
by Debarshi Ray 20 Dec '06

20 Dec '06

>> Could you tell me how many PCs you installed with Ubuntu 6.06 can play >> VCDs with proper sound? Mine does not even after installing codecs and > Mplayer works for me. You might need the binary codec packages from http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html to play some of the proprietary formats. 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.

5 6

[OT] M$ Vista one of the best products of the year?
by Dinesh Joshi 20 Dec '06

20 Dec '06

Are these guys retarded or something?? :O http://www.crn.com/sections/slideshows/productyear/10.jhtml?articleID=19660… Man...M$ must've paid HUGE to get them to publish that! LMAO! :) -- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi

3 3

[COMMERCIAL][JOB] PHP, Perl, ERP (Oracle) programmers needed.
by Niklas Palmqvist 20 Dec '06

20 Dec '06

Hi there. Apologies for the list noise, but wanted to share some great possibilities in the Mumbai area. Shipco Transport is a global shipping company with offices around the world. We offer global shipping services and one of our greatest strengths is our E-commerce platform, built mostly on Open Source. We have recently opened a resource center in Mumbai, in Andheri, which is located in very nice settings and for this new office, we are looking for passionate developers within PHP, Perl and Oracle (Reports/Forms/PL/SQL). Full job descriptions can be found here (apologies if the links wrap): http://corp.naukri.com/mynaukri/mn_newminnernew.php?filename=151206001604&o… http://corp.naukri.com/mynaukri/mn_newminnernew.php?filename=151206001651&o… http://corp.naukri.com/mynaukri/mn_newminnernew.php?filename=161006001864&o… Please contact me off list at npalmqvist(a)shipco.com. Warm Regards, Niklas Palmqvist Director, Information Technology - Shipco Transport

1 0

Samba - MS Vista interoperability
by Arun K. Khan 20 Dec '06

20 Dec '06

For those who have to support Samba - MS Vista interoperability, the solution in following article may be useful. http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS4434907782.html -- akk

1 0

What is stoping Indians from contributing to FOSS ?
by പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen 20 Dec '06

20 Dec '06

Hi, Is it a cultural issue? Do we need someone to tell us what to do? What are other reasons for not many Indians in the global FOSS scenery? Or are we shy to talk about what we are doing? See Suparna's example, most of us didn't know we had such an important contributor from India who could take Alan Cox's place at FOSS.IN and Alan Cox recognizing that we made the right choice? We have started this debate at the FOSS.IN panel discussion on Day 2 and BoF the next day. http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Challenges This is the page you need to add your comments. Also there is some discussion going on in ilug-goa now, and you can see the thread here http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/message/14878 Some comments from Sameer Kelekar, http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/message/14880 1) I think the big IT boom in India gives people jobs easily; and when you do a cosy job, you lose half of the motivation. It is a case of innovation being killed due to complacency. 2) As a society, there is a lot of pressure on people to be successful immediately; and success here means making money. This means that if one were to tread the road not taken, one has to withstand the pressure from friends, family, relatives blah blah blah. What adds to this is the lack of knowledge about FOSS and such things among the common folks (read one's parents, relatives etc). 3) The whole atmosphere around is counterproductive to innovation and risk taking. Those who fail are not looked upon well by the Indian society. What matters to the society in India is success; the means does not matter. 3) We also are not trained to think in a creative manner. Succumbing to authority comes more natural to Indians rather than being free and think freely. Of course there are exceptions, but in general as a rule. We have a list of the Indian Contributers (just starting to collect all names) here http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Contributors So if you have contributed please add your name to the list and may be you could explain the motivations that brought to FOSS and the challenges you had to face ... in your page. Also if you know a person who has contributed please add their name as well. Regards Praveen -- "Value your freedom, or you will lose it, teaches history. `Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn." -- Richard Stallman Me scribbles at http://www.pravi.co.nr

18 77

Moderation of Commercial threads (inspired by: Linux expert with a monitoring background required)
by Siddhesh Poyarekar 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Hi, Can we make it a practice|rule to NOT respond to threads that are marked Commercial, especially potentially inflammatory responses? We could have some kind of automated filter or something that blocks off replies to commercial threads. We could follow two simple rules: 1) Moderate Commercial tagged emails so that there is no spam coming in 2) Disallow replies to commercial threads. Any inquiries can be made off-list. Probably a bit more work for the mods but most off-the-line threads seem to spawn themselves from Commercial threads of late. Regards, -- Siddhesh Poyarekar http://siddhesh.tk http://siddhesh.phpnet.us

5 9

as low as it gets: P2-350, 64 MB, 4 GB
by Abhishek Daga 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Finally managed to get my hands on some P2 350s with 64 MB and 4 GB. CDROM thrown in too. (atleast in one of them). it has 98 for now, but planning to use a stripped down version of ubuntu. if there was ever such a thing. My basic (and probably only requirements are) 1) Wine 2) The two browsers. FF and IE. 3) a teeny .exe application that will be run over wine just like IE. Am pretty sure the above config should meet those needs, but is there any further stripping i need to do while installing the standard ubuntu 6.06 dapper drake to make it more lightweight? thanks abhi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

8 8

Google Earth problem.
by Sachin Nambiar 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Hello, I have recently moved to GNU/Linux, I recently installed Google Earth and iam unable to change the display to show up completely to my desktop resolution (1280x1024). It just shows up half way. Any ideas? Everything else working perfectly or i just do not know if anything is malfunctioning. Background: Newbie yet not so newbie user. Been exposed to linux since rh 5.3 but limited to just basic functionality and have moved to linux completely only now. If there is any more information you would like to have please let me know, onboard i810 intel 865 chipset, 2.4 GHz, 256 mb ram, swap around 700mb. Thank you in advance. Sachin G. Nambiar snambiar.com IPH email:bomlug@snambiar.com

4 7

Re: [ILUG-BOM] What is stoping Indians from contributing to FOSS ?
by Kartik Mistry 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Dear all, I think this thread is stopping us from contributing to FOSS. Why don't we not shut up and contribute? EOF! -- Regards, ---------------------------------------------------------- Kartik Mistry | kartikmistry.org 0xD1028C8D | kartikm.wordpress.com -----------------------------------------------------------

2 1

← Newer
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
...
15
Older →

Jump to page:

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

Linuxers December 2006