Linuxers December 2006

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Re: Linux expert with a monitoring background required.
by Vihan Pandey 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

> If you fit the requirements and are interested, then send me your > profile preferably in plaintext (but .doc and .odt are welcome as well). i find it HIGHLY OFFENSIVE that you are encouraging the use of a .doc file format in a GNU/Linux mailing list. Even if your mail is tagged as commercial. Regards, - vihan

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Re: Linux expert with a monitoring background required.
by Vihan Pandey 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

> No they won't. I've done this in the past, and I've received resumes in > .doc format, and I've written back telling the candidate that their > application wasn't considered because I couldn't read their resume. Did any of the candidates bother asking why? Even one? Regards, - vihan

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: Linux expert with a monitoring background required.
by Vihan Pandey 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

> > >If you fit the requirements and are interested, then send me your > > >profile preferably in plaintext (but .doc and .odt are welcome as > well). > > > > > > i find it HIGHLY OFFENSIVE that you are encouraging the use of a .doc > file > > format in a GNU/Linux mailing list. Even if your mail is tagged as > > commercial. > > > Some people don't have the luxury of being able to enforce that their > resume will always be sent using open formats. The kind of people whose > resumes will be sent in through recruitment agencies. > > Live with it. You don't have to like it, it just happens to be a fact of > life. If we sit and ``Live with it" nothing will ever change. If we want a better society, we HAVE to make it very clear what is NOT the way to go. Call me a naive idealist if you want, but if i see something that i don't agree with i'll make it a point to say it. It may be a ``fact of life" now, but if we don't do anything to change it, it will remain so. Not opposing something that is evil is not the same as supporting evil, but it indirectly contributes to evil persisting. Take a simple case, You have company and advertize for jobs, you INSIST on ODT or any open standard for accepting resumes. Then come what may people(including placement agencies) WILL use that format to send a resume to you. Who know's in the process they ``might" just have a moment of clarity in which they'll realize that there's more that just what's followed. And that is the 1st step. Regards, - vihan

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How to recover Grub in live Ubuntu [INFO]
by Rony 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

Hello All, This is an important link for all Ubuntu users who need to re-install GRUB back to their mbr. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351 Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ All New Yahoo! Mail Tired of Vi@gr@! come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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

19 Dec '06

Hi, > On Monday 18 December 2006 10:48, Vihan Pandey wrote: > >>>Speaking of which my latest Sony DVD writer has a region setting >>>which can be reprogrammed 5 times. After which it will stay stuck >>>on the 5th. Now u have the possibilty of bricking your hardware >>>(particularly with closed drivers) or purchasing your content >>>from the last region. >> >>Is it a hardware level lock? This REALLY stinks. > > > Not sure. U can reflash the cdrom bios, but dont know if it will reset > the region counter. > Just to inform you that in the US and possibly other countries, all DVD writers/roms sold require to have this lock. It is mandated by the RIAA/MPAA and by extension US law so that you cannot freely change regions to play DVDs released in other regions. The fact that you can change it 5 times is a privilege extracted from these agencies by the manufacturers of the devices. That Sony has it is not unique and it just says that they are selling the international model here in India. If other brands don't have this lock then they are probably chinese/taiwanese players who may not be fully complying with the law (if it applies in India). Regards, Rajesh

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] as low as it gets: P2-350, 64 MB, 4 GB
by Vickram Crishna 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

--- "Dinesh Shah" wrote: > On 12/18/06, Abhishek Daga <abhishekdaga at yahoo > dot com> wrote: > > 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. > > Try Damn Small Linux > (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/) it supports HDD > Install and very light. > > DSL is Debian based and after installation you can > use apt to install > whatever you want. > > According to DSL site, all you need is 486 with 16 > MB of RAM! If I download this to my HDD, and install it to replace my current RH9, which has some irritating issues with memory handling (aside from issues recognising peripheral hardware, plus the CDROM drive is kaput), will I lose my RH9 user settings? If this is a completely trivial question, please do mail me back offlist, anyone who can guide me ensure that neither settings nor stuff like mailboxes get lost (this is the computer my wife uses, and my life will be at stake). Many thanks Vickram ___________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] as low as it gets: P2-350, 64 MB, 4 GB
by Chirag 19 Dec '06

19 Dec '06

You can even try http://www.xubuntu.org/get#requirements which is stripped down version of Ubuntu I have not tried it but only giving you other options Bye for now Chirag Subscribe to bermudaEmail: [input] [input] Browse Archives at groups.google.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] What is stoping Indians from contributing to FOSS ?
by Vihan Pandey 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

> Speaking of which my latest Sony DVD writer has a region setting which > can be reprogrammed 5 times. After which it will stay stuck on the > 5th. Now u have the possibilty of bricking your hardware > (particularly with closed drivers) or purchasing your content from > the last region. Is it a hardware level lock? This REALLY stinks. i had faced a similar problem with an Apple iBook G3 but fortunately the lock was only at the software level. Using another ``software" sorted it out ;-) i had heard about a hardware level hack for DVD players, i.e your standard DVD player is set to a default region(normally the one in which the DVD was manufactured), apparently the guys to supplied the player told us about this AND about the hack(which was essentially doing some soldering on the DVD logic board), and boom i had a region free DVD player. i don't know if we will be so lucky with Blue Ray DVD's, but luckly the alternative HD DVD is a little less restrictive. Regards, - vihan

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Simpler explanations?
by Roshan 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

College was shut today, for unknown reasons, so I returned home and was reading my emails. Came across this blog http://www.leadstep.com/BusinessBlog/technology/the_truth_behind_indian_bro… Could someone have simpler explanations to what is mentioned in this article? -- http://sankoobaba.blogspot.com __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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List welcome mail..
by Dhawal Doshy 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

Hello List, The welcome mail citing posting guidelines is horribly formatted at 80 characters. Can the list maintainer please have a look at it. - dhawal PS: 'Sandesh Rao' are you still around? The welcome mail lists you as one of the contributers.

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Linuxers December 2006