Linuxers April 2006

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] PCQLinux GPL violation issue...
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

Hi Dinesh, Rony, Leave it man. It is proved beyond doubt that PC Quest is not only lousy but a hell lot of other things too. Do not bother about those fellows and unecessarily fill up your brain space. I am sure you can be more productive if you concentrate on other topics at hand. Happy hacking, Debarshi

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Another Feather In Our Cap
by Tux user 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

Hi All, Red Hat (NASDAQ: RHAT) announced that Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), India's largest insurance company, has chosen to implement Red Hat Enterprise Linux across its desktops and servers. Read more : http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=184429441 Ragards Tux user.

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Challenging final year project
by Manas Pradhan 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

I need to get a challenging final year project which will last for 8-9 months.. Ihav some ideas of my own too. But i need an external for that.. So those who are really interested plzzz mail me. Its very urgent.. --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min.

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Linux Training and Certification Info
by Javed Dhanani 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

Can somebody please provide information about institutes in Mumbai providing Linux Training and Certification. Thank You.

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PCQLinux GPL violation issue...
by Dinesh Joshi 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

Hello all, And here we have it from the horse's mouth: http://forums.pcquest.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4523 The editor of PCQ has responded that they have _not_ violated the GNU GPL as they have modified only anaconda and the init scripts of FC4. _I'm stumped_ :O How in the world have they "remastered" an entire distro without modifying anything other than anaconda and the init scripts? They claim to have distributed the sources of anaconda along with PCQLinux 2006. I believe them. If thats the case then I am shocked as to how can someone: 1. FUBAR hardware detection 2. Introduce a whole lotta bugs 3. Break packages by simply editing anaconda and the init scripts...? Wow if it's really true then I am speechless. ms guys are really good at what they do :O And the threats galore. Now they think someone opening their mouth is defamation... >_< -- Dinesh A. Joshi

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Website and wiki
by Roshan 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

> Thank you for the logo. May i ask GIMP geeks from > this list for some > good logos. I will take some more time to get acquainted with GIMP. > Let me know where I can start with for validating! > > Save our homepage, fix the errors in html and > validate it against > http://validator.w3.org/ . Let me know if you need > more help with > this. I might probably include this activity this weekend. :) ____________________________________________________ Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket http://in.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/

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April 2006 GLUG meet
by Anurag 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

Hello list members, We'll be having our April GLUG meet at HBCSE on sunday , the 16th of April 2006. Date : Sunday, 16th April 2006 Time : 4:30 PM Venue: HBCSE, Mankhurd Reaching Venue: http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/Data/ObjectType/c/contact/viewObjectType Topics: 1) Internals of ``top'' and ``ps'' -- by Prashant 2a) LIRC - Setting up a gnu/linux based home entertainment desktop. -- by Rajeev RK LIRC: http://www.lirc.org/ Linux Infrared Remote Control Project, is a package that allows you to decode and send infra-red signals of many (but not all) commonly used remote controls. 2b) XGL/AIGLX - Hands on demo of the 3D desktops -- by Rajeev RK Everyone's invited to attend and benefit form the talks. Anurag -- __ __ gnu /noo/ n. Ox like antelope; (abbr.) /gnoo/ n. (recursive acronym) Gnu's Not Unix.

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Re: Website and wiki
by Roshan 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

> Hello, > > Please have a look at new wiki theme at > http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page?useskin=beagle > This mediawiki theme has been customised to look > more like the one > used at our website. If list members like it, then > perhaps we can make > this theme as default. Many thanks to the folks at > ubuntu-in.org for > providing us this theme. The theme appears to be good enough. 1. I suppose the font used on the page, appears to be a specific one (most likely Trebuchet MS), and needs to be generalized in the CSS either with Sans-Serif or Helvetica/Arial. 2. Either the logo may be centre aligned or a banner along with the logo can be centrally placed. I will design a banner and send it across. > Also, some days back we had a discussion regarding > the non validating > html used at our homepage. Few people had offered > help in making it w3 > compliant. I would again ask people to come forward > if they are > willing to help us with this. Let me know where I can start with for validating! __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com

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D S Linux
by Rony Bill 06 Apr '06

06 Apr '06

Hello All, Here is another linux cutie. http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/index.html Haven't tried it yet. What I noticed about it in the forums was that you got to sudo to be root, so it does not give direct root access. The screenshots look very tempting. http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/dsl-2.3.jpg http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/dsl-2.3jwm.jpg Regards, Rony. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Photos NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 8p a photo http://uk.photos.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] PCQ Linux 2006 Lousy.
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 06 Apr '06

06 Apr '06

> I switched to FC2 and I still find it the most stable of all Fedora > releases. No glitches. No problems. Works like a dream :) and I use it > all the time on my desktop :D Have installed PCQLinux 2k4, 2k5 but > neither of them met my expectations. 2k6 was an utter > disappointment :*( I think the same too. In fact FC2 detected my sound card which neither FC1 nor FC4 detected. However FC5 seems to be much better and I might say it is the best Fedora release ever. GNOME 2.14 is cool too. I made the switch to FC5 since I found the GNOME/Gtk+ libraries too old in FC2 and could not successfully upgrade GNOME 2.6.

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