--- Roshan wrote:
> > > "...Microsoft Windows is a spyware ...(Windows
> > XP)"
> >
> > May i know who was it that said this?
> RMS. He's said this because, either he has
> discovered
> it or someone has told him.
>
A friend has Windows installed on her desktop (by the
vendor) and called me for help because she keeps
getting messages about it not being a licensed copy.
Clearly this happens because MS is monitoring online
unlicensed copies (she didn't know the difference and
has asked the vendor to implement a license).
If that doesn't count as spyware, then what does?
However, with all due respect to RMS, I prefer to
think of most implementations of the OS as malware
(and reserve my opinions only on the ones I haven't
tried myself).
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I was trying to contact the moderator (I mailed
Anurag) about a problem I face reading the listmail
with my webmail client (I can't access it right now,
but I think it is called something Boxes - it has an
icon of an Escher like box assembly), but the mail
bounced saying no such mailbox, which is vizarre
because he most definitely is still using his gnuer
address.
Anyway, the problem is that the first mail in the
digest is clearly visible, while the rest are dimmed
and darned difficult to read. Does anyone know why
this happens?
Secondly, the listmail appears without a date - so
that it is all piled up at the very end of my Inbox.
This also happens with some spam (heh heh - no drawing
hasty conclusions), but not all. As you can see, I
also access the list from my yahoo listmail address,
and here I don't get either problem.
How can I view a detailed mail in my webmail client,
so that I can give my service provider a clue to
fixing it?
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> > > "...Microsoft Windows is a spyware ...(Windows
> > XP)"
There was blog on it.
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000178.html
But has no one downloaded the audio or tried the links
of 4th Conf.?
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Installed ubuntu dapper drake desktop for the first time. Before this,
I had only worked with RH based distros.
Installed Apache, MySQL and PHP also. It was a Breeze.
Overall, only 1 word can describe the entire distro and setup. Sexy.
Had to run putty for an application (ssh and xterm messed up the
function keys) so installed it over wine. Again, a breeze though with
some errors. Which is ok.
One tip: The font looks weird. So you will need to change it to
anything else and it will look fine.
I had to install desktop version even though I am using it as a server
because we dont have the luxury of a dedicated server only machine.
My mandatory question is:
Would it have been better to have installed the server version with
ready LAMP stack and then enabled X?
thanks
abhi
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Hello all,
Found the link for Audio and Video format of 4th
International Conference on GPLv3, India, but the link
seems to be dead. Below are the links.
Audio:
http://gplv3.fsf.org.nyud.net:8080/static/gplv3-india-audio.tar
Video:
http://gplv3.fsf.org.nyud.net:8080/static/gplv3-india-video.tar
Anyone, who has already downloaded it?
The public lecture at Patkar hall was recorded. Will
its audio and Video format be available on GLUG's
website or on a CD?
Few Excerpt for those who missed it..
"...Microsoft Windows is a spyware ...(Windows XP)"
Portability of Programs.
"Those days, portability across different
architectures was difficult. Therefore, we used to
read a program and then write the same for a different
platform. We would name it in a funny way. This
program (we made) is not that program. ......
Recursive Acronyms originated from here. SINE ..SINE
Is Not Emacs...and then ..... GNU's Not UNIX (instead
of the usual four letter, three letter recursive
acronym)"
"You can develop good coding skills if you read more
programs, understand and write more programs."
"The Philosophy Won't bring a crisis to employment."
"Free Software should be encouraged in Educational
Institutions"
Do correct, if you find any mistakes in the above.
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Hi.
I have a perl hash that has 200 key-value pairs. Something like this:
001 one
002 two
...........
200 two_hundred
My script can read the pairs which are at the top without issues, but
from pair 170 onwards, the script fails to read them. Is there any
limit on the memory/number of elements in a hash? If I move pair
number 171 right at the top, it works.
Strangely, the script works very well on Linux, but the problem occurs
on AIX and HP-UX.
Regards,
NMK.
I have my FC5 running neatly and all configured just the way I like it ,
though I have begun running out of free space on the installed partition
here is what the installed partition info looks like:
/dev/hda1 * 0+ 2610 2611- 20972826 7 HPFS/NTFS >> M$
Partition
/dev/hda2 2611 8484 5874 47182905 7 HPFS/NTFS
start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,0,1)
/dev/hda3 8485 8497 13 104422+ 83 Linux
start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,0,1)
/dev/hda4 8498 9728 1231 9888007+ 5 Extended
start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,0,1)
/dev/hda5 8498+ 9728 1231- 9887976 8e Linux LVM
start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,1,1)
I don't mind breaking down the M$ partition and moving the Linux fs to
/dev/hda1 . Any Best Practices that you would suggest ??
Cheers,
Francis
Hi All,
I am planing to give a small talk on FOSS - Road Ahead @ FreeDel. I
would highly appreciate your input and feedback on the topic.
TIA for your help and support.
Topic:
Free and Open Source Software - Customers, Consumers, Communities and Society
Format:
40-minute seminar-style presentations with 10 minutes for Q&A
Abstract:
Today, there is lot of talk of GNU/Linux adoption in all walks of
life. However, in spite of superior technology, freedom, security, open
standards, low cost and other advantages of FOSS the ground reality of
the penetration of FOSS in main stream IT infrastructure remains poor
to below average.
In this paper we will look @ the perceptions of the various stack
holders in FOSS and what are the required steps to be taken by
current stack holders to bring in the acceleration of the adoption of
FOSS in the mainstream IT infrastructure.
Here is the draft out-line of the presentation.
Introduction
Preamble
Definitions
Customer
Consumer
Community
Society
Perspectives
Customer / Consumer
Needs and Expectation
FOSS / Community
Needs and Expectation
Proprietary / Business
Needs and Expectation
Facts and Statistics
Market Segments
Servers / Workstations
Desktop
Embedded / Appliance
Education / Academic
High Performance
Adoption
Behavior and Expectations
Customer
Consumer
Community
Business
Road Ahead
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> Another option is to print it using a good inkjet printer. You need
> to use what is called a T-Shirt Transfer Paper. Once the print is
> done, you need to put it below the T-Shirt and Iron it from the
> other side, the print moves from the paper to the t-shirt. This is
> theory, not actually used in practice.
It has been done in practice. Prasanta Baruah and others at HBCSE has
done it, although it needs to be done with outmost care, it is posible
to get reasonable results. The ink also does not go away very easily.
Obviously for better results, get it embroidered. No idea if that is
possible or not, but theoretically it should be.
Cheers,
Debarshi
--
Don't be humble ... you're not that great.
-- Golda Meir
hi,
I am Krishnakant from the mailing list.
I can help you to learn the bootup process and also kernel compilation.
I think rather than giving you a document and leaving it to you, I
will show it to you practically.
Please note down my number so that you can contact me and we can fix to meet.
I as it is want to compile a kernel for my system so you can join in.
my land line number is 241662293 and mobile number is 9820310472 on
which you can contact me.
my other email id is krmane(a)gmail.com as an alternative.
by the way what is your background? are you having any background on
programming? do you have any interested in programming? do you
program in c?
it will be easy to explain you about kernel compilation and bootup if
you have little knowledge on programming.
regards.
Krishnakant Mane,
Chairman
Compact Software Solutions