Linuxers January 2007

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] ways to get a working Linux server in to an installable CD set for future reinstall?
by Debarshi Ray 07 Jan '07

07 Jan '07

> Debian GNU/Linux in a lab of about 50 computers.Is there any > possiblities of doing something like creating a image in one hard disk > and installing it from that instead of installing the base system in > each system individually (something like gHost images for the M$ > OS).... If all the machines are identical in their hardware configuration, then you can install the operating system on the hard disk of one of them, and use GNU Parted to copy the entire filesystems from the original machine to the others. # parted (parted) help cp Or consult the manual at http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/ The advantage with Parted is that it is a part of all the GNU/Linux distributions that I have used-- Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora. Cheers, Debarshi -- After the game the king and the pawn go into the same box. -- Italian proverb

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GLUG-BOM Wiki is down?
by Roshan 07 Jan '07

07 Jan '07

So was there some sort of an attack on the wiki? Has it been blocked by admins? -- FSF-India Fellow Associate http://www.gnu.org.in Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

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[Commercial]Software Developers' Day @ LinuxAsia
by niraj＠efyindia.com 07 Jan '07

07 Jan '07

************************************ Software Developers' Day @ LinuxAsia ************************************ LinuxAsia 07 features a complete day dedicated to software development practices and technologies as part of its 'Technology.Innovation' track! Date: 1st Feb, 07 Venue: India Habitat Centre, New Delhi Timings: 9:30 am to 6:00 pm 2 Key Themes For That Day ------------------------- #1: Platforms.Tools.Development: Expose software developers to the latest open source tools, platforms and technologies #2: Scalable.Robust.Databases: Share the latest developments in open source databases Free Registration Still Open --------------------------- Free COMMUNITY PASSES are being given to the first 500 registrants! These COMMUNITY PASSES will allow entry to the 'technology.innovation' track for FREE. However, seating is subject to availability of seats, and on a first-come-first-serve basis. Special Discounts For Delegates Available ----------------------------------------- For industry professionals who want the benefit of 'assured seating' and participate in the 'networking lunch' where you'll rub shoulders with the who's who of the OSS industry and community--DELEGATE PASSES are the need of the hour. There are special discount offers for: a) ILUG-Delhi members b) Students c) Subscribers of EFY Publications Plus, there is an early bird discount too for everyone else. Visit www.linuxasia.net for more details ********************************************

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Assembled laptops
by Jigneesh Patel 06 Jan '07

06 Jan '07

Hi again, Does anyone know any company into assembling laptops? Thanks, Jigneesh Patel

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Windows tax refund
by Network Accelerator 06 Jan '07

06 Jan '07

Hi, Having faith in GNU/Linux..I am not willing to use Windows on my new purcahaes of laptops preloaded this OS. Like Europe, could it be possible for India to get money back by freeing ourself from the Windows tax by returning unused Windows license on new purchase of laptop/PC? Please read this.. http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/01/03/227237 Awaiting your comment. Cheers!

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D-Link GLB-502T slowing down Ubuntu Edgy?
by Rohit V Bhute 06 Jan '07

06 Jan '07

I had plugged in the GLB-502T to check out its web interface (haven't got my ADSL connection activated yet :-( )and I found my system becoming *lazy*. In the sense that applications were taking a longer time than usual to start up. The system indicator applets show no activity - CPU, memory, disk or swap - no blinking HDD LED - but there is a noticeably large lag between clicking an application and it being ready to use. So much so that it took almost 5 minutes for my desktop to load after login. Removing the router and plugging in the cablenet LAN brought things to normal. Another thing there seems to be a lot of bad karma associated with GLB-502T. <http://www.webservertalk.com/archive236-2006-9-1667246.html> Plus there's a bunch of posts on <www.broadbandforum.in> (it isn't working as of 11:20 AM today) that I came upon stating some problems to do with its WAN MAC address. Anyone on this list with experience - good or bad - of the GLB-502T? Regards. -- Rohit V. Bhute http://blog.rvbhute.org

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Festival... talking in Hindi and Marathi
by Frederick Noronha 06 Jan '07

06 Jan '07

[From http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bytesforall_readers ] Priti and team: Congrats! It's nice to have Festival in Indian languages. Just what is needed. Hope this news will be shared with all the GNU/Linux user groups and others interested. (Have sent it to ILUG-Goa http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa already.) For those who might not know Festival: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_Speech_Synthesis_System Festival is a general multi-lingual speech synthesis system developed at Centre for Speech Technology Research (CSTR) at the University of Edinburgh. It is distributed under a free software license similar to the BSD License. It offers a full text to speech system with various APIs, as well an environment for development and research of speech synthesis techniques. It is written in C++ with a Scheme-based command interpreter for general customization and extension.[1] The Festvox project aims to make the building of new synthetic voices more systematic and better documented, making it possible for anyone to build a new voice. It is distributed under a free software license similar to the MIT License. --- In bytesforall_readers(a)yahoogroups.com, priti patil <pritisd@...> wrote: > > Get it from here > > > http://janabhaaratii.org.in:9673/indicbhaaratii/Members/Priti_Patil/festiva… > > http://janabhaaratii.org.in:9673/indicbhaaratii/Members/Priti_Patil/festiva… > > Priti > > priti patil <pritisd@...> wrote: Hi all, > > On this upcoming special occassion of new year I am very happy to announce a new year gift on behalf of janabhaaratii team :) > > festival_mr (Marathi Text-To-Speech engine) and festival_hi (Hindi Text-To-Speech engine) are in their alpha state. Working crudely for both Marathi and Hindi, now under refinement process for it's next version. > > Will be available for testing on an eve of new year (most probably) !!! > > After testing, please do revert back to us since your valuable inputs can make it BETTER. > > Acknowledgments to Dr. Alka Irani (Chief Investigator, janabhaaratii), Sunil Mohan and Chaitanya Kamisetty (telugu l10n team), DONLab, Dept. of CS&E, IIT Madras, our team, karunakar (indlinux) and many.... > > > Warm Regards > > Priti Patil > janabhaaratii > Language Computing Group > C-DAC, Mumbai -- FN M: 0091 9822122436 P: +91-832-240-9490 (after 1300IST please) http://fn.goa-india.org http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com

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Next Monthly meet?
by Roshan 06 Jan '07

06 Jan '07

--Dhawal Doshy wrote: >when is then next monthly meet and >what is the agenda? i'd like to be a part of it It could include 1) Running Linux on handhelds - HP iPaq demo by Rajeev RK (because, this wasn't included in the past GLUG-Meet [Dec]). Please confirm, Mr. Rajeev 2) Mr. JTD's suprise, that he intends to show us. <quote> --JTD wrote: I am getting one of these for the next meet. http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/115889/rb/24101214779 </quote> 3) (could be Your contribution /talk ?) >Are the meets traditionally held on Sundays? why? Assuming most of the members are free (and free to attend) on Sundays. Also, *I guess*, the location (more commonly, HBCSE) is available on Sunday. --Dinesh Joshi wrote: >Not on Feb 4! Please NOT on Feb 4! :( The January GLUG-meet could be on 7th, 14 or 21st or 28 (Sundays ;) ) We'll probably keep a note of Feb 4, for the Feb GLUG-Meet :) (psst... forked a new thread instead of continuing with the thread "Linux Brochure") -- FSF-India Fellow Associate http://www.gnu.org.in __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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How to save Microsoft Tax
by Mandar Joshi 06 Jan '07

06 Jan '07

Hello, Have a look at this too How to get a Windows tax refund http://community.linux.com/community/07/01/03/227237.shtml?tid=12 Regards Mandar Joshi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Bacula 2.0.0 released [Maybe OT]
by Dhawal Doshy 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

For those into enterprise backups, here is some news.. Bacula 2.0.0 was recently released with tonnes of major features, improved maturity and performance. For those who are not aware, bacula (www.bacula.org) is a network based backup and recovery program (under the GPL license). From my experience it is comparable to Legato Networker (which i use) and Veritas Netbackup and is probably better since the storage and indexing formats are non-proprietary.. With this release, the project copyrights were transferred to FSF Europe. Release notes and press-kits can be found here: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=31347109&forum_id=87… http://www.bacula.org/about/press/presskit200.html.en cheers, - dhawal PS: This mail is in response to the developers call for inviting more users to the community, see: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.bacula.user/30293

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