Linuxers January 2008

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Commercial -- Opensource Navigation Client -- OT
by Akshay Mishra 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

Hello list, I had posted earlier about requiring hands for development on our ARM platform. We are now pleased to inform a fully stable ARM9E platform available with DSPWorks. We are offering alpha samples for people who'd like to pay and play with and test our board (the hardware is fully stable and so is the software. It might still not be commercial grade though). We have gpsdrive working stably on our platform and we are now taking orders for intial samples. The delivery shall take some time (4-6 weeks) since we are gathering volumes so that we can reduce price and get some money to make hardware. The specs are: gpsdrive on a handheld. it'll work in your car or maybe also on a handy (battery unit up next). Maps from google maps. (it should take commercial maps, but you'll have to pay for it.). Any discussions for possible alliances are welcome. . All those interested can send me an email at: akshay <at> dspworks.in. Thanks, Akshay

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open source POS systems
by Abhishek Daga 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

Hello, I am seeking recommendations on open source POS (point of sale) applications that includes support for bar code readers, label printers, etc.. The entire gamut related to a POS system in a retail (grocery store) environment. One suggestion was TINA POS but its no longer there on sourceforge. Then there is phppointofsale.com. Anyone used it? It seems like a good bet but personal experiences and first hand reports are highly valued. Thanks abhishek

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Fwd: Fedora 8/ARM available
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 17 Jan '08

17 Jan '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh(a)wantstofly.org> Date: 15 Jan 2008 05:03 Subject: Fedora 8/ARM available To: fedora-arm(a)redhat.com, fedora-devel-announce(a)redhat.com Hi all, We are proud to announce the availability of a(n unofficial) Fedora 8 package repository for the ARM architecture. The package repository has been built for ARMv5 EABI, soft-float, little endian. The majority of the important and frequently used Fedora packages have been built for ARM. The Fedora/ARM architecture wiki page has more info: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM The easiest way to start using Fedora 8/ARM is to download the prebuilt root filesystem, which can be booted in QEMU, or chroot'ed into or booted from on any ARMv5 or later processor running in little endian mode. Additional packages can be installed by using yum, which is provided in the filesystem. A HOWTO which describes getting Fedora/ARM running in QEMU is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/HowToQemu There currently are a handful of known issues, which are described at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/TODO Please help us by using the Fedora/ARM port and reporting any issues you run into so that we can fix them. thanks, Lennert _______________________________________________ Fedora-devel-announce mailing list Fedora-devel-announce(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-announce -- Free software for the Indian community: * ftp://fedora.glug-nith.org/ (Fedora) * http://gnu.glug-nith.org/ (GNU) * http://mirror.wbut.ac.in/ (CRAN, Fedora, Mozilla, TLDP)

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not able to open network manager.
by mukesh yadav 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

hello friends. i'm using ubuntu...and xfce desktop environment. I'm not able to open the network manager to add the Ip address. and i dont know how to do this via terminal. so please help me how i can open network manager to change my static IP and gateway and other info... thanks in advance.

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Yum country specific mirror list
by Prashant 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

Hi, I'm using Fedora 8. Nowadays yum is updating at extremely slow speeds from Asian mirrors. mirrorlist.txt is filled with asian servers only. Is there any way that yum downloads Non Asian mirrors list from US or Europe? or on what basis does yum downloads country specific mirror lists. Is there any way to change the defaults? Thanks, Prashant

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Fwd: Report on Kolhapur workshop
by Kenneth Gonsalves 14 Jan '08

14 Jan '08

Begin forwarded message: > From: "sudhanwa Jogalekar" > Subject: Re: Report on Kolhapur workshop > > Hi, > > Today at 11 am I saw the reporting about the event and the "phono" of > Prof. Kodawade Sir on the Star Majha channel. ( I think this was a > repeat telecast. The same program is telecast at 8 pm on Saturday) > > They had shown NRC-FOSS website video with Prof. Kodawade's telephonic > interview about the event. > > Congrats to all the people participating in the event, especially > Prof. Kodawade and Kenneth Gonsalves for organising/co-ordinating the > event. I am sure this is a major step in getting FOSS into various > colleges and courses. > > Regards > -Sudhanwa -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS lawgon(a)au-kbc.org http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ Foss conference for the common man: http://registration.fossconf.in/web/

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Fwd: Serious help needed
by Suhit Kelkar 13 Jan '08

13 Jan '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: rahul srivastava <rahulks7(a)yahoo.com> Date: Jan 13, 2008 10:43 AM Subject: Serious help needed To: suhitkelkar(a)gmail.com Cc: matias(a)urbanology.org Dear Suhit, Many apologies for taking your time again! But I urgently need help and felt that you would be in the best position to help us with this. For the Koliwada workshop (and we are racing against time on that!) we urgently need a professional programmer. If you could forward this following job-description to your friends who are in this field, we will be very very grateful! Please do treat this as urgent. warmly, Rahul Professional Programmer Needed: Open source - Wikimedia Project We are currently looking for an experimented programmer, fluent in html and PHP, AJAX and C# a definite plus for a 3 months project starting immediately. The successful candidate will be working in close collaboration with other programmers based in San Diego (US) and a team of urbanists and social scientists based in Mumbai and Tokyo. The work will consist in customizing and adding new functions (such as video) to an existing open source wikimedia system. The system will be used by the residents of a neighbourhood in Mumbai and eventually put at the service of other communities. Knowledge of Marathi a plus. Location is irrelevant, although the programmer should be ready to travel to Mumbai a couple of times. Compensation commensurate with experience. Send CV and/or work samples to urbz08(a)gmail.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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KDE4 live CD: the latest of KDE + the latest of Fedora
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

http://www.deadbabylon.de/blog/2008/01/11/livecd-for-rawhide-with-kde-400/ "Today is the release day of KDE 4.0.0. The packages should find their way into the repository soon or they are already there. What's missing is another live image to test the new stable version of KDE without the need of installing rawhide." Here is the ISO and its checksum: http://www.fedoraforum.de/iso/test/rawhide-KDE4-i686-20080109/rawhide-KDE4-… http://www.fedoraforum.de/iso/test/rawhide-KDE4-i686-20080109/rawhide-KDE4-… Cheers, Debarshi -- Free software for the Indian community: * ftp://fedora.glug-nith.org/ (Fedora) * http://gnu.glug-nith.org/ (GNU) * http://mirror.wbut.ac.in/ (CRAN, Fedora, Mozilla, TLDP)

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In support of OLPC
by Rony 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

Hello All, Here is an interesting POV for those who are sceptical about OLPC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7138061.stm -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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Fwd: [Ilug-cal-discuss] [OT] Fwd: [Gnu-arch-users] dear colleagues
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray <debarshi.ray(a)gmail.com> Date: Jan 10, 2008 4:14 PM Subject: [Ilug-cal-discuss] [OT] Fwd: [Gnu-arch-users] dear colleagues To: ILUG-Cal's principal mailing list <ilug-cal-discuss(a)list.ilug-cal.org> One of the GNU Arch authors have lost his car. Regards, Debarshi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Thomas Lord <lord(a)emf.net> Date: 10 Jan 2008 16:53 Subject: [Gnu-arch-users] dear colleagues To: gnu-arch-users <gnu-arch-users(a)gnu.org> Well, perfect end to a fucked up decade...... Really exciting night! Someone came pounding on my door to call me outside. Turns out, someone has totaled my car while it was parked on the street for the night. Why is this exciting? Because I can't walk much at the moment and that car was vital to day to day survival. I wonder how I'll manage to get groceries tomorrow. Wait, it gets better. Being poor, I'm fully paid up and current on lowest available rate insurance. So, I called the claims number tonight and, an experience familiar from the open source world, the number is disconnected. Watch us drown. If anyone would like to help either please do so or pass this message along to someone sensitive who can. Time is of the essence, if anyone happens to give a damn. -t _______________________________________________ Gnu-arch-users mailing list Gnu-arch-users(a)gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users GNU arch home page: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/ -- Free software for the Indian community: * ftp://fedora.glug-nith.org/ (Fedora) * http://fedora.glug-nith.org/ (Fedora) * http://gnu.glug-nith.org/ (GNU) * http://mirror.wbut.ac.in/ (CRAN, Fedora, Mozilla, TLDP) _______________________________________________ Ilug-cal-discuss mailing list Ilug-cal-discuss(a)list.ilug-cal.org http://list.ilug-cal.org/mailman/listinfo/ilug-cal-discuss -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://in.kde.org Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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