Linuxers January 2008

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Press interview
by alpesh gajbe 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

A recent interview of FSF Chairman in enterpriser.in on Swatantra software. http://www.enterpriser.in/India/Questions_n_Answers/Proprietary_Software_is… With Regards Alpesh

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[COMMERCIAL] MySQL session at OSIW; let's design the programme together
by Atanu Datta 09 Jan '08

09 Jan '08

Hi all! MySQL will conduct a session in Bangalore and Delhi during the OSIW (Open Source India Week) where they want feedback on the topics the attendees will be interested in knowing more about. Following are a few topics that came forth when we were cooking the programme with MySQL's David Axmark and Brian Aker. 1. Zero hassles transition from MS Access/Oracle to MySQL 2. How to do Stored Procedures, Triggers & Views in MySQL 3. How to write storage engines for MySQL Those are some of the things that our DBA wants to know more about. Obviously, there should be many more topics that you all want covered or wanna discuss. Please throw your ideas, we'll put all of 'em in the melting pot, and hand it over to the Brian so that he can design the final programme. Best, Atanu Datta Team LFY

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Usefull Titbits.
by Rony 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

Hello All, Here are some useful softwares you can use. 1. http://linux.simple.be/tools/sbm The Smart Boot Manager is a floppy image that can be burned into a floppy to make it a universal boot utility. I discovered it accidentally in the Xbuntu 6.10 CD ( smb.bin ) when trying to run it on an old Celeron 300, 64 MB RAM machine that had a CD ROM but could not boot it due to the old BIOS. The beauty of this utility is that it lists everything that is bootable, including all HDD partitions and you simply select the required device and hit enter. It eliminates the need for dedicated boot floppies for every distro CD. It was usefull in installing Etch-Xfce on that machine. 2. http://www.blogbridge.com/ This is an open source RSS reader that can be installed in your system so you don't need to let third party reader web sites know what you are reading. Simply download the tar.gz package and run it directly. Do your own tweaking. -- Regards, Rony. Knock Knock Who's There? Linux Who Linux? GNU/Linux

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greetings from a new member!
by Suhit Kelkar 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

Hello fellow gnus, I'm Suhit Kelkar, freelance journalist currently working with the research group PUKAR, and avid gnu enthusiast. (I use Mandriva 2008 now, and for the past three years have relied on free software for my writing work. I'm now pushing for it in my office.) Here's wishing you freedom in the new year. I look forward to catching up with you in the linuxers meeting. May I know the time of the next one, please, so I may make your acquaintance? Regards, Suhit.

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Photos of first OLPC pilot in India
by Venkatesh Hariharan 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

As 2007 was drawing to a close, I got a chance to visit the OLPC deployment in Khairat, India. This deployment is supported by Reliance, one of the largest industrial groups in India. I have uploaded photos from the visit and added a small description to each photo. These are at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/venky7/sets/72157603606772250/ I look forward to your comments, feedback, brickbats etc... Venky

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[Commercial] Linux CDs/DVDs at low prices.
by Amit Joshi 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

I am planning to sell Linux CDs/DVDs on an on-demand download basis. CDs -- Rs.20 and DVDs -- Rs.40. I already have a few Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu CDs that I wish to give away freely. I shall charge Rs.10 flat rate throughout Mumbai for every 3 CDs/DVDs. Payment and contact details shall be mailed to interested parties. :) Regards, Amit.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 57, Issue 3
by Venkatesh Hariharan 05 Jan '08

05 Jan '08

> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Chetan S" <cshring(a)gmail.com> > Great news indeed. > > Just a question : Have all the features including wifi been enabled too ? > Yes. It has a mesh network and the students use it to chat among themselves, share photos etc. > I admire this laptop for its robustness and the wonderful idea of > making students fix its problems. > > Can you detail the support level offered in this case ? Am sure there > is only marginal one ( a good thing ) as Negroponte rightly expects > students to fix the problems and learn while doing that. There is a team from Reliance that is supporting the OLPCs. Amit who is a Linux admin for Reliance and a few others regularly visit the site and fix the OLPCs. > What customizations have been made in this case considering they have > been given to Indian students ? Or is it the original stuff. None. It has the Sugar interface that is based on Fedora that is customises specially for children. This was built by the OLPC team and Red Hat along with others. One OLPC is now in the Pune center of Red Hat where some of the localization will happen. Interestingly, the students are Marathi medium students and not all of them use English fluently but they use the OLPC features quite well. Venky

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[Announce] Linuxchix Mumbai Meetup
by Barkha Khatri 05 Jan '08

05 Jan '08

Hi All, A few Linuxchix.org.in members are meeting up in Mumbai on Saturday, January 5, 2008 at Cafe Coffee Day, Dadar. Meeting is open for everyone interested to join Linuxchix India. More details have been put up on the wiki.[1] Regards, Barkha. [1] http://www.linuxchix.org.in/wiki/index.php/CityMeetMumbai

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] .. Photos of first OLPC pilot in India
by jtd 04 Jan '08

04 Jan '08

On Friday 04 January 2008 13:31, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: > As 2007 was drawing to a close, I got a chance to visit the OLPC > deployment in Khairat, India. This deployment is supported by > Reliance, one of the largest industrial groups in India. I have > uploaded photos from the visit and added a small description to > each photo. These are at: Are they available in India? like the G1G1 schme in US and Eu. > http://www.flickr.com/photos/venky7/sets/72157603606772250/ > > I look forward to your comments, feedback, brickbats etc... > > Venky -- Rgds JTD

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] tata indicom online payment
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

> The Problem: The payment section of the site doesnt work in firefox and > works fine in internet explorer. I am a Tata Indicom subscriber from Kolkata. I use one of their 2Mbps plans. Recently I renewed the connection by making an online payment using a credit card and it worked fine. I am sure I used Firefox to do that, and can not remember any problems. Can you please elaborate on the exact problem? I will keep an eye open for it the next I make an online payment. ;-) Cheers, Debarshi

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