Linuxers January 2009

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Request support : Gujarat governments possible move to, have FOSS in schools state-wide ( rony )
by vinay sreenivasa 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

>>It would be better if a professional FOSS service organisation takes up >>this challenge rather than just depend on community support. its true that we might not be able to count only on the community to work with the government for the full rollout. but the community can still help with training the teachers,localization, deciding which ditros,apps to use etc. we were also looking at community support in terms of all of us getting together in speaking to the government and convincing them. -- Vinay Sreenivasa IT for Change 91-98805-95032 vinay(a)itforchange.net http://itforchange.net http://india.is-watch.net/ http://is-watch.net

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[Commercial] [X-Post] Fwd: Job openings at Geodesic on Linux Platform
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mrugesh Karnik <mrugeshkarnik(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 1:50 PM Subject: Job openings at Geodesic on Linux Platform To: Pradeepto Bhattacharya <pradeeptob(a)gmail.com> Hi, Can you please forward this across the LUGs? We have a couple very urgent of openings at Geodesic Ltd. <www.geodesic.com> as follows: 1. NOC In-charge Profile: Managing a nework of servers running Asterisk, Freeswitch, SIP Express Routers, custom servers, web servers and managing interconnects with Telcos across the world. CTC: 12 Lacs/anum 2. Senior Programmers for Linux Platform Profile: Server-side application development in C, perl CGI. Asterisk/Freeswitch scripting experience preferred. CTC: 7 Lacs/anum Resumes to be forwarded to vinod(a)geodesic.com. Thanks, Mrugesh -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://www.kde.in Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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[OT]BarCampMumbai5
by Mehul Ved 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

Hi, 5th Edition of the BarCampMumbai will be held on 1st February 2009. I am forwarding the announcement of the same for the interested people. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Aditya Sengupta <apsengupta(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 5:52 PM Subject: [Planners of BCM4] BarCampMumbai5 To: plannersofbcm4(a)googlegroups.com Hey Everybody, It gives me great pride to officially announce the 5th edition of our favourite unconference- http://barcampmumbai.org/ As you already know, BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants. So host a session, help out with planning, ask questions, spread the word- Everybody is invited. Schedule: February 1st, 2009 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Matunga, Mumbai Registrations are now open- You can register here: http://www.barcampmumbai.org/BCM5_Register Session takers can register here: http://www.barcampmumbai.org/BCM5_Sessions Queries regarding sponsorship opportunities may be sent to sponsorship(a)barcampmumbai.org Looking forward to your participation. See you there. Aditya Sengupta Unorganizer, Barcamp Mumbai 5 -- Vulcans believe peace should not depend on force. -- Amanda, "Journey to Babel", stardate 3842.3

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Request support : Gujarat governments possible move to have FOSS in schools state-wide
by satyaakam goswami 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

Had to trim and post again since this list does not take more than 7K ;-) > Hi Vinay, > Looks like this is going to be to be on a BOT ( Built > Operate Transfer) basis, so > > 1) Have they decided or they are in the process of vendor selection , is > there a Tender or RFP on this proposal. > 2) Is this news item some sort of arm twisting exercise by Govt to get a > better deal from M$ , folks on the ground will know about whats happenign > any clues anybody . > 3) What kind of support you expect from the community , are these folks who > will be working on a campaign for some Vendors be getting paid by Vendor or > will they be Hired in some way at a later stage, since this one looks like > a long term project if at all it happens. > > -Satya > http://www.linkedin.com/in/satyaaka <http://www.linkedin.com/in/satyaakam>m > >

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socks & z39.50 in squid
by sameer shinde 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

Hi All, How to enable socks v4 and Z39.50 ports support on port 210 in squid 3.0 proxy server? - Sameer Shinde. M:- +91 98204 61580

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linux Boot Sequence Walkthrough
by Sushant Gulati 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Thanks a lot to all of you who've taken out time to suggest links and methodology :-) I just got online today after Sunday. So, let me start working on all the material. Regards, Sushant

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Fwd: [Freed] Freed.in 2009: New format, and new deadlines
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gora Mohanty <gora(a)sarai.net> Date: Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:35 AM Subject: [Freed] Freed.in 2009: New format, and new deadlines To: General Freed list <freed(a)lists.linux-delhi.org> Cc: Source Software Project List <prc(a)sarai.net>, ILUGD main list <ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org>, Free/Libre Dear friends, I have some good news, and some bad news for you about Freed.in 2009. The good news is that the third Freed.in will be held as scheduled on Feb. 20th, and 21st, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi. Please see the revised call for papers at http://wiki.linux-delhi.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Freed2009/CallforPapers noting in particular that the new deadline for talk submissions is next Sun., the 25th of Jan. If you have already submitted a talk, you do not need to resubmit it, but all new submissions should be sent to talks(a)freed.in. Registration for the event is now open at the Freed.in website, http://freed.in. While attending the event is still free for all participants, we do request that you register online. The bad news is that due to various factors, including the economic recession, and an insufficient number of committed organisers, we have considerably scaled back the event. In particular, we do not plan to approach sponsors for this event, and everything will be done on a minimal budget. Unfortunately, this also means that we do not have a budget for local hospitality, and we are therefore asking all speakers to bear their own costs for travel and lodging. If you need a supporting letter from us in order to arrange for funds from your host institution, or other agency, we would be glad to oblige. We are also trying to arrange for accommodation for out-of-station speakers at the homes of local organisers. So, if you require accommodation in Delhi, please let us know, but sadly we cannot guarantee that at the moment. We plan on having a total of about 15 talks over the two days, with each talk being 45 min., plus 15 min. of interacting with the audience. The call for papers lists potential interest areas, and we will be asking people from FOSS user groups across India to send a representative. Thank you for bearing with us through these difficult times. We do have plans for revamping Freed.in, and taking it on the road, so if you are interested, keep an eye on the event site at http://freed.in Regards, Gora _______________________________________________ Freed mailing list Freed(a)lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/freed -- The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org KDE India : http://www.kde.in Mailing List : http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-india

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Linux Boot Sequence Walkthrough
by Sushant Gulati 18 Jan '09

18 Jan '09

I'd like to request you all if you can point me to a walk-through for Linux kernel boot sequence so that I can understand the way control gets transferred through various assembler and C files and functions. I'd really appreciate this help. Since I've already found a lot of documents pertaining to this subject, but none of them seem to be suitable for a newbie like me, I'm planning to start work on the document myself and build a consolidated document myself. Thanks in advance for all the help. Regards, Sushant

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External eSATA hard disk mounting problem
by Nachiketa Sadhu 18 Jan '09

18 Jan '09

Hi, I hava a eSATA external hard disk. The units does not show up when I plug it in after the system boots up (Fedora 9), but is available when it has been switched on before the system is booted. From a Google search, I found the command "echo "---">/sys/class/scsi_host/host{n}/scan" which made the external disk be mounted automatically. I checked that there is a directory "/sys/class/scsi_host/host{0-6}" and a file "scan" which has a permission of "-w-------". Can anyone explain how this command works, or give some pointers for further reading? Thanks and regards. sadhu

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[OT] Freeculture --> Was: Re: Al Jazeera Announces Launch of Free Footage underCreative Commons Attribution License
by Ravindra Jaju 17 Jan '09

17 Jan '09

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Praveen A <pravi.a(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/1/15 Praveen A <pravi.a(a)gmail.com>: > > Thanks. I would continue to be in the list, but I'm open to the idea > > of a new list for broader topics and more relaxed rules. > > So here we go. If anyone is interested to discuss any thing under Free > Culture without any restriction head over to > http://www.freelists.org/list/freeculture-mumbai and join in. I understand the sentiments/history behind this new mailing list, but this name is too generic - enough to either *) Not attract people because of lack of a definite meaning conveyed *) Attract all kinds of unwanted people! (Imagine what meanings can be associated with the term 'freeculture' - there are too many types of people in this world!) I suggest the name "opensource" or something like that. Source need not be source-code only. 2 paise. -- jaju PS: I am on this list because of 1] The history of this list 2] The meaning conveyed by the name (although - the name and the character of the list do not seem to converge quite well, but still...)

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