Linuxers March 2009

linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in

93 participants
80 discussions

Using Clive to convert youtube videos to audio mp3
by Rony 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Hello, After attending Rajeev's video conferencing demo at Directi, I was inspired to try out new ways to use clive. Clive is a utility to download youtube videos and convert them using ffmpeg to mp4 videos to play in the popular players. The simple way to use clive is 'clive video_url' in the terminal. This results in an mp4 video getting stored in the current directory in which clive is run. However I wanted to convert the live videos to audio mp3 only. On the net there is no mention of how to use clive to do it. The man page of clive has one option '-w' to automatically write a config file which can then be edited. Run 'clive -w' to create this file. The file is created in your home directory under .clive/config. Now edit this config file and make 2 changes. 1) ## Path to the ffmpeg program (e.g. "/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -y -i %i %o") path_ffmpeg="/usr/bin/ffmpeg -y -i %i %o" Uncomment the path_ffmpeg line to tell clive about the location of ffmpeg ( This is important ) 2) ## Uncomment to re-encode to FORMAT ("mpg", "avi", ..) ## Requires also path_ffmpeg reencode_format="mp3" Uncomment the reencode line and add mp3 in the "" quotes. This was a blind shot that worked. Clive is mainly a video utility. Save the file and now simply run 'clive video_url' and you first get the video.mp4 file. As soon as it is downloaded clive shows a message that it is converting it to video.mp4.mp3 Thats all. Your mp3 is ready to rock. As I had earlier downoaded only mp4 videos, I was looking for a way to use ffmpeg to convert them to mp3. From the man page options the following command was assembled using trial and error and it works. 'ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -acodec mp3 -ab 160k video.mp3' The -i specifies the input file, -acodec specifies the audio output codec and -ab sets the audio bit rate in bits/sec. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

1 0

External Proxy usage on squid.
by Sachin 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Hi, We have a squid server running which looks into user access. Now there are users who would use a webproxy or a external proxy to bypass this restriction. Is there a way to stop them. One rule is to figure out all the proxy sites and address and feed them to blocked sites but that process doesn't look good and easy manageable. Any suggestions ? --Sachin Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/

3 2

[***** SPAM 3.2 *****] Faraz S has sent you a private message
by Faraz S 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

[1]FanIQ Faraz S has sent you a private message [2]Click to read message [3]Read private message Please read it or Faraz will think you ignored this :( This message has been forwarded at the request of [4]Faraz.Shahbazker(a)gmail.com. To block all emails from FanIQ, please [5]click here. FanIQ is located at 604 mission St, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA. References 1. http://FanIQ.com/user/FarazShahbazker/connect/200223894 2. http://FanIQ.com/user/FarazShahbazker/connect/200223894 3. http://FanIQ.com/user/FarazShahbazker/connect/200223894 4. mailto:Faraz.Shahbazker@gmail.com 5. http://www.faniq.com/unsubscribe.php?invite_id=200223894&stkn=a793fbd03bc29…

6 8

[Hardware] How much is too much?
by Rony 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Hello, I am curious to know how many client machines can the MTNL triband routers practically support in a LAN in order to give decent internet connectivity to all? There is a LAN network where there are around 7 machines using static ips (not LInux) and the triband router is the gateway machine also attached to the LAN. When connected directly to a machine the internet connectivity is good but when all machines are up internet takes a long time to resolve and speeds are in bursts. When it keeps searching for the web page or there is no connectivity, one cannot even log into the router. Pinging the router is fine. The router too has been replaced by MTNL. The entire setup is spread across 4 floors. Initially the LAN wiring was suspected but the crimping of the router cable was done again and otherwise, internal file sharing works perfectly. I am suspecting that the router gets overloaded trying to NAT so many requests, given its tiny architecture. Should I install a separate router to this LAN? Are the separate routers designed to handle large NAT traffic? I want to avoid holding up one machine for internet sharing. Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

7 20

[OT] Reliable and cheap linux hosting solution
by Anand Saha 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Guys, Would like to get your suggestions and recommendations for reliable and cheap linux hosting solutions. The site I am planning to host would not be a very high traffic site, moderate traffic. May be a couple of Gigs of data transfer per month (will have photo gallery), and will need around a Gig of disk space for the time being. -- God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

9 13

17 Mar '09

Hi! For the past few days, I'm not being able to access the login page of my online stock trading website which is www.hdfcsec.com The login page url is https://trade.hdfcsec.com When I click on the login button on the main site, the login page tries to open but the status bar keeps showing "Connected to trade.hdfcsec.com..." indefinitely but the page does not loads up. I'm running Firefox 2.0.0.17 under Ubuntu 7.04 (feisty fawn) on my laptop and Firefox 3 under Fedora Core 10 on my desktop. Both machines are connected to the internet through bsnl dataone broadband connection and I'm using Netgear DG834G adsl modem-cum-router in dhcp mode. The desktop is connected through ethernet and the laptop connects on wireless. I tried accessing the page from Firefox/IE runnning under Vista on my laptop but I'm facing the same problem there as well. I tried accessing the login page from one of my friend's machine who's got the same broadband connection but a different modem (huawei smartx882 connected via ethernet with static ip setup) with ubuntu 8.04 installed on his machine and the page opens just fine at his place using Firefox/Opera. What could be going wrong at my end? Please help. Regards, Sarfaraz

5 9

[***** SPAM 2.5 *****] Faraz S has sent you a private message
by Faraz S 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

[1]FanIQ Faraz S has sent you a private message [2]Click to read message [3]Read private message Please read it or Faraz will think you ignored this :( This message has been forwarded at the request of [4]Faraz.Shahbazker(a)gmail.com. To block all emails from FanIQ, please [5]click here. FanIQ is located at 604 mission St, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA. References 1. http://FanIQ.com/user/FarazShahbazker/connect/200223892 2. http://FanIQ.com/user/FarazShahbazker/connect/200223892 3. http://FanIQ.com/user/FarazShahbazker/connect/200223892 4. mailto:Faraz.Shahbazker@gmail.com 5. http://www.faniq.com/unsubscribe.php?invite_id=200223892&stkn=f7c034a88aa81…

1 0

Approaches of Kundra : towards commercial technology, opensource and egovernance etc.
by jitendra 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Vivek Kundra: The Alpha CTO By ctovision <http://ctovision.com/> on February 3, 2009 9:27 PM | 3 Comments<http://www.ctovision.com/2009/02/vivek-kundra-the-alpha-cto.html#comments> | 0 TrackBacks<http://www.ctovision.com/2009/02/vivek-kundra-the-alpha-cto.html#trackbacks> [image: Vivek_Kundra.jpg]Every CTO I know has heard of Vivek Kundra, CTO of the District of Columbia. We have all been following his accomplishments in transforming the technology program in DC and have watched in excitement as more and more capabilities have been rolled out to serve the city and its citizens. We have followed reports of bold moves he put in place to ensure technology programs deliver. We have read about his new approaches to technology portfolio management and watched as he discussed the leap ahead he delivered to his enterprise by his audacious, courageous use of Google Apps and other cloud-based solutions. If you are not one of those familiar with Vivek, here is a short bio: VivekKundra is the CTO for the District of Columbia where he leads an organization of over 600 staff that provides technology services and leadership for 86 agencies, 38,000 employees, residents, businesses, and 14 million annual visitors. He brings to the role of CTO a diverse record that combines technology and public policy experience in government, private industry, and academia. Previously, Vivek served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the first dual cabinet role in the state's history. In the private sector, Vivek led technology companies serving national and international customers. Earlier he served as Director of Infrastructure Technology for Arlington, Virginia. He also taught classes on emerging and disruptive technologies at the University of Maryland. Since Vivek became District CTO, he has been honored with major IT awards. In 2008, the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium recognized him among outstanding IT innovators. In addition, InfoWorld Magazine named Vivekamong its "CTO 25"<http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/06/02/23FE-cto25-kundra_1.html> . I recently saw Vivek at a meeting of the Washington Area CTO Roundtable<http://www.chieftechnologyofficer.org/>, an informal collective of area CTOs led by Yuvi Kochar, CTO of the Washington Post Company. Before the meeting we chatted about mashup technologies (including his Apps for Democrac<http://www.appsfordemocracy.org/>y contest and also JackBe <http://jackbe.com/>). During the meeting Vivekdiscussed several aspects of his innovative efforts to transform the District's information technology infrastructure. A point that struck me was his leadership through principles. Three key ones he articulated were: 1) Leveraging commercial technology, 2) Driving transparency, and 3) Rethinking notions of IT governance. Vivek and I just finished a phone call where we discussed these and other items in more detail. Here is a bit more on his approach. *1) Leveraging commercial technology:* Commercial radios and cell phones allowed a rapid enhancement of the tactical communications infrastructure of the DC workforce, including the police workforce. Police squad cars are also now equipped with commercial, but toughened, laptops. Commercial web technology has been leveraged in ways that leaped ahead of old clunky office automation and also enable rapid development and mashups. *2) Driving transparency and engaging citizens: * Technology impediments to information access and information sharing were eliminated in ways that enable citizens to see how government decisions are being made. Data was also exposed in ways that enabled mashups and agile programing/development. Examples include DCs digital public square <http://dps.dc.gov/> and Apps for Democracy efforts. *3) Rethinking notions of IT governance:* Totally new, innovative ways to manage IT portfolios were created and used to ensure all stakeholders could evaluate the technology program and better make informed decisions on when to terminate programs and where to invest more money. Chief among these innovations was an approach to portfolio management that replicates a stock market trading floor. More important, however is the relentless focus on performance and innovation to support performance. Beside rethinking these notions of governance Vivek also took measures to smartly watch/reduce/reprioritize IT costs. I asked Vivek for thoughts that might be relevant to technologists who have set their sites on careers where they can deliver results. Many of us would like to follow in his footsteps. I wondered, if there is a particular computer programing language we should all be learning now? Should we be diving into Python? That's hot now. And what about databases? MySQL and Hadoop are all the rage. The thoughts I got back from Vivek were incredibly insightful and far more relevant than the simplistic question I asked. V: Technology is important, and we do need to know technology. But in these very exciting times where Moore's law pushes us all forward it is actually more important to be able to quickly learn new technology rather than focus on one and only one. This is the beauty of the new world of technology. There is always something to learn. We should also always remember that the reason to learn is the mission. To an enterprise CTO, technology by itself is worthless. Technology only has value if it addresses business problems and drives business success. Therefore technologists must have an ability to translate between the worlds of mission needs and technology and need an ability to rapidly learn and deeply understand both. I asked Vivek for his intention for sharing his models and methods, since they have clearly delivered success in DC. He is doing quite a bit there so all of us who would like more info have plenty of ways to learn more: V: The DC CTO site at http://octo.dc.gov provides links to many of the ongoing activities of the office and for those who would like more on the models that produce the results we link to policies, guidelines and procedures. We also provide information on how our governance process works. But additionally we host visits to our office by interested parties and have begun blogging about them. In another effort we hope will help move the models forward we are pressing ahead with plans to turn our stock market approach to portfolio management into an open model and will open source the code that makes it work, which should help drive more innovation there. Speaking of innovation, Vivek seems to have found a way to accelerate innovation, which is something all CTOs are interested in doing. I asked him for his thoughts on where to look for innovation. Another interesting reply: V: You can look for innovation many places, but remembering that necessity is the mother of invention you should keep an eye open for places that innovate because they really need to. I always keep an eye on the developing world and am so incredibly amazed at the tech innovation there. Enterprise IT does not mean that every program and project must be delivered with huge budgets and huge staffs and the incredible innovations coming out of the developing world prove that time and time again. I'm excited and enthused about developments like cell phone voting in Estonia, electronic census that works in Chili, fishing villages around the world using instant direct data to plan movement. Innovation occurs many places, but some of the greatest lessons for innovation are coming from the developing world. I asked Vivek about how to find balance between setting standards and enabling innovation: V: Standards are important, but if a standard gets in the way of innovation kill it. Use standards that enable innovation. This is the role of the CTO. Vivek also offered thoughts on social networks. V: In seeking ways to make your cycles of innovation move faster, never underestimate the power of social networking tools and the networks you can build with them. Facebook is the example most talked about but there are many others including networks built around ecommerce like eBay and Amazon. I believe we should not only embrace them to enable the power of social networking but to help us leverage, in a large way, the IT infrastructure of these platforms. The new generations today are making maximum use of these platforms and I view this as a very optimistic point. As for me, I view the results of Vivek Kundra and his models as optimistic points. The great thing about being a CTO is the learning never stops in this field and Vivek is a great teacher we should all be learning from. For more on Vivek and the way hew views technology, including some of his inputs to the Obama adminstration, see: http://www.ctovision.com/2009/01/federal-government-technology-directions-a… -- jitendra

3 2

linuxuser digest
by ambika divya 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Hi all , I have been getting Linux user digests volumes . Can anyone tell me , What is this ? And how it is helpful for us ? Can i request something there? Thanks . -- ambika.................... visit my website and celebrate an ancient art http://ambika.web.officelive.com/default.htm visit my blog www.kathakguru.blogspot.com http://www.careerhelpforu.blogspot.com/

4 3

Interactive map of Linux kernel
by Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) 15 Mar '09

15 Mar '09

For those who wants to dive in the Linux Kernel Source! http://www.makelinux.net/kernel_map With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Blog-1: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/

1 0

BJP endorses key sections of the FOSS manifesto
by Venkatesh Hariharan 14 Mar '09

14 Mar '09

Dear Friends, Key sections of the FOSS manifesto (Point # 1 on FOSS in education, # 4 on open standards, #5 on encouraging freely shareable, FOSS based knowledge repositories like Wikipedia in Indian languages), have been strongly articulated in the BJP's IT vision document that was unveiled today by BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Shri LK Advani. The 40 page vision document is at: http://www.lkadvani.in/eng/images/stories/it-vision.pdf The press release is at: http://www.lkadvani.in/eng/content/view/799/281/ The FOSS Manifesto is at: http://www.public-software.in/FOSS-manifesto (have you signed it yet?) I am also enclosing my blog on this subject: Venky ===== http://osindia.blogspot.com/2009/03/bjps-it-vision-supports-open-source-and… Saturday, March 14, 2009 BJP's IT Vision supports open source and open standards The BJP, the largest opposition in India has released an IT Vision document that endorses open source and open standards. Many of the points mentioned in the FOSS Manifesto for India that we put up online last week have been incorporated in this document. This document was unveiled by none other than Shri. LK Advani, the BJP's candidate for Prime Minister. I did a quick read of the 40 page document and am impressed with how thorough and comprehensive it is. As a long time supporter of free and open source software, I am delighted to see a major Indian political party endorse it. However, I am even more delighted to see that this endorsement is rooted in a comprehensive vision for India's development. A big chunk of the credit for this document should go to Shri. Sudheendra Kulkarni (an alumnus of IIT Bombay) and Shri Prodyut Bora (an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad). Shri Kulkarni was advisor to Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee when Vajpayee was prime Minister of India and Shri Bora is Head of the IT Cell of the BJP. I was happy to see that the Digital Colonization theme that my friend, Jaijit Bhattacharya of Sun talks about has been incorporated in this document. Apart from the FOSS Manifesto, some of my key passions on open standards (that we don't pay for standards like weights and measures in the physical world, so why should we pay for standards in the digital world?) have been reflected. Also, as a co-founder of IndLinux.org which we started in 2000 in an attempt to bridge the digital divide, I am happy to see that the BJP has promised to create a National Mission for Indian Language Computing. The CPI(M), another national party in India has always been a strong supporter of our stand on open source, open standards and our fight against software patents. We are hopeful that other political parties will also take cognizance of the FOSS Manifesto and incorporate the same into their IT plans for India. With the country scheduled to go to polls next month, we now have a broad consensus emerging around the use of open source and open standards. This is great news for all of us who believe in free and open source software!

1 0

Scanners under linux
by Nachiketa Sadhu 13 Mar '09

13 Mar '09

Hi, We are trying to put up a list of low cost scanners for our Institute users. All the scanners lists available on the Internet is either too old or are yet to be available in the Indian market. I would be grateful to the list members if they can suggest some scanners or multifunction devices available locally and working under Linux. Thanks and regards. sadhu

5 5

Commercial.Hurry up the Sunrise period for D-CAP (Digium Certified Asterisk Professional) Certification in India on 15th March 2009.
by Hariharan C Iyer 13 Mar '09

13 Mar '09

Hi, Hurry up the Sunrise period for D-CAP (Digium Certified Asterisk Professional) Certification in India on 15th March 2009. Even if you register on 16th March 2009, the discount of 50% off will not be applicable. Please hurry up to register yourself before 15th March 2009 to avail the offer of 50%($1500 instead of $3000) discount on D-CAP training. Enterux solutions is an authorized Digium training partner for D-CAP (Digium Certified Asterisk Professional) Certification in India. The Digium-Certified Asterisk Professional (dCAP) certification is a verification of your knowledge of Asterisk. The certification covers a specific released, stable version of Asterisk. The program is offered at the end of the Asterisk Bootcamp and the Asterisk Advanced training course. The dCAP test consists of a 150 question written exam concerning Asterisk and Asterisk-related technology, and a hands-on practical lab exam in which you are asked to configure a PBX according to a given specification.. For more information about training visit http://www.entvoice.com/training/ <http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eentvoice%2Ecom%2Ftr aining%2F&urlhash=oWKp&_t=disc_detail_link> To See the course outlook: http://www.entvoice.com/training/agenda.php <http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eentvoice%2Ecom%2Ftr aining%2Fagenda%2Ephp&urlhash=XILQ&_t=disc_detail_link> Enterux solutions is going to launch the first Asterisk Certification Program at Mumbai from 13th of April. Register today to get exciting 50% discount ($1500 only) till 15th Mar. Limited seats... after 15th March the same will be at $3000......so rush your application along with full payment before 15th of March to avail the discount. For registration visit; http://www.entvoice.com/training/signup.php <http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eentvoice%2Ecom%2Ftr aining%2Fsignup%2Ephp&urlhash=Jvs0&_t=disc_detail_link> With Best Regards Hariharan C Iyer Business Development Manager Enterux Solutions Private Limited. (Digium Authorised Training Partners) hari@ enterux.com <http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fenterux%2Ecom&urlhash=h8g K&_t=disc_detail_link> www.enterux.com <http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eenterux%2Ecom&urlha sh=YvyJ&_t=disc_detail_link> +91-9833572938/+91-2267339716 Gtalk:- chiyer2004@ gmail.com <http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgmail%2Ecom&urlhash=Hr7N& _t=disc_detail_link> YM:- chiyer2004@ yahoo.com <http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyahoo%2Ecom&urlhash=xFmZ& _t=disc_detail_link> Skype:- chiyer1984 Hotmail:- chiyer1984@ hotmail.com <http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhotmail%2Ecom&urlhash=7Dz 4&_t=disc_detail_link> MTNL- Training Facility Partner URL: http://www.enterux.com/ <http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eenterux%2Ecom%2F&ur lhash=-2k3&_t=disc_detail_link>

1 0

Re: [ILUG-BOM] DHCP issues on network
by Sachin 13 Mar '09

13 Mar '09

Hi, Sorry for not posting the full informations. 1. The DHCP server is running on rhel-4. 2. What I meant by machine goin offline was that they are off the network without an ip showing IP conflict. Thank you all for the suggestions. Would try pulling down the lease time and increasing the subnet range. Sachin Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/

1 0

Fwd: XO Laptop SPEAKS about "OLPC Mumbai Group First Meet-14th March, '09" (Kindly ignore this mail if member of OLPC India Google Group)
by Anurag 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- From: amit gogna <amitg(a)laptop.org> To: Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:50:14 +0530 Subject: XO Laptop SPEAKS about "OLPC Mumbai Group First Meet-14th March,'09" (Kindly ignore this mail if member of OLPC India Google Group) Hi All, My name is XO Laptop. I'm planning to join a group of people meeting on 14th March,2009 to discuss about my development and my family - OLPC. The details are on the wiki :- http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Mumbai. Somethings about me :- a) I run a very unique OS called SUGAR which is totally focussed on Education (www.sugarlabs.org) b) No matter what your interest is you can be my friend and part of my family OLPC. c) I'm still very young and need to gain some muscle in terms of building content, developing new activities , speaking native languages etc. d) Also you see i've got the Looks, i'm Strong , i'm very Friendly and willing to change according to your needs... and above all kids love me. .... and much more.... Now , the OLPC Group in Pune (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Pune) already had a similar session in Pune called XO Getting Started Camp which was conducted by Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay from The Fedora Project. ( It was simply an amazing session :-) ) The details are on the wiki :- http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Getting_Started_XO_Pune_Camp. So if you want to know more about me and OLPC family and be my friend and work with me... here is your chance .. All you need to do is enter your name under attendees section on OLPC Mumbai wiki page. (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Mumbai) and be there. Cheers, XO OLPC India Google Group :- http://groups.google.com/group/olpc-india -- http://web.gnuer.org/

1 0

DHCP issues on network.
by Sachin 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

Hi, Linux DHCP issues are getting a problem. I have around 100 machines on the network where most of them are windows and some linux. If a client goes offline and then comes back most of the time there is a IP conflict.. I have never faced this issue on my home network though. Lately we are doing a static ip with each client to avoid this. Does anybody here faced this issue. And what could be the reason.. Any suggestions ? -- Sac Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/

5 5

XO Laptop SPEAKS about "OLPC Mumbai Group First Meet - 14th March, 2009"
by amit gogna 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

Hi All, [image: http://api.ning.com/files/mIvD04RvlgCq1sHE8ky8WHQIFc03BXRaCbWcRswoWNEUzKCLK…] My name is XO Laptop. I'm planning to be join a group of people meeting on 14th March,2009 to discuss about my development and my family - OLPC. The details are on the wiki :- http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Mumbai. Now so far Linux community is concerned there is lot you can learn and contribute to my project OLPC in terms of a) I run a very unique OS called SUGAR which is totally focussed on Education (www.sugarlabs.org) b) Now there is lot of Development on Various Activities of SUGAR that needs to done . They all use Python. c) Also I need to speak all the native languages... for people to understand me ....... so lot of localization work is pending.... ... and much more.... The OLPC Group in Pune (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Pune) already had a similar session in Pune called XO Getting Started Camp which was conducted by Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay from The Fedora Project. ( It was simpky an amazing session :-) ) The details are on the wiki :- http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Getting_Started_XO_Pune_Camp. Last but not the least everyone is excited to see me and work with me... You see i've got the Looks, i'm Strong , i'm very Friendly and willing to change according to your needs... and above all all kids love me. So hope to see you there. If you plan to attend please enter your name under attendees section on wiki page. Cheers, XO OLPC India Google Group :- http://groups.google.com/group/olpc-india

1 0

How does Open Source guys earn there bread and butter?
by Aasif Shaikh 12 Mar '09

12 Mar '09

Hi All, I am new to GNU/Linux and Open Source world. I had seen lots of open source stable projects on internet, which anybody can download, modify and sell to anybody. Now the question arises; if a *PERSON A* develops a stable and good project as an Open Source and upload it over the internet and the *PERSON B* from some other country downloads and modify it with his name as an author (basically he is stealing someone's code) and sell it to some company to make money out of it. So how this *PERSON A* is going to be benefited. Please excuse me if I am wrong in asking this question. Best Regards, Aasif Shaikh.

15 36

Serial mouse not working under FC10
by Sarfaraz Kazi 11 Mar '09

11 Mar '09

Hi! I recently installed FC10 on my desktop PC. Everything's running fine expect for my logitech 3-button serial mouse which is not getting recognised under FC10. In earlier versions, it used to work by manually editing the xorg.conf file as below: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection However, in FC10 there is no xorg.conf file by default. So, as per instructions that I found on the net, I created xorg.conf file by giving the below command: Xorg -configure :1 and manually edited the mouse section accordingly. But still no luck. Then I tried using the system-config-display utility but there is no mouse section in it. Uncle Google also has thrown his hands up! Please help! Regards, Sarfaraz

3 9

Fwd: OLPC Mumbai Group - First Meet - Getting Started
by Sameer Verma 10 Mar '09

10 Mar '09

FYI. Some of you may be interested in joining/attending OLPC-Mumbai's first meeting on March 14. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: amit gogna <amit.gognaa(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 3:34 AM Subject: OLPC Mumbai Group - First Meet - Getting Started To: olpc-india(a)googlegroups.com Dear All, So here we are .. time to get started ....with our very own city - MUMBAI :-) I just finished creating - first version - of OLPC Mumbai wiki - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Mumbai (Needs lot of work) Planning to have the our first meet on 14th March, 2009. If you plan to attend the meeting kindly enter your name under attendees section. Cheers, Amit -- Don't think you are, know you are" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OLPC India" group. To post to this group, send email to olpc-india(a)googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to olpc-india+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/olpc-india?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

1 0

[Commercial] Senior Positions at Efficient Frontier, Chennai. (8+yrs)
by Gourav Shah 10 Mar '09

10 Mar '09

Efficient Frontier (www.efrontier.com <http://www.efrontier.com>) , the leader in Search Engine Marketing (SEM), is headqurted in Silicon Valley, has developement center in India and offices across the world. We, at EF, primarily use technologies which come from the world of Free/Open Source Software eg. opensuse linux, python, postgres etc. We are currently looking for following senior positions for chennai office to be filled imemdiately. 1. Senior Director of Engineering 2. Senior QA Director/Manger 3. Director Product Management Senior Engineering Director Location: Chennai Job Description As a Senior Director of Engineering, you will help grow and manage the engineering team in Chennai.You will be responsible for rapidly building up the team that will implement new product features from design through deployment and provide sustaining support for the current product. You will develop and enforce processes required for production monitoring, sustenance, and joint product development with the US team; and provide the needed technical leadership to ensure that all activities are well coordinated with the appropriate teams in India and US. You will work closely with the US teams including the engineering and release management functions to deliver quality software in a fast paced environment. The Senior Director of Engineering will have the following primary responsibilities: 1.Manage and Retain development and QA team of 20+ in India 2.Work with counter parts in USA to deliver quality products. 3.Implement and following agile methodologies and processes. 4.Guide and mentor engineers to provide career growth in the company. 5.Become Integral part of management team for product development across US and India. 6.Participate in improving release management process. 7.Measure and improve overall through put of software development. Required experience and knowledge 1.12+ years of software development experience, including 5+ years in a management role. 2.Proven track record of hiring and building product engineering teams, and shipping successful software products to market. 3.Must have worked jointly with teams in the US to build products and provide support. 4.4+ years in web applications using application servers or Tomcat. 5.Meaningful experience in as many of the following: C, C++, Python, Oracle, Postgres, GWT, and Linux. 6.Must be able to establish quickly with smart engineers with technical savvy. 7.Work experience in both India and the U.S. 8.BS <http://8.BS> in Computer Science or related engineering degree from a reputed institution. Senior QA Director/Manger Location: Chennai Job Description QA Director/Manager will be responsible for rapidly building up the team that will implement new product features from design through deployment and provide sustaining support for the current product. You will develop and enforce processes required for production monitoring, sustenance, and joint product development with the US team; and provide the needed technical leadership to ensure that all activities are well coordinated with the appropriate teams in India and US. You will work closely with the US teams including the engineering and release management functions to deliver quality software in a fast paced environment. The Senior Manger/Director of QA will have the following primary responsibilities: 1.Primary responsibility is to be the customer’s voice in Engineering and own the quality of Efficient Frontier's products. 2.Drive a QA strategy to support rapid releases with high quality. 3.Develop and execute a comprehensive test automation strategy. 4.Track effectiveness and efficiency through previously agreed upon and objective metrics. 5.Ensure the success of major, minor, and hot fix (patch) releases. You will own the overall quality of Efficient Frontier's products from the front-end to the back-end and from product inception to product deployment and support. The success measurement will be customer satisfaction. Therefore, customer advocacy in this role is a must. 6.As a leader, you will also mentor QA leads and engineers in best practices, processes and testing techniques. 7.This position is also strategic. We are looking for someone that can take our current team and grow it into a world-class QA organization with state-of-the-art testing abilities and processes. 8.Work closely with all major stakeholders: Product Management, IT, Engineering, and Customer Support. Required experience and knowledge 1.8+ years of Internet/E-commerce/Web testing experience. 2.5+ years in a QA management role. 3.Detail-oriented with a keen eye that matches that of a customer's expectations. 4.Thorough understanding of SDLC and major software development methodologies and processes. 5.Ability to assess risks and bring closure to multiple items in a release. 6.Ability to balance competing projects and features across multiple resources. 7.Must have past experiences in bringing an automation framework or project from conception to full-time usage with an outlook on strategy and cost-benefit analysis. 8.Experience with teams in multiple time zones. 9.Past experience with triaging customer support issues and running a customer-oriented team is a plus. 10.Must have excellent negotiation and diplomatic skills. 11.Must have excellent communication and organizational skills. 12.Ability to view a release in terms of objectives and high-level business goals. 13.Bachelor's degree in CS or Information Technology or related field. Director Product Management Location: Chennai Job Description The Director Product Management is responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the lifecycle of assigned product(s), including: gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product direction/roadmap, and working closely with engineering, QA, sales, client services and marketing and to ensure timely and effective product development releases and launches. The Director Product Management will have the following primary responsibilities: 1.Work with VP, Product Management to define the product strategy, roadmap, and release prioritization for assigned product areas 2.Deliver quality MRDs, PRDs, and functional specifications 3.Lead cross functional teams to track status, resolve issues, and coordinate communication during the product development process 4.Work closely with engineering and QA teams to ensure product development is delivered to spec. 5.Run beta and pilot programs with early-stage products and prototypes as assigned 6.Support sales and client services in client presentations and industry communications as required 7.Work with US based Product Management team to conduct ongoing competitive analysis and ensure that assigned products maintain market leading features and functionality 8.Evangelize product benefits and competitive advantages to internal users and clients Required experience and knowledge 1.8+ years experience in Product or Program Management 2.Expert knowledge of online advertising markets and technologies including Search Engine marketing, Display Ad serving, and/or Web Analytics 3.Bachelor's degree (MBA preferred) , with technical emphasis 4.Excellent written and verbal communication skills 5.Hands on approach to product development 6.Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products 7.Proven ability to coordinate and successfully influence cross-functional teams to deliver on schedule 8.Previous experience working in conjunction with US based Product development teams 9.Previous experience managing other product managers while maintaining his own individual product management responsibilities Interested candidates, please contact me off the list. Thanks Gourav Shah

1 0

add web site in Hall of shame
by yogesh kunjir 10 Mar '09

10 Mar '09

Hi Pls some one add this site to hall of shame (if it is not already there) link is http://mu.ac.in/ yaa mumbai university it is written there "Site best viewed in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0+ in 1024x768 resolution" and also look at site in Firefox it look horrible so if possible add it in hall of shame -- sincerely, योगेश i am more +ve than just a A+ve read me @ http://technology-4-you.blogspot.com/

12 20

Re: [ILUG-BOM] How does Open Source guys earn there bread and butter?
by Prashant Verma 10 Mar '09

10 Mar '09

At 08:18 AM 3/10/2009, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote: >On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Mitul Limbani <mitul(a)enterux.com> wrote: > > GPL doesn't restrict someone to sell a gpl software to others, just > > that the buyer is not aware of the 4 freedoms he is entitled with. > > > >As I understand, with GPL, all you need to do when you sell software >is to make the code of the software available to the buyer. In case of >some embedded products, the code is available as downloads from their >websites. The seller is in no way _required_ to publish his code >online just because he is selling GPLed software. He only has to make >the code available to the person he sold the software to. He could >even do it on paper if he wants to :) A minor correction: Just handing over the code is not enough.The seller has to make the code available to the buyer *under the terms of GPL*.

2 1

Re: [ILUG-BOM] A draft FOSS manifesto for Indian political parties
by vinay ವಿನಯ್ 10 Mar '09

10 Mar '09

>> Please go ahead and view the petition and endorse it. >> >> > > I'm sure I'm probably missing out on something but I could not see my > signature on the petition. So I went ahead and signed again. Either > ways, it is not showing up in the list. > > Mehul and Siddesh, sorry about that - there was some issue yesterday. The server was taking in the details but was not displaying it. However it is now displaying all the signatures including the signatures of the two of you. All - request you to please go ahead and sign the petition if you have not already done so . Thanks, Vinay. -- Vinay Sreenivasa IT for Change 91-98805-95032 vinay(a)itforchange.net http://itforchange.net http://india.is-watch.net/ http://is-watch.net

1 0

A draft FOSS manifesto for Indian political parties
by Venkatesh Hariharan 09 Mar '09

09 Mar '09

A draft FOSS manifesto for Indian political parties http://osindia.blogspot.com/2009/02/draft-foss-manifesto-for-indian.html With elections approaching in April 2009, it was time to create a draft FOSS manifesto for Indian political parties. This is a first draft and I have written this keeping in mind that most Indian politicians would not be familiar with FOSS. Hence, the usage of simple language that anyone can understand. If you feel that any section here needs improvement, please let me know. Comments/suggestions welcome. venky ==== A draft FOSS manifesto for Indian political parties The Free and Open Source Software community in India calls upon political parties to make FOSS usage and promotion a central part of the IT, e-government and education plans in their election manifestos. FOSS is software which is liberally licensed to grant the right of users to study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code. The open, inclusive and participatory nature of FOSS is a natural fit for the vibrant traditions of Indian democracy. Since software is the foundation of the knowledge economy, India's IT infrastructure should be built on FOSS and not on closed, proprietary software systems. We believe that encouragement of FOSS will result in: * Development of the domestic IT industry * Creation of jobs * Encouragement of skills development and upgradation * Enable localization of software to Indian languages * Reduction of India's dependence on monopolistic proprietary software vendors * Encourage the usage of open standards * Bridging the digital divide * Rapid modernization and computerization of India's education system * Technology upgradation of India's Small and Medium Enterprises * Efficient usage of budget outlays for e-government * Faster technology development through Collaborative Innovation We call upon political parties in India to support the Indian FOSS community by: 1. Encouraging the use of FOSS in Indian education system. This will inculcate the virtues of collaboration, sharing and participation in children from a very young age and make computerization of schools affordable. 2. Eliminating proprietary software from the education syllabus and making the syllabus vendor-neutral, thus giving teachers and students the choice of software that suits their budgets and needs. 3. Using FOSS in e-government to the maximum possible extent and ensuring that government tenders are open and do not favor proprietary software vendors. All software developed with tax-payers money should be released under a FOSS license to encourage collaboration; and the sharing of code and best practices. 4. Mandating the usage of open standards that are free from royalties and vendor lock-in so that the interaction between the government and citizens happens in a free and open manner befitting a democracy. 5. Encouraging freely shareable, FOSS based knowledge repositories like Wikipedia in Indian languages. 6. Encouraging the usage of the collaborative model of FOSS in scientific research. Science thrives on collaboration and the sharing of knowledge. The current trend of privatizing knowledge leads to secrecy in science and reduces collaboration. We must use the FOSS model based on collaboration, community and shared ownership of knowledge to spark a renaissance of knowledge in India. 7. Eliminating software and business method patents that have lead to huge amounts of litigation in developed countries. Indian traditions have held that knowledge grows by sharing and diminishes when hoarded. Patents on software and business methods grant undue monopolies on ideas and prevent independent invention and the sharing of knowledge. India has one of the most youthful populations in the world and it is important that they have access to the tools with which the information society is built. The freedom to modify the source code, the ability to share knowledge and build communities make Free and Open Source Software the best, long-term model for India's development. We therefore urge all political parties to encourage the usage of FOSS for India's development.

10 18

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

Linuxers March 2009