Linuxers March 2009

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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/

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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

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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.

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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

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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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

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[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

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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/

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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*.

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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

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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.

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