Linuxers February 2010

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Linux desktops for new users
by Richard Victor Correia 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

Hi, One of my friend is in cargo business having 7 PCs. He asked me to buy windows XP licenses for all 7 PCs. His employees just check emails and work on office documents such as word, excel, powerpoint. I told him that Linux can be used easily with few hours training for above mentioned things. I also explained the stability and cost effectiveness of it. Now the question is, which distribution should we suggest? Which desktop environment? Which email client (closer to Outlook look and feel) ? Please suggest. -- Thanks, Richard Victor Correia PH: +91 9004911199

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Richard Stallman On FOSS GNU And Freedom
by shamoorthy 28 Feb '10

28 Feb '10

Dear All, I had the privilege of laying my hands on a video by Richard Stallman promoting FOSS, GNU & Freedom. Please do take a look and share your thoughts. Richard Stallman On FOSS GNU And Freedom<http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C2233C191A464B26> http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C2233C191A464B26 ( Same Video's URL ) Regards, Shamoorthy

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linuxers Digest, Vol 82, Issue 28
by Surya Sharma 27 Feb '10

27 Feb '10

> > If RMS found out that you have uploaded his videos on YouTube he would > not be too impressed. He hates YouTube because they use proprietary > flv format. I interviewed him too a year and a half back, and he gave > the interview under the condition that I would not upload them to > YouTube. :) > > You can add a line saying how bad flv is. > Anyway the HTML5 standard should more or less straighten things out > soon. BTW the usual suspect is missing from the standardisation > committee. They were invited but proly have too many feet in the > mouth to walk or talk.. > You could always upload it to www.pad.ma then, its HTML 5 and ogg based :) Surya Sharma me(a)suryas.info 9920482321

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[OT] Open Source is equal to Piracy !!
by prithvis＠gmail.com 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

Hi, What have these guys been smoking !! http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/02/24/1812244/Use-Open-Source-Then-Youre-… Sad to see such wayward equations :( Best Regards Prakash N. Shetty Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Need Fedora 10 Mirrors - Resolved
by Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Thanks everyone who replied. 2010/2/25 Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) <dineshah(a)gmail.com> > > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Arun Khan <knura9(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> 2010/2/25 Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) <dineshah(a)gmail.com>: >> > >> > Today I was trying to install some packages on Fedora 10 system. I am >> > shocked that the original mirrors are gone! >> > >> > Can you help me setup alternate mirror sites for my Fedora 10? I DO NOT >> want >> > to upgrade to Fedora 11/12. :-) >> >> The issue is resolved. The problem was corrupt yum repo DBs. Here is what I did to resolve the issue. $ sudo yum clean all $ sudo yum clean metadata $ sudo yum clean dbcache $ sudo yum makecache $ sudo yum update $ sudo yum install dia HTH \With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 http://iopt.in http://shahmicro.com Blog: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/

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Need Fedora 10 Mirrors
by Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

List, Today I was trying to install some packages on Fedora 10 system. I am shocked that the original mirrors are gone! Can you help me setup alternate mirror sites for my Fedora 10? I DO NOT want to upgrade to Fedora 11/12. :-) TIA Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit http://archive.kernel.org/fedora-archive/a/linux/releases/10/Everything/i38…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/fedora-archive/a/linux/releases/10/Everything/i386…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/archive.fedoraproject.org/a/lin…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://archive.nl.eu.kernel.org/fedora-archive/a/linux/releases/10/Everythi…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/a/linux/releases/10/Everything…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/fedora-archive/a/linux/updates/10/i386/repodata/re…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://archive.kernel.org/fedora-archive/a/linux/updates/10/i386/repodata/r…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/archive.fedoraproject.org/a/lin…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. http://archive.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/a/linux/updates/10/i386/repoda…: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found Trying other mirror. With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 http://iopt.in http://shahmicro.com Blog: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/

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[X-post] Announcement of National Conference On Free Software- 2010, Bangalore
by Vikram Vincent 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Raghavendra S <raghuarr(a)gmail.com> Date: 25 February 2010 16:47 Subject: [FSUG-Bangalore] Announcement of National Conference On Free Software- 2010, Bangalore Dear Friends, It is a matter of great pride for all of us that the National Conference On Free Software is being held in Bangalore on 20th and 21st of March,2010. The conference would be hosted by the Free Software Movement-Karnataka(FSMK) http://www.nc2010.fsmk.org/ The conference aims at enhancing awareness on Free Software in the country. As run-up to the Conference, we will be organizing Technical Workshops in colleges, inviting other college students and professionals in Bangalore for the same.These will be in the mode of hands-on workshops like we have been doing in the past. We are also trying to focus on the Kannada localization, Accessibility tools and customized distributions for students. There will also be some interesting inputs to the Conference in terms of activities from the Slum Computing Centers as well. In the conference, apart from spreading the word of Free Software -- We are trying to focus on the sociology of ICT as a whole. -- Discussions on the Policy track will focus on working with the IT ministry to try and get Free Software in school education in Karnataka -- Our community has been keenly watching version 2.4 of Draft Policy on Open Standards, We will work with all communities including open source in this conference for this important battle for software freedom -- Good number of talks by reputed speakers in the realm of Free Software struggle are being organized over the two days Shri Katta Subramania Naidu, IT minster, Karnataka will be inaugurating the conference. Central ministers and State IT ministers, prominent literary figures, industry professionals and students are expected to participate. We take this as an opportunity to urge each one of you to lend your help and support in making this National Conference on Free Software a success. Free Software is the future, the future is ours. -- Raghavendra S http://fsmk.org/ http://ideasareimmortal.blogspot.com/

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[commercial][ot] Anyone interested in running tuxdvds.com
by Sameep 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Hi , Is anyone interested in running and maintaining an Online Linux Distro Store for India. [tuxdvds.com] ? I took it down a few weeks back. If anyone is interested please mail me off list. Regards, Sameep

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Upgrading Hardware - best practice
by RSCL Mumbai 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Hi, I have a gateway server (CentOS5 + Squid) running since past 2 years. I need to free up the current server and prepare the same setup (CentOS5 + Squid) on a new hardware. I am exploring the short cut option of cloning the HDD and putting in a new server. When the cloned HDD boots in a new h/w environment, the OS will scream for new hardware found. I am sure the OS will then adjust its parameters for the new hardware. But, Is this a good approach ? Are there any stability issues ? Has anyone done this before ? Another approach I thought is to install CentOS5 and then copy only the "/" partition from the old HDD to the new one. Is there any other way of doing this ? What is the best way ? I am just trying to avoid reinstall & reconfigure efforts. Thx & regards, Vai PS: There are reasons why I need to do all this, hence I would appreciate if we limit the discussions to "best approach for move HDD into a new hardware".

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Computer Education in Schools
by Rony 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Hello, This is an interesting link where a syllabus for elementary computer education based on Ubuntu has been prepared for classes 1 to 4. It has been prepared by IIT with support of the Shri Shri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir. It is licensed under Creative Commons and can be used by anyone. http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~sri/ssrvm/ -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom.

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