Linuxers June 2010

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Harsh and apt review of outdated BOSS
by Suhit Kelkar 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

This review of BOSS operating system was recently linked on Tuxmachines. http://pclinuxos2007.blogspot.com/2010/06/boss-is-nobodys-boss.html Regards

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Multitouch touchpad
by Surya Sharma 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

This code can be used to enable multitouch (aka iphone like touch interfaces on linux) Not confirmed on Non synaptic touchpads. Create a text file and paste these commands in it: #!/bin/bash # xinput --set-prop --type=int --format=32 "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Synaptics Two-Finger Pressure" 4 xinput --set-prop --type=int --format=32 "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Synaptics Two-Finger Width" 8 xinput --set-prop --type=int --format=8 "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Synaptics Two-Finger Scrolling" 1 1 xinput --set-prop --type=int --format=8 "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Synaptics Edge Scrolling" 0 0 0 xinput --set-prop --type=int --format=32 "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Synaptics Jumpy Cursor Threshold" 250 xinput --set-prop --type=int --format=8 "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Synaptics Tap Action" 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 xinput --set-prop --type=int --format=8 "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Synaptics Palm Detection" 1 xinput --set-button-map "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" 1 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 exit Save it. Now make it executable chmod +x yourfile Now if you run your script you have a touchpad similar to multitouchpads. Read: http://www.ali.sarchami.com/multi-touch-in-linux-mint (via Sreekant Bohra )

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Indian Python Software Society
by Kenneth Gonsalves 18 Jun '10

18 Jun '10

hi, as most of you may know, an all India society by the above name has been registered mainly for the purpose of conducting the annual pycon india conference and also to promote python in India. A separate mailing list has been created to discuss the affairs of the society. It is here: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/ipss further information about the society may be obtained here: http://wiki.python.org/moin/CategoryIndianPythonSoftwareSociety anyone interested is welcome to join the mailing list -- Regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Associate NRC-FOSS at AU-KBC

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[Job] Change the world for good
by Piyush Ranjan 16 Jun '10

16 Jun '10

Hello! We are a small group of open source enthusiasts, working on an open source Management Information System (MIS) for Micro-Finance Institutions (MFI). >From Wikipedia: Microfinance Institutions<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microfinance_institution> *Microfinance is the provision of financial services to low-income clients, including consumers and the self-employed, who traditionally lack access to banking and related services. * In simple words, MFIs provide financial services to poor people such as loans, insurance etc. MFIs are very operation intensive organizations and hence need fool-proof IT solutions. One critical piece of software needed for MFI operations is MIS which is the core of their business. This system takes care of a whole gamut of things for them. This includes banking software which takes care of loans & savings accounts. Apart from this they also need accounting, HR and reporting/BI etc. This project is called Mostfit <http://mostfit.in> and it is available under MIT license on github <http://github.com/piyushranjan/misfit>. It is written in Ruby with Merb as the web framework, Datamapper as the ORM, RSpec for testing and Haml as the html templating language. Mostfit is also made available on a SAAS model to MFIs. We are looking for two kickass hackers who are either competent in Ruby or are willing to learn the language . We are looking at experience levels of at least 2-3 years in software industry. This person should also be willing to put in considerable efforts to learn the domain problem and should not be averse of working in a start up environment. Location is Mumbai and salaries would be comparable to market standards Piyush Ranjan Developer Mostfit

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Devanagari fonts on Firefox 3.6.3 running on Kubuntu 10.04
by Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] 15 Jun '10

15 Jun '10

Hello List, I just found that on my friends system firefox renders devanagari fonts very nicely http://imagebin.org/101392 but on my system fonts look like http://imagebin.org/101393 We both are using Firefox 3.6.3 (Mozilla Firefox for ubuntu canonical 1.0) on Kubuntu 10.04. The only difference is his Kubuntu installation is Fresh (done in last month) whereas I am upgrading mine since last 3 years. Do I need to install any package? -- With Regards Abhishek Amberkar

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React Operating System - They criticize Linux as being old... how dare they
by Pravin Dhayfule 15 Jun '10

15 Jun '10

Hi, I came across this piece of crap http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html that claims itself to be a FOSS alternative to Windows and Better than Linux. As per them they have built a FREE OS based on NT Kernel. So this means that they have come up with a free Windows Looking OS with capabilities of running Windows applications. I am damn sure it has also replicated the security bugs. Its like they are M$ Supporters in the disguise of FOSS Supporters -- Pravin Balaji Dhayfule CEO - Bhavsar Kshatriya Samaj Community Portal - www.bhavsarsamaj.com Founder - KeepHopes.com Author - cyberethics.co.cc

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mail about keyboard security [OT]
by Surya Sharma 15 Jun '10

15 Jun '10

> > > I do with HDFC NetBanking. >>> >>> >> even on your personal laptop/machine? >> > > Why not! If you are on Wifi... > I am at a total loss over here. What has Wifi got to do with keylogging and / or the use of a software keyboard? Use whatever system of input. If the website doesn't encrypt the data, then its open to look at, even if the wifi is secure. The keylogger has nothing to do with WIFI at all (in the original topic) I'm totally confused as to what is being discussed now. Facebook - these guys have suddenly discovered that my email id - which I have been using for the past 15 years - does not exist! Had the same issue. Been fixed now, imho. Surya

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mail about keyboard security [OT]
by Surya Sharma 15 Jun '10

15 Jun '10

> > What I want to know is whether this device is real or is the message a > hoax? Since the website belongs to CDAC, I was not sure. You can buy it here: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/c49f/ (and probably Ebay / Amazon etc) or make one on your own using an AVR / PIC microcontroller. (I'll do it as a summer project if someone will sponsor it :D ) So yes, looks real to me ;) Surya

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mail about keyboard security [OT]
by Surya Sharma 15 Jun '10

15 Jun '10

> > I wonder how many people use it? I don't. > Well, How often do you access a banking website from an untrusted client?

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please suggest a desktop mobo/AMD cpu that supports Linux KVM
by Arun Khan 13 Jun '10

13 Jun '10

Subject line pretty much says it all. I have a couple of Intel based solutions and quite happy with the performance of KVM on them. I want to try the AMD platform for a desktop system, I can search the web and come up with a combo but it may not be readily available @ Lam Rd. Please suggest a combo that can be readily sourced in Mumbai. TIA, -- Arun Khan

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