I am making a simple symbian app in Python which will take Gregorian
calendar date from user and convert it to Vikram Sanvat /Shak samvat of
Vedic calendar.
unfortunately, the hindu calendar varies much from the our de-facto system
in no. of days in months.
So, I am looking for an algorithm which does it effectively , otherwise, I
will have to write it from scratch which may have some bugs(in dates).
the app first calculates the time in seconds(unix epoch way) then converts
it to gregorian. This info be of help,if any.
More reference here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikram_Samwat
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>
> On July 22 a $35 (or 1500 INR) hand-held Linux computing device was
> unveiled
> by Shri Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development of
> India.
>
The complete article is available on linux journal at the URL:
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/indias-35-tablet-everything-killer
>
>
There are no complete articles on this thing, no details, just the same
image and hype. I'd really like to see this go into production, but there's
too much hype to be here in time and at that cost.
Surya
Hi,
On July 22 a $35 (or 1500 INR) hand-held Linux computing device was unveiled
by Shri Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development of
India. The goal of the project is to lower the price to around $20 in time
and eventually reaching the amazing price of $10.
In a tablet form-factor and using an unspecified variant of Linux (that some
have said might be Android), the cost should remain low while offering a
wide range of functionality. The Sakshat descendant is said to be capable of
supporting video conferencing, viewing a wide selection of video and image
files, word processing, de/compressing files, printing with CUPS, full
Internet browsing with Javascript and Flash, wireless communications, and
remote device management.
The complete article is available on linux journal at the URL:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/indias-35-tablet-everything-killer
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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.
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PH: +91 9004911199
Hi,
In context of a couple of mails I sent earlier this week, including the one
about GNOME contributions by a certain distro, I thought yesterday's blog post
by Mark Shuttleworth is interesting. More interesting are the responses he gets:
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/439
This of course, was in response to GergDeK's(*) post:
http://gregdekspeaks.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/red-hat-16-canonical-1/
Of course, having to defend oneself by words rather than work in meritocracy
based FOSS is ...ahem ...sad. Read all the comments to get a fair idea.
cheers,
- steve
(*) incidentally, calling people like GregDek, who just point out uncomfortable
facts, 'The Gregs' is not considered as generalization by spaceman.
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Since we were discussing this sometime ago, I'm returning to it.
People mentioned we haven't had a good linux conference / event for a long
time in Mumbai.
I can arrange lecture halls / rooms and computer labs in my college [MGM
College Of Engineering And Technology, location: http://is.gd/dUPzZ ] on the
8th / 9th of October (or some other Saturday/Sunday before that)
What I'll need is support from you in terms of planning and arranging the
event. If any of you are willing to put some effort into this, please let me
know.
Surya Sharma
Hello,
Yesterday I got a new Acer 5740 with core i5, 3 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD and all
the regular things. It was the linux model. Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit was
installed on it. The live CD itself showed all devices working, including
wireless. There was one bug during live session. Every time the wireless was
connected, the touch pad would go dead. This problem did not appear post
installation. The devices working are...
Display .... gives full 1366 x 768 resolution.
Sound .... After increasing levels and un-muting (maybe) it plays with
decent Acer type sound levels.
Touch pad ... Works fine.
Bluetooth .... Linked with my mobile. Did not try any transfers.
Wireless .... Works like butter. Used it in the live session itself for
installation.
Sound up / down .... Works from the dedicated keys.
Brightness up /down does NOT work inspite of adding acpi_osi="Linux" to the
grub parameters.
Camera.....The gnome package camerama does not detect the video device but
cheese does it flawlessly giving bright, crisp and colourfull images.
Available in apt. camerama out, cheese in.
Bluetooth and Wireless on / off buttons work.
ubuntu-restricted-extras installs the non-free stuff including flash player
for firefox. Remember.... it is the 64 bit OS.
One bug that exists is that when changing desktop backgrounds, after
selecting a second or third image choice, the machine freezes and has to be
forced shut down. So I set my image once and lay off.
Overall a 'works out of the box' experience.
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Rony.
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No Spyware
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