Linuxers September 2010

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experiment in cron
by Nitesh Mistry 25 Sep '10

25 Sep '10

I am doing this little experiment in cron, but not able to make it work. I want cron to play a certain mp3 file at a certain time. So I add the usual time parameters and add the following to the command field: /usr/bin/ffplay <path to my mp3 file> But cron mails me an error which I have attached as text file. I also tried "/bin/bash /usr/bin/ffplay <path to my mp3 file>" but it does not work. Where am I going wrong? When I simply give the following command from terminal, it plays the file: ffplay <mp3 file> -- Regards, Nitesh Mistry www.mistrynitesh.com PGP key id: CC580416

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Rajasfoss by LUGB
by NIKHIL BANSAL 25 Sep '10

25 Sep '10

Hello Everyone , Myself Nikhil Bansal from Linux User Group Bikaner[1] <http://www.lugb.in/>. Hope you all are familiar with LUGB and its activities in recent days. Last year at Sakshama GN'09 we had celebrated FOSS GN'09 at Engineering College Bikaner with chief guest Mr. Niyam Bhushan. We had a nice response from different LUGs that time. This year we are back, going to celebrate another FOSSfest known as RAJASFOSS with new zeal and zest. Rajasfoss named by Mr. Niyam Bhushan is Rajasthan's FOSS event. During Rajasfoss different talk sessions and hackfests are planed to organize. Call for paper are open now. You can get complete information regarding Rajasfoss at our site[2]<http://www.rajasfoss.lugb.in/> This year we are having different developers with us during Rajasfoss. A list of confirmed Speakers are as below - 1. Mr. Narendra Sisodiya - Founder Project Eduvid, SchoolWiki, School OS 2. Mr. Nandeep Mali - Freelancer at National Institute of Public Finance and policy, working for Sarai 3. Mr. Shishir Sharma - aka CantGetANick, working for Slideshare, co-designer LNTAL 4. Mr. Jai Pandya - Designer, expertise in XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, GIMP etc working for Wordmint. We hope a nice support from all LUG communities and FOSS lovers. Anyone interested for talk can submit their papers at www.rajasfoss.lugb.in/cfp Stay tuned to our mailing list [3]<http://lugb.in/mailman/listinfo/lugb_ml_lugb.in> as well. You can contact us for further details at admin(a)rajasfoss.lugb.in [1] www.lugb.in [2] www.rajasfoss.lugb.in [3] http://lugb.in/mailman/listinfo/lugb_ml_lugb.in

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experiments in cron
by Suhit Kelkar 24 Sep '10

24 Sep '10

http://mandrivachronicles.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-to-wake-up-to-music-with… For those wishing use GUI (here, KDE) for playing music at a scheduled time. In this blog post, the writer has scheduled his computer to fire up and play music to wake him. Interesting post. Best Suhit Kelkar

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BOF on 23rd anyone?
by Kenneth Gonsalves 24 Sep '10

24 Sep '10

hi, will be in Mumbai next week - am free on 23rd evening (Bandra area) and would love to meet up with old friends (and old enemies ;-)). Any one game for a BOF? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves

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[Commercial] Job openings for technical support
by Siddhesh Poyarekar 23 Sep '10

23 Sep '10

Hi, We at Red Hat Software Services (India) Ltd. have job openings in a technical support role. Primary responsibility of this role is to understand and resolve technical issues of customers using Red Hat Enterprise Linux. These positions are open to freshers as well, provided you can demonstrate capability in writing and/or debugging programs. The following are requirements you need to meet for the opening. Those interested may please mail in your resumes to me at spoyarek [AT] redhat [dawt] com in odt, pdf or text format: * Should have experience using Linux or another UNIX-like operating system. * Basic understanding of software development and debugging required. * Experience with C/C++ development tools (gcc, gdb or comparable) desired. * Some experience with Python, Java, or C/C++ programming desired. * Well developed writing and English speaking skills. * Conveys information concisely and clearly to all levels of client. * Understanding of operating systems, especially Linux, programming languages, and software engineering will be an added advantage * Degree in Computer Science or related technical field preferred. * Preference would be given to candidates who have worked on support role * Active participation in LUGs (Linux Unix Groups) and Open Source projects will be an added advantage * Should be comfortable working in shifts. Regards, Siddhesh -- Siddhesh Poyarekar http://siddhesh.in

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[X-Post] SciPy 2010 Call for Papers & Participation
by Anoop Jacob Thomas 23 Sep '10

23 Sep '10

========================================== SciPy 2010 Call for Papers & Participation ========================================== The second SciPy India Conference <http://scipy.in> will be held from December 13th to 18th, 2010 at IIIT-Hyderabad <http://www.iiit.ac.in/>. At this conference, novel applications and breakthroughs made in the pursuit of science using Python are presented. Attended by leading figures from both academia and industry, it is an excellent opportunity to experience the cutting edge of scientific software development. The conference is followed by two days of tutorials and a code sprint, during which community experts provide training on several scientific Python packages. We invite you to take part by submitting a talk abstract or register as a participant on the conference website at: http://scipy.in Talk/Paper Submission ===================== We solicit talks and accompanying papers (either formal academic or magazine-style articles) that discuss topics regarding scientific computing using Python, including applications, teaching, development and research. Papers are included in the peer-reviewed conference proceedings, published online. Please note that submissions primarily aimed at the promotion of a commercial product or service will not be considered. Important Dates =============== Monday, Oct. 11: Abstracts Due Saturday, Oct. 30: Schedule announced Tuesday, Nov. 30: Proceedings paper submission due Monday-Tuesday, Dec. 13-14: Conference Wednesday-Friday, Dec. 15-17: Tutorials/Sprints Saturday, Dec. 18: Sprints Organizers ========== * Jarrod Millman, Neuroscience Institute, UC Berkeley, USA (Conference Co-Chair) * Prabhu Ramachandran, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay, India (Conference Co-Chair) * FOSSEE Team

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mailing lists
by Prakash N. Shetty 22 Sep '10

22 Sep '10

Try google groups - http://groups.google.com ------Original Message------ From: Surya Sharma Sender: linuxers-bounces(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in To: Linuxers ILUG BOM ReplyTo: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Mailing lists Sent: Sep 20, 2010 8:10 PM I'd like to setup a mailing list for my college discussion. For now, it needs to be a private / closed mailing list. Does anyone know where I could set one up or if any site offers free this for free? Maximum number of members is 15 - 20. There's freelists, but it publicly lists the conversations Surya -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers Sent on my Android N1

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Mozilla's Learning Freedom and the Web Festival, Barcelona
by Nagarjuna G 22 Sep '10

22 Sep '10

The internet is revolutionizing how we learn. It's exciting. And it's only the beginning. Mozilla's Learning, Freedom and the Web Festival will gather teachers, learners and technologists from around the world who are at the heart of this revolution. http://www.drumbeat.org/festival Taking place Barcelona from November 3-5, we're planning three days of making, teaching, hacking, inventing and shaping the future of education and the web. We want you to be a part of it: http://www.drumbeat.org/festival/register Whether your a teacher or a technologist, this is your chance to help shape the future of learning *and* the web. We hope to see you in Barcelona. Forward this email to a friend: http://us1.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=603ab0aa30ca5d93fe51300d4&id=55d… -- GN

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Problems with Reliance connection on Karmic Koala
by Suhit Kelkar 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

Hello, Several attempts are required to get online with my Reliance NetConnect modem on Karmic Koala. The connection usually drops without connecting at all, or after a half hour or so. On Jaunty Jackalope, the modem connects without problems (using wvdial). Request help with this gross net loss. Please let me know if you need additional info. Offline-and-hating-it

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[OT] Looking for old laptop 2.5" hard disks.
by Arun Khan 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

I am looking for old laptop hard disks (2.5"), capacity 10-80 GB, PATA or SATA. Must be in working condition. Please contact me off list if you have any that you would like to unload from your inventory. Alternately, if you know of any of any vendor that deals with such, please send across contact info. TIA, -- Arun Khan

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