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Fwd: [ILUG-Bom][ubuntu-in] [X-Post] conf.kde.in delegate registration opens
by Easwar Hariharan 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

For list members information. Regards, Easwar Hariharan http://www.linkedin.com/in/easwarhariharan

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[X-Post]Registrations for conf.kde.in now open
by gaurav chaturvedi 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

Hear one, hear all, Registration for conf.kde.in now open! Checkout http://kde.in/conf/register/ Students and teachers get special discounts. The event will be held in Bangalore from March 9 till 11th. There will be, a 2 day coding sprint on the 12-13th. More info :- http://kde.in/conf See you there...

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Microsoft Monopoly
by Abhijit Navale 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

This is an email I am circulatting from lugc mailist list: Hello all, When I looked to buy a branded laptop, I felt much bad that I can customize a laptop *BUT* I MUST select a M$ operating system. And this really is like forcing us to pay money even if we do not want to buy it. Is there any talks before this post or is there a way to buy a branded laptop (like HP, DELL or a sony vaio). If there is no way, why are we not even trying to make a way? and also see http://www.mca.gov.in/Ministry/mrtpc.html In a depressed mood -- Mohi ======================================================== Thats just two lines are not enough. i think we should have a strong oposition. what i am suggesting is. Lets form a open source forum for business. If there is already then get their help, or create new. and have a strong platrform which will look for health of open source business and which will be face of 'busienss' of foss in India. When i go to our nearest mall and i asked sales person that i wll pay half price in advance but get me without os laptop they just simply declined. They want me to buy ms only laptop. Please have a look at *Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices* (MRTPC) http://www.mca.gov.in/Ministry/mrtpc.html *Competition Commission of India* http://www.cci.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18 We should demand healthy competition in computer industry in india through our forum. Let me know if we can seriosly do something about this. Your suggestions are welcome. -- Abhijit Navale. Mighty Monkey <http://abhijitnavale.blogspot.com/> | Ubuntu<http://www.ubuntu.com/> | Free Softwares <http://www.fsf.org/> Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication - Leonardo Da Vinci.

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WiFi Routers/APs (Was Re: OT - Govt. rules regarding public wifi hotspots)
by Arun Khan 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Rony <gnulinuxist(a)gmail.com> wrote: > While we are on this topic, there are now wireless routers in the market > which have a USB port in order to attach a pen drive or a USB HDD. This > can be shared by all the wireless users. This can be very good for > setting up a tiny local server for file sharing. Netgear has such > features in their n600 series routers. With no internet access provided, > it can be very good for sharing Linux distro ISOs or multimedia content. What is the cost of N600? I have been looking at the Buffalo models that come with dd-wrt firmware 1. WZR-HP-G300NH, 2. WHR-HP-G300N, 3. WHR-HP-GN <http://www.buffalotech.com/comparison-charts/wireless/routers-and-access-po…> Please share your experience with any of the above? -- Arun Khan

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[Commercial] Linux Opportunities @ Rhythm & Hues
by Samuel Nair 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

Hey Guys, Wanted to send out this email letting people know about Rhythm & Hues Studios India and specifically about the Linux opportunities available. Rhythm & Hues Studios is a Visual FX company that has worked on projects like "The Incredible Hulk", "Alvin and the Chipmunks" & more recently "Yogi Bear". We have been in this industry for over 20+ years and have been in India for about 9 years. Our head office is in Los Angeles and we have branch offices in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kuala Lumpur. On the outset you maybe be wondering what Visual FX has got do with with Linux, well we started out way back on SGI machines using IRIX and then later moved to x86 and Linux, all the software that we use for production of our visual imagery is written in house and written completely for Linux. Apart from the graphics software development we also do a lot of Production programming, MIS programming and Systems programming. We have a lot of passionate geeks that love this industry and love coming up with ingenious solutions to our various production problems. Whether it is writing our own custom NFS servers or development of peer to peer data transfer applications for our distributed facilities, all this development and hacking is done in house by a talent and passionate group of geeks. We use technologies like Perl, Python, Mysql etc all of which runs on Linux. This year we won an Academy Award for technical achievement for our distributed computing system called the "Queue". This system was developed using tools like Mysql, Perl and C. It allows us to efficiently manage and utilize large computing resources that we use to produce our computer generated imagery on. We are looking for talented and passionate people to join our technology teams in Mumbai, Hyderabad or Kuala Lumpur. We also have openings for freshers with some Linux exposure. Please look at the following link (Technology Section) for specific job openings that we have http://www.rhythm.com/india/careers/ Thanks sam

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[OT] Hiring for startups? Here is an interesting concept
by Debayan Banerjee 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

The students of NIT Durgapur, India<http://debayan.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/hiring-for-start-ups/nitdgp.ac.in>have come up with an interesting concept. The GNU/Linux Users’ Group there has been running an online judge for programming contests name “CodeCracker<http://codecracker.in/>” for sometime now. Having enjoyed a substantial amount of success in the number of participants over the years they decided to start looking for sponsors for the event. Nothing special there. What is different though is that they want to bring start-ups and potential employees face-2-face. It is very difficult<http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/difficulty-hiring-startups-india/>to find good people for start-ups and this might be a way to solve that problem. Go ahead and read the details on the CodeCracker sponsors’ page<http://codecracker.in/sponsor.php>. They will be happy with any small amount for sponsorship. -- Debayan Banerjee Software Engineer

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[X-Post]Fwd: [Ilugc] GSOC 2011 Announced
by Mehul Ved 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shrinivasan T <tshrinivasan(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 1:18 PM Subject: [Ilugc] GSOC 2011 Announced To: ILUG-C <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in> Cc: kanchilug(a)freelists.org Google has just announced GSoC2011. http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/01/google-summer-of-code-announc… The timeline is here: http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/ti… -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free/Open Source Jobs : http://fossjobs.in _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc -- With Regards, Mehul Ved

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Fwd: [PLUG] GNUnify '11
by Arun Khan 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

Forwarding w/o prejudice. -- Arun Khan PS - good to see the list back alive :) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <webmaster(a)plug.org.in> Date: Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:17 PM Subject: [PLUG] GNUnify '11 To: plug-mail(a)plug.org.in GNUnify '11.... excellence exemplified An Open convergence of Open minds, for an Open World. Organised by the students of the Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR) in association with the Pune GNU/Linux Users Group (PLUG), GNUnify is an annual gathering of the techies. GNUnify embodies the philosophy behind Free/Open Source Software (FOSS). Initiated in the year 2003, GNUnify has soared to become an international convergence of open minds. It brings together some of the world's leading techies to share their knowledge and experience, and the latest happenings from the world of Open Source, with students and developers. This is a golden opportunity for everyone to come, explore and be a part of this wonderful experience. This year GNUnify will take place on 11th and 12th Feb 2011. More details at http://www.gnunify.in _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List

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OT - Govt. rules regarding public wifi hotspots
by Richard Victor Correia 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

Hi, We are in a process of setting up wifi hot spots in a chain of restaurant. I wanted to what are the new rules of Govt. regarding such hot spots. Anyone having idea related to it? Please email me on richard at florix.net Thanks, Richard Victor Correia PH: +91 9004911199

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any one knows the right usb modem to buy for Ubuntu?
by hackingKK 24 Jan '11

24 Jan '11

Hello, I have got an aircel card specially for internet. I herd the unlimited plan is great and it gives average speed good enough during travel. The real question for me now is about purchasing the right usb modem to use with this simcard. Is micromax 611 u perfect? Are there any other suggestions? happy hacking. Krishnakant.

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