Linuxers March 2013

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How to detect a power failure?
by Binand Sethumadhavan 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

I am thinking of something like a mobile charger that would plug in a regular 3-pin plug at one end and a computer at the other, and some software/sensor combo that would read the (DC) voltage at the computer end. If there is no voltage, there is no power in the mains and ergo - we are in the middle of a power outage, so take action. Know of something along these lines? (idea is to detect power failures, while powered by a "dumb" UPS unit - one that cannot communicate with the a computer. Any other solutions/suggestions?). Binand

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Inputs solicited for a story
by Priyanka Sarkar 28 Mar '13

28 Mar '13

Dear All, We value and always love to have your thoughts on our story. We did get an interesting set of comments from you all on our last story idea ' How important are FOSS certifications when it comes to the job market?' We have incorporated your views/ opinions in the story and we will soon share the article with you. (This is scheduled for our forthcoming print edition). Well, we bring you another idea and we would appreciate if you share your thoughts on the same. The latest news that is generating a lot of buzz in the open source circuits is that Linux and Mozilla smartphones may hit the markets this year! So this prompts us to come up with a volley of questions...'If phones based on Linux and Mozilla OS make their way in the market, which open source OS you would prefer to switch on to..and why.?' (Linux, Mozilla, Ubuntu or will you stay with Android?)..Do you see this a long term threat to Android? What's your take on the same? Please let us know! Regards, Priyanka

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Fwd: [ilugd] M.Sc. CS-FOSS online distance education programme
by Arun Khan 20 Mar '13

20 Mar '13

FYI - might be of interest to the members of this list. -- Arun Khan ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Srinivasan Sundararajan <srini.it(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:15 PM Subject: [ilugd] M.Sc. CS-FOSS online distance education programme To: ILUG-C <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in>, The Linux-Delhi mailing list <ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org> hi all, you might be aware (thru earlier mails sent by Ramadoss) that Anna University is offering M.Sc. (CS-FOSS) 4-semester programme thru distance education mode. The lectures are delivered in online mode on saturdays/sundays and the programme is coordinated through AU-KBC Research Centre, MIT Campus, Chromepet, Anna University Chennai. You can get details about the course curriculum at the "M.Sc. (CS-FOSS)" links the following url : http://au-kbc.org/ Primary Target group : working/non-working persons who have completed B.Sc. Maths/Physics/Comp Science. (though B.E. students have also joined the programme). Course duration : at least 4 semesters, but the students (especially the working persons) are advised to not to take the full load of 5 subjects per semester, but spread it over 6 plus semesters. So far about 100 plus students have registered and attended two batches of this programme. The third batch is about to begin by end April 2013 and the registration is likely to close by 2nd week of April. I would appreciate if you could spread the word about the programme so that students across the country could check it out. For further details, contact me <srini.it(a)gmail.com> or Prof C N Krishnan <cnkrish(a)au-kbc.org> or Mr. Senthil Anand (senthils(a)au-kbc.org> at AU-KBC I am sure FOSS community members will have many queries/comments/suggestions regarding this programme and alternative modes of drawing students into FOSS. We could discuss in the group mail or you could catch me at my personal gmail id. A half-day seminar is being organized at AU-KBC on 27th March (10.00 A.M to 1:00 P.M.). Those interested, especially in and around Chennai could attend the same -- preferably pre-register by contacting AU-KBC. [Since the Arts & Science Colleges in TN are closed, you could help out by forwarding this mail to your acquaintances -- students/staff/alumni-mail groups or give me the contact info so that I could reach out to them.] thanks and best wishes Srinivasan Dr. S. Srinivasan Cell: 94443 02439 Shrini/Raman/Arun Khan/Shakthi/Dr. Gora/Mr. Mani: would be grateful if you could forward this msg to other LUG groups. thanks, Srinivasan. _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd(a)lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

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Reviewer for tutorials Joomla and gChemPaint (proprietary equivalent is ChemDraw)
by Shahid Farooqui 16 Mar '13

16 Mar '13

Dear Friends, Greetings from Spoken Tutorial Project at IIT Bombay. The Spoken Tutorial project is the initiative of the "Talk to a Teacher" project of the National Mission on Education through Information Communication through Technology, launched by MHRD, Govt of India. Spoken Tutorials team creates tutorial on various Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in various Indian regional languages. Please visit http://www.spoken-tutorial.org for more details. We are looking for a reviewer to review the outline, scripts and video tutorials on gChemPaint (proprietary equivalent is ChemDraw) and Joomla (CMS). Reviewer should be either a faculty member of an institution/university or a person with 2-3 years of working experience in gChemPaint (proprietary equivalent is ChemDraw) and Joomla (CMS). A reasonable honorarium will be paid to the reviewer. Those who are interested, please get back to us at the earliest. Thanks & Regards Shahid Farooqui

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Fwd: [Ilugc] Fwd: [Ubuntu-phone] Announcing the Ubuntu SDK Days
by Mehul Ved 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Shrinivasan T" <tshrinivasan(a)gmail.com> Date: Mar 13, 2013 6:22 AM Subject: [Ilugc] Fwd: [Ubuntu-phone] Announcing the Ubuntu SDK Days To: "ILUG-C" <ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in> Cc: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Daniel Holbach" <daniel.holbach(a)ubuntu.com> Date: Mar 12, 2013 10:28 PM Subject: [Ubuntu-phone] Announcing the Ubuntu SDK Days To: "ubuntu-phone" <ubuntu-phone(a)lists.launchpad.net>, < ubuntu-touch-coreapps(a)lists.launchpad.net>, " ubuntu-app-devel(a)lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-app-devel(a)lists.ubuntu.com>, "Ubuntu Developers" <ubuntu-devel(a)lists.ubuntu.com> Cc: Hello everybody, Hot on the heels of the announcements of the Ubuntu SDK and the Touch Developer Preview, we bring you the first ever Ubuntu SDK Days. On Thursday, 14th March and Friday, 15th March a number of app developers and Ubuntu SDK creators will get you started writing apps for Ubuntu on multiple devices. It's surprisingly simple, and since the announcement we've seen many early adopters try out the SDK and the first apps up and running. We will answer your questions, talk about best practises and show you the power of the SDK. Here a quick overview over the sessions we'll run: Installing and Configuring the SDK Writing your first app with the SDK Writing games with QML and Javascript Live update from the development progress of the Touch Core Apps Several Q&A sessions Making the best of the Ubuntu App Design guidelines More about the SDK skunkworks projects Introducing Friends and Gwibber QML Writing a new generation of Scopes Lightning talks and Project demos How to join Participating is easy: just head to http://ubuntuonair.com to watch the sessions on the schedule. Videos will be available after the event, to ensure you can watch the content even if you couldn't make it to the session you wanted. Check out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuSDKDays/ to see the timetable of the event, be there for lots of fun and bring your friends - and your questions too! Have a great day, Daniel -- Get involved in Ubuntu development! developer.ubuntu.com/packaging Stay up to date: follow @ubuntudev on identi.ca/twitter.com/facebook.com -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone(a)lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Ubuntu Global Jam Mumbai 2013 for Ubuntu Raring Ringtail
by Rigved Rakshit 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

> The dates are tentative because Canonical themselves have not released > the dates. Once that is done, I will let you guys know the final > dates. This is one of the "problems" of planning events ahead of time. > But I am hoping that this will give everyone enough time to plan and > attend the event! Dates have been finalised. Now, it will be on March 2 and 3. Here is the event page: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/indian-team/2235/detail/ . As of now, I have kept the event only on Saturday and Sunday. But if people are interested, I can keep it on Friday as well. Best Regards, Rigved Rakshit

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Inputs solicited for a story
by Priyanka Sarkar 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

Dear All, Few weeks back, your valuable comments helped us come out with an interesting article on rooting one's Android device. We are back with a story idea and would really appreciate if you chip in and share your views on this. So the story idea goes like: How important are FOSS certifications when it comes to the job market? Please let us have your insightful suggestions on the same. Looking forward to see some great takes... Thanks and Regards, Priyanka

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[Commercial] A sneak peek into OSFY March 2013 issue
by Priyanka Sarkar 04 Mar '13

04 Mar '13

Dear Members, OSFY's March issue lets you explore the power of the virtual world and brings you some interesting reads on virtualisation. Special Read --Ensuring security on Open Source Virtual Platforms. --Going virtual with OpenVZ --For SMB's, virtualisation is the way to go. Developers' Terrain --A few Things You Should Know About Futexes. --Plan an Android based Device For an Enterprise. --Introducing Celery with Python+Django. Admins' Corner --Open Source Access To MS Exchange Server using DavMail. --A look At the Basics of LVM. --Deploying A Ticket Request System With OTRS. For U& Me: It's For Everyone --How OSS helped A Construction Company Almost Halve its IT Budget. --A review of Viridis:A Low-Power Linux-Powered Super Server. --Red Hat top honchos get up close and personal with Team OSFY. This issue comes bundled with a free DVD: PCLinuxOS. It also includes ISOs of Snowlinux, Arch Linux and Zorin OS. You can get a copy of our magazine from your nearest newsstands or you can subscribe at http://electronicsforu.com/electronicsforu/subscription/subsc2scheme.asp#. To locate some dealers selling OSFY close to your home, you can check our website: dealers.efyindia.com. If you face any issue related to availability of our magazine, contact us off the list. Regards, Team OSFY

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Thanks a lot for the inputs on our story.
by Priyanka Sarkar 02 Mar '13

02 Mar '13

Dear All, Few days back, we did seek your inputs on a story we were doing on rooting your Android Phone. We want to thank you all for sparing your valuable time and sending us your thoughts promptly. We have compiled a story based on your quotes and published it on our website http://www.linuxforu.com/. Thank you so much again! Here is the link. http://www.linuxforu.com/2013/03/to-root-or-not-to-root/ Regards, Priyanka

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Using grep 'AND'
by gnulinuxist＠gmail.com 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Hello, I am using a script where I check if /home and /backup are present in /etc/mtab but can't manage the 'and' operator in grep. Currently I use the 'if grep -q "/home" ; then ......... then I do 'fi' and again 'if grep -q "/backup" to finally go to my commands. I tried to make grep do the AND combo but got errors as it works only on one line. I want my command to start only if both /home and /backup are present in mtab. With my dual check method it works, but I want a clean lean script. Regards, Rony.

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