Dear Shiv
The distribution that was used in the media centre was Gnoware Office which is based on Knoppix. The Partec CD is based on Morphix. We are in the process of updating and improving the Gnoware Office CD. We could send you a copy if you want.
Firebird is not buggy. Firebird uses the same engine that Mozilla uses. The difference is the User Interface. Most people prefer to use Firebird for browsing the net and Thunderbird for email.
You can use kppp or wvdial to connect to the internet. Where do you stay, I am pretty sure that some one who stays close to you could help you out. After Free Software is all about building communities :)
Regards Warren Brian Noronha warren@gnu.org.in
"Free Software, Free Society."
On Monday 02 Feb 2004 1:00 pm, Shiv Kumaar,91-22-28906693, 9820320927 (mobile) wrote: | in fact a volunteer at the WSF helped me run the cd at the WSF media | centre. but the media centre had a network connection. at home its dial up. | | in fact the volunteer himself told me firebird is buggy and asked me to run | mozilla instead. | | as for getting engineers, i found a guy who can do it. i have postponed | installation of linux for the moment 'cos i am buying a new computer. | | i had earlier asked a couple of engineers who said they don't installed | linux. not even if the cd was given to them. i can't risk doing it on my | own cos i cannot afford to keep the computer down for long due to work | considerations. | | sk | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Xterm" xterm@myrealbox.com | To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in | Sent: February 01, 2004 10:35 PM | Subject: [ILUG-BOM] RE: introducing myself | | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: "Shiv Kumaar,91-22-28906693, 9820320927 (mobile)" | > journoshiv@yahoo.co.in | > | > > but a free distro by partecs www.partecs.com was troublesome. the live | | CD | | > > booted nicely, but there was no way i could connect to the net using | > > the live cd. clicked on Internet>PPPsomething which detected the | > > ethernet | | card | | > > but didn't connect to the net. i got the msg:pppdaemon died | | unexpectedly. | | > The Partecs Live Demo CD was a working one... It was actually Debian | | Morphix | | > from the inside... and it could connect to the net easily from the CD | > itself... I | > myself was the volunteer incharge at the media centre at WSF... I dont | > remember you approached any volunteer for help. Our dhcp server was up | > and running... all u had to do is run "netcardconfig" and that's it... | > you | | could | | > have insisted volunteers to make the CD work for you... plus mozilla | > firebird was bundled on the CD. So there should not have been any | > problem? Try it at ur home... I'm very much sure internet will work... | > | > > as for installing linux, the garden variety of engineers who maintain | > > machines, install pirated sofware, etc in | > | > Well, the buyers of new computers should be educated first... Most of the | > times it happens that the buyers say, "I WANT ALL THE SOFTWARES"... i've | > paid you 35000 Rs... and i want everything... what can the poor gardener | > engineers do? | > | > Hey where is ur garden, maybe I can come there... what do you say? | > | > rgds,