hi FN i was in pune this weekend and was amazed to see LFY on each n every stand in the city, good going! the quality of the magazines content was pretty ok kind, not very impressive! there is still a lot more room for improvement.
->>the RMS interview was BAD. it shud have been certaily much more informative but it wasnt.
->> the articles on suse n openoffice n wine didnt have the spark either
BUT i have some praise too ->> the CD was an EXCELLENT compilation! things to watch in the cd... - anjuta - QUAKE 3 for linux
suggestions, ->> i think we shud push the magazine to be renamed to GNU/Linux for you. FN can u plz start an e poll for that too.
->> the articles shud be a lil more informative, they shud be aimed at informing the reader abt the topic and also *imparting enuff knowledge to the user to start some action on the topic*
->> can wee have a few more games in the next cd and also indlinux version 0.37 (released at gnunify pune)can be incorporated.
judt my humble opinion , nothing to get disheartned,this ofcourse is an amazing start...
gurpreet On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote :
JUST AN UPDATE of what's in issue # 2 of what claims to be Asia's first [GNU]Linux magazine, covering the technology for beginners, power users, IT implementers, developers and the industry.
CONNECTING [GNU]LINUX & WINDOWS Tools explained: Explore2fs and WinaXe CYGWIN A friendly application VMWare Go the emulation way GRUB The dual boot metho WINE Windows on [GNU]Linux SAMBA Network [GNU]Linux across platforms
o QUOTE: LFY: How do you like the magazine? RMS: I have to say this. I am very, very unhappy with the magazine. You really should not be doing this. The magazine should not be named LINUX For You. It should be GNU/Linux For You. You've got to change this. (Richard M Stallman, quoted in an interview)
o Editor Rahul Chopra says of the last issue: "Day three of our all-India launch and we had sellouts from top three cities!"
o SUBSCRIBE TO LFY for Rs 370 per year, instead of Rs 600. Valid uptil 31 March 2003.
o OpenOffice.ORG is sure to give other proprietory office suites a run for their money, writes Sharminder Singh.
o SuSE LINUX 8.1 is easy to install and fun to operate. It can be used on your home and office desktop, comes with fundoo games and educational software. For the server administrator, there are several useful tools available, says Vijaya Kittu.
o COOL HANGOUTS FOR DEVELOPERS www.sourceforge.com www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/ www.freshmeat.net www.python.org www.kernel.org www.sun.com/developers/ www.perl.com
o IF YOU HAVE had that (anti-'piracy') knock on your door, and are considering the move to GNU/ Linux or have migrated since then, write to freedomyug@linuxforu.com with your story.
o INDIA NEWS - Red Hat India to expand - Interview: V Khanna, CEO, Ampersand, Delhi - LinuxInIndia: extracts from a report by Nasscom (some on the GNU/Linux found it ironical that one of India's pro-Microsoft, and pro-proprietorial code bodies is tom-tomming GNU/Linux) - C-DAC taking the open source route. - Open Source: a disruptive technology? - Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital, 180 beds with advanced diagnostics, has opted for GNU/Linux. - Symantec AntiVirus, Mumbai - Rainmail Intranet from Carizen Software Chennai - GroupX2, groupware soln from Blore - Elx, much undernoticed, from Hyderabad - Legato's NetWorker from Delhi - eSpark's Realtime, Bangalore - Atlantic's sales force automation, Delhi - Arava's Arcon -- mail, Internet, intranet server
o ENTERPRISE MESSAGING... Firms that use GNU/Linux for e-mails find it feature-rich, stable and easy to upgrade. News from Sahara India (1500 offices... using Qmail), Bharati-Teletech, Bry-Air (RedHat for e-mail and proxy servers since 1999), Arcus Ltd.
o Q-MAIL SERVER IN THE ENTERPRISE. Use the step-by-step instructions given here to implement a Q-Mail server in your organisation. It will take only a few hours to do so.
o MITHI cOnnect server: Offers a corporate email solution with the "performance of [GNU]Linux and the ease of Windows'"
o WHAT's NUMA got to do with clusters?
o INTRODUCING PERL.. Perl is a script language that can help you carry out a variety of tasks. Learn aboutPerl data types and variables. Perl expressions, loops in Perl and more.
o LINUX databases. MySQL, POSTGRESQL. InterBase. Non-relational databases. Four page article.
o THE SHELL CORNER, beginning with interactive scripts
o CVS for developers: This software helps developers living across the world to pool data in a central location, access it, make changes to the content, and save it. (Pages 80-81).
o [GNU]LINUX IN EDUCATION: An article that doesn't do justice to its subject. Lot more depth is required to tackle this. GLUE by Ajith in Delhi is not mentioned. LIFE of Prof Nagarajuna doesn't get noticed. RedHat is wrongly credited for "working closely" to deploy GNU/Linux in 42 schools (if this is in Goa, the company did only very little) and BytesForAll.org (something which I'm directly involved -FN) doesn't focus on these kind of projects and has never claimed to have worked on it ;-)
o Design of a diskless client terminal
o Report on GNUnify in Pune ('RMS was there')
o Linux World Expo 2003, a report
o SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 edition is available from sales@seascope.co.in
o LISTING OF Asia's and India's LUGs and GLUGs... pretty useful. Accuracy and depth of info could improve.
o ROBERT J CHASSELL on why software freedom empowers the developer, enables the user, and offers students something they love. (ENDS)
LOOKING AHEAD: What's your opinion on a suitable distro to be included in a future edition of LFY? My suggestion? FreEduc. -- Frederick Noronha : http://www.bytesforall.org : When we speak of free Freelance Journalist : Goa India 403511 : software we refer to Ph 0091.832.2409490 : Cell 0 9822 122436 : freedom, not price.
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On 23 Mar 2003, Gurpreet Singh spake thusly:
hi FN i was in pune this weekend and was amazed to see LFY on each n every stand in the city, good going! the quality of the magazines content was pretty ok kind, not very impressive! there is still a lot more room for improvement.
I looked like a magazine by a non-linuxer for a non-linuxer.
->>the RMS interview was BAD. it shud have been certaily much more informative but it wasnt.
The RMS interview was much worse than BAD. They came about like they were humouring a obstinate silly boy when it came to RMS and GNU/Linux.
suggestions, ->> i think we shud push the magazine to be renamed to GNU/Linux for you. FN can u plz start an e poll for that too.
If not, then they are pretty bad - they didn't have much about Linux at all in that whole magazine.
M A K E Y O U R O W N R O A D
I have tar, but somehow it does not help.
----- Original Message ----- From: "q u a s i" quasiabhi@softhome.net To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] | LinuxForYou... March 2003 | Connecting GNU/Linux and Windows |
On 23 Mar 2003, Gurpreet Singh spake thusly:
hi FN i was in pune this weekend and was amazed to see LFY on each n every stand in the city, good going! the quality of the magazines content was pretty ok kind, not very impressive! there is still a lot more room for improvement.
I looked like a magazine by a non-linuxer for a non-linuxer.
->>the RMS interview was BAD. it shud have been certaily much more informative but it wasnt.
The RMS interview was much worse than BAD. They came about like they were humouring a obstinate silly boy when it came to RMS and GNU/Linux.
Well, I have my own opinions about RMS. I wonder why most of the population thinks of RMS that way. A recent slashdot post almost confirms this:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/2222254&mode=thread&tid=...
It is either that the majority population has skewed eyes, or RMS isn't projecting his message in a way that garners trust and wins people.
Regards,
Amol Hatwar
On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Amol Hatwar spake thusly:
Well, I have my own opinions about RMS. I wonder why most of the population thinks of RMS that way. A recent slashdot post almost confirms this:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/2222254&mode=thread&tid=...
It is either that the majority population has skewed eyes, or RMS isn't projecting his message in a way that garners trust and wins people.
I went through most of that thread ... It just goes to confirm that the majority of our species is anyway a mediocre sheep pack. RMS is cranky. Certainly. That all can see and even agree with. But it must be remember that this crazy/cranky(ness) is what enabled him to throw his life for a cause. How many of us are capable of doing that, I must ask.
I personally dont like the GPL (except in certain cases). But RMS & his GPL was a major catalist to shape the path of the software scene as it is today. No one can take that away from him.
He and his FSF hardcore nutty blokes kickstarted the whole movement. They gave it stability and a certain support that enabled other to build on it. Linux happened due to them. This does not take away the credit due to Linus. But calling the whole system Linux does take away the credit from GNU.
GNU/Linux it is. And GNU/Linux it shall be. At least till I live.
Hail RMS & the temple of Emacs.
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