Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: Linux expert with a monitoring background required.
On Monday 18 December 2006 11:22, Dhawal Doshy wrote: Looking at the feathers that i have been ruffling as of late, looks like i'm not too welcome on this list. If thats the general consensus i'll sadly un-subscribe. Feedback solicited. and I thought I was a drama queen... sheesh... no need to get senti buddy ;) -- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: Linux expert with a monitoring background required.
Dinesh Joshi wrote: On Monday 18 December 2006 11:22, Dhawal Doshy wrote: Looking at the feathers that i have been ruffling as of late, looks like i'm not too welcome on this list. If thats the general consensus i'll sadly un-subscribe. Feedback solicited. and I thought I was a drama queen... sheesh... no need to get senti buddy ;) Like i said earlier,, use the right tool for the job.. ;-) -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: Linux expert with a monitoring background required.
On Monday 18 Dec 2006 4:01 pm, Devdas Bhagat wrote: Some people don't have the luxury of being able to enforce that their resume will always be sent using open formats. The kind of people whose resumes will be sent in through recruitment agencies. They can always write in FLOSS and send as a PDF: no luxury at all, maybe a bit more labor. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: Linux expert with a monitoring background required.
i find it HIGHLY OFFENSIVE that you are encouraging the use of a .doc file format in a GNU/Linux mailing list. Even if your mail is tagged as commercial. Regards, - vihan -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers I find your response highly offensive. -- benjamin rualthanzauva -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
[ILUG-BOM] Moderation of Commercial threads (inspired by: Linux expert with a monitoring background required)
Hi, Can we make it a practice|rule to NOT respond to threads that are marked Commercial, especially potentially inflammatory responses? We could have some kind of automated filter or something that blocks off replies to commercial threads. We could follow two simple rules: 1) Moderate Commercial tagged emails so that there is no spam coming in 2) Disallow replies to commercial threads. Any inquiries can be made off-list. Probably a bit more work for the mods but most off-the-line threads seem to spawn themselves from Commercial threads of late. Regards, -- Siddhesh Poyarekar http://siddhesh.tk http://siddhesh.phpnet.us -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] Moderation of Commercial threads (inspired by: Linux expert with a monitoring background required)
Can we make it a practice|rule to NOT respond to threads that are marked Commercial, Iam new to the group and i use opera to surf/read/write emails on an u/xubuntu system. I do not see any marking on any of the emails suggesting commercial. I have not opted for the daily digest. Where does it say its commercial or otherwise? My apologies in advance if this was too simple a question. :) -- Sachin G. Nambiar IPH email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
[ILUG-BOM] Google Earth problem.
Hello, I have recently moved to GNU/Linux, I recently installed Google Earth and iam unable to change the display to show up completely to my desktop resolution (1280x1024). It just shows up half way. Any ideas? Everything else working perfectly or i just do not know if anything is malfunctioning. Background: Newbie yet not so newbie user. Been exposed to linux since rh 5.3 but limited to just basic functionality and have moved to linux completely only now. If there is any more information you would like to have please let me know, onboard i810 intel 865 chipset, 2.4 GHz, 256 mb ram, swap around 700mb. Thank you in advance. Sachin G. Nambiar snambiar.com IPH email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
[ILUG-BOM] as low as it gets: P2-350, 64 MB, 4 GB
Finally managed to get my hands on some P2 350s with 64 MB and 4 GB. CDROM thrown in too. (atleast in one of them). it has 98 for now, but planning to use a stripped down version of ubuntu. if there was ever such a thing. My basic (and probably only requirements are) 1) Wine 2) The two browsers. FF and IE. 3) a teeny .exe application that will be run over wine just like IE. Am pretty sure the above config should meet those needs, but is there any further stripping i need to do while installing the standard ubuntu 6.06 dapper drake to make it more lightweight? thanks abhi __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] as low as it gets: P2-350, 64 MB, 4 GB
Quoting Abhishek Daga [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Finally managed to get my hands on some P2 350s with 64 MB and 4 GB. CDROM thrown in too. (atleast in one of them). it has 98 for now, but planning to use a stripped down version of ubuntu. if there was ever such a thing. My basic (and probably only requirements are) 1) Wine 2) The two browsers. FF and IE. 3) a teeny .exe application that will be run over wine just like IE. most distros will allow a minimal install.. use what you like and are comfortable with (for instance try fc6 with xfce). For IE on linux see http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page (i haven't tried it but the lack of java support is discouraging). - dhawal -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] Moderation of Commercial threads (inspired by: Linux expert with a monitoring background required)
Thank you. -- Sachin G. Nambiar IPH email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: Linux expert with a monitoring background required.
Sometime on Monday 18 December 2006 11:22, Dhawal Doshy said: Gimme a break and be practical.. use the right tool for the job and stop being a GNU/Linux fanboi.. and while you are at it, stop calling it GNU/Linux as well.. simply 'linux' does the trick. Don't get me wrong, I love linux.. it gives me and my family lunch, dinner, an occasional drink and a good life. I am a linux user/admin, not a slave. Fanbois too have an important role to play IMHO. As someone said, it takes all kinds of people to form a vibrant community. Anurag -- __ __ gnu /noo/ n. Ox like antelope; (abbr.) /gnoo/ n. (recursive acronym) Gnu's Not Unix. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] as low as it gets: P2-350, 64 MB, 4 GB
Dear Abhishek, On 12/18/06, Abhishek Daga abhishekdaga at yahoo dot com wrote: Finally managed to get my hands on some P2 350s with 64 MB and 4 GB. CDROM thrown in too. (atleast in one of them). it has 98 for now, but planning to use a stripped down version of ubuntu. if there was ever such a thing. Try Damn Small Linux (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/) it supports HDD Install and very light. My basic (and probably only requirements are) 1) Wine 2) The two browsers. FF and IE. 3) a teeny .exe application that will be run over wine just like IE. DSL is Debian based and after installation you can use apt to install whatever you want. Am pretty sure the above config should meet those needs, but is there any further stripping i need to do while installing the standard ubuntu 6.06 dapper drake to make it more lightweight? According to DSL site, all you need is 486 with 16 MB of RAM! No need to reinvent the wheel. thanks abhi With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] Moderation of Commercial threads (inspired by: Linux expert with a monitoring background required)
On 18-Dec-06, at 10:14 PM, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote: 1) Moderate Commercial tagged emails so that there is no spam coming in 2) Disallow replies to commercial threads. Any inquiries can be made off-list. Probably a bit more work for the mods but most off-the-line threads seem to spawn themselves from Commercial threads of late. i dont agree - *any* post must conform to list guidelines, and if commercial posts dont, they need to be discussed on list. And remember - intervention of list admins is the last resort. We seem to be doing a pretty good job of policing the list ourselves. I dont think anyone has been banned or moderated since I joined this list. Which is a great thing. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] Google Earth problem.
On 18-Dec-06, at 10:50 PM, Sachin Nambiar wrote: I recently installed Google Earth and iam unable to change the display to show up completely to my desktop resolution (1280x1024). It just shows up half way. which distro? i had used google earth a long time back when first released. It ran great on ubuntu 5.x and was borked on 6.x. And on fedora - never went back to check though. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: Linux expert with a monitoring background required.
On 18-Dec-06, at 9:31 PM, benjamin wrote: Regards, - vihan -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers I find your response highly offensive. and since we are in a flaming mood - please take the trouble of trimming posts before replying. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] as low as it gets: P2-350, 64 MB, 4 GB
On 18-Dec-06, at 11:21 PM, Dhawal Doshy wrote: For IE on linux see http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/ Main_Page (i haven't tried it but the lack of java support is discouraging). have tried it - and it is meant only for testing html and css - and does it well, crashes where IE should crash. Incidently, from what i can see on the downloads page for IE, running IE on linux is a violation of the IE EULA. Aparently this is true even if one pays for IE. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] as low as it gets: P2-350, 64 MB, 4 GB
On 18-Dec-06, at 11:26 PM, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote: I've had a minimal box on Celeron 500 MHz albeit with much more RAM (192 MB). It used to run KDE/Gnome a little slowly and XFCe was quite good. Blackbox was fast as a storm. for the last three years i have been comfortably running mandrake 10 on a celeron 400 with 96 mb ram and 4 gb harddisk. Including Oo, zope, apache, postgresql and what have you. On Kde. Little slow to load Oo, but ok after it loads -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] What is stoping Indians from contributing to FOSS?
Hi, On Monday 18 December 2006 10:48, Vihan Pandey wrote: Speaking of which my latest Sony DVD writer has a region setting which can be reprogrammed 5 times. After which it will stay stuck on the 5th. Now u have the possibilty of bricking your hardware (particularly with closed drivers) or purchasing your content from the last region. Is it a hardware level lock? This REALLY stinks. Not sure. U can reflash the cdrom bios, but dont know if it will reset the region counter. Just to inform you that in the US and possibly other countries, all DVD writers/roms sold require to have this lock. It is mandated by the RIAA/MPAA and by extension US law so that you cannot freely change regions to play DVDs released in other regions. The fact that you can change it 5 times is a privilege extracted from these agencies by the manufacturers of the devices. That Sony has it is not unique and it just says that they are selling the international model here in India. If other brands don't have this lock then they are probably chinese/taiwanese players who may not be fully complying with the law (if it applies in India). Regards, Rajesh -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] as low as it gets: P2-350, 64 MB, 4 GB
2006/12/18, Abhishek Daga [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Finally managed to get my hands on some P2 350s with 64 MB and 4 GB. CDROM thrown in too. (atleast in one of them). I'm currently running Debain GNU/Linux etch RC1 (with linux kernel 2.6.17) on my P2 266MHz, 256 MB RAM, 2 GB HDD, CDROM+Floppy system. it has 98 for now, but planning to use a stripped down version of ubuntu. The minimum requirement for Debian GNU/Linux etch is 32MB RAM (It is 24 if you go for sarge) and 256MB Hard Disk space. I'm running WindowMaker now and it works awesome (I used to run GNOME but had toremove it as I needed Open Office and GNU/Hurd in the 2 GB). I have 1.1 GB for GNU/Linux if there was ever such a thing. My basic (and probably only requirements are) 1) Wine I have tried it in my office desktop 2) The two browsers. FF and IE. Again used to use IE for some intranet resources that only works with IE. 3) a teeny .exe application that will be run over wine just like IE. If it is small one it should not cause any problems. Am pretty sure the above config should meet those needs, but is there any further stripping i need to do while installing the standard ubuntu 6.06 dapper drake to make it more lightweight? I would suggest Debian/Gentoo/slackware/DSL rather than re-inventing the wheel as suggested by others. Cheers Praveen -- Value your freedom, or you will lose it, teaches history. `Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn. -- Richard Stallman Me scribbles at http://www.pravi.co.nr -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] as low as it gets: P2-350, 64 MB, 4 GB
--- Dinesh Shah wrote: On 12/18/06, Abhishek Daga abhishekdaga at yahoo dot com wrote: Finally managed to get my hands on some P2 350s with 64 MB and 4 GB. CDROM thrown in too. (atleast in one of them). it has 98 for now, but planning to use a stripped down version of ubuntu. if there was ever such a thing. Try Damn Small Linux (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/) it supports HDD Install and very light. DSL is Debian based and after installation you can use apt to install whatever you want. According to DSL site, all you need is 486 with 16 MB of RAM! If I download this to my HDD, and install it to replace my current RH9, which has some irritating issues with memory handling (aside from issues recognising peripheral hardware, plus the CDROM drive is kaput), will I lose my RH9 user settings? If this is a completely trivial question, please do mail me back offlist, anyone who can guide me ensure that neither settings nor stuff like mailboxes get lost (this is the computer my wife uses, and my life will be at stake). Many thanks Vickram ___ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] Moderation of Commercial threads (inspired by: Linux expert with a monitoring background required)
On 12/18/06, Siddhesh Poyarekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) Moderate Commercial tagged emails so that there is no spam coming in 2) Disallow replies to commercial threads. Any inquiries can be made off-list. Probably a bit more work for the mods but most off-the-line threads seem to spawn themselves from Commercial threads of late. There is no need for moderation. If you are bothered by it you can filter the mail yourself. I see that you have a gmail account. You can create a filter with To: linuxers@mm.glug-bom.org and has the words Commercial in the subject/mail add add a tag called likely spam. Then delete the mails automatically or manually delete them in your leisure time. -- Vinayak -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] as low as it gets: P2-350, 64 MB, 4 GB
On 19/12/06 05:08 +, Vickram Crishna wrote: snip If this is a completely trivial question, please do mail me back offlist, anyone who can guide me ensure that neither settings nor stuff like mailboxes get lost (this is the computer my wife uses, and my life will be at stake). This is pretty much a FAQ, but for the sake of completeness, here goes: Unix systems have the conecpt of a user home directory. This is the place where you start from when you log in. This is usually represented by the character ~. Applications have their configurations in dot files (the file names start with a .) in the user home directory. Global configuration information like passwords or system wide configuration files go into /etc. Normally, mail is stored in ~, but you may also find it being stored in your mail spool directory (/var/mail or /var/spool/mail on Linux systems, mostly). In the case of RH, home directories are under /home, so as long as you back that up, you should have most of your customisations. Keep in mind that version changes can affect configuration files or directories, particularly in the case of application suites like GNOME and KDE. For most people though, backing up ~ and /var/spool/ should save system state. A backup of /etc/ is advisable as well, _particularly_ /etc/X11. If you are switching distros, you should recreate your users manually (or script it using chpasswd(8)). Then after you have restored /home, run 'chown -R user: /home/user/' as root, where user is to be substituted by the appropriate user name. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Re: [ILUG-BOM] What is stoping Indians from contributing to FOSS?
On Tuesday 19 December 2006 09:11, Rajesh Rajani wrote: Just to inform you that in the US and possibly other countries, Afaik it's legally mandated only in a few countries. USA, austriallia for sure but not in India. all DVD writers/roms sold require to have this lock. It is mandated by the RIAA/MPAA and by extension US law so that you cannot freely change regions to play DVDs released in other regions. The fact that you can change it 5 times is a privilege extracted from these agencies by the manufacturers of the devices. That Sony has it is not unique and it just says that they are selling the international model here in India. If other brands don't have this lock then they are probably chinese/taiwanese players who may not be fully complying with the law (if it applies in India). -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
