Re: [ilugd] Opinion solicited for an article

2013-02-23 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
on a device which came with Froyo. (Hope to run JB 4.2.2 by the time you get to read this). ;-D And a 12+ year user of Debian GNU/Linux on my PCs. (apologies to the list) -- Mahesh T. Pai || A closed mouth gathers no feet. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Please post this !

2012-12-22 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
. :-D -- Mahesh T. Pai || It's not the software that's free; it's you. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

[ilugd] Back to the drawing board - A requiem to a man I never knew

2012-12-14 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
. We need more people like Raj. (apologies for grammar and typos; my eyes simply cannot bear the strain of re-reading this longish mail; though my mind wants to, so apologies if I hurt anybody). -- Mahesh T. Pai || Sent from my Gooseberry. ___ Ilugd

[ilugd] [COMMERCIAL] An e-governance project

2012-09-15 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
the EOI to the corporate / business minded out there. -- Mahesh T. Pai || Encryption: A powerful algorithmic encoding technique employed in the creation of computer manuals. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu sudo command problem

2012-08-10 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
a rescue option, which I believe it ought to have. -- Mahesh T. Pai || Man's most judicious trait, is a good sense of what not to believe. --Euripides ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo

[ilugd] Wipro too.

2012-06-22 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
- was reading it from my mobile; using google reader (RSS). (for newbies around - I have changed the subject - notice that _most_ mail readers / clients will still show this message under the original thread.) -- Mahesh T. Pai || ___ Ilugd mailing list

Re: [ilugd] Configuring sendmail in VPS Server

2012-05-27 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
, the old config files in /etc/ are likely to be reused. If you suspect problems with configuration files, you ought to have used dpkg --purge foo. Please tell me how to resolve this issue . Start with Raj's suggestion in the other mail. -- Mahesh T. Pai || End Users are just friends who

Re: [ilugd] Android Device Drivers

2012-05-22 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
me some good link for quick start on device drivers for android. http://developer.android.com https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=android+device+drivers -- Mahesh T. Pai || End Users are just friends who haven't submitted a patch yet. ___ Ilugd

Re: [ilugd] How to Immediately Pause Printing in Linux?

2012-05-21 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
to the relevant printer, and use the resume printing button. Whenever a print job goes bad here, I simply cancel the job and create a fresh one. -- Mahesh T. Pai || DICTIONARY, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic

Re: [ilugd] How to Immediately Pause Printing in Linux?

2012-05-21 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
. -- Mahesh T. Pai || free - (adj) able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; free from obligations or duties; not bound to servitude; at liberty. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Android trouble?

2012-04-16 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Tanveer Singh said on Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 02:58:51PM +0530,: Nothing to do with Android here. Once you near your free usage quota(80% of whatever), you start getting redirect to this airtel smartbytes page, prompting you to buy additional usage, even if you do not want Additional usage.

Re: [ilugd] Recommendations for .in domain name registrar

2012-04-01 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
. Refer to Karanbir's reply. If you are hinting that this thread deserves a slightly-OT/commercial tag; IMHO, no. I speak only for myself. -- Mahesh T. Pai || End Users are just friends who haven't submitted a patch yet. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Suggestions for anroid phone for running cyanogenmod

2012-03-26 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
OSes. My phone is not supported by Heimdal. As to defy+, there are reports of people running ICS on it. See:- https://www.google.com/search?q=defy%2Bsite%3Aforum%2Fxda-developers.com -- Mahesh T. Pai || TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery

Re: [ilugd] [Hardware] Config for Linux desktop

2012-02-03 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
not a terminal server setup? A basic RAID set up on the server with may be, 8 of 16 Gig ram, and may be 1 or 2 GB Ram disk less nodes. I would not consider Atom, simply because it is a 32 bit h/w; since you mentioned sysadmin concept, I suggest you stick to 64 bit hw to avoid -- Mahesh T. Pai || Man's

Re: [ilugd] [Oracle Weblogic] Problems with weblogic

2012-01-25 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
to use ... one. Sometimes, even trial usage ends in conviction and sentence to permanent bondage. -- Mahesh T. Pai || With freedom comes responsibility. Do not use unauthorised copies of copyrighted material. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux

Re: [ilugd] Microsoft, Apple Protest SOPA?

2012-01-18 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
? -- Mahesh T. Pai || Distributing free copies of non-free software is -- -- like advertising drugs. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Cheap Android Phone with Call Recorder

2012-01-07 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
the market place? Question: How do I go about building a ROM for my sub 5k Android phone? Any wild / off-tangent ideas could be useful too :) Have you tried forum.xda-developers? There is plenty of literature out there available on how to do this. -- Mahesh T. Pai || TRUTH, n

Re: [ilugd] (hardware/slightly OT) New SATA disk giving BIOS errors

2011-11-24 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
the BIOS). . -- Mahesh T. Pai || L'homme est libre au moment qu'il veut l'etre. * Man is free at the instant he wants to be. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] (hardware/slightly OT) New SATA disk giving BIOS errors

2011-11-24 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
looking like jumber connectors on it). -- Mahesh T. Pai || The next best thing to knowing something is to know where to find it. --Samuel Johnson ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

[ilugd] (hardware/slightly OT) New SATA disk giving BIOS errors

2011-11-23 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
somewhere in the BIOS to halt on errord - currently enabled) 4. How to identify the error BIOS is getting? Anything else I can do here? -- Mahesh T. Pai || Free Software - it is free as in FREEDOM ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http

Re: [ilugd] Article on Drupal in Hindu

2011-11-12 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
. Heh. This looks more like an editor's devil, (as in 'priner's devil). The poor guys might have thought that freely licensed is same as license free. Thanks for that correction. Hope it get published. -- Mahesh T. Pai || Distributing free copies of non-free software is -- like advertising

Re: [ilugd] unable to install packages in ubuntu 11.04

2011-10-13 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
by even when the connection is ok?? Can you browse other sites? What are contents of /etc/apt/sources.list ? /etc/resolv.conf ? -- Mahesh T. Pai || Encryption: A powerful algorithmic encoding technique employed in the creation of computer manuals

Re: [ilugd] Online Trading Terminal in Linux

2011-10-12 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
restrictions. And there are several F/OSS tools to use this data to generate your own technical charting. The root for this, lies in the SEs themselves. They need to change their approach to IT infracture, which, currenty is a wonder why people do not care to break into. -- Mahesh T. Pai

Re: [ilugd] Best Obituary for Steve Jobs

2011-10-08 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
between 1980s and 2000s. RMS' post focuses on the acts and deeds; not the man. -- Mahesh T. Pai || L'homme est libre au moment qu'il veut l'etre. * Man is free at the instant he wants to be. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http

Re: [ilugd] Best Obituary for Steve Jobs

2011-10-08 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Mahesh T Pai writes: Gaurav Mishra said on Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 12:25:34PM +0530,: Anyway, RMS does not seem to be alone in his views. quote The Steve Jobs who founded Apple as an anarchic company promoting the message of freedom, whose first projects with Stephen Wozniak were pirate

Re: [ilugd] Best Obituary for Steve Jobs

2011-10-08 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
was discussed elsewhere here. -- Mahesh T. Pai || A closed mouth gathers no feet. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] BSNL EVDO dongle on Fedora 14

2011-10-04 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
. Tried udev rules? That will force the system to recognise the device as a modem. However, you will need to look elsewhere (other than me, that is) for info on how to go about actually doing this. Sorry, I have to admit my ignorance on writing udev rules. -- Mahesh T. Pai || It's

Re: [ilugd] [ANNOUNCE] Android-India mailing list

2011-09-01 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
to flash ROM from the SD card. -- Mahesh T. Pai || A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? ___ Ilugd mailing

Re: [ilugd] Finding Virtualization Software that Fits

2011-09-01 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
they do (at least, one of most important things) @ enterprise environment, right? g.d.r. -- Mahesh T. Pai || End Users are just friends who haven't submitted a patch yet. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman

Re: [ilugd] [ANNOUNCE] Android-India mailing list

2011-08-28 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
the bill is handed over. !dea is keeping on warning me about my data usage (2g) till previous day evening -- Mahesh T. Pai || Distributing free copies of non-free software is -- -- like advertising drugs. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd

Re: [ilugd] DSC Registration for efiling

2011-08-01 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
to stand corrected. -- Mahesh T. Pai || The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. --Stephen hawking ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] What happens in BASH when you do Ctrl-C (hint, it's not simply sending a SIGINT)

2011-07-17 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
/Linux is not user friendly (and hence grab the mouse and fire off one of their favourite tuxmath / tuxpaint / tuxtype / gcompris games) gave my session a SIGTERM. -- Mahesh T. Pai || L'homme est libre au moment qu'il veut l'etre. * Man is free at the instant he wants

Re: [ilugd] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2011-07-15 Thread Mahesh T Pai
/ -- DID YOU KNOW you can use your LinkedIn profile as your website? Select a vanity URL and then promote this address on your business cards, email signatures, website, etc http://www.linkedin.com/e/xrfxzz-gq5dvopu-4d/ewp/inv-21/ -- Mahesh T. Pai || Sent from my Gooseberry

Re: [ilugd] Inquiry : Ubuntu 10.10 live CD does not work on IBM Thinkpad R502!!!

2011-06-29 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Last but not the least, if you had googled, there is an identical thread on UbuntuForums. -- Mahesh T. Pai || Funny how people infriging commercial software licences are called pirates, while huge companies infriging the GPL are called users

Re: [ilugd] Youtube videos

2011-06-24 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
that you have written will be lost when you close the file descriptor, unless you copy it elsewhere. So, this means that even as I am viewing nth second of the flv, the file descriptor still contains 1st second? -- Mahesh T. Pai || The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance

Re: [ilugd] Youtube videos

2011-06-24 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
to a /possible/ copyright violation. Sir, is the law that only people with long purses and former cops as advi$o₹s are entitled to hold copyrights?Is my 4 year old kid not entitled to any? /rant -- Mahesh T. Pai || ~/\$ mv -vfi linux gnu/linux ___ Ilugd

[ilugd] What is common between sarees, Radios, TVs, and laptops?

2011-05-18 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Populism at its peak. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/jayalalithaa-creates-rs-350-crore-opportunity-for-laptop-makers/articleshow/8405784.cms Sorry if the link goes far to teh right of your screen. Rants about OS to be installed welcome. -- Mahesh T. Pai || Free

Re: [ilugd] What is common between sarees, Radios, TVs, and laptops?

2011-05-18 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
responsibily? Read about boss here:- http://bosslinux.in/ Problem is, state of the FOSS movement in India is like that of a driver trying to start a car with a blown clutch cylinder. ;-D -- Mahesh T. Pai || Distribute Free Software -- Help stamp out Software Hoarding

Re: [ilugd] open source: try, encourage and discourage - anyway out?

2011-05-17 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
to be in the list. /sarcasm Actually, who are we?? Once GPL, always GPL. If future, improved eye candy versions go proprietary, we can always implement our own free versions based on the pre-proprietary code. ; -- Mahesh T. Pai || It's not the software that's free; it's you

Re: [ilugd] [LONG] Re: Large Debian installations in India

2011-04-02 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
is available on the F! key. But of course, we are not comparing cats and horses! -- Mahesh T. Pai || That men do not learn much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach us. --Aldous Huxley ___ Ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Modes of Huawei's EC1260 Photon Plus (CDMA, HSIA, Dual)

2011-03-13 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
bhanuv...@gmail.com said on Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 02:28:22PM +0530,: Awaiting Suggestions / Solutions. Is network-manager installed? Is mobile-broadband-provider-info package installed? -- Mahesh T. Pai || L'homme est libre au moment qu'il veut l'etre. * Man is free at the instant

Re: [ilugd] Where to send mails of linux job openings ?

2011-03-13 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Sudhir Gandotra said on Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 10:35:17AM +0530,: Where to send mails of Linux job openings ? The mails sent to this list are not appearing. Gmail does not send you mail sent by you to a mailing list. -- Mahesh T. Pai || He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge

Re: [ilugd] Modes of Huawei's EC1260 Photon Plus (CDMA, HSIA, Dual)

2011-03-13 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
and mass storae, there is a package named usb-modeswitch; look up that, may help. -- Mahesh T. Pai || With freedom comes responsibility. Do not use unauthorised copies of copyrighted material. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http

Re: [ilugd] [LUG@IITD:12456] What competition can do !!!

2011-03-05 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
important, you (Raju) was, IIRC are one of the first customers in India of a mobile phone running the linux kernel. You would have looked up what it takes to get source code to that manufacturer's version of the kernel as running on that phone. -- Mahesh T. Pai || From The Devil's Dictionary

Re: [ilugd] Understanding Open source code licenses

2011-01-27 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
. Both are Free (as in freedom) licenses. Also, please do put in place why you should use strong copyleft licenses. (of course, this is a matter of choice - some people, like *BSD developers, do not like copyleft licenses). -- Mahesh T. Pai || That men do not learn much from the lessons

[ilugd] FIghting the Tax

2011-01-25 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Saw this on Groklaw. Posting this link because I recall somebody asking about dealing with The Tax. http://www.piana.eu/aduc -- Mahesh T. Pai || It's not the software that's free; it's you. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-15 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
be coming there in person, else mine would have been one of the largest donations. -- Mahesh T. Pai || TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-15 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
a typing mistake here Mahesh!!! Yup; that should have been ... not be coming Thanks. -- Mahesh T. Pai || A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-14 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
come around, make a few posts on some random mailing list claiming to support FLOSS, and then start fund raising drives; and then vanish with the funds. Please get in touch with FSF-B before you use their name to raise funds. Or for that matter, any other project. -- Mahesh T. Pai

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-14 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
a public drive to collect funds on the organisation. -- Mahesh T. Pai || A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-13 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
. Which of the FSFs is this for? It is a question of bonafides. -- Mahesh T. Pai || It's not the software that's free; it's you. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-13 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
://my.fsf.org/donate The page clearly says you can make donations using PayPal. And there is a radio button below where you choose to pay using PayPal. -- Mahesh T. Pai || A closed mouth gathers no feet. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-13 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
about it? -- Mahesh T. Pai || Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of them yourself. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] FSF donation drive at GeekMeetup at Delhi/NCR #FSF #FreeSoftware

2011-01-12 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
for enabling online donations to FSF-I. Is that in place yet? I know quite a few who would rather volunteer and donate to FSF Boston rather than FSF-India. -- Mahesh T. Pai || Distributing free copies of non-free software is -- -- like advertising drugs

Re: [ilugd] ubuantu 10.10

2011-01-11 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
from the hang - replace N with 0, 1 and 2) -- Mahesh T. Pai || First they came for the Jews; and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists; and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists; and I did not speak

Re: [ilugd] Idea about linux

2011-01-01 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
chat rooms, web forums, etc are not enough. 2. You can start a group yourselves. 3. A person who uses 'linux' would think twice before signing up on Facebook. I am of course, speaking myself only. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com With freedom comes responsibility

Re: [ilugd] FOSS profit

2010-12-30 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
are willing to pay the price. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com DICTIONARY, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org

Re: [ilugd] Delhi/NCR FOSS Geek meetup - 16 Jan 2011

2010-12-30 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
it as a tool. I do not quite get point of this thread. What is it there requiring use of non-free (as in freedom) applications for promoting freedom? If you cannot practise what you preach, you are hypocrite. I know those are harsh words, but -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard

Re: [ilugd] For Indian Debian Lovers like me - Please join its mailing list

2010-12-27 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
who want a better look and feel can try latest mint which is also based on debian - http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1604 http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2010/09/07/linux-mint-9-debian/ Why mint rather than Ubuntu or Debian? -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu 10.04 got crashed

2010-12-27 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
testdisk froma live CD on the partition. testdisk will recover the partition. To rephrase it better, RECOVER the lost partition using testdisk. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com Buy Free Software -- It gives you freedom

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu 10.04 got crashed

2010-12-26 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
? If so, installing the relevant module from grub command line may help. I faintly recall breaking this system when I encountered that problem, and none of the rescue CDs I had could support ext4. Was forced to do a reinstall, first one in a loong time!! Have you checked that? -- Mahesh T

Re: [ilugd] How bios detects hard drive

2010-12-25 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
. I have not installed on systems which I have not used, which is probably less than the number of years I have been using GNU/Linux. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu 10.04 got crashed

2010-12-24 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
initializing it, or whatever. You need to be very careful, and read what the installer is telling. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com DICTIONARY, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic

Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu 10.04 got crashed

2010-12-24 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
to know better. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com Distribute Free Software -- Help stamp out Software Hoarding! ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] How bios detects hard drive

2010-12-23 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
or ruby. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com First they came for the Jews; and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists; and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists; and I did

Re: [ilugd] How bios detects hard drive

2010-12-22 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
drivers to detect hard drives. You mean the IDE / SATA / RAID chipset driver? AFAIK, disks themselves do not require any drivers. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http

Re: [ilugd] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2010-12-21 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
to the inbox.This is actually very good feature , but I am unable to find that is this due to gmail spam filter or anything related to ilugd mailing list setting ??? It is a gmail feature. Happens to me for some other mailing lists too. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com TRUTH

[ilugd] Android users here?

2010-12-20 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
up of having to research a handset every time I change one, and planning to change over to Android in spite of the stiff (for a poor guy like me - a low end Android costs about one months' take home) prices. Thanks in advance. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com

Re: [ilugd] Android users here?

2010-12-20 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
of the non-free OSes, not everything is ok. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of them yourself. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http

Re: [ilugd] Android users here?

2010-12-20 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
is something would like to know. But, hey, is it possible to do something like remote login from the PC to the android phone, like, say using wifi or bluetooth, and run an addressbook editor inside the phone? -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com It's not the software that's free

Re: [ilugd] Android users here?

2010-12-20 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
no official version beyond 1.6. Which brand / model? -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com The next best thing to knowing something is to know where to find it. --Samuel Johnson ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org

Re: [ilugd] A radical shift in e-governance

2010-11-30 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
feature on the Indian open standards policy. The examples cited in this article are very relevant. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com The next best thing to knowing something is to know where to find it. --Samuel Johnson

Re: [ilugd] Converting Unicode to PS

2010-11-15 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
of GNU. Before that, have alook at this too:- https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/a2ps/+bug/153606 Basically, depending on the script you are using, unicode is not a script. :-) It is pretty tough handling indic scripts, if that is what you are looking for. -- Mahesh T. Pai

Re: [ilugd] Converting Unicode to PS

2010-11-15 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Nandeep Mali said on Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:16:41AM +0530,: On a side note, am I the only one getting these annoying Boxbe alerts whenever I send a mail to the list? No; I too am getting them. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com Funny how people infriging

Re: [ilugd] Print formatted HTML

2010-11-14 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
? -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com With freedom comes responsibility. Do not use unauthorised copies of copyrighted material. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Open Standards policy finalized--major victory for the FOSS community

2010-11-12 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Venkatesh Hariharan said on Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 05:41:52PM +0530,: The open standards policy has been finalized and it incorporates many of the suggestions made by the FOSS community in India. In the previous draft dated A big thanks to all those who made this happen. -- Mahesh T. Pai

Re: [ilugd] Script to run at login but for non-root users only

2010-11-12 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Amit Sharma said on Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:44:10PM -0800,: For that if I make a entry in /etc/proile then it runs for root also. Files in the /etc/ directory are system wide configuration files. The solution is already mentioned, -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard

Re: [ilugd] Oracle kicks LibreOffice supporters out of OpenOffice

2010-10-25 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
affects indic rendering. (see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=591615archived=nombox=no ) -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com End Users are just friends who haven't submitted a patch yet. ___ Ilugd mailing list

Re: [ilugd] Wipro Dot Matrix Drivers for Linux

2010-10-18 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
1050 driver. If you notice, LX is the nomenclature used by Epson for their 9 pin printers. (IIRC, AFAIK) -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose

Re: [ilugd] Dharna against Dreamspark

2010-10-17 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
; but the software is. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com Free Software - it is free as in FREEDOM ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Dharna against Dreamspark

2010-10-16 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
my BlackBerry ^^ No offence meant, but, it is a good thing to practise what one preaches. Charity begins at home. And yes, the initiative is a good idea; too bad I am far off place. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com This signature

Re: [ilugd] Delhi Airtel Broadband- Firewalls for Torrents

2010-09-30 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
available the ISOs available via torrent. If true, this firewalling is restricting your use of the services for which you have paid for. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of them yourself

Re: [ilugd] I am facing problem with my Graphics card

2010-09-11 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
for this problem on ubuntuforums - http://ubuntuforums.org/ AFAICT, latest xorg does not require xorg.conf to be manually edited. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top

Re: [ilugd] Gaming hardware - compatibility?

2010-09-03 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Shantanu Goel said on Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 11:59:37AM +0530,: Yes, I've used various logitech gamepads, my PS3 gamepad, my PS3 guitar hero guitar controller with Ubuntu without any issues. What is a guitar controller? -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com free

[ilugd] Gaming hardware - compatibility?

2010-09-02 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
installed couple of racing games, and the kids are excited. How do I enhance the experience? Of course, better graphics card and larger monitor are on the radar, but what about the joysticks and wheels? -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com

Re: [ilugd] Command line Email Client

2010-08-29 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Vikas Rawal said on Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 03:47:32PM +0530,: If you run Debian you can choose between mutt and mutt-matched. mutt-patched. Thanks for pointing out - it was a typo. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com Encryption: A powerful algorithmic

[ilugd] SFLC coming to India.

2010-08-29 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Found this on groklaw. http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2010/aug/28/software-freedom-law-center-announce-opening-branc/ -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com That men do not learn much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history

Re: [ilugd] Ilugd Digest, Vol 9, Issue 23

2010-08-21 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Aveek Sen said on Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:09:23AM +0500,: What would be applicable for using internet via gprs on pc suite based nokia phones? I've a nokia n72 have never found the way to do so yet. Depends on how you connect the phone to the PC. If you use a USB cable, it is likely that

Re: [ilugd] calculator with a memory?

2010-08-20 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
with commands. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com A closed mouth gathers no feet. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] any prog similar to nokia pc suite

2010-08-20 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
the files (themes, games, etc). -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com REVOLUTION, n. An abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Moderating first post?

2010-08-16 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Raju Mathur said on Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 08:22:55PM +0530,: On Monday 16 Aug 2010, Mahesh T. Pai wrote: Whatever happened to the moderate first pot policy, which I believe, was in place for this list? Never. I do have a vague recollection about complaints regarding invites from

[ilugd] calculator with a memory?

2010-08-16 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
feature. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com From The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) [devil]: LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net

[ilugd] Moderating first post?

2010-08-15 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Whatever happened to the moderate first pot policy, which I believe, was in place for this list? -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy

Re: [ilugd] Software Patent Busting at CIS

2010-08-11 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
/philosophy/guardian-article.html You can also visit the SWAPAT and EFF sites. (a search on your favourite search engihne would throw up the links). HTH. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com End Users are just friends who haven't submitted a patch yet

Re: [ilugd] Disable KMS

2010-08-08 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
/i915-kms.conf # Nvidia (this should revert you to using -nv or -vesa): echo options nouveau modeset=0 /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau-kms.conf The commands should be:- echo foo bar A merewill overwrite; you needto append. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard

Re: [ilugd] [Ilugc] Re: Get Free of Cost SchoolOS DVD* (conditions apply)

2010-08-01 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
listed on your page. I live in a remote island, which has no post, courier, speed post etc. COnnectivity is over a 18 Kilo bit per sec wireless. How will I comply with your requirement? -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com Man's most judicious trait, is a good sense

Re: [ilugd] Rupee font in open format

2010-07-18 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
before spreading such c...@p. Especially when relying on wikipedia. Apologies for using the strong word, but -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose

Re: [ilugd] Rupee font in open format

2010-07-18 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
, is that the new rupee symbol requires a new code point. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com L'homme est libre au moment qu'il veut l'etre. * Man is free at the instant he wants to be. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd

Re: [ilugd] e-filing IT returns?

2010-07-18 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
; but there is total difference in number of columns / cells, etc. Uner Income Deductions, the ods does not total deductions under Chapter VI A. The .xls file does the totalling as item 6, the .ods as 5. This sonws a Suggested Value: 354000 figure. Sigh!!! -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard

Re: [ilugd] e-filing IT returns?

2010-07-18 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
for Assessment year 2010-11. -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com Funny how people infriging commercial software licences are called pirates, while huge companies infriging the GPL are called users ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd

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