Re: [ilugd] Linux Delhi July meet

2004-07-13 Thread Linux Lingam
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:07:21 +0530, Raj Shekhar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all With a heavy heart I regret to inform you all that the much hyped up Girls in Linux which was to be organized by LL has been canceled. heavy heart? you sound more like you're heart-broken [grin] okay, i

Re: [ilugd] mail relay

2004-07-14 Thread Linux Lingam
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 09:27:40 +0100 (BST), Gurinder Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Given that you have a host running Windows on network, it might be infected with a 'spam' trojan. These are little, home-made, obscure trojans that usually are not caught by the anti-virus. These trojans keep

Re: [ilugd] Re: Linux Delhi July meet

2004-07-15 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] As for me i am ready to give this presentation if enough ppl are interested. this presentation requires the users to have understanding of sound and music authoring. This means you should have an idea of how sound design is done. Also, it requires understanding of track overlays,

Re: [ilugd] Agenda for 18 July, 2004 meet

2004-07-17 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] - Satyakam Goswami (known as dingo on the irc channel) will be giving a demo of the Xandros distribution. If you want to have a demo of your favorite distribution (take the hint debian/gentoo worshipers), then do drop in a mail. [snip] a demo of gentoo would be nice, too. yes, i'm

[ilugd] asus sucks?

2004-07-18 Thread Linux Lingam
anybody on the mailing list faced issues with Asus? I have an asus motherboard and yes, it initialy gave me problems, but that was with nVidia onboard, and the soundchip onboard. however, when i did move up to 2.6, i noted loads of problems, and attributed thse to the peculiar distro. but this

Re: [ilugd] Resurrecting ILUGD history

2004-07-19 Thread Linux Lingam
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 02:09:41 +0530, Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I have had been on a personal mission (till now) to resurrect and archive ILUGD's history. So far I have been on two distinct missions: 1. To have in one place all of ILUGD's mail archives from the

Re: [ilugd] patents considered harmful

2004-07-21 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] Moreover, you cannot patent software. You can patent only ideas. wan't it the other way around? i agree about the dangers of patents. the most controversial application of patenting yet is in medicine and healthcare. while beyond the domain of us software people, the least those

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: [blug-non-tech] LUG Meets: Are they still relevant]

2004-07-23 Thread Linux Lingam
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:30:24 +0530, Siddharth Prahladan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Viksit Gaur [EMAIL PROTECTED] heh! good to see viksit championing ilug-d, to the point of making it sound like a lame excuse for snakes and chai. not to mention movies, and coffee cups. okay, so just in

Re: [ilugd] un-gpl, gpl++ howto?

2004-07-25 Thread Linux Lingam
On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 11:46:01 -0700 (PDT), satyakam goswami [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ask [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] huh? am sure others have answers here. c'mon... LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ilugd] August meet

2004-07-28 Thread Linux Lingam
+3 to central delhi. wherever. may i suggest NOT a restaurant. for the money per head blown for tidbits, tips to the waiter that never cook, only deliver food to the table, and to still formally behave ourselves in a public place, we could meet somewhere, or book a place [if we have enough

Re: [ilugd] further notes on being a victim of smtp server ban

2004-07-28 Thread Linux Lingam
[chomp snip] sandip wrote -- begin quote I publically discourage everybody from using VSNL( now TATA-Indicom) ISP accounts. They have inherited the monopolistic attitude of the Raj days. On one hand they dont

Re: [ilugd] Announcement from OSDN : GTK-based Professional, Full-Featured DTP is Here

2004-07-28 Thread Linux Lingam
On 27 Jul 2004 13:24:50 +0530, Sudhir Gandotra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.grasshopperllc.com/ http://www.grasshopperllc.com/Secure/downloads.html GTK-based Professional, Full-Featured DTP is Here Guest writes Scribus is great, but PageStream is a full-featured desktop publishing

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: ILUG-D: Message from WLUG,India President]

2004-07-28 Thread Linux Lingam
what is WLUG? website? what kind of conference? who is behind it? funds? ? LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi

Re: [ilugd] un-gpl, gpl++ howto?

2004-07-28 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] [snip] [snip] I trust FSF that it wont change from the path that it has set out, so I dont have any such fears. [snip] trust? you trust someone when it comes to software? sandip, you sound like a newbie. hehehehehehee i trust no one. neither m$, neither FSF, nor anyone else whether

Re: [ilugd] Hungama time

2004-08-02 Thread Linux Lingam
On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 09:04:51 +0530, Sudev Barar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 19:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -I can either do a talk (with slides!!).. 1. History of linux/ Evolution of linux 2. Security tools in linux 3. Economics of information security (and

[ilugd] apple iPod a tune

2004-08-02 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, have you been following the controversy of apple's iPod and iTunes, with its DRM-ed and proprietory file-formats, all working nice and proper with RealNetworks. Apple is understandably feeling quite rotten. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117201,00.asp am sure the

Re: [ilugd] Re: apple iPod a tune

2004-08-02 Thread Linux Lingam
$ have you been following the controversy of apple's iPod and iTunes, [...] $ am sure the opensource community watches this with interest, Yeah, one question, what took them so long ;-) -js heheehehehehehehee i wonder what happens *if* realnetworks wins, like m$ did with windoze

[ilugd] bangalore eclipses siliconvalley?

2004-08-07 Thread Linux Lingam
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_929528,00030007.htm states/claims that bangalore has eclipsed siliconvalley in number of IT jobs, though it also states a voice of dissent. check out the story, 'numero uno...' [stopped believing everything in newspapers since some time] LL

Re: [ilugd] Is Dreamweaver available for linux???????

2004-08-07 Thread Linux Lingam
On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 23:38:17 -0700 (PDT), santosh dubey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Can you please tell me whether some modified form of dreamweaver is available for linux..macromedia does not support it. why bother? do you think the gnulinux-oriented websites out there are authored in

[ilugd] mozilla profile in use

2004-08-09 Thread Linux Lingam
i have redhat8 on a partition, with a nice, growing set of bookmarks in mozilla 1.01, and loads of email ids, folders, and emails, under evolution. yesterday, i installed mozilla 10, and debian sarge with a bit of sid. under mandrake10, i wrote a simple shell script, that mounts the rh8

Re: [ilugd] mozilla profile in use

2004-08-11 Thread Linux Lingam
dear navneet and supreet, deleting the blinking 'lock' file in the .mozilla's user's directory worked. thanks. :-) LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at:

[ilugd] open source electromagnetic radiation

2004-08-14 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, this article is highly stimulating. in essence, should the electromagnetic spectrum become open source? the dilemma is classic: are governments/agencies auctioning pebbles on a seashore like a scarce commidity, or is the 'tragedy of commons' if you oversell a lake for fishing?

[ilugd] 1. windows runs linux. 2. GPL WinNT thingie

2004-08-15 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, coLinux is a Linux kernel that runs under Windows. Check out the screenshots. the developers ran knoppix under WIndows. the FAQs are even more interesting. they mention how you can tweak any distribution to run under Windows, natively. Also mentions how you can boot into windows, and

[ilugd] children brainwashed by BSA?

2004-08-15 Thread Linux Lingam
the american library association is hitting back at the rather aggressive tactics of the Business SOftware alliance (BSA) and MPAA, RIAA, etc., to influence school-children too early, with their propaganda on software, patents, software downloads, etc.

[ilugd] where's the summary?

2004-08-15 Thread Linux Lingam
i saw mairu making copious notes of the IHC meet on saturday, 5:30pm. he promised he'd upload it. haven't seen it yet. i don't remember much details about the meet, else would have summarized. this would be fruitful so if we meet at raj's place tuesday, gives about 24 hours for the list to

[ilugd] First annual Software Freedom Day

2004-08-26 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, the UN is organizing gthe first annual Software Freedom Day this saturday. across asia. including india. http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/08/25/HNunorganizes_1.html anybody has any clue bout this? i haven't see/heard/ any discussion on this on the mailing list. yeh kahaa, kabh,

[ilugd] root filesystem duplicate label error, hence read-only

2004-08-28 Thread Linux Lingam
i just installed debian sarge 7august 2004 version, on a partition on my pc. *made sure* it did not install any bootloader in mbr. rather, i let it install lilo in its own partition. debian works okay. i reboot, and in the pristine grub, try launching redhat8. the root filesystem is checked,

[ilugd] touchtel dsl model: xavi x7005q

2004-09-09 Thread Linux Lingam
touchtel dsl model: xavi x7005q, how does this modem work on touchtel dsl line under redhat9? can't get it to work. ? LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at:

Re: [ilugd] Public domain Sodipodi flag gallery

2004-09-09 Thread Linux Lingam
On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 04:54:40 +0530, Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sodipodi has an impressive flag gallery, created using Sodipodi of course, and available as SVG (vector images). The flag images are in public domain. The Indian flag is there, with a nicely detailed chakra in the

Re: [ilugd] touchtel dsl model: xavi x7005q

2004-09-09 Thread Linux Lingam
On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 18:28:41 +0530, Sudev Barar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 18:11, Linux Lingam wrote: touchtel dsl model: xavi x7005q, how does this modem work on touchtel dsl line under redhat9? can't get it to work. look at eciadsl.flashtux.org if it is not listed

[ilugd] sify in saket okay?

2004-09-19 Thread Linux Lingam
a colleague just migrated to debian sid from windoze. is considering moving from dialup to sify broadband. wants to know if sify works okay with gnulinux. area: saket. thanks LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ilugd] minutes of the volunteers meet

2004-09-22 Thread Linux Lingam
Minutes of volunteers meet : [snip] C. DISTROS 1. Knoppix 3.6 - edwin Mary 2. Debian 3.0 rc2 - Mary 3. Mandrake 10 - kapil dua 4. Dynabolic - Sundeep 5. Netbsd 1.6 - Manpreet 6. FreeBSD5.1 - Manpreet 7. OpenBSD 5.5 - Manpreet yea! long live *bsd! more

Re: [ilugd] minutes of the volunteers meet

2004-09-23 Thread Linux Lingam
C. DISTROS 1. Knoppix 3.6 - edwin Mary 2. Debian 3.0 rc2 - Mary 3. Mandrake 10 - kapil dua 4. Dynabolic - Sundeep 5. Netbsd 1.6 - Manpreet 6. FreeBSD5.1 - Manpreet 7. OpenBSD 5.5 - Manpreet LL yea! long live *bsd! more free than free. so why is this LL

Re: [ilugd] Future events meet

2004-10-12 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] Events coming up that we're looking at: 1. Navy Public School, Delhi, between 17 and 22 November. 1/2 day seminar, full day demo. Sort of like another LDD. Target audience is school students and teachers. bravo. 2. Scindia School, Gwalior, I or II week of November. [snip]

Re: [ilugd] Re: [RANT Maybe OT] Wired - weird India

2004-10-13 Thread Linux Lingam
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:03:43 +0530, Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tarun Dua wrote: Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: I propose setting up a Linux unfriendly products/services website, where we maintain a hall of shame for Indian vendors/companies who discriminate against consumers

Re: [ilugd] Venue for next ILUG meet, C-DAC Noida

2004-10-16 Thread Linux Lingam
On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:48:32 -0700 (PDT), Adi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi..i was just browsing through some discussions when i came across the one where someone asked for space for 50+ ppl for the next ILUG meet. I am a MCA student at C-DAC, Noida. We have recently started a linux club in our

Re: [ilugd] ILUGD Monthly meeting October 2004 !!! win surprise gift suggest theme, venue

2004-09-27 Thread Linux Lingam
On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:08:12 +0530, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] [raj soliloquy]: Some random thoughts that emerged after LDD 2k4... Firstly, in case you didn't already know, the response was literally overwhelming. We were planning for 150 delegates, that too with

Re: [ilugd] Fedora Trademark issue ( Was Re: lame excuses for being absent (Was Re: Accounts for LDD 2k4 co))

2004-09-27 Thread Linux Lingam
What trademark issues? Fedora is a Red Hat Trademark and has distribution conditions, [snip] so almost all the mainstream distros are becoming 'commercial' and 'conditional'. they are not as claustrophobic as the EULA of most proprietory, desktop vendors yet. still, all this kind of defeats

Re: [ilugd] Re: ILUGD Monthly meeting October 2004 !!! win surprise gift suggest theme, venue

2004-09-30 Thread Linux Lingam
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 18:30:13 +, Manpreet Singh Nehra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Latest update. Hamdard Univ. is not available as a cenre in Oct. though they have confirmed it for Nov. So any one with some other suggestions for the institute that could be contacted please feel to drop in the

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd]: LXer: Is the MSN search engine being used in the battle?to kill Linux?

2004-09-30 Thread Linux Lingam
- Forwarded message from Tom Adelstein tadelste at charter.net - http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/23328/index.html Hello, I could not track the source of old content showing up at the top of google searches on my name. According to the number of hits I

Re: [ilugd] SoC venue confirmed

2004-10-17 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] Count me in tell me what I should organise. This countermands the previous post where I said am not available. -- Sudev Barar Learning Linux the location is done. i guess the usual linux-delhi banner, some signposts (A40 posters we can stick to walls etc., so ppl know where to go. by

Re: [ilugd] Re: SoC venue confirmed

2004-10-20 Thread Linux Lingam
Laptop is in order but who is bringing LCD projector? the room has an lcd projector that connects to laptops and pcs. was working till yesterday, since the past one year. no guarantees that it works on sunday. hehehehe I have cable I have Samsung phone but sadly connect does not work. If any

Re: [ilugd] NCD primary teachers return to Microsoft classroom

2004-10-21 Thread Linux Lingam
On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 01:44:25 +0530 (IST), Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MCD primary teachers return to Microsoft classroom Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India ... Commissioner Rakesh Mehta has signed an MoU today with Microsoft Corporation India Private Limited under the company's

Re: [ilugd] Video editing on Linux

2004-11-11 Thread Linux Lingam
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:09:03 +0530, Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A question for video enthusiasts out here (LL?). yes? I recently got a Samsung camcorder which works with Hi8 tapes. Unfortunately, the native format of the cam is NTSC, and while there is a PAL60 output, it

[ilugd] which firewire card under gnulinux

2004-11-15 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, wish to purchase a firewire card for my pc. which one works under gnulinux, according to your experience? any thing to watch out for, any indicative pricepoints? wish to use it for miniDV transfers. anyone has had any experience regarding this, under gnulinux, please? TIA :-) LL

[ilugd] firewire card for gnulinux? agni-taar

2004-11-17 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, aag kee taar. which firewire card works with gnulinux, please? ayone has any experience to share on this? what pricepoints? speeds? issues? secondly, need to use this for miniDV transfers. anyone with any experience on this? please lion. :-) LL

Re: [ilugd] USB CD writer experiences

2005-01-16 Thread Linux Lingam
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:33:53 +0530, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Has anyone used a USB CD writer with any success for any length of time under Linux? If you have, specific brands/models of both CD writer and enclosure would be

Re: [ilugd] [SOS] [urgent] [cross-posted] CD-images for la2005

2005-02-04 Thread Linux Lingam
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 10:16:28 +0530, vivek v [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sorry for cross posting people, need these ISOs asap Knoppix 3.7 08-12-2004 version Game Morphix Mandrake 10.1 vivek 9873277933 i have knoppix 3.7, which i have also copied for vivek khurana. you could

Re: [ilugd] The Future of Open Source?

2005-02-13 Thread Linux Lingam
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:34:57 +0530, Manik Ahuja [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Have a hard look at this and give me your frank opinion. http://manikahuja.blogspot.com/ Thanks Manik 1) does not allow anonymous comments. forces someone to get an account on blogger. bleaaah! 2) the

Re: [ilugd] How to find client's IP address (or name)

2005-03-01 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] I have a very basic server written in C. [snip] Here is the trimmed code (can send complete code if you so desire). Tanks, Nishi [snip] er... nishi, you just posted some code snippets on a public mailing list. may i ask, is the code under gpl, lgpl, bsd, or apache license, or

Re: [ilugd] LUG Meeting?

2005-03-22 Thread Linux Lingam
[huge snip] are you guys thinking of holding a LUG meet on the eve of holi? good luck LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at:

Re: [ilugd] Mouse problem during installation of redhat

2005-03-26 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] Seriously, Linux is run by more than a million people world wide for applications ranging from Rocket launches to making simulations for nuclear devices - no one uses windows there. You still unconvinced? :-) Cheers! viksit that set me thinking. anyone has figures/pointers, to

Re: [ilugd] Creative commons or FDL?

2005-04-07 Thread Linux Lingam
On Apr 6, 2005 7:30 PM, Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Works like books, documentation, fonts etc. can be offered either under GPL/FDL or Creative Commons. I wanted your advice on this - if someone offers to release fonts, would you prefer it to be under CC or under GPL? fonts

Re: [ilugd] Audacity

2005-05-02 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] Audacity is available as default in OpenLX Linux - www.openlx.com and in several hundred other distros of gnulinux too. -- Peace, Force Joy! Sudhir Gandotra. 98-101-20918 OpenLX on Newsforge : http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/04/05/1833211.shtml?tid=132tid=38tid=130

Re: [ilugd] Audacity

2005-05-04 Thread Linux Lingam
On 5/3/05, Ritesh Raj Sarraf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Linux Lingam wrote: ah! okay. that explains it. ;-) btw, the best distro for handling audio and sound, is agnula. www.agnula.org. it comes in two flavours: one based on redhat

[ilugd] nokia linux patent thingie

2005-05-26 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, am sure most of you have checked out nokia's new linux-based gizmo for handheld 'broadband' net access, and their new controversial policy of showing their 'support' for linux with their sweeping patent policy. looks like to me they got so pscyhed by microsoft's rivalry that they just

Re: [ilugd] NEWS - Long-writeup - Mobilis vs Microsoft

2005-06-01 Thread Linux Lingam
[HUGE snip] whew! that was quite a rant. the truth is, that linux has hadly made any significant moves in india yet, unlike as in china. of course, there is a lot of fire and brimstone around it. but clear-cut directives from the government and policies, are missing. we do have a lot of positive

Re: [ilugd] Invitation to linux geeks, July 17, at National Association for the Blind

2005-07-14 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] I only hope we can come up with ILUGD presentations that aren't too visual-centric. Suggestions? -- Raju [suggestion] would vivek khurana like to give a talk on agnula. that deals with all things sound under gnulinux. [/suggestion] :-) LL

[ilugd] bruce perens on opensource

2005-08-15 Thread Linux Lingam
Open source doesn't mean you take a vow of poverty, - Bruce Perens. *** :-) LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi

[ilugd] convert win screensaver to lin

2005-08-15 Thread Linux Lingam
hi! i found an interesting screensaver somewhere on the web. unfortunately, it is in the ubiquitious *.exe format and therefore runs under windows. is there anyway i can convert this into a gnulinux-compatible screensaver, to run under kde,gnome, etc? else, anyway i can extract the images out

Re: [ilugd] D00d3tt3z on ILUG-d?

2005-08-21 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] But yes, I have been on this list for a few months, and have not heard anyone actually mention it as a loss- the fact that there are no 'active' women on the list. I don't know what you were expecting to see, but the subject does come up every now and then: people wonder why

Re: [ilugd] First-cut talks shortlist

2005-08-28 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, On 8/26/05, Saurabh Nanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Creative Niyam Bhushan Creative More details? Probably the full title of the talk? [snip] figured the best way to tackle this, is to get on to the mailing list of freedel and post a summary and/or shortlist of

Re: [ilugd] indic in mails

2005-09-02 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] i am using gmail, via firefox, on gnulinux. i see ?? characters in your sig. could you please share with me how to enable indic-support here? tia. :-) LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org

[ilugd] freedel2005 website design

2005-09-02 Thread Linux Lingam
just saw the freedel 2005 website design. excellent. would look better if the freedel logo is used just once, on the top-right. the repeating motif looks more like an illustration and an ornamentation, rather than the logo. LL ___ ilugd mailinglist --

[ilugd] freedel creative

2005-09-07 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, raj has titled my talk at freedel 'creative' and left me with a large empty canvas. i could cover a few possible topics, could ya please choose what would bore you the least :-) 1) digital typography with scribus, the page-layout software. OR 2) inkscape and getting curvaceous with

Re: [ilugd] freedel creative

2005-09-08 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip[ 5) video-edit[er... drop this as it demands a properly configured box and a mini camcoder and software that is still too primitive or too crash-prone] AND NUMBER 5 VIDEO EDITING - maybe you could bring some video clips and topics. the fun of this only happens when

Re: [ilugd] How should I begin?

2005-09-16 Thread Linux Lingam
congratulations ramana. excellent. :-) LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Fwd: [cc-lessigletter] CC in Review: Lawrence Lessig on How it All Began

2005-10-13 Thread Linux Lingam
[huge snip] The story with culture is somewhat different. We didn't begin with a world without proprietary culture. Instead, there has always been proprietary culture — meaning work protected by an exclusive right. [huge snip] there has always been proprietary culture is TOTAL BULLSHIT.

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Fwd: [cc-lessigletter] CC in Review: Lawrence Lessig on How it All Began

2005-10-13 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] Actually the culture was proprietary, not because of copyright but because of difficulty of reproduction. Books could not be copied (or only copied laboriously), music could not be taped and software didn't exist. The only thing that was ``non-proprietary'' earlier was the oral

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Fwd: [cc-lessigletter] CC in Review: Lawrence Lessig on How it All Began

2005-10-15 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] achha bas! each to their own. getting involved with the creativecommons, authoring public domain work, adopting the values you believe in for your better world, and doing whatever you can your way, will give each one of us who feels for this, our individual satisfactions. for, i strongly

[ilugd] Another Glitch In The Call

2005-10-16 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, 1) mid-sep2k5: thoroughly broke my knoppix2debian installed on the hardisk. had to simply reformat the whole partition. 2) sep-end: installed debian sarge from a dvd. big mistake. must install using atleast 2 dvds, not just the first one. 3) till-date: taken 2 weeks to sort out all

Re: [ilugd] Another Glitch In The Call

2005-10-17 Thread Linux Lingam
# chmod some shared alsa things with care [faq has more] You had to *install* alsa on the latest Sarge ... in this time and age? :-o Maybe it is time you looked at some other distributions which stay behind atleast a couple of years from today. - funny isn't it? in contrast,

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Fwd: [cc-lessigletter] CC in Review: LawrenceLessig on How it All Began

2005-11-04 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] sanjeev, thanks so much for these enlightening insights into newton and leonardo. these insights are too remarkable and make me wonder, are these the hallmarks of modern civilization, or just a particular civilization? for instance, the chinese are known to have invented several things in

Re: [ilugd] GNUnify 2006 Call for Speakers

2006-01-04 Thread Linux Lingam
Dear Devendra, GNUnify 2006 is an event on FOSS organized by Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR) and Pune Linux Users Group (PLUG). Call for speakers and attendees: Registration is now open for speakers for Techie Talks and Workshops. There are five streams -

Re: [ilugd] COMMENT: Google may not go Simputer way

2006-01-06 Thread Linux Lingam
somewhere along the thread, everyone conveniently forgot to mention that google has denied all rumours about entering the desktop market with its own hardware, in the first place. :-) niyam ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org

[ilugd] tata indicom datacard on linux laptop?

2006-01-14 Thread Linux Lingam
anybody has a linux running on a laptop with a tata indicom datacard running on it, successfully? any issues? TIA :-) niyam ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at:

Re: [ilugd] [OT] vernacular (Re: Seeking help for IT initiative for vernacular)

2006-01-14 Thread Linux Lingam
The word you seek is 'Indic' Indic may be the better term anyway, but only because it's more specific and descriptive. -- ams so we agree that we should use and promote the term 'indic'. thanks. and spread the word. :-) niyam ___ ilugd

[ilugd] just discovered who's at linuxasia2k6

2006-02-02 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, just hopped over to the community section of linuxasia and discovered free software foundation, india indlinux debian-in (i gotta check them out at the stands) ankur-bangla nepalinux oscar (whoa! these guys are for real!) and a few more. check out the growing list at

[ilugd] got tata indicom cdma card working with ubuntu linux on acer laptop

2006-03-01 Thread Linux Lingam
dear ilug-d troops, did about 12 hours of googling and research, but the final steps were real easy AFTER i did a painless, smooth, three-click install of ubuntu on an acer celeron laptop. the correct steps that work, are provided by our own nishant sharma, at this site:

[ilugd] Fwd: got tata indicom cdma card working with ubuntu linux on acer laptop

2006-03-01 Thread Linux Lingam
-- Forwarded message -- From: निशांत शर्मा | Nishant Sharma *** [at] gmail.com Date: Mar 1, 2006 8:07 PM Subject: Re: got tata indicom cdma card working with ubuntu linux on acer laptop To: Linux Lingam *** Hi Niyam, On 3/1/06, Linux Lingam wrote: thanks nishant. you

Re: [ilugd] got tata indicom cdma card working with ubuntu linux on acer laptop

2006-03-03 Thread Linux Lingam
Another thing The Indicom supports only Challenge -Handshake- Authenication Protocol(CHAP) rather than Password Authentication Protocol(PAP) surprising, i use pap and it works fine. however, i have to switch off the firewall, and that is not a good idea anyone knows what i have to allow for

Re: [ilugd] usb mounting

2006-03-05 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] the ilug-d mailing list is archived. whenever i wish to troubleshoot something, i search through the growing knowledge stored in its mails. sometimes, when i google for an answer, i often find a result pointing to an ilug-d mail. if people write in sms-english, or romanized-english, the

[ilugd] creative.linux-delhi.org needs venue for meet

2006-03-05 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, request for help. karunakar has posted several stunning photographs of celestial events from the delhi night sky. this has led to an enthusiastic response where members wish to hold the first creativedot meet to discuss aspects of digital photography, astronomy, creative commons

[ilugd] Confirmed. First Creativedot Meet. All invited.

2006-03-15 Thread Linux Lingam
Confirmed! 26 Mar 2006, Sunday, First Creativedot Meet. http://creative.linux-delhi.org Time: 2:30pm. Venue: Sarai. The venue, a little beyond ITO, is well-connected with metro stations. Karunakar will hold a workshop on introduction to photographing night skies and celestial events. Topics:

Re: [ilugd] live streaming player

2006-03-15 Thread Linux Lingam
hey msn, i thought you said microsoft was going to release a version of windows media player for gnulinux, and apple a version of their quicktime player for linux as well? Macromedia already has a version of their latest Flash player running natively in GnuLinux, no? what about DVD playback for

[ilugd] First Creativedot Meet, Delhi

2006-03-24 Thread Linux Lingam
Karunakar speaks on taking digital photos with his pocket digicam, of celestial events above the delhi sky. More details at http://creative.linux-delhi.org where you can get venue, timing, agenda of meet, and also discover karunakar's photography. hope to see you guys there. Don't have a

Re: [ilugd] Wither meetings?

2006-05-25 Thread Linux Lingam
agenda? apart from the popular and regular gpg-signing ceremonies? niyam ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi

Re: [ilugd] Wither meetings?

2006-06-05 Thread Linux Lingam
On 5/25/06, Sudev Barar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 25/05/06, Linux Lingam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: agenda? apart from the popular and regular gpg-signing ceremonies? Okay that is two people alive... ;-) gullp! i am out of town at that time. won't be able to make it. :- n

Re: [ilugd] Music Player

2006-06-24 Thread Linux Lingam
On 6/16/06, Silver MoonDragon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Does anyone know of any music player which can be configured to use file names instead of IDv* Tags? It really irks me when most of the music players display songs as Track 1 etc. just because I dont want to edit the IDv3 tags.

Re: [ilugd] (fwd) Re: Free/Libre Open Source Software Survey

2006-08-28 Thread Linux Lingam
On 8/26/06, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Forwarding without prejudice. Actually, with a bit of prejudice -- Rishab's FLOSSWorld survey has come out with interesting insights in the past, and I strongly recommend that you fill out the questionnaire yourself, as well as forwarding to

Re: [ilugd] Does anyone have the content released by the blender orange project?

2006-08-28 Thread Linux Lingam
On 8/29/06, Anupam Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, Does anyone have the DVD contents released by the Blender Orange Movie Project? (http://orange.blender.org/) I just painstakingly downloaded the smallest version of the movie available (99 MB) and do not have the bandwidth to

Re: [ilugd] Does anyone have the content released by the blender orange project?

2006-08-30 Thread Linux Lingam
i am out-of-town till tuesday, 5th sep. here's my deal: 1) let's do it once at sudev's den, and once at freedel, and if anyone wishes to hold 'another premiere + p2p' party, well, chak dey phattey! go ahead. obviously. however, i INSIST, we need a true 5.1 surroundsound dolby pro, or DTS

Re: [ilugd] Please add www.airindia.com to the ILUGD hall of shame

2006-09-16 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] OTOH, how does the nokia.co.in website cope with gnulinux and opensource tools? i find parts of its site not entirely compatible with my ubuntu cocktail. these are the sections where a lot of flash and custom-coding is used, say in the sections on the Nokia N 71 and N90 and 91 series. even

Re: [ilugd] [maybe OT]research papers as open content

2006-11-03 Thread Linux Lingam
Creative Commons Attributions ShareAlike License. good choice, you could also consider cc-BY license (attribution-only license) as this promotes knowledge-sharing further. the FDL does a great job too, and is more suitable for manuals and documentation. this works well for pH.D papers. the

Re: [ilugd] Steve jobs on abolishing DRM

2007-02-08 Thread Linux Lingam
Steve jobs suggests abolishing DRM in a recently published article at apple's website more at http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/ Bwaaahaahaa! x 100 When iTunes was the only DRM around, Jobs was pushing it down everyone's throat, to the extent that he threatened to sue

Re: [ilugd] Linux Newsletter launched

2007-02-10 Thread Linux Lingam
On 2/10/07, Openlx Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, We have launched the Linux Newsletter and the first issue, Feb 2007, is out with 10,000 printed copies. The Newsletter is free of cost. wow! 10,000 printed copies, given away free of cost. that's bold. who's funding this? how do you

Re: [ilugd] Linux Newsletter launched

2007-02-10 Thread Linux Lingam
wow! 10,000 printed copies, given away free of cost. that's bold. who's funding this? how do you pay for this? Have you seen the newsletter? It's mostly a brochure (not that there is anything wrong with that). Regards, Anupam Jain just downloaded the viewed the stuff. you're right.

[ilugd] nokia website for hall of shame?

2007-03-28 Thread Linux Lingam
about 129 million mobiles in india, versus about 15 million desktops. isn't it a shame that the nokia website doesn't seem compatible with several other browsers and even operating systems? http://nokia.co.in am sure loads of other ilug-d users must have faced similar problems. ? niyam

Re: [ilugd] Microsoft's Linux Pitch

2007-03-28 Thread Linux Lingam
oh! do check out the helpful 'resources' mentioned in the presentation: m$ competitive selling tools; get the facts ref card; case studies; whitepapers;... am surprised they forgot to mention linuxasia [g,d,r] oops! we didn't start the fire! hehehee :-) niyam

[ilugd] Off-Topic: ToyStory for Debian's names

2007-04-26 Thread Linux Lingam
hi! just finished watching 'toy story' the animation film by pixar, along with my lil toddler. i suppose that makes me rip van winkle: i finally understood why 'sid' in debian is always 'unstable'. geeks sure have a strange sense of humour. also met some old friends: 'woody', 'potato', 'etch',

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