List,
In the recent meet, Naveen, described a project that called for contributions.
I have lost the leads to what are the requirements, but as far as I remember,
it is about creating screencasts that'll help those who want to have a
self-controlled e-learning environment.
This email is
List,
This probably doesn't have much to do with the technical aspect of FOSS, but of
the pioneer of the Free Software Movement, RMS's video which includes a very
old photo, without the beard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1DFwtR755INR=1
http://www.ubuntu-in.org
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On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 Sameep wrote :
It probably a little late for this but does anyone want any specific distros ?
Do you already have a ready-to-use copy of OpenSuSE 11.0?
A few days ago, I burnt a copy of OpenSuSE 11.0 for a guy, but that didn't seem
to work on his machine for unknown reasons.
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 gaurav chaturvedi wrote :
What day and time is the meeting?
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Monthly_Meetings
Reminds me that those who have wiki accounts, can add their names / nicks on
the wiki page
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Upcoming_meet_RSVPs
or may
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 gaurav chaturvedi wrote :
Venue :-
DirectI
330 Link-Way Estate,
Link Road Malad (W)
Above Greens hotel
[snip]
Confirmed?
http://www.ubuntu-in.org
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List,
The wiki is being attacked on a daily basis by spam bots. I have been cleaning
pages, as soon as I notice one.
However, I would request, those who already have an account, and have created
pages / edited pages, to add watch to their / other pages so that pages could
be cleaned for spam.
List,
I'm sorry I haven't added the meet (submitted by Sameep; also was submitted on
the same day by Mehul Ved -- Thanks to both) on to the wiki. Sameep's writeup
seems to be uploaded on the main website though.
I'll do that soon. No one else could do it, because the meet page is protected
List,
The CDs wanted page on the wiki has few updates.
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/CDs_Wanted
http://www.ubuntu-in.org
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List,
You can add your name to the list on the wiki (URL below)
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Upcoming_meet_RSVPs
Though the agenda and venue is fixed, when is the meet scheduled (time?)
I haven't been able to find the same in the archives of the Mumbai Meet thread
and hence, the wiki
On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 Mehul Ved wrote :
Is this page locked? I am unable to see edit button on the page, whereas
it's fine on other pages.
Yes it was locked to avoid attacks from bots who might mess up the meet page.
The RSVP page however, is open to ones who have registered on the wiki.
All,
I have an old CD-ROM and a non-functional CD-Writer, which fails
invariably and tends to freeze my system randomly.
Are there locations in Mumbai, which recycle this ? Or could it be put
to some other good use (the motor for rotating the wheels of a robot
car?)
Similarly, I have a few
List,
I assume it has been almost over a month now and updates to kde.in were
far and few.
But here it comes, presenting the next FreeIndian: Kartik Mistry.
Our current interview features the Gujarati Geek (alliteration
attempted ;) ) who runs the Universal OS and is involved in l10n as
[snip ...]
Let's prove to the World that India contributes to FOSS too...
http://foss.in/2007/shortlist.php
The above list, lists Indian as well as others. foss.in/2007 could be a great
place for evaluation. :)
http://www.ubuntu-in.org
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All,
I'm not sure, if this has been posted to the list and the archives don't have
it either.
The November meet's details was put up at Upcoming, in Yahoo!
Please visit
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/
and click on the meet's link. You can, confirm, if you are attending the meet
on 11th and/or
Since, there's just one topic, this GLUG-meet I have a small suggestion.
I repeat, *suggestion*.
Pradeepto - Beginner's guide to Qt and/or KDE 3.5.8 demo? (superkaramba themes,
icons etc.)
OR
Vihan - Getting started with GCC (The C, compiler) (Probably a series of GNU
tools - GNU Nano,
--- Anurag wrote:
Hello list members,
We'll be having our November GLUG meet at HBCSE on
sunday, 11th November 2007.
Date: Sunday, 11th November 2007
Time: 4:00 PM
Venue: HBCSE, Mankhurd
Topics:
1) Common Lisp - The language basics. - By
Chaitanya Gupta
2) How to get started
---Roshan wrote:
If we have any Fedora Fans around, could you make a
copy of latest Fedora 8 (KDE live, preferably) since
it is being released on November 11 2007. :)
Correction: Fedora 8 on November 8 2007.
BTW, 11 November is the last day of Diwali (probably) and since, resources
(room
---mehulved wrote:
4. Available enterprise level tools - Eclipse IDE, NetBeans
I might not demonstrate this. I'm not much familiar with its power.
And since, this is an introductory session, I guess, I'll stick on to
the command line.
http://www.ubuntu-in.org
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If you are a MTNL Triband user and want to connect to the internet through USB,
Ubuntu 7.10 will automatically detect the network through the USB.
However, one would have to add the DNS servers in order to get started.
(Kubuntu 6.06 (and later), though, could do it out-of-the box - See the K
List,
Since the wiki is down and I managed to collect a few ISO last week,
I'll post it here.
I have Ubuntu 7.10 Alternate CD (Ubuntu) for those who would like to
upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10 without wasting bandwidth. I also have
Knoppix 5.1.1 (version number may be wrong).
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 Rony wrote :
MTNL's triband is getting from bad to worse with connectivity
problems, when I need it the most.
It is surprising for /me/ to note this. I assume, the causes could be
a. The (longer) distance of your (exchange's?) DSLAM from the place of
installation. (Wire
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 Easwar Hariharan wrote :
I'm unable to access the wiki(404 Not Found) and when I try to give only
http://db.glug-bom.org/ ,I get a page with the address
http://db.glug-bom.org/apache2-default/ and It Works! in bold and big font
size.This is as of Wed Oct 10,00:08 hours.Is this
All,
May be this isn't the right place to post this, but
I'll do it anyway. This is because, it is worth it.
Title: Head First Java
Authors: Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates
URL: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hfjava2/
The reason, I have recommended this book for C/C++
programmers (or beginners) is
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 Kenneth Gonsalves wrote :
you mean there is a language independant definition of OO?
Yes, you could consider UML to be that.
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On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 Rony wrote :
Thanks to your write up, I compiled my first C and C++ programs.
Coo!
That was fun. :)
Glad to know you had fun doing it. :)
http://www.ubuntu-in.org
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List,
I received an ack for my post to the list in my Yahoo!
inbox. Looks like the problem is solved and therefore,
Yahoo! users can send emails to the list.
Thanks to the list admin and Yahoo! Customer Care.
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--- Rony wrote:
Thanks to your write up, I compiled my first C and
C++ programs.
That was fun. :)
Coo!
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--- Shakthi Kannan wrote:
When you work with console based-text editors, like
vi or GNU Emacs
you directly work with system RAM, so it is quite
fast.
I'm not sure of what the statement work with system
RAM means. Could you simplify?
Use the right tools for the right programming tasks.
You
List,
Found an article explaining the most basic commands in
under Linux distributions for file management.
The article is available at the following URL
http://polishlinux.org/console/file-management-in-linux/
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--- Dinesh Joshi wrote:
On Sun, 2007-09-09 at 18:55 +0100, Roshan wrote:
(Wonder, if this could get into KDE docs of Kate
as
well, Docbook programmers around? ;) /Yes, too
much !))
I'm working on Docbook right now. I would be more
than happy to help ya
out. Lemme know what you need
List,
I have created a How-to on configuring Kate to compile
and/or run C, C++ and Java programs.
The URL is
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Compile_C_CPP_and_Java_programs_using_Kate
BASH scripting is used here and if there are users on
the list who use a different shell and can add
--- Roshan wrote:
I was trying out cursor themes in Kubuntu and
changed
it to a theme that was called X Cursor themes or
so.
I selected it and logged out to set the current
cursor
theme as X cursor theme. However, the file seems
to
be missing and Kubuntu disables starting X because
List,
KDE 4.0 Beta 2 has been released. The screen-shots
really look superb!
I'm waiting for KDE 4 :)
Read it here: http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.0-beta2.php
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--- Amiya Sahoo wrote:
Hi there
I am pretty new to GCC..I am using GCC 4.1.2
installed on Ubuntu
4.0..Iwrote a simple Hello World program..
I am getting the following message
first.c:1:20: error: stdio.h: No such file or
directory
first.c: In function 'main':
first.c:4: warning:
--- Philip Tellis wrote:
On 01/09/07, mehul wrote:
On 9/1/07, Philip Tellis wrote:
Anyone up for a BoF meet this Sunday evening at
5 gardens near VJTI?
Around what time?
Say 5:30pm.
So, is the BoF confirmed? If yes, I'll put it up on
the wiki immediately.
--
--- Easwar Hariharan wrote:
Was the command you gave for starting Compiz during
startup compiz --replace
.If yes.it's correct.
Yes, I tried this command, but nothing happens. I
press enter twice to return to the prompt again.
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--- Philip Tellis wrote:
Anyone up for a BoF meet this Sunday evening at 5
gardens near VJTI?
The BoF could actually be at VTJI college FOSS Lab.
Possible?
Mehul, you could put the agenda of Ubuntu related
workshops.
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All,
I installed ubuntu-desktop package (the GNOME env.) on
my Kubuntu so, that I could have GNOME and KDE
together (for any demos).
I installed compiz, that is three packages
compiz
compiz-gnome
compiz-kde
I also installed Xserver-xgl; (since Xgl is a
pre-requisite for Compiz).
According to
--- Raza Sayed wrote:
My machine has
512 MB of RAM and 1.46 GHz processor.
So,i need your suggestion as to which distro would
be the best desktop os for me,in terms of atleast
the following factors.
1. Support for wireless connectivity, as i need to
be able to use WiFi.
Which WiFi Card?
--- Dinesh Shah wrote:
H!
On 8/19/07, Nishit Dave wrote:
Ever visit www.irctc.co.in or
www.moneycontrol.com?
I never have any problem with irctc.co.in. I am
always able to book my
tickets using firefox on GNU/Linux.
May be he was pointing to unobtrusive advertisements.
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--- Dinesh Shah wrote:
H!
On 8/19/07, Nishit Dave wrote:
Ever visit www.irctc.co.in or
www.moneycontrol.com?
I never have any problem with irctc.co.in. I am
always able to book my
tickets using firefox on GNU/Linux.
May be he was pointing to unobtrusive
--- Dinesh Joshi wrote:
Hi list,
take a look at this site:
http://whyfirefoxisblocked.com/
In a way, though it is justified that ad-block plugin
is taking a toll on revenues (irrespective of amount
that is obtained), I guess, they need to present facts
about how many Firefox users actually
--- Ashish Shukla wrote:
Remove the proprietary software sticker from your
box, put your favor
free software sticker on your box :)
Available from:
http://raro.oreto.inf-cr.uclm.es/apps/stickers/
I have downloaded the PDF file (containing the
stickers), so if we happen to meet and you
List,
Can anyone access the Wiki (2203 hrs August 14 2007)?
Or is it just me who cannot?
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Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on
--- Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On 13-Aug-07, at 8:46 PM, Vipul Mathur wrote:
Cleartrip sounds like a fun place with lots of
magic :-)
(clear(trip(is(the(rock)
May be you forgot 'cons' ;) ;)
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Try
--- alpesh gajbe wrote:
I am forwarding a link of an article in today's i.e.
11st August 2007 Times
of India on Free Software Movement.
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JTS8yMDA3LzA4LzExI0FyMDEyMDA=Mode=HTMLLocale=english-skin-custom
Wow! I'm a bit curious to know who's
--- Mohan Nayaka wrote:
Vihan's just 25! He seems older than Gandalf!!
I too mistook him for Stallman once.
:). This also proves, he deserves the comment, made in
the newspaper article. :)
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Did you know?
--- Prashant Shah wrote:
PHP Seminar is finally happening !!
:)
Sunday, 19th August.
Venue: HBCSE
Time: 3:00PM
Added the above details to the wiki.
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/PHP-session-details
Please email me : pshah.mumbai AT gmail.com to
register
I have also (rather,
--- Mitul Limbani wrote:
This page is not editable I tried logging in but
still the same issue.
Oh, sorry. I had freezed it when PHP seminar was
postponed. The page is editable now.
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/PHP_Session_RSVP
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List,
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/CDs_Wanted
The page has been updated with a recent entry of
Mepis. If someone has a copy of it please get contact
details from the above page.
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Did you know? You can
--- Dinesh Joshi wrote:
one of the reasons I completely moved to Linux was
allegro. I worked
with allegro for some time on windows but then when
the new version came
out, it wouldn't compile. I tried tried tried and
then simply got fed
up. Rebooted my machine in Redhat 9 and tried
--- Pradeepto Bhattacharya wrote:
[Don't mean to hijack this thread]
:)
I started searching for svga and what not.
I used to be
running Win98 those days btw. So I bumped into two
libraries - Zephyr
and Allegro ( * ). Both could do what I wanted -
nice gfx routines in
--- Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
I have started the wiki page at:
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/VendorWorkshop
can someone link it to the front page
Linked it to the Main Page under GLUG-BOM Initiatives.
Computer Lab incharge - of various educational
institutes could also be
--- Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
I have started the wiki page at:
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/VendorWorkshop
can someone link it to the front page
Linked it to the Main Page under GLUG-BOM Initiatives.
Computer Lab incharge - of various educational
institutes could also be
--- Mohan Nayaka wrote:
However, I am not able to edit the wiki front page.
What do I need to
do to edit it?
The page was protected when a spam attack destroyed
contents on it. I'll add the link to it.
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Why delete messages?
--- Rony wrote:
It would be nice if some University in India creates
a center for
developing FOSS softwares for professional industry
usage.
There's /probably/ not enough _skilled_ manpower for
such a task. Engineering students in Mumbai Univesity
/could/ be at a better position to handle
--- Dinesh Joshi wrote:
I'm not talking
usagewise but I'm
talking with reference to installation and
maintenance.
Isn't apt-get a part of Debian too? (or rather,
apt-get was available in Debian first?) From my
partial attempt of installation of Debian GNU/Linux,
all I can say is that the
--- Vivek J. Patankar wrote:
Roshan wrote:
This thread has, rather forked some other process.
OP
please post error messages (if any) that you may
have
encountered during your installation.
I doubt if the OP is even interested anymore, or on
the list for that
matter.
The OP has
--- Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
Hi All,
This is probably a very basic question but here goes
anyways
Is it?
-- which
would be faster in C/C++ (or would it make no
difference at all?):
while(condition)
{
...
}
OR
while(true)
{
...
if(condition)
break;
...
}
--- Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
On 7/31/07, Dinesh Joshi
wrote:
No...language is language - be it a programming
language or whatever :)
Don't you think theres math in the language that
we speak? Programming
languages are no different :)
Nope. The essential difference between human and
--- Dinesh Joshi wrote:
But the problem with Open Office:
1. With average machines, it performs slow
Average machines need to be defined here, with
specifications.
2. The documents it generates are not 100%
compatible with Ms.Office
True. Though, the solution could be using OpenOffice
--- Marco Fioretti wrote:
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:49:19 +0200
From: Marco Fioretti
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Wanted: Free Software resources for all
families and schools
Greetings,
I am a freelance writer specialized in FOSS topics,
Contributing
editor of Linux Journal
--- Rony wrote:
[...]
We cannot control what
information the
manufacturer is sending from our system to its
website. Libre softwares
can be audited and modified to make them secure and
private and that is
the only logical choice for any computer user. Libre
software minds its
own
--- Mrugesh Karnik wrote:
The second session's details have been added to the
wiki.
Please add your name to the list on the following page
(URL below) if you wish to attend the session.
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/BASH_Session_RSVP
Functions
Shell Arithmetic
Positional
--- Rony wrote:
It does not register the keys as they are. It goes
haywire. I can't even
exit.
Might be stupid to say this, but what do you key in to
quit? (:q ?)
You can use (:q or :qa! - all changes lost).
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--- Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote:
http://entertaining.about.com/cs/etiquette/qt/tip122500.htm
R.S.V.P. comes from the French expression répondez
s'il vous plaît,
meaning please respond . If R.S.V.P. is written on
an invitation it
means the invited guest must tell the host whether
or
--- Mrugesh Karnik wrote:
Uhhh the bash seminar arranged in the afternoon is
still on. The php seminar
is entirely Mr. Prashant Shah's decision. I repeat,
the bash seminar is
happening at 1 pm as announced.
And, the RSVPs page is up and running at
--- RS singh wrote:
I want to get the linux desktop on windows in our
college. My purpose is to teach C language to
students
of MCA by using GVIM and DDD.
Ah, GNU tools. I haven't used them yet.
What are the softwares required.
1) Best suited linux Server for this purpose.
2) best
List,
Details of this BASH seminar and PHP seminar have been
added on to the wiki. Please refer the following pages
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Seminar-Workshops
The details of each seminar is available on the link
beside each entry.
The following pages list the RSVPs for each
List,
The upcoming GLUG meet details (plus Firefox meet)
have been updated on the wiki and also posted to the
list (annoucement). (some of you may have got it and
for some, it is somewhere on the internet ;) )
Please refer the following page for details:
--- niraj wrote:
Another highlight of this issue will be a complete 3
DVD pack of Debian 4.0
Umm.
Where is the community feedback section in the
magazine? Apparently, there have been no posts
regarding this IIRC. (Please point me, if such posts
have been made)
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--- Nishit Dave wrote:
On 7/17/07, Kartik Mistry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
* 12.00AM - Do we need an EN_IN version of
Firefox? Local English, local
:-?
On my behalf, please ask the following question/s to
the panel:
Why we needing EN_IN varjan? Did Indian English
coming differently?
--- Philip Tellis wrote:
You should also add events to
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/
That way people who haven't heard about the lug, but
just happen to be
browsing through events in Bombay may also turn up.
I didn't know anything about the URL. Though, I have
made an account, I would ask
--- mehul wrote:
Why RSVP page on the wiki when there's already a
group on
the same on google groups?
The link to the group is
http://groups.google.com/group/php-mumbai-group
When did this come up?
BTW, RSVP is to list out those who can make it to the
PHP session. It probably has nothing
--- Anurag wrote:
So, what is the final venue?
One week to decide and finalize :P
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Once upon a time there was 1 GB storage in your inbox. To know the happy
ending go to
List,
The following article describes an event that took
place in a lab like classroom. Though, there are few
setups such as these in Mumbai Colleges / Schools,
this article is an interesting read.
--- Nirav Mehta wrote:
You can find more details about the event at:
http://www.mehtanirav.com/2007/06/29/join-hands-with-firefox/
There are two lists of members attending the event.
One is at
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Upcoming_meet_RSVPs
and the other is at the above mentioned
List,
I have a task at hand and need to refer a particular
book.
The book is titled Linux Multimedia Guide authored
by Jeff Tranter.
If someone has it and wishes to sell it at a
reasonable price, please let me know. This book is out
of print, and therefore not available in most book
shops.
--- jtd wrote:
Who has Debian Etch dvds. I need a set.
I have them. Let me know off-list, if you want it on
or before day after tomorrow. I can courier it through Vichare.
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Send free SMS
--- gaurav chaturvedi wrote:
List of Attendents :
*) Nirav Mehta
*) Mitul Limbani
*) Kartik Mistry
*) Gaurav Chaturvedi
We need a wiki.
You asked for it, and you got it. Some names were
removed unknowingly. Wiki would help solve that.
Please add your names to the following
--- Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On 09-Jul-07, at 8:02 PM, gaurav chaturvedi wrote:
We need a wiki.
we have one
He probably meant We need a wiki to list the
members.
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All,
Thought of sharing a thought that triggered this
email.
A GNU/Linux distribution is usually tried and tested
by individuals new to it and often want to know how to
use it. The approach recommended by most, who have
already used it, is by exploring documentation and
adopting a self-help
--- Anant Narayanan wrote:
If I were to make a virus, I would cloak it under
the pretext of some
other useful software. Think of a binary blob that
supposedly
installs a Flash Player on your system, or the
Netbeans IDE, or some
graphics drivers (ATi/nVidia?). You need to run the
--- Rony wrote:
This is a nice article in TOI, encouraging people to
make a switch to
GNU/Linux.
url removed
The picture accompanying the article in the (physical)
newspaper, displays a Laptop running Windows XP.
I wonder, why couldn't the author find a desktop /
laptop running Kubuntu
--- Omkar Raut wrote:
Hi,
I want to configure ppp to dial my isp(pacenet).
Though, this may be what you want, but is a suitable
pointer for it.
Follow the URL for details:
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Broadband_Pacenet
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--- Roshan wrote:
This year, President of FSF-I Georg Greve[2] was in
(realized a typo too late )
That should have been FSF-E (FSF Europe)
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Listen to Legal music - Listen to FM Radio (Mumbai)
ubunturos @ freenode
List,
RMS[1] was in Mumbai last year in August. (27th August
2006, to be precise). A session was organized by
FSF-India and GNU/Linux User Group of Mumbai, on Free
Software, Free Knowledge and Free Society.
This year, President of FSF-I Georg Greve[2] was in
Mumbai and delivered a talk on Free
--- jtd wrote:
Whatever gave you the idea that fedora is mature.
It has grown from the late nineties (in the form of
RH) and has developed into a community distros over
these years.
The fedora series
is means of testing out stuff and then using the
results in the RH
enterprise
List,
One of my friend, by the name Tapas, installed Fedora
7 yesterday. The experience was something that isn't
expected by a mature and quality distribution like
Fedora 7.
The experiences mentioned in the article (review) at
the following URL by the author is almost what Tapas
experienced.
--- Rony wrote:
Does anyone have Debian Etch Stable CD sets? The
purpose is mainly to
setup different servers without gui.
I have the stable version (DVD ISOs) with me. All 3
ISO (1st base, other 2 additional packages).
Incase you are particular about having the CD, I
don't have it.
--
--- Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
They might as well sell their laptops OS-less.
They're reinforcing the
belief that Linux is this GUI-less, strictly geeks
only OS.
Possibly. However, in 2007, we could think this belief
is /believed/ by those who are entirely covered by
walls of /opaque/
--- Rony wrote:
Some days ago I had installed Kubuntu 7.04 on a
Gigabyte 945 mobo
machine and it had the problem of hanging on
shutdown/reboot. So at the
same place I loaded the Ubuntu 7.04 DVD that came
with this month's
Digit mag. and the results were very good.
I wonder why there
--- Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
size of the population. With such a
large population,
herd mentality rules rather than rational thought.
I don't know what mentality would rule. But, yes,
population has affected almost everything in India.
The size of the country is 3 times smaller than USA
but
List,
Can you suggest a good UPS that comes with
a. 10-15 minutes backup time
b. between Rs. 1800 - 2300
c. a particular brand that may have worked best for
you
d. for home use.
--
FSF of India Associate Fellow - http://www.gnu.org.in
S K Somaiya College of ASC- http://www.somaiya.edu/sksasc
And now, the bunty (Ubuntu) and bubbly (Kubuntu,
default desktop wallpaper ;) ) make their way to VJTI
computer Lab (or browsing lab) on 30 computer dual
booting with Windows XP.
KG, has Prof. Jitendra Shah subsribed to this list?
--
FSF of India Associate Fellow - http://www.gnu.org.in
S K
--- Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
KG, has Prof. Jitendra Shah subsribed to this
list?
I should think so
If he isn't, he should subscribe. He was disappointed
that the list members (especially we three) weren't
aware of setting up the lab and didn't plan things
before we dropped in.
--
FSF of
--- Dinesh Joshi wrote:
But I can
definitely dropin a couple of times this week. Just
let me know the
agenda for the day and I'll check if I can be of any
use :)
The best thing to do is either email Mehul (find his
email from the wiki) and ask him or call him up.
The server isn't setup
--- Dinesh Joshi wrote:
So for a mesh
network 1-1.2Mbps is pretty good.
But would this be the same, when we scale?
Anyway, a wireless network cannot be expected to
deliver vast quantities
of bandwidth with today's tech.
Actually, it is a wireless *mesh* network. A wired
mesh network
--- Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
What do we plan to showcase?
you tell me - it is *your* node, I am just here for
the kick-off
Since, the lab has to be setup, it may lead to an
Installfest. Isn't it?
Any list of available hardware
Osric, you can probably throw some light on the
typical
--- Rony wrote:
Hello All,
At the wireless mesh setup in HBCSE, the download
speed was very slow,
max. 1 to 1.2 Mbps for a single user. How can this
speed be optimized so
that when we setup meshes all over Mumbai, we get
decent speeds with
multiple users.
I was recollecting the day we
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