Re: [ilugd] Venue Suggestions and Probable dates

2010-02-20 Thread Linux Lingam
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Sawrub luckysharm...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/20/2010 03:33 AM, Ankur Saxena wrote: Guys, Freed.in buzz is going out faster than we have expected and we have already 2 sponsorship requests :) We need to finalize on the venue and probable dates ASAP, Can we

Re: [ilugd] Venue Suggestions and Probable dates

2010-02-20 Thread Linux Lingam
About the dates - I, personally, favor late september (if it has to be september). good luck running an event a scant five days before the CWG. i'd say is not a good idea, but what do the others think? regards n ___ Ilugd mailing list

Re: [ilugd] Venue Suggestions and Probable dates

2010-02-19 Thread Linux Lingam
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Rajesh Lalwani rajesh.lalw...@blogworks.in wrote: 1) We have CWG 2010 from 3-14 October 2010 2) We have one more FOSS event probably around 17th September in Delhi. I guess any dates in last week of September will rock. It's a nice weather by then too.

Re: [ubuntu-in] Multimedia animation related good software for creating 2d , 3d avator in ubuntu linux.

2010-02-12 Thread Linux Lingam
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 5:54 AM, ambika divya ambikadi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all , Really thanks for help . I want to ask some more questions here, please share your ideas to me . Actually i want to make a webapplication in which user can use certain predefined  avatar and dance movements to

Re: [ilugd] Venue Suggestions and Probable dates

2010-02-11 Thread Linux Lingam
When do we have our next meet? Thursday's already gone. N -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [fosscomm] Fwd: Heads-up: FSFE Valentine's Day campaign

2010-02-11 Thread Linux Lingam
Are there some cute sexy free software developers whom we can Hug? 01. free software developers, feel free to contact me for a free hug. you deserve a hug for the tremendous value you bring to the world. 02. for free software, please try: http://hugin.sourceforge.net/ in the meantime, even

Re: [ilugd] ILUGD meeting: 2.30pm, Sun., 7th Feb., 2010, SIT, JNU

2010-02-07 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, Minutes of the meeting (MOM) : thanks honey for the MOM, my POP is that the overall feelgood factor for freed.in is high, the team is refreshed and motivated, and everybody seems to have a better sense of what works, what would not work, and how to delegate tasks, and to coordinate

[ubuntu-in] shuttleworth steps out of his ubuntu CEO spacesuit

2009-12-18 Thread Linux Lingam
http://blogs.computerworld.com/15275/shuttleworth_steps_down_as_ubuntu_ceo jane takes over. n -- niyam bhushan -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

Re: [ubuntu-in] Giving up the GIMP is a sign of Ubuntu's mainstream maturity - A rebuttal

2009-12-05 Thread Linux Lingam
am glad they dropped gimp, quite a pesky, clunky, photo-editing and pixel-editing software. oh! it's my favourite software, but so what. most people i know who've migrated to ubuntu, don't even know of its existence. fspot is a better choice for digital camera users. computer users have to be

Re: [ubuntu-in] Meeting on 6 dec

2009-12-05 Thread Linux Lingam
a bit too late to suggest a meeting at the JNU? n -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

[ilugd] linux-gamers: how about BYOFC

2009-11-12 Thread Linux Lingam
on monday past, read an interesting story of a *huge* game-fest at some local school. loads of youngsters played computer games, in a Bring Your Own Computer (BYOC) festival. so, how about a Bring Your Own FOSS Computer (BYOFC) and let's hold a linux-games contest. er... that may include copyleft

[ilugd] how to convert an airtel pdf bill into a spreadsheet using FOSS tools or apps?

2009-11-12 Thread Linux Lingam
the pdf e-bill emailed by airtel to me saves paper, but i want to sort, filter, and mangle it. tried opening it with openoffice.org on my ubuntu 9.04 here, but it displays hex, maybe also because it's a password-protected file (more annoyance than security, but that's another matter). any clues

Re: [ilugd] how to convert an airtel pdf bill into a spreadsheet using FOSS tools or apps?

2009-11-12 Thread Linux Lingam
updated. see in-line: On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Linux Lingam linuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: the pdf e-bill emailed by airtel to me saves paper, but i want to sort, filter, and mangle it. tried opening it with openoffice.org on my ubuntu 9.04 here, but it displays hex, maybe also because

Re: [fosscomm] An Appeal: Flood Relief Fund

2009-10-22 Thread Linux Lingam
Just curious: so how many people on this list actually responded to the original appeal? That may answer a lot of questions. n -- niyam bhushan ___ network mailing list network@lists.fosscom.in http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in

Re: [ubuntu-in] DTP on Ubuntu

2009-10-20 Thread Linux Lingam
i work professionally with scribus, inkscape, and gimp, in print-production workflows. for a short while, also worked extensively with cinepaint. things work, once you know your way around. oo.o has its advantages, too. the typography engine of oo.i is great, perhaps inspired by TeX to a great

Re: [ilugd] Advice needed: which notebook

2009-10-02 Thread Linux Lingam
Apple Macbook Pro. Or, for even better performance with price, laptops customised by Emperor Linux. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at:

Re: [Freed] FOSS.IN/2009 - Dec 1-5 2009, Bangalore

2009-09-14 Thread Linux Lingam
damn! can't make it this year. am grounded. niyam ___ Freed mailing list Freed@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/freed

Re: [ubuntu-in] Commercial support and AMC for ubuntu home users in delhi?

2009-07-29 Thread Linux Lingam
aanjhan, next time you come to delhi, or we meet, am offering you a chocolate for your bang-on-target understanding of my query. it's about time our community understood there are users beyond our aquarium, who don't even know how to swim. they like to keep things simple at home: service centre

Re: [ubuntu-in] Commercial support and AMC for ubuntu home users in delhi?

2009-07-29 Thread Linux Lingam
dear ramnarayan, On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Ramnarayan.Kramnaraya...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Linux Lingamlinuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, this is not a call for volunteers, or even individuals and freelancers who wish to offer paid-support for ubuntu.

[ilugd] BOSS Linux by C-DAC?

2009-07-28 Thread Linux Lingam
Dear all, I remember a few years ago LFY magazine distributing the government initiative, BOSS Linux, with its copies. What is the status of BOSS today? Is it the Red Flag of India, yet? Also, i heard a lot of community-folk murmering about how free is free in BOSS, and about it's indic support.

[ubuntu-in] Commercial support and AMC for ubuntu home users in delhi?

2009-07-28 Thread Linux Lingam
Dear all, this is not a call for volunteers, or even individuals and freelancers who wish to offer paid-support for ubuntu. wish to urgently know, are there companies, big or small, with hired full-time engineers and support staff, that offer support to individuals and home-users, on a per-call

Re: [ubuntu-in] UNR on macbookpro 5,1

2009-07-26 Thread Linux Lingam
i've got it to work somehow. the technique is to hold down the option key on boot-up, while keeping the usb-thumbdrive connected. the screen changes to show two options:'rEFIt' and 'Windows'. [note the lack of macosx, or even mention of linux on my partition, and the inaccuracy of naming my linux

[ilugd] microsoft violated GPL before releasing linux code?

2009-07-23 Thread Linux Lingam
does this explain microsoft's recent-found love of GPL? http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135853/Engineer_Microsoft_violated_GPL_before_Linux_code_release the community has welcomed microsoft's contribution favourably, nevertheless. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan

[ubuntu-in] UNR on macbookpro 5,1

2009-07-22 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, hope someone on this list has a solution for this: bought a new 4GB thumbdrive, downloaded and installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) based on 9.04, for generic i386. i already have ubuntu 9.04 installed in a partition on my macbookg pro 5,1, and use GRUB under rEFIt since more than a

Re: [ubuntu-in] UNR on macbookpro 5,1

2009-07-22 Thread Linux Lingam
On 7/22/09, Sameep Kaul sam...@tuxwire.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Linux Lingam linuxlin...@gmail.com To: Ubuntu India Local Community ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 4:05:46 AM GMT +05:30 Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi Subject: [ubuntu

Re: [ilugd] [OT]Request for help to migrate to GNU Linux for a Newspaper

2009-07-21 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] I am not sure about that. I forwarded the request to the group directly. Perhaps Anish can enlighten us all about this. Dharamsala. Been in touch with him and have given him a path forward to try a pilot themselves. [snip] curious. what's the progress? i saw the email when it

Re: [ilugd] [OT]Request for help to migrate to GNU Linux for a Newspaper

2009-07-21 Thread Linux Lingam
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Sudev Bararsba...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/7/22 Linux Lingam linuxlin...@gmail.com Been in touch with him and have given him a path forward to try a pilot themselves. [snip] curious. what's the progress? i saw the email when it first got published

Re: [ilugd] Petition to Macromedia

2009-07-21 Thread Linux Lingam
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 5:39 PM, sawrubluckysharm...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Just came across this,and thought of sharing it.May be it have been circulated in long back,but re-sending in for people like me. Come up and sign it on http://www.petitiononline.com/linuxswp/petition.html

Re: [ubuntu-in] How to do dual boot install of Ubuntu on Mac

2009-07-09 Thread Linux Lingam
hi, to the original poster: am responding to your query from my macbookpro 15, using ubuntu 9.04, which i dual-boot into with macosx 10.5.7. i've been tweaking and configuring this to my satisafaction and delight for weeks. everything just works, and the experience surpasses my experience with

Re: [ilugd] GNU/Linux PDF viewer with ability to read comments

2009-05-06 Thread Linux Lingam
have you tried installing acrobat reader under linux, maybe even under wine? it may save you the trouble of installing win or mac. regards n On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Anupam Jain ajn...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, What's the easiest way to read PDFs with embedded comments (created with

Re: [ilugd] GNU/Linux PDF viewer with ability to read comments

2009-05-06 Thread Linux Lingam
Dear anupam, if i read your need correctly, you wish to view and comment on documents in a collaborative environment. Hence the need to read comments in pdf. You mention you've asked people to move from msoffice fileformats to pdf. Maybe it's too late to recommend another workflow, but here's

Re: [ilugd] FOSS and Indian Political Party Websites

2009-05-05 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] Samajwadi Party Website is www.samajwadipartyindia.com which is PHP based. [snip] those pleasant folks who effectively wanted to ban the use of computers, and english, and even all forms of mechanized farming? an assertion which they later tried to soften? i've also noticed their site

Re: [ilugd] [Freed] Fw: ILUG-D Elections on May 3 - Results

2009-05-04 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, best wishes and good cheer to all for their new or renewed posts. regards niyam The 5 posts were filled unanimously in the following manner: President: Kishore Bhargava - nominated by Andrew Lynn Vice President: Andrew Lynn - self-nominated Treasurer: Tirveni Yadav - nominated by

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu for HeavyMetal fans: Jes*s Jugular, after Headless Horseman.

2009-05-03 Thread Linux Lingam
Haahhaha! Good one. On a totally different tangent, was hoping folks here could actually come up with releases named after indian classical raags, with wallpapers and themes. so, 9.10 could be Kool Kalyaan. :-) niyam On 5/1/09, Sarfaraz Kazi sarzk...@gmail.com wrote: On 28/04/2009, gaurav

[ilugd] Ubuntu for HeavyMetal fans: Jes*s Jugular, after Headless Horseman.

2009-04-24 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, just headbanged into this site, though i may urge you to proceed with caution, the ubuntu themes and imagery are not for the faint-hearted, and not for those not into heavy-metal's stark imagery. so those interested, may google for Ubuntu + the above keywords to discover the site on

[ilugd] some sony LCD tv screens use GPL and copyleft software

2009-04-23 Thread Linux Lingam
thought you'd find this interesting. stumbled across it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_bravia haven't found anyone hacking them. yet. so that means millions of people will experience the 'invisible' linux: my term for those who use linux without knowing they're using it. for example in

Re: [ilugd] oracle buys sun

2009-04-23 Thread Linux Lingam
meanwhile, i've been thinking of openofice, and the whole ODF and open-standards battle around it. gotta hand it to oracle. they *never* dreamt of making a foss suite like openoffice.org. sun did. now what will oracle do with it? am also thinking of javafx. not oracle's core domain expertise

[ilugd] oracle buys sun

2009-04-21 Thread Linux Lingam
http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/018363 what next, ads for unbreakable opensolaris? regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at:

[ilugd] RIAA attacks FSF

2009-04-21 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, this news would really prick your ears: RIAA attacks FSF [The RIAA]...termed the FSF an organization 'dedicated to eliminating restrictions on copying, redistribution, and modifying computer programs', and accused the FSF of having an 'open and virulent bias against copyrights' and

Re: [ubuntu-in] persistent configuration of nvidia graphics card on hardy 8.04

2009-04-21 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] What does the screen resolution say about available resolutions? Why are you using nvidia specific tools to manage resolution? Do you have all updates installed (specifically linux-restricted-modules)? i am also facing a lot of problems with my nVidia GeForce 2 on-board my asus

Re: [ilugd] apple airport express on ubuntu with foss apps?

2009-04-20 Thread Linux Lingam
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Arun Khan kn...@yahoo.com wrote: On Monday 20 Apr 2009, Linux Lingam wrote: [snip] meanwhile, kishore hastily hides behind his shiny new macbookpro running terminals in hi-res. :-) In Mac OS X or a Linux variant? hehhee. ask him, last i checked, he had

Re: [ilugd] apple airport express on ubuntu with foss apps?

2009-04-19 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] meanwhile, kishore hastily hides behind his shiny new macbookpro running terminals in hi-res. :-) mark shuttleworth pores over every pixel to find inspiration for his next release of ubuntu. Countless foss developers join him to develop muktified slices of the apple experience. steve

Re: [ilugd] apple airport express on ubuntu with foss apps?

2009-04-17 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, thanks for your responses. i am talking about the apple airport express base station. specifically, this router has a neat little 'audio-output' port built into it. here's the horrendously-cryptic url: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB321LL/A i've connected my JBL speakers to the

[ilugd] pirate bay founders found guilty, but the boat's still sailing

2009-04-17 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, this may be of interest to many: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8003799.stm rabid discussions on the internet on this, keyworded with free, freedom, europe, sweden, RIAA, and more. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ ilugd

Re: [ilugd] apple airport express on ubuntu with foss apps?

2009-04-17 Thread Linux Lingam
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Abhishek Nandakumar cont...@xabhishek.com wrote: You may find this thread useful: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=192806 thanks. had spotted it earlier, but did not see the thread ran into 6 pages. it is quite a kludge of a solution. will do some

[ilugd] apple airport express on ubuntu with foss apps?

2009-04-10 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, anybody has any experience in running apple's airport express under ubuntu or any other flavour? http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/ since you can connect wired speakers to airport express, and then use wi-fi to stream music to them, am looking for a FOSS app that can do that. so far,

[ubuntu-in] apple airport express on ubuntu with foss apps?

2009-04-10 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, anybody has any experience in running apple's airport express under ubuntu or any other flavour? http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/ since you can connect wired speakers to airport express, and then use wi-fi to stream music to them, am looking for a FOSS app that can do that. so far,

Re: [ilugd] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?

2009-04-04 Thread Linux Lingam
i've gone ahead and ponied up for it. it works great. the speeds are blazingly fast. however, some hiccups with reliance are worthy of mention: 01. to monitor my net-use, i was told i have to register at the reliance site. when i registered, the web-engine asked for my name and data-card number,

Re: [ilugd] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?

2009-03-27 Thread Linux Lingam
Arun, thanks for your detailed response. How recent is/was your team's problems with the datacards, and the dns? Are you still with reliance? Have you recently tried checking the dns issue? anybody else with positive or negative experiences and tips to share on reliance under linux? regards n

[ilugd] apple FUD on freeware vs foss

2009-03-26 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, am hugely dismayed to note that a company that obviously understands foss, adn cleverly uses foss tools to its advantage, spreads the fud about foss by calling it freeware. here they are calilng 'audacity' freeware, among several dozen examples i found:

[ilugd] IBM: I Believe in Mornings with the Sun

2009-03-18 Thread Linux Lingam
the web is suddenly ablaze with IBM's talks for acquiring Sun. no one seems to be talking about the impact on openoffice.org, odf, and sun's newer push into extending java further, especially with stuff like javafx. the good news everyone's missing: it's not microsoft in talks to buy sun. whew!

[ilugd] how to web-browse for foss while filtering out political advertising

2009-03-17 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, strange. every time i browse through foss-based sites or search for some foss-based resource, i find with increasing frequencies, ads from certain indian political parties adorning the relevant pages. is there anywhere i can create filters or do something, so that types or categories

Re: [ilugd] ILUGD (society) as a funding umbrella for FOSS development

2009-03-15 Thread Linux Lingam
dear andrew, [snip] your proposal for ilug-d is worthy of a thoughtful discussion, and delivers a wham worthy of the name of your former rock band. on the one hand, LUGs find meaning and context only if they belong to a specific organization, which is usually a college, or a commercial

[ilugd] freedom pdf readers

2009-03-11 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, hopefully, someone will soon realize the huge gaps to cover for a full drop-in replacement. http://pdfreaders.org/ regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org

Re: [ilugd] Blog post about Freed.in Day 1

2009-03-01 Thread Linux Lingam
Dear shirish, yes, you do need to mention the three things under each authored work. This is how it works, irrespective of copyright or copyleft or CC. It is tedious, but correct. Your other choice, is to only use Images in the public-domain, where no such restrictions apply, or to seek written

Re: [ilugd] Blog post about Freed.in Day 1

2009-03-01 Thread Linux Lingam
Dear shirish, no need to generate code. Just add static text. Like you see in the credits of a movie or tv documentary, a magazine colophon, a calendar, and anywhere else where authored works need credit, copyright, and licensed text. it's my pleasure to accept your thanks in advance for

Re: [ilugd] Blog post about Freed.in Day 1

2009-02-27 Thread Linux Lingam
how to use cc-licensed works: under the photo or hte authored work, mention three things: 1. author (who owns the copyright). with the copytight symbol or word, used before this. 2. the year, date, of the copyright (feb 2009) 3. the cc-license being used, in this case, cc-by-3.0 or whatever. a

Re: [ilugd] Blog post about Freed.in Day 1

2009-02-26 Thread Linux Lingam
dear shirish, looking at some of those photos and been wondering, how difficult is it for an intelligent and experienced foss-professional such as you, to adhere to the terms of the most liberal creative-commons license, as detailed here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en as

[ilugd] more photos, all from day 2, of freed.in

2009-02-26 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, please volunteer to add captions and details to the fresh batch of photos, all from day 2, added to the freed.in pool on flickr. also, please do contribute your photos to the pool. http://freed.in/2009/buzz/more-photos-from-freedin.html regards niyam -- niyam bhushan

Re: [Freed] Freed.in volunteers meeting: Tue., Feb 17th, 6pm, JNU

2009-02-15 Thread Linux Lingam
er.. 5:30pm is what we agreed on. regards niyam On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Gora Mohanty g...@sarai.net wrote: Hi, We will be having the planing meeting for all volunteers for Freed.in 2009 as per the details below. If you want to be part of Freed.in 2009, you should be at this

Re: [ilugd] [Freed] Freed.in volunteers meeting: Tue., Feb 17th, 6pm, JNU

2009-02-15 Thread Linux Lingam
er.. 5:30pm is what we agreed on. regards niyam On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Gora Mohanty g...@sarai.net wrote: Hi, We will be having the planing meeting for all volunteers for Freed.in 2009 as per the details below. If you want to be part of Freed.in 2009, you should be at this

Re: [ubuntu-in] How to find / reset user password in Ubuntu

2009-02-02 Thread Linux Lingam
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 6:52 AM, ram sri sri_har...@yahoo.co.in wrote: If you forgot you password for your ubuntu system you can recover using the following steps Turn your computer on. Press ESC at the grub prompt. Press e for edit. Highlight the line that begins kernel ………, press e Go

[ilugd] microsoft on intel's linux: this is a nightmare

2009-01-31 Thread Linux Lingam
fwiw: http://boycottnovell.com.nyud.net:8080/2009/01/30/microsoft-intel-anti-linux/ regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at:

[ilugd] help us promote freed.in with web-buttons

2009-01-31 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, blog, twitter, facebook, orkut, myspace . . . here we come: http://freed.in/2009/promote -- niyam bhushan ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at:

Re: [ilugd] microsoft on intel's linux: this is a nightmare

2009-01-31 Thread Linux Lingam
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 12:46 AM, Yashpal Nagar yashna...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Linux Lingam linuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: fwiw: http://boycottnovell.com.nyud.net:8080/2009/01/30/microsoft-intel-anti-linux/ Wow, this shows what matter a lot for M$, to kill Linux

Re: [ubuntu-in] Video cutter and editor

2009-01-23 Thread Linux Lingam
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Onkar Shinde onkarshi...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone tried pitivi recently? I heard it there have been some big improvements. still at early stages, like all other video-edit sofwtare under foss. some have been in early stages since 7 to 8 years, maybe more.

Re: [ubuntu-in] Video cutter and editor

2009-01-22 Thread Linux Lingam
let me clear my throat and say it out loud: for the moment, linux sucks when it comes to a video-edit software for ordinary folks that is at par, or exceeds, MoviekMaker, iMovie, Adobe Premiere, and much less, FinalCut Express, and its more muscular siblings. It also does not have anything at par

[ilugd] Gargi College launches Gargi Linux Users Group

2009-01-18 Thread Linux Lingam
over the next few weeks and months, expect large-scale migration to linux and foss at gargi, not just in departments, but also on the personal desktops and laptops of students. also expect a growing list of contributors to the foss-ecosystem and to creativecommons-attributed authored works.

[ilugd] EmperorLinux

2009-01-17 Thread Linux Lingam
would it be viable for someone in india to offer this, or a similar service, in India, given our growing foss community? http://www.emperorlinux.com about time, actually, no? regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ ilugd mailinglist --

Re: [ilugd] dimdim anyone?

2009-01-17 Thread Linux Lingam
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 1:25 AM, Vikas Rawal vikasra...@gmail.com wrote: Till then one could use a VNC client for that single purpose. Like TightVNC which is under GPL. Yes. But the fact that you can just display your screen on other people's web browser is simpler and more convenient. The

Re: [ilugd] FOSS seminar

2009-01-09 Thread Linux Lingam
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:43 AM, navneet sharma navneetlinuxexp...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, i want to share some moments during which we conducted FOSS seminar in chandigarh and nurpur (H.P). we conducted seminar in Nurpur where IT people from the surrounding location of nurpur attended

[ilugd] police: is your wifi secured?

2009-01-09 Thread Linux Lingam
hope the cops use gnu/linux on their laptops rather than some proprietary os: http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20090079455 regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org

[ilugd] Eklavya ThumbDrive.

2009-01-04 Thread Linux Lingam
the url below does not just point to a post on freed.in/2009, it also points a finger at you: uncle sham kneads you. http://freed.in/2009/news/eklavya-thumbdrive-universities-own-patents-from-student-research.html regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___

[ilugd] Eklavya Thumbdrive. corrected url.

2009-01-04 Thread Linux Lingam
http://freed.in/2009/buzz/eklavya-thumbdrive-universities-own-patents-from-student-research.html -- niyam bhushan ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at:

Re: [ilugd] indian freedoms cut

2009-01-04 Thread Linux Lingam
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 3:41 AM, PJ pee...@hotpop.com wrote: IT bill passed through parliament. Summary at: http://www.countercurrents.org/karun020109.htm Discussed on slashdot at: http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/09/01/03/0246252.shtml The likely abuse bodes ill for the future. unless those

Re: [ilugd] google selling unlocked android G1 in india

2008-12-09 Thread Linux Lingam
all this makes me wonder: are foss-values-based mobiles DOA? 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

[ilugd] google selling unlocked android G1 in india

2008-12-08 Thread Linux Lingam
[roach-bite] hope to see quite a few of you toting a google android G1 at the http://freed.in event on feb 20 and 21.[/roach-bite] here's the link to the android story: http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Google_Selling_Unlocked_G1_Phones_in_India/551-96192-613.html regards niyam -- niyam

Re: [ilugd] Fwd: NIIT and Adobe

2008-12-03 Thread Linux Lingam
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do we have anything equivalent to the Ad*be Creative Suite in the FOSS arena? the short answer: equal = no. equivalent = no. similar = no. what we have: a smattering of independent tools, organically developing. gimp.

[ilugd] discuss DRM this winter?

2008-12-01 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, as winter approaches delhi, some inspiration for discussing DRM (digital restrictions management): http://xkcd.com/511/ regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org

[ilugd] good OS announces cloud, a new os(?) for 2009

2008-12-01 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, just discovered gOS that has just launched 'cloud', which to me seems like a compressed linux-kernel booting some core apps like a browser, skype, and a few more. if you want additional apps or functions, press a button to optionally boot winxp which is also pre-installed sounds

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-27 Thread Linux Lingam
Take a look at http://www.emperorlinux.com/ - their Gazelle series come with an ATI X1600 and seems to work out of the box ( again, not sure how shipping / support into India will work though! ) bingo! that's what i need. some of their laptops can cost till USD 9800+... however, they have no

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-26 Thread Linux Lingam
dear karanbir, always refreshing and stimulating to hear from the bleeding-edge from you. [snip] do you want linux preinstalled for hardware compatibility check or to not pay the MS tax ? in case its the latter, you might be able to get a refund, or just not pay for it upfront. Vendor

[ilugd] why is virtualbox not a gpl-violation?

2008-11-23 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, virtualbox is a GPL-ed software. a binary closed-source version of the same software is available as freeware with added features. i can't understand how come this is not a violation of the terms of the GPL, specifically modifications must also be released under GPL. the authors do

Re: [ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-22 Thread Linux Lingam
plenty of people sell the sager/clevo variety preloaded with Linux, depending on where you are based you might even find someone local who has something in stock. wow! karanbir, that's an eye-opener. i was not aware of sager-ratna or clevo. googled this: http://www.xoticpc.com/index.php

[ilugd] high-end linux laptop?

2008-11-20 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, everyone focusses on 'cheap' or 'low-cost' linux laptops, especially netbooks. what i'm looking for is the opposite: the top-most, high-end laptop in the market, that ships with gnu/linux pre-installed, or has the market forgotten that gnu/linux is also about performance? i don't care

Re: [ilugd] Fwd: [FSUG-Bangalore] Boycott Novell Protesters Man-handled at National Conference on Free Software 2008

2008-11-16 Thread Linux Lingam
that is the *first* instance of an MNC taking a visibly hostile and tangible stance against foss and foss-supporters in india. does not bode too well if that MNC also happens to be a partner of microsoft. novell owes an apology to the indian foss community. meanwhile, i don't know about you, but

Re: [ilugd] [Freed] Freed.in 2009, Feb. 20th, 21st: Getting there together

2008-11-14 Thread Linux Lingam
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Gora Mohanty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, The permissions on the Wiki have now been fixed, and one should be able to view all pages without needing to register. Of course, you will need to register in order to edit pages. Documents of immediate

[ilugd] mephistopheles encounters the EULA

2008-11-08 Thread Linux Lingam
biting humour from xkcd on the end-user-license agreement: http://xkcd.com/501/ regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at:

Re: [ilugd] mephistopheles encounters the EULA

2008-11-08 Thread Linux Lingam
On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 4:11 AM, Nalin Savara [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 12:34 AM, Linux Lingam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: biting humour from xkcd on the end-user-license agreement: snip hmm who's mephistopheles ? classical western literature with biblical references

Re: [ilugd] Kiss Your TV Goodbye. With GISS.tv

2008-10-31 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] hey Niyam its an excellent concept, i'm just loving it. I did not know that it is working already. Though i'm yet to try it as my college internet has some limitations, but it looks wonderful. the giss.tv team is doing quite an impressive job with this. meanwhile, locally, the

Re: [ilugd] Suggestions for an ipod alternative

2008-10-30 Thread Linux Lingam
archos works wonderfully too. n ___ 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] FSF, say goodmorning to Microsoft Azure

2008-10-27 Thread Linux Lingam
it's about time the free software foundation (fsf.org) as well as free software supporters, advocates, and evangelists, lifted their heads from the sandbox most of them have buried their heads into. for software has jumped out of tape-reels and floppies, away from cds to more of downloads, and

Re: [ilugd] FSF, say goodmorning to Microsoft Azure

2008-10-27 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] Bleah, I say, and bleah again! I will bet anyone ten thousand quatloos that online applications, let alone online operating systems will never be the future of computing, the fond hopes of Google, and Microsoft notwithstanding. you use twiki for project and event management. others i

Re: [ilugd] Free iPod Manager For Wine-doze?

2008-10-25 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] Well, one of the options is not to use the Ipod because of its restrictive nature!! Other devices like those from Creative, Cowon and even Mio are linux-friendly and are well supported in Amarok (in addition to Rhythmbox) currently my thinking too. how the music streams through the

Re: [ilugd] Free iPod Manager For Wine-doze?

2008-10-25 Thread Linux Lingam
Completely agree. Let's bycott Apple completely. And I trust you also will not endorse Macs as apesome hardware-software integration anymore ;-) er... And you know what the name of my iPod is Ubuntu, with a big Ubuntu Logo at the backside. Apple just sucks. the ubuntu you use is totally

Re: [ilugd] Free iPod Manager For Wine-doze?

2008-10-25 Thread Linux Lingam
I dont want you to become iNiyam iBhushan :D hehe iNiyam wants to use third-party hardware accessories like specialised music-gear, color-measurement instruments, and other blah-blah that does not work yet in foss, even after waiting for 3 to 4 calendar years. that's a lot in a professional

Re: [ilugd] Free iPod Manager For Wine-doze?

2008-10-25 Thread Linux Lingam
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 11:16 PM, Swapnil Bhartiya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so *when* i *have* to use, should i give the money to apple or microsoft? My suggestion. Sponsor a FOSS project. The iCrap will cost you some 1 lakh. That is good money to sponsor a set of developers and you will

Re: [ilugd] Kiss Your TV Goodbye. With GISS.tv

2008-10-25 Thread Linux Lingam
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 1:32 AM, Angad Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is great stuff. I tried it out with my home DSL connection. I created a channel and streamed my webcam and mic to their IceCast 2 server. It works like a charm! Their wiki suggests using VisionAir on Windows (

Re: [ilugd] Free iPod Manager For Wine-doze?

2008-10-25 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] oh wait! why buy a mac, when i could buy a bmw? atleast it'll come with Linux pre-installed. http://www.autonews.com/article/20081023/COPY/310239911/-1/SUPPLIERS also, interesting they wish to do this to drive infotainment in the automobile, given that they were the first to make an

Re: [ubuntu-in] 64gb thumb drive not mounting on Hardy

2008-10-25 Thread Linux Lingam
also, sometimes its a good idea to plug it directly into the usb port of the machine and not into a hub, in case there's a power-related issue. regards niyam -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

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