[ilugd] freed.in 2007 photos, photos, and more photos...

2007-09-30 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, please discover and share 168 photos of freed.in at my flickr account here: http://www.flickr.com/gp/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/o25239 also, please share your photos or photo-sets with me, either through flickr links, or incomments to photos, or via emailed link to me, so can further cross-poll

[ilugd] openmoko versus apple iphone: value-system

2007-09-30 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, apple is making its users a prisoner of some its products and services. not only is apple restricting freedom-of-choice to its customers, it is also punishing with a heavy hand those who dare to deviate. take a look at this report by bbc on how an apple update on the iphone has made the

[ilugd] we will, we will, ROCK you!

2007-09-25 Thread Linux Lingam
the buzz is growing around freed.in, the registrations are pouring in, the speakers are getting their time-slots allocated, the teeshirts are being printed, the venue is being geared up to handle the rush . . . . spread the word, register early. viva la revolution ! :-) niyam __

Re: [ilugd] my screen flickers

2007-09-23 Thread Linux Lingam
> > > There is also a high powerline going above the hostels. > > The two hostel are approximately 30m apart > [...] >Electromagnetic interference > from other sources is a possibility, and the power line you > mention could be a source, 01. often, simply orienting the monitor in another direction

Re: [ilugd] [X-POSTED] First GPL violation filed in USA

2007-09-22 Thread Linux Lingam
On 9/21/07, Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > The first lawsuit for GPL violation in the USA has been filed yesterday > against Monsoon Multimedia, who were distributing busybox without > making the source code available. This appears to be

Re: [LIG] [ilugd] [X-POSTED] First GPL violation filed in USA

2007-09-22 Thread Linux Lingam
On 9/21/07, Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > The first lawsuit for GPL violation in the USA has been filed yesterday > against Monsoon Multimedia, who were distributing busybox without > making the source code available. This appears to be

Re: [ilugd] [X-POSTED] First GPL violation filed in USA

2007-09-21 Thread Linux Lingam
On 9/21/07, Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > The first lawsuit for GPL violation in the USA has been filed yesterday > against Monsoon Multimedia, who were distributing busybox without > making the source code available. yup! it's a gpl2 v

Re: [ilugd] key-signing party ?

2007-09-21 Thread Linux Lingam
On 9/21/07, Karanbir Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sudev Barar wrote: > > Karanbir it would indeed be nice to do key signing party. I will see > > if this can be added to the program...maybe during first day itself. > > > sounds good, just remember to let people know that they need atleast 1 f

Re: [ilugd] [ilugd- Request 4 Logo]

2007-09-20 Thread Linux Lingam
> (Who is this Gora dude, and why is he following me around?) > > I forgot to mention this, but the same offer applies to other > people too. We have maybe 75-100 high-quality A3 posters left. > Any organisation that wants copies is welcome to them, with the > proviso that it makes the (completely

Re: [ilugd] cheap trick with multiple gmail accounts for concurrent logins

2007-09-15 Thread Linux Lingam
:-) thanks everyone for responding. inspired by karanbir, i found a quick and easier solution to implement: just buy one apple macbook pro for each gmail account. thus can log in concurrently, as gmail gets fooled into thinking i'm not the same person, but several different people logging into se

Re: [ilugd] Fwd: Request for LUGI seminar

2007-09-13 Thread Linux Lingam
> Tirveni willing to come to give a talk about freed.in anyway, why not go > with that? Technical topics should be slotted for the main event, not > mini-events at each college. What do you think? > > Regards, > > -- Raju [blaring ship horn] are we turning into misers of sharing-knowledge? in

Re: [LIG] [ilugd] [off-topic not] vision of an enlightened indian mystic oncopyleft

2007-09-11 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] thanks for the heads-up on not x-posting and using a forum format instead. will do. :-) niyam - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MR

Re: [ilugd] [LIG] [off-topic not] vision of an enlightened indian mystic oncopyleft

2007-09-11 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] thanks for the heads-up on not x-posting and using a forum format instead. will do. :-) niyam ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007

Re: [LIG] [ilugd] [off-topic not] vision of an enlightened indian mystic oncopyleft

2007-09-11 Thread Linux Lingam
snippety snip excellent points by nagarjuna, janani and gora. nagarjuna: you're right about classical brahminism being an earlier incarnation of a proprietary knowledge model. janani you mention what appears to be a BSD-style attribution-style in some indic literature, and then go on to mention pu

Re: [ilugd] [off-topic not] vision of an enlightened indian mystic oncopyleft

2007-09-11 Thread Linux Lingam
snippety snip excellent points by nagarjuna, janani and gora. nagarjuna: you're right about classical brahminism being an earlier incarnation of a proprietary knowledge model. janani you mention what appears to be a BSD-style attribution-style in some indic literature, and then go on to mention pu

[ilugd] [x-posted] infoworld best.opensource.software (bossie) awards

2007-09-11 Thread Linux Lingam
neat idea! http://www.infoworld.com/archives/t.jsp?N=s&V=91650 :-) niyam ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gma

[ilugd] cheap trick with multiple gmail accounts for concurrent logins

2007-09-08 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, i have several gmail accounts dedicated to different projects and tasks. have set up some accounts to forward from one to the other, and to offer me a choice of emails in the 'from' field. nevertheless, this is still inelegant. even more inelegant is logging out and logging in to separat

Re: [ilugd] [off-topic not] vision of an enlightened indian mystic on copyleft

2007-09-07 Thread Linux Lingam
> Indian Philosohical view?? > If Indian spirituality and mysticism is your definition -> > > copyright -> ownership > > Did we ever talked of owning anything amidst this 'maya' and 'mithya'?? > > ;-) > > anand excellent point, anand. we tend to gloss over the indian and indic-vision on ownership,

Re: [LIG] [ilugd] [off-topic not] vision of an enlightened indian mystic on copyleft

2007-09-07 Thread Linux Lingam
> Indian Philosohical view?? > If Indian spirituality and mysticism is your definition -> > > copyright -> ownership > > Did we ever talked of owning anything amidst this 'maya' and 'mithya'?? > > ;-) > > anand excellent point, anand. we tend to gloss over the indian and indic-vision on ownership,

Re: [ilugd] [off-topic] UPS catches fire

2007-09-07 Thread Linux Lingam
dear sanjay, thanks for the tip, and the reference. On 9/7/07, Sanjay Dutt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You might want to check out http://www.elnova.com > > Elnova Pvt Ltd, based in Okhla, are in this field for over 30 years. If > you do contact them, ask to speak to Mr. V. K. Mehra. He is one

Re: [ilugd] [off-topic] UPS catches fire

2007-09-07 Thread Linux Lingam
dear triveni, > > > Have been using APC HI800SQ since April 2007. > Due to severe voltage fluctuations(which is regular > feature in Gurgaon,if we have electricity) > the UPS went dead twice in last 5 months and was > replaced within a day without any charges. hmmm... APC as a choice doesn't s

Re: [ilugd] [off-topic] UPS catches fire

2007-09-06 Thread Linux Lingam
On 9/6/07, Dileep M. Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/6/07, Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > this UPS was used to power lights and fans, like an inverter. > > inductive load on UPS ? IAC, that should not be done. > it is not an offline U

[LIG] [off-topic not] vision of an enlightened indian mystic on copyleft

2007-09-06 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, just discovered this, thought it worthy to share with you: "Things can be copyrighted, thoughts cannot be copyrighted, and certainly meditations cannot be copyrighted. They are not things of the marketplace. Nobody can monopolize anything. But perhaps the West cannot understand the di

[ilugd] [off-topic not] vision of an enlightened indian mystic on copyleft

2007-09-06 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, just discovered this, thought it worthy to share with you: "Things can be copyrighted, thoughts cannot be copyrighted, and certainly meditations cannot be copyrighted. They are not things of the marketplace. Nobody can monopolize anything. But perhaps the West cannot understand the di

Re: [ilugd] [off-topic] UPS catches fire

2007-09-06 Thread Linux Lingam
dear sudev, thanks for your response. > > My office in Okhla had a fire four odd years back due to overheated > UPS left on by a user. As one of the UPS manufacturer was a tenant > downstairs I could get the following explanation: The issue is that > all UPS heat up when "inverting" supply. Over a

Re: [ilugd] [off-topic] UPS catches fire

2007-09-06 Thread Linux Lingam
dear ajay, thanks so much for your response. On 9/6/07, Ajay Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been using a Luminous inverter (1.8 KVA) and had no specific > troubles until I neglected checking the batteries for evaporated water. > It so happens that all this current passing through the ba

[ilugd] [off-topic] UPS catches fire

2007-09-05 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, a few nights ago my home was filled with thick, burning smoke. an online UPS caught fire at night, took almost an hour to battle the flames. the dangerous aspect was the truck-sized batteries connected to it for 8 to 12 hours of backup during power failures. took another hour for exhaust

[ilugd] elephant's dream

2007-09-04 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, anyone got a copy of the elephant's dream dvd please? could you please drop it in at raj's place asap? we need it for demos and other stuff at freed.in tia :-) niyam ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.ne

Re: [ilugd] Agenda for talk at NSIT

2007-09-02 Thread Linux Lingam
> > A (and many Free Software magazines) magazine (online) > uses Open Source tools for publishing monthly issues. > An example of that is > > http://fullcirclemagazine.org/ > > The layouts in their (first two) issues weren't great, > but they have improved comparatively. > > fullcircle magazine r

Re: [ilugd] Invitation for a talk at NSIT

2007-08-30 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] In addition to that, Dr. Gora > will definitely want to talk about the localization of Linux in Indian > languages. > > Regards > Deepank. > Dr. Gora? n ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinf

Re: [ilugd] Minutes of August ILUGD meet

2007-08-23 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] > > (Viii) Niyam and Raj raised points of flash being evil and make > content non-accessible to the people, Which Included "Forget Einstein > Children will not even become Frankenstein" >[snip] ah no! flash is "not evil", just not a formal, open standard, does not allow searchable taggin

Re: [ilugd] Freed.in on Wikipedia

2007-08-17 Thread Linux Lingam
> > > > do any of the other articles have these comments attached? Instead of > > sounding off - try to understand that wikipedia insists that all > > materials on wikipedia *must* be secondary information and not > > primary information. Wikipedia strongly opposes original material. > > And this b

Re: [ilugd] lock corrupt passwd file

2007-08-17 Thread Linux Lingam
On 8/17/07, Rakesh Pandit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > yes, look at the last line in shadow file there must be a root entry. > Remove this 'root' line. It was just to remove your earlier > password. Go ahead! > > whew! that worked allright. thanks so much rakesh. :-) incidentally,

Re: [ilugd] lock corrupt passwd file

2007-08-17 Thread Linux Lingam
hi rakesh, > > then as root, i just ran pwck, here's what i got: > > invalid shadow password file entry > > delete line 'root'? > > As you have changed password so this line is invalid. > Now run pwconv to make shadow file. It will append root entry at the > end of file and automatically delet

Re: [ilugd] lock corrupt passwd file

2007-08-17 Thread Linux Lingam
thanks rakesh and gora for your assistance. my comments below: On 8/17/07, Gora Mohanty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you mean by root password "no longer > working". What did you try, and what happens. booted into fiesty normally using my username and password at login, and resumed my no

Re: [ilugd] Freed.in on Wikipedia

2007-08-17 Thread Linux Lingam
On 8/17/07, ­Honey ­ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Freed page on wikipedia is created > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freed > great idea ! the entry needs to talk about freed.in the overall event, and then the sep2k7 instance of the event. therefore, freed.in the event, should be represented by the

[ilugd] lock corrupt passwd file

2007-08-16 Thread Linux Lingam
a prolonged powerfailure shutdown my computer running ubuntu fiesty in the middle of a task. on reboot, everything seemed to work fine, but my root password is no longer working. a quick 'pwck' command results in pwck: cannot lock file /etc/passwd how do i fix this problem? tia :-) niyam __

Re: [LIG] HYDERABAD: mukt.in August 24th-26th, 2007.

2007-08-09 Thread Linux Lingam
On 8/9/07, Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > SITEWATCH: http://www.mukt.in/ > mukt.in, Hyderabad is being organized on August 24th-26th, 2007. > Venue – Govt.Institute of Electronics, East Marredpalli, Sec'bad – > 500026, Andhra Pradesh. great name for an event. but

Re: [LIG] [Freed-managers] urgent: help promote freed.in on your blog and site with buttons and banners

2007-08-07 Thread Linux Lingam
On 8/6/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear All, > > We would like to extend our support in promoting freed.in through our new > web portal - openITis.com > > Please do review openITis.com by going to http://openITis.com/openITis/ > error 404 ? niyam

Re: [ilugd] backing up large weekly data

2007-08-07 Thread Linux Lingam
> > > > a) hope you're coming to freed.in? > > would love to - but i am a libran cusp, so will not be able to make > it. But we will be sending a team hey! we'll celebrate your GNU/Birthday here in delhi, would be fun to hang out with you and celebrate. how many years since you've gone gpl? > >

Re: [ilugd] backing up large weekly data

2007-08-07 Thread Linux Lingam
> Right. Sending goons with hockey sticks around to Niyam's house right > now to make him see the error of his ways and repent before it's too > late. > make that GNU/Hockey if you please. on a side note, kenneth: a) hope you're coming to freed.in? b) hope you've pasted and promoted the banne

Re: [ilugd] Minutes of the AGBM, Sun., 5/8

2007-08-06 Thread Linux Lingam
> 3. The next meeting of ILUG-Delhi will be held on Sun., August 19th, >where someone from Bangalore will be giving a presentation on >Open Moko. Please watch for an announcement from Gaurav Mishra. > wow! look forward to that. have heard from those who jest with me, the openmoko does every

Re: [ilugd] backing up large weekly data

2007-08-05 Thread Linux Lingam
On 8/6/07, Vikram Ranade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Haa,haa I would love to give a small talk on how cheap mass storage can be > done with Linux and software raid (as I have done at home and work) > .Count me > in as long as the you don't expect a "guru" level of talk from me. > > I am an enthu

Re: [ilugd] backing up large weekly data

2007-08-05 Thread Linux Lingam
On 8/6/07, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 06-Aug-07, at 1:42 AM, Linux Lingam wrote: > > > has anyone hacked this to work with gnulinux > > there are two camps - Linux and GNU/Linux - thats enough, please dont > make a third front > there

Re: [ilugd] backing up large weekly data

2007-08-05 Thread Linux Lingam
> > also, strange as this may sound, can i get a similar > > buffalo here in india? > > Yes, Buffalo NAS stations are available in India. > > regards > VK thanks for the info. researching further, i stumbled across an article by BBC, which led me to drobo, which led me to a cnet review, and at

Re: [ilugd] backing up large weekly data

2007-08-03 Thread Linux Lingam
On 8/3/07, Ankur Rohatgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02-08-07 6:23 PM, Linux Lingam wrote: > > how much did that buffalo cost you? > > what's your storage capacity? > > Costed me $700 and since its

Re: [ilugd] urgent: help promote freed.in on your blog and site with buttons and banners

2007-08-03 Thread Linux Lingam
meanwhile, to keep the focus on the initial mail: please help promote freed.in with banners and buttons from the freed.in site that you may use for your blogs and sites, and please spread the word among other FOSS communities and LUGs across india. thanks :-) niyam ___

[ilugd] urgent: help promote freed.in on your blog and site with buttons and banners

2007-08-02 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, Help us promote freed.in We'd appreciate any assistance in promoting freed.in. To make things easier, we have created a bunch of buttons and banners. Please feel free to use any of these to spread the good word. http://freed.in/index.php/promote thanks, and please forward this to

Re: [ilugd] backing up large weekly data

2007-08-02 Thread Linux Lingam
On 8/2/07, Ankur Rohatgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02-08-07 8:37 AM, vivek khurana wrote: > > > For home use RAID 1 is enough. Nothing complicated. > > remember the KISS principle. > > I keep it very simple and use a Buffalo terrastation gig

Re: [ilugd] backing up large weekly data

2007-08-01 Thread Linux Lingam
good old slashy! lots of different viewpoints. http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/30/184256 :-) niyam ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September

Re: [ilugd] backing up large weekly data

2007-08-01 Thread Linux Lingam
On 8/1/07, Vikram Ranade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 750 GB drives cost 11k each at Nehru Place. > > we've just bought a bunch of them for storage. bunch of 750GB HDD for home storage. gulp! i agree with kishore, you gotta give a talk at freed.in "Raiding the kitchen: what's cooking in terabytes

Re: [ilugd] usb-disk in happy hunting grounds. please help

2007-08-01 Thread Linux Lingam
dear naresh narang, > > Check this out - > > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/193 > > Regards, > --Naresh thanks for the link. like the way it gets down and dirty with bad blocks and shows you how to tackle with them. as my hard disk was making clicking and grunting mechanical sounds, i just

Re: [ilugd] backing up large weekly data

2007-08-01 Thread Linux Lingam
thanks tanveer for your response. > > Gora > Isnt something like Amazon S3 more reliable, if the data is critical. > Its auotmatic using shell scripts and cron jobs. > Cost for such data would come to around 15$/month if your total > storage online is around 60GB > Thats around 600rs/month or arou

Re: [ilugd] backing up large weekly data

2007-08-01 Thread Linux Lingam
On 8/1/07, Gora Mohanty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 02:14 +0530, Linux Lingam wrote: > > dear all, > > > > what are the best options for backing up 40 to 60 gb of data per month? > [...] > > Decent 500GB IDE drives are going for abou

Re: [ilugd] backing up large weekly data

2007-08-01 Thread Linux Lingam
> > Take a harddrive of double or more capacity than your > total data and do a weekly rsync of all your data. > Simple :-) > If you tell us the layout for your data (or data > partition) we can write a script for you to automate > the backup. thanks vivek. i wonder if hardisks, especially when

[ilugd] backing up large weekly data

2007-07-31 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, what are the best options for backing up 40 to 60 gb of data per month? dvd discs have come down in price, but some of the data-files are individually larger than 10gb (home video) and cutting and storing sliced versions across discs is rather inelegant. hard-disks have come down to app

Re: [ilugd] usb-disk in happy hunting grounds. please help

2007-07-31 Thread Linux Lingam
> > Did you try connecting your device to a machine which > has usb 2.0 based bus ? Try connecting to a non legacy > hardware, your drive could be in pretty much good > shape or may require repartitioning at max. Thanks vivek for the response. alas! i just got fedup with the whole thing, decided

[ilugd] usb-disk in happy hunting grounds. please help

2007-07-30 Thread Linux Lingam
bought a 120gb usb-ide external hardisk last month. formatted it with the fat32 filesystem, connected it to my ubuntu feisty, and backed up some heavy files on it. at the end of each session, ensured i properly unmounted it before disconnecting it. after a few days, reconnected the drive today. it

Re: [ilugd] Anyone with an experience of CDS invenio

2007-07-30 Thread Linux Lingam
> Sudev Barar wrote: > > On 27/07/07, Andrew Michael Lynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I will set it up again. Maybe we can have a comparison of various other > >> digital library software at the next ILUGD meet. ?? welcome to the month of august. when's the next ilug-d meeting scheduled? 5th

[ilugd] Fwd: [Fsf-friends] Software Freedom Day -- register your teams now

2007-07-27 Thread Linux Lingam
whoa! am all for pakoras, samosas and chai. any excuse will do, including this one. ;-) :-) niyam -- Forwarded message -- From: Praveen A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Jul 27, 2007 7:17 PM Subject: [Fsf-friends] Software Freedom Day -- register your teams now To: Principal Support Lis

[ilugd] m$ launches website on opensource

2007-07-27 Thread Linux Lingam
http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/default.mspx n ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-grou

[ilugd] ankur at freed.in with radio? and others too?

2007-07-23 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, am quite keen ankur make a presentation on his netradio device and the whole alternative-culture of netradio at freed.in. you could tie-in your talk with raj and/or friji who could then talk about their schizoid radiostation as well. what sayest thou? plus, anyone else has an idea for

Re: [ilugd] openmoko-based guitar tuner

2007-07-16 Thread Linux Lingam
On 7/17/07, vivek khurana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > just realized my question is incorrectly stated. > > should read: anybody ordered the Neo1973? > > the openMoko is a platform that can run on anything, > > anywhere, you > > Shipping price is too high because of low volume of > dev

Re: [ilugd] gumstix that run linux

2007-07-16 Thread Linux Lingam
wow guys! thanks for the further pointers. is it just me, or whenever anyone shares more info or ideas on the mailing list, our collective knowledge and awareness grows through contributions and comments by others? anybody worked on any gumstix device in india? you know, looking at these boards,

Re: [ilugd] openmoko-based guitar tuner

2007-07-16 Thread Linux Lingam
On 7/16/07, vivek khurana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > so anybody in the ILUG-d who has, or has ordered, an > > openmoko? > > apparantly, the Neo1973 mobilephone that it runs on, > > can also dual-boot into > > windows, according to FIC. > > hehe, its a normal computer, can run netbsd too. Or >

Re: [ilugd] Minutes of meetings on Sun., July 15th

2007-07-16 Thread Linux Lingam
[snips] > I appreciate that many people on this list may not be too keen on these > topics -- if you aren't please make a noise and we can shift to the > Cyberlaw or GII mailing lists. nah! anybody who owns a pair of ears, and is concerned with digital freedom, should be reading this, so please

Re: [ilugd] Minutes of meetings on Sun., July 15th

2007-07-16 Thread Linux Lingam
> 1. Ankur presented an interesting demonstration of a >radio ...[snip] unit can play Shoutcast streams >via the computer, and has decent sound quality. it can play any stream from any source, so long as it is not realmedia. so raj wanted to tune into radio schizoid. i wonder why. > >

[ilugd] gumstix that run linux

2007-07-15 Thread Linux Lingam
http://www.gumstix.com/ and http://gumstix.org/ i particularly like the cluster of miniature helicopters, flying like a flock of birds, using bluetooth for a piconet, serving web-pages wirelessly gumstix are cool and affordable. just roll your own. can already think of neat ideas around th

[LIG] gumstix that run linux

2007-07-15 Thread Linux Lingam
http://www.gumstix.com/ and http://gumstix.org/ i particularly like the cluster of miniature helicopters, flying like a flock of birds, using bluetooth for a piconet, serving web-pages wirelessly gumstix are cool and affordable. just roll your own. can already think of neat ideas around th

[ilugd] openmoko-based guitar tuner

2007-07-15 Thread Linux Lingam
hi, am sharing with the community, a conversation i had with raj about 10 days ago, on download-and--install apps for mobile phones, such as a guitar-tuner. you can hold up a guitar or a sitar or any other instrument to a mobile phone, and using the guitar-tuner app, with the phone's earpiece (mic

Re: [ilugd] Offline Package Manager (RUM) version 0.0.1 released.

2007-07-15 Thread Linux Lingam
On 7/15/07, Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I hereby announce the release of the Fedora Offline Package Manager (RUM) > 0.0.1. > [snip] sigh! ubuntu, knoppix, and debian have spoiled me too much. now i'm out-of-touch with fedora. guess i'll have to find a free partition and

[ilugd] final agenda of 15jul2k7 meet, 2pm, JNU ?

2007-07-14 Thread Linux Lingam
gora, could ya please confirm the agenda? kinshuk from osscamps cannot unfortunately make it, but he says he will write to the ilug-d mailing list and see if we could meet sometime mid-week. ankur, hope ya comin' with ya radio. :-) niyam ___ ilugd maili

Re: [ilugd] [LIG] Fwd: internet-radio with amarok, over 4, 000 channels 24x7. all could go dead on 15.7.07

2007-07-13 Thread Linux Lingam
> > > > > oh yaa and not to forget Mr Niyam Bhushan who would > like to listen to ambient new age music. > my tastes for music have expanded and diversified considerably since i discovered netradio through amarok. did not realize how i had become rather rigid and stuck on my preconceived notions

Re: [ilugd] [LIG] Fwd: internet-radio with amarok, over 4, 000 channels 24x7. all could go dead on 15.7.07

2007-07-13 Thread Linux Lingam
> > first, thanks anupam for sharing your insights. sigh! so irrespective of what india-based or india-hosted radiostations perceive, the legal threat is real. Here's an interesting link on the subject: > > http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/07/breaking-news-o.html > > Looks like there maybe a cha

Re: [ilugd] [LIG] Fwd: internet-radio with amarok, over 4, 000 channels 24x7. all could go dead on 15.7.07

2007-07-13 Thread Linux Lingam
> > > > even *if* i publish my music under a copyleft and/or free license, or > > just give it away royalty-free, > > the RIAA *will* collect royalties for *all* music broadcast or shared > > on the web. > > so as an artist you could just give up and collect your money from > > them, or donate it t

[ilugd] [x-posted] potentially-damaging news: Apple 'buys' CUPS

2007-07-12 Thread Linux Lingam
apple has probably done 'a hostile takeover' of the CUPS project, by 'buying' the author. http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1249882244;fp;16;fpid;1 the community thinks this is to safeguard apple from issues with gpl3, as apple's printing-engine relies on CUPS. maybe, maybe not. apple

[LIG] [x-posted] potentially-damaging news: Apple 'buys' CUPS

2007-07-12 Thread Linux Lingam
apple has probably done 'a hostile takeover' of the CUPS project, by 'buying' the author. http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1249882244;fp;16;fpid;1 the community thinks this is to safeguard apple from issues with gpl3, as apple's printing-engine relies on CUPS. maybe, maybe not. apple

[LIG] Fwd: [ilugd] internet-radio with amarok, over 4, 000 channels 24x7. all could go dead on 15.7.07

2007-07-12 Thread Linux Lingam
-- Forwarded message -- From: Linux Lingam Date: Jul 12, 2007 11:00 PM Subject: Re: [ilugd] internet-radio with amarok, over 4, 000 channels 24x7. all could go dead on 15.7.07 To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 7/12/07, vivek khurana wrote: > &

Re: [ilugd] internet-radio with amarok, over 4, 000 channels 24x7. all could go dead on 15.7.07

2007-07-12 Thread Linux Lingam
On 7/12/07, vivek khurana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Spread awareness? Start a free music based channel > > of our own? :) > > Not a bad idea though > gotcha! here's the exasperating thing: even *if* i publish my music under a copyleft and/or free license, or just give it away royalty-fr

Re: [ilugd] internet-radio with amarok, over 4, 000 channels 24x7. all could go dead on 15.7.07

2007-07-12 Thread Linux Lingam
> > > > Btw any pointer on resource of free music. > > Jamendo - http://www.jamendo.com/en/ > > search-engine at creativecommons.org telefantastic stuff :-) niyam ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/lis

Re: [ilugd] internet-radio with amarok, over 4, 000 channels 24x7. all could go dead on 15.7.07

2007-07-11 Thread Linux Lingam
On 7/11/07, Vikas Rawal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, I meant to forward that post to a friend but pressed reply by > mistake. > > My apologies, > > Vikas > nah! spread the juice! am also wondering is there anything the FOSS community can do from india to keep netradio rocking forever? nah

Re: [LIG] [ilugd] internet-radio with amarok, over 4, 000 channels 24x7. all could go dead on 15.7.07

2007-07-11 Thread Linux Lingam
On 7/11/07, Vikas Rawal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, I meant to forward that post to a friend but pressed reply by > mistake. > > My apologies, > > Vikas > nah! spread the juice! am also wondering is there anything the FOSS community can do from india to keep netradio rocking forever? nah

Re: [ilugd] internet-radio with amarok, over 4, 000 channels 24x7. all could go dead on 15.7.07

2007-07-11 Thread Linux Lingam
> > Welcome to the internet radio realm :). I have been a big fan/user for a > long time now and my latest acquisition to feed my net radio addiction > is the Roku soundbridge radio > (http://www.rokulabs.com/products_soundbridgeradio.php) , a really great > bedside device. > > cheers. hey! ankur,

[ilugd] internet-radio with amarok, over 4, 000 channels 24x7. all could go dead on 15.7.07

2007-07-10 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, [cross-posting to linux-delhi and linux-india mailing lists] confession: i have got addicted to internet-radio. i use ubuntu feisty, and installed amarok. clicked on playlists, then on 'radio streams'. my lower jaw scraped the floor as i discovered mostly 24x7 radio channels, probably m

[LIG] internet-radio with amarok, over 4, 000 channels 24x7. all could go dead on 15.7.07

2007-07-10 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, [cross-posting to linux-delhi and linux-india mailing lists] confession: i have got addicted to internet-radio. i use ubuntu feisty, and installed amarok. clicked on playlists, then on 'radio streams'. my lower jaw scraped the floor as i discovered mostly 24x7 radio channels, probably m

Re: [ilugd] [OSS Camp, Delhi: 77] Re: The Weekend Meet?

2007-07-10 Thread Linux Lingam
> > this is a scheduled community meet? I was under the impression i am being > called upon to help better understand the very concept of oss camp... lol.. > this changes things :P > > kishore posted a tentative agenda with three topics. one of them is you helping us all better understand osscamp

Re: [ilugd] [OSS Camp, Delhi: 74] Re: The Weekend Meet?

2007-07-10 Thread Linux Lingam
On 7/11/07, Kinshuk Sunil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can be found at 9910024895... great.. so this thursday it is... i am > rather afraid we alerady wasted a lot of time in just trying to meet.. > honestly, everything can be discussed on the mailing list too :P > i heard gora mention today t

Re: [ilugd] How no tto teach linux to your grandma

2007-07-09 Thread Linux Lingam
On 7/9/07, vivek khurana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi! all > > A good read for linux nerds trying to migrate > computer users to linux > > > http://polishlinux.org/gnu/understanding-the-common-user-everything-should-be-as-simple-as-it-is/ > > regards > VK > no wonder it's back to basics. scr

Re: [ilugd] [OSS Camp, Delhi: 69] The Weekend Meet?

2007-07-09 Thread Linux Lingam
On 7/9/07, Kinshuk Sunil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All > > Well somehow the weekend meet wasn't possible this week! Anyhow... Vivek > and Me have decided to meet on this Thursday, 6PM at Wimpy's in CP... so > anyone who wants to meet can join us there. do you mean vivek khurana? This mee

Re: [ilugd] sun releases odf plugins for msoffice free

2007-07-08 Thread Linux Lingam
On 7/8/07, आशीष शुक्ल Ashish Shukla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, Jul 08, 2007 at 02:07:13PM +0530, Linux Lingam wrote: > # http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/ > > Where is "sun" mentioned in abo

[ilugd] sun releases odf plugins for msoffice free

2007-07-08 Thread Linux Lingam
http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/ a) the license is a liberal bsd-like license. b) interestingly, contributors include microsoft, and novell. alas! now i won't have to hand out a cd containing oo.o, gratis, when i deliver odf documents to clients and colleagues :-) niyam bhushan

[ilugd] spreadfirefox.com

2007-07-06 Thread Linux Lingam
am sure most of you guys must have seen this: http://www.spreadfirefox.com/ funny how when i mention 'opensource' or 'free software' quite a few people respond with "yes, i've got firefox on my windows!" and then have silent pleading eyes that say "so please don't ask me to install lie-nux!" he

Re: [ilugd] [OSS Camp, Delhi: 60] Re: [OSS Camp, Delhi: 48] Re: Ideas & Activitie

2007-07-05 Thread Linux Lingam
On 7/5/07, Viju <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > yes its a good place. > > On 7/5/07, Digitaldxb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dilli haat ? is great idea. > > wet. wet. wet. :-) niyam ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo

Re: [ilugd] [OSS Camp, Delhi: 48] Re: Ideas & Activities

2007-07-05 Thread Linux Lingam
> > > > > > i prefer JNU. > > hands? > > > > date/time: sunday 8 July, 3pm? > > earlier? later? > > Sunday next would give enough notice to all. But since you have taken > the coordination role here instead of secretary Gora you are the boss. > sudev, actually, next sunday is preferable, and you'

Re: [ilugd] [OSS Camp, Delhi: 48] Re: Ideas & Activities

2007-07-04 Thread Linux Lingam
> > > How about JNU? That could work, I'm sure the Bio-informatics Centre can > handle us pretty much any time! > > Cheers...Kishore > i prefer JNU. hands? date/time: sunday 8 July, 3pm? earlier? later? sudev, hope to catch ya there :-) niyam _

Re: [ilugd] [OSS Camp, Delhi: 48] Re: Ideas & Activities

2007-07-04 Thread Linux Lingam
> > > I would like to come, but this weekend will be very difficult. Please > post a venue, and time (depending on when this is, the Sarai conference > room can be made available), and I will see if I can make it. > > Regards, > Gora > > ok, so gora has offered one real venue: the sarai conf room i

Re: [ilugd] [OSS Camp, Delhi: 48] Re: Ideas & Activities

2007-07-03 Thread Linux Lingam
On 7/4/07, Amit Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 7/3/07, Kinshuk Sunil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A weekend LUG meet sounds good and it really is a nice idea for me > > presenting the concept of OSS Camps there. > > that'll be good. > > > Venue? I am totally clueless about it. > > What

Re: [ilugd] [OSS Camp, Delhi: 44] Re: Ideas & Activities

2007-07-03 Thread Linux Lingam
me in. > > Meanwhile I should refactor the website too. Thank you for raising the > issue. Can you be a bit more descriptive of the sort of data the website > lacks? > > Any help is welcome. > > Kinshuk Sunil > > On 7/3/07, Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: [ilugd] [OSS Camp, Delhi: 42] Ideas & Activities

2007-07-03 Thread Linux Lingam
dear kinshuk, On 7/3/07, Kinshuk Sunil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [snip] > > This is a call for New Ideas and Proposed Activities for the OSS Camp, > Delhi. Please feel free to share any idea/activity (no matter how > bizzare) that you think will contribute to the events success and > popula

Re: [ilugd] 5,000 ubuntu desktops at delhi university

2007-07-01 Thread Linux Lingam
On 7/1/07, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 01-Jul-07, at 3:12 PM, Linux Lingam wrote: > > > what's happening at IIM calcutta. > > i dont visit IITs and IIMs > > Kenneth Gonsalves > would anybody else on this list

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