[fsug-tvm] Google Go

2010-07-25 Thread onesimpleman
A video by Rob Pike's at OSCon talk is on youtube. He discusses what's wrong with today's popular programming languages and briefly covers how he, Thompson, etc., have tried to fix that with Google's Go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kj5ApnhPAE http://golang.org/ -- "Freedom is the only

[fsug-tvm] Re: Private Wiki

2010-07-13 Thread onesimpleman
@Narendra Mediawiki , I have tried it in the past. The code is not optimized to run on standalone servers or shared hosting. Drupal has the flexibility plus optimized code for a small set up in Anish's situation. My two Cents. On Jul 13, 4:13 pm, narendra sisodiya wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 201

[fsug-tvm] Re: OpenGl Book

2010-07-13 Thread onesimpleman
If you want any books let me know. I will get them of for you from Amazon. Try getting an ebook reader if you love reading. It feels the same as reading from a book. no strain on eye as it has special type of monitor which does not flicker. You will save a lot of money too against buying physical

[fsug-tvm] Re: OpenGl Book

2010-07-12 Thread onesimpleman
One of the best books for opengl is the red book freely available for download http://fly.cc.fer.hr/~unreal/theredbook/ There are few others available in ebook format from amazon to use with Kindle or Similar devices. -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org Yo

[fsug-tvm] Re: Private Wiki

2010-07-11 Thread onesimpleman
You can easily set it up with Drupal. You have choices on who can read pages, who can edit and who can add . It is a very simple set up. -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tv

[fsug-tvm] Re: Fossing UCK lab

2010-07-08 Thread onesimpleman
Linux preferred over windows because of Stability .. System is more stable less blue screens in simple terms Security ... Linux architecture makes it harder for viruses to penetrate through Adapt You can adapt and improve upon version of Linux to suit your need which is hard on a windows ma

[fsug-tvm] Re: [kanchilug] Re: [FYI] Invisible Mouse - Next Invention From Sixth Sense

2010-07-07 Thread onesimpleman
What advantage over a touch screen monitor? touch screen already takes Gestures. It can complex when there are more hands around. On Jul 7, 4:50 am, Kartik Singhal wrote: > On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 4:55 AM, narendra sisodiya < > > narendra.sisod...@gmail.com> wrote: > > PS: I think Kartik is ove

[fsug-tvm] Re: Monthly Meeting

2010-07-07 Thread onesimpleman
Would be nice to have meetings split up into 2 . A basic discussion and an advanced discussion. The idea of the meetings is to bring more people to use FOSS and a lot of people are not going to digest the advanced topics unless they have a firm grip of basics. How to set up emails/ How to watch vi

[fsug-tvm] Re: LINUX OS Internet Cafe Managing

2010-07-01 Thread onesimpleman
I think LTSP is the way to go . You will reduce your energy bill by using LTSP and will have better control of clients. Also whole set up will be cheaper than having standalone computers. Most poupular linux distros comes with ltsp. -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www

[fsug-tvm] Re: Can't visit some sites.

2010-07-01 Thread onesimpleman
Change the Default dns and use open dns and see if it works. https://store.opendns.com/setup/operatingsystem/ubuntu on how to change dns. I presume you have some sites working, not all. -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message becaus

[fsug-tvm] Re: html tag in Drupal 6.17

2010-06-22 Thread onesimpleman
Can you get the source of the page as a text file. -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/

[fsug-tvm] Re: html tag in Drupal 6.17

2010-06-22 Thread onesimpleman
Can you send us the a link to the page you created ? -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-t

[fsug-tvm] Re: Web Linux

2010-06-21 Thread onesimpleman
If you looking for shell access (command line) follow Arjun's advice , If you want to try out desktop version, download ubuntu iso to a CD/ DVD/USB drive and boot from the device. You can actually play around without changing the software you have on your computer Also you can try a limited opti

[fsug-tvm] Data center in Cochin / Thiruvananthapuram

2010-06-20 Thread onesimpleman
Does any private company operate a data center in cochin / Thiruvananthapuram. There is VSNL submarine cable node in cochin. Is anyone utilizing this? -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gro

[fsug-tvm] Re: The use of su command ?

2010-06-20 Thread onesimpleman
In linux there is a sudoers file. Normally the path is /etc/sudoers Using the sudoers file, system administrators can give certain users or groups access to some or all commands. ie if you are logged in as a normal user and when you issue command sudo , the system checks with sudoers file to see if

[fsug-tvm] Re: Query regarding Mandriva 2010- USB

2010-06-19 Thread onesimpleman
You have to update your installation. Try http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVA-2010:017 -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscri

[fsug-tvm] Re: Forgot Root password

2010-06-17 Thread onesimpleman
You can easily make the system require a password to boot into single- user mode . Also can password the Lilo/Grub files. In fact, this is recommended if you are running a server ( especially when physical access is not possible) -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug

[fsug-tvm] Re: windows 7 is washing out grub --help-urgent

2010-06-15 Thread onesimpleman
Try the solution here http://www.ubun2.com/question/273/windows_7_install_caused_grub_boot_menu_disappear_and_cant_launch_ubuntu if that does not work can you post the result of fdisk -l We will have to manually edit grub . -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.or

[fsug-tvm] Re: Oru Mani Vartha @ Manorama News 'shouts' against free software

2010-06-15 Thread onesimpleman
@ anoop You may be right, But its not proper from our side to say it without any proof and based on hearsays. You are right , we need proof and facts and that statement was just a knee jerk reaction . Please Ignore it My current provider uses http://www.google.com/powermeter ( Not FOSS) but th

[fsug-tvm] Re: Oru Mani Vartha @ Manorama News 'shouts' against free software

2010-06-15 Thread onesimpleman
Manorama has commercial interests . I seriously think a company who has billing software ready has paid Manorama to plant the news. The funds given are out of our tax money and we need transparency and the only way to get transparency is to have a software where you can see the source. There are a

[fsug-tvm] Re: Why use Ubuntu , according to Dell

2010-06-13 Thread onesimpleman
you can sell free software for a price . Free is free as in speech and not free as in beer. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm"

[fsug-tvm] Re: AMD Phenom

2010-06-11 Thread onesimpleman
Second that , We will go to intel /amd websites If we need info on processors. -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups

[fsug-tvm] Re: Professional programmer

2010-06-10 Thread onesimpleman
You can easily achieve this by using SAGE. it is a wrapper for python and freely available online. http://sagemath.org/ On Jun 10, 8:43 am, Asha G wrote: > I would like the help of a professional programmer to assist me in some > modeling work I am doing with the brain. I am currently using Octa

[fsug-tvm] Re: Drupal Installation

2010-06-10 Thread onesimpleman
Go to http://localhost from your browser and see a folder named drupal or drupalxxx Once you go there you can complete the Drupal installation. Drupal is a php script which runs on a webserver and as such there wont be any menus on your computer. You have to use your browser. -- "Freedom is the o

[fsug-tvm] Re: LinuxForYou "FOSS Yellow Pages" Article

2010-06-08 Thread onesimpleman
Well you have to agree when it comes to picture editing and video editing Mac is a dream. It not just because of just OSX, but because of software+ hardware combination. Apple controls the hardware which runs the OS. Canonical do not design the hardware to run Ubuntu on, so it is hard for Canonica

[fsug-tvm] Re: Fwd: Information

2010-06-05 Thread onesimpleman
Ubuntu does work on most laptops out of the box. You may not be able to get some manufacturer specific features to work , like the hot keys. Even if you buy a Linux friendly laptop, there can be problems later on when you try to add additional hardware (in your case mouse) If you are not comfortab

[fsug-tvm] Re: Configuring LBP2900B

2010-06-04 Thread onesimpleman
http://software.canon-europe.com/software/0031118.asp?model= Printer Driver For CCPD Driver to auto start {From Canon Website/ I have never tried your specific printer } Log in as 'root' and add the '/etc/init.d/ccpd start' command to the /etc/rc.local file. Log in as 'root', add the following

[fsug-tvm] Re: Resolution Problem

2010-06-02 Thread onesimpleman
Looks like a CSS issue. Try ctrl+F5 to reload the page or clear the cache completely. -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http:/

[fsug-tvm] Re: Executing a shell script from crontab

2010-06-01 Thread onesimpleman
check permissions and ownership Try whoami for the cron job and the owner/permission settings of the bash and /usr/local/bin/wallChanger directories On Jun 1, 10:31 am, irfan wrote: > Hi all, > >    I wrote a script to change my wallpaper. Now i want to execute this > automatically after a short

[fsug-tvm] Re: Fwd: [Ilugc] Google drops Windows in their workplace

2010-06-01 Thread onesimpleman
http://www.top500.org/charts/list/35/osfam Super computers i the world ordered by operating system. The windows systems amounts for more hack :-) than all the linux and unix together . -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because y

[fsug-tvm] Re: What is our group name ilug-tvm or fsug-tvm ?

2010-06-01 Thread onesimpleman
The current server setup is Intel quad core processor 4x 2 x 2.5 Harddisk space 250GB SSDx 2 + 1TB SATA x2 RAID 1 24 GB RAM / RIPE 16 IP Block Backup space on remote server ( Only daily and incremental back up) Running Centos 64 bit /php5.5/mysql/Apache/Python etc If the forum gets bigger there

[fsug-tvm] Re: What is our group name ilug-tvm or fsug-tvm ?

2010-05-31 Thread onesimpleman
The Chennai ilug is running Drupal not mailman. (http://www.ilugc.in) If there is consensus among members I am happy to sponsor servers which are better than what Chennai is hosted in and set it up. If a few people volunteer we can transfer all the content in this group to the website and once the

[fsug-tvm] Re: What is our group name ilug-tvm or fsug-tvm ?

2010-05-30 Thread onesimpleman
A free software forum running on a forum which uses closed software ( Google) seems a bit unrealistic ( or would you call it a necessary evil) If you prefer we can all sit together and work out something which is fully open source. My personal preference is Drupal running on a LAMP server. I am hap

[fsug-tvm] Re: upgrade trouble

2010-05-30 Thread onesimpleman
Can you run on terminal sudo mountall --debug and copy paste the output -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.