Re: [ilugd] Re: Re: Re: Theme for June 2004 ILUGD general Meet

2004-05-31 Thread Sudev Barar
On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 07:50, Raj Mathur wrote: [SNIP] 1. Only people who've had extensive experience with a piece of software should be speaking on it. There's just no point in giving a top-level overview of the software and not being able to answer questions that the audience throws up. So,

[ilugd] A Central CD vendor found--but there is a catch

2004-05-31 Thread Rahul Chopra
Hi everyone, I believe I have found a (possible) solution w.r.t. creating the central CD vendor for Linux distros. I had a talk with one of the directors of a firm called Kits 'n' Spares, which is located at Nehru Place. The fiirm belongs to the EFY group (publishers of LINUX For You). The

Re: [ilugd] A Central CD vendor found--but there is a catch

2004-05-31 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
On Monday 31 May 2004 11:39 am, Rahul Chopra wrote: I am sure others (ex: Edwin who was to talk to Purple Computers) are working on getting vendors who will be agreeable to the sale price of Rs 35 for a single CD. I suggest that we wait for some time for their efforts to bear fruit, and then

[ilugd] Re: A Central CD vendor found--but there is a catch

2004-05-31 Thread Tarun Dua
Rahul Chopra wrote: Kits 'n' Spares was communicated the following support from iLUGD (these points were discussed at the meet): 1. The LUG website would guide its members to Kits 'n' Spares through website and FAQ 2. The LUG would send the latest distros' master copies to Kits 'n' Spares A

Re: [ilugd] Re: A Central CD vendor found--but there is a catch

2004-05-31 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
On Monday 31 May 2004 12:09 pm, Tarun Dua wrote: 1. Will ILUGD extend the same cooperation to other vendors meeting the above minimum requirements. Non-Exclusivity ??? would it be acceptable to the vendor I think exclusivity is not an option that ILUGD should ever exercise. We can promise

[ilugd] Re: Re: A Central CD vendor found--but there is a catch

2004-05-31 Thread Tarun Dua
Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: I think exclusivity is not an option that ILUGD should ever exercise. We can promise vendors that we will give them adequate opportunity to advertise their wares on our site. But no single vendor should ever be exclusively promoted. It is wrong - philosophically,

Re: [ilugd] Re: Re: A Central CD vendor found--but there is a catch

2004-05-31 Thread Sharninder
I think instead of enforcing SLAs, we should allow buyers to leave their feedbackon the site against each vendor. That will take care of lots of headaches. This sounds a lot like what baazee.com does. Can't we just sell through baazee.com and advertise that fact on the ilugd site as well as

[ilugd] question

2004-05-31 Thread pg smh
hi there, i have been using linux to access internet for a couple of months now. it works to its reputation a virus free web access. but one question that keeps on cropping in my mind is that if some one can write executable malicious codes to execute on windows platform (for eg. files with

[ilugd] PCQuest Linux Required

2004-05-31 Thread Ankur Tyagi
Hello, I require the desktop version of PCQuest Linux (Latest Version). Please if any one cld burn it for me please mail me.I can collect from any location. Bye Ankur Tyagi   ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ilugd] PCQuest Linux Required

2004-05-31 Thread sunil datta
ankur I dont have PCQuest Linux but i can provide u Redhat 8 9 (3 CDs), which every u like. how will u collect it from Jalandhar, Punjab, Sunil Datta Ankur Tyagi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I require the desktop version of PCQuest Linux (Latest Version). Please if any one cld burn it

RE: [ilugd] PCQuest Linux Required

2004-05-31 Thread Akshay Lamba
You could take it from me in Gurgaon. Akshay -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sunil datta Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 12:18 AM To: Ankur Tyagi; The Linux-Delhi mailing list Subject: Re: [ilugd] PCQuest Linux Required ankur I dont have

Re: [ilugd] question

2004-05-31 Thread Anirban Biswas
Hi then what keeps these guys to implement the same for linux or unix, i.e., is it possible to write such malicious code to execute on linux on a mere click or upon downloading. To get the ans of above you have to know basic security policy of Linux/Unix. In windows there are excutalbe files

Re: [ilugd] question

2004-05-31 Thread pg smh
To get the ans of above you have to know basic security policy of Linux/Unix. In windows there are excutalbe files but in Linux there is no such things. A file is excutable if it has only excutable permission. Also in Unix/Linux most of the system files admins excutables files are kept

Re: [ilugd] question

2004-05-31 Thread pg smh
To get the ans of above you have to know basic security policy of Linux/Unix. In windows there are excutalbe files but in Linux there is no such things. A file is excutable if it has only excutable permission. Also in Unix/Linux most of the system files admins excutables files are kept

[ilugd] Re: PCQuest Linux Required

2004-05-31 Thread Tarun Dua
Ankur Tyagi wrote: Hello, I require the desktop version of PCQuest Linux (Latest Version). Please if any one cld burn it for me please mail me.I can collect from any location. Please use the CD list. -Tarun -- Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. -- Albert

Re: [ilugd] question

2004-05-31 Thread Raj Shekhar
pg smh wrote: thanx for the information , however i'm still left with one question, how do viruses still work on linux then, so as to have anti viruses being available to cure them? is it bcoz of the user's stupidity to run the scripts as root or what? A GNU/Linux is usually used as a file