Re: [ilugd] Need Help regarding developing a site

2010-07-15 Thread PJ
ctively, with credit cards, they'd be able to hire RTI pros to tackle evil babudom. * Few Evil Overlords would publicly oppose such a site. Given the capital, it'd be a straightforward web app to roll out within about 3 months. PJ ___

[ilugd] computer bits clear out - p3s, monitor, misc

2010-05-08 Thread PJ
ked, steaming eyes, some brave soul take couple of boxes and a monitor on his bike and wobble off with a happy grin. He survived ;-). But, man, you are certifiably insane if you try lugging all this lot now on a bike. regards PJ ___ Ilugd mailing li

Re: [ilugd] [perhaps OT] please help me to set up conne ctivity in the following scenario

2010-05-03 Thread PJ
Shiv writes: > > We use Vyatta (www.vyatta.org) extensively to achieve similar networking > topology. A list of linux and bsd based stuff that can do this sort of thing is at: http://code.google.com/p/muggles/#Alternatives regards PJ

Re: [ilugd] How to install Ubuntu 9.10 form Network

2010-04-10 Thread PJ
Gourav Shah writes: > > This is very much doable with PXE boot, dhcp, tftp and preseed. [Snip details] The only thing I'll add is worry about redundancy/foolproofness/documentation even more than usual if this is a critical system. Oh, and stress test it if you have lots of machines pulling in

Re: [ilugd] SNMP based web monitoring tool

2010-04-08 Thread PJ
thomas writes: > We > are looking for SNMP based Open Source web based monitoring tool And there is zabbix too. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Two IP on a machine

2010-03-26 Thread PJ
local ip address and port) to use gateway2's ip address (bound the mobile interface). You could do it with only configuring one proxy of course, since you'd have a default route/gateway anyway. PJ ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.

Re: [ilugd] Fwd: unable to type in remington keyboard

2010-03-26 Thread PJ
to clone the exact keystrokes you had before because of "finger memory" ? Well, everything is fixable in linux, so spec more clearly what you want, and some domain expert (which I'm not) will step in and tell you how to fix it. If it is urgent, you can offer a payment for the fix. PJ

Re: [ilugd] Inventory Management Software

2010-03-19 Thread PJ
basis. http://www.glpi-project.org/spip.php?rubrique25 seems to do this. There's an online demo if you want to try it out too. aptitude install glpi regards PJ ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] How to run script on other machine if ping breaks?

2010-02-06 Thread PJ
ou can script something up based on the ping response itself. ping -c1 ip.address.of.A || do_ip_change_etc You'll have to run it in a loop. And think of the sleep time between pings, and number of ping fails before you switch. PJ ___ Ilugd mailing

Re: [ilugd] FTP error while running script in cron

2009-12-03 Thread PJ
e status (or just type bin anyway). ascii and bin *should* both take up the same space, but maybe there is a compressed file system on the server which coupled with ascii vs bin is causing the discrepancy. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-

Re: [ilugd] FTP error while running script in cron

2009-12-02 Thread PJ
ection closed; Not Enough Disk Space. Aborting.. Sounds like you're getting spanked on the ass by the reserved space option of your filesystem (see -m option in mkfs.ext2) Check the free space fraction left over. Root has privileges to use the last 5% of free space, non-root users don't.

[ilugd] kool!

2009-11-07 Thread PJ
http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/11/07/014245/KDE-Founder-Receives-Highest-German-Honor That's like getting a Bharat Ratna. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gm

Re: [ilugd] configure Open Ldab

2009-11-04 Thread PJ
se helps. Then build that database. Use phpldapadmin as a gui front end. What you learn from these steps will give you a good grounding. If you get stuck, see if you can chew things out with a senior. regards PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.l

Re: [ilugd] configure Open Ldab

2009-11-04 Thread PJ
rakesh kumar writes: > I am trying to manage lots of users by configuring Open Ldab on the > linux server. Actually i am a student and not a practised server > administrator but i know some stuffs like NIS but i have heard that this > method is much good. So please help me to configure l

[ilugd] dingux embedded platform

2009-11-03 Thread PJ
screen is apparently also possible with tv-out). Happy hacking! PJ ilugd dot to dot peejay at spamgourmet dot com ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org

Re: [ilugd] [Commercial] Migration to Ubuntu in Delhi

2009-10-27 Thread PJ
Alok G. Singh writes: > > Oui, à la fois, monsieur :) Seeing two responses already, I'm delighted to see that linux sysadmin support is getting popular. Do write in occasionally to let the list now about any interesting problems faced etc (if any). I expect it to be a kickass mig

Re: [ilugd] DoT wants verification of Internet users online

2009-10-27 Thread PJ
using the connection, and my system is heavily secured! There's no way it can be originating from me!" "OK, then, just pay me 25 lakh and we'll forget about it. Else I'll grind you and your beard through the courts and everyone will think you're a ter

Re: [ilugd] [Commercial] Migration to Ubuntu in Delhi

2009-10-26 Thread PJ
Alok G. Singh writes: > > We'd like to setup a local mirror Why? (a local mirror for what? Packages from repositories à la apt-proxy/apt-mirror?) > (or caching proxy) Why? Speeding up the connection experience à la squid? PJ (lugdelhi.to.pee...@s

Re: [ilugd] My query

2009-02-08 Thread PJ
r all. Not a good job, mind you. Just somewhat better than total drivel job and I think I'm on the right trail :-) PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gma

Re: [ilugd] My query

2009-02-07 Thread PJ
at is. What's going on there? Comments? PJ ___ 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 http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/

Re: [ilugd] Gargi College launches Gargi Linux Users Group

2009-01-18 Thread PJ
hat, I can mail it to them individually] PJ ___ 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 http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists

Re: [ilugd] [Very-old-topic] Distro having best compati bility with MS related products

2009-01-16 Thread PJ
high. I would suggest that you bring in linux for new stuff which doesn't have this backward compatiblity requirement. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http

[ilugd] indian freedoms cut

2009-01-04 Thread PJ
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. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist

Re: [ilugd] Oracle-PostgreSQL migration -- HOWTO

2008-12-26 Thread PJ
oblems with vbox, but I do suspect xen is more mature for production use. PJ ___ 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 http://www

Re: [ilugd] Phantom Downloads

2008-12-20 Thread PJ
ne and then you can make a decision on if you want to keep it around or do something like remove/throttle it. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.use

Re: [ilugd] OT - Any Mozilla Hackers here ?

2008-11-21 Thread PJ
n etc. Good bug reports tend to get solved quicker because the developers can actually understand and reproduce the problems with less effort. Tip: For GNU/Linux users - report the bug at platform level - eg for debian users, use the reportbug tool which helps you place the bug report

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

2008-10-25 Thread PJ
t; awesome. Note, MTNL upload is unmetered. PJ ___ 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 http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/

Re: [ilugd] The Google Cookie Conspiracy

2008-10-23 Thread PJ
use a spellchecker before I gouge out my own eyes) I think attachments to this list get junked. In any case, The gmane web/news access system doesn't have it. So, put the attachment up somewhere I guess. > Regds > Amar Akshat > (No more a Certified Ethical Hacker) Nice. You

Re: [ilugd] [OT] The Google Cookie Conspiracy

2008-10-22 Thread PJ
ur is? > Certified Ethical Hacker, Eh? Please tell me, which authority certified you with that rather pompous-sounding title? PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://new

Re: [ilugd] Need Technical Help - for creating custom Linux Distro

2008-10-18 Thread PJ
Kiran K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dear Folks > > Iam the Author of the Open Source Project: Traffic Squeezer. > > Traffic Squeezer is a WAN Acceleration solution: > http://trafficsqueezer.sourceforge.net/ > > The project development is still under

Re: [ilugd] Russia's Open Source Revolution

2008-10-18 Thread PJ
tirveni yadav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Russia's top leadership is advocating and making policies which are good for > open source. Heh. Cue lots of american trolls saying "linux is communist". PJ ___ ilugd maili

[ilugd] debian on openmoko

2008-10-17 Thread PJ
Lovely. Major /. discussion at: http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/08/08/16/0037221.shtml Is ekiga (voice) possible (via wifi) on this yet? PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives

Re: [ilugd] Fwd: [LUG IITD:1921] [OT] (p ossibly) Most user friendly Distro for non-techies

2008-10-13 Thread PJ
(there are plenty of such themes available). PJ ___ 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 http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/

Re: [ilugd] Is it illegal to redistribute RHEL? Open Lett er To Linux For You India

2008-10-09 Thread PJ
mail. But after raising several warnings my brain blew a fuse and refused to continue to parse it. PJ PS: Respect is what you get if you listen and respond logically. You simply aren't doing that. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi

[ilugd] Delhi company apparently contributing to madwifi code

2008-10-07 Thread PJ
gies (P) Ltd. That's cool. Maksat are in Okhla and do WAN routers. Looks like the times they are are a-changing in Delhi too. PJ PS: I hope they aren't contaminated by the controversy around dd-wrt's approach to source code (accusation: http://www.bitsum.com/about-ddwrt.htm , sor

Re: [ilugd] Determining total bandwidth use by a network interface

2008-10-01 Thread PJ
e to install it first. vnstat can be inaccurate if you keep switching the machine off before it can process sampled data enough. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http:/

Re: [ilugd] Canonical Not A Great Contributor

2008-09-29 Thread PJ
e same line of thought, Joey Hess, a prominent debian maintainer, has suggested that divergence from upstream be treated as a bug (http://lwn.net/Articles/283038/) since he believes that upstream fixing is wiser than ad-hoc fixing for a distribution package. PJ ___

Re: [ilugd] Open Source MIDI Editor/ Sequencer

2008-09-19 Thread PJ
n. Yup, I second that, from past experience. Don't do that. PJ ___ 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 http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/

Re: [ilugd] New machine, minor irritants

2008-09-08 Thread PJ
??-persistent-net.rules' to suit you. Yebbut udev persistence only came in on etch. Unless Raj is still running sarge? PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives

Re: [ilugd] New machine, minor irritants

2008-09-08 Thread PJ
rt flushing the buffers to disk everything else freezes. Firefox, > e.g. freezes for up to 20 seconds when the writes are in progress. Did vmstat suggest lots of page outs at the same time? Did you try lowering swappiness ? PJ ___ ilugd mailingl

[ilugd] [commercial][jobs] Linux sysadmin needed

2008-08-20 Thread PJ
alue you have brought in with using this extra talent). If interested, mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call us on 011-41608543 regards PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archi

Re: [ilugd] Make special gateway

2008-08-18 Thread PJ
gure it.. > > Regards > Look up how to set up a transparent proxy. That's probably your best solution. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news

Re: [ilugd] FOSS MS Exchange replacement

2008-08-01 Thread PJ
p3 and smtp interface to the webdav implementation of hotmail. And hotmail can talk to outlook via webdav for now (it may get discontinued in a while). I've used standard mail clients to do pop3 and smtp access is this way for years to hotmail. So, maybe rip out the relev

Re: [ilugd] FOSS MS Exchange replacement

2008-07-31 Thread PJ
> > Looked at that and got turned off by the proprietary connectors required > to make outlook play nice with Kolab. Now if there were a FOSS > connector... > Zarafa (http://zarafa.com/open-standards.html) may be ok there. Dunno. PJ

Re: [ilugd] Reading TCP packets

2008-07-26 Thread PJ
a 20-metre barge pole. If it's documented how the marking is done and it traverses without causing hiccups, then it looks like a pretty clean hack (iptables being the only places the implementor has to do stuff), given the conditions the original poster has to follow. I'm almost in

Re: [ilugd] Reading TCP packets

2008-07-25 Thread PJ
he particular src wouldn't work. I'm probably missing something basic here... PJ ___ 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

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Port forwarding and multiple queries

2008-07-21 Thread PJ
m to be there. An RTFM suggests this is not possible. But what is the problem with torrents? If it's a block of the torrent ports, then does shifting ports not help? PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hseru

Re: [ilugd] Govt of India on-line Grievance forum

2008-07-16 Thread pj
accountability aspect will be the last thing that gets fixed, though. If ever. PJ ___ 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 http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/

Re: [ilugd] Command Line PNR Enquiry Script

2008-07-16 Thread pj
/wiki.linux-delhi.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/LinuxTricks PJ ___ 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 http://www.mail-archive.

Re: [ilugd] PGP and mailing lists

2008-07-16 Thread pj
get a paid consultation from someone to look at the details if you are that worried. Else you'll get often get pointed to self-study such issues. Your issues may not just be solvable using pgp/gpg alone - you may need to have a good look at the processes and the reasoning b

Re: [ilugd] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-29 Thread PJ
P, PDP-10 machine language, digging out the operating system listings from the trash and studying those." - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/06/29/bill_gates_roots/ PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hse

Re: [ilugd] Startup programs with su privileges

2008-06-16 Thread PJ
ork" description won't help people understand what you want clearly enough). If you don't want a daemon, consider setting the process to run using cron's @reboot setting (see man 5 crontab). If you want something to start after you have logged in, consider putting it in your .xse

Re: [ilugd] Copy VCD in linux

2008-06-09 Thread PJ
Shrinivasan T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Friends. > > How to copy a VCD to another empty disc? > > i can not create dd dump or iso. > it shows errors. VCD formats have this weird thing that the track spiral is often extended a bit beyond what normal drives can cope with. That may or may

Re: [ilugd] linux-libre kernel. fork?

2008-06-03 Thread PJ
PJ wrote: > > Doesn't the blob have the privilege to do horrid things to > > a running kernel (crash, compromise, expose stuff?) Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I don't know if the above is true - I don't know kernel internals. > &

Re: [ilugd] linux-libre kernel. fork?

2008-06-03 Thread PJ
ot on purpose - that your finger/leg was broken. Though, yeah, it's still been broken (fingers/legs/GPL), and ideally the source should be available. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [ilugd] linux-libre kernel. fork?

2008-06-02 Thread PJ
e stuff?) I don't know if the above is true - I don't know kernel internals. But unverifiable code with kernel privileges is not a reassuring thought. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/l

Re: [ilugd] linux-libre kernel. fork?

2008-06-02 Thread PJ
PL incompatible parts are removed. Eg: they are not doomed when a device manufacturer "upgrades" the code for newer hardware and the code turns out to be incompatible with the older hardware. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.l

Re: [ilugd] linux-libre kernel. fork?

2008-05-30 Thread PJ
is IMO very Nietzschean in the sense of "if it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger". PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24,

Re: [ilugd] linux-libre kernel. fork?

2008-05-27 Thread PJ
are (I think): SCSI_ADVANSYS - AdvanSys SCSI E100 - Intel(R) PRO/100+ SND_YMFPCI - Yamaha YMF724/740/744/754 PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - Februa

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Load balancing router

2008-05-27 Thread PJ
hops and run the show on those for a total of under 7k INR. Maybe even set it up to boot from read only usb (though usb boot is unlikely to be available on machines below 500MHz) just another braindump PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-del

Re: [ilugd] up nic registration forms [OT]

2008-05-16 Thread PJ
ch in other states, and about USD 108 (about Rs4200) at the e-tout yourmaninindia.com) E-governance for the common man is still some way away. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next

Re: [ilugd] up nic registration forms

2008-05-15 Thread PJ
obbledygook. > Oh. Well, that's alright then. Treat 180+ million people equally uselessly, whether on GNU/linux or any other OS. What a relief. I was *so* worried I was being discriminated against. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-

Re: [ilugd] up nic registration forms [OT}

2008-05-15 Thread PJ
Manish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 1:29 PM, PJ wrote: > > UP is a state that if it was a country would be in the top 6 by population > > ranking. > > UP is #1 actually (ref: http://cyberjournalist.org.in/census/cenindia.html) I me

[ilugd] up nic registration forms

2008-05-14 Thread PJ
bout this, do let me know. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://w

Re: [ilugd] Open source Software for storing routes announced

2008-05-11 Thread PJ
ils and not > > storing in any database.Can any one help me regarding this issue. Maybe vyatta will serve these needs? PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.i

[ilugd] peercast

2008-05-09 Thread PJ
ww.peercast.org/info.php It means that anyone can be an internet radio/tv station that can grow without worrying about bandwidth. I find that flabbergasting. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/i

Re: [ilugd] Running scripts on interface activation

2008-05-07 Thread PJ
doesn't work, you can probably use inotify on the udev system. Maybe. Like I said I dunno, I just read and learn by tinkering around. Lemme know when you figure it out. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hs

Re: [ilugd] Printing mysql data...

2008-05-04 Thread PJ
is a little simpler but with less fine control. Andrew Lynn's tip: letting openoffice do the hard work sounds easiest of all. Bipin: The extracting bit : thought about how you're going to do that yet? PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist --

Re: [ilugd] Printing mysql data...

2008-05-02 Thread PJ
st is really too vague overall at present to get you a decent answer. Something to help you along (every budding geek should read this): http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org ht

[ilugd] [OT] etiquette note (was Re: Use for a really old PC?)

2008-04-10 Thread PJ
through the thread again, and I saw no reason for introducing that snide remark. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at:

Re: [ilugd] Use for a really old PC?

2008-04-04 Thread PJ
ch 2nd hand) * make a wan aggregator (ebox, pfsense) for SMEs or for yourself - needs lan cards ( maybe Rs100 each second hand) If you have enough slots you can surely do fun stuff with it. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http

Re: [ilugd] [OT] My dilemma

2008-03-06 Thread pj
usually let them use my Ubuntu laptop (replete with eye candy) > for a few minutes and they are hooked. Excellent example of an encouraging way to deal with it. > On a side note, this may be slightly controversial, it also helps > sometimes to use "Ubuntu" without the "Linux

Re: [ilugd] [OT] My dilemma

2008-03-05 Thread pj
for having principles and for giving him helpful suggestions on setting him free, then you should reassess the value of this friendship. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: htt

Re: [ilugd] [OT]Microsoft To Give Away Developer Tools To Students For Free

2008-02-20 Thread pj
waseem ahmad <[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > Microsoft is making full versions of it's developer tools such as > > Visual Studio Professional Edition, Expression Studio and XNA Game > > Studio 2.0 available to students for free. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > and the relevance to this list is?

Re: [ilugd] Save web page to image

2008-02-14 Thread PJ
आशीष शुक्ल Ashish Shukla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > ,--[ On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 07:42:44AM +, pj wrote: > > [snipped] > >> Within x I'd maybe mangle together xwd with -nobdrs,throwing in >> xwininfo (applied to firefox) to extract firefox&#

Re: [ilugd] Save web page to image

2008-02-12 Thread pj
r this sort of thing. Let me know how you do it in the end. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gma

Re: [ilugd] Let them have laptops

2008-02-07 Thread pj
ybercafes everywhere too. Not a bad place for a Delhi coder to migrate to in winter months for some heavy hacking. Maybe we should have a fosscamp there sometime? PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/l

Re: [ilugd] free vs paid operating systems

2008-02-06 Thread pj
Free can be useless. Some perceive Linux as worse but it is better. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: htt

Re: [ilugd] Let them have laptops

2008-02-01 Thread pj
have an innate urge to learn. Giving people Roti, Kapda and Makan (instead of a proper education) means you get people who will vote for you, but who will be less likely to get out of their underprivileged quagmire. Democracy doesn't work as well in illiterate/uneducated societies. PJ [1

Re: [ilugd] Which wi-fi PCI card?

2008-01-29 Thread pj
Is my vendor correct > in saying that Linux supports only 108 mbps PCI cards? I have a pci card from Nehru Place that I use as an AP: TP-link wn550g - runs on the well-supported atheros chipset at 54Mbps in Debian. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilu

Re: [ilugd] Linux User Group at IIT Delhi

2008-01-18 Thread pj
y those situated some distance outside the metros or in two > tier cities. Interesting. Any idea why it has evolved that way? Any idea if it is the same in other countries? PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hse

Re: [ilugd] Load balancing with multiple ISPs

2008-01-18 Thread pj
ds. Hooray! (Well, anything will be better than my heroic abuse of webserving with bash shell scripts for a primitive version of that sort of functionality) PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman

Re: [ilugd] ps and grep

2008-01-17 Thread pj
ocess (ie, make it: [m]yprocess, see if that does the job): ps -elo pid,args | grep [m]yprocess I don't think there's a restriction on excluding the inclusion of grep in a grep based on it being type 3. YMMV PJ PS: pgrep, pkill, pidof (like others have said) may be handier for your n

Re: [ilugd] Blip.tv vs Youtube licencing (was: [OT ] (was) Re: Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Li nux graphic PC!)

2008-01-15 Thread pj
whatever - he just can't do it from Youtube. > > HAHAHAHA! splendid anal-ogy... PJ, leading to sudden creative-commons > and muft and mukt enlightenment. I thought I was just papering over the cracks in the argument. Butt enough. These innuendos are rearly scraping the bottom. > [sni

[ilugd] Blip.tv vs Youtube licencing (was: [OT] (was) Re: Linux RAID issues (was) Re: Linux graphic PC!)

2008-01-15 Thread pj
. Anyway, probably a sensible way to distribute content would be for the uploader to put up some content on Youtube, and a superset of that content on blip.tv (and suggest on Youtube that people pick up the full content from blip.tv). Bottom line: if you want to help uphold the ideas b

Re: [ilugd] vivekagrawal83 wants to keep up with you on Twitter

2008-01-09 Thread pj
munism, religion in one breath with ILUG-D] Is this a troll? PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org

Re: [ilugd] adobe flashplayer under linux with 2o7.net

2007-12-31 Thread pj
o becoming the world's largest database on everyone and their goat, then you can block that with firefox's noscript plugin. How shall I violate your privacy? Let me count the ways PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org

Re: [ilugd] FOSS Codecs for Online Video: Usability, Uptake and Development

2007-12-03 Thread pj
Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > http://engagemedia.org/Members/anna/news/foss-codecs-for-online-video-usability-uptake-and-development Excellent report. If you don't want to read it, the interesting summary bit for users is at: http://wiki.transmission.cc/index.php/FOSS_Code

[ilugd] Debian vs Ubuntu user-friendliness

2007-11-14 Thread pj
on the other hand works less with newer stuff, but if it works, it tends to work pretty solidly. Specifically: I'd say etch is more user friendly on older hardware than gutsy. However ubuntu support structure is pretty damn good, catering to tards in a wa

Re: [ilugd] how to get latest created file

2007-11-13 Thread pj
Gora Mohanty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ls -lr | tail -1 > for time of last access. See "ls -t", and "ls -c" for other times. And if you're interested in the dotfiles (the otherwise invisible ones) make it ls -lart (that sequence of letter

Re: [ilugd] Installing Linux on an External Hard Disk

2007-09-22 Thread PJ
disk as heavy storage. I'm tired of laptops nowadays. I reckon this is a good interim solution until commodity head up displays become ubiquitous. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/i

[ilugd] Quick-and-Dirty Command line submission of form data

2007-09-20 Thread PJ
Freed 2007. PJ ___ 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-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archiv

Re: [ilugd] the internet - "the ultimate backup?"

2007-09-20 Thread PJ
> On Thursday 20 September 2007 12:44, PJ wrote: > > Hah. > > > > Where's the Hall of Shame site (formerly at > > http://www.lug-delhi.org/wiki/HallOfShame/Websites)? > Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sandip decided to stop maintai

[ilugd] the internet - "the ultimate backup?"

2007-09-20 Thread PJ
which was easy to find with a net search. Oh, what sad times are these when we can't even rely on the internet for a backup of our pearls of wisdom! What's the recommended place to put up a useful article about the irctc site for linux users now? PJ PS: if anyone has kept a backup

[ilugd] irctc works with firefox/sarge

2007-09-19 Thread PJ
Hoorah! I booked some tickets yesterday and irctc.co.in worked just fine. regards PJ ___ 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

Re: [ilugd] How to trace every activity in Linux box

2007-09-10 Thread PJ
which seems to defeat the original purpose. Also, the user has (and apparently needs) root. So only if you trust the user is the wrapper idea a solution. Sudo, as suggest earlier, looks like the simplest way. Maybe combined with script and a special editor wrapper. But the

Re: [ilugd] How to trace every activity in Linux box

2007-09-04 Thread PJ
MITM box. An interesting extra issue is that it sounds like you may not be able to trust your developers to implement any of this for you without them putting in a backdoor. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.h

Re: [ilugd] free alternatives to blackberry

2007-08-09 Thread PJ
> On 8/8/07, PJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Maybe the Motorola A1200? > > (http://www.mobile-review.com/review/motorola-a1200-en.shtml) > > > > It's not too great Anupam Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What are you saying.. At 12k i

Re: [ilugd] free alternatives to blackberry

2007-08-08 Thread PJ
orola A1200? (http://www.mobile-review.com/review/motorola-a1200-en.shtml) It's not too great, and not too open (though much of the OS is GPLed). Depends what your needs are. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net

Re: [ilugd] Shiver me timbers!

2007-07-31 Thread PJ
x when there's piracy than when there's not" (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/23/100134488/) PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event:

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