[ilugd] OLPC in India

2007-11-03 Thread Anil Seth
Hi, The software with OLPC is really nice and it is nice to see it being used in India: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Khairat_Chronicle Regards Anil ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next

[ilugd] Positive List of Bank Sites

2007-11-20 Thread Anil Seth
Hi, I have been helping my parents with their online bank accounts as well and have concluded that very few sites are friendly to even Firefox. Rather than complaining about the ones which do not work, may be we should list the banks which work well with Firefox and Linux. I have found no

[ilugd] Fedora Mirror Selection

2007-11-23 Thread Anil Seth
Hi, Fedora 8 shortlists mirrors from China/Japan/Russia with my ip. I manually changed the mirrors to the ones in US/Australia for better performance but yum seems to update that list. Any idea how I can ensure a more appropriate selection of mirrors in the absence of any in India? Thanks

Re: [ilugd] Fedora Mirror Selection

2007-11-24 Thread Anil Seth
Hi, The following option in the repo file seems to prevent mirrorlist being updated: mirrorlist_expire=-1 Regards anil On Nov 24, 2007 1:17 PM, Anil Seth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Fedora 8 shortlists mirrors from China/Japan/Russia with my ip. I manually changed the mirrors to the ones

Re: [ilugd] Let them have laptops

2008-02-01 Thread Anil Seth
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:33:10 +0530 From: vivek v [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ilugd] Let them have laptops To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Feb 1, 2008 10:17 AM, Sriram J

Re: [ilugd] Candidate for Hall Of Shame?

2008-04-24 Thread Anil Seth
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:27:01 +0530 (IST) From: Shiv [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I was not able to access netbanking on ABN Amro Bank's website using Firefox on Ubuntu. When I wrote to them, this is the reply I got:- Dear Mr. Jagannath, I got the same stupid response. However, the

Re: [ilugd] Candidate for Hall Of Shame?

2008-04-25 Thread Anil Seth
=flowed On 24-Apr-08, at 8:23 PM, Anil Seth wrote: Incidentally, I had an unfortunate irritant with HDFC as well - for credit card security code. But they were much more sympathetic though I had to use Opera with Mask as IE option to actually register the security code. all HDFC

[ilugd] Offtopic: Caution

2008-04-26 Thread Anil Seth
Hi, Please do not register on http://moneycontrol.com/ I found myself getting spam. They have an un-subscribe option which seems to be ignored. I unsubscribed at least 6 times and no effect. Anyway, Google's spam filtering gets rid of all their mails. But I would not trust their site now for

Re: [ilugd] asus eeepc 4gb with linux spotted in delhi

2008-09-02 Thread Anil Seth
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 19:56:50 +0530 From: Linux Lingam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ilugd] asus eeepc 4gb with linux spotted in delhi To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 dear all,

[ilugd] $98 laptop from China - Industry changer?

2008-09-03 Thread Anil Seth
Hi, If real, a much better option than the Intel based Netbooks! http://techvideoblog.com/ifa/98-linux-laptop-the-hivision-mininote/ HiVision makes the worlds cheapest Linux laptop at $98 using a new cheaper MIPS based processor, WiFi, 1GB flash storage, it runs Linux, has 3 USB ports, Ethernet,

Re: [ilugd] Microsoft Project 2003 Alternative to Open Source

2009-07-22 Thread Anil Seth
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 1:06 PM, ilugd-requ...@lists.linux-delhi.org wrote: I need to suggest an open source alternative to MS project 2003 to our Engineering team. while googling i found two such open source project which are equivalent to MS Project. 1. Open workbench , it is open source

Re: [ilugd] How to connect Tata Indicom Photon +

2009-10-08 Thread Anil Seth
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 7:01 PM, ilugd-requ...@lists.linux-delhi.org wrote: I need to connect Tata Indicom Photon + internet on Centos 5.3 Dont know how to do that, reading the posts here i found i need to execute the command wvdial. [r...@localhost ~]# wvdial -- WvDial: Internet dialer

Re: [ilugd] fedora as a server

2010-04-17 Thread Anil Seth
On 17 April 2010 18:37, abhishek jain abhishek.netj...@gmail.com wrote: Hi friends, I have a local fedora machine which i want to use as a server in my local LAN. I have connected it via wifi. I need to use the fedore machine from other machines, in other words the machine should have a

Re: [ilugd] Laxmicharan Samineni would like to add you as a friend on Skoost

2010-04-20 Thread Anil Seth
On 20 April 2010 17:08, Sirtaj Singh Kang sir...@sirtaj.net wrote: On 20-Apr-10, at 4:52 PM, Anil Seth wrote: [snip] I do not know about this site, but I suspect that more often than not, it comes under 'social  engineering'. The frequency and variation of these invites (esp. from well

Re: [ilugd] e-filint IT returns?

2010-07-12 Thread Anil Seth
On 12 July 2010 21:03, Mahesh T. Pai paiva...@gmail.com wrote: Does anybody here e-file IT returns? Are you able to do it from a FLOSS platform, err.. a PC running GNU/Linux? The IT department provides onl a .xls file, and a .pdf file; the former gives several errors in OO.o, the latter

Re: [ilugd] Distributed updates in Ubuntu

2010-07-23 Thread Anil Seth
On 23 July 2010 18:57, Vivek Kapoor subs...@exain.com wrote: On 07/23/2010 06:32 PM, Sagar Belure sagar.bel...@gmail.com wrote: Please, bear with me, if I'm not able to properly present my requirement. There are some 32 and 64 bit ubuntu systems in same network. I want only one system(like,

Re: [ilugd] Distributed updates in Ubuntu

2010-07-23 Thread Anil Seth
On 23 July 2010 19:51, Vivek Kapoor subs...@exain.com wrote: On 07/23/2010 07:23 PM, Anil Seth seth.a...@gmail.com wrote: I have used a simplistic approach by linking /var/cache/apt./archives to a common NFS mounted directory. Only requirement is that no root squash option is needed

Re: [ilugd] Initrd query

2010-07-24 Thread Anil Seth
On 24 July 2010 15:19, Mahesh Pai paiva...@gmail.com wrote: Can an initrd image built for one hard ware boot other hard ware configuration? Specifically, my ups conked out taking regular machines down with it. Nothing much can be done. And i an lucky to get back the disk with data and os

Re: [ilugd] calculator with a memory?

2010-08-20 Thread Anil Seth
Hi, On 20 August 2010 20:46, Mahesh T. Pai paiva...@gmail.com wrote: Raju Mathur said on Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:50:56PM +0530,:   bc and dc don't meet your needs? Frankly, have not tried either. Figuring out commands and options is the last thing one wants while fingering through a sheaf

Re: [ilugd] calculator with a memory?

2010-08-20 Thread Anil Seth
On 20 August 2010 16:04, Anil Seth seth.a...@gmail.com wrote: I can't recall my 'favourite' calculator. It's display was like a paper scroll so virtually unlimited memory. I could pick and any value from the scroll. I found it - it is the calculator in Sugar! anil

Re: [ilugd] A firewall for UBUNTU

2010-10-06 Thread Anil Seth
In case a versatile and powerful firewall is needed. http://www.fwbuilder.org/ On 6 October 2010 10:54, Jeba Singh Emmanuel jebasingh.emman...@gmail.com wrote: UFW - https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/firewall.html Firestarter - http://www.fs-security.com/ On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at

Re: [ilugd] ubuantu 10.10

2011-01-11 Thread Anil Seth
On 11 January 2011 13:31, vivek kumar vivek.2k...@gmail.com wrote: hi All i have install 10.10 ubuntu in Piv machine with 512mb ram but after 30 minuts system hang but is the problem its ram issu plz suggest me ___ Ilugd mailing list

Re: [ilugd] linux

2011-01-21 Thread Anil Seth
You may want to look at this. Intel 845 graphics cards have had a problem for the last year or so. http://fossplanet.com/f10/%5Bubuntu-x%5D-intel-845g-855gm-hangs-90191/ You may wish to disable desktop effects in case they are enabled. That may work on your system. Regards Anil On 22 January

Re: [ilugd] KEYBOARD Problem

2011-01-24 Thread Anil Seth
You may need to explain what is Windows 7 on this list. Anill On 25 January 2011 10:13, ashish gupta ashish.hc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, My keyboard is not working properly from last couple of the days.I m have lenovo Y500 series laptop with windows 7 . Without pressing function key(Fn)

Re: [ilugd] Problem in ubuntu login

2011-02-04 Thread Anil Seth
Have you tried the safe boot alternate on Ubuntu? What problem does that give? If it is a Intel 845/945, this could be video freezing problem. You can find links for the problems using google search. Anil On 4 February 2011 12:02, Mukul Sharma mukul...@gmail.com wrote: Hello I am having OS

Re: [ilugd] Bad news for mobile Linux

2011-02-12 Thread Anil Seth
On 11 February 2011 16:32, Vivek Kapoor subs...@exain.com wrote:  Nokia has partnered with Micro$oft and will deliver WM7 devices. No more MeeGo. MeeGo was possibly going to be the actual open-source OS available on mobile devices. Stephen Elop, Nokia's current CEO has said Win phone is