Re: [ilugd] Linux Delhi July meet

2004-07-13 Thread Linux Lingam
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:07:21 +0530, Raj Shekhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all > > With a heavy heart I regret to inform you all that the much hyped up > "Girls in Linux" which was to be organized by LL has been canceled. heavy heart? you sound more like you're heart-broken [grin] okay,

Re: [ilugd] mail relay

2004-07-14 Thread Linux Lingam
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 09:27:40 +0100 (BST), Gurinder Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Given that you have a host running Windows on network, > it might be infected with a 'spam' trojan. These are > little, home-made, obscure trojans that usually are > not caught by the anti-virus. These trojans kee

Re: [ilugd] Re: Linux Delhi July meet

2004-07-15 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] > As for me i am ready to give this presentation if > enough ppl are interested. this presentation requires > the users to have understanding of sound and music > authoring. This means you should have an idea of how > sound design is done. > Also, it requires understanding of track overla

Re: [ilugd] Agenda for 18 July, 2004 meet

2004-07-17 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] > - Satyakam Goswami (known as dingo on the irc channel) will be giving a > demo of the Xandros distribution. If you want to have a demo of your > favorite distribution (take the hint debian/gentoo worshipers), then do > drop in a mail. [snip] a demo of gentoo would be nice, too. yes, i'm c

[ilugd] asus sucks?

2004-07-18 Thread Linux Lingam
anybody on the mailing list faced issues with Asus? I have an asus motherboard and yes, it initialy gave me problems, but that was with nVidia onboard, and the soundchip onboard. however, when i did move up to 2.6, i noted loads of problems, and attributed thse to the peculiar distro. but this shin

Re: [ilugd] Taste the thunder? (thunder the supercomputer)

2004-07-19 Thread Linux Lingam
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:16:31 +0530, Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [An interesting day at ILUG-Chennai. Those who remember Anand Babu would also > find this intereting ;) - Sandip] > > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/pipermail/ilugc/2004-July/011279.html [snip] > [Lots more at the link.

Re: [ilugd] Resurrecting ILUGD history

2004-07-19 Thread Linux Lingam
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 02:09:41 +0530, Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I have had been on a personal mission (till now) to resurrect and archive > ILUGD's history. So far I have been on two distinct missions: > > 1. To have in one place all of ILUGD's mail archives from the

Re: [ilugd] Ignoring moral differences b/w FSF and FLOSS can ruin our mission!!!!

2004-07-21 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] > REQUEST !!! > Please do not call GNU/LINUX systems as linux!!! > Else we will drift away from our own goal!! Support > FSF not FLOSS if u talk about morals!!! > *if* we talk about morals... right! > Request to LFY --> Change urself to GNU/Linux For You > If Newbeeies are told right thin

Re: [ilugd] patents considered harmful

2004-07-21 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] > > Moreover, you cannot patent software. You can patent only ideas. wan't it the other way around? i agree about the dangers of patents. the most controversial application of patenting yet is in medicine and healthcare. while beyond the domain of us software people, the least those inter

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: [blug-non-tech] LUG Meets: Are they still relevant]

2004-07-23 Thread Linux Lingam
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:30:24 +0530, Siddharth Prahladan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >From: Viksit Gaur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > heh! good to see viksit championing ilug-d, to the point of making it sound like a lame excuse for snakes and chai. not to mention movies, and coffee cups. okay, so

[ilugd] un-gpl, gpl++ howto?

2004-07-25 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, i understand that an author owns the copyright to a software. under this 'ownership' the author may then decide to GPL the software, allowing others more flexible access to the software, under the restrictions imposed by the GPL. This also allows contributors to add their own code or fur

Re: [ilugd] un-gpl, gpl++ howto?

2004-07-25 Thread Linux Lingam
On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 11:46:01 -0700 (PDT), satyakam goswami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ask [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] huh? am sure others have answers here. c'mon... LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/m

Re: [ilugd] August meet

2004-07-28 Thread Linux Lingam
> > +3 to central delhi. > wherever. may i suggest NOT a restaurant. for the money per head blown for tidbits, tips to the waiter that never cook, only deliver food to the table, and to still formally behave ourselves in a public place, we could meet somewhere, or book a place [if we have enoug

Re: [ilugd] further notes on being a victim of smtp server ban

2004-07-28 Thread Linux Lingam
[chomp snip] > > sandip wrote -- > > >> begin quote > > > I publically discourage everybody from using VSNL( now TATA-Indicom) ISP > accounts. They have inherited the monopolistic attitude of the Raj days. On > one hand th

Re: [ilugd] Announcement from OSDN : GTK-based Professional, Full-Featured DTP is Here

2004-07-28 Thread Linux Lingam
On 27 Jul 2004 13:24:50 +0530, Sudhir Gandotra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.grasshopperllc.com/ > http://www.grasshopperllc.com/Secure/downloads.html > GTK-based Professional, Full-Featured DTP is Here > Guest writes "Scribus is great, but PageStream is a full-featured > desktop publishi

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: ILUG-D: Message from WLUG,India President]

2004-07-28 Thread Linux Lingam
what is WLUG? website? what kind of conference? who is behind it? funds? ? LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-arc

Re: [ilugd] un-gpl, gpl++ howto?

2004-07-28 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] > [snip] [snip] > > I trust FSF that it wont change from the path that it has set out, so I dont > have any such fears. [snip] trust? you trust someone when it comes to software? sandip, you sound like a newbie. hehehehehehee i trust no one. neither m$, neither FSF, nor anyone else whet

Re: [ilugd] Hungama time

2004-08-02 Thread Linux Lingam
On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 09:04:51 +0530, Sudev Barar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 19:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > -I can either do a talk (with slides!!).. > > > > 1. History of linux/ Evolution of linux > > 2. Security tools in linux > > 3. Economics of information se

[ilugd] apple iPod a tune

2004-08-02 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, have you been following the controversy of apple's iPod and iTunes, with its DRM-ed and proprietory file-formats, all working nice and proper with RealNetworks. Apple is understandably feeling quite rotten. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117201,00.asp am sure the opensource

Re: [ilugd] Re: apple iPod a tune

2004-08-02 Thread Linux Lingam
> > $ have you been following the controversy of apple's iPod and iTunes, > [...] > $ am sure the opensource community watches this with interest, > > Yeah, one question, what took them so long ;-) > > -js > heheehehehehehehee i wonder what happens *if* realnetworks wins, like m$ did with w

[ilugd] bangalore eclipses siliconvalley?

2004-08-07 Thread Linux Lingam
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_929528,00030007.htm states/claims that bangalore has eclipsed siliconvalley in number of IT jobs, though it also states a voice of dissent. check out the story, 'numero uno...' [stopped believing everything in newspapers since some time] LL ___

Re: [ilugd] Is Dreamweaver available for linux???????

2004-08-07 Thread Linux Lingam
On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 23:38:17 -0700 (PDT), santosh dubey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Can you please tell me whether some modified form of > dreamweaver is available for linux..macromedia does > not support it. why bother? do you think the gnulinux-oriented websites out there are authored i

[ilugd] mozilla profile in use

2004-08-09 Thread Linux Lingam
i have redhat8 on a partition, with a nice, growing set of bookmarks in mozilla 1.01, and loads of email ids, folders, and emails, under evolution. yesterday, i installed mozilla 10, and debian sarge with a bit of sid. under mandrake10, i wrote a simple shell script, that mounts the rh8 partition

Re: [ilugd] [linux-india] Getting participants

2004-08-11 Thread Linux Lingam
On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 12:34:00 +0530, Raj Shekhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > In the brainstorming session of the meeting at IHC, we decided on the > following ideas. [snip] > - Organize chain phone calling telling people about the event > argh! you mean like HDFC and ICICI bank,

Re: [ilugd] mozilla profile in use

2004-08-11 Thread Linux Lingam
dear navneet and supreet, deleting the blinking 'lock' file in the .mozilla's user's directory worked. thanks. :-) LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.use

Re: [ilugd] Re: suggestion demos at hungama time

2004-08-11 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] > 6. Demo of Educational Softwares ( a Turbo C like IDE on DOSEMU is welcome), have heard that freeduc is a great live cd to demo for education, ymmv. someone also mentioned an eGovernance live cd, but i have not plodded further on this. LL _

Re: [ilugd] Collie Valley was : bangalore eclipses siliconvalley?

2004-08-11 Thread Linux Lingam
On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 04:23:18 -0700 (PDT), vivek khurana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_929528,00030007.htm > > > > states/claims that bangalore has eclipsed

Re: [ilugd] MOVIE CAPTURING FROM SONY HANDYCAM IN LINUX

2004-08-11 Thread Linux Lingam
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 01:24:51 -0700 (PDT), MALKIAT BENIPAL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I have recorded a celebration movie in my sony handycam. Now from my Sony handycam, > I wish to record this movie on my hard disk. Can someone guide me how I can do this > in Linux. I shall be ver

[ilugd] new SevenSteps To Software Samadhi vers2

2004-08-11 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, A new, improved, and much more relevant version of the document: Seven Steps To Software Samadhi, has just been released. find it in the downloads section of linux-delhi.org. please go forth and multiply this document across the universe. i can't seem to post to the linux-india mailing

[ilugd] open-door talk: seven steps to software samadhi

2004-08-11 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, i know this is at short notice. Niyam Bhushan is delivering a talk "Seven Steps to Software Samadhi". This talk focusses on how a non-techie in a hurry can migrate from windows to GnuLinux in seven simple steps. The talk is open-door. So, anyone may walk in. Newbies, friends of GnuLinux

Re: [ilugd] Tentative speakers list for Linux India 2004

2004-08-11 Thread Linux Lingam
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:22:46 +051800, Mairu Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all > > This is the tentative speaker list we formed when we met. > > Disclaimer: No speaker is forced to give the talk. > This is just a list of people we wish to request/invite > to speak on various topics s

Re: [ilugd] MOVIE CAPTURING FROM SONY HANDYCAM IN LINUX

2004-08-11 Thread Linux Lingam
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:52:57 +0530, Supreet Sethi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 20:18, Linux Lingam wrote: > > On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 01:24:51 -0700 (PDT), MALKIAT BENIPAL > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi guys, > > > > &g

[ilugd] open source electromagnetic radiation

2004-08-14 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, this article is highly stimulating. in essence, should the electromagnetic spectrum become open source? the dilemma is classic: are governments/agencies auctioning pebbles on a seashore like a scarce commidity, or is the 'tragedy of commons' if you oversell a lake for fishing? http://eco

Re: [ilugd] open source electromagnetic radiation

2004-08-15 Thread Linux Lingam
> Interesting. > As technology progresses old dogmas should yield, only an active > governance can try to see the future and become people enabler, creating > a environment of inventiveness. OR suppress and perpetuate the "Raj" > (while chanting otherwise) and always look for "buying" technology th

[ilugd] 1. windows runs linux. 2. GPL WinNT thingie

2004-08-15 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, coLinux is a Linux kernel that runs under Windows. Check out the screenshots. the developers ran knoppix under WIndows. the FAQs are even more interesting. they mention how you can tweak any distribution to run under Windows, natively. Also mentions how you can boot into windows, and

[ilugd] children brainwashed by BSA?

2004-08-15 Thread Linux Lingam
the american library association is hitting back at the rather aggressive tactics of the Business SOftware alliance (BSA) and MPAA, RIAA, etc., to influence school-children too early, with their propaganda on software, patents, software downloads, etc. http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,645

[ilugd] where's the summary?

2004-08-15 Thread Linux Lingam
i saw mairu making copious notes of the IHC meet on saturday, 5:30pm. he promised he'd upload it. haven't seen it yet. i don't remember much details about the meet, else would have summarized. this would be fruitful so if we meet at raj's place tuesday, gives about 24 hours for the list to respond

[ilugd] First annual Software Freedom Day

2004-08-26 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, the UN is organizing gthe first annual Software Freedom Day this saturday. across asia. including india. http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/08/25/HNunorganizes_1.html anybody has any clue bout this? i haven't see/heard/ any discussion on this on the mailing list. yeh kahaa, kabh, kais

[ilugd] open channel foundation software from NASA

2004-08-26 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, i just discovered this treasure, a huge collection of mostly opensource software created by NASA across various disciplines. http://www.openchannelfoundation.org/cosmic/ wow stuff. :-) LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fr

[ilugd] root filesystem duplicate label error, hence read-only

2004-08-28 Thread Linux Lingam
i just installed debian sarge 7august 2004 version, on a partition on my pc. *made sure* it did not install any bootloader in mbr. rather, i let it install lilo in its own partition. debian works okay. i reboot, and in the pristine grub, try launching redhat8. the root filesystem is checked, some

[ilugd] touchtel dsl model: xavi x7005q

2004-09-09 Thread Linux Lingam
touchtel dsl model: xavi x7005q, how does this modem work on touchtel dsl line under redhat9? can't get it to work. ? LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.u

Re: [ilugd] Public domain Sodipodi flag gallery

2004-09-09 Thread Linux Lingam
On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 04:54:40 +0530, Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sodipodi has an impressive flag gallery, created using Sodipodi of course, and > available as SVG (vector images). The flag images are in public domain. The > Indian flag is there, with a nicely detailed chakra in t

Re: [ilugd] touchtel dsl model: xavi x7005q

2004-09-09 Thread Linux Lingam
On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 18:28:41 +0530, Sudev Barar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 18:11, Linux Lingam wrote: > > touchtel dsl model: xavi x7005q, how does this modem work on touchtel > > dsl line under redhat9? can't get it to work. > look

[ilugd] sify in saket okay?

2004-09-19 Thread Linux Lingam
a colleague just migrated to debian sid from windoze. is considering moving from dialup to sify broadband. wants to know if sify works okay with gnulinux. area: saket. thanks LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman

Re: [ilugd] minutes of the volunteers meet

2004-09-22 Thread Linux Lingam
> > Minutes of volunteers meet : [snip] > C. DISTROS > > 1. Knoppix 3.6 - edwin & Mary > 2. Debian 3.0 rc2 - Mary > 3. Mandrake 10 - kapil dua > 4. Dynabolic - Sundeep > 5. Netbsd 1.6 - Manpreet > 6. FreeBSD5.1 - Manpreet > 7. OpenBSD 5.5 - Manpreet yea! long live

Re: [ilugd] minutes of the volunteers meet

2004-09-23 Thread Linux Lingam
> > >> C. DISTROS > >> > >> 1. Knoppix 3.6 - edwin & Mary 2. Debian 3.0 rc2 - Mary > >> 3. Mandrake 10 - kapil dua 4. Dynabolic - Sundeep 5. Netbsd 1.6 > >> - Manpreet 6. FreeBSD5.1 - Manpreet 7. OpenBSD 5.5 - Manpreet > > LL> yea! long live *bsd! more free than free. so w

Re: [ilugd] Future events meet

2004-10-12 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] > Events coming up that we're looking at: > > 1. Navy Public School, Delhi, between 17 and 22 November. 1/2 day > seminar, full day demo. Sort of like another LDD. Target audience is > school students and teachers. bravo. > > 2. Scindia School, Gwalior, I or II week of November. [sni

Re: [ilugd] Re: [RANT & Maybe OT] Wired - weird India

2004-10-13 Thread Linux Lingam
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:03:43 +0530, Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tarun Dua wrote: > > Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: > >> I propose setting up a Linux unfriendly products/services website, where > >> we maintain a hall of shame for Indian vendors/companies who discriminate > >> agai

[ilugd] SoC venue confirmed

2004-10-15 Thread Linux Lingam
the venue for the oct 3rd week meet is CONFIRMED, at School of Convergence, qutub instt area. next sunday, 24th oct, 2:00pm onwards till circa 5:30pm. the room will have an OverHead Projector. ILUG-D will provide the speakers who specialize in OverHead Transmission. another room has a pc that boo

Re: [ilugd] Venue for next ILUG meet, C-DAC Noida

2004-10-16 Thread Linux Lingam
On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:48:32 -0700 (PDT), Adi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi..i was just browsing through some discussions when > i came across the one where someone asked for space > for 50+ ppl for the next ILUG meet. I am a MCA > student at C-DAC, Noida. We have recently started a > linux club

Re: [ilugd] ILUGD Monthly meeting October 2004 !!! win surprise gift suggest theme, venue

2004-09-27 Thread Linux Lingam
On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:08:12 +0530, Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] [raj soliloquy]: > > Some random thoughts that emerged after LDD 2k4... > > Firstly, in case you didn't already know, the response was literally > overwhelming. We were planning for 150 delegates, that too with > t

Re: [ilugd] Fedora Trademark issue ( Was Re: lame excuses for being absent (Was Re: Accounts for LDD 2k4 & co))

2004-09-27 Thread Linux Lingam
> > > > What trademark issues? > Fedora is a Red Hat Trademark and has distribution conditions, [snip] so almost all the mainstream distros are becoming 'commercial' and 'conditional'. they are not as claustrophobic as the EULA of most proprietory, desktop vendors yet. still, all this kind of def

Re: [ilugd] Re: ILUGD Monthly meeting October 2004 !!! win surprise gift suggest theme, venue

2004-09-30 Thread Linux Lingam
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 18:30:13 +, Manpreet Singh Nehra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Latest update. Hamdard Univ. is not available as a cenre in Oct. though > they have confirmed it for Nov. So any one with some other suggestions > for the institute that could be contacted please feel to drop in t

Re: [ilugd] [Fwd]: LXer: Is the MSN search engine being used in the battle?to kill Linux?

2004-09-30 Thread Linux Lingam
> - Forwarded message from Tom Adelstein - > > > > > http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/23328/index.html > > > > Hello, > > > > I could not track the source of old content showing up at the top > > of google searches on my name. According to the number of hits I > > generate, I

Re: [ilugd] SoC venue confirmed

2004-10-17 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] > Count me in tell me what I should organise. This countermands the > previous post where I said am not available. > -- > Sudev Barar > Learning Linux the location is done. i guess the usual linux-delhi banner, some signposts (A40 posters we can stick to walls etc., so ppl know where to go.

Re: [ilugd] Re: SoC venue confirmed

2004-10-20 Thread Linux Lingam
> Laptop is in order but who is bringing LCD projector? the room has an lcd projector that connects to laptops and pcs. was working till yesterday, since the past one year. no guarantees that it works on sunday. hehehehe > I have cable I have Samsung phone but sadly connect does not work. If > a

Re: [ilugd] Final Announcement ILUGD Monthly Meet Oct 2004

2004-10-21 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] just a quick note: i stepped into the room allocated for our ilug-d meet at soc this afternoon. it is a large room. can happily seat about 70+ people. waah! it has a working projector (so far) that connects to laptops and desktops. i even saw a pc lurking somewhere, though have not been ab

Re: [ilugd] NCD primary teachers return to Microsoft classroom

2004-10-21 Thread Linux Lingam
On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 01:44:25 +0530 (IST), Frederick Noronha (FN) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MCD primary teachers return to Microsoft classroom > Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India > ... Commissioner Rakesh Mehta has signed an MoU today with Microsoft Corporation > India Private Limited under the compan

Re: [ilugd] Video editing on Linux

2004-11-11 Thread Linux Lingam
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:09:03 +0530, Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A question for video enthusiasts out here (LL?). yes? > I recently got a Samsung > camcorder which works with Hi8 tapes. Unfortunately, the native format of > the cam is NTSC, and while there is a PAL60 output, i

[ilugd] which firewire card under gnulinux

2004-11-15 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, wish to purchase a firewire card for my pc. which one works under gnulinux, according to your experience? any thing to watch out for, any indicative pricepoints? wish to use it for miniDV transfers. anyone has had any experience regarding this, under gnulinux, please? TIA :-) LL

[ilugd] firewire card for gnulinux? agni-taar

2004-11-17 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, aag kee taar. which firewire card works with gnulinux, please? ayone has any experience to share on this? what pricepoints? speeds? issues? secondly, need to use this for miniDV transfers. anyone with any experience on this? please lion. :-) LL ___

Re: [ilugd] USB CD writer experiences

2005-01-16 Thread Linux Lingam
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:33:53 +0530, Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > Has anyone used a USB CD writer with any success for any length of > time under Linux? If you have, specific brands/models of both CD > writer and enclosure wou

Re: [ilugd] [SOS] [urgent] [cross-posted] CD-images for la2005

2005-02-04 Thread Linux Lingam
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 10:16:28 +0530, vivek v <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sorry for cross posting > people, need these ISOs asap > > > > Knoppix 3.7 08-12-2004 version > > Game Morphix > > Mandrake 10.1 > > vivek > 9873277933 > i have knoppix 3.7, which i have also copied for vivek khurana. y

Re: [ilugd] The Future of Open Source?

2005-02-13 Thread Linux Lingam
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:34:57 +0530, Manik Ahuja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Have a hard look at this and give me your frank opinion. > > http://manikahuja.blogspot.com/ > > Thanks > > Manik 1) does not allow anonymous comments. forces someone to get an account on blogger. bleaaah! 2

Re: [ilugd] How to find client's IP address (or name)

2005-03-01 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] > > I have a very basic server written in C. [snip] > Here is the trimmed code (can send complete code if you so desire). > > Tanks, > Nishi > [snip] er... nishi, you just posted some code snippets on a public mailing list. may i ask, is the code under gpl, lgpl, bsd, or apache license,

Re: [ilugd] LUG Meeting?

2005-03-22 Thread Linux Lingam
[huge snip] are you guys thinking of holding a LUG meet on the eve of holi? good luck LL ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delh

Re: [ilugd] Mouse problem during installation of redhat

2005-03-26 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] Seriously, Linux is run by more than a > million people world wide for applications ranging > from Rocket launches to making simulations for nuclear > devices - no one uses windows there. You still > unconvinced? :-) > > Cheers! > viksit > that set me thinking. anyone has figures/pointer

Re: [ilugd] Creative commons or FDL?

2005-04-07 Thread Linux Lingam
On Apr 6, 2005 7:30 PM, Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Works like books, documentation, fonts etc. can be offered either under > GPL/FDL or Creative Commons. > > I wanted your advice on this - if someone offers to release fonts, would > you prefer it to be under CC or under GPL?

Re: [ilugd] Audacity

2005-05-02 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] > Audacity is available as default in OpenLX Linux - www.openlx.com > and in several hundred other distros of gnulinux too. > -- > Peace, Force & Joy! Sudhir Gandotra. 98-101-20918 > OpenLX on Newsforge : > http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/04/05/1833211.shtml?tid=132&tid=38

Re: [ilugd] Audacity

2005-05-03 Thread Linux Lingam
On 5/3/05, Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Linux Lingam wrote: > > > ah! okay. that explains it. > > > > ;-) > > > > btw, the best distro for handling audio and sound, is agnula

[ilugd] nokia linux patent thingie

2005-05-26 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, am sure most of you have checked out nokia's new linux-based gizmo for handheld 'broadband' net access, and their new controversial policy of showing their 'support' for linux with their sweeping patent policy. looks like to me they got so pscyhed by microsoft's rivalry that they just d

Re: [ilugd] NEWS - Long-writeup - Mobilis vs Microsoft

2005-06-01 Thread Linux Lingam
[HUGE snip] whew! that was quite a rant. the truth is, that linux has hadly made any significant moves in india yet, unlike as in china. of course, there is a lot of fire and brimstone around it. but clear-cut directives from the government and policies, are missing. we do have a lot of positive

Re: [ilugd] Invitation to linux geeks, July 17, at National Association for the Blind

2005-07-14 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] > I only hope we can come > up with ILUGD presentations that aren't too visual-centric. > Suggestions? > > -- Raju [suggestion] would vivek khurana like to give a talk on agnula. that deals with all things sound under gnulinux. [/suggestion] :-) LL _

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

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

[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
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

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

2007-09-07 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 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,

[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

[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

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

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: [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: [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] [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] 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] [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] [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] 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

[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 __

[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] 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] shawn kwon on freed.in in korean with google english

2007-10-02 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, shawn kwon from korea's kldp.org has written a brief blog on his experiences at freed.in please use google's language tool, or your other favourite translation tool, to read its interpretation in english by machine-translation :-) he's spirit's in the right place, and i guess we can al

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Need help choosing a processor Intel or AMD

2007-10-04 Thread Linux Lingam
hi, [snip] > But have read on forums that AMD is actually far ahead of intel. > > Please help me choose a good processor. :-) > > thanks, > rohit. this is your friendly help: http://anandtech.com/ :-) niyam ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-

Re: [ilugd] Report on freed.in at linux.com

2007-10-11 Thread Linux Lingam
On 10/11/07, Kishore Bhargava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Enjoy! > > http://www.linux.com/feature/119743 > > Cheers...Kishore good stuff by mayank! would be wonderful to post the link to linux-india and a few other mailing lists. those who can, would be wonderful if you could digg and slashdot

[ilugd] digg creativedot !

2007-10-11 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, prakash advani has just dugg creativedot! creative.linux-delhi.org http://digg.com/linux_unix/Linux_users_can_be_creative_too please everyone else on digg, could you please do some mob justice to this ;-) tia :-) niyam ___ ilugd mailing

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Need help choosing a processor Intel or AMD

2007-10-11 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] i also feel the time has come to redefine 'throughput' more carefully than just look at raw computing power. on several machines running gnulinux, have noted the swap setting can at times slow down performance. tinkering with 'low latency' settings in ubuntustudio just shows how every OS n

Re: [ilugd] October Meet

2007-10-13 Thread Linux Lingam
+1 for noida LUG meet :-) 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.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi htt

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