Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu edgy
It's called distro fatigue. There comes a point in time when people start to look beyond bragging rights about successful install and driver insertion, and want to get some work done. Ya, I guess people work with computers. I use it mostly for information gathering, computing my taxes and an occasional game. But all of that pales off when a new fedora or in recent times Ubuntu is launched. I have to have it and install it. The kind of kick that gives me is second only to installing a new piece of hardwarewhich is very rarely. You've nailed it about Ubuntu - the CD will obviously not carry all drivers etc. You can also try Knoppix 1.1 or Mandriva 2007 according to your deb / rpm inclination - both work rather well with minimum fuss about drivers, as they have less of a politico-philosophical constraint. I was surprised with the Knoppix Live DVD - it booted fairly quickly, detected the default internet connection, recognized hardware, and let me create a pretty little card for my daughter in Tuxpaint on my Lenovo R60, all in Live mode. It may have some stability issues though, as it includes more of the cutting edge stuff and is not as thoroughly tested as Fedora / Ubuntu. I also needed to reboot the computer once and pass the necessary resolution parameter at boot time for the LCD. Another irritating aspect was the way sub-levels of the start menu take up the whole screen, and fonts need to be tweaked in all distros except Ubuntu to keep eyes from watering. By the way, is it just me, or does this list bounce slightly longish mails only selectively? -- In recent times at least these guys have not bounced any of my mailsbut it happens in every plug members life in plug my opinion. regards, Ranjit. -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
[PLUG] Re: Open Office in Government
Hello Mr. Anand Kulkarni I was also thinking in the same direction. But I am not aware about how receive required information from Govt under Information Act. If you help us then we can certainly seek the details of govt expenditure on proprietory softwares. With the help of Right to Information Act 2005 we can get almost all types of information from Government/Public Sector Organisations. Please visit RTI section of our website http://www.grahakraja.org And you will get all the details about RTI. We need to file applications under RTI for getting information about funds spent for purchasing Licensed softwares to all Government Organisations in Pune. YES.. You are right. We must knock the door of the court of law. But its a long process and will involve some level of expenditure. We can file the PIL online at http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/ I will attend the PLUG meeting on 7th April 07 discuss the ISSUE in details. Thanks with Regards Manoj Ovhal Pramukh Pracharak Grahak Raja Jaga Ho URL : http://www.grahakraja.org -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
Re: Fwd: [PLUG] Ubuntu edgy
Nishit Dave wrote: Another irritating aspect was the way sub-levels of the start menu take up the whole screen, and fonts need to be tweaked in all distros except Ubuntu to keep eyes from watering. Do you find the default fonts in Fedora to be problematic? I doubt that that's the case since both these distributions default to the same font family. Rahul -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
[PLUG] Ubuntu edgy
On 3/21/07, Rahul Sundaram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you find the default fonts in Fedora to be problematic? I doubt that that's the case since both these distributions default to the same font family. It may perhaps be due to the default fonts in Firefox on Linux - that's what I tend to use most at home. There are various other applications that somehow do not use the right fonts. Bad font defaults and limited choice have been two of my biggest gripes with Linux. This certainly puts a beginner off - first impressions do matter. -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
Re: [PLUG] Re: Open Office in Government
Hi, On a related note, CDAC Chennai has come up with a new Ubuntu based distro called BOSS specifically tailored for Indian languages. I didn't see inbuilt marathi support. http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/03/12/1631206 http://bosslinux.in/ Kunal On 3/21/07, Pramukh Pracharak - Grahak Raja Jaga Ho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Mr. Anand Kulkarni I was also thinking in the same direction. But I am not aware about how receive required information from Govt under Information Act. If you help us then we can certainly seek the details of govt expenditure on proprietory softwares. With the help of Right to Information Act 2005 we can get almost all types of information from Government/Public Sector Organisations. Please visit RTI section of our website http://www.grahakraja.org And you will get all the details about RTI. We need to file applications under RTI for getting information about funds spent for purchasing Licensed softwares to all Government Organisations in Pune. YES.. You are right. We must knock the door of the court of law. But its a long process and will involve some level of expenditure. We can file the PIL online at http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/ I will attend the PLUG meeting on 7th April 07 discuss the ISSUE in details. Thanks with Regards Manoj Ovhal Pramukh Pracharak Grahak Raja Jaga Ho URL : http://www.grahakraja.org -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions. -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
Re: [PLUG] Re: Open Office in Government
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kunal Thakar wrote: On a related note, CDAC Chennai has come up with a new Ubuntu based distro called BOSS specifically tailored for Indian languages. I didn't see inbuilt marathi support. http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/03/12/1631206 http://bosslinux.in/ Ahh but you might try the latest Fedora and check the Marathi support there. On a completely side note, the OpenOffice.org Community Manager has a nice article on the case for ODF (Open Document Format) in the current issue of LFY :Sankarshan - -- You see things; and you say 'Why?'; But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGAe7PXQZpNTcrCzMRAnzuAJ99rEqivNwjKhYBw2c3FjFl79VZxgCcCpYo Pa49xBn4vUBsDJPwaiOmBMY= =X2bT -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu edgy
On 3/21/07, Ranjit Bhonsle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's called distro fatigue. There comes a point in time when people start to look beyond bragging rights about successful install and driver insertion, and want to get some work done. Ya, I guess people work with computers. I use it mostly for information gathering, computing my taxes and an occasional game. But all of that pales off when a new fedora or in recent times Ubuntu is launched. I have to have it and install it. The kind of kick that gives me is second only to installing a new piece of hardwarewhich is very rarely. +1 to this. I share your joy for trying out a new distro. Thanks to this, I've discovered Belenix, and am going to start working on my own Belenix release sometime soon. -- Sriram -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
