Re: [LIG] [ilugd] [PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?

2007-10-30 Thread Linux Lingam
On 10/30/07, Philip Tellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 30/10/2007, Linux Lingam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and linux-india.org recommended by kishore bhargava. I'd suggest just adding events to upcoming.org and tagging them with foss and india (optional). I could write up a pipe that gets

[PLUG] Celeron vs Pentium + linux reco?

2007-10-30 Thread Makarand Mhaiskar
thanks all for your inputs. finally, for about rs. 700 more (processor+mobo) over celeron, i got an athlon x2 dual core!! 'coolquiet' and pretty fast with 1gb ram. any recos for the linux distro? -for a relatively nub (dabbled with redhat 7 last) -need an easy installer (for dual boot) -need

Re: [PLUG] Celeron vs Pentium + linux reco?

2007-10-30 Thread श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर
On Tuesday 30 Oct 2007 19:25:17 Makarand Mhaiskar wrote: any recos for the linux distro? -for a relatively nub (dabbled with redhat 7 last) -need an easy installer (for dual boot) -need AMP (preferrably out of the box) gimp so what say? Slackware.. :) Shridhar --

Re: [PLUG] Please sign the petition against Microsoft's Office OpenXML becoming an ISO standard

2007-10-30 Thread Aditya Godbole
On 10/30/07, Sarang Kulkarni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, The Free Software Foundation is running a petition to oppose Microsoft's OpenXML from becoming an ISO standard. Wasnt MS shown the door earlier? Or is this something new brewing up? -aditya --

Re: [PLUG] Please sign the petition against Microsoft's Office OpenXML becoming an ISO standard

2007-10-30 Thread श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर
On Tuesday 30 Oct 2007 20:35:14 Aditya Godbole wrote: Wasnt MS shown the door earlier? Or is this something new brewing up? I think their request for fast track movement of standard was denied. The routine process is still taking place. Shridhar --

Re: [PLUG] Please sign the petition against Microsoft's Office OpenXML becoming an ISO standard

2007-10-30 Thread Nishit Dave
On 10/30/07, Aditya Godbole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/30/07, Sarang Kulkarni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, The Free Software Foundation is running a petition to oppose Microsoft's OpenXML from becoming an ISO standard. Wasnt MS shown the door earlier? Or is this something

Re: [PLUG] Celeron vs Pentium + linux reco?

2007-10-30 Thread Aditya Laghate
On 10/30/07, श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 30 Oct 2007 19:25:17 Makarand Mhaiskar wrote: any recos for the linux distro? -for a relatively nub (dabbled with redhat 7 last) -need an easy installer (for dual boot) -need AMP (preferrably out of the box) gimp\

[PLUG] Build an 8 PS3 supercomputer

2007-10-30 Thread sudhanwa Jogalekar
Great reading!! Make your own supercomputer!! Less than a 10th the cost per GFlop of the $2500 supercomputer Take 8 PS 3 consoles, Yellow Dog Linux, a Gigabit Ethernet switch and your favorite protein folding or gravitational wave modeling codes and you're doing real science. On a Playstation!

Re: [LIG] [ilugd] [PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?

2007-10-30 Thread Linux Lingam
Ok, I second the vote, and here are your feeds: JSON: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=4jphZveG3BG0fLa9jknRlg_render=json RSS: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=4jphZveG3BG0fLa9jknRlg_render=rss And if all you want is a simple HTML unordered list that you can stick into

Re: [LIG] [ilugd] [PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?

2007-10-30 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Linux Lingam wrote: 2) rahul, you could consider asking your staff to submit event-entries to this site, and then feed it back to your openitis.com site. Umm, I don't have any staff and I am not part of either of these sites. If you want to send feedback, you have to contact the webmasters

Re: [LIG] [ilugd] [PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?

2007-10-30 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rahul Sundaram wrote: Linux Lingam wrote: 2) rahul, you could consider asking your staff to submit event-entries to this site, and then feed it back to your openitis.com site. Umm, I don't have any staff and I am not part of either of these

Re: [LIG] [ilugd] [PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?

2007-10-30 Thread ಓಂ
with your goals **probably** reached how about avoiding *x-post*ing? technicalities... are ... If i edit subject line, it becomes a new thread! if i say reply-all, it will bounce from other bunch of lists where I am not subscribed to.. so people who have suggestion might remain silent.. in

[PLUG] Ubuntu on Laptop...

2007-10-30 Thread ಓಂ
for people using Ubuntu on Laptop... http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/30/1742258 -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information:

Re: [PLUG] Please sign the petition against Microsoft's Office OpenXML becoming an ISO standard

2007-10-30 Thread ಓಂ
Quite frankly I do not understand how stopping somebody else from applying for a new standard or protocol for exchange of information help me improve or attain my freedom please feel free to enlighten me on this... [OT] This looks just like NPT... :-) OR what is commonly called a *inside

Re: [PLUG] Please sign the petition against Microsoft's Office OpenXML becoming an ISO standard

2007-10-30 Thread ಓಂ
On 10/30/07, Sarang Kulkarni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This standard proposal was not created by bringing together the experience and expertise of all interested parties (such as the producers, sellers, buyers, users and regulators), but by Microsoft alone. Just for information I am writting

Re: [LIG] [ilugd] [PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?

2007-10-30 Thread Vivek Khurana
On 10/31/07, ಓಂ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: with your goals **probably** reached how about avoiding *x-post*ing? technicalities... are ... If i edit subject line, it becomes a new thread! if i say reply-all, it will bounce from other bunch of lists where I am not subscribed to.. so people who

Re: [PLUG] Please sign the petition against Microsoft's Office OpenXML becoming an ISO standard

2007-10-30 Thread Vivek Khurana
On 10/31/07, ಓಂ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quite frankly I do not understand how stopping somebody else from applying for a new standard or protocol for exchange of information help me improve or attain my freedom Well read the online petition it clearly defines the pitfalls to be faced

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu on Laptop...

2007-10-30 Thread Aditya Laghate
On 10/31/07, ಓಂ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for people using Ubuntu on Laptop... http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/30/1742258 I am using OpenSuse on my HP Laptop. Tried the command smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sda | grep 193; hdparm -B 180 /dev/sda; sleep 600; \ smartctl -d ata -a