[fsug-tvm] Opportunity to meet with Canonical India head Prakash Advani

2009-07-31 Thread Visakh
On Jul 31, 3:39 pm, Joju Joshua jojujos...@gmail.com wrote: where is our official Swantham Lekhakan (Swa Le)? Shall I send you a xerox copy of the draft? :D Gokul --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You

[fsug-tvm] Is this effect possible (easy) to achieve in Gimp or Blender?

2009-07-28 Thread Visakh
Hi, Thanks Jikku! I am happy that you like it. Anyway, the native GIMP format is XCF. I tried saving it and sending it to you - but it was no different from the final PNG that I sent you. XCF doesn't save any of the manipulation history - so it is practically useless for analyzing the steps

[fsug-tvm] Is this effect possible (easy) to achieve in Gimp or Blender?

2009-07-28 Thread Visakh
Hi, I just wanted to add another information. Gimp is bitmap image editor and is useful for photo manipulation. However, most of the webart and clipart are easier to manipulate as vector graphics. That includes this flag example, as well as some other very complicated images. A very popular

[fsug-tvm] Is this effect possible (easy) to achieve in Gimp or Blender?

2009-07-28 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 28, 11:10 pm, Jikku Jose jikkuj...@gmail.com wrote: Is there anyway of opening a PSD in Gimp or saving as a PSD file? Yes. It seems that Gimp can open and save PSD files. But the support is not very good. And it may spring a few unpleasant surprises. See this:

[fsug-tvm] Opportunity to meet with Canonical India head Prakash Advani

2009-07-28 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 28, 9:51 pm, Mahesh Mohan maheshmohan...@gmail.com wrote: we can talk him about ubuntu certification course. Well, don't you remember that Ubuntu's motto is Linux for human beings? Doesn't Ubuntu Certification sound like an oxymoron? The basic idea is that anybody should be able

[fsug-tvm] Is this effect possible (easy) to achieve in Gimp or Blender?

2009-07-28 Thread Visakh
On Jul 29, 12:44 am, Jikku Jose jikkuj...@gmail.com wrote: Was thinking to do it in GIMP and taking it to PS for final touch :( Why not use a common format like PNG for that? There won't be much of a difference unless you use layers, channels etc. Regards, Gokul Das

[fsug-tvm] Opportunity to meet with Canonical India head Prakash Advani

2009-07-28 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 29, 1:05 am, Anoop Jacob Thomas anoo...@gmail.com wrote: They do have Ubuntu Certification course, just like the RHCE thing. It is for managing the servers obviously. Oh! I guess I embarrassed myself! I was looking for the missing hyperlink to the course in this thread. Anyway,

[fsug-tvm] Is this effect possible (easy) to achieve in Gimp or Blender?

2009-07-27 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 27, 4:46 pm, Santhosh സന്തോഷ് VS everlovingyo...@gmail.com wrote: I think this could be done in Jimp with Path Tool + Gaussian blur Even though the change profile does look Gaussian, the change itself doesn't seem to be blur. If you look at the image closely, you can see that the

[fsug-tvm] Inside ODF

2009-07-27 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 27, 12:41 pm, Aneesh A aneesh...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for info. I will check and post Since you are at it, you should really compare the ODF to OOXML. OOXML is also an office file format like ODF and it also uses compressed xml data (zip). OOXML is a supposedly 'open' format

[smc-discuss] [fsug-tvm] English Malayalam translator

2009-07-27 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 27, 9:56 am, JAGANADH G jagana...@gmail.com wrote: If you are really interested drop me a mail. Are you familier with Perl programming ? If you are planning to create a new team and project for this, I suggest that you do all communications related to it on a public forum like a

[fsug-tvm] Opportunity to meet with Canonical India head Prakash Advani

2009-07-27 Thread Visakh
+1 But, make sure that it doesn't fizzle like the last meeting! Regards, Gokul Das On Jul 27, 9:34 pm, Anoop John anoopj...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Canonical Partner Manager for Asia and person in-charge of Canonical India - Prakash Advani - will be in Trivandrum on 28th and 29th. He is

[fsug-tvm] Re: Is this effect possible (easy) to achieve in Gimp or Blender?

2009-07-27 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 27, 10:12 pm, Jikku Jose jikkuj...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Gokul. Will it be possible for you to send the file you developed? Or perhaps post your results. And as you mentioned, it seems to be an illusion .. I thought it was actually bent .. didn't notice it closely. [The illusion

[fsug-tvm] Canonical frees Launchpad

2009-07-21 Thread Visakh
Finally, the eager wait for free software developers is over. Canonical has solved bug Bug #50699 [ https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad-foundations/+bug/50699 ]. Launchpad - one of the most popular software development management platform is now free software under GNU Affero General Public

[fsug-tvm] SMS language in the list

2009-07-21 Thread Visakh
On Jul 21, 7:34 pm, sreehari p r pr.sreeh...@gmail.com wrote: i think thers no problm in using sms language If you haven't seen how much that annoys active and prominent members, take a look at the old archives of this mailing list. I have seen a few instances of otherwise calm and helpful

[fsug-tvm] Slow Bsnl connection

2009-07-21 Thread Visakh
Hi, I had the same issue here. But it is not just the OpenDNS servers that could not be pinged - I tried a dozen other servers including some in India. Google's sites are the only ones that seem to get through (I don't know why). But the problem seems to be solved- atleast for now. When

[fsug-tvm] Fax in ubuntu

2009-07-17 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 17, 9:57 am, stranger in black. gnu...@gmail.com wrote: thanks gokul... u r great Thanks! I am happy that it works for you now. The compliment wasn't necessary! :D - I was also very interested in the solution. it worked after the installation of

[fsug-tvm] How to convert a user into free-software?

2009-07-17 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 17, 8:54 am, Santhosh സന്തോഷ് VS everlovingyo...@gmail.com wrote: After all initiative should not be failed. You are right! Thinking about it, we haven't conducted any promo activities lately. The installfests, seminars etc all were some time back. Installfests are suspended for

[fsug-tvm] how to convert a user into free-software?

2009-07-16 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 16, 9:46 am, Santhosh സന്തോഷ് VS everlovingyo...@gmail.com wrote: Also telling the piracy and cost of the extra applications they may use (eg:photoshop) and telling the opensource alternative. Trust me! I tried it. But it doesn't work! No amount of paranoia is worth some

[fsug-tvm] fax in ubuntu

2009-07-16 Thread Visakh
@ Junise: I believe that hplip and hplip-gui are the s/w you are looking for. Here is the page for hplip support for hp officejet 4355: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/officejet/officejet_4300_series.html It says that GUI support is not available (I don't know what that means

[fsug-tvm] Re: Free Software for converting between video formats.

2009-07-16 Thread Visakh
Hi, You can try any of the following: FFmpeg - command line based MEncoder - command line based VLC - GUI based, has a transcoding option, Regards, Gokul Das On Jul 16, 1:49 pm, Sajjad Anwar sajja...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. Can anyone suggest a good video converter? Regards. --

[fsug-tvm] Free Software for converting between video formats.

2009-07-16 Thread Visakh
Just one question: Do these support proprietary formats like AMR, or are they stripped down to avoid these in the distro? Gokul Das --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are

[fsug-tvm] Free Software for converting between video formats.

2009-07-16 Thread Visakh
Hi, All solutions given above makes use of ffmpeg. It seems that most distros use a stripped down version of ffmpeg to avoid patent infringement of formats like flv, amr, etc. This may be the reason why there are dependency issues. Regards, Gokul Das On Jul 16, 4:14 pm, stranger in

[fsug-tvm] [Firefox] Mozilla Firefox 3.5 security advisory

2009-07-16 Thread Visakh
Hi, This is a security advisory for those who are trying out Firefox 3.5. A highly critical security vulnerability has been detected in the TraceMonkey javascript engine. It that allows intruders to hijack the browser, when users visit sites containing the exploit code. The exploit code is

[fsug-tvm] Free Software for converting between video formats.

2009-07-16 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 16, 8:57 pm, Sajjad Anwar sajja...@gmail.com wrote: Exactly Gokul. ffmpeg is working fine. Since there are some codecs avoided in ffmpeg package for GNU/Linux, the dependency issues occur. Even the FFmpeg team avoid distributing binaries for the fear of infringing patents. I am

[fsug-tvm] Video Tutorial

2009-07-16 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 16, 10:00 pm, Navaneeth T nava...@gmail.com wrote: mahesh it is a great idea but who will start and how Seems Mahesh already did that. It has an ogv file attached. Good job Mahesh! But, this mailing list may not be the appropriate place. It is not well suited for creating a

[fsug-tvm] Resume wizard in openoffice

2009-07-16 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 16, 9:39 pm, stranger in black. gnu...@gmail.com wrote: how to install this .oxt plugin. I know you solved it. This is just for record: About Installing Extensions: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/resources/user/howto_install Thank you both for info on

[fsug-tvm] Software required for making Brochure

2009-07-16 Thread Visakh
Hi, Scribus is one of the most popular open source desktop publishing tools and is available in most distro repositories. It is very suitable for this kind of jobs. For more info on its use, you can refer their wiki: http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Main_Page Regards, Gokul Das On Jul 16,

[fsug-tvm] Re: FSUG Meeting

2009-07-15 Thread Visakh
On Jul 15, 12:01 pm, sajith kumar vsscku...@gmail.com wrote: Please confirm the date and time first. Agenda will declare before the FSUG_TVM meeting. Date: 19 July 2009 - Sunday Venue: Kanakakkunnu palace (The lawn behind the madapam, facing nishagandhi) Time: 4:00 PM Now, how many can

[fsug-tvm] Re: Viewing DishTV with MythTV

2009-07-15 Thread Visakh
Hi, As far as I understand, most broadcasters broadcast video in an encrypted format that can be decrypted only by a smart card on board the receiver et top box (STB). MythTV on the other hand, can only receive unencrypted digital signals. Does the STB have any interface through which it

[fsug-tvm] Re: Viewing DishTV with MythTV

2009-07-15 Thread Visakh
On Jul 15, 7:04 pm, Anoop Jacob Thomas anoo...@gmail.com wrote: You can connect the STB to a tv tuner card. Does that take care of encryption? It probably won't work as a receiver. Regards, Gokul Das --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Freedom is the only law. Freedom

[fsug-tvm] Viewing DishTV with MythTV

2009-07-15 Thread Visakh
using Electronic Programme Guide, or automatic channel selection. Regards, Gokul Das On Jul 15, 9:14 pm, Syam Krishnan sya...@gmail.com wrote: On 07/15/2009 07:40 PM, Visakh wrote:    Does that take care of encryption? It probably won't work as a receiver. Gokul, since an ordinary TV cannot

[fsug-tvm] XAMPP error

2009-07-15 Thread Visakh
Hi, I don't know if this will work - but give it a try. Start the server as usual, and start firefox. In firefox 'file' menu, uncheck the 'Work Offline' option (if it is checked). Now try to access the page at the local host. Regards, Gokul Das

[fsug-tvm] Blocking Spam Ads

2009-07-15 Thread Visakh
Hi, @ Ashik chettan: I know you can't control the users' mailbox and that you can only clean the archives. But isn't there an option to block replies to inappropriate threads? And you have used that option on an earlier flame thread, haven't you? Regards, Gokul Das

[fsug-tvm] fax in ubuntu

2009-07-15 Thread Visakh
Hi, If you want to send fax from Ubuntu system, you can use 'efax' and 'gtk-efax'. However, you will need a fax modem for that. Instead, it seems that your printer/scanner can act like a normal fax machine - independently from the connected system. It seems to have a separate phone line

[fsug-tvm] Linux For You magazine makes content available online !!

2009-07-15 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 15, 9:56 pm, Mahesh Mohan maheshmohan...@gmail.com wrote: In the July issues editorial, they even expressed their fear about losing news-stand sales by making the content open. Not me! I prefer the solid book in my hands to an online copy, any time. LFY is a rare breed with lots

[fsug-tvm] Fwd: [smc-discuss] Payyans Doc Converter : Call for participation

2009-07-14 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 14, 11:33 am, Praveen A prav...@gmail.com wrote: It is a trick done in font, the encoding remains ASCII, but font displays Malayalam with mapping. Thank you for the info. But I couldn't find any further explanations. Can someone please provide a reference link? Regards, Gokul Das

[fsug-tvm] Re: how to convert a user into free-software?

2009-07-14 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 14, 9:09 pm, BINNY THOMAS binn...@gmail.com wrote: It is a very slow process. Giving them the option of dual boot is a good way to start the migration. They can start using Linux for web browsing and cleaning viruses. If they require window specific they can boot into windows.

[fsug-tvm] [OT] China blocks FB and Twitter

2009-07-13 Thread Visakh
Hi, @ Sasi sir: When talking about someone feeling hurt, I don't think he was referring to your post. Your messages are always enlightening and puts things in a clear perspective. Rather, I think he was talking about posts saying that this thread shouldn't exist at all. But, more than the

[fsug-tvm] Re: Supporting FOSSCOMM's open letter to DIT

2009-07-13 Thread Visakh
Hi, Quoting: We understand that NASSCOM and MAIT in their latest comments on the Draft Policy on Open Standards for e-Government have sought the inclusion of multiple standards and royalty encumbered standards in the draft policy. Looks like a local version of the ODF-OOXML wars at the ISO.

[fsug-tvm] FSUG Meeting

2009-07-13 Thread Visakh
On Jul 11, 11:02 pm, ashik salahudeen aash...@gmail.com wrote: I think we should give sometime for everyone. What about next sunday ? That's fine. But what about the agenda - LAMP and then what? Any pending work or new suggestions? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

[fsug-tvm] FSUG Meeting

2009-07-13 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 13, 12:37 pm, Aneesh A aneesh...@gmail.com wrote: Work decided on previous meeting is still pending.. Let us discuss that as well in the next meeting. Any other topics? Meanwhile, I am free to help with the pending work. I request directions on this (especially from Prasad

[fsug-tvm] Re: Fwd: [smc-discuss] Payyans Doc Converter : Call for participation

2009-07-13 Thread Visakh
Hi, @ Santhosh chettan: Just asking out of curiosity. What does conversion from ASCII to Unicode mean? As far as I know, UTF-8 is backward compatible with ASCII. Since there is reference about Malayalam there, I am taking a wild guess that this is conversion from 7-bit Malayalam coding (used by

[fsug-tvm] Re: [OT] China blocks FB and Twitter

2009-07-12 Thread Visakh
I have to agree with what Sasi sir says. He highlighted the point that I was also trying to make. Ban of FB and twitter in China is the least of the problems there. And it is not as if we don't have enough problems here. If we start reacting to every one of those, we will soon loose sight of

[fsug-tvm] Re: [OT] China blocks FB and Twitter

2009-07-12 Thread Visakh
Hi, I would like to comment on Sebin's opinion (technical side, not political): Point 1: Circumvention tools: Though I know a few circumvention and data analysis tools, I didn't know that there was a guide for it. Thank you very much for the link! :D Point 3: Blocking Twitter: China is

[fsug-tvm] [OT] China blocks FB and Twitter

2009-07-11 Thread Visakh
On Jul 11, 11:34 am, Aneesh A aneesh...@gmail.com wrote: ഇന്ത്യയെ പോലുള്ള രാജ്യത്ത് ഇതോന്നും നടക്കില്ല ( അതായന് അനാവശ്യ നിരോധനം) ഒരു സമയത്ത് അതും നടന്നു. And as for twitter, it is a powerful medium for those who know how to use it effectively. It can be used like a live relay commentary

[fsug-tvm] Re: how to open .doc file in fedora10

2009-07-11 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 11, 4:02 pm, Syam Krishnan sya...@gmail.com wrote: You must've had a docx file. The latest versions of MS Office uses an XML based file format while the older ones (till 2003) used some binary format. Don't you find that a little odd? I mean, ooxml is supposedly an open standard

[fsug-tvm] Re: how to open .doc file in fedora10

2009-07-11 Thread Visakh
On Jul 11, 9:49 pm, sunil s sunils1...@gmail.com wrote: All word documents including the one created in Office 2007 can be opened in Opern office.org. Apparently, not if you use the wrong extension. If .docx extension is not used, you will have to manually identify the format. Regards,

[fsug-tvm] Why free software shouldn't depend on Mono or C#

2009-07-11 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 11, 11:07 pm, Sebin Jacob sebinaja...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Anoop, Was following this controversy for a while. Here is the counter argument: http://www2.apebox.org/wordpress/rants/124/ I am not a Mono/.NET developer, but even then, the article is not very convincing. I agree

[fsug-tvm] [ot]malayalam font

2009-07-11 Thread Visakh
Hi, I wonder if we are stretching the meaning of Offtopic a little too far. This is related to software and it does include Unicode - an open standard. I really am starting to doubt what is off topic and what is not. ആശിക്ക് ചേട്ടാ, please clarify. Regards, Gokul Das PS: Let try to confine

[fsug-tvm] Why free software shouldn't depend on Mono or C#

2009-07-11 Thread Visakh
Agreed! But the problem cannot be solved simply by replacing Mono apps. .NET is an excellent framework spec and will always lure in programmers who don't worry much about legality. What is needed is an alternative framework that can do a similar job. Kind of like trying to replace

[fsug-tvm] malayalam font

2009-07-11 Thread Visakh
On Jul 12, 1:33 am, ashik salahudeen aash...@gmail.com wrote: Someone asking for help on performing a certain task on a Free OS is not offtopic Sorry! But I thought you were the one who marked this thread off- topic. I wonder if we are changing thread category unintentionally. Regards,

[fsug-tvm] [OT] China blocks FB and Twitter

2009-07-10 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 10, 9:37 am, Jikku Jose jikkuj...@gmail.com wrote: :) .. I also didn't get why this went 'Off topic' May be because neither FaceBook nor Twitter is free software?!! We can start complaining when China blocks its citizens from using Linux!! Then we can call for a harthal all over

[fsug-tvm] Re: Thunderbird in a proxy server

2009-07-10 Thread Visakh
Hi, @ Junise I have a book on Fedora (core 4). It has a long section on iptables with detailed explanation and examples. But its hard to mug up and it's better to try it as you study. If you are interested in trying it out, I can leave it with Zyxware. Please let me know. Regards, Gokul Das

[fsug-tvm] Re: file split-dvd rip-.rar extension

2009-07-10 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 10, 5:08 pm, sooraj kenoth soorajken...@gmail.com wrote: i downloaded all the 7 files in the link. It says CRC (cyclic redundancy check) failure occurred. Doesn't that indicate file corruption? Regards, Gokul Das --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Freedom is

[fsug-tvm] Cafe management software

2009-07-10 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 10, 7:47 am, Anto asg8...@gmail.com wrote: Please remember that Empathy is somewhat an active project, and a few months is more than a bit of a time for better versions to come out. Empathy isn't simply another IM client. The software framework used by Empathy- called Telepathy

[fsug-tvm] Re: [OT] China blocks FB and Twitter

2009-07-10 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 10, 6:55 pm, Jikku Jose jikkuj...@gmail.com wrote: But somehow I thought most of the users in the group would like to discuss about this issue !! And as Mr. Santhosh mentioned this about freedom .. which I think is the essence of open source ! Well, There is nothing we can do

[fsug-tvm] [OT] China blocks FB and Twitter

2009-07-10 Thread Visakh
ANYTHING, so isn't it perfectly possible to make a rule by some stupid government like China that its citizen's can only use a particular technology/OS for instance? [And shouldn't we be able to do something about it?] 2009/7/10 Visakh gokulda...@gmail.com Hi, On Jul 10, 6:55 pm, Jikku Jose

[fsug-tvm] Re: Thunderbird in a proxy server

2009-07-10 Thread Visakh
On Jul 10, 8:47 pm, stranger in black. gnu...@gmail.com wrote: @ gokul but how can I collect it from there, I am now in Kozhikkode Oh! Thats too bad! Then we try it the old fashioned way- over the internet. I will see what I can do. Let me contact Zyxware to help with this matter.

[fsug-tvm] Re: Kerala Engineering admission - Online Option Problem with linux?

2009-07-09 Thread Visakh
Hi, I did a check on the report. But before that, please remember to add all relevant details when posting messages. I had difficulty finding the report and the website in question (partly because I had nothing to do with it). Anyway, the report itself doesn't say that it is a problem of the

[fsug-tvm] Re: Google Chrome OS

2009-07-09 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 9, 1:39 pm, BINNY THOMAS binn...@gmail.com wrote: Now I dread the fact that in a blink of an eye I might have to get used to this one.It might replace the conventional OS. It will be as simple as learning to use internet Regards, Gokul Das

[fsug-tvm] Re: thunderbird in a proxy server

2009-07-09 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 9, 4:20 pm, stranger in black. gnu...@gmail.com wrote: @ thanks gokul... let me try it.. I forgot to mention one thing. The solution doesn't mention unblocking IMAP. Many new mail servers- notably Gmail, uses IMAP. You may want to unblock that as well. Regards, Gokul Das

[fsug-tvm] Re: [ot] Seminar topic

2009-07-09 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 9, 1:15 pm, BINNY THOMAS binn...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the suggestions. They are just what I want. Could  you  give me Links to sites which describe  them in detail. I have no issues helping you, but be aware of some problems. Even if somebody helps you on some topic, you

[fsug-tvm] Re: Google Chrome OS

2009-07-09 Thread Visakh
Hi, You are right in some aspects. The Chrome OS is slated to use the Linux kernel. So Linux will get better hardware support. But there is nothing that suggests that it won't be able to dual boot. Anyway, this means there will be another bigger problem. It is hard to get hardware

[fsug-tvm] Re: thunderbird in a proxy server

2009-07-09 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 9, 5:00 pm, stranger in black. gnu...@gmail.com wrote: But , how to unblock these ports using iptables I cant get an understandable stuff from googling pls help. the port no: for SMTP is 25, for POP3 it is 110 and that for IMAP it is 143. Now that googling is over,

[fsug-tvm] Re: How to setup for receving mail in daily digest form

2009-07-09 Thread Visakh
Sure. Login to the groups page: http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en . On the left column, you will find option Edit my membership. Go to that page. There you will get the option to receive just a digest mail. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Freedom is the only

[fsug-tvm] Re: thunderbird in a proxy server

2009-07-09 Thread Visakh
able to understand it. Meanwhile, do keep us posted about any progress. Regards, Gokul Das On Jul 9, 6:54 pm, V. Sasi Kumar sasi@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 04:12 -0700, Visakh wrote: Well, I feel that the problem is not that of the client itself, but rather the proxy. Squid

[fsug-tvm] Re: How to setup for receving mail in daily digest form

2009-07-09 Thread Visakh
On Jul 9, 8:42 pm, stranger in black. gnu...@gmail.com wrote: what is the mail in digest form..??? i dont know Digest mails contains several messages in one single mail, instead of each message coming to your inbox as a separate mail. If you choose 'Digest mail', you can get upto

[fsug-tvm] Re: thunderbird in a proxy server

2009-07-09 Thread Visakh
On Jul 9, 11:12 pm, Harish CM cmha...@gmail.com wrote: Nowadays, in google mail times not many are using mail clients! regards/harish Agreed! But ironically, Google is also one of the very few email providers that support mail clients using mail protocols - Yahoo, sify and rediff didn't do

[fsug-tvm] Re: Cafe management software

2009-07-09 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 9, 2:17 am, Anto asg8...@gmail.com wrote: It was not included in Jaunty, since it was still much 'untested' as for then. Anyway, I use it and find it to be much lighter and feature-rich than Pidgin. It has not shown any 'unstable' behaviour till now. Try it out. Hope it'll be

[fsug-tvm] Re: Google Chrome OS

2009-07-08 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jul 9, 8:43 am, BINNY THOMAS binn...@gmail.com wrote: Well I hope this doesn't become a threat to Linux. Almost all of Google's products that have been released have outdone their peers. Seriously do we need another OS?[?] Technically, this is not another conventional OS like

[fsug-tvm] File synchronization

2009-07-06 Thread Visakh
Hi, Since this thread was originally related to file mirroring, let me introduce a file synchronizing software here. I have been looking for a s/w to synchronizing and backing up files for a long time. Two of them I knew were 'Unison' and 'Synkron'. Unfortunately, neither is easy to use.

[fsug-tvm] Re: hard disk mirroring

2009-06-29 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jun 29, 11:31 am, stranger in black. gnu...@gmail.com wrote: how can i mirror a hard disk running ubuntu server 9.04 Traditionally that has been the work of Rsync utility. Automation is done using cron. Official web site: http://rsync.samba.org/ A good how to:

[fsug-tvm] Re: Fwd: Gmail 'Mail Filters'

2009-06-28 Thread Visakh
On Jun 28, 12:46 pm, Sebin Jacob sebinaja...@gmail.com wrote: Its sad that everyday, someone should ask to mark a mail off-topic. It isn't off topic. It's about how to control your inbox when FSUG- TVM is around. Very relevant, isn't it? Anyway, I have a feeling that we need to convert

[fsug-tvm] Re: C++

2009-06-27 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jun 27, 9:40 pm, BINNY THOMAS binn...@gmail.com wrote: Windows has got good 'IDE's . The only one I heard about for Linux is Anjuta. Is there any others? There is no dearth of IDEs for Gnu/Linux. Many of them are professional quality. My favourites include KDevelop and Code::Blocks.

[fsug-tvm] Re: PIC microcontroller

2009-06-27 Thread Visakh
Hi, I don't really understand what you mean when you say it is not detected. Is it that - nothing happens when you connect it, or is that the usb device is not detected by the system? If you haven't done already, you can connect the board to the system and give command 'lsusb'. From there, you

[fsug-tvm] Re: wifi geolocation

2009-06-26 Thread Visakh
Hi, That's a great theory and I wish we could use wifi like that. Its similar to GPS triangulation technique. I was initially guessing the same - but there are a few issues which makes me think otherwise. First of all, something called fading (weather, multi-path) causes signal strength to vary

[fsug-tvm] Re: Fwd: Gmail 'Mail Filters'

2009-06-26 Thread Visakh
the group. Regards, Gokul Das On Jun 26, 6:27 pm, Anoop Jacob Thomas anoo...@gmail.com wrote: Gokul/Visakh wrote: Unsubscribing from it is much like saying you are resigning from the group! Perhaps, we shouldn't suggest that solution at all. Just suggest the alternatives. I suggested

[fsug-tvm] Re: Fwd: Gmail 'Mail Filters'

2009-06-26 Thread Visakh
On Jun 26, 6:58 pm, Anoop Jacob Thomas anoo...@gmail.com wrote: Not just for this thing, but giving all options will be the best thing for anything and let them decide. Provided we are not confusing. Hmmm. I wonder if there is any FAQ or Help page for this. Situation looks just right for a

[fsug-tvm] Re: Download Manager

2009-06-26 Thread Visakh
I have got bad news about d4x. For one, its unmaintained and even its site unaccessible. Secondly it uses Artistic license and is so considered non-free. It could get kicked out of fedora repo soon, and possibly from others too. Regards, Gokul Das

[fsug-tvm] Re: Download Manager

2009-06-26 Thread Visakh
I am hearing about Prozilla for the first time. But it seems to be a long dead project. Another good download manager/ accelerator is aria2. I have used it, and it is good. But it is CLI only. If it had a nice GUI, it would have made a great DL manager for a normal user. Regards, Gokul Das

[fsug-tvm] Re: wifi geolocation

2009-06-26 Thread Visakh
There is one dirty solution. The technique that cellular geolocation uses. Place several Wireless Access Points (APs) around with a maximum separation of 200m. Then for the clients, its a simple case of finding the nearest AP. That AP's position will be roughly the client's position. (OK! I

[fsug-tvm] Re: wifi geolocation

2009-06-26 Thread Visakh
OK! Thanks to Sreejith's link, the picture is getting clearer. Google's geolocation API provides an single interface over a variety of geolocation techniques. It uses IP based, wifi based, cellular based and GPS based geolocaton - whichever is available, may be even multiple ones. This API may

[fsug-tvm] Re: Google gears

2009-06-25 Thread Visakh
I thought that the offline web app caching technique was already there in Google Chrome. I guess we will have to wait a bit longer for that. Anyway, I see that you checked out geolocation feature - but not the wifi geolocation. The IP address is a dead give away about your position. Such

[fsug-tvm] Re: C++

2009-06-25 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jun 25, 2:12 pm, BINNY THOMAS binn...@gmail.com wrote: I got the earlier code to work in Turbo c++, I know how to compile in gcc, but I don't know how to execute it. How??? Once you compile it, you should get an executable in the same folder. I got a file named 'a.out'. I compiled

[fsug-tvm] Re: C++

2009-06-25 Thread Visakh
I am posting the ASCII image again. Hope it will be correct this time: !! !! !!! !! !!!

[fsug-tvm] Re: C++

2009-06-25 Thread Visakh
On Jun 25, 2:23 pm, stranger in black. gnu...@gmail.com wrote: if it is named code.c, afr compiling type ./code to execute it That depends. I got 'a.out' instead of 'map'. So I had to give ./a.out Regards, Gokul Das --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Freedom is the only

[fsug-tvm] Re: connect to remote user via terminal

2009-06-25 Thread Visakh
Hi, Can you confirm that ssh server is running? You can use the command ps -e on the server. Or the easiest way would be to port scan the server (port 22) from the client. Regards, Gokul Das --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged

[fsug-tvm] Re: C++

2009-06-25 Thread Visakh
I am aware of that - I have been using gcc exclusively for experimentation. If you look closely, I didn't use gcc. I used g++ (I concede, its not the right choice). And I really wasn't bothered about the output filename or format- so just neglected the o/p filename part. I had to specify that you

[fsug-tvm] Re: Fwd: Gmail 'Mail Filters'

2009-06-25 Thread Visakh
Hi, I agree a lot with the messages above. Subscription to this mailing list is the only thing that defines membership in FSUG-TVM. Unsubscribing from it is much like saying you are resigning from the group! Perhaps, we shouldn't suggest that solution at all. Just suggest the alternatives.

[fsug-tvm] Re: Desperate and sick Microsoft [WAKE UP MODERATORS]

2009-06-24 Thread Visakh
Oh Boy! Here we go again! I think I need a few more disclaimers to set the situation straight! Disclaimer 1: I don't talk about things I don't understand well. Though the site in question is seemingly unethical, I don't know about its legality. So I have no opinion about it. I also had no

[fsug-tvm] Re: [OT] Multithreading Reference

2009-06-24 Thread Visakh
Hi, That was a very obscure book related to this topic. Thanks a lot for it. Hope I can get more links like these. Sorry to go slightly off-topic. I had marked this thread [OT], but it is now marked [fsug][OT]. Is there any reason why this happened, or is it intentional? Just curious to

[fsug-tvm] Re: Google gears

2009-06-24 Thread Visakh
Hi, Looks a lot like an alpha or beta. It says that there is Gears support for Gmail, Picasa etc- but there is no way to enable it. Looks like a developers toy for now. Anyway, I was waiting for someone to develop a way to cache and run web apps locally. Remember how responsive Gmail is -

[fsug-tvm] Re: ADditional Moderators required

2009-06-24 Thread Visakh
Hi, On Jun 24, 6:07 pm, Anoop Jacob Thomas anoo...@gmail.com wrote: I would recommend Gokul Das(aka Vishakh), if he is not a moderator yet. Every time I touched that thread, it seemed to spiral out of control. At the same time, I failed to convey the spirit and ideas that I intended (I like

[fsug-tvm] Re: [OT] Multithreading Reference

2009-06-24 Thread Visakh
I actually meant a comprehensive foundation material on multithreading - ie, threading techniques, not specific APIs (My subject wasn't CS, I need to learn from scratch). But Pthreads would be a good beginning and possibly Winthreads later. I am also looking for info on multithreading

[fsug-tvm] Re: [OT] Multithreading Reference

2009-06-24 Thread Visakh
.  Thread programming  is a bit challenging. :D .  Go ahead   explore it  and keep the list updated  73s  Sunil On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Visakh gokulda...@gmail.com wrote:  I actually meant a comprehensive foundation material on multithreading - ie, threading techniques, not specific

[fsug-tvm] Re: C++

2009-06-23 Thread Visakh
Hi, You do realise that the output posted above doesn't make any sense, don't you? Looks like it is missing a few spaces in each line. Regards, Gokul Das --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this

[fsug-tvm] Re: Desperate and sick Microsoft [WAKE UP MODERATORS]

2009-06-23 Thread Visakh
Hi, Happy to see that tone of this mailing list is becoming pleasant again. Its just that emotions flare up whenever topics about proprietary s/w are discussed on a free s/w mailing list. What we needed was a 'gentle' intervention from the moderators. On Jun 23, 6:54 pm, Anoop Jacob Thomas

[fsug-tvm] [OT] Multithreading Reference

2009-06-23 Thread Visakh
Hi, Can anybody lend me for a few days, any book on multithreaded programming? Suggestions on online resources are welcome, especially the ones I can download and read offline. Regards, Gokul Das --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged

[fsug-tvm] Re: Note to Yahoo Messsenger users]

2009-06-23 Thread Visakh
Hmmm, Seems Pidgin team has hacked together a quick release to address the problem. Thanks for the info Sunil sir! Regards, Gokul Das --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you

[fsug-tvm] Re: Note to Yahoo Messsenger users]

2009-06-22 Thread Visakh
Hi, I checked Yahoo IM on Pidgin. As expected, the IM doesn't work any longer. So I tried one of the IP addresses given above. It didn't work either. Infact most of the above addresses are mapped to the domain name scs.msg.yahoo.com - the one that Pidgin already uses. Googling turns up a few

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