[Ilugc] Regarding staring Coimbatore Linux users and group

2010-08-22 Thread rajkumar vbalakrishnasamy
Hi all, We have planned to start coimbatore linux users and group.so please send some suggestions regarding this and we need some volunteers to organise events preferrebly from coimbatore. Rajkumar: email: rajkumar.l...@gmail.com ph no: 9003655200 Selvakumar: email: selvawith...@g

Re: [Ilugc] Give me the answer for this.

2010-08-22 Thread Roshan George
On Mon, 2010-08-23 at 11:33 +0530, Murali Babu wrote: > Hello Linuxers, > > I am working on linux questions, when googled i found this questions but i > cant find the answer. > So pls anser this question. > > > When typing at the command line, the default editor is the _? > library.

[Ilugc] Give me the answer for this.

2010-08-22 Thread Murali Babu
Hello Linuxers, I am working on linux questions, when googled i found this questions but i cant find the answer. So pls anser this question. When typing at the command line, the default editor is the _? library. -- Regards D. Murali Babu __

Re: [Ilugc] Google Voice and Video Plugin Isnt for Fedora

2010-08-22 Thread Varrun Ramani
On 23 August 2010 11:08, Arun Prakash wrote: > > Isnt the Google plugin available for Fedora ? > http://tinyurl.com/2ent5sy Not sure if there is a way but Google Technical requirements state that a Debian based Linux distribution is necessary. -- Varrun Ramani http://varrunr.wordpress.com | IR

[Ilugc] Google Voice and Video Plugin Isnt for Fedora

2010-08-22 Thread Arun Prakash
Hi all, I recently found that Google has released its voice and video chat plugin for Linux users . When i tried to install it for my System running Fedora 13 from the site http://www.google.com/chat/video , I found the plugin is downloaded in .deb extension .ie., for Debian based System .

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS awareness program @ Karpagam Institute of Technology, Coimbatore

2010-08-22 Thread Baskar Selvaraj
> > Why are you going for fedora.. is there any particular reason (in our > college we are having ubuntu,if fedora is better for any reason i can > suggest them to use it), > Since, many colleges don't have DVD drives in the computers, the only way for us to setup a FOSS lab is through PXE based n

Re: [Ilugc] [Tip] Fast and Clever at the command line

2010-08-22 Thread sivakumar
On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 22:48 +0530, Tha.Suresh wrote: > Get lightning fast and clever at the command line > > You can use keyboard shortcuts and other command line tricks to make > entering commands easier and faster. You might already know about the > ‘tab’ key which completes partial commands and

Re: [Ilugc] session in opensource

2010-08-22 Thread Baskar Selvaraj
i dont know whether i can give college address to get those > repository, sorry i have to ask HOD so i can tell about it on monday > evening or tuesday only. > The ubuntu 10.04 install dvd + 8 packages dvd is ready to send to your college address. We can provide the free software media and repos

[Ilugc] [JOB] Urgent requirement for System Developer - Linux with One the leading MNC at B'lore

2010-08-22 Thread Srinivasan Sundararajan
got the following info in one of my mails. those interested could contact the recruiter directly. with best wishes, srinivasan -- from : "hi...@dcspl.com" We are pleased to introduce ourselves as a fast growing recruitment consultancy firm engaged in the recrui

[Ilugc] [Tip] When feeling down, this command helps

2010-08-22 Thread Tha.Suresh
When feeling down, this command helps $ sl $ sudo apt-get install sl $ man sl :-) ;-) -- Regards, Tha.Suresh http://thasulinux.wordpress.com ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

[Ilugc] [JOB][OT] VideoPulp Technologies Bangalore

2010-08-22 Thread Mohan Sundaram
Posting a startup company's job = Job Description for Engineer - VideoPulp technlogies VideoPulp Technologies is a startup in Video Search. We work on cutting edge technologies to extract contextual data from videos and build sea

Re: [Ilugc] Re: Re: How to protect an idea from getting patented by

2010-08-22 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 1:48 AM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 08/22/2010 01:35 PM, K.C. Ramakrishna wrote: > >> Seems like if you want to do software business in united states, you > >> have to commit the sin. > > We are a free software consulting firm. I am a paying member of the FSF. > I subscri

Re: [Ilugc] difference between free and opensource software

2010-08-22 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 1:26 AM, steve wrote: > Hi, > > > On 08/22/2010 03:20 PM, Akilan R wrote: > >> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves >> wrote: >> >> sorry, you got it wrong. open source software is truly free. So called >>> free software under GPL is restrictive of freedom

Re: [Ilugc] difference between free and opensource software

2010-08-22 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 21:21 +0530, balaji sivanath wrote: > > Anyhow i asked what's the difference between opensource and free > > software > > if free software means "freedom to use,modify,redistribute" then what > > opensource refers? >

Re: [Ilugc] difference between free and opensource software

2010-08-22 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > On Sun, 2010-08-22 at 06:13 +0530, Ma Sivakumar wrote: > > Open Source Software gives room for compromise in Freedom. To > > differentiate truly Free open source software from those which have > > just source open, the term Shared Source

Re: [Ilugc] difference between free and opensource software

2010-08-22 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 9:30 PM, K.P. Senthil Kumar wrote: > > > > Anyhow i asked what's the difference between opensource and free software > > if free software means "freedom to use,modify,redistribute" then what > > opensource refers? > > > > > Free Software means not necessarily to be an open

Re: [Ilugc] Re: Re: How to protect an idea from getting patented by

2010-08-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 08/22/2010 01:35 PM, K.C. Ramakrishna wrote: >> Seems like if you want to do software business in united states, you >> have to commit the sin. > We are a free software consulting firm. I am a paying member of the FSF. I > subscribe to the patent related views of FSF. I also subscribe to the

Re: [Ilugc] difference between free and opensource software

2010-08-22 Thread steve
Hi, On 08/22/2010 03:20 PM, Akilan R wrote: On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: sorry, you got it wrong. open source software is truly free. So called free software under GPL is restrictive of freedom you say this because GPLed software is "not free to make it propri

Re: [Ilugc] Re: How to protect an idea from getting patented by someone?

2010-08-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 08/22/2010 11:51 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote > ok - so I am wrong. but not very wrong. I see 80 or so patents, > apparently one in 2010, 2-3 in 2009 and all the rest several years ago. > So either they have stopped writing innovative software or have stopped > wasting their time (and lawyers fe

Re: [Ilugc] Re: How to protect an idea from getting patented by someone?

2010-08-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 08/22/2010 02:28 PM, Narendra Sisodiya wrote: > > Am I correct If I say -- "Idea cannot be patented but once they are > published they can be used as prior art for defensing purpose ?" That is confusing. When people talk about "defensive patents", they are refer to the policy of organizations

Re: [Ilugc] Re: How to protect an idea from getting patented by someone?

2010-08-22 Thread steve
Hi, On 08/22/2010 02:28 PM, Narendra Sisodiya wrote: On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 12:16 PM, steve wrote: Defensive patenting is to create a patent on something so that you can protect yourself from being sued. Defensive publication is publication of an idea so that later on if someone tries

Re: [Ilugc] Software Freedom Day (PR - Co-ordination)

2010-08-22 Thread Akilan R
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Arun SAG wrote: > Hey, this is nice. Is it possible to use this in wordpress blogs? Since this module does not care about blog posts/ feeds etc presence of Google Blogger API is *not* necessary. So this should work on any blog sites that accept general Google Pa

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS awareness program @ Karpagam Institute of Technology, Coimbatore

2010-08-22 Thread balaji sivanath
>Try this http://www.apdip.net/publications/fosseprimers/foss-edu.pdf it works sorry, without seeing *. i said as "not working" ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] Software Freedom Day (PR - Co-ordination)

2010-08-22 Thread Arun SAG
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Akilan R wrote: > > >To customize the color, border etc before adding to any page or blog you > can > >go here: > > >http://www.gmodules.com/ig/creator?synd=open&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhosting.gmodules.com%2Fig%2Fgadgets%2Ffile%2F108664960353323049895%2Fsfd-ilugc.xml&la

Re: [Ilugc] session in opensource

2010-08-22 Thread balaji sivanath
hi baskar, Whether i have to pay transport charges? i am very eager to get those stuffs and showing to others, i will tell you within tomorrow evening. how long will it take to reach here. ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listin

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS awareness program @ Karpagam Institute of Technology, Coimbatore

2010-08-22 Thread Arun SAG
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 8:09 PM, balaji sivanath wrote: > hi baskar, > > this link has no content > http://www.apdip.net/publications/*foss*eprimers/*foss*-edu.pdf > > Try this http://www.apdip.net/publications/fosseprimers/foss-edu.pdf -- Arun S.A.G ___

Re: [Ilugc] Software Freedom Day (PR - Co-ordination)

2010-08-22 Thread Akilan R
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Ma Sivakumar wrote: > 2. If possible, provide a script link in the widget itself, clicking > on which the widget can be added to a blog. For example, other > bloggers coming to my blog should be able to add the widget to their > blog by clicking and entering their

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS awareness program @ Karpagam Institute of Technology, Coimbatore

2010-08-22 Thread balaji sivanath
hi baskar, this link has no content http://www.apdip.net/publications/*foss*eprimers/*foss*-edu.pdf >Setup a FOSS lab (a minimum of 60 computers) in the college using >Fedora-13 (We install about 4225 packages in all the computers using >kickstart method and ask the students to work on it for som

Re: [Ilugc] difference between free and opensource software

2010-08-22 Thread Akilan R
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > On Sun, 2010-08-22 at 15:20 +0530, Akilan R wrote: > > you say this because GPLed software is "not free to make it > > proprietary" right? I'm sorry. I don't want to place my software in > > near > > public domain where people can do what

Re: [Ilugc] difference between free and opensource software

2010-08-22 Thread Akilan R
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > On Sun, 2010-08-22 at 15:20 +0530, Akilan R wrote: > > you say this because GPLed software is "not free to make it > > proprietary" right? I'm sorry. I don't want to place my software in > > near > > public domain where people can do what

Re: [Ilugc] difference between free and opensource software

2010-08-22 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Sun, 2010-08-22 at 15:20 +0530, Akilan R wrote: > you say this because GPLed software is "not free to make it > proprietary" right? I'm sorry. I don't want to place my software in > near > public domain where people can do whatever they wished. may I have the url to your software please -- re

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS awareness program @ Karpagam Institute of Technology, Coimbatore

2010-08-22 Thread Baskar Selvaraj
> > FOSS awareness means what topics will be discussed > > * What is FOSS ? (including the history of GNU (by RMS) and Linux (by Linus Torvalds) and make them clearly understand what is GNU and what is Linux and why it should be called GNU/Linux than just Linux) as steve elaborated in detail at ht

[Ilugc] [Tip] Add Password Protection to a file your editing in vim.

2010-08-22 Thread Tha.Suresh
$ vim -x Add Password Protection to a file your editing in vim. When you just want to edit a file and not worry about keys or having to deal needing extra software on hand. Thus, you can use vim's encrypted file format. ;) -- Regards, Tha.Suresh http://thasulinux.wordpress.com

Re: [Ilugc] difference between free and opensource software

2010-08-22 Thread Akilan R
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > sorry, you got it wrong. open source software is truly free. So called > free software under GPL is restrictive of freedom > you say this because GPLed software is "not free to make it proprietary" right? I'm sorry. I don't want to place

Re: [Ilugc] Re: How to protect an idea from getting patented by someone?

2010-08-22 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 12:16 PM, steve wrote: > > Defensive patenting is to create a patent on something so that you can > protect yourself from being sued. > > Defensive publication is publication of an idea so that later on if someone > tries to patent the idea, you can point to your publicati

[Ilugc] Liferay

2010-08-22 Thread Rajesh kumar
Dear luggies, Any one here knows about Liferay, I am building a Employee portal intranet, so please guide me between plone vs liferay. Have any one has the following book *Liferay Portal Enterprise Intranets. if so can you send me. -- *regards Rajesh Kumar R.K __

[Ilugc] Re: Re: How to protect an idea from getting patented by

2010-08-22 Thread K.C. Ramakrishna
> Seems like if you want to do software business in united states, you > have to commit the sin. We are a free software consulting firm. I am a paying member of the FSF. I subscribe to the patent related views of FSF. I also subscribe to the 'pragmatic idealism' view point. Morality and Legali