Re: [ubuntu-in] Spam into the mailing list

2009-12-18 Thread shan chak
Hi, I am not a fan of spams,but I find the dozen mails after a spam ,explaining why you shouldn't spam,why it hurts individuals,what wrong they do to society, even more frustrating. The spams in this list are very common so please stop writing mails telling how spams affect you, lets talk more

Re: [ubuntu-in] Spam into the mailing list

2009-12-18 Thread shan chak
Friendlier, helpful and fun - nice - so why don't you volunteer to keep the crap out. ram I thought we were all volunteers to make this list spam free. anyways you need volunteer I am your man. Tell me what it takes to keep the list spam free. Thanx ram. The INTERNET now has a

Re: [ubuntu-in] Spam into the mailing list

2009-12-18 Thread shan chak
Not talking about a problem doesn't make it go away. And I rather see 15 mails figuring out how to improve what we have rather than sticking my head in sand ram Hi ram, There are lots of unethical stuffs which education can help to curb,but at the same time education create menaces, like comp

Re: [ubuntu-in] Problem while upgrading from 9.04 to 9.10

2009-12-07 Thread shan chak
hi, Alternate CD 9.10 installation is very simple. Follow the instructions here: http://shankhs4u.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-to-upgrade-from-ubuntu-904-to-910.html you won't get any problem. The indian mirror will be faster for you but there are lots of places from where you can download the

[ubuntu-in] Weekly Get together #2 : Reminder

2009-02-07 Thread shan chak
The topics set for this week is : 1.Bug reporting and solving 2.How to create themes in ubuntu Since the Global Bug Jam is on 20 Feb I think we should devote the whole 2 hrs on bugs . I need your suggestion. Many LoCo teams are organizing bug camps maybe this week's get together can be like a

Re: [ubuntu-in] installing fonts

2009-02-05 Thread shan chak
Use amarok or banshee...they are far better than Rythmbox and as far as codecs are to be installed I think the first time you play song then Totem or Rythmbox informs you about the missing codecs and asks if you want to install them or not . If you have missed them then 1. sudo apt-get install

[ubuntu-in] Weekly Get Together #2

2009-02-03 Thread shan chak
Hi Thanks for all the responses and support by ubuntu-in for successful weekly get together #1 and I am looking forward to the #2. --First of all I need some feedback about the last weekly get together for improvement. During the session I gave some wrong facts which were soon spot and

Re: [ubuntu-in] Weekly get together

2009-01-30 Thread shan chak
, Jan 30, 2009 at 4:07 PM, shan chak shankholove2...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Hi guys about the Weekly get together I asked a few LoCo guys in #ubuntu-offtopic channel about their experiences in organizing such meeting and I got some valuable suggestions. Great Going! So here is the plan: The meeting

[ubuntu-in] Weekly get together

2009-01-26 Thread shan chak
Hi guys I have been using ubuntu for 2 years now,and I have followed LoCo teams of various countries like US LoCos (Georgia LoCo for example release podcasts every week), they do great stuffs to help ubuntu users and to increase number of ubuntu users. In India we have problems thats not

Re: [ubuntu-in] New Member

2009-01-25 Thread shan chak
There is also ubuntu forum(http://www.ubuntuforums.org) and lots and lots of linux( and ubuntu) forums and blogs. REMEMBER GOLDEN RULE: No matter you want there is always GOOGLE. Its specially true for beginners . From: Roshan d_rosh2...@yahoo.co.in To: Ubuntu

[ubuntu-in] Video cutter and editor

2009-01-22 Thread shan chak
I wonder is there any better software in ubuntu ( Linux in general) to convert and edit videos all at the same time(like wmv to avi and then edit avi)!!! I use mencoder and avidemux to do these stuffs. hey man go rocking!!! Connect with friends all over the world. Get Yahoo! India