Re: [Ilugc] [Lengthy reply] Making a Career in FOSS [New Business]

[K.C. Ramakrishna]

I am usually just a lurker but I HAD to reply to this.

1. For ANY business, cash flow is the critical. Be stingy while spending. You 
could rent comps rather than buy. You need not have a fancy office in the 
beginning. Always have cash equivalent to 2-3 months of expenses in the bank. 

2. Get good people to work with.

3. Keep thinking on how you can give more value for money to the client. This 
is for throughout your career.

4. Personally recommend having at least a few years of work ex as most business 
will be vary of trying out freshers for business critical stuff. 
Also recommend reading up basics of mkting, strategy. Remember that 99% of 
startups fail - plan around this.

5. You can be in a niche area and charge premium or get into LAMP kind of stuff 
which is low billing but high volume.

6. Entrepreneurship is more of a marathon and not a sprint. Keep this in mind 
while preparing. Staying power makes the difference in building an org.

Thanks,
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Re: [Ilugc] www.kernel.org - difference between stable and longterm kernels?

[Rahul Sundaram]

On 03/02/2011 11:23 AM, Arun Khan wrote:
> kernel packages are categorized stable and longterm.
>
> For instance 2.6.35 is:
> longterm:  2.6.35.11  2011-02-06
> and
> stable:   2.6.35.92010-11-22
>
> While there is a definition for "stable"  [1], I could not find any
> answer for "long term"
> at the site.
>
> A search for 'linux+kernel+stable+"long term"+difference' was not very
> helpful; if you know the difference(s) please share it.

Here is a reference

https://lwn.net/Articles/418580/

Rahul
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Re: [Ilugc] Netgear WG111v2

[Arun Khan]

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Roshan George  wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 15:14 +0530, Raja Subramanian wrote:
>> I had the same dongle connected to my desktop at one time.
>> IIRC it worked out of the box in Unbutu 8.x and WPA2 WLAN.
>
> Hmm, do you remember if you used ndiswrapper or if you used the native
> driver?
>

I have been tinkering with an unit that my brother does not use any
more.   It gets detected and is based on an Atheros chipset but the
firmware is missing.  Went to the Netgear Forums and did not find
anything helpful either.

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Re: [Ilugc] Ubuntu Developer Week 2011: February 28th - March 4th

[Arun Khan]

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves
 wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 10:38 +0530, Shrinivasan T wrote:
>> > Coming to the contents of the post, it is all Ubuntu centric;
>> nothing
>> > wrong on the surface but ... how does your contribution to Ubuntu go
>> > upstream so that other distros can also benefit?
>>
>> As all the code for ubuntu are hosted in launchpad,
>> anyone can get them and give to other distros.
>
> all code for all distros is hosted somewhere - that is not the meaning
> of the question.

> Most distros have a large number of people working on
> upstream applications - but Ubuntu does not. why?

Thank you for the clarification - that was the intent of my question.

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[Ilugc] www.kernel.org - difference between stable and longterm kernels?

[Arun Khan]

kernel packages are categorized stable and longterm.

For instance 2.6.35 is:
longterm:  2.6.35.112011-02-06
and
stable: 2.6.35.92010-11-22

While there is a definition for "stable"  [1], I could not find any
answer for "long term"
at the site.

A search for 'linux+kernel+stable+"long term"+difference' was not very
helpful; if you know the difference(s) please share it.

[1] 

TIA
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Re: [Ilugc] drupal

[Kenneth Gonsalves]

On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 00:46 -0500, Jai ganesh wrote:
> I am a newbie to drupal.
> I just want to know can i do any projects with this ( i know of
> creating a
> website other than this) 

it is meant for creation of websites - although some people do weird
things with it, afaik all it does is help create websites.
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Re: [Ilugc] Ubuntu Developer Week 2011: February 28th - March 4th

[Kenneth Gonsalves]

On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 10:38 +0530, Shrinivasan T wrote:
> > Coming to the contents of the post, it is all Ubuntu centric;
> nothing
> > wrong on the surface but ... how does your contribution to Ubuntu go
> > upstream so that other distros can also benefit?
> 
> As all the code for ubuntu are hosted in launchpad,
> anyone can get them and give to other distros. 

all code for all distros is hosted somewhere - that is not the meaning
of the question. Most distros have a large number of people working on
upstream applications - but Ubuntu does not. why?
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Re: [Ilugc] Ubuntu Developer Week 2011: February 28th - March 4th

[Kenneth Gonsalves]

On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 10:02 +0530, Arun Khan wrote:
> When you quote - please say so *or* simply forward the email.   Most
> MUAs are smart and will put a "FWD" prefix (or something similar) on
> the subject line. 

unfortunately the OP keeps doing this even though he has been repeatedly
reminded ;-)
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[Ilugc] drupal

[Jai ganesh]

I am a newbie to drupal.
I just want to know can i do any projects with this ( i know of creating a
website other than this)

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Re: [Ilugc] Ubuntu Developer Week 2011: February 28th - March 4th

[Shrinivasan T]

Again made the same mistake.
Apologies.



> Your post appears to be a verbatim copy/paste from some site or
> announcement.   IMO this is not a good practice - it gives the
> impression that you are the author of the content.

Will give the link for the original site in future announcements.


> Coming to the contents of the post, it is all Ubuntu centric; nothing
> wrong on the surface but ... how does your contribution to Ubuntu go
> upstream so that other distros can also benefit?

As all the code for ubuntu are hosted in launchpad,
anyone can get them and give to other distros.



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Re: [Ilugc] Ubuntu Developer Week 2011: February 28th - March 4th

[Arun Khan]

When you quote - please say so *or* simply forward the email.   Most
MUAs are smart and will put a "FWD" prefix (or something similar) on
the subject line.

Your post appears to be a verbatim copy/paste from some site or
announcement.   IMO this is not a good practice - it gives the
impression that you are the author of the content.

@list moderator(s) please make this as part of the posting guidelines
if it is not there already.

Coming to the contents of the post, it is all Ubuntu centric; nothing
wrong on the surface but ... how does your contribution to Ubuntu go
upstream so that other distros can also benefit?

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Re: [Ilugc] kde

[Kenneth Gonsalves]

On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 13:58 +0530, Raju Kumar wrote:
> i am using kde desktop for few days it was so good
> whether it is stable one or not 

depends on the distro - it is not very stable on fedora 12 and earlier
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[Ilugc] [ILugC]Duck Duck Go and Free Software - Interesting Stuff

[Yogesh Girikumar]

Hi,

See:
http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2011/02/duckduckgo-foss-donations-2010.html
Also pay attention to the last part about converting this into a movement..
What do you think?

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Re: [Ilugc] FW: rsync download problem

[Girish Venkatachalam]

Did you try netcat?

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:47 PM, ramesh kumar  wrote:
>
>
>  rsync -avz 
> rsync://rsync.mirrorservice.org/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/14/Everything/i386/os/
>  /opt/f14/
>
> i am all ways working in wifi only in my laptop
>
> flow error message
>
> rsync: failed to connect to rsync.mirrorservice.org: Connection timed out 
> (110)
> rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(122) 
> [Receiver=3.0.7]
>
> please help
>
>
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Re: [Ilugc] squrrielmail is working fine in my standalone how to deploy as a server

[Girish Venkatachalam]

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 5:02 PM, devi rajenderan  wrote:
> Respected sir,
> I have configured squrrielmail in my system, and it is working fine but i 
> dont know how to connect the near by system which is already connected in LAN 
> to send and receive emails to the nearbysystem

Take an ethernet cable, connect the computer to a switch/hub and
connect your system also
to the same switch. Also connect the MODEM with Internet connection to
the same switch.

To communicate you need IP addresses in the same logical network.

Choose something like 192.168.1.0/24 or some such thing. For instance,

Assign 192.168.1.3 to your machine and 192.168.1.5 to the other.

The MODEM can be assigned 192.168.1.1 if it already does not have one.

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Re: [Ilugc] LINUX FOR U

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On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 10:59 PM, Thoufi Tiger  wrote:

> Hi friends..
>   Here is the complete magazine for linux ..which covers the latest
> Linux technologies , tutorials and video tutorials for all open source
> languages..
>
what do you mean by open source languages? AFAIK the compilers or the IDE's
can be open source for that matter but what are open source languages?
btw, I am a regular reader :)

>
> Make a view into it
>  http://www.linuxforu.com
>
>
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Re: [Ilugc] [Lengthy reply] Making a Career in FOSS [New Business]

[Raja Subramanian]

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:55 PM, Chandrashekar Babu
 wrote:

+10 to every point you have mentioned here.  I can personally
relate to nearly everything you have mentioned.

Here are my additions to the OP.


I started a Linux/FOSS development company in 2003.   I ran
it for 10 months and was fortunate enough to get a client to buy
us over.  It was my first start up, had under 3 years of work experience
and the had just returned back to India after several years.

Don't expect your first startup to be a success.  It will be a
lot of effort, and every mistake will teach you to build a better
organization the next time you attempt it.  Being an entrepreneur
is successful in the long run, initially you will have to pass through
difficult times and learn from every mistake.


> The same family/peers will realize the true value of the decision
> that you made (of course, much later when you stand tall on the
> success ladder).

+1.  As a leader, you need to take the bold initiatives and provide
time for others to understand/follow your ways.  It's very important
to be patient with others who may initially lack your vision.


> 3. Lack of ideas/business acumen.

+100.  In hind sight, this is what I lacked the most.

All the passion, good will and motivation do not pay the bills each
month.  Money is the only language a company speaks.  Whatever
noble means you use to make it is okay, but it *must* translate into
revenue in the end.

A business plan will definitely help.  Don't underestimate MBA
grads.  I've had colleagues who were exceptionally brilliant IIT/IIM
products, they were critical to the growth of the organization.
Try to get someone with marketing/sales experience on your
team.


> 4. Lack of passion.
> At-least during the inception of a company,
> they dedicate almost all their time in building their business
> (be it technology, team building, client contacts, etc). I know
> at-least 5 entrepreneurs personally who sleep for less than 4 hours
> a day on average.

During those 10 months I ran my company, I rarely slept before
2am and was back at work by 8am.  I almost always worked 7 days
a week.


> IMO, you must prioritize on client's needs and come up with a
> viable solution without having to lecture the client with
> "benefits of FOSS".

+1.  Solving customer problems, and providing solutions is far
more important to your business than patronizing FOSS or any
other ideology.


> Let me tell you this: getting your first project/business deal
> can be the toughest. If you get through this and come up with
> great results and make your client happy, you will get more
> projects eventually. After the first 4 to 5 successful projects
> and client's testimonials, you will be judged by your work
> and accomplishment.

+1

Initially you'll have to project your own capabilities.  After a few
wins, you can start projecting your company instead of individual
accomplishments.



Some points I want to add:

1.  It takes a variety of skills to run a successful business -- technical,
sales/marketing, financial, and customer relationship management are the
most fundamental.  It's a good idea to partner with like minded individuals
who can fulfill these roles.  A single person doing justice to all these roles
is not possible.

2.  You need good mentors who can guide you along the way.  Advice
from this list is not good enough.  Close interaction with mentors is essential
if you are inexperienced with startups.

3.  Understand the strengths and weaknesses of every member in your
team.  Play to your strength and never to your weakness.  Eg. if you are
a great programmer but a lousy negotiator, then do not attempt to
negotiate with clients.  Let someone apt at negotiating play that role.



The company I run today is very different from the one I started earlier.
We work 5 day weeks, have extremely satisfied customers, generate
100 x the revenue and do it with half the number of staff.

For me the road here was long and difficult.  It is still difficult in many
ways and we have to face daily challenges.  But there's no other way
I would have wanted it.

Best of luck!

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Re: [Ilugc] Making a Career in FOSS [New Business]

[Chandrashekar Babu]

Hi,

>> This is a myth.  The history of startups shows us that the best
>> entrepreneurs were neither mature nor experienced when they started out

[snip]

> Adobe's founders were 40+ when they started out.


To add, founders of CISCO and RIM (famous for Blackberry brand) were
also 40+ when they started out :-)

What really matters are self-motivation and passion to succeed by
creating value to customers - which in turn would eventually translate
to business/growth. Age and industrial experience (or lack thereof)
does not set the criteria for running successful businesses IMO -
though industrial experience would at best help boosting the
self-confidence and much needed support to help create a start-up.


> Unless you had a product idea which is simply out of the world, it is
> unlikely that VCs will fund inexperienced and/or immature individuals.

True, but in my opinion running a company these days with VC funding
is like walking on a tight rope - especially if the company was funded
much before it reached critical mass in terms of business growth and 
were not destined for expansion.

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Re: [Ilugc] [Lengthy reply] Making a Career in FOSS [New Business]

[Vignesh Nandha Kumar]

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:55 PM, Chandrashekar Babu
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Late reply - I hope you must be convinced by many replies.
> Here are my thoughts hoping that they might help you:
>
> **Warning: Its a lengthy reply**
>

Though lengthy, it's a very clear reply that will give a vivid picture of
the scenario, not only to the OP but also to some other (including me).
Thanks a lot for the patient reply.

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Re: [Ilugc] [Lengthy reply] Making a Career in FOSS [New Business]

[Chandrashekar Babu]

Hi,

Late reply - I hope you must be convinced by many replies.
Here are my thoughts hoping that they might help you:

**Warning: Its a lengthy reply**

 > I am a final year BE student. While most of my mates are
 > sincerely searching for a spot in the corporates, me and two
 > of my friends cherish a dream of creating a business for
 > ourselves.

That's good news. But, choosing to be an entrepreneur means that
there could be a lot of sacrifices that you should be ready to make
when compared to getting a job in a company.

The reason most people shy away from getting in to entrepreneurship
or self-employment and instead find themselves a job in an
established company in my opinion/experience are as below:

1. Family/peer pressure.
One must sometimes be a rebel and not succumb to family/peer
pressure, but instead believe in self and strive hard to accomplish
his/her goal.

The same family/peers will realize the true value of the decision
that you made (of course, much later when you stand tall on the
success ladder).

2. Job/Career/Financial stability.
Most BE/B.Tech students that I have come across these days have
taken up the field of engineering (especially computer science)
for only one reason - to get a high-paying job and the opportunity
to fly abroad. Getting a job in a good company assure their family
that they can get married soon and "settle" in life :-D
To most of them - life becomes simpler at this level. So they
don't have to worry about starting a company, "manage" business and
hunt for projects - it simply not worth the trouble for most of
them.

3. Lack of ideas/business acumen.
Lets face this - you simply cant run a software company today
while there are so many of them already, and a lot of them
(however small or big) compete with each other in many ways -
not without an idea that would translate to business and the
dedication and effort that translates business to growth.

4. Lack of passion.
Most entrepreneurs that I know (both by books and personally) are 
extreme workaholics. At-least during the inception of a company,
they dedicate almost all their time in building their business
(be it technology, team building, client contacts, etc). I know
at-least 5 entrepreneurs personally who sleep for less than 4 hours
a day on average. Their passion for what they do - make them lose
sleep. YMMV, but if you are not passionate about what you do, then
you simply can't make it to success in the long run.

5. Lack of skills.
Most people are simply not confident about their skills and their
potential - not at-least when they are out of college. Some of these
people take up a job to gain experience and expertise and then
step into business much later. If you are not competent enough nor
confident about your skills or what you can do, its best not to
burn your fingers by starting up a business.

6. Fear of failing.
Most of us have been groomed since child-hood by being punished in
some way or the other for failing! This fear alone deters most of
them from becoming entrepreneurs. If you want to be an
entrepreneur, be bold and be prepared to face failure staring
right at you many times. It should only make stronger and
more wiser in the long run.

 > We got something like a few website development offers and that
 > has motivated us further. But we are not really going to stick to
 > web development as such and want to get into customized
 > application development and software deployment.

There are way too many website development companies. But, the good
news today is, you can still get a project for doing a website
more easily - though it might not pay really great when you start
off. Eventually, when you focus of building high-quality websites
that impress more clients, you can survive as a good website firm.
Keeping yourself/company updated with the latest trends and
technologies, constant up-gradation of your technology skills and
business avenues will help in surviving as a website company.

Note that web is gradually becoming your application platform.
Most native applications are now becoming web applications
(using web services with web-based or mobile device front-ends
and so on). The market for web-based applications is only
growing more rapidly.

Of course, there are still applications that are not web based
(like banking systems, software/firmware for embedded devices,
  large enterprise applications, network and telecom-related
  software frameworks and monitoring tools, data mining/warehousing
  applications, and so on).

 > I recently saw a message in the "NCR Python Users Group India"
 > discussing Data Mining tool for collecting data from Excel
 > Documents and displaying them on web pages. I think these are
 > some untapped areas of software deployment, at least here in
 > India.

As of today - such requirements are very few and niche (when
compared to web applications and website related projects).
And yes, there are a couple of dedicated companies who cater to
such requirements.

[Ilugc] LINUX FOR U

[Thoufi Tiger]

Hi friends..
  Here is the complete magazine for linux ..which covers the latest 
Linux technologies , tutorials and video tutorials for all open source 
languages..

Make a view into it
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Re: [Ilugc] Making a Career in FOSS [New Business]

[Arun Venkataswamy]

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Karthik Narayanaswami wrote:

>  > And maturity counts in biz more than anything else.
> >
> > Also working for companies will tell you what it takes to do biz.
>
> This is a myth.  The history of startups shows us that the best
> entrepreneurs were neither mature nor experienced when they started out
>
>
I agree there are remarkable exceptions.
But this cannot be generalized.

Adobe's founders were 40+ when they started out.

Unless you had a product idea which is simply out of the world, it is
unlikely that VCs will fund inexperienced and/or immature individuals.

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Re: [Ilugc] Netgear WG111v2

[Roshan George]

On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 15:14 +0530, Raja Subramanian wrote:
> I had the same dongle connected to my desktop at one time.
> IIRC it worked out of the box in Unbutu 8.x and WPA2 WLAN.

Hmm, do you remember if you used ndiswrapper or if you used the native
driver?

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Re: [Ilugc] Making a Career in FOSS [New Business]

[Karthik Narayanaswami]

 > And maturity counts in biz more than anything else.
>
> Also working for companies will tell you what it takes to do biz.

This is a myth.  The history of startups shows us that the best
entrepreneurs were neither mature nor experienced when they started out

If anything, the history of college-dropout entrepreneurs shows us that
understanding a specific customer need and build a kickass product to
address it is the best way to build a startup.

In fact, I'd argue that starting a company before you work for anyone else
will ensure that you have an open mind before dogma kicks in.  Now running a
startup -- once it becomes a full-fledged company -- takes experience.  That
is when maturity, experience, and understanding the caveats of doing
business in the real world becomes important.

Best,
Karthik

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 6:02 AM, Baskar Selvaraj  wrote:

> >
> > Remember, entrepreneurs are the fuel for any nation. Any economy.
> >
> > Without them who will you work for?
> >
> > Give it your best shot.
> >
> > But the reason I feel you should not start now is that it is rare to
> > see mature people below
> >  the age of 26 or 28.
> >
> > And maturity counts in biz more than anything else.
> >
> > Also working for companies will tell you what it takes to do biz.
> >
> >
> True, the maturity/experience always counts in biz than anything else.
>
> @Girish - The best answer for those who think about making a career in FOSS
> business.
>
> Regards
>
> S. Baskar
> CEO/LinuXpert Systems
>

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[Ilugc] FW: rsync download problem

[ramesh kumar]

 rsync -avz 
rsync://rsync.mirrorservice.org/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/14/Everything/i386/os/
 /opt/f14/

i am all ways working in wifi only in my laptop

flow error message

rsync: failed to connect to rsync.mirrorservice.org: Connection timed out (110)
rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(122) 
[Receiver=3.0.7]

please help  


  
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[Ilugc] Linus Torvalds Interview

[narendra babu]

Hello folks ,
 
Please find below nice inspiring Linux Torvalds  interview  regarding the 
patents , free/open source , competition etc 
 
http://www.simple-talk.com/opinion/geek-of-the-week/linus-torvalds,-geek-of-the-week/
 
 
Thanks
Narendra
 


 

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[Ilugc] Ubuntu Developer Week 2011: February 28th - March 4th

[Shrinivasan T]

The Ubuntu Developer Week event will take place from February 28th to
March 4th, 2011, and will cover several aspects of Ubuntu development,
from crash-courses in getting started with working on Ubuntu to more
advanced topics.

Join #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net from 28th Feb to 4th Mar
and check out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek for more
information.

Ubuntu developers and enthusiasts wanting to contribute will get
together online for five days of sessions hosted by some of Ubuntu's
greatest developers.

Here are some of the topics the developers will go over in the sessions:

· Getting Started with Ubuntu Development;
· How to use Ubuntu Distributed Development;
· How to get changes into Ubuntu;
· How to make changes in stable releases of Ubuntu;
· How to collaborate with Debian;
· Getting new apps into Ubuntu;
· Unity hacking (fixing Unity bugs, writing compiz plugins, learning libunity);
· Ubuntu One App Programme;
· Hooking in Ubuntu translations;
· How to write IRC bots;
· How to use Zeitgeist;
· How to use TestDrive;
· Ubuntu 11.04 stuff: Unity 2D, OMAP4 and ARM, Q&A with Ubuntu
Engineering Director, etc;
· Helping out the LoCo Directory;
· Django hacking;
· How to get better bug reports;
· Boto EC2 Cloud API;
· How to use Launchpad’s Daily Builds;
· and much more!

To participate, all you have to do is join the #ubuntu-classroom
channel on irc.freenode.net. Sessions start Monday, February 28th,
2011 at 16:00 UTC. The odd hour was chosen to accommodate for as many
people from around the world as possible.

The main channel will be in English, to ensure that the highest number
of people can join, but there will be translations in several
languages for those who aren't comfortable enough with their English
to ask questions. Translations include: German, French, Italian,
Catalan, Finnish, Danish and Spanish.

In only 5 years, Ubuntu has become the most popular Linux-based
operating system in the world with millions of users. Did you ever
wondered how the Ubuntu development works? Do you want to know how to
get involved yourself? You can get more information about Ubuntu
Developer Week here.


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Re: [Ilugc] Making a Career in FOSS [New Business]

[Baskar Selvaraj]

>
> Remember, entrepreneurs are the fuel for any nation. Any economy.
>
> Without them who will you work for?
>
> Give it your best shot.
>
> But the reason I feel you should not start now is that it is rare to
> see mature people below
>  the age of 26 or 28.
>
> And maturity counts in biz more than anything else.
>
> Also working for companies will tell you what it takes to do biz.
>
>
True, the maturity/experience always counts in biz than anything else.

@Girish - The best answer for those who think about making a career in FOSS
business.

Regards

S. Baskar
CEO/LinuXpert Systems
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Re: [Ilugc] Virtual Breadboard

[Sathishkumar Duraisamy]

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 12:01 AM, Shrinivasan T  wrote:
> Friends.
>
> Found the software Virtual Breadboard used to simulate embedded
> applications that use microcontrollers and arduino.
> check it here. www.virtualbreadboard.net

here, I am not able to run this. So, no comments about this

> Is it possible for any students to create a open source version of the same?

There are some software like oregano, gnucap, gEDA tools, KSimus.. by
which one can simulate circuits.. Also, QEMU, generic and open source
machine emulator and virtualize is there. It can be used to emulate
any kind of processor. So, by combining these we can able to create
powerful emulation software.



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Re: [Ilugc] [puduvailug] What Happended at the Second Meet ?

[Shrinivasan T]

> We have to Thank Mr. Yogesh, One of the Member of ILUGC and of-course
> PuduvaiLUG for his surprise visit from Chennai on the way to Villupuram.

Thanks Yogesh, for the visit and talk.

The inspiration we sow will make more new users and developers for FOSS.

Wishes for the team.


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[Ilugc] squrrielmail is working fine in my standalone how to deploy as a server

[devi rajenderan]

Respected sir,
I have configured squrrielmail in my system, and it is working fine but i dont 
know how to connect the near by system which is already connected in LAN to 
send and receive emails to the nearbysystem

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[Ilugc] bzr problem

[gupta.chand...@gmail.com]

I am using maverick meerkut

I got this problem..


bzr branch lp:ubuntu/maverick/computer-janitor
Permission denied (publickey).
bzr: ERROR: Connection closed: Unexpected end of message. Please check
connectivity and permissions, and report a bug if problems persist.
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Re: [Ilugc] factorial

[Roshan Mathews]

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:17, Vijay Kumar B.  wrote:
> Use lookup tables. If you are using 32 bit ints to store numbers, you need a
> lookup table till 12.

That's a pretty fantastic answer!

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Re: [Ilugc] Netgear WG111v2

[Raja Subramanian]

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Roshan George  wrote:
> Does this USB wi-fi dongle (RTL8187L chipset) work any better under
> ndiswrapper?

I had the same dongle connected to my desktop at one time.
IIRC it worked out of the box in Unbutu 8.x and WPA2 WLAN.

- Raja
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Re: [Ilugc] kde

[Prasanna Venkadesh]

KDE is a very very good and really amazing and realistic environment to work
with.

You just mention your KDE version and check whether it is stable or not with
http://www.kde.org/

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Abishek Goda  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > i am using kde desktop for few days it was so good
> > whether it is stable one or not
>
> I don't understand the question. are you facing any specific issues
> with your KDE installation?
>
> abishek
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[Ilugc] What Happended at the Second Meet ?

[Prasanna Venkadesh]

We have to Thank Mr. Yogesh, One of the Member of ILUGC and of-course
PuduvaiLUG for his surprise visit from Chennai on the way to Villupuram.
We apologize to the members, for not sticking to the schedule that we have
planned before. Its due to some unavoidable situtation that our speakers
didn't turn up for this meet, yet

* We had a very great meet this time, our sincere and heartly thanks to
Mr. Yogesh, who came surprisely for this meet and because of him we had a
good time of meet.
* He gave us a very great presentation about Linux and even showed
everything a live demo too.
* Members attended the meet were with many doubts and they got clarified
it with Mr.Yogesh.
* Since our place for this meet was booked by some organisation, we had
our meet at one of friend's house terrace, yet it was a good atmosphere to
have a good time and good learning.
* The meet started at 4:45 pm and ended at 6.45 pm.
* At this meet Mr. Yogesh gave information regarding:

1. Evolution of Linux.
2. Shells and Shell Scripting.
3. Open source Licenses.
4. Basic commands to work with Linux using Terminal.
5. File System Hierarchy and File access permissions.
6. Amazing tools to work in Linux that are not present in Windows.
7. How to download and install packages in Ubuntu linux with the help of
Synaptic Package Manager and Ubuntu Software Center.
8. Projects ideas for College Students in FOSS (
http://wiki.ilugc.in/index.php?title=Projects_List )
9. Job Opportunities ( http://fossjobs.in )

FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMES OF THE MEMBERS WHO ATTENDED THE MEET:

1. MR. YOGESH

2. PRASATH RAMACHANDRAN

3. S. PRASANNA VENKADESH

4. S. DAMODARAN

5. P. PRAKASH

6. MOOVENDAN

7. S. SATHIYA

Ubuntu 10.04 CD is given to members attended the meet and went directly to
Damodaran's home and installed too.

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Re: [Ilugc] kde

[Abishek Goda]

Hi,

> i am using kde desktop for few days it was so good
> whether it is stable one or not

I don't understand the question. are you facing any specific issues
with your KDE installation?

abishek
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[Ilugc] kde

[Raju Kumar]

hi i am rajkumar

i am using kde desktop for few days it was so good
whether it is stable one or not
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