[Ilugc] OpenSuse 12.1 Features Revealed

[Prasanna Venkadesh]

The openSUSE 12.1 has been
releasedon
Wednesday the 16th of November 2011.

PuduvaiLUG thanks and wishes Mr. A.Karthikeyan who wrote this review about
OpenSuse.

*New to opensuse?*

OpenSuse is one of the most stable distro I have ever seen. Trust me, I
have started linuxing with Ubuntu like many others and get crashed my
system while trying up something new. But in this case everything is much
stable.

Well, there are plenty of reason why I adore (open)SUSE. Of course, its
open-source.

*Version Number*

With a bunch of new features and elegant performance improvement this new
version is numbered as directly .1 rather .0, because .0 would create many
expectations of major improvements.

*Desktop Environment*

This time openSUSE12.1 has shipped with KDE-plasma4.7 workspace and
GNOME-3.2 as well as Xfce and LXDE too. Here we reveal the features of
OpenSuse 12.1 with Gnome 3.2 Desktop environment. This version has Shipped
with not just GNOME3, but with GNOME3.2. Yes,The Gnome has evolved again
with plenty of features. Pls refer
herefor further
info about Gnome 3.2 features.

 This is just a part of review.
For full review please check our blog
http://puduvailug.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/opensuse-12-1-features-revealed/

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Re: [Ilugc] Indian GNU/R Group Invite

[Roshan Mathews]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 03:39, A. Mani  wrote:
> Please join if interested in R:
>
> https://groups.google.com/group/r-group-india
>
There is also the somewhat active Bangalore R Users at
https://groups.google.com/group/brumail

Weirdly enough, R is also called "GNU S".

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Re: [Ilugc] Indian GNU/R Group Invite

[P . Sriram]

A. Mani  writes:
> Please join if interested in R:
> 
> https://groups.google.com/group/r-group-india
> 
> This group is for all discussions about R users and developers in India.

On a related note, good old ftp.iitm.ac.in is a CRAN mirror (not yet official).

Sriram


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Re: [Ilugc] edubuntu thin-client hardware recommendations

[Raman.P]

--- On Tue, 29/11/11, suraj Suraj  wrote:

> From: suraj Suraj 
> Subject: [Ilugc] edubuntu thin-client hardware recommendations
> To: ilugc@ae.iitm.ac.in
> Date: Tuesday, 29 November, 2011, 8:39 AM
> hi,
> 
> I'm setting up a free software / open source training
> center in Trichy,
> Tamil nadu. I'm looking for suitable hardware that is
> perfectly a
> thin-client. I expect to purchase about 15 such thin
> clients.
> 
> My requirements / problem-statements are:
> 
> If given no choice, I'd choose the older PCs at 4K which
> would run at a
> higher operating cost (higher power bills, higher cooling
> bills). But
> that's atleast a safer bet, unless you have recommendations
> on local
> thin-client sellers/assemblers. narrating your edubuntu
> experience will
> also be very useful here.
> 
> Your suggestions?


In my experience Thin clients are costly not only to purchase but also to 
maintain as the special design makes it difficult for others to repair. It is 
really cheap and convenient to use regular pc's.


Raman.P
blog:http://ramanchennai.wordpress.com/

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[Ilugc] edubuntu thin-client hardware recommendations

[suraj Suraj]

hi,

I'm setting up a free software / open source training center in Trichy,
Tamil nadu. I'm looking for suitable hardware that is perfectly a
thin-client. I expect to purchase about 15 such thin clients.

My requirements / problem-statements are:

1. No fans, no excessive cooling requirements  - overall be low on power
consumption
2. super small form factor (preferably the ITX line); should be portable in
bulk. (should be able to transport 15 of these in a car)
3. gigabit network support
4. no local storage (ie., no HDD / CD-ROM / etc., bulky/noisy/power-hungry
stuff)
5. USB / SD / CF types external storage support
6. preferably works out-of-the-box with edubuntu / LTSP (ie., i'd rather be
doing business than flashing ROMs or hand-configuring PXE)

>From what I've looked around, there are cheap second-hand real-PCs (not
thin-clients) that come for about Rs.4k (with hard-disk). Sun's Sunray,
HP's and even LTSP's thin clients are way above my budget (works out to
Rs.8K or more for the most basic model without considering import duties).
Although, they are the only ones that do not need a fan and come with an
intel atom / Via C7 like minimal CPU. I see a couple of local sellers, but
that is exactly the reason I write to you :)

If given no choice, I'd choose the older PCs at 4K which would run at a
higher operating cost (higher power bills, higher cooling bills). But
that's atleast a safer bet, unless you have recommendations on local
thin-client sellers/assemblers. narrating your edubuntu experience will
also be very useful here.

Your suggestions?

  -Suraj
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[Ilugc] Fwd: New Ubuntu magazine

[Shrinivasan T]

-- Forwarded message --
From: "Karthikeyan A.K" 
Date: 28 Nov 2011 06:50
Subject: New Ubuntu magazine
To: 

Hello People,

There is a new Ubuntu magazine. Check out http://ubuntupen.com

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[Ilugc] universal distro installer

[A. Mani]

http://schlutech.com/2011/11/fslinux_build-debian-custom-build-script/


Best

A. Mani


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Re: [Ilugc] [Commercial] Needed: Website development and integration...

[Rajagopal Swaminathan]

Greetings,

On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Sundaram Ramachandran
 wrote:
> Dear Luggies,
>
> KG  Hospital is looking to revamp its website.
>
> Simultaneously, we are looking to integrate it with the appointments system; 
> provide online chat assistance; online enquiry form; etc.
>
> Only open source tools and components may be used in the design.
>
> Those interested (including students) may please contact me strictly off-list.


Has anyone tried Vista (deployed across US Veteran's hospital) or
other variants like OpenVista etc of it in this list?

It uses a very mature lightening fast database known as GT.M .

Well just an idea...

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Re: [Ilugc] Samba err in linux

[vignesh rajendran]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:16 AM, kenneth gonsalves
wrote:

> On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 11:13 +, riaz ahmed wrote:
> > samba-swat to pack into transaction set. media://1192656534.547140%
> > 233/samba-swat-3.0.25b-0.el5.4.i386.rpm:[Errno 4} IOError: Trying
> > other mirror.
>

Are you trying to install from dvd (redhat/centos) ?


> > Error:failed to retrieve samba-swat-3.0.25b-0.el5.4.i386.rpm from
> > local error was [Error 4]IOError.
>
> looks like your internet connection is bad - check it and try after some
> time.
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Re: [Ilugc] Samba err in linux

[kenneth gonsalves]

On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 11:13 +, riaz ahmed wrote:
> samba-swat to pack into transaction set. media://1192656534.547140%
> 233/samba-swat-3.0.25b-0.el5.4.i386.rpm:[Errno 4} IOError: Trying
> other mirror.
> Error:failed to retrieve samba-swat-3.0.25b-0.el5.4.i386.rpm from
> local error was [Error 4]IOError. 

looks like your internet connection is bad - check it and try after some
time.
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Re: [Ilugc] Samba err in linux

[riaz ahmed]

   
  Iam getting followig err when installing samba package in linux

samba-swat to pack into transaction set. 
media://1192656534.547140%233/samba-swat-3.0.25b-0.el5.4.i386.rpm:[Errno 4} 
IOError: Trying other mirror.
Error:failed to retrieve samba-swat-3.0.25b-0.el5.4.i386.rpm from local error 
was [Error 4]IOError.
  
   I tried in so many number of ways to install samba package but Iam 
getting above error. Please help me to come out this problem.

Thanks,
N.B.RIAZ AHMED
(9940680349)
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Re: [Ilugc] [OT]: FLOSS Start-Ups In India?

[Arun Khan]

On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Swapnil Bhartiya
 wrote:

> We are planning a series of stories and interviews of open source
> start-ups from India (Linus' interview triggered the need). So, if you
> know any such start-up please let me know.

As for consulting free lancers and small IT consulting firms, there
are quite few that promote and use FOSS stack in their solutions.

I echo Sankarshan's question.  Please define what would qualify for
your write up.

-- Arun Khan
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[Ilugc] [JOB] Enthought - Python Developer

[Bharathi Subramanian]

Hi All,

Our ILUGC founder and ex-coordinator, Dr Prabhu is looking for few
hardcore Python developers for Enthought India - Scientific Computing
Solution Company.

For info:
1. http://prabhuramachandran.blogspot.com/2011/11/enthought-now-in-india.html
2. http://www.enthought.com/

Bye :)
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