[ilugd] ezine content framework: Your suggestions are invited
Happy Holi to Everyone!! Yesterday Atul Jha and myself had a meeting at my place for planning the content and structure of the proposed ezine. Placed below are brief record of discussions, so that we get opinions and contributions from all of you before the project takes off. 1. Objective: To provide a central reference point for FOSS related content of high journalistic standards which community can leverage as a resource to achieve the higher objectives of FOSS movement. 2. License: The contents of ezine are intended to be re-used by one and all in their FOSS efforts, whether at individual level or institutional. We too intend to reuse or refer to similarly intended electronic / physical resources. As such, Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike 2.5 license seems to be most appropirate. Legal Pundits may kindly opine, before we get flamed. 3. Format: Content Presentation is proposed to be HTML, Printer-Friendly HTML and PDF. Content submission is proposed to be either offline-ODF or through a Web based mechanism which will generate ODF for the editors. The intention is to be able to make content submission as easy as possible and also have the input resources in a standard format so as to be able to make standard and print-ready PDFs without much effort. Opinion is sought on how to have a system which covers the Word-Processing-to-DTP-OffsetPrinting cycle and is most optimal. Multimedia content is not currently intended for hosting immediately, but should be FOSS compliant whenever we are ready. 4. Content Framework: [Not necessarily in order of importance] a. Guest Editorial: Intention is to seek an editorial quality contribution from outstanding leaders and achievers from among FOSS community members. b. email Interview: To seek opinions and answers to questions prepared by the ezine editorial team from outstanding leaders and achievers from among FOSS community members. c. From our Correspondent: To approve well known writers / contributors as Correspondents to get regular and quality inputs on various FOSS issues and activities. This could cover hands-on articles, reviews, events and opinions. d. Internship Watch: To act as Window of Opportunities for Internship programs being offered at various organisations. e. News Headlines with commentary picked up from various forums. f. Hot Topics: Refernces and summaries of important hot threads in various on-line mailing lists. g. Kids Corner: FOSS stuff for kids in the age-group 5-12. Content in this corner should be reusable by kids themselves as talking points in their circles / school teachers. h. Articles: i. Contributed Articles by ilugd members ii. Reference Articles (Articles themslves - reused - not links) [Most frequently cited type] iii. Links to Blogs and other Articles not permitted for reuse, preferably with summary. i. LUG ONE: Inspiring activities of various LUGs from around the world. j. ITCH for FREE SOFTWARE: (To be appropirately titled) The intention here is to cover areas where there are no good FOSS options. We should be able to not only locate such areas but also locate projects which are currently working in such areas and their progress. k. Corporate Segment: The intention here is to capture FOSS related developments in various business areas. We could also cover applications, strategies, policy issues, opportunities in FOSS related areas. l. Newbies Section: Articles and resources for newbies. m. Multi-Media Section: We could cover online resources such as Tutorial kind Screenshots, Video Tutorials / Resources, Audio Resources. With the present hosting resources it may be difficult to host large multimedia content ourselves, but nevertheless it should be on our agenda. To make a beginning we could start with references. n. Online Education Courses and other Formal / Non-formal Education related artcles. Thats a pretty long wish list. You are requested to add-in your suggestions and opinions. Anand Shankar ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] ezine content framework: Your suggestions are invited
On 04-Mar-07, at 1:31 PM, Anand Shankar wrote: 3. Format: Content Presentation is proposed to be HTML, Printer-Friendly HTML and PDF. Content submission is proposed to be either offline-ODF or through a Web based mechanism which will generate ODF for the editors. The intention is to be able to make content submission as easy as possible and also have the input resources in a standard format so as to be able to make standard and print-ready PDFs without much effort. Opinion is sought on how to have a system which covers the Word-Processing-to-DTP-OffsetPrinting cycle and is most optimal. Multimedia content is not currently intended for hosting immediately, but should be FOSS compliant whenever we are ready. you are needlessly complicating things. Just make a wiki for heavens sake. See how the mumbai guys did it in making their brochure: http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Linux_Brochure let everyone contribute - when it's ready, make pdf files and let anyone print it out. The paragraph above sounds like a submission to the board of directors of some MNC. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] ezine content framework: Your suggestions are invited
On 04-Mar-07, at 4:07 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: you are needlessly complicating things. Just make a wiki for heavens sake. See how the mumbai guys did it in making their brochure: http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Linux_Brochure and look at the history page to see how fast they did it and how many people contributed. and look at this page to see how disputes were resolved: http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Talk:Linux_Brochure_Quick_Guide -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] ezine content framework: Your suggestions are invited
On 3/4/07, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 04-Mar-07, at 4:07 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: you are needlessly complicating things. Just make a wiki for heavens sake. See how the mumbai guys did it in making their brochure: http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Linux_Brochure Thanks for your valuable inputs. The site referred by you was having some technical issues at this instant. However, your idea is well taken. Let me restate from my earlier post: - The intention is to be able to make content submission as easy as possible and also have the input resources in a standard format so as to be able to make standard and print-ready PDFs without much effort. Wiki is definetly good for collaborative authoring. There are definetly good resources elsewhere as well which have evolved out of a wiki. Could you educate me how to sip out an existing wiki document out on the net to a standard HTML / ODF, so that we may include it in our ezine with the least trouble?? Or for that matter anyone else wanting to pluck-out an article from say wikipedia neatly to a Standard HTML / ODF? I would like to add here that there may be existing articles with many an authors who would like to share it with us, and in that case we prefer ODF. Anand Shankar ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
[ilugd] Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi members, Greetings to all, We are hosting a Linux Installfest in our Bi-Yearly Technical fest Jagriti. In which we are going to install Ubuntu edgy along with multimedia Capabilities and some hand picked software(which can be done as the person requests) on the participant`s PC`s . We have also planned to make it a central access point to access our famous and infamous internal ftp servers which would enabled users to get a huge pool of Entertainment resources. Till now it seems that we are going to have atleast 100 registrations at Installfest desk and will successfully install Ubuntu on these 100 pc`s (if that happen i will regard this installfest a success). For this we require some Help in regard of resources from ILUGD and Sarai, Namely some ubuntu cd`s which we can freely distribute among the registrants at installfest and Ubuntu repo`s . Alongside we would also love to have ILUGD sponsoring the event which may or may not include ILUGD paying up( we would love of course if ILUGD pays for participant`s certificates), In any case we would like to have a ILUGD banner up there in Installfest. Some students and Faculty`s always wanted to get involved with ILUGD , But either remain a silent member of list or didn`t even bother to register, We volunteer to provide the ILUGD membership forms to students and faculty, And doing a on-spot registration in ILUGD mailing list. Regards Gaurav Mishra -- Linux User #348873 ILUGD Commitee Member, GZLUG , DGLUG Moderator B.Tech 4th Year Computer Science , RKGIT , Ghaziabad http://rockybhai.blogspot.com When i can run , i will run , When i can walk , i will walk, When i can crawl , i will crawl. But i will not stop moving forward ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 3/4/07, Gaurav Mishra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi members, Greetings to all, We are hosting a Linux Installfest in our Bi-Yearly Technical fest Jagriti. In which we are going to install Ubuntu edgy along with multimedia Capabilities and some hand picked software(which can be done as the person requests) on the participant`s PC`s . We have also planned to make it a central access point to access our famous and infamous internal ftp servers which would enabled users to get a huge pool of Entertainment resources. Till now it seems that we are going to have atleast 100 registrations at Installfest desk and will successfully install Ubuntu on these 100 pc`s (if that happen i will regard this installfest a success). It might be good to consider altleast 2-3 distros in an install fest.. say Fedora, Debian, Centos or anyother as per availability. First this gives variety, so if same users have to use another setup somewhere (work/home), they know what to expect the issues involved.. also install fest should include some post install setup - like getting it up running in an existing network etc, though adding multimedia capabilities seems to be the above ojbective. Ubuntu CDs maybe readily available.. FC6, Debian would need burning few DVDs.. Karunakar ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
[ilugd] [Security] Wordpress website hacked, wordpress backdoored
If you use wordpress blogging software, make sure you are not running the backdoor-ed version. The security announcement is below - the top mail is some commentary on the exploit. Original Message Subject:Re: [Webappsec] [WEB SECURITY] Wordpress website hacked, wordpress backdoored Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 21:29:55 + From: Dinis Cruz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED], webappsec @ OWASP [EMAIL PROTECTED], Secure Coding SC-L@securecoding.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] nice, the business model is evolving. But this is still a very 'inefficient' attack since: a) the final binaries were the ones infected (very easy to detect (imagine if the infected code was actually from 'real' SVN source code and made from a 'trusted' developer)) b) by the speed this was detected the exploit (and the blog page didn't give a lot of details about it) must have been a very 'HEY I AM A BACKDOOR' kind of code. A real exploit would be one that (using a .NET example) used a type confusion attack to insert a buffer overflow on a remotely accessible method (which would be inserted in day X and only used a couple months later). but it's evolving. Can everybody that writes code and has a Browser window open under the same user account (even if non admin) raise their hand? ... nice so many hands (including mine) guess what, if your browser is 0wned, so will be your code.. And OWASP uses WordPress (although Mike tells me that we were not affected) for our blogs (blogs.owasp.org http://blogs.owasp.org), nice :) I am still waiting for the day that we will be maliciously hacked for commercial reasons since that will be another step in the evolution of the malicious guy's business model Dinis in San Jose -- Forwarded message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mar 3, 2007 6:29 PM Subject: [WEB SECURITY] Wordpress website hacked, wordpress backdoored To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The Wordpress development team has posted an announcement that the download server had been hacked, and wordpress 2.1.1 had a backdoor included in it allowing for remote code execution. URL: http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/upgrade-212/ - Robert http://www.cgisecurity.com/ Web Security news, and more http://www.cgisecurity.com/index.rss [Subscribe to Security news] Join us on IRC: irc.freenode.net http://irc.freenode.net #webappsec Have a question? Search The Web Security Mailing List Archives: http://www.webappsec.org/lists/websecurity/ Subscribe via RSS: http://www.webappsec.org/rss/websecurity.rss [RSS Feed] -- raj shekhar facts: http://rajshekhar.net | opinions: http://rajshekhar.net/blog I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. ___ Webappsec mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/webappsec ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gaurav Mishra wrote: Greetings to all, We are hosting a Linux Installfest in our Bi-Yearly Technical fest Jagriti. In which we are going to install Ubuntu edgy along with multimedia Capabilities and some hand picked software(which can be done as the person requests) on the participant`s PC`s . Good job. All the best. :-) You mentioned something about ILUG Delhi membership forms. What are those? We have also planned to make it a central access point to access our famous and infamous internal ftp servers which would enabled users to get a huge pool of Entertainment resources. On a curious note. What do these FTP servers serve? G. Karunakar wrote: It might be good to consider altleast 2-3 distros in an install fest.. say Fedora, Debian, Centos or anyother as per availability. [need to try different distributions...] multimedia capabilities seems to be the above ojbective. Ubuntu CDs maybe readily available.. FC6, Debian would need burning few DVDs.. As part of GLUG-NITH (http://glug-nith.org/) I would like to stick my neck in and say that we have the multiple Fedora Core 6 repositories mirrored on our campus LAN. They are globally available too, but we do not want to publicise them as official mirrors due to bandwidth constraints, though we may do so in the future. Any way you may find them at: http://fedora.glug-nith.org/ http://fedora.glug-nith.org/linux Right now you will find Fedora Core (i386 x86_64), Fedora Updates (i386), Fedora Extras (i386 to be finished soon) and ATRPMs Stable (i386). We may get the x86_64 versions too if there is enough demand. We are also in the process of mirroring the GNU FTP site (almost done) and the main and universe sections of the Ubuntu Dapper repositories. Fiesty packages will follow after this. We would be happy to help you with CDs/DVDs of Fedora, Ubuntu, and the repositories if you wish. However in that case it would be good if we can discuss these things further either on our mailing list (http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/glug-nith-discuss) or on IRC (#glug-nith on irc.freenode.net). We are usually there whenever there is no class, ie. after 17:30 hours. Cheers, Debarshi -- husbandv. use sparingly; conserve; save husbandry n. frugality; thrift; agriculture ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
[ilugd] OpenSuSE and Intel 865G chipset
Dear Forum I bought an HCL machine which comes with an Asus P5P800-VM motherboard. This MB comes withan Intel 865G chipset. I tried installing OpenSuSE 10.1 on this machine. After a few hiccoughs I was finally able to get into the graphical mode. But the problem is the screen flickers. Though the rated refresh rate of the monitor is 85MHz, I am not able to get this rate of refresh. I tried installing the linux drivers from the MB CD. The rpm package istalled, but still the refresh rate does not change. Any suggestions will welcome. anandarao313 - Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] OpenSuSE and Intel 865G chipset
On Monday 05 March 2007 08:11, ananda rao wrote: But the problem is the screen flickers. Though the rated refresh rate of the monitor is 85MHz, I am not able to get this rate of refresh. Have you tried editing the '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'? It is well commented. Try editing this file as 'root' from outside X, if you are booting into init 3, and from a virtual console if you are booting into init 5, and then restart X. For the time being you can change the init level in '/etc/inittab'. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] ILUG-Delhi meeting organisation
On Sun, 2007-03-04 at 08:34 +0530, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: [...] 1. Whenever a LUG meeting changes date from the usual third sunday, we usually have a spate of emails regarding which date might be suitable/unsuitable for people. Can we a)either have a policy regarding making the fourth sunday the fallback day for meetings. or b) have a poll on the website to see which date is suitable for the next meeting, and close the poll one week before (3rd week). OK, great idea. How about we implement the fall-back date policy that you suggest. Let us have a website poll only if there are publicly expressed opinions that neither the 3rd, nor the 4th Sunday of a month is suitable. 2. Before arranging transport of our own, would it be possible for the society to organize car pooling instead? Right now car pooling is quite adhoc, and even though people do not mind picking up/dropping others, the effort required to let their availability known to others might be a bit too much. :) Also, encouraging car pooling would be a very positive environment step taken by the LUG :) and who doesn't want extra brownie points for such a cause! Sure. How easy would it be to set up a car-pooling offer/signup mechanism on linux-delhi.org? Regards, Gora ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
