Re: [ilugd] BOSS on ILUGD list -- sharing a few thoughts
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:31:59 +0530
From: Srinivasan Sundararajan srini...@gmail.com
would like to share some thoughts -- with you, and thru you with ILUG-D
members -- in the light of the exchanges at ILUG-D on BOSS. I wouldn't put
this as a clarification or official response, but more as an exchange of
information / perspective. I hope this will lead to cohesion
contribution to/from BOSS efforts.
This is great!
1. Thanks to Nishant, Nalin, etc. for their appreciative sentiments, and
to Karanbir, Kartik, Raj Mathur and others for their frank opinions.
Thanks for looking at my opinion as frank :)
3. BOSS distro : Both binary the source code (with allied stuff) are
available from the repository http://bosslinux.in/downloads
Thanks for pointer.
4. Indian language localisation : The .po files files, keyboard layouts,
etc., are available at http://downloads.bosslinux.in/Localisation/
I think only .deb files are not much useful. You may want to provide
source of it - so that other distro(s) can use it. (.dsc,
.orig.tar.gz, .diff.gz - all these three) (Same as you have in
/downloads above).
As vikram pointed out, the community will have to decide whether it is
acceptable or not. I had some brief exchanges with Karunakar and Gora, and
hope to get some focussed action in the near future.
Are you ready to take feedback (positive or negative)?
5. There are a few packages like Bulk Document Converter, Presentation
Tool, etc. -- integrated with BOSS distro, but could be candidates for
stand alone packages.
These tools can be great aid as contribution to community. Someone
started working on it, but it did not go through Debian
standards/procedures. See:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=497399
(I am still ready to help, ball is in your court!)
6. Help Desk -- toll free number 1 800 4250 455 is operative from C-DAC
Chennai Centre. Currently, there are 4-5 persons responding to queries
during office working hours (10 - 5, mon-fri) catering to queries -- in
Eng, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada. Mostly, the queries are
requests for BOSS CDs/DVDs and on installation issues.
Is IRC still active. Most developers will be comfortable with
IRC/Mailing List rather than call. But, this is very useful to users.
--
Cheers,
Kartik Mistry | 0xD1028C8D | IRC: kart_
Debian GNU/Linux Developer | Identica: @kartikm
Blogs: {ftbfs, kartikm}.wordpress.com
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Re: [ilugd] apple FUD on freeware vs foss
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:30 AM, Linux Lingam wrote: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/audio/index3.html Same for many sites! I wrote an email to apple. Obviously, no reply! -- Cheers, Kartik Mistry | 0xD1028C8D | IRC: kart_ Debian GNU/Linux Developer Blog.en: ftbfs.wordpress.com Blog.gu: kartikm.wordpress.com ___ 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] [X Post] Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released
architecture to be shipped on a single BD. In addition to the regular installation media, Debian GNU/Linux can now also be directly used without prior installation. The special images used, known as live images, are available for CDs, USB sticks, and netboot setups. Initially, these are provided for the amd64 and i386 architectures only. The installation process for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 has been improved in many ways: among many other improvements, support for installation from more than one CD or DVD has been restored, firmware required by some devices can be loaded by using removable media, and installations via Braille display are supported. The installer boot process has also received much attention: a graphical menu can be used to choose front-ends and desktop environments, and to select expert or rescue mode. The installation system for Debian GNU/Linux has now been translated to 63 languages. Debian GNU/Linux can be downloaded right now via bittorrent (the recommended way), jigdo or HTTP; see Debian GNU/Linux on CDs [1] for further information. It will soon be available on DVD, CD-ROM and Blu-ray Disc from numerous vendors [2], too. Upgrades to Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 from the previous release, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codenamed Etch) are automatically handled by the aptitude package management tool for most configurations, and to a certain degree also by the apt-get package management tool. As always, Debian GNU/Linux systems can be upgraded painlessly, in place, without any forced downtime, but it is strongly recommended to read the release notes [3] for possible issues, and for detailed instructions on installing and upgrading. The release notes will be further improved and translated to additional languages in the weeks after the release. 1: http://www.debian.org/CD/ 2: http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors 3: http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/releasenotes Dedication -- Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Lenny is dedicated to Thiemo Seufer, a Debian Developer who died on December 26th, 2008 in a tragic car accident. Thiemo was involved in Debian in many ways. He has maintained several packages and was the main supporter of the Debian port to the MIPS architectures. He was also a member of our kernel team, as well as a member of the Debian Installer team. His contributions reached far beyond the Debian project. He also worked on the MIPS port of the Linux kernel, the MIPS emulation of qemu, and far too many smaller projects to be named here. Thiemo's work, commitment, broad technical knowledge and ability to share this with others will be missed. Thiemo's contributions will not be forgotten. The high standards of his work make it hard to pick up. About Debian Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system, developed by more than a thousand volunteers from all over the world who collaborate via the Internet. Debian's dedication to Free Software, its non-profit nature, and its open development model make it unique among GNU/Linux distributions. The Debian project's key strengths are its volunteer base, its dedication to the Debian Social Contract, and its commitment to provide the best operating system possible. Debian 5.0 is another important step in that direction. Contact Information --- For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at http://www.debian.org/ or send mail to pr...@debian.org. -- Cheers, Kartik Mistry | 0xD1028C8D | IRC: kart_ Debian GNU/Linux Developer Blog.en: ftbfs.wordpress.com Blog.gu: kartikm.wordpress.com ___ 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] [X Post] Debian Installer lenny release candidate 1
Try it out! Note that its RC1 so if you encounter any issue(s) during installation, Please file a bug (You can use `reportbug' tool, it is very easy to use). -- Forwarded message -- From: Otavio Salvador [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 5:35 AM Subject: Debian Installer lenny release candidate 1 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Debian Installer lenny release candidate 1 ~~ The Debian Installer team[1] is proud to announce the first release candidate of the installer for Debian GNU/Linux Lenny. Improvements in this release of the installer * Improved support for Live-CD installation media (much faster and more reliable than earlier releases); * Support for some NAS devices based on Marvell's ARM-compatible Orion chip: o QNAP TS-109/TS-209 and TS-409; o HP Media Vault mv2120; o Buffalo Kurobox Pro; * Installer images for Netwinder have been added again; * Installer images for i386 Xen guests[2] * Support for hardware speech synthesis (speakup) has been added; * Upgrade of packages early in pkgsel, for example to get available security updates for base system packages; * Support for loading firmware from (removable) media during the installation; * i386/amd64: support for installing to and loading firmware from MMC/SD cards; * New translations: Welsh, Irish, Northern Sami, Serbian (Amharic and Marathi were added in beta releases). Known issues in this release * i386: for this release, installation from floppy disk is not supported; * PowerPC: the graphical installer should work on almost all systems with ATI graphics cards, but probably not others; * touchpads should work with the graphical installer, but support may be suboptimal - if you experience problems, you should use an external mouse instead. See the errata[3] for details and a full list of known issues. We do need your help to find bugs and further improve the installer, so please try it. Installation CDs and DVDs, other media, errata, and everything else you'll need are available from the Debian Installer web site[4]. The Debian Installer team thanks everybody who has contributed to this release. References ~~ 1. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Team 2. http://wiki.debian.org/Xen#InstallLenny 3. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata 4. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ - -- Otavio Salvador Debian Installer Release Manager -- Cheers, Kartik Mistry | 0xD1028C8D | IRC: kart_ ___ 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] [Fwd] [X] [Pyroom-team] PyRoom in Fedora, Debian and Ubuntu
Give a try to pyroom. I am sure you will love it. You know how to install it :) -- Forwarded message -- From: Florian Heinle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 9:47 PM Subject: [Pyroom-team] PyRoom in Fedora, Debian and Ubuntu To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, good news everyone! PyRoom has been packaged for Fedora and Debian. Now that Ubuntu Jaunty Development has begun, PyRoom has also been pulled into Ubuntu from Debian SID automatically. Thanks to Sven Lankes (Fedora) and Kartik Mistry (Debian) for their work! Bruno, I've edited our homepage repo with install instructions for Fedora, would you please pull rev34 to the server? -- Florian 'tiax' Heinle ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~pyroom-team -- Cheers, Kartik Mistry | 0xD1028C8D | IRC: kart_ Homepage: people.debian.org/~kartik Blog.en: ftbfs.wordpress.com Blog.gu: kartikm.wordpress.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkkZsAUACgkQoQrteVe/+YRgCACcCYi+eU1A1mfHSYjH2oyRKOHz 3JQAn2zc6uamxwqewIvku49umLrFTK4a =ShL0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ 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] The Google Cookie Conspiracy
2008/10/23 amar akshat: From: amar akshat [EMAIL PROTECTED] The biggest de-facto difference between AF and us is that we are just theoretical in all concepts AF is proff.! AF is AH. -- Cheers, Kartik Mistry | 0xD1028C8D | IRC: kart_ Homepage: people.debian.org/~kartik Blog.en: ftbfs.wordpress.com Blog.gu: kartikm.wordpress.com ___ 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] Debian is GNU/Linux...
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 4:51 PM, M.S.Yatnatti wrote: ... My humble request let us call Debian as GNU Linux free distribution instead of calling Debian as non-commercial distribution. ... And my humble request is to fix your Subject. Keep it short. For any typo mistakes please forgive me. No, I will not forgive and please use spellchecker. They are available as FOSS tools. -- Cheers, Kartik Mistry | 0xD1028C8D | IRC: kart_ Homepage: people.debian.org/~kartik Blog.en: ftbfs.wordpress.com Blog.gu: kartikm.wordpress.com ___ 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] Is it illegal to redistribute RHEL? Open Letter To Linux For You India
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:48 AM, M.S.Yatnatti wrote: I have used red hat version 5.2 6.2 7.2 7.3 8 9 and Fedora 1-9 and white box centos debain koppix etc. Please use spellchecker and add 'Debian' to your dictionary too. -- Cheers, Kartik Mistry | 0xD1028C8D | IRC: kart_ Homepage: people.debian.org/~kartik Blog.en: ftbfs.wordpress.com Blog.gu: kartikm.wordpress.com ___ 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/
