Re: [ilugd] RIP Atul
Atul. Chitnis. . . . . wow! On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Balwinder S Dheeman bdhee...@gmail.comwrote: On 06/03/2013 01:01 PM, Gaurav Mishra wrote: Just came to know from twitter. Atul Chitnis is no more http://www.nextbigwhat.com/atul-chitnis-297/ Very disturbing to see some great souls Raj and Atul going after one another. I still remember Atul and Raj encounter couple of times in ILUGD. Hope they have some great discussions now. You'll be remembered Atul. Regards, Gaurav Mishra # Blog: http://www.gmishra.com # Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gmishra # LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/gauravmishra7 RIP Atul. -- Balwinder S 'bdheeman' Dheeman (http://werc.homelinux.net/contact/) GNU/Linux, developed by volunteers, is much better, but it's not the best as yet. Do you too work on making a difference? ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] No page on wikipedia on Raj Mathur
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 3:36 AM, Balwinder S Dheeman bdhee...@gmail.comwrote: On 04/12/2013 01:04 AM, Linux Lingam wrote: though his name does show up in some searches on wikipedia. See Gora Mohanty's article on Raj oldmonk Mathur http://buckycat.wordpress.com/2012/12/25/a-last-waltz-with-oldmonk/ thanks. have seen and read it, but buckycat.wordpress.com wikipedia. regards n -- Balwinder S 'bdheeman' Dheeman (http://werc.homelinux.net/contact/) GNU/Linux, developed by volunteers, is much better, but it's not the best as yet. Do you too work on making a difference? ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
[ilugd] No page on wikipedia on Raj Mathur
though his name does show up in some searches on wikipedia. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] Multiple installable distributions on a USB
would this be raj's last email to ilug-d? regards niyam On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 6:59 AM, Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) r...@linux-delhi.org wrote: On Tuesday 11 Dec 2012, Balwinder S Dheeman wrote: On 12/10/2012 09:15 PM, Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) wrote: On Monday 10 Dec 2012, Balwinder S Dheeman wrote: On 12/10/2012 12:29 PM, Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) wrote: The subject more or less says it all :) I use grub2 for booting off of a USB/SD-Card and the following are a few of the relevant entries what I have in /boot/grub/grub.cfg Thanks, that's helpful, but still a tad too much work. I've found enough Winduhs tools for doing this, am surprised there's nothing equivalent for Linux. [bsd@mon ~]$ aptitude show grub-rescue-pc Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ Nono, I meant stuff like on: http://www.pendriveapps.com/software/live-usb/ . Yumi, for instance, is almost exact;y what I need apart from the platform it runs on, as is MultiBoot. *Sigh* back to the drawing board. Regards, -- Raj -- Raj Mathur || r...@kandalaya.org || GPG: http://otheronepercent.blogspot.com || http://kandalaya.org || CC68 It is the mind that moves || http://schizoid.in || D17F ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] Shocking and Sad news.
Raj! Regards niyam ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] Blender on grid
Very, very impressive. have you heard of the chamba project? http://chambaproject.in/ regards niyam On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Varun Mittal varunmitta...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, I have completed the third face of my program and now I am able to discrete applications on an heterogeneous cluster. Rendering a blender animation is a embarrassingly parallel problem and thus can be run on a grid very easily. The grid runs nicely on BSD and Linux and also Darwin kernel. also have a look at http://www.newerahpc.com/blender-on-grid -- Varun Mittal varunmitta...@gmail.com ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
[ilugd] [jobs] possessed by steve ballmer chanting wordpress developer
dear all, am beginning to understand why he lost his hair. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE i'll lose mine chanting in the same way, but repeating 'wordpress developer' over and over again. to work on contract, BYOC, on projects, in NCR, specifically south-delhi. we meet every second day for an hour, exchange files, tack progress, and keep hacking until all the pixels shine and sparkle in any browser and the markup dances across devices; so polish up your html, html5, css3, js, php, wordpress wrenchtools, and stop me from that infernal chant. niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] best framework to design a wizard to customize / create / edit HTML pages online
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Gora Mohanty g...@mimirtech.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 5:08 PM, abhishek jain abhishek.netj...@gmail.com wrote: hi, I am working on a project which needs a wysiwyg, drag and drop module, for HTML page editor, non-trivial. i too am looking for something usable to do this. As I image that you understand, this is a big project. this will enable me to place various modules of my online s/w on different parts(placements) and also do the stuff like upload image, preferably crop. generate CSS etc. modules too? are you sure you don't need just a CMS, like wordpress for instance? This adds even more complexity. Can anyone suggest one , preferably on open source. I hope i am clear, if not let me know, Assuming that this is web-based, I would do most of the work though HTML5, and Javascript in the front-end. For the back-end, most any framework should do the job, so you should go with a framework/language that you are comfortable with, and that can easily be integrated with the existing project. less is more. ;-) regards niyam Regards, Gora ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] [commercial] Web-designer with HTML+CSS skills
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Balwinder S Dheeman bdhee...@gmail.com wrote: On 11/07/2011 07:08 AM, Linux Lingam wrote: absolutely! there are people in the world who are adept at both. however, my specific requirement here is for someone who can take an existing websketch and convert it into clean HTML + CSS. The person does not necessarily have to author any design from scratch. Please do tell me if this aspect is not clear enough in my posting, will edit it accordingly. thanks so much, regards niyam I'm not sure, whether you are clear enough or not, but my idea was -- we should not confuse amateur or enthusiast web designers and developers; this can devastatingly ruin their career, learning and, or development. How many singers do we know who compose their own songs? If I'm not wrong, I can count them on tips though we are 7 billion now. IMHO, designing a website is analogous to composing a song, which *only* a seasoned lyricist can do better, whereas presenting a website using HTML + CSS and needful scripting is correlative to singing a song, which *any* trained (yes, trained and necessarily not seasoned) singer can sing well. Moreover, the content of a website can (or shall definitely) play the roll of background or ambient music. thanks Balwinder for the analogy. You're right. to take it further, i need 'backup vocalists' of HTML+CSS and/or cover-singer artists. is there a specific job-designation that fits the profile? web-designer is too catch-all. i also suppose such a person would already be familiar with using FOSS tools for authoring markup, or would be receptive enough to adapt. regards n -- Balwinder S bdheeman Dheeman (http://werc.homelinux.net/contact/) -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] [commercial] Web-designer with HTML+CSS skills
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 7:20 AM, Balwinder S Dheeman bdhee...@gmail.com wrote: On 11/06/2011 05:02 AM, Linux Lingam wrote: More details here: http://niyam.com/blog/2011/11/im-hiring-are-you-looking-for-a-web-designer-job/ * Your Gear:* * Your own Laptop of any brand. The model should not be more than two-years-old. Must support a resolution of 1280 pixels or higher. These two factors because your laptop should be able to run the latest versions of modern browsers. [snip] * Roaming internet datacard. Those with a broadband connection preferred. Ahm, you forget the 3G, WiFi and, or WiMAX (4G) connectivity ;) I don't think, people using *Laptops *can be a productive as on a good modern PC or Workstation. thanks for writing in balwinder. the way i work, in the new workflow a lot of tasks have to be done on-site: at clients' offices, or during a design-sprint where all involved get together somewhere and don't budge till it's done. often we could be travelling outstation too. or sometimes, just feel like working from home or a cafe or a lounge. therefore, a laptop with some roaming connection is required. OTOH, designing and, or thinking in terms of design is entirely a different process compared with coding the same ideas in to a clean [X]*HTML + CSS pages. absolutely! there are people in the world who are adept at both. however, my specific requirement here is for someone who can take an existing websketch and convert it into clean HTML + CSS. The person does not necessarily have to author any design from scratch. Please do tell me if this aspect is not clear enough in my posting, will edit it accordingly. thanks so much, regards niyam -- Balwinder S bdheeman Dheeman (http://werc.homelinux.net/contact/) ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
[ilugd] [commercial] Web-designer with HTML+CSS skills
Dear All, Need to hire a couple of web-designers with HTML+CSS skills. More details here: http://niyam.com/blog/2011/11/im-hiring-are-you-looking-for-a-web-designer-job/ Giddy up! Regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
[ilugd] Calling Elvis: Is Ocelot Home?
Dear All, Hope you've heard that Dire Straits song that inspires the subject-line. I want the Ubuntu Ocelot 11.10 disc, so i can have my Money for Nothin' And The Clicks for Free. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] Plan for a workshop series
great idea! any interest in graphic-design, web-design, tools and techniques? or even audio, video, et al? i'll volunteer for that If that covers photography, post-processing, etc. using FOSS of-course, then I'm interested as novice. Thanks it can. but for the moment am focussed on nurturing a foss community of creative people and enthusiasts, especially around graphic-design, handling user-interface design, UX design, web-interface design, mobile user-interface design. all this using foss. and a foss mindset. and a foss-based value system. this way, i hope i have enough people so i may eventually hire a couple or more over time. regards niyam - -- Ashish SHUKLA “More people are killed every year by pigs than by sharks, which shows you how good we are at evaluating risk.” (Bruce Schneier, Beyond Fear, 2003) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (FreeBSD) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJOl4gSAAoJEMdGz6nnT6SwiskP/igkKfja9NClHaNnSeDIxnCY LQO6IodP9NNdyPiqMyp+Qj4bnyqbMji6fKsvUD2WheaQN8xOCHXS/0yy9qXK4Qa9 NXRfeWtqwgWD1lVjpCOuJXym/uFfdSyZw6a5GoRZTdvi8IBCMO/42sWPMQXJgLVr vxylziPAnPuKgAc3wYjzgjRqgFvr3NgeDfzddeuo8iQd2TiWP+oOEiUpp4sSnh+R 7Hn/BIbpkAygMCj/ncxbd+DL1dyHk6Wn2q7Wv0g1Oq/kdTQAQyQmP6OX8mj6HIXN +nblcr759iMjLri38ffTOpSBq1pEcDMxqKXtvlkZemRkL1ICCFPNmhiN4YBf85KW AHGWrzBQzNB2g794Bme+D20smZn+dQcL6rZE28Jxy9NOMRFLLaNf6nSlhKbh5IRG SpvhUnggrDZr1a4C5YAsyfCq5uNNr7vh/4/NKLfVZKUfxIRGJnWsAlhMqsiC1ZMH vLjuxtnx5K3Yna0MZ6US9YGYVIndNkcmgSnViJfFdolC0671789f8++VusIiREjH uXlVME89YPK5nqDp9zEErZDWyePA8+mVhy61ZypqcF/NUxJM56klcG77L9rMr5iu FhUAexT12LymSe26RfaRWBPwdpGiXoez4KYKfuDzb73cY5UZn62UlTczX5YGZeK3 HyDfz3YDg+TpAW52vgMK =ZZVA -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] Plan for a workshop series
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Gora Mohanty g...@mimirtech.com wrote: Hi, We have been kicking around the idea of a doing a series of workshops: * The idea is to start out with topics of interest, and on each topic, have a series of workshops that go progressively deeper into the subject. We are open to volunteer speakers, but from the current pool, we are looking at the following topics: - Data stores, especially noSQL ones - Drupal - Django - Search - Mobile applications These are non-commercial workshops, with attendance being free, and participation is open to all. * The workshops will be held twice a month at CIS, JNU, from 10.30am-1.30pm Sat. These will normally be held on the 2nd and 4th Sat. of every month, but the first one will be on the 22nd of Oct (please see the separate announcement). great idea! any interest in graphic-design, web-design, tools and techniques? or even audio, video, et al? i'll volunteer for that regards niyam ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
[ilugd] [commercial] I'm hiring. Apply if you love design
Dear all, Lookin' for a couple of bright sparks that use muft and mukt software for design. Are you one? Know any? http://niyam.com/blog/2011/08/im-hiring-do-you-understand-design/ regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] [COMMERCIAL] ALSA hacker wanted
hi! free advice 2: On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Gora Mohanty g...@mimirtech.com wrote: 2011/1/8 Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) r...@linux-delhi.org: [Please send offers to me personally, not to the list] Hi, I have a Dell Optiplex 380 (a fairly new model) which is having problems with excessive hiss when recording. Since I've tested without a mic and still got the hiss, I've concluded that it's an ALSA problem. [...] Free advice: Once when I had this problem earlier, it turned out to be due to the fact that the Mic Boost was turned all the way up. alsamixer should show you that setting. gora is correct. also, have you tried to check the dell's internal circuitry is not causing this problem? depending on the level of hiss, here's a quick workaround: 1. ensure the recording has a few seconds of silence recorded: without voice/music/whatever. 2. open audacity, select this portion, and through the filters menu, look for the 'remove noise' option. the first click will load this pattern as the 'hiss' that has to be elminated. 3. now select the entire track, and again go back to the same filter. clicking it again will eliminate the noise/hiss from the entire track. 4: optional: adjust the EQ to correct other possible problems with the recording's balance of each channel, add salt, pepper, oregano, and other seasonings to taste. regards niyam Regards, Gora ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
[ilugd] [OT] [Jobs] Linux System Admin
If any one is interested for Linux System admin job with 4 to 6 year experience, please send me the cv. position is in Noida -- OLTC ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
[ilugd] Oracle kicks LibreOffice supporters out of OpenOffice
dear all, it's happening. oracle's kicking out LibreOffice supporters, and guess who's doing all the corporate-speak? Louis Suarez Potts, for Oracle! strange strange world, eh? http://blogs.computerworld.com/17197/oracle_kicks_libreoffice_supporters_out_of_openoffice regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
[ilugd] blender3d: new movie Sintel premieres 27 sep
dear all, have been following the excitement every day. the new poster's just out. the movie trailer was launched in may 2010. the movie's been cut down to just 10 minutes, but the story and the vfx are stunning. too late to organize a blender-ka-langar with Sintel prasada? http://durian.blender.org/ regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] blender3d: new movie Sintel premieres 27 sep
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 3:08 AM, Linux Lingam linuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: dear all, have been following the excitement every day. the new poster's just out. the movie trailer was launched in may 2010. the movie's been cut down to just 10 minutes, but the story and the vfx are stunning. too late to organize a blender-ka-langar with Sintel prasada? http://durian.blender.org/ here is a look at the blender3d render-farm set up in netherlands at the blender institute for the new movie, sintel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMJXiOF9MGM you can also check out the other videos related to this project. regards niyam regards niyam -- niyam bhushan -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
[ilugd] turnkey linux
Meine freunde, Das ist interessant: http://www.turnkeylinux.org/ solves a lot of issues, but creates a few with cloud-cages. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] google docs vs openoffice-in-the-cloud
2010/7/18 Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) r...@linux-delhi.org On Sunday 18 Jul 2010, H.S.Rai wrote: 2010/7/18 Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) r...@linux-delhi.org: any viable alternative to Google Docs has to present an interface that has a minimal learning curve. Don't http://eyeos.org/ fit the bill? Now /this/ looks hot! Thanks for the link. sizzling in the wet monsoon actually. it's matured quite a lot since i last checked it out indeed. so what next, host this on the ilug-d or a nixi or other server for ilug-d / FOSS users in india, where the community may author and collaborate documents they wish the community to participate in? this way we keep those cages-in-the-cloud out of our mailing lists and efforts? do need to add some method of attributing creativecommons licenses to authored and collaborated works. note of caution: ilug-d is 100% reliable when it comes to unreliability, as well as for .1% downtime, so a disclaimer and a non-amazon backup-storage of crucial documents would also be a good idea. regards niyam Regards, -- Raju -- -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] Rupee font in open format
money is a very funny thing. if you discover you have a fake or a torn note in your pocket along with a perfectly legit and crisp one, you'd be tempted to use the first one immediately. people talk about the relative worthlessness of a small denomination, especially if it is heavily soiled. that is, until you drop it on the street and watch how suddenly and swiftly it disappears. the new rupee symbol will first make it to coins and currency-notes, and as pointed out by others, in use by the media and press, so dedicated unicode code-point or not, this thing is here to stay. the digital-world may take its own sweet time for acceptance at its own peril. we may have our issues with proprietary font-standards, and with font-use licenses, with font-encoding standards, but this is going to be one ugly mess. end-users are already going to accept the glyph, literally at face-value, etched and embossed on coins, printed on bank documents, used in advertising and sales. the semantics should be sorted out by the Year 2038, hopefully, beyond which we would probably have bigger problems to worry about. regards niyam ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
[ilugd] google docs vs openoffice-in-the-cloud
dear all, noticed a couple of emails in the ILUG-D flood, that point to docs that people have stored and shared on google-docs, for inputs and comments from ilug-d. astonishing how muft and mukt visions go up in smoke when they go up in the cloud. isn't there a better way for us to collaborate on spreadsheets, wordprocessed files, presentations, using the web and nothing but the web, so help me lord, 1) using a totally muft and mukt stack of platforms and solutions 2) ownership is guaranteed in the hands of the collaborators. 3) our data is not sitting in someone else's golden-cage with the key in their backpocket? 4) optionally, authored files may be tagged for search-engines under a CC license? scribid comes to mind. slideshare for presentations. but nothing holistic here, yet. in fact, this may just be nice idea for a startup, if done right. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
[ilugd] off-topic-ish: insuring a linux laptop
dear all, googling to see if i can get insurance-cover on my laptop beyond its warranty period. discovered the four major indian insurance companies supposedly offer some fig-leaf of a cover. oriental insurance, new india assurance, national insurance, united india insurance: http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100102230025AA9G16e their individual websites are sketchy on details and costs. what are your experiences: 1) how much does it cost? 2) what kind of tenures, benefits, bonuses, do you get? 3) what gets covered? 4) what is excepted? 5) does a policy cover national, international roaming? 6) do they offer cashless transactions/ or pay-now-reimburse-later? 7) how quick/difficult is a re-imbursement? 8) most important: do they have a problem or do they prefer laptops with linux? do they charge a premium, or do they do the sensible thing and offer a discount and bonuses for potentially less downtime and data-hassles? or, do they not care at all? on another note, a friend tells me insurance companies do offer insurance-policies for mobiles as well, but policy-holders seldom get any value as the exceptions-list hardly leaves any scope for a re-imbursement. thanks for your answers in advance, and hope linux-users and activists may soon lobby insurance companies to offer discounts and bonuses for foss-adoption. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] 21 monitor in portrait mode?
[snip] To sum up, I'm unlikely to change my working style just because hardware demands it. /me pets his old 17 4:3. spoken like a true living FOSSil: unreasonable to the multi-core as usual. you can of course, trust apple to have come up with solutions for such unreasonable people, decades ago. Circa 1990, an apple offshoot company called Radius, launched a highly popular monitor, called the Radius PivotDisplay. A traditional 17 monitor connected via a video-card to your mac. slap it on its side, and it would swing from landscape to portrait mode, live, for a few seconds, the screen would blank out as the video-wizardry got to work. bingo! your screen would be re-drawn, for a portrait mode. perfect for people who suddenly needed wider or taller pixel-estate bang in the middle of an ongoing project with no time even for a restart. so if you could get a pivotdisplay equivalent today, you could slap it into portrait-mode, complete with a much coarser resolution to have those 80-col [dos-like?] lines in a large size, and then slap it again for a generous landscape mode at ultra-high resolution for all your popcorn needs, without the pc. ;-) if jim-carey with an alpha-mask designed hardware, he'd probably have the pivot-display made of chewing-gum so you could later stretch the portrait mode to accommodate all lines of your code without having to use that thoroughly inconvenient scroll-bar ever again. suggested new tag-line: it is the mind that moves the pivot-display to swing and the mask to stretch it. regards niyam Regards, -- Raju -- Raj Mathurr...@kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
[ilugd] [COMMERCIAL] Requirement for Linux Professionals
Hi, Greetings from OSTC. We are a Delhi Based development firm working on Linux Solutions. Looking for followings: 1. Developers in C/C++/PHP/PERL/Java, pgsql/mysql, Apache,TomCat with 1-2 years of experience. 2. Internship for 4-6 months for final year BE/BTech/MCA/MSc(IT)/MBA( System) Thanks and Regards, HR Team ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] evolution+multisync+openSyncML to Nokia over bluetooth
a regular bluetooth connection within wammu also failed, though the mobile connects easily with my computer over bluetooth for drag-and-drop. See http://wammu.eu/phones/nokia/?page=6 and http://wammu.eu/phones/nokia/?page=5 E series has one of the worst supports on g/wammu. thanks had discovered that resource yesterday. frustrating. if i ever meet the ceo or product head or president of nokia, i will slap him for forcing me to use a proprietary OS. mobile phones today outstrip computers in volumes of units. i don't understand why mobile-companies have to restrict themselves to one platform from computers. meanwhile, my next phone won't be a nokia, obviously. If you have gprs connection, you can update the firmware ov er GPRS, that is what I think. naah! nokia thinks not. have tried that route too. so ladies and gentlemen, here we are: a full 779 contacts scrolling along merrily in evolution on ubuntu 9.04 with a bluetooth interface that drags and drops files between the computer and the mobile, but no way in hell for me to transfer those contacts from evolution, over bluetooth, to the phone. anyone knows of a cloud-cover, where i could upload these contacts free, and then from there download into the phone, perhaps using a client-software in the mobile, or by some sync-o-magic between the mobile and the cloud-interface? from the psychotic-realm of fantasy: 01. does anyone know of an OCR-in-video software that works on the mobile, so i could video-record on my mobile all my contacts in evolution scrolling at full-speed, and then the software munches the video-clip to extract the data and sort it into the mobile? 02. anybody knows a yogi or a tantric who could induce temporary telepathy between the mobile and the ubuntu laptop so all the contacts could be channeled astrally? 03. is there a free text-to-speech software that could read out all the 779 records in evolution which i could record using the voice-recorder in the mobile, and then run a free software on the mobile that handles speech-to-text on this recording, with a clever script to save each field and record in its proper place? 04. anybody has a large sledge-hammer so i could smash this mobile and ubuntu-laptop into smithereens after i jot down all the contact-details into a handmade-paper diary with an ink-pen? smoking! niyam -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com End Users are just friends who haven't submitted a patch yet. ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] evolution+multisync+openSyncML to Nokia over bluetooth
[snip] AFAIK, this phone has the Symbian OS. So, try your luck at symbian.org. ah yes., already did. there's a nice article there on using ubuntu linux with symbian, also browsed through allaboutsymbian.org to look for some .sis or .sisx or even a java app to break the ice between the two devices. Till then, try this jugaad, if you have the patience. 1. Find a SIM. (no problem with using your existing SIM). 2. Find a phone which works the way you want with the software you have. Call it phone X. 3. Put the SIM in Phone X, put in whatever the SIM takes into teh phone using evolution / wammu / gammu gnokii or whatever. yup! this could be done. am aware of this. am also aware of the nokia pc-suite outlookexpress route. in fact, i must tell you that after several hours of mucking around in ubuntu i finally gave up, and found a technique of doing this under mac OS, by using iSync and resetting the device. the contacts are back in my mobile. whew! nevertheless, this topic is far from over. i don't want to boot into mac OS to handle last decade's consumer-workflow. there *has* to be a way of handling this under linux-based pcs. in other news, nokia has kept its promise and opensourced symbian. [snip] thanks mahesh for your tips, and nalin for your responses. regards niyam ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
[ilugd] evolution+multisync+openSyncML to Nokia over bluetooth
dear all, some rogue software crashed my Nokia E61i, and deleted 779 contacts and all calendar entries. don't ask. so i've got this mobile that looks and behaves like matt daemon from the Bourne Identity. no backup of the data on the external microSD card either. fortunately, the only backup i have is a single vCard file, and the calendar entries in another archive. after hours of googling, researching, reading, here's what i've done so far: 01. launched evolution (for the first time on ubuntu 9.04) 02. successfully imported all contacts and calendar entries into evolution. 03. installed multisync, and multisync-gui, alongwith every conceivable library i could find in synaptic for multisync, opensync, and their plugins and tools. 04. can succcessfully connect the nokia E61i with ubuntu over bluetooth, browse and send/receive files from the desktop. here lies the rub: when i launch multisync, and try to create a new pair: i can only choose 'IrMC Mobile Device' for the Nokia E61i. When i click on its options, i do get 'connection type' as 'bluetooth'. that's a relief. however, when i 'search for units' it gets the bluetooth address of the mobile, but a dialog box pops up to warn me about no IrMC support. so the 'test connection' fails. how many i let evolution and the mobile sync to create a workflow similar to the one with the Mac OS and its addressbook and iCal and iSync, as well as with MSWin and its outlook? the second question: i wish to upgrade my firmware too. nokia's software demands i use a win machine to handle this upgrade. i actually don't have any win machine with me. how do i stay detoxified while upgrading the nokia firmware from within ubuntu? thanks in advance for your help and assistance. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] evolution+multisync+openSyncML to Nokia over bluetooth
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:08 AM, Linux Lingam linuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: dear all, some rogue software crashed my Nokia E61i, and deleted 779 contacts and all calendar entries. don't ask.[snip] fortunately, the only backup i have is a single vCard file, and the calendar entries in another archive. [snip] forgot to mention, just mucked around with wammu as well. but to get it to work, i need gnapplet on the mobile. which is a S60 version 3, on which gnapplet does not work. a regular bluetooth connection within wammu also failed, though the mobile connects easily with my computer over bluetooth for drag-and-drop. am more interested in an evolution-driven sync-based solution with pretty GUIs. regards niyam ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
[ilugd] free music using free software on ubuntustudio at cc-salon delhi
dear all, thanks to kinshuk, and mohawk (!), for pushing ahead to hold the CreativeCommons cc-salon delhi at sarai this weekend. as promised there, have published 'Flight' a music-track under the cc-by-sa 2.5 india license. interesting details of how the track was authored using free software, under ubuntustudio is mentioned here: http://niyam.com/blog/music/2010/my-flight-into-music/ jamendo.org rocks as well. yes! those of you into film, tv-programming, and documentaries may use excerpts from this music, as it is well-suited for those kinds of projects. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] Venue Suggestions and Probable dates
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Sawrub luckysharm...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/20/2010 03:33 AM, Ankur Saxena wrote: Guys, Freed.in buzz is going out faster than we have expected and we have already 2 sponsorship requests :) We need to finalize on the venue and probable dates ASAP, Can we have few suggestions please ? JIIT , Noida Could be a possible option for freed.in. Keeping it that far-off is not a good option. The venue should be easily approachable, so that people having even a couple of hours b/w their busy schedule could come over either to speak or listen. so are you suggesting we keep a Delhi-centric venue? do remember what is far for you could be near for someone else. i would soon see a debate erupting on whether Sarai or the DU north campus is far, or whether Rohini is far, before we all tired out and reconcile to JNU, at which point andrew will let us know bookings may no longer be available. regards n ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] Venue Suggestions and Probable dates
About the dates - I, personally, favor late september (if it has to be september). good luck running an event a scant five days before the CWG. i'd say is not a good idea, but what do the others think? regards n ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] Venue Suggestions and Probable dates
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Rajesh Lalwani rajesh.lalw...@blogworks.in wrote: 1) We have CWG 2010 from 3-14 October 2010 2) We have one more FOSS event probably around 17th September in Delhi. I guess any dates in last week of September will rock. It's a nice weather by then too. given that CWG is from 3rd, i wouldn't recommend an event in the week preceding it, especially due to heightened security fears, and the whole preparations for CWG. how is november, once cwg and diwali is over, which is 5 november. so does that push the date to mid-november? if that's too late, consider early sep, like 1 sep or something. working out suitable dates is a pain regards n Suggestions invited ! [Rajesh Lalwani:] September end is good. We are planning to host IndiaSocial 2010 (http://indiasocial.in) around that time/ November 2010 and could look at possible alliance with Freed.in Cheers Rajesh ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] Venue Suggestions and Probable dates
When do we have our next meet? Thursday's already gone. N -- niyam bhushan ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
Re: [ilugd] ILUGD meeting: 2.30pm, Sun., 7th Feb., 2010, SIT, JNU
dear all, Minutes of the meeting (MOM) : thanks honey for the MOM, my POP is that the overall feelgood factor for freed.in is high, the team is refreshed and motivated, and everybody seems to have a better sense of what works, what would not work, and how to delegate tasks, and to coordinate the event. Okay, so POP = my Personal Opinion and Perspective. meanwhile, kishore is happy to see others willing to take on the main tasks, and is glad to offer his experience and full support where needed to help the team drive the event. (a)Possible ideas for the freed.in [snip] we also discussed content-contributors, such as wiki people, creative content authors, et al. [snip] (c)Possible Targets: [snip] the meeting ended with the question should we also have a track for sysadmins, networkAdmins, cloud-computing, etc. one suggestion was to have the theme but have the actual track and sessions for this for a day. (d)Event Duration - 2 Days (e)Event Date : Not yet decided. towards sep-end, somewhere in oct, or perhaps spilling into the first dates of nov. gaurav and others to fill in all the details, list of participants to this meeting; discussion-point details; misc; and then to announce the date for the next meet, which should probably be the coming sunday. eh? regards niyam ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
[ilugd] linux-gamers: how about BYOFC
on monday past, read an interesting story of a *huge* game-fest at some local school. loads of youngsters played computer games, in a Bring Your Own Computer (BYOC) festival. so, how about a Bring Your Own FOSS Computer (BYOFC) and let's hold a linux-games contest. er... that may include copyleft games that run on other platforms too. the buzz and news will be electric. i suppose JNU makes a good venue, though any school or college is welcome to host this. or even the office of any FOSS-friendly or friend-of-FOSS company. over to you guys. must confess am clueless about games on my little ubuntu here. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] how to convert an airtel pdf bill into a spreadsheet using FOSS tools or apps?
the pdf e-bill emailed by airtel to me saves paper, but i want to sort, filter, and mangle it. tried opening it with openoffice.org on my ubuntu 9.04 here, but it displays hex, maybe also because it's a password-protected file (more annoyance than security, but that's another matter). any clues on how i may convert it into a usable spreadsheet file? thanks in advance. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] how to convert an airtel pdf bill into a spreadsheet using FOSS tools or apps?
updated. see in-line: On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Linux Lingam linuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: the pdf e-bill emailed by airtel to me saves paper, but i want to sort, filter, and mangle it. tried opening it with openoffice.org on my ubuntu 9.04 here, but it displays hex, maybe also because it's a password-protected file (more annoyance than security, but that's another matter). any clues on how i may convert it into a usable spreadsheet file? just tried PDFedit, but it can't do much with the 'standard-encrypted' file, even though the software offers a nice export to txt, and a pdf to xml option elsewhere. - niyam thanks in advance. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] kernel Programming
count me too On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Chirag Anand anand.chi...@gmail.comwrote: On Friday 23 October 2009 21:27:47 Pranith Kumar wrote: Hello All, I just wanted to know if there are any kernel developers in our community. It would be nice to have some interactions and discussions if possible. Any other person interested to start is also welcome to reply :) Regards, Well, I have done some Linux kernel programming when I was working for Glendix for some time. I was trying to add another system call to the existing Linux kernel to help run the user space programs of Plan9 operating system. If you are interested in kernel programming, just dig into the code, see what all is happening, plan what you want to do/change and make a patch for it. For example, you want to make another system call, read the kernel docs where the system calls code resides, how they work and how can you change them etc. There is a lot of community support in Linux kernel especially on newsgroups and IRC. And of course, we all are here, in case you need some help (hopefully we'll be able to help you). :) -- Regards Chirag Anand Junior Systems Architect E2E Networks | http://www.e2enetworks.com chirag.an...@e2enetworks.com Blog :http://techfreaks4u.com/blog anything weird is worth a try... ___ 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/ -- OLTC ___ 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] Advice needed: which notebook
Apple Macbook Pro. Or, for even better performance with price, laptops customised by Emperor Linux. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] [COMMERCIAL] Linux Sysadmin wanted , great job
hi, I am open for consultant position. Let me know. On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Ankur Rohatgi an...@n23.net wrote: Hi all, ILFS Education and Technology (www.ilfsets.com) is a fully owned company of the ILFS group. Its involved in various aspects of education, one of which is technology RD for education. They are looking for a system administrator to help with their efforts. The job is very dynamic and since its RD related, the chosen candidate will be able to learn a lot too. The location would be either Delhi or Mumbai whatever is preferable. Salary would be as per experience and market rates. Here is the job description : Proficient in managing Linux server installations. with full LAMP installs. Experience on Asterisk or such system is a big plus. Experience in telecom datacenter solutions is preferable. Proficient in managing enterprise grade server installations such as CentOS, RedHat. Experience on server troubleshooting for web applications. Proficient in VPN connectvity. Anyone interested, please write to me directly at arohatgi at gmail dot com or ankur dot rohatgi at ilfsets dot com thank you. ___ 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/ -- OLTC ___ 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] BOSS Linux by C-DAC?
Dear all, I remember a few years ago LFY magazine distributing the government initiative, BOSS Linux, with its copies. What is the status of BOSS today? Is it the Red Flag of India, yet? Also, i heard a lot of community-folk murmering about how free is free in BOSS, and about it's indic support. All i get from the site is that it's based on debian. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] microsoft violated GPL before releasing linux code?
does this explain microsoft's recent-found love of GPL? http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135853/Engineer_Microsoft_violated_GPL_before_Linux_code_release the community has welcomed microsoft's contribution favourably, nevertheless. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] [OT]Request for help to migrate to GNU Linux for a Newspaper
[snip] I am not sure about that. I forwarded the request to the group directly. Perhaps Anish can enlighten us all about this. Dharamsala. Been in touch with him and have given him a path forward to try a pilot themselves. [snip] curious. what's the progress? i saw the email when it first got published, but wondered if this had to do with the newspaper's editorial, production, advertising, distribution, and/or MIS departments. in other news, wonder how many of you interested in graphic-design and publishing, have checked out the latest scribus. it's beginning to rock. regards niyam ___ 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] [OT]Request for help to migrate to GNU Linux for a Newspaper
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Sudev Bararsba...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/7/22 Linux Lingam linuxlin...@gmail.com Been in touch with him and have given him a path forward to try a pilot themselves. [snip] curious. what's the progress? i saw the email when it first got published, but wondered if this had to do with the newspaper's editorial, production, advertising, distribution, and/or MIS departments. AFAIK - AFter I gave them a few things to try out they did not come back. Although they were curious and impatient to get on implementation path. oh ho! i hope they haven't gone back to proprietary software. it's rather difficult to migrate to foss for newspaper or magazine publishing, when in truth it is not as difficult as it seems. all it demands is a careful understanding of all limitations, finding clever and even non-digital hacks around most of these limitations, and moving forward in small steps over a gradual path. regards niyam ___ 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] Petition to Macromedia
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 5:39 PM, sawrubluckysharm...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Just came across this,and thought of sharing it.May be it have been circulated in long back,but re-sending in for people like me. Come up and sign it on http://www.petitiononline.com/linuxswp/petition.html beg-ware? that's really really sad. niyam ___ 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 - Domain Controller. What and How?
Are you talking about Domain Control ? You can use LDAP+SAMAB. Kerberos is optional On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Amit Sharma amitsharm...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Just want to know What is DC and how difficult is it to configure it in Linux. I googled and got different answers, some said it can be configured with Samba where as somewhere NIS was mentioned. Can anyone please throw some more light on it. regards, amit ___ 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/ -- OLTC ___ 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] GNU/Linux PDF viewer with ability to read comments
have you tried installing acrobat reader under linux, maybe even under wine? it may save you the trouble of installing win or mac. regards n On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Anupam Jain ajn...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, What's the easiest way to read PDFs with embedded comments (created with Acrobat Professional) on GNU/Linux? Evince (the default gnome viewer) displays the yellow comment icons but does not show the text. For the time being I am using PDFEdit to manually navigate the tree and extract the comments but it is *very* inefficient and time consuming. Evince has the ability to read/edit comments in its roadmap but I need a solution now. The only thing I can think of right now is to install wine with foxit. But that seems like a copout. Anyone has any other *better* ideas? -- Anupam PS: I am desperately waiting for the day when people switch over to DjVu and ditch PDF for good. ___ 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/ -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] GNU/Linux PDF viewer with ability to read comments
Dear anupam, if i read your need correctly, you wish to view and comment on documents in a collaborative environment. Hence the need to read comments in pdf. You mention you've asked people to move from msoffice fileformats to pdf. Maybe it's too late to recommend another workflow, but here's what i use: ask everyone to turn on 'record changes' and 'view Changes' in oo.o on any platform. Plus oo.o allows you to embed comments in-line. It works. the other option is to use a CMS on which you upload your files and add comments on the cms. Example: plone. on another note, please share whether installing acroread helped. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] FOSS and Indian Political Party Websites
[snip] Samajwadi Party Website is www.samajwadipartyindia.com which is PHP based. [snip] those pleasant folks who effectively wanted to ban the use of computers, and english, and even all forms of mechanized farming? an assertion which they later tried to soften? i've also noticed their site making a copyright assertion on all its authored content. it's interesting no one seems to have understood the value of creativecommons or copyleft. meanwhile, i've also decided *not* to vote for any party or candidate sending me spam-smses or unsolicited smses, as i consider this a gross violation of privacy and a total legal disregard of the National Do Not Disturb (N-DND) registry of the TRAI, to which i'm subscribed. india is indeed a young nation, with approximately 54% of its population under the age of 35 years, and that's a lot of folks for a 1 billion population. what amazes me, is how come no one has yet seriously considered a 'Pirate Party of India'. the one in sweden is the fourth-largest in its country already, and similar ones exist across Europe. take a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party i am reasonably certain such a party would soon emerge in india, more sensitive (hopefully) to our cultural values towards knowledge and sharing across software, authored literature, medicine, education, agriculture, genetics, and more. who knows, we might just see some of our young folks from ilug-d moving on to form such a party eventually. i can think of several dozen candidates from the foss community! until they do, i'll just reserve my finger for port 79. regards niyam bhushan ___ 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] [Freed] Fw: ILUG-D Elections on May 3 - Results
dear all, best wishes and good cheer to all for their new or renewed posts. regards niyam The 5 posts were filled unanimously in the following manner: President: Kishore Bhargava - nominated by Andrew Lynn Vice President: Andrew Lynn - self-nominated Treasurer: Tirveni Yadav - nominated by Andrew Lynn General Secretary: Gora Mohanty - self-nominated Joint Secretary: Gaurav Mishra - nominated by Andrew Lynn The election was followed by a discussion among those present about ILUG-D's focus this year. Those observations will be separately posted by Gora Mohanty. regards, Jyoti Bhargava jy...@jdesignlab.com ___ Freed mailing list fr...@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/freed -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] best antivirus for mail scanning
ya ClamAV with spamassassin is a good and secured combination for server based mail scanning on linux. However, there is nothing like the best, what works for you is good for you. Security is a journey, not a distinction. A good security solution for today may see some vulnerabilities tomorrow. Suggest to visit site of Open Source UTM also http://www.endian.com/en/community/comparison/ -- OLTC ___ 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] Ubuntu for HeavyMetal fans: Jes*s Jugular, after Headless Horseman.
dear all, just headbanged into this site, though i may urge you to proceed with caution, the ubuntu themes and imagery are not for the faint-hearted, and not for those not into heavy-metal's stark imagery. so those interested, may google for Ubuntu + the above keywords to discover the site on your own responsibility. do i hear some college metalheads going kewl!? regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] some sony LCD tv screens use GPL and copyleft software
thought you'd find this interesting. stumbled across it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_bravia haven't found anyone hacking them. yet. so that means millions of people will experience the 'invisible' linux: my term for those who use linux without knowing they're using it. for example in mobilephones, in tv sets, and washing machines. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] oracle buys sun
meanwhile, i've been thinking of openofice, and the whole ODF and open-standards battle around it. gotta hand it to oracle. they *never* dreamt of making a foss suite like openoffice.org. sun did. now what will oracle do with it? am also thinking of javafx. not oracle's core domain expertise area. but the battle for a viable flash alternative that brings a lot of interactivity and rich internet experience is paramount. on the other hand, i hope oracle gets inspired by its collection of software to start considering converting its model away from software licenses to services, thereby making oracle software foss. what about sun's hardware? all those storage, network, and other solutions? oracle is into selling software, and often they run their software on hardware from other vendors. i think oracle might lop off the hardware business, and throw it over the great wall of china, inspired by ibm's impressive move with lenovo. so let me see what else am i going to miss? ah yes, the mesmerizing sun logo. i'd shudder to see oracle's drab logo blanketing all things from the former sun. what else? oh my! will oracle be our partners for the next freed.in? regards niyam ___ 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] oracle buys sun
http://www.sqlite.org/ is another alternative to mysql... -- OLTC ___ 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] oracle buys sun
http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/018363 what next, ads for unbreakable opensolaris? regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] RIAA attacks FSF
dear all, this news would really prick your ears: RIAA attacks FSF [The RIAA]...termed the FSF an organization 'dedicated to eliminating restrictions on copying, redistribution, and modifying computer programs', and accused the FSF of having an 'open and virulent bias against copyrights' and 'blatant bias' against the record companies. They called 'Recording Industry vs. The People' an 'anti-recording industry web site' an 'anti-recording industry web site' http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html#8985078307713769404 * well, got to hand it to RIAA. that seems to be the most factual, lucid, and accurate description of the FSF i've yet read in my life. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] apple airport express on ubuntu with foss apps?
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Arun Khan kn...@yahoo.com wrote: On Monday 20 Apr 2009, Linux Lingam wrote: [snip] meanwhile, kishore hastily hides behind his shiny new macbookpro running terminals in hi-res. :-) In Mac OS X or a Linux variant? hehhee. ask him, last i checked, he had a doubly bitten apple graphic on his desktop, proudly alluding to a penguin having bitten the other side. :-) now, i.ll get back to making airport express stream audio using foss. Because this personal itch is way too cool. Please do post your solution when you get it working - thanks. sure! meanwhile, my first priority is to set up an AFP server on my just installed ubuntu 8.04 (yup! i prefer running one year late so i can get on with some work with my installs) regards niyam -- Arun Khan ___ 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/ -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] apple airport express on ubuntu with foss apps?
[snip] meanwhile, kishore hastily hides behind his shiny new macbookpro running terminals in hi-res. :-) mark shuttleworth pores over every pixel to find inspiration for his next release of ubuntu. Countless foss developers join him to develop muktified slices of the apple experience. steve jobs frantically scours his code-base to ensure chunks and modules he's helped himself to from the foss community don't suddenly scuttle his platform due to possible copyleft violations. behold! Free or non-free, *nix is everywhere. fade out to: har taraf tera jalwa. Har taraf tera jalwa. now, i.ll get back to making airport express stream audio using foss. Because this personal itch is way too cool. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] apple airport express on ubuntu with foss apps?
dear all, thanks for your responses. i am talking about the apple airport express base station. specifically, this router has a neat little 'audio-output' port built into it. here's the horrendously-cryptic url: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB321LL/A i've connected my JBL speakers to the wi-fi router's audio-poart. anyone who uses iTunes on a mac may wirelessly stream music across these airwaves to these speakers. how do i get the same magic to work with auntie ubuntu, using muft and mukt softwear ? that is the question. regards niyam ___ 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] pirate bay founders found guilty, but the boat's still sailing
dear all, this may be of interest to many: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8003799.stm rabid discussions on the internet on this, keyworded with free, freedom, europe, sweden, RIAA, and more. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] apple airport express on ubuntu with foss apps?
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Abhishek Nandakumar cont...@xabhishek.com wrote: You may find this thread useful: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=192806 thanks. had spotted it earlier, but did not see the thread ran into 6 pages. it is quite a kludge of a solution. will do some more tests around this. regards niyam ___ 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] apple airport express on ubuntu with foss apps?
dear all, anybody has any experience in running apple's airport express under ubuntu or any other flavour? http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/ since you can connect wired speakers to airport express, and then use wi-fi to stream music to them, am looking for a FOSS app that can do that. so far, iTunes does that for free-of-cost, and have noted a few shareware and commercial apps that do that. google points to several resources and blog-posts, but am keen to hear from those on this list. please share your experiences. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?
i've gone ahead and ponied up for it. it works great. the speeds are blazingly fast. however, some hiccups with reliance are worthy of mention: 01. to monitor my net-use, i was told i have to register at the reliance site. when i registered, the web-engine asked for my name and data-card number, and then sent the password to my data-card number. there's no way i can check the data-card number for an sms. it's not a voice and data card. just a data card. 02. i've made three visits to the reliance retailer, and several calls to their customer-support number. all i get to listen to are pre-recorded 'please hold your call is important to us' type of messages. funny they don't mention 'your time is not important to us.' once i waited more than 8 minutes, with no luck. several calls have exceeded 3 minutes of waiting, only terminated when i hung up. 03. an email to their customer-support is yet unanswered. more than 24 hours on that. i refuse to continue using their product since i must monitor its bandwidth use as audited by reliance. this thing is super-fast, and even latent time is billed. it downloaded a 37.5 mbyte software in about 3 minutes while i continued surfing, during day time, when i'd assume more traffic. 04. the usb-dongle does get rather hot. i've not yet used it for extended times to see how hot does it get. will be using it outstation for a few days. will keep you posted on its performance. regards niyam ___ 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] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?
Arun, thanks for your detailed response. How recent is/was your team's problems with the datacards, and the dns? Are you still with reliance? Have you recently tried checking the dns issue? anybody else with positive or negative experiences and tips to share on reliance under linux? regards n -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] apple FUD on freeware vs foss
dear all, am hugely dismayed to note that a company that obviously understands foss, adn cleverly uses foss tools to its advantage, spreads the fud about foss by calling it freeware. here they are calilng 'audacity' freeware, among several dozen examples i found: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/audio/index3.html that's like calling an apple, a pineapple. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] IBM: I Believe in Mornings with the Sun
the web is suddenly ablaze with IBM's talks for acquiring Sun. no one seems to be talking about the impact on openoffice.org, odf, and sun's newer push into extending java further, especially with stuff like javafx. the good news everyone's missing: it's not microsoft in talks to buy sun. whew! they're too busy waiting to pick up yahoo for a shammikapoor song in a meltdown? regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] how to web-browse for foss while filtering out political advertising
dear all, strange. every time i browse through foss-based sites or search for some foss-based resource, i find with increasing frequencies, ads from certain indian political parties adorning the relevant pages. is there anywhere i can create filters or do something, so that types or categories of ads i do not wish to be bombarded with, may be filtered out of my web-pages? i understand some pages may publish the ad statically, but am sure in most other places the ads are cleverly placed through clever algorithms. bonus: if ads from thinkgeek.com or other sites that interest me can be pulled in instead, i wouldn't mind. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] ILUGD (society) as a funding umbrella for FOSS development
dear andrew, [snip] your proposal for ilug-d is worthy of a thoughtful discussion, and delivers a wham worthy of the name of your former rock band. on the one hand, LUGs find meaning and context only if they belong to a specific organization, which is usually a college, or a commercial software company, or a govt psu or any other type of organization. in such LUGs, everyone has a specific or a more-focussed approach to their purpose for FOSS-adoption, and everyone comes from a similar background separated by a few degrees. on the other, general city-wide or town-wide LUGs are becoming quaint and almost completely redundant, thanks to more meaningful and vertical online and offline communities, and newer kinds of channels (forums, blogs, wikis, search-engines, unconferences, etc). despite all this, some salient facts remain: 01. the adoption of FOSS worldwide is increasing, not decreasing. 02. FOSS is impacting other disciplines. 03. some IT companies, like IBM, Google, HP, Sun, Oracle, and others, have created business-models around FOSS that generate billions of dollars in revenues for them. 04. similarly, several smaller companies and startups have created business-models that generate millions of dollars in revenues. perhaps what you do need to understand, are the different kinds of business-models that have succeeded. keep a sharp eye out for those which have active participation from the community. for example: google adheres to the terms of the GPL, offers various web-services built over FOSS, and ploughs in several million dollars into the community to fund community-based development of FOSS projects, all through their Google summer of code projects. The business models of Sun, IBM, Intel, RedHat, differ. Yet each has some community-participation as well. the osdd project needs to devise a viable community-participation model, that rewards the community for its sweatware somehow. osdd is somewhat unprecedented, and comes with a lot of govt funding. so this demands outofbox thinking. Special discounted life-insurance, and medical-insurance policies from the govt, for OSDD developers? priority access with reduced rates to blood banks for foss developers who contribute? academic-scholarship grants: get a free college education if you contribute to osdd or foss projects? etc. these types of incentives can be set, though they may demand some bureaucratic wrangling with time. immediate, short-term ideas need to be explored: 01. hire developers in a PSU or agency approved for govt-software-development. route projects there. 02. run incubator projects in academia, where startups cut their teeth working for osdd. pay govt-recognized academia for these incubator projects. 03. get microsoft to step-in, convince all the powers-that-be that opensource drug discovery is a bad idea, reincarnate it as sharedsource drug discovery (ssdd) or s2d2. let microsoft pitch and win an exclusive and probably locked-in deal for developing under one of their fsf-approved shared-source licenses, let them hire the same set of developers from the community, pay them a paltry sum, and let microsoft walk away with a crown jewel of a project, funded by india, developed by hired indians, and pwned by microsoft. okay. now that i've mentioned microsoft, hopefully that would rally everyone to suddenly get motivated and passionate about osdd to find a solution for development. else, who knows, osdd ssdd may just create pills too bitter to swallow. oh! the irony of anti-viral opensource microsoft medicines, under the ssdd project. regards niyam ___ 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] freedom pdf readers
dear all, hopefully, someone will soon realize the huge gaps to cover for a full drop-in replacement. http://pdfreaders.org/ regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] Blog post about Freed.in Day 1
Dear shirish, yes, you do need to mention the three things under each authored work. This is how it works, irrespective of copyright or copyleft or CC. It is tedious, but correct. Your other choice, is to only use Images in the public-domain, where no such restrictions apply, or to seek written permission from each author to deviate from this correct protocol, or to use your own authored works, or to outright purchase or negotiate ownership of authored works so you have full liberty to do as you please. regards n -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] Blog post about Freed.in Day 1
Dear shirish, no need to generate code. Just add static text. Like you see in the credits of a movie or tv documentary, a magazine colophon, a calendar, and anywhere else where authored works need credit, copyright, and licensed text. it's my pleasure to accept your thanks in advance for explaining all this to you so persistently and patiently. For any other clarifications there is google. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] Blog post about Freed.in Day 1
how to use cc-licensed works: under the photo or hte authored work, mention three things: 1. author (who owns the copyright). with the copytight symbol or word, used before this. 2. the year, date, of the copyright (feb 2009) 3. the cc-license being used, in this case, cc-by-3.0 or whatever. a brief sentence (not para) describing he license, and a link to more details of the license. hope this helps. (typed on my mobile with proper english spellings.) regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] Blog post about Freed.in Day 1
dear shirish, looking at some of those photos and been wondering, how difficult is it for an intelligent and experienced foss-professional such as you, to adhere to the terms of the most liberal creative-commons license, as detailed here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en as the community, we must follow the correct method of using creative-commons media, else we'll make a mockery of our intentions. baaqi aapki marzee. other than that, your blog-post makes for a nice read on the event. thanks for the effort and the contribution. regards niyam ___ 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] more photos, all from day 2, of freed.in
dear all, please volunteer to add captions and details to the fresh batch of photos, all from day 2, added to the freed.in pool on flickr. also, please do contribute your photos to the pool. http://freed.in/2009/buzz/more-photos-from-freedin.html regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] [Freed] Freed.in volunteers meeting: Tue., Feb 17th, 6pm, JNU
er.. 5:30pm is what we agreed on. regards niyam On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Gora Mohanty g...@sarai.net wrote: Hi, We will be having the planing meeting for all volunteers for Freed.in 2009 as per the details below. If you want to be part of Freed.in 2009, you should be at this meeting, as it is the last one before the actual work starting Thu. Event:Freed.in 2009 volunteers meeting Date: Tue., Jan 17th Time: 6pm - 7pm Agenda: Planning for Freed.in work starting on Thu. Participants: All on this list Venue:School of Information Technology, JNU See directions, and a map, at http://freed.in/2009/venue Contact: Me (9868527992) Regards, Gora ___ Freed mailing list fr...@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/freed -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] microsoft on intel's linux: this is a nightmare
fwiw: http://boycottnovell.com.nyud.net:8080/2009/01/30/microsoft-intel-anti-linux/ regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] help us promote freed.in with web-buttons
dear all, blog, twitter, facebook, orkut, myspace . . . here we come: http://freed.in/2009/promote -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] microsoft on intel's linux: this is a nightmare
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 12:46 AM, Yashpal Nagar yashna...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Linux Lingam linuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: fwiw: http://boycottnovell.com.nyud.net:8080/2009/01/30/microsoft-intel-anti-linux/ Wow, this shows what matter a lot for M$, to kill Linux and innovation, by any how -- hooks or crooks. I'm really amazed to know linux watch -dog in M$ and so openly people at high profile discuss unethical ways of generating businesses. yawn...! known repeat-offender of a ruthless and anti-competitive multinational takes steps to safeguard its own business interests. so what's new? the real interesting bit here, is that from individuals to corporations, and from customers to law departments and even governments, everyone has got wiser about microsoft's predator practises. they can run.exe, but they can no longer hide.dll 01. do anything like this, as is their habit, and they get caught, exposed and eventually hauled into courts, while smarter entities like the EU and china just knuckle them down. 02. don't do anything, and well, the penguin marches on. create sloppy software like vista, and the penguin starts snowboarding. so. regards niyam ___ 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] Gargi College launches Gargi Linux Users Group
over the next few weeks and months, expect large-scale migration to linux and foss at gargi, not just in departments, but also on the personal desktops and laptops of students. also expect a growing list of contributors to the foss-ecosystem and to creativecommons-attributed authored works. http://flickr.com/photos/niyam/3198620711/ regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] EmperorLinux
would it be viable for someone in india to offer this, or a similar service, in India, given our growing foss community? http://www.emperorlinux.com about time, actually, no? regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] dimdim anyone?
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 1:25 AM, Vikas Rawal vikasra...@gmail.com wrote: Till then one could use a VNC client for that single purpose. Like TightVNC which is under GPL. Yes. But the fact that you can just display your screen on other people's web browser is simpler and more convenient. The fact that it works on windows but not on linux is sad. But you are right, until that becomes possible, one could use VNC. i thought the video-demo showed it working under the macOS as well. you sure it doesn't work under linux? n Vikas ___ 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/ -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] FOSS seminar
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:43 AM, navneet sharma navneetlinuxexp...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, i want to share some moments during which we conducted FOSS seminar in chandigarh and nurpur (H.P). we conducted seminar in Nurpur where IT people from the surrounding location of nurpur attended the seminar in 21st dec 2008. fantastic. way to go. it seems to me punjab and himachal-pradesh have some of the lowest adoption of foss in academia. am glad your effort would hopefully move things there. in case you ever need my support, just contact me offline or via a direct email since i tend to travel through punjab and h.p once in a while. regards niyam ___ 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] police: is your wifi secured?
hope the cops use gnu/linux on their laptops rather than some proprietary os: http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20090079455 regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] Eklavya ThumbDrive.
the url below does not just point to a post on freed.in/2009, it also points a finger at you: uncle sham kneads you. http://freed.in/2009/news/eklavya-thumbdrive-universities-own-patents-from-student-research.html regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] Eklavya Thumbdrive. corrected url.
http://freed.in/2009/buzz/eklavya-thumbdrive-universities-own-patents-from-student-research.html -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] indian freedoms cut
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 3:41 AM, PJ pee...@hotpop.com wrote: IT bill passed through parliament. Summary at: http://www.countercurrents.org/karun020109.htm Discussed on slashdot at: http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/09/01/03/0246252.shtml The likely abuse bodes ill for the future. unless those concerned about this, come together at freed.in to discuss and offer solutions and alternatives to build the kind of change you wish to see in the world. it's possible. regards niyam PJ ___ 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/ -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] google selling unlocked android G1 in india
all this makes me wonder: are foss-values-based mobiles DOA? niyam ___ 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] google selling unlocked android G1 in india
[roach-bite] hope to see quite a few of you toting a google android G1 at the http://freed.in event on feb 20 and 21.[/roach-bite] here's the link to the android story: http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Google_Selling_Unlocked_G1_Phones_in_India/551-96192-613.html regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] Fwd: NIIT and Adobe
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do we have anything equivalent to the Ad*be Creative Suite in the FOSS arena? the short answer: equal = no. equivalent = no. similar = no. what we have: a smattering of independent tools, organically developing. gimp. inkscape. scribus. kino. dvd-styler. littlecms. with lots of gaping holes in terms of products, and yawning gaps in terms of features. the tools have disparate levels of interop. conclusion (msoffice=openoffice.og) (adobe creativesuite4 [gimp+inkscape+scribus+kino+littlecms+dvd-styler]) you also seem to forget, adobe has more than 7,500 opentype fonts. professional-quality stuff. regards niyam bhushan ___ 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] discuss DRM this winter?
dear all, as winter approaches delhi, some inspiration for discussing DRM (digital restrictions management): http://xkcd.com/511/ regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] good OS announces cloud, a new os(?) for 2009
dear all, just discovered gOS that has just launched 'cloud', which to me seems like a compressed linux-kernel booting some core apps like a browser, skype, and a few more. if you want additional apps or functions, press a button to optionally boot winxp which is also pre-installed sounds like a great idea. the easiest way to handle a migration from windows to gnu/linux for technophobic people. plus, it comes pre-installed. all legit and authorized. http://www.thinkgos.com/press-release20081201.php this must be microsoft's worse possible fear, something that almost a decade ago, netscape had envisioned. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] high-end linux laptop?
Take a look at http://www.emperorlinux.com/ - their Gazelle series come with an ATI X1600 and seems to work out of the box ( again, not sure how shipping / support into India will work though! ) bingo! that's what i need. some of their laptops can cost till USD 9800+... however, they have no local presence: http://www.emperorlinux.com/order/international/ :-( w.r.t USB sound, would the creative extigy hit 'acceptable' quality ? there seem to be a couple of projects that claim 100% functionality for the exaudio on linux. will believe my ears. been down that road to discover a lot of problems with creative under gnulinux, though that was 2 years ago. Actually, yes that is true. The people I know, in that line of business are the people I've seen and worked with, which are FilmLight, Hammerhead and Canon. None of these guys specialise in Audio, but all have audio capability strapped onto their main product - Video. btw, hammerhead do a lot of their work with open source stuff as well, its not all prop! thanks. will check regards niyam -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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/ -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] high-end linux laptop?
dear karanbir, always refreshing and stimulating to hear from the bleeding-edge from you. [snip] do you want linux preinstalled for hardware compatibility check or to not pay the MS tax ? in case its the latter, you might be able to get a refund, or just not pay for it upfront. Vendor dependant. am through with the 'anti-ms' emotion long ago. don't care about them anymore. am only interested in 100% linux hardware compatibility on my gear. thus, looking for a high-end laptop that comes pre-installed with gnu/linux with all the bits at 100% compatibility. i am currently not aware of the level of compatibility with 3d graphics-card (ati/nvidia) and sound-cards or usb-based sound-devices. to get a laptop that handles extreme crunching of pixels, stores bucketloads of them, speed-demons through multi-track live recording, and all this using, say, ubuntustudio, would be thrilling. humm... perhaps. But most people find it more convenient to have a 'parked' crunching setup, and only use the laptop as a front end. Since traditional hardware formats are much more 'upgrade' friendly and always a couple of steps ahead of the laptop curve ( eg, 4 GB ram in a desktop machine, with 4 cores is now 'baseline', where as baseline laptops are nowhere near ), it means longer life and higher return on investment with that. will obviously get a monster custom-assembled desktop/workstation for myself. that has always been my policy since circa 1985. by choosing not to compromise on desktops, whether macs or more recently assembled-pcs, i always tend to get much-better returns on my hardware and longer product-life too. one of the most common problems with most commodity hardware is with digitizing audio. the internal circuitry may generate 'noise' as people don't really care about shielding and isolation. getting 3d graphics cards to natively work a 100% with full-functionality under linux is another unix|pipe dream. I might have agreed with you on this a few years back, but given that most large scale studios are now either completely linux based, or moving to be linux based - I'd think atleast someone has solved these issues. okay, now this statement has tugged my goat with glee! have been experimenting with linux-based audio for almost five years. do agree it has become studio-ready since perhaps a year and a half. the adoption of linux-based studios, in my experience, in india is a nice, big, zero. most studios and setups are on pcs, and a cult-tribe on macs. kishore bhargava did mention once, that one of his friends runs a complete setup on linux, but on pressing on never got further details from here. you paint the opposite picture. i would quite appreciate to know more about such studios. would you have urls, pointers, or even contact-info. would love to get in touch with them. am also quite convinced linux will soon capture this vertical market completely, unlike with foss-based video and animation, and with professional graphic-design. yes, i know linux has been ruling the roost in hollywood animation and the film-industry since several years, but with proprietary packaged software, and especially with custom-code that never sees the light of day outside the studios. hence the key operative word 'foss-based' above. regards niyam -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ GnuPG Public Key : http://www.karan.org/publickey.asc ___ 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/ -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] why is virtualbox not a gpl-violation?
dear all, virtualbox is a GPL-ed software. a binary closed-source version of the same software is available as freeware with added features. i can't understand how come this is not a violation of the terms of the GPL, specifically modifications must also be released under GPL. the authors do claim they may eventually roll the enhancements in the GPL version. take a look here: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions please explain. thanks regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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] high-end linux laptop?
plenty of people sell the sager/clevo variety preloaded with Linux, depending on where you are based you might even find someone local who has something in stock. wow! karanbir, that's an eye-opener. i was not aware of sager-ratna or clevo. googled this: http://www.xoticpc.com/index.php about 3 years back, I had a dual cpu ( not dual core, but real dual cpu )- with 4 GB of ram and 2 sata hdd's in a raid-0 laptop. Considering battery life was about 30 min, and weight was about 5.2Kg's, I moved to a dualcore laptop with not that much brawn, but enough to get most things done. pretty neat. a desktop-workstation really, that you could lug around with 30-minutes of backup and a shoulder-ache. anyone knows of any vendor of sager/clavo in delhi? The other place you can look at are the gaming laptop rigs, typically in the 2.4 to 2.8L price bracket. 8GB ram with dedicated 1GB display ram etc are known to exist have discovered a few of these monsters, but none obviously with linux pre-installed. But then again, 'high-end' is debatable. Do you mean lots of resources ( as I might assume ) - or do you mean something with a diamond eddged'd gold ribbed thing that come with a brand name ? tech obviously, not jewelry or luxury-branding. to get a laptop that handles extreme crunching of pixels, stores bucketloads of them, speed-demons through multi-track live recording, and all this using, say, ubuntustudio, would be thrilling. one of the most common problems with most commodity hardware is with digitizing audio. the internal circuitry may generate 'noise' as people don't really care about shielding and isolation. getting 3d graphics cards to natively work a 100% with full-functionality under linux is another unix|pipe dream. regards niyam ___ 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] high-end linux laptop?
dear all, everyone focusses on 'cheap' or 'low-cost' linux laptops, especially netbooks. what i'm looking for is the opposite: the top-most, high-end laptop in the market, that ships with gnu/linux pre-installed, or has the market forgotten that gnu/linux is also about performance? i don't care if that laptop's for 50k, or 1L, or more. it should have the specs, the performance, the uber-cool computing fun. i could buy one with winxp or macos, and install gnulinux manually, but which one ships with it? linuxforyou lurkers: would make a nice article or series, too. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan ___ 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/
