Re: [ubuntu-in] OT : Any website(s) in india that provide prices for computing devices
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: > Needed to know of any non subscription based site that provide > information on prices and availability of digital devices. Specially > computers laptops, peripherals and accessories, http://computerwarehousepricelist.com/ http://www.theitdepot.com/ http://infibeam.com/ HTH Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] A Blog On Ubuntu Hardy Heron
[Hi Niyam, long time] Linux Lingam wrote: > no wonder you no longer have ubuntu on your machines, ramky. > i moved back to fiesty, and discovered if you regularly apply all > updates (but NEVER upgrade) your system is quite stable and works > sweetly. I have quite the opposite experience. Feisty was so bad (KDE and then Gnome crashing repeatedly in spite of multiple installs on a vanilla Dell Vostro) that I gave up and installed Fedora. Hardy seems much more stable. Udhay -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] CUE-BIN file to ISO file
Moz wrote, [on 3/31/2008 9:54 PM]: > > Also, I can not find a single player that will play the dat files in > these VCDs? VLC player does the job quite well for me. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] SSH Forwarding how to?
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Ravi Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi friends, > I have a server which cannot be accessed through Internet. Now, I want to > expose a service to internet, but in secure way. So I choose SSH Port > forwarding... > The scenario is: > > Server A host a service i.e CVS on port 2401 (default_) > Server B has SSH service running. > > Both A and B are in local network. > > Now computer C from far world needs access to that service on A, so I want > to tunnel the communication between B and C for A-C communication. > > Something such as : [A : cvs] <--> [B : sshd] <--- > tunnel ->[C] > > Please guide me how can I enable ssh tunneling in such, I read many online > documents, but could not get the grip over the theory, > Also, for C i would like B as transparent. that is same port 2401 on B > would be forwareded to A:2401 SSH has a built-in option for a SOCKS proxy, which may be what you're looking for. See http://www.plenz.com/tunnel-everything for details on this and other options for tunneling traffic over SSH. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] OT: Unable to access the internet even though the BSNL WLL connection is working
Ramnarayan.K wrote: [ on 01:00 PM 3/22/2008 ] >2. What are openDNS servers ?? See www.opendns.com Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Is Ubuntu messing up on QA?
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Parthan SR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, when you download-install or upgrade your stable version of Ubuntu > to an Alpha version, you are consciously accepting the fact that things > may seriously break ad you are ready to face such things. Secondly, you > are seriously advised not to use an Alpha release for you stable system > requirements. Alpha release *is* our QA process and it is meant for > those daring devils who have passion to try them out, find and report > bugs, try fixing issues and a lot more. It is not meant for any one who > doesn't want to look at things breaking and who do not have the patience > or inclination to fix things on their own. If you do not understand > this, your rants are meaningless. Please stop saying "Ubuntu broke my > system" or "Ubuntu doesn't work for me" if you tried an alpha release > and it messed you up. Even most of us try alpha releases over a VM, or > at least have a old box to spare the occasional curses of a breakage. > Please understand and stop ranting! :) Parthan, How does this apply to the post I forwarded? Raju applied a Ubuntu *security patch* which broke mailman, and it is his contention that this is due to bad QA practices. He didn't install an alpha release of anything. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Is Ubuntu messing up on QA?
A rant originally posted to the linux-delhi (and other) lists by Raju Mathur - a Unix guru of nearly 2 decades' standing, and a member of the OSI board. This is only the latest example of a phenomenon I am noticing of late. I think Ubuntu is experiencing a backlash that they would do well to pay careful attention to - as this is happening among the geek / early adopter demographic that is a powerful opinion-shaper. Udhay >Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:25:22 +0530 >From: Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [LIG] [LONG] [RANT] Ubuntu and Quality Control >To: "The Linux-Delhi mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >First thing yesterday morning: urgent IM message from Suresh >Ramasubramanian (hoster of this mailing list): > > Mailman is down, can you help? > >OK, so we start investigating his box. He has upgraded Python2.4 to >Python2.5, and applied a Mailman security patch package. However, >whenever we try to access the page, the server barfs. On to server >logs -- syntax error in one of the Mailman support files. > >Right, I can understand an upgrade causing logical errors, but a SYNTAX >ERROR!??!? Nah, I must be missing something, so I look all over the 2 >upgrades. Switch back to Python2.4 from Python2.5, no joy. Recompile >all the Mailman files from scratch, no joy. Recompile the Ubuntu >Mailman package from source and reinstall it, no joy. Bang head >against wall, no joy. > >Finally, desperate, I start comparing Mailman files on Suresh' server >against Mailman installed on other servers. While they are different >versions of Mailman, I do notice one anomaly: where one file has: > > mlist.subject_prefix = Utils.canonstr( > val, mlist.preferred_language) <- *** Note this line *** > elif property == 'info': > >Suresh' server has: > > mlist.subject_prefix = Utils.canonstr( > elif property == 'info': > >Saying, `no, no, it can't be!' I insert the missing line into the file >on the broken machine, cross fingers, eyes, legs, etc and restart >Mailman. > >It works! > >[Shift to today] > >Ubuntu issues a security notice that says, in effect, ``We screwed up >with the previous Mailman patch, so here's the latest and greatest >version of Mailman, and this one really, Really, REALLY works! Believe >us!''. > >I don't believe them. In the past 6 months Ubuntu has issues 80 new >security advisories. For those 80 advisories, they have issued no less >than SEVEN regressions (a regression is a patch to fix a broken patch). >A near-10% regression rate sends only one message to me -- we can't be >bothered with doing any quality control before we release packages. > >Before Ubuntu came onto the scene, I didn't even /know/ what a >regression was. Today it's a common word in my lexicon, because of >Ubuntu's pathetic testing and quality control process (or lack of >process, more likely). An operating system vendor who issues a package >with a syntax error (so that the package doesn't even start up, leave >alone do something wrong), is a pure crap snake oil vendor in my book. > >So, the question: will I trust Ubuntu on an Internet-connected system? >Nah. > >Will I trust Ubuntu on a server? Er, please excuse me while I finishing >laughing hysterically! > >Use Debian or CentOS or any of those reasonably tested other >distributions for your boxes, and when someone asks you to use Ubuntu, >in the immortal words of Fancy Raygun, ``Just Say No!''. > >Regards, > >-- Raju >-- >Raj Mathur[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ > Freedom in Technology & Software || February 2008 || http://freed.in/ >GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F >PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
