[foss-nepal] Re: Report on "Software Freedom Day 2008 Celebration in Nepal"

2008-12-19 Thread Subir Pradhanang
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Shankar Pokharel wrote: > I have imported the text of the report in our wiki at: > > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=SFD08_Nepal_Report > > Links and Pictures yet to be fixed. I was thinking how about having a hard copy of this year's and last year's wi

[foss-nepal] Re: Anyone for finishing http://code.google.com/p/nepaliconverter/ ?

2008-12-19 Thread Bal Krishna Bal
Dear Jacob and All, Just an update about today's meeting with interns students. The whole scenario can be summarized as follows: 1. They can give only some limited time, about one and half days a week. And as per our conversation, I gathered that they can be involved in the work maximum for about o

[foss-nepal] Re: Anyone for finishing http://code.google.com/p/nepaliconverter/ ?

2008-12-19 Thread Subir Pradhanang
Hi Bal Krishna ji, On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Bal Krishna Bal wrote: [...] > We are negotiating with Yalamaya Kendra regarding the hall. Principally, I > assume Jacob would be comfortable to talk anytime after the 5'th of January. > What about the 12'th of January, Friday towards the eveni

[foss-nepal] Re: Anyone for finishing http://code.google.com/p/nepaliconverter/ ?

2008-12-19 Thread Bal Krishna Bal
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 2:19 AM, Subir Pradhanang wrote: > > Hi Bal Krishna ji, > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Bal Krishna Bal > wrote: > [...] > > We are negotiating with Yalamaya Kendra regarding the hall. Principally, > I > > assume Jacob would be comfortable to talk anytime after the 5

[foss-nepal] Re: Better Distro...!

2008-12-19 Thread bin4y
Try Slackware. The most stable of all linux IMHO. On Dec 18, 9:55 am, "{ K I R A N }" wrote: > Dear all, > > Does anybody know better distro of Linux? > > with these features > > - Faster then Ubuntu 8.10/Fedora 10 > - Latest Kernel version (2.6.28) > - More Device Driver support (specially usb

[foss-nepal] Re: Better Distro...!

2008-12-19 Thread nepbabu.cx
bin4y wrote: > Try Slackware. The most stable of all linux IMHO. Let the distro war begin! (only kidding) muahah!! :p --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: foss-nepal@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: foss-

[foss-nepal] Re: The init Magazine issue #3

2008-12-19 Thread nepbabu.cx
SAURJK wrote: > We are proud to announce the release of yet another issue of 'The init > Magazine'. We are really grateful to all the feedbacks and valuable > suggestions you all provided for the second issue and we've worked > hard to > make this issue even better.. Great work guys! --~--~---

[foss-nepal] Re: Participating in Mahotsav (Fair Festivals around Nepal)

2008-12-19 Thread connectask
Thanx Dai I will provide you the details of Stall Committee as well as due to loadshedding i am not able to upload the photo. I am trying to do so as soon as possible. On Dec 18, 10:10 pm, "Subir Pradhanang" wrote: > Hi Sagar, > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 6:46 PM, connectask wrote: > > > As well

[foss-nepal] Re: Report on "Software Freedom Day 2008 Celebration in Nepal"

2008-12-19 Thread Shishir Jha
+1 on that thought. It would be good for record. On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Subir Pradhanang wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Shankar Pokharel > wrote: > > I have imported the text of the report in our wiki at: > > > > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=SFD08_Nepal_Repor

[foss-nepal] Re: Better Distro...!

2008-12-19 Thread Ujjwol लामिछाने [UNIX]
I suggest u Fedora 10 XFCE Spin.| http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ > - Faster then Ubuntu 8.10/Fedora 10 Look, u should take ubuntu and fedora as one of the fastest distros > - Latest Kernel version (2.6.28) ya, it includes (2.6.28 is not the lastest version) > - More Device Driver support (spe

[foss-nepal] Re: Better Distro...!

2008-12-19 Thread Bipin Gautam
once upon a time, just for the sake of performance & less memory fingerprint a friend of mine installed Gentoo from base & everything highly customized in his computer. But i felt my FreeBSD desktop was more stable and faster than his Gentoo setup. we both had similar machine configuration. you m

[foss-nepal] Re: Better Distro...!

2008-12-19 Thread { K I R A N }
Thanks for all, who suggested some solutions here.. I actually want a system, which performs well in various requirements. Some Problems: - My ubuntu misbehave when it founds only one not secure wireless hot spot. It works good with WEP enabled wifi hot spot (Network Manager issue) - It gives pro

[foss-nepal] Re: Better Distro...!

2008-12-19 Thread Paras pradhan
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:35 AM, { K I R A N } wrote: > Thanks for all, who suggested some solutions here.. > > I actually want a system, which performs well in various requirements. > > Some Problems: > - My ubuntu misbehave when it founds only one not secure wireless hot spot. > It works good w

[foss-nepal] Re: Better Distro...!

2008-12-19 Thread Shishir Jha
I share Paras Dai's view, no Linux disto is perfect, its about adopting one adapting it to your use. Working on issue one at a time. I know i might go against popular sentiments of few but trying OpenSUSE may be a good idea, the reason being its increasing customer base and work put in its latest

[foss-nepal] Re: Anyone for finishing http://code.google.com/p/nepaliconverter/ ?

2008-12-19 Thread Jacob Nordfalk
Dear Bal Ji and FOSS. Thank you for the invitation! I would be very happe to come friday the 9th of january to Yalamaya Kendra. 4.PM is fine, but 3PM or ealier would also be fine. Regarding knowledge of Java I would say that knowing some Java is fine, but there are other activities (transliterat

[foss-nepal] Re: Anyone for finishing http://code.google.com/p/nepaliconverter/ ?

2008-12-19 Thread Bal Krishna Bal
Dear Jacob, On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Jacob Nordfalk wrote: > Dear Bal Ji and FOSS. > > Thank you for the invitation! > > I would be very happe to come friday the 9th of january to Yalamaya Kendra. > 4.PM is fine, but 3PM or ealier would also be fine. The time 4 P.M has been proposed wit

[foss-nepal] Can Anybody manage time for Open Source Orientation in Himalaya College of Engineering

2008-12-19 Thread SemicolonValley
Hi FOSSIANs, On coming Monday Dec 22 (Poush 7th) Open Source Community Himalaya College of Engineering is going to organize a Open Source Orientation programme to the new 065 batch of ELX/BCT/BCE the college. We want some presentation and Distro plus Open CD distribution to be handled by FOSS Ne

[foss-nepal] Re: Better Distro...!

2008-12-19 Thread { K I R A N }
Thanks, Shishir and Paras dai Let everyone know this.. Paras dai is my guru in linux.. I learnt to use linux with him arround 9 years before. I can remember, how difficult that was to install red hat linux 6.2 as dual boot with windows 98. Paras dai's guidence made me capable to install redhat lin

[foss-nepal] Re: Better Distro...!

2008-12-19 Thread Bipin Gautam
you may find stable device drivers for linux once your purchased hardware is a few years old and gets a little popular. hardware vendors may or may now support/provide device drivers for linux. for now if you are simply "learning linux" and want a stable hardware to start with how about you insta