[fsug-tvm] Open Office borders

2009-02-10 Thread BINNY THOMAS
I am having trouble with the page borders in Open office. I cant seem to be able to insert the page nos outside the respective borders. Also please tell me how to Set a style for each page. Thanks in advance Binny --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law".

[fsug-tvm] Re: Easy way to download video from Youtube

2009-02-10 Thread junise safvan
i am using mozilla gnash plugin in my lap On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:54 AM, BINNY THOMAS wrote: > > Yes its proprietary but will gnash work with sites like youtube. They > specifically ask for adobe flash player, I could be wrong > > On 2/10/09, junise safvan wrote: > > adobe's flsh player is p

[fsug-tvm] Re: Easy way to download video from Youtube

2009-02-10 Thread BINNY THOMAS
Yes its proprietary but will gnash work with sites like youtube. They specifically ask for adobe flash player, I could be wrong On 2/10/09, junise safvan wrote: > adobe's flsh player is propietery.. > > use gnash instead > > > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 5:10 PM, BINNY THOMAS wrote: > >> >> R

[fsug-tvm] For those who have unlimited downloads and patience :-)

2009-02-10 Thread nikhils . net . dump
Check it out - but be warned if you get into it you better have unlimited broadband :-) http://www.getmiro.com/blog/2009/02/miro-20-is-here/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message bec

[fsug-tvm] Re: Ubuntu in desktop not functioning properly

2009-02-10 Thread Saral Sasidharan
Shino It was having a problem with hardware the main was the hard disk was getting too hot and it was the main reason for hang we provided a cooling fan extra , next as Manikantan sir was doing many restarts a manual fsck was required then a security update really solved most problems. -- Hav a

[fsug-tvm] Re: [Fsf-kerala] Free Software in Higher Secondary

2009-02-10 Thread Sasi Kumar
2009/2/10 Renni P Mathunny : > See the attached file -- list of alternatives. > > But I am not aware about an alternative to Tally for Commerce students. > Creating an alternative for Tally is also a very improtant task, becuase now > a days auditors (FCA/ACA) are forcing even government firms to

[fsug-tvm] Re: ubuntu 8.10 DVD Drive problem

2009-02-10 Thread Anish .C
mine too --anish** On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 8:31 AM, sonal jain wrote: > Thanks > That solution has worked.. > now i DVD drive is working fine > > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Ashik S wrote: > >> >> Hmm maybe you can try this ( from the link Saral posted , and do read the >> mail >> fully

[fsug-tvm] Re: Freedom Toaster Deployment by Sponsorship

2009-02-10 Thread Prasad SR
Thank you, All of your inputs has been updated, please review and update on other districts too.. http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/web/list-of-colleges-to-deploy-toaster?hl=en- or copy & paste it into your browser's address bar if that doesn't work. -- -- Regards, Prasad.S.R "Many w

[fsug-tvm] Re: My Gimp works

2009-02-10 Thread Praveen A
2009/2/10 Aneesh A : > Please have a look and post comments.. some comments. 1) I would say "no non-free", Free Software on Windows is the first step towards Freedom. 2) I would say Free Software. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html 3) I think "You are being watche

[fsug-tvm] Re: ubuntu 8.10 DVD Drive problem

2009-02-10 Thread sonal jain
Thanks That solution has worked.. now i DVD drive is working fine On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Ashik S wrote: > > Hmm maybe you can try this ( from the link Saral posted , and do read the > mail > fully before doing anything else ) > > Add > > ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", KERNEL=="sr*", ATTR{removab

[fsug-tvm] Re: [fsug-tvm 4123] Re: python+numpy instead of Matlab

2009-02-10 Thread Jemshid KK
currently i have windows xp based systems for programming dsp kit with code composer studio and for programming fpga with xilinx ise. can you suggest any free software solutions. 2009/1/5 David John > > Hi Subin > I use FEL regularly for teaching at institutes, I know atleast 10 > others in Ind

[fsug-tvm] Re: Easy way to download video from Youtube

2009-02-10 Thread junise safvan
adobe's flsh player is propietery.. use gnash instead On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 5:10 PM, BINNY THOMAS wrote: > > Remember these are not installers but different compression formats. > > Regards > Binny > > On 2/10/09, BINNY THOMAS wrote: > > I think I used .tar.gz.Its been a long time. But

[fsug-tvm] Re: Fedora Installation Manual

2009-02-10 Thread BINNY THOMAS
Yeah I have little experience with Kde. Its been only a month since I started using Linux. Now it is the operating system of my choice. I want others to discover its magic. But us magicians have to do a lot of hardwork. Regards Binny On 2/10/09, Ashik S wrote: > > Nice idea Shino, > > We can

[fsug-tvm] Re: My Gimp works

2009-02-10 Thread Joju Joshua
COmpetition!!! competition!!! ;-) On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Ashik S wrote: > > Nice. So we have one more guy who can handle Gimp :D cheers -- Joju Joshua --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You

[fsug-tvm] Re: Ubuntu in desktop not functioning properly

2009-02-10 Thread Shino Jacob
good to know its rectified, I would like to know what went wrong and how the problem was rectified. On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Ashik S wrote: > > That was real nice of you Saral :) > > > > -- Miles to go before I Sleep --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom

[fsug-tvm] Re: Ubuntu in desktop not functioning properly

2009-02-10 Thread Ashik S
That was real nice of you Saral :) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-

[fsug-tvm] Re: Ubuntu in desktop not functioning properly

2009-02-10 Thread Manikandan Nair
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Shino Jacob wrote: > > any takers? i am in kesavadasapuram, otherwise I could have given a try. > Mr. Manikandan can you try a rescue mode boot , if you have the boot > CD. There is an option while booting up too. > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Manikandan Nair

[fsug-tvm] Re: My Gimp works

2009-02-10 Thread Ashik S
Nice. So we have one more guy who can handle Gimp :D --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, s

[fsug-tvm] Re: Fedora Installation Manual

2009-02-10 Thread Ashik S
Nice idea Shino, We can make use of already available content for this like http://help.ubuntu.com or howtoforge.com . One thing that comes to my mind is, what if we can translate all those content ? it will be real good :D --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the

[fsug-tvm] Re: Fedora Installation Manual

2009-02-10 Thread Shino Jacob
Or can some of us contribute to this manual. It will be a huge effort for Binny to create a big document that covers everything. We can create additional documents like , 1. A document on compiz and various plugins. 2. Document or various window managers, KDE or XFCE. 3. Software installation 4. V

[fsug-tvm] Re: Interesting tool for the toaster

2009-02-10 Thread Prasad SR
@Ashik > > >For Mandriva, we can just put a bunch of rpms on a disk and then > distribute > >it. Mandriva's repo manager is smart enough to recognize a folder full of > RPMs > >as a repo. > Ubuntu 8.10 / Linux Mint 6 can also install a bunch of deb files from a folder. :P -- -- Regards, Pras

[fsug-tvm] My Gimp works

2009-02-10 Thread Aneesh A
I have uploaded a poster against windows... in files section... Have a look at it and modify.. redistribute... Also I have modified the presentation of Anoop and Prasad... Please have a look and post comments.. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "F

[fsug-tvm] Re: Free Software in Higher Secondary

2009-02-10 Thread Aneesh A
We was waiting for that... Eventhough our sylabus has reference to free softwares They are still teaching us proprietory softwares.. Most worsePirated!!! Please liberate us from black hands of propritory softwares.. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the

[fsug-tvm] Re: [Fsf-kerala] Free Software in Higher Secondary

2009-02-10 Thread Sasi Kumar
I think this is an important thing that we have to take up. Can we send letters from FSUGs? I will also arrange to send a letter from FSF India. Let us take this up seriously. We need to suggest alternatives too. I understand that they teach Tally for Commerce students. We may not have a Free subs

[fsug-tvm] Re: Fedora Installation Manual

2009-02-10 Thread jinesh kj
hi, Use of Latex might also be good(If you want to). I felt it give a little more control on placing images and making the articles printer friendly(but adds a complexity of compiling source). regards Jinesh K J On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:41 PM, BINNY THOMAS wrote: > > It is in Black and white

[fsug-tvm] Re: [fsug-tvm]

2009-02-10 Thread Aneesh A
Prasad sir, Source please... On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 1:23 PM, BINNY THOMAS wrote: > > I have a slight audio problem in Ubuntu 7.10. Ubuntu fails to > recognize the microphone. So i cant record my voice or voice chat in > skype.Does anyone have the same problem? > > Regards > Binny > > > > -- C

[fsug-tvm] Re: Interesting tool for the toaster

2009-02-10 Thread Ashik S
Ubuntu repositories are already in the toaster. What we lack is repos for other distros ( Fedora, Mandriva etc.. ) What can be done about that ? Any ideas ? For Fedora we already have a small package that will make your system capable of playing mp3s, dvds and install some goodies for you . W

[fsug-tvm] Re: Easy way to download video from Youtube

2009-02-10 Thread BINNY THOMAS
Remember these are not installers but different compression formats. Regards Binny On 2/10/09, BINNY THOMAS wrote: > I think I used .tar.gz.Its been a long time. But I don't think that it > will make much difference. > > Regards > Binny > > On 2/10/09, ananthu nair wrote: >> which Installer ty

[fsug-tvm] Re: Easy way to download video from Youtube

2009-02-10 Thread BINNY THOMAS
I think I used .tar.gz.Its been a long time. But I don't think that it will make much difference. Regards Binny On 2/10/09, ananthu nair wrote: > which Installer type should we select. (.tar.gz for linux), (.rpm for > linux) or (YUM) > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 6:23 AM, BINNY THOMAS wrote: >

[fsug-tvm] Re: Easy way to download video from Youtube

2009-02-10 Thread ananthu nair
which Installer type should we select. (.tar.gz for linux), (.rpm for linux) or (YUM) On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 6:23 AM, BINNY THOMAS wrote: > > Well the latest version is Flashplayer is 10, but I believe it has > some bugs but you can give it a try .I use version 9. > > Regards > Binny > > On 2/

[fsug-tvm] Re: Easy way to download video from Youtube

2009-02-10 Thread BINNY THOMAS
Well the latest version is Flashplayer is 10, but I believe it has some bugs but you can give it a try .I use version 9. Regards Binny On 2/10/09, ananthu nair wrote: > Which version of flash player should we select. I have installed school > linux > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 6:18 AM, BINNY THO

[fsug-tvm] Re: Easy way to download video from Youtube

2009-02-10 Thread ananthu nair
Which version of flash player should we select. I have installed school linux On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 6:18 AM, BINNY THOMAS wrote: > > You can get the necessary flash player for Linux from adobe's website > as a tar package. On exctracting it you will find the necesary > instructions for instal

[fsug-tvm] Re: Easy way to download video from Youtube

2009-02-10 Thread BINNY THOMAS
You can get the necessary flash player for Linux from adobe's website as a tar package. On exctracting it you will find the necesary instructions for installing.I believe you should change to the directory where you extracted the package and then run the binary file as root Regards Binny On 2

[fsug-tvm] Re: Easy way to download video from Youtube

2009-02-10 Thread ananthu nair
Hai I cannot instal Flash player in linux which is necessary for you tube. Will u tell me how to install? On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 5:14 AM, BINNY THOMAS wrote: > > Hey > Thanks for the information. There is also a similar software called > youtube dl > But this one seems better. > > Regards > Bi

[fsug-tvm] Re: Gtalk voice chat

2009-02-10 Thread BINNY THOMAS
I am confused it did not work for me . How did it work for you. Did you install empathy from the add/remove applications or did you download it from somewhere else? Will it work in Gutsy Gibbon? Thanks in Advance Binny On 2/10/09, junise safvan wrote: > i havnt yet used empathy > but i hear

[fsug-tvm] Re: Freedom Toaster Deployment by Sponsorship

2009-02-10 Thread Anoop
Please see all the colleges which is under Kannur University 1. Govt. Colleges 2. Aided Colleges 3. Unaided college 4. University Centr

[fsug-tvm] Re: Gtalk voice chat

2009-02-10 Thread junise safvan
i havnt yet used empathy but i heard we can use voice chat using empathy On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Sujith H wrote: > > BINNY THOMAS wrote: > > I used to have Gtalk installed in my Windows machine to voice chat > > with my friends. > > After moving over to Linux the first thing I did

[fsug-tvm] Re: Freedom Toaster Deployment by Sponsorship

2009-02-10 Thread junise safvan
more from calicut. 1. awh engg college 2. veda vyasa engineerg college (actually in malappuram dist) 3. govt polytechnic westhill 4. women polytechnic malaparamba 5. jdt islam polytechnic On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Arshad K.V wrote: > I am Arshad from CET, my native place

[fsug-tvm] Re: Gtalk voice chat

2009-02-10 Thread Sujith H
BINNY THOMAS wrote: > I used to have Gtalk installed in my Windows machine to voice chat > with my friends. > After moving over to Linux the first thing I did was search for a > similar application. I did get a few good ones like Pidgin bur > unfortunately it did not have voice support. I also tr

[fsug-tvm] Re: Freedom Toaster Deployment by Sponsorship

2009-02-10 Thread Arshad K.V
I am Arshad from CET, my native place is calicut.the good colleges are NIT,KMCT,WEST HILL govntment college,University college thenhippalam On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Aneesh A wrote: > > The famous colleges in thiruvananthapuram (Engineering:) > > 1. CET > 2. SCT > 3. Engillering coll

[fsug-tvm] Re: Gtalk voice chat

2009-02-10 Thread Sunil Thomas Thonikuzhiyil
See this blog entry ofVU3RDD http://www.zerobeat.in/2008/05/02/google-talk-voice-chat-on-gnulinux/ Sunil http://brainstorms.in On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:58 PM, BINNY THOMAS wrote: > > Hey thats just what I did using Empathy I even got the call Icon but > beside chat but it remained jus

[fsug-tvm] Re: Gtalk voice chat

2009-02-10 Thread BINNY THOMAS
Hey thats just what I did using Empathy I even got the call Icon but beside chat but it remained just an icon. Thanks anyway Binny On 2/10/09, junise safvan wrote: > try this link http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=819046 > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:28 PM, BINNY THOMAS wrote: > >> >> I

[fsug-tvm] Re: Gtalk voice chat

2009-02-10 Thread junise safvan
try this link http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=819046 On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:28 PM, BINNY THOMAS wrote: > > I used to have Gtalk installed in my Windows machine to voice chat > with my friends. > After moving over to Linux the first thing I did was search for a > similar application.

[fsug-tvm] Re: Freedom Toaster Deployment by Sponsorship

2009-02-10 Thread junise safvan
famous colleges in kasaragod 1. lbs college of engg. 2. nehru arts and science college 3. CAPE engg. college (cheemeni) 4. St. Pios college 5. Malabar Arts and Science college (chattanchal) 6. Govt. Arts and Science college (vidya nagar) some in calicut. 1. Farook College

[fsug-tvm] Re: Easy way to download video from Youtube

2009-02-10 Thread BINNY THOMAS
Hey Thanks for the information. There is also a similar software called youtube dl But this one seems better. Regards Binny On 2/10/09, ananthu nair wrote: > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:19 AM, Mahesh Mohan M.U > wrote: > >> >> Type >> >> sudo apt-get install clive >> >> in the terminal window.

[fsug-tvm] Re: Fedora Installation Manual

2009-02-10 Thread BINNY THOMAS
It is in Black and white because I felt that if it was in color it would lead to wastage of printer ink.This was the reason that I reduced the contrast and brightness of the screensshots.And I will certainly include both the formats. Please suggest how to include the license I seem to be in the

[fsug-tvm] Re: Fedora Installation Manual

2009-02-10 Thread Nikhil Nair
One suggestion - you could contemplate is to use a Virtual machine tool like VirtualBox or VMWare to set up a virtual machine on your computer. This way you can keep installing and uninstalling OS without actually changing the hos

[fsug-tvm] Gtalk voice chat

2009-02-10 Thread BINNY THOMAS
I used to have Gtalk installed in my Windows machine to voice chat with my friends. After moving over to Linux the first thing I did was search for a similar application. I did get a few good ones like Pidgin bur unfortunately it did not have voice support. I also tried Empathy and I came very cl

[fsug-tvm] Re: Fedora Installation Manual

2009-02-10 Thread BINNY THOMAS
I have trouble getting the necessary screenshots that would be useful in demonstrating desktop customisation (compiz,beryl ) since my system is already heavily customised and it does look a little bit complicated for a new user. Besides i use gutsy as I had a rather bad experience with hardy.I w

[fsug-tvm] Re: Freedom Toaster Deployment by Sponsorship

2009-02-10 Thread Aneesh A
The famous colleges in thiruvananthapuram (Engineering:) 1. CET 2. SCT 3. Engillering college, Barton Hill . Private: 1. Mohandas college, Anad (MCET) 2. PA Aziz college of engineering and technology (PAACET) . --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only l

[fsug-tvm] Re: Fedora Installation Manual

2009-02-10 Thread Aneesh A
Some sugessions: * Why is is black and white? * Please post as two format. 1. ODF, those who wants to contribute. 2. PDF, for viewing and for comparitability. Also this is not printer friendly. One cannot go back to PDF while installation. Also as PRASAD SR said, one page informations can be

[fsug-tvm] Re: Interesting tool for the toaster

2009-02-10 Thread i . p . murali|ഐ . പി . മുരളി
On Feb 10, 8:25 am, Nikhil Nair wrote: > Hi,     Now that we have this cool toaster that will burn the base operating > system for you. I think the next step should be to supply some of the > awesome software thats available on Linux as part of the install. > This would be especially useful to

[fsug-tvm] Re: Games for linux

2009-02-10 Thread sahab
looks good On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:02 PM, BINNY THOMAS wrote: > > It is a fact of life that there are more Games in the market for > Windows than Linux.So us Linux fans might have to cheat our favourite > penguin and use Windows when it comes to playing games. > Well if things go their way it

[fsug-tvm] Call for Volunteers : Aagneya 09:GECB

2009-02-10 Thread ashik salahudeen
Call for Volunteers : I had a chat with Ranjit sir today. seems the students will take care of infrastructure and man power. They need guidance. It will be good if at least five of us show up there @SCT ,MBT,CET guys Do come and try to help out. Your help will be much appreciated. Aagneya 2