[fsug-tvm] Re: firefox offlin

2009-03-31 Thread stranger in black
i done it already. but still same.. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:25 AM, eyesice wrote: > > try this... > > 1) Open Firefox > 2) In address bar, type about:config > 3) Search/Filter for "offline" > 4) Toggle off (double-click) browser.cache.offline.enable > > On Mar 30, 8:18 pm, str

[fsug-tvm] Re: GNU/Linux Syllabus and Meeting

2009-03-31 Thread stranger in black
but i think, *story telling alice* is only having windows version On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Aneesh A wrote: > It is a problem. > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Joju Joshua wrote: > >> >> ;-) >> >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Prasad SR wrote: >> > >> > Yes i agree, as

[fsug-tvm] Re: GNU/Linux Syllabus and Meeting

2009-03-31 Thread Sunil Thomas Thonikuzhiyil
Yes. But Alice is available on linux.Alice is meant for high school students. It is not free software too.. However it is a wonderful idea. Sunil VU2SWX On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:00 PM, stranger in black wrote: > but i think, *story telling alice* is only having windows version..

[fsug-tvm] Re: GNU/Linux Syllabus and Meeting

2009-03-31 Thread Anoop Jacob Thomas
For students, it should be basically an awareness program for lower classes. And we should be able to generate interest. Rather than making computer science a nightmare subject. It is written more on ubuntu. Why concentrate on one distro. Teach OS and give ubuntu as an example of GNU/Linux distro.

[fsug-tvm] Re: GNU/Linux Syllabus and Meeting

2009-03-31 Thread ashik salahudeen
> It is written more on ubuntu. Why concentrate on one distro. I think we are teaching them to use computers and programs and not distros. Keeping in mind the fact that Ubuntu is _the_ most popular OS, why not Ubuntu ? This blind hatred for Ubuntu/Windows/X-Distro is kind of stupid. It is immater

[fsug-tvm] Re: GNU/Linux Syllabus and Meeting

2009-03-31 Thread Anoop Jacob Thomas
It is not blind hatred, infact I use ubuntu on my desktop. My point is if we tell a small kid that Ubuntu is an operating system and later tell that it is a distro of GNU/Linux he will get confused. Well few will understand, but not many. So better would be more about GNU/Linux, and tell Ubuntu, D

[fsug-tvm] Re: java applet

2009-03-31 Thread Shino Jacob
google for applet tag To see applet in firefox you need to add install java plugin for firefox which can be done by creating a symbolic link to the libjavaplugin_oji.so which is inside <> /jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so restart firefox. in addons>plugins>you should see java plugin.

[fsug-tvm] Re: Multiple D.E's

2009-03-31 Thread BINNY THOMAS
Hey Thanks a lot for your suggestions. It was a big help. I was looking for something like this especially for installing lg3d on Kubuntu. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Nikhil Nair wrote: > check this out > http://hightechsorcery.com/2008/10/evaluating-desktop-environments-ubuntu-810-intrepid-i

[fsug-tvm] Scour Friend Invite

2009-03-31 Thread Manuel Jose via Scour
Hey, Check out: http://scour.com/invite/rebel_me/ I'm using a new search engine called Scour.com. It shows Google/Yahoo/MSN results and user comments all on one page. Best of all we get rewarded for using it by collecting points with every search, comment and vote. The points are redeemable for

[fsug-tvm] Re: bulk_mp3_to_ogg_conversion

2009-03-31 Thread sanalkumar mr
Dear all.I solved the problem with "dir2ogg". Its man page has a lot of options to convert mp3 to ogg without losing its quality.I tried it with success.Here's an example sa...@debian:~$ dir2ogg --mp3-decoder=mplayer -d -r -t --delete-input /home/sanal/songs2/classic_kathakali_carnatic/ It (d

[fsug-tvm] Re: GNU/Linux Syllabus and Meeting

2009-03-31 Thread Nikhil Nair
To the point on the percentage of students who would want to pursue computer science as a career - yes this will be a relatively small percentage. So we should keep programming subjects optional. I think in the earlier classes doing creative stuff with a computer like drawing or painting as well as

[fsug-tvm] Re: One day workshop on re-mastering Ubuntu

2009-03-31 Thread Nikhil Nair
Hi, I will be unable to attend as well so I would love to see it online... Thanks and Regards Nikhil On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Aneesh A wrote: > Me too. I have model Exams at that day and i cannot come leaving that. > Please remove me from list > > Also, please consider putting all

[fsug-tvm] Re: One day workshop on re-mastering Ubuntu

2009-03-31 Thread stranger in black
me too.. On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Nikhil Nair wrote: > Hi, I will be unable to attend as well so I would love to see it > online... > > Thanks and Regards > Nikhil > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Aneesh A wrote: > >> Me too. I have model Exams at that day and i cannot come le