[fsug-tvm] Re: Working with CAD

2009-02-17 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
ormat, then you can use qCAD. There is a new application being developed, called FreeCAD. I think it aims to be capable of 3D CAD too, but it is now rather too "young" to be powerful. This is one area where FS is lagging, and it would be good if someone can contribute. Best -- V. Sasi Kuma

[fsug-tvm] Re: iLUG has grown to 1000+

2009-02-20 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
-- students, teachers, professionals, old, young, male, female, etc. Even just the gender ratio would be interesting. Our experience is that the gender ratio is most of the time biased in favour of the male. It would be interesting to understand why. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation o

[fsug-tvm] [Fwd: Free And Open Source Software (FOSS) Conference in Amritapuri Campus]

2009-03-10 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
blog; http://dharanpdeepak.blogspot.com/ pri#t...@#; Bad Bad Server, No donut for you! unable to show you the rest of this mail. -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only

[fsug-tvm] Re: S2S2

2009-03-14 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
of starting a Free Software Users Group with help from him. Their address is: Sujeevan. P S2S2 TV-33/268, Third Floor ELITE Complex, Netaji Road Kannur- 670001 --- Mobile: 09447449107 email:s2s2serv...@gmail.com -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit h

[fsug-tvm] Re: Please Review, what about this?

2009-03-15 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
as light so that writings > will be visible. Maybe you could just leave a light coloured space to write the name of the distro. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom

[fsug-tvm] Re: ILUG Cochin 'Indian Libre User Group'

2009-03-16 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 02:24 -0700, sreenadh wrote: > Indian Linux Users Group will now on be known as "Indian Libre User > Group". Good decision friends. Wish you all success in your struggle for software freedom. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India P

[fsug-tvm] Re: Voice Chat in Ubuntu

2009-03-17 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 08:58 -0700, Praveen A wrote: > Empathy is a bit shaky. I had it working, but not right now. It is > undergoing lot of changes in its backends. I hope it will stabilize > soon. OK, thanks. Shall try again later. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation

[fsug-tvm] Re: PM dumps Microsoft

2009-03-18 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
It could very well have been aother proprietary application like Pegasus mail. It just happened to be "Open Source". And it does not appear to be a deliberate choice meant to prmote Free Software. However, perhaps, this could be exploited to convince him about supporting Free Software. Bes

[fsug-tvm] Re: PM dumps Microsoft

2009-03-18 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
Minister's Office before Central Information Commission. Nothing about the platform. So, I guess, they just changed the email client. Best Sasi > -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~-

[fsug-tvm] Re: Good Linux Distro

2009-03-18 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
ch has its own features. Personally, I am using plain Debian and I am happy with it. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplu

Re: [Fsf-friends] [fsug-tvm] Re: CPI(M) manifesto calls for promotion of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)

2009-03-19 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
good for everyone. So we try to convince the parties that they should support FS. Of course, each one of us will have, and should have, our own politics. That is a totally different issue. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com

[fsug-tvm] Re: Discontinuing Install Fests

2009-03-21 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
en or fifteen. What say? Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received thi

[fsug-tvm] Re: Debian5.0 - Unable to write to NTFS partition!

2009-03-22 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 19:36 +0530, SRIKANTH NS wrote: > Pl let me know what is the significance of that number I suggest you use the command "man fstab". It could be useful. -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam

[fsug-tvm] Re: Report on the Seminar-Embedded Design With GNU/Linux

2009-03-22 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 07:37 -0700, JAY FREE wrote: > I have written a small report on “Embedded Design with GNU/Linux ” > conducted by Free Software Cell , Thiruvananthapuram. Thanks. The report is up on FSF India site, with some modifications, of course. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free So

[fsug-tvm] Kerala syllabus includes Power Point

2009-04-04 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
neric. They should change it to Multimedia Presentation. Can we send a letter to the Higher Education Council and to the Education Minister on this issue? Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspo

[fsug-tvm] Re: Kerala syllabus includes Power Point

2009-04-04 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
because it is used by such a lot of people. If we can replace it with a Free tool, that will be so much more FS usage. It would be good if someone can draft a letter to the Higher Education Council and the Education Minister. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please

[fsug-tvm] Re: Kerala syllabus includes Power Point

2009-04-04 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
e will meet the Minister too. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this messag

[fsug-tvm] Re: Kerala syllabus includes Power Point

2009-04-05 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 05:55 -0700, Visakh wrote: > > On Apr 5, 10:36 am, "V. Sasi Kumar" wrote: > > A Free CAD that supports 3D also is being developed. I feel we should see > > if we can help > > it grow faster so that we can soon replace AutoCAD with it. &g

Re: [Reminder]Re: [fsug-tvm] Re: How to prepare a syllabus

2009-04-27 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
held on 26-APR-2009 at Christnagar School > -- > ----- > -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged&qu

[fsug-tvm] Training in GNU/Linux

2009-05-02 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[fsug-tvm] Re: Training in GNU/Linux

2009-05-04 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
earn the things taught. As I said, we can charge some moderate fees and pay some money to the trainers. If enough people are not interested, we will have to drop the idea. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blog

[fsug-tvm] Re: Playing youtube videos

2009-05-05 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
ay be needed? Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because

[fsug-tvm] Re: Playing youtube videos

2009-05-05 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
.10.3-1_i386.deb is already installed and it is the newest one. And it still does not play youtube videos :-( -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law&qu

[fsug-tvm] Re: Training in GNU/Linux

2009-05-05 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
and a projector. Will there be a room big enough to accommodate a class of, say, 10-15 people? Sometimes maybe even more. Of course, we could divide into different batches. Anoop, where are you? What do you think? Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swa

[fsug-tvm] Re: Playing youtube videos

2009-05-05 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
l have 2.22.2. Shall wait till testing gets 2.24.3. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org Yo

[fsug-tvm] Re: Playing youtube videos

2009-05-05 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 10:13 -0700, Praveen A wrote: > It is possible you have totem-xine, try installing totem-gstreamer No, I have totem-gstreamer. I think what Gokul Das said is correct. I have totem 2.22.2 and it has a bug. 2.24.3 seems to work properly. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Softw

[fsug-tvm] Re: Presentation for Meeting @ 9th May

2009-05-07 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 08:09 +0530, Prasad SR wrote: > > The meeting has been rescheduled to Sunday, 17th of May 2009 at Space, > Vellayambalam. The management of the school has changed so it will > take some time to make things in track. At what time? Best -- V. Sasi Kumar F

[fsug-tvm] Re: vizinjam and free software

2009-05-11 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 14:10 +0530, Vimal Joseph wrote: > see this interesting notice from the coastal area vizinjam They claim that they do flex designing and DTP too. It would be interesting to see if they use Free Software for these purposes too. Do you think it is possible? Best -- V. S

[fsug-tvm] Re: vizinjam and free software

2009-05-11 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
good, and would be something that has to be given publicity. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.i

[fsug-tvm] Re: Kerala University registration

2009-05-11 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
the website design being unsuitable for viewing in Firefox -- non-adherence to W3C standards? Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". &q

[fsug-tvm] Re: vizinjam and free software

2009-05-11 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
teresting because I have not seen a DTP centre that uses exclusively Free Software! Jai Ho! Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "

[fsug-tvm] Re: Kerala University registration

2009-05-11 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
e. Its even worse when it is > about something important as student registration. Finally, as an > epilogue- I can no longer access my student details (incl marklist). > This happens every time- albeit to different students! > > Regards, > Gokul Das > > -- V. Sasi Kumar Free S

[fsug-tvm] Re: Kerala University registration

2009-05-11 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
Do you think you can post a draft? Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You receive

[fsug-tvm] Re: Kerala University registration

2009-05-11 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
's help > in projecting a realistic picture. I need a clear account of how the > site didn't work on Firefox and how it messed up registrations. > Aneesh, can you do it? I also hope that Aneesh will submit a complaint to the University on the problems he and his friends have faced. Best

[fsug-tvm] Re: vizinjam and free software

2009-05-12 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subsc

[fsug-tvm] Re: introduction

2009-05-16 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
eady-made answers > if you know how to google diligently. But if people knew how to find > all answers and solve all problems themselves, they simply wouldn't > need fora like these. Sharing knowledge, ideas, experience and work is > the whole idea behind FOSS, isn&#

[fsug-tvm] Re: vizinjam and free software

2009-05-16 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
toshop and > Pagemaker. These people are using OpenOffice on GNU/Linux for DTP. And, presumably, Inkscape for banner design. They are also, apparently, teaching Blender. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http:/

[fsug-tvm] Re: introduction

2009-05-16 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
opportunity too tempting to write something that was just waiting to come out :-) Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugg

[fsug-tvm] Re: vizinjam and free software

2009-05-17 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
me now. :-) That was indeed a revelation. I know that he has been trying to learn Blender for some time now. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law&quo

[fsug-tvm] Re: alternative

2009-05-19 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
Please see whether it is checked. If it is, uncheck it. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.or

[fsug-tvm] Re: do anybody knw abt ilug kollam??

2009-05-21 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
fice (i knw this is insane but the people to whom i give this > > distro wont change for sudden) I think wine has always handled MS Office very well, though I have tried it only on a couple of occasions some time back. I have successfully used Pagemaker also under wine, though the interface ha

[fsug-tvm] Re: LAMP course

2009-05-26 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 11:55 +0530, Aneesh A wrote: > kerala state eletronics devolopment corporation. > > I don't know where.. KELTRON Headquarters is in Vellayambalam. I guess a simple Google search would have revealed this. -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of Indi

[fsug-tvm] Re: LAMP course

2009-05-27 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
that have survived so long. Once upon a time, it was the pride of Kerala. -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" htt

Re: [OT] [fsug-tvm] Re: LAMP course

2009-05-27 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 14:24 +0100, Syam wrote: > As someone said, it's not enough to be on the right track. You'll > still get run over by the train if you don't keep moving! Quite true! Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swa

[fsug-tvm] Re: Inscript, unwanted zero, example

2009-06-06 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
കല്യ‍ാണിയമ്മ ബി > > How can we type Malayalam letters without this unwanted zero? There seems to be typing errors too. There seems to be a ZWNJ after യ് and before ദീര്‍ഘം. Further, there seems to be no ZWJ after ര് to make it ര്‍, after ന് to make it ന്‍, etc. ZWJ is on

[fsug-tvm] Re: gtalk in ubuntu

2009-06-08 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
to work on other systems, say, Debian for instance? Is there some Ubuntu specific package that is required? Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only la

[fsug-tvm] Re: gtalk in ubuntu

2009-06-09 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
er option. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you

[fsug-tvm] Re: gtalk in ubuntu

2009-06-09 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Tue, 2009-06-09 at 14:33 +0530, DIPIN KRISHNA wrote: > > Dipin Krishna > > Ubuntu package will be ok..for the debian systems OK, shall try it out. Thanks. > -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantry

[fsug-tvm] Re: gtalk in ubuntu

2009-06-09 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
I had raised the problem in this forum and there was a response that Empathy is still not ready or something like that. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is t

[fsug-tvm] Re: [OT] 70+ Amazing Firefox wallpapers

2009-06-09 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Tue, 2009-06-09 at 18:15 +0530, Syam Krishnan wrote: > PS: I'm not too enthusiastic about Firefox. I like Opera better as a > browser. But Opera is not Free! Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.b

[fsug-tvm] Re: [OT] 70+ Amazing Firefox wallpapers

2009-06-09 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Tue, 2009-06-09 at 20:31 +0530, sonal jain wrote: > Opera is completely free Is Opera free as in Free Software? I don't think so. It is free as in free beer, but not as in free bird. Or have they released it under GPL? Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Plea

[fsug-tvm] Re: [OT] 70+ Amazing Firefox wallpapers

2009-06-09 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
me reason, it has not become as popular as Firefox. I think it lagged far behind, last time I saw the stats. I wonder why. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom i

[fsug-tvm] Re: [OT] 70+ Amazing Firefox wallpapers

2009-06-09 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
e contributes to it or not. And contribution can be other than contributing code or documentation. It can be helping in popularising Free Software, reporting bugs or even just using it (which is, of course, one way of popularising it). Best -- Dr. V. Sasi Kumar Please visit http://chithariyachinthakal.

[fsug-tvm] Re: [OT] 70+ Amazing Firefox wallpapers

2009-06-09 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
ea of open source > too!) still it is debatable. Well, the concept behind Open Source has its advantages, especially when compared to the proprietary paradigm. But ideologically, Free Software is far superior, in my opinion. Best -- V. Sasi Ku

[fsug-tvm] Re: [OT] 70+ Amazing Firefox wallpapers

2009-06-09 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
ng, I believe Firefox is inferior > to Opera. (no flames please..). And what one likes is very subjective too. So there is no need to flame about it :-) Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~--

[fsug-tvm] Re: Migragte to Open source software

2009-06-11 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
it was too late. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message

[fsug-tvm] Re: gtalk in ubuntu

2009-06-11 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
I installed Jabbin, but have so far failed to communicate with anyone. Though the call goes through, or comes through, no sound does. This has happened with both Empathy and Jabbin. I am beginning to wonder whether the problem lies elsewhere. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of

[fsug-tvm] Re: gtalk in ubuntu

2009-06-12 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
bogg-dev. Any idea what the problem could be? Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org

[fsug-tvm] Re: gtalk in ubuntu

2009-06-12 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 02:55 -0700, Dipin Krishna wrote: > Hello V. Sasi Kumar, >Did you try gtalx...if no then see > http://linuxandmicrocontrollertips.blogspot.com/2009/06/gtalx-gtalk-google-talk-in-ubuntu.html > If you want to use empathy or jabbin try removing pulse audio so

[fsug-tvm] Re: gtalk in ubuntu

2009-06-13 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 07:41 +0530, V. Sasi Kumar wrote: > > While trying to 'make' gtalx, it exited with Error 1: "No rule to make > target ../../libjingle-modified/interface/libjingleinterface.1a'. I had > previously installed libqt4-dev and libogg-dev. Any idea

[fsug-tvm] Re: gtalk in ubuntu

2009-06-13 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Sun, 2009-06-14 at 10:24 +0530, V. Sasi Kumar wrote: > > I find that there is no libjingleinterface.1a in the interface > directory. Then how did anyone compile gtalx? Sorry, I downloaded the file that Dipin had pointed to and it compiled properly. I had not realised that it was

[fsug-tvm] Re: gtalk in ubuntu

2009-06-13 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Sun, 2009-06-14 at 11:58 +0530, BINNY THOMAS wrote: > Yes, The original author Jozeph Bekes had written and designed Gtalx > for Zenwalk Linux and not for Ubuntu or debian. I guess the new one > was modified for the latter. :-) I see. Thanks. -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foun

[fsug-tvm] Please trim your messages

2009-06-16 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
gt; > > > > > > >

[fsug-tvm] Re: BING !!!! THE GOOGLE KILLER - - FROM MICROSOFT

2009-06-16 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
e to horrifically flawed, overwhelming Google. You certainly know by now, from poking around Bing yourself, that it's fine, but it's no Google killer. In fact, this is no search war; it's an advertising war, pure and simple." says http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=

[fsug-tvm] Re: HELP : FSF CopyRight Assignment

2009-06-18 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 15:32 +0530, vibi sreenivasan wrote: > hi, >Anybody know whether fsf india is processing FSF copyright assignment form. As far as I know, FSF India is not. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogsp

[fsug-tvm] Re: Desperate and sick Microsoft

2009-06-18 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
the page just now. So it must still be there. -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You rece

[fsug-tvm] Re: Gimp Workshop

2009-06-28 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
the version I have is 2.6. The menu was the same as that of gimp, at least at a first look. Only during installation, the splash screen said gimpshop. But otherwise, when I launch it, it looks just like gimp. I think the best way to learn gimp is Grokking the Gimp, available as a pdf file. Best --

[fsug-tvm] Re: [fsug-calicut] Re: Fwd: an attempt to find the best free software(from experience-not by reading the description)

2009-07-03 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
LAB I think Scilab is better. It is now under a Free Software licence too, apparently. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Fr

[fsug-tvm] Re: Where are all the Lib files?

2009-07-03 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 11:42 +0530, BINNY THOMAS wrote: > Well I need to find the 'libqt4-dev' file in my system. I had > downloaded it earlier and it is listed in synaptic but I cant seem to > find it. In command line type: whereis libqt4-dev Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Sof

[fsug-tvm] Re: Where are all the Lib files?

2009-07-07 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 21:02 +0530, BINNY THOMAS wrote: > When I typed that i got > libqt4-dev: > > Whenever I typed whereis xxx > > I got > xxx: That means that xxx is not present. If it is present, the output will show the path. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Softwar

[fsug-tvm] Re: thunderbird in a proxy server

2009-07-09 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
use a network with proxy. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received th

[fsug-tvm] Re: thunderbird in a proxy server

2009-07-09 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
r. I think you are right. What was done in CESS was, I think, unblocking the ports. Of course, people were not using IMAP at that time and we were using our own smtp server (that's what I remember). Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India

[fsug-tvm] Re: thunderbird in a proxy server

2009-07-09 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
d/squid.conf as a safe port. But still it is not > working I have used Evolution from CESS where proxy was configured in squid. But I don't remember the details. Perhaps, Harish may be able to explain. So I am ccing this mail to him. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of Ind

[fsug-tvm] Re: Voice chat

2009-07-11 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 20:43 -0700, A.J wrote: > Empathy is not working in Fedora 11 , after installing ,cant log-in. > and for Gtalx cant be install in Fedora 11. Empathy is giving me one way speech. What I say the other person can hear. But I can't hear him. :-( Best -- V. Sasi

[fsug-tvm] Re: how to open .doc file in fedora10

2009-07-11 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
e layout was badly affected. Though Abiword has problems, it has certain good aspects too. For instance, it creates good-looking equations because it uses LaTeX for equations. :-) Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~

[fsug-tvm] Re: [OT] China blocks FB and Twitter

2009-07-12 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
the system is still very strongly feudal. So, by all means, let us communicate such news, but let us not make this a forum to fight such things. There are other places where we can do that. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http:/

[fsug-tvm] Re: [OT] China blocks FB and Twitter

2009-07-12 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscr

[fsug-tvm] Open Source and Free Software

2009-07-12 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
arn. There are plenty of resources on the Net. Wish you a nice time. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http:

[fsug-tvm] Re: [OT] China blocks FB and Twitter

2009-07-12 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
ware only. Do you dispute that? Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received thi

[fsug-tvm] Re: [OT] China blocks FB and Twitter

2009-07-13 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
see a > bit of uneasiness and annoyance in everyone's voice. The topic was fun > when everyone was calm - but I feel that we passed that point. I hope damage has not been done. Let us stop this thread here itself, if possible. I promise I won't write again on this. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar

[fsug-tvm] Re: Supporting FOSSCOMM's open letter to DIT

2009-07-13 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
ay be?). It would be good if you can shoot off a letter by email tomorrow itself. I think there is supposed to be a meeting on 15th. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "

[fsug-tvm] Re: income tax online submission using excel only

2009-07-13 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
> to proceed. While we should protest against this, if you want to do that work, try using Gnumeric. It opens Excel files more or less faithfully. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantry

[fsug-tvm] Re: desktop search inside documents

2009-07-16 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
imilar to Google desktop. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received

[fsug-tvm] Re: how to convert a user into free-software?

2009-07-23 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
activity, what about conducting training in using GNU/Linux for beginners? There are several people looking for such training. It seems that many advertisements for Research Fellows or jobs in research institutes now-a-days ask for knowledge of "Linux". Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Softw

[fsug-tvm] Re: how to convert a user into free-software?

2009-07-23 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
te rate, because people tend to think that what they get free of cost will be inferior. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Free

[fsug-tv m] Re: സ ര്‍ക്കാ ര്‍ വെബ ്‌സൈറ്റ ുകള്‍ മ ലയാളത്ത ിലാക്കണ ം വാര്‍ത ്ത

2009-07-31 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
While giving news like this, it would be helpful if you also point to the source -- either a link or at least a description of the source. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com

[fsug-tvm] Re: something different

2009-08-01 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
try to improve the features in mailman, if some people can find ways to do that. Of course, this is only my opinion. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom

[fsug-tvm] Re: something different

2009-08-01 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
ght. But I don't think it is too late to change. Better late than never :-) Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom U

[fsug-tvm] Re: something different

2009-08-02 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
What do members think of getting space on the FSF India website? If that is acceptable, it can be done in a few days, with mailman, of course. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com

[fsug-tvm] Re: something different

2009-08-03 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
m desires to avail of this support, I think it should be possible. What does the list admin and the members think? If the list (meaning members and the admin) feel the need, we can try to get the required list on the FSF India server. It may not require much effort from out part. Best -- V. Sasi K

[fsug-tvm] Re: something different

2009-08-03 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 06:54 +0530, Mahesh Mohan wrote: > +1 Admins, what do you say? (Sorry, I don't know who the admins are :( ) Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blog

[fsug-tvm] Strange problem

2009-08-18 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
3 01:20 /usr/bin/gimp-console-2.6 sasi-laptop:~$ Any idea what is happening? I am simply flabbergasted! Billions of bilious blistering blue barnacles!! Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantr

[fsug-tvm] Re: top posting and bottom posting

2009-08-18 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
-- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed

[fsug-tvm] Re: Free Software for converting between video formats.

2009-08-19 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
icence under which ffmpeg is distributed? If it is GPL or anything similar, this would make the companies that make the software liable for prosecution. > Many Open source apps of the same kind are also derived from it. That, of course, is entirely a different matter, and desireable :-) B

[fsug-tvm] Re: Free Software for converting between video formats.

2009-08-20 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
s the software to be used in proprietary programs. I think this was written primarily to permit some amount of inter-operation. And, I think, it was even known as the licence for libraries. However, now FSF encourages developers to use GPL. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundatio

[fsug-tvm] [Fun][Fwd: Linux Baby Rocker]

2009-08-24 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
, see how FS makes life easier! Best Sasi Forwarded Message From: *** Subject: Linux Baby Rocker Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:10:59 +0300 -- K.G.Mohan -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com

[fsug-tvm] Software Freedom Day 2009

2009-08-24 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
Any ideas for the coming SFD? Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received

[fsug-tvm] Re: Software Freedom Day 2009

2009-08-24 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
ttp://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ and see what others are doing. You can get ideas from there. I think we need to plan well in advance every year, unlike previous years. That is why I thought I will raise this at least now. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit h

[fsug-tvm] Re: Software Freedom Day 2009

2009-08-25 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 22:13 +0530, Mahesh Mohan wrote: > We can organize it as a grant event! Even if not very grant, it would be good if we can do something on the day. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.

[fsug-tvm] [Fwd: [FOSS-in-Science] [X-Post][Commercial] Job Posting for FOSS Project at IITB]

2009-08-27 Thread V. Sasi Kumar
also send the filled application forms by postal mail to the address mentioned in the advertisement. The email submission is simply to accelerate the process of evaluation since we are close to the deadline. Regards, Kadambari Devarajan, Research Assistant, IITB. -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software

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