[Ilugc] Fwd: [PLUG] GNUnify '11

2011-01-22 Thread Arun Khan
Forwarding w/o prejudice. Any questions please contact the organizers directly at the web listed within the message. -- Arun Khan -- Forwarded message -- From: Date: Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:17 PM Subject: [PLUG] GNUnify '11 To: plug-m...@plug.org.in GNUnify '11 excellence

Re: [Ilugc] WindowXp PHP MySQL Connectivity Problem

2011-01-22 Thread Prasanna Venkadesh
use XAMPP instead of wamp. http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:58 PM, openbala wrote: > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:45 AM, wrote: > > Hi all, > > On one of my Windows XP system I am unable to connect to mysql from php > > You're asking questions in the

Re: [Ilugc] [Tip] WTF--> Translates acronyms

2011-01-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 01/20/2011 03:07 PM, Tha.Suresh wrote: > Don't see the meaning of "wtf" ( $ wtf is wtf );) Don't see why. Works fine in Fedora 14 # yum install bsd-games # wtf wtf WTF: {what,when,where,who,why} the f*** {what,when,where,who,why} the f*** (asterisks added) Rahul _

[Ilugc] Query about Pre-installed Operating system in official laptops

2011-01-22 Thread mohi
Hello all, When I looked to buy a branded laptop, I felt much bad that I can customize a laptop *BUT* I MUST select a M$ operating system. And this really is like forcing us to pay money even if we do not want to buy it. Is there any talks before this post or is there a way to buy a branded laptop

Re: [Ilugc] Query about Pre-installed Operating system in official laptops

2011-01-22 Thread openbala
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 6:53 PM, mohi wrote: > Hello all, > > When I looked to buy a branded laptop, I felt much bad that I can customize > a laptop *BUT* I MUST select a M$ operating system. And this really is like > forcing us to pay money even if we do not want to buy it. Is there any talks > b

Re: [Ilugc] A guest speaker needed at Abacus 2011 @ ANNA UNIVERSITY

2011-01-22 Thread sibi raj
Is any one speaking on FOSS or its left as such:( --- On Sat, 22/1/11, Narendra Sisodiya wrote: From: Narendra Sisodiya Subject: [Ilugc] A guest speaker needed at Abacus 2011 @ ANNA UNIVERSITY To: "ILUG-C" Date: Saturday, 22 January, 2011, 11:51 AM I won't be able to join, Please Contact Sri

Re: [Ilugc] Query about Pre-installed Operating system in official laptops

2011-01-22 Thread Pandian R
Its very rare these laptop companies comes without windows. It happens very rarely. (i got vostro 1000 with freedos, I am searching for similar one. Dell refuses to distribute it without OS, pointing out on OEM warranty blah blah) On 22-Jan-2011 8:57 PM, "openbala" wrote: On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at

Re: [Ilugc] Query about Pre-installed Operating system in official laptops

2011-01-22 Thread steve
Hi, On 01/23/2011 01:36 AM, Pandian R wrote: > Its very rare these laptop companies comes without windows. It happens very > rarely. (i got vostro 1000 with freedos, I am searching for similar one. > Dell refuses to distribute it without OS, pointing out on OEM warranty blah > blah) > It amazing t

[Ilugc] Trick to increase volume in the screencasts

2011-01-22 Thread Shrinivasan T
When recording screencasts via gtk-recordmydesktop, the volume is very low. We can increase the volume when we convert the default ogv format to avi format. Here is an example. mencoder video.ogv -o video.avi -oac mp3lame -lameopts fast:preset=standard -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=4

Re: [Ilugc] Query about Pre-installed Operating system in official laptops

2011-01-22 Thread steve
Hi On 01/23/2011 01:53 AM, steve wrote: > I refuse to believe that one cannot find a vendor that provides the same in > Chennai. > I was annoyed enough to do a quick search(*) and bury this myth of not being able to find a linux laptop locally. Here you go: http://delllaptopprice.com/index.php?

Re: [Ilugc] Trick to increase volume in the screencasts

2011-01-22 Thread Shrinivasan T
> When recording screencasts via gtk-recordmydesktop, the volume is very low. > We can increase the volume when we convert the default ogv format to avi > format. > Here is an example. > > mencoder video.ogv -o video.avi -oac mp3lame -lameopts > fast:preset=standard -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg

Re: [Ilugc] Trick to increase volume in the screencasts

2011-01-22 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 1:59 AM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > When recording screencasts via gtk-recordmydesktop, the volume is very low. > > We can increase the volume when we convert the default ogv format to avi > format. > > Here is an example. > > mencoder video.ogv -o video.avi -oac mp3lame -lame

Re: [Ilugc] WindowXp PHP MySQL Connectivity Problem

2011-01-22 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Prasanna Venkadesh wrote: > use XAMPP instead of wamp. > > http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html Please do not use XAMPP !! Use LAMP.. > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:58 PM, openbala wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:45 AM,   wrote: >> > Hi all, >

Re: [Ilugc] Trick to increase volume in the screencasts

2011-01-22 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
Use normalize with audio and re encode -Girish On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 1:59 AM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > When recording screencasts via gtk-recordmydesktop, the volume is very low. > > We can increase the volume when we convert the default ogv format to avi > format. > > Here is an example. > > m

Re: [Ilugc] A guest speaker needed at Abacus 2011 @ ANNA UNIVERSITY

2011-01-22 Thread Zico
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Narendra Sisodiya < naren...@narendrasisodiya.com> wrote: > I won't be able to join, Please Contact Sri if anyone want to speak on > FOSS. > > I am Mohibuzzaman Zico from Dhaka, Bangladesh. I have been working in Open Source World for last 7 years. I am really hap

[Ilugc] OAOD (a2ps)

2011-01-22 Thread Dhastha
Application: a2ps What it is: GNU a2ps converts files into PostScript for printing or viewing. It uses a nice default format, usually two pages on each physical page, borders surrounding pages, headers with useful information (page number, printing date, file name or supplied header), line number