[Ilugc] FOSS Lab Setup in Velammal Institute of Technology, Thiruvallur Dt.

2011-06-22 Thread Baskar Selvaraj
Dear all, On 21/06/11 we have setup a 34 seat FOSS Lab in Velammal Institute of Technology, (http://www.velammalit.com), Pancheti, Thiruvallur District for the Dept. of CSE. Contact: Mr. Michael - Lecturer / CSE Regards S. Baskar CEO/LinuXpert Systems http://twitter.com/linuxbaskar Free / Ope

Re: [Ilugc] Help With USB

2011-06-22 Thread Raman.P
--- On Wed, 22/6/11, Rajesh kumar wrote: > > Here is my requirement, > I am developing an application that manages external > drives. > When a user plugs any usb storage, it prompts the > administrator ie the > server. > Only the administrator can mount the device either in read > mode or in writ

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] dvorak keyboard

2011-06-22 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 02:10 +0530, kish wrote: > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves > wrote: > > switched to the dvorak > > keyboard. Very comfortable. Try it. > > How is it going? > My first try typing words is: qwerty mins x 10 still slow, but hands do not pain anymore. -- reg

Re: [Ilugc] Free laptops from TN Govt - The students Nature

2011-06-22 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 18:52 +0530, ThiaguWinID wrote: > Also requesting Govt. to give "Linux Only" systems to the students is > .. [ purpose less ] agreed - and if they do it will backfire. -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com Coimbatore LUG rox http://ilugcbe.techstud.org/ _

Re: [Ilugc] createrepo rpm for RHEL5.2 xen

2011-06-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 06/22/2011 06:27 PM, dhivya alagar wrote: > can anybody provide link to download create repo rpm.I tried configuring YUM > repository.createrepo is missing and unable to set YUM server. createrepo is available in the repo. Installing random packages off the net isn't a good idea but if you ins

Re: [Ilugc] createrepo rpm for RHEL5.2 xen

2011-06-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 06/22/2011 06:27 PM, dhivya alagar wrote: > can anybody provide link to download create repo rpm.I tried configuring YUM > repository.createrepo is missing and unable to set YUM server. createrepo is available in the repo. Installing random packages off the net isn't a good idea but if you ins

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] dvorak keyboard

2011-06-22 Thread kish
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > switched to the dvorak > keyboard. Very comfortable. Try it. How is it going? My first try typing words is: qwerty mins x 10 -- Kish --- Esse Quam Videri ___ ILUGC Mailing List: ht

Re: [Ilugc] Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] Unsung Wikipedia Hero : Shyamal

2011-06-22 Thread Debayan Banerjee
On 22 June 2011 21:50, Shrinivasan T wrote: > -- Forwarded message -- > From: CherianTinu Abraham > Date: Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 5:37 PM > Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Unsung Wikipedia Hero : Shyamal > To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." > , Bangalore Wik

[Ilugc] Support for open source from NMEICT

2011-06-22 Thread Shrinivasan T
NMEICT is promoting opensource. It suggests all the educational institutes to explore free open source software to use for educational purposes. Here is the copy of their letter. http://www.scribd.com/doc/58353119/FOSS Thanks for Prof. Kannan for sharing the doc. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My

[Ilugc] Warriors of the net - in Tamil

2011-06-22 Thread Shrinivasan T
From http://www.warriorsofthe.net Did you ever wonder how the Internet works? How does a router look like? What color does a IP packet have? How does a IP packet travel through firewall. All the answers and many more can be found in the Warriors of the net move. It is available in many different

[Ilugc] Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] Unsung Wikipedia Hero : Shyamal

2011-06-22 Thread Shrinivasan T
-- Forwarded message -- From: CherianTinu Abraham Date: Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 5:37 PM Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Unsung Wikipedia Hero : Shyamal To: "Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia." , Bangalore Wikimedia list For those who don't know  Shyamal , an acti

[Ilugc] dh_python2 porting jam for ubuntu

2011-06-22 Thread Shrinivasan T
Source: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2011-June/033590.html http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=1029 Hello everybody, This Thursday, June 23rd, we are going to have a dh_python2 porting jam. If you know about packaging, and have meddled with Python packaging before, we invite

[Ilugc] [JOB][URGENT] LINUX ADMIN

2011-06-22 Thread Rajesh kumar
We need a Well experienced Linux Admin who have profiency in LDAP preferably OpenDS. The Job is also offered as FREELANCING as well as permanent Job. Please send me the details and Contact no to my personal Email ID. == regards Rajesh Kumar R.K ___ ILUG

[Ilugc] Fwd: [chennaipy 1014] June Monthly Meet

2011-06-22 Thread Shrinivasan T
-- Forwarded message -- From: Vijay Kumar Date: Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:36 PM Subject: [chennaipy 1014] June Monthly Meet To: chenna...@googlegroups.com June Monthly Meet Announcement == Date & Time --- 25 June 3:00pm to 5:00pm Venue - Zil

Re: [Ilugc] Free laptops from TN Govt - The students Nature

2011-06-22 Thread ThiaguWinID
Well, get some facts # As per the current School Syllabus of TN, we can not exclude MsWindows # Students are interested to learn Linux # Students will not Leave MsWindows # Most of the students will use pirated software of MsWindows and applications # Giving Linux only laptops will give "bad image

[Ilugc] createrepo rpm for RHEL5.2 xen

2011-06-22 Thread dhivya alagar
can anybody provide link to download create repo rpm.I tried configuring YUM repository.createrepo is missing and unable to set YUM server. Thanks Divya ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

[Ilugc] Help With USB

2011-06-22 Thread Rajesh kumar
I am trying to unmount the usb device and make it mount only when root mount it. I am using Ubuntu 10.04 1. I disabled automounting using gconf-editor. 2. I made the /media drive with read permission even then the usb gets mounted, but the drive is not visible. 3. I black listed the usbstorage mo

Re: [Ilugc] Project Laptop -TN

2011-06-22 Thread Raman.P
--- On Wed, 22/6/11, Narendra Sisodiya wrote: > > Let me know who is going to Win the tendor so that I can > approach to them If someone knows now then it is a fit case for CVC. Raman.P blog:http://ramanchennai.wordpress.com/ ___ ILUGC Mailing List

Re: [Ilugc] Project Laptop -TN

2011-06-22 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Narendra Sisodiya < naren...@narendrasisodiya.com> wrote: > >> http://wiki.ilugc.in/index.php?title=Tn_laptop_package >> >> > > http://wiki.schoolos.org > http://wiki.schoolos.org/index.php?title=Tools > > Let me know who is going to Win the tendor so that I can ap

Re: [Ilugc] Project Laptop -TN

2011-06-22 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Raman.P wrote: > There is a serious discussion going on about the free laptops and what it > should(/not) contain. As per tender specification it will certainly have > Linux. I am sure the version the vendor will load will be bland -devoid of > most educational to

Re: [Ilugc] Project Laptop -TN

2011-06-22 Thread ranjith s kumar
IT@school kerala ,initiative have a nice list of educational softwares. https://www.itschool.gov.in/downloads.php regards. --FREEdom SOFTWARE for FREE SOCIETY-- Ranjith S. Kumar Research Scholar Fluid Mechanics Lab Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras- Mob - 08015066140 Assistant Profes

[Ilugc] Project Laptop -TN

2011-06-22 Thread Raman.P
There is a serious discussion going on about the free laptops and what it should(/not) contain. As per tender specification it will certainly have Linux. I am sure the version the vendor will load will be bland -devoid of most educational tools. I think whatever may be our effect in fighting pro