Re: [Ilugc] Can I install Linux on a branded laptop preloaded with Win8

2013-06-06 Thread Shrinivasan T
It seems there are ways to install ubuntu along with windows 8. check these links. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-do-i-install-ubuntu-on-a-new-windows-8-computer/ http://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/installing-ubuntu-on-a-pre-installed-uefi-supported-windows-8-system

Re: [Ilugc] Can I install Linux on a branded laptop preloaded with Win8

2013-06-06 Thread RK RK
If you buy a laptop preloaded with Windows 8, the hard disk will be partitioned as GPT and the BIOS will be an UEFI one. 1. Format your entire hard disk and install Windows 8 on your own with 2 partitions (one for OS and one for Data) 2. Keep the remaining space in your hard disk as

[Ilugc] it is possible?

2013-06-06 Thread vijay siva
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[Ilugc] Android Tamil news

2013-06-06 Thread Version Control Buddy
Hi All, I am using feedly to collate my rss feeds and provide it as a dashboard. For some reason part of the tamil content(headings) is not showing up correctly. Has anyone encountered the same problem ? Is there a fix ? I notice that there are some font installers available but I am not sure if

Re: [Ilugc] Can I install Linux on a branded laptop preloaded with Win8

2013-06-06 Thread PrasannaKumar Muralidharan
Create a separate partition for Linux as usual. You can install Linux without any problems (latest Linux distributions support UEFI so no need to worry), if older Linux distribution before installing change from UEFI mode to BIOS. Hope this helps, PrasannaKumar

Re: [Ilugc] Help in compiling dhvani on Ubuntu 12.04

2013-06-06 Thread PrasannaKumar Muralidharan
Run ldconfig as root and then try. Regards, PrasannaKumar ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines

[Ilugc] MairaDB experience

2013-06-06 Thread Mahadevan R
Hello, Does any one have experiences to share on out of the box 'drop-in' replacement of MySQL with MariaDB version 5.x ? Also, using Aria tables in place of MyISAM ? Thanks,   Mahadevan ___ ILUGC Mailing List:

[Ilugc] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Language Engineering office hour on 2013-06-12 at 17:00 UTC/10:00 PDT

2013-06-06 Thread Shrinivasan T
-- Forwarded message -- From: Siebrand Mazeland (WMF) smazel...@wikimedia.org Date: 06-Jun-2013 8:36 PM Subject: [Wikitech-l] Language Engineering office hour on 2013-06-12 at 17:00 UTC/10:00 PDT To: MediaWiki Tech list wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org, Wikimedia Mailing List

[Ilugc] Media Server - Live Transcoding and Streaming

2013-06-06 Thread Anand.R.Kris
Hi All, I am running Linux Mint 13 on my laptop in which I have a collection of movies and TV series. My bro an iPhone 5 on which he likes to watch them and i watch them on my laptop. Currently I use iTunes on Windows (its a shame that i dual-boot for this alone) to transfer to iPhone. Since many

Re: [Ilugc] Media Server - Live Transcoding and Streaming

2013-06-06 Thread Siji Sunny
Hi All, I am running Linux Mint 13 on my laptop in which I have a collection of movies and TV series. My bro an iPhone 5 on which he likes to watch them and i watch them on my laptop. Currently I use iTunes on Windows (its a shame that i dual-boot for this alone) to transfer to iPhone. Since

Re: [Ilugc] Media Server - Live Transcoding and Streaming

2013-06-06 Thread Siji Sunny
On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Siji Sunny sijisu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I am running Linux Mint 13 on my laptop in which I have a collection of movies and TV series. My bro an iPhone 5 on which he likes to watch them and i watch them on my laptop. Currently I use iTunes on Windows