Re: [Ilugc] Need Help ! In Booting violate screen stays longer

2015-02-25 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Umar Dickins wrote: > I am new to world of linux... > > My problem is when i boot my Linux system > the Violate blank screen stays longer i have to press "Enter Key" lots > of time to get my Login screen... > > i googled but not got a proper solution . > > Note..

[Ilugc] [OT] Inspiring story of my friend who fought Cancer

2015-02-19 Thread Anand.R.Kris
Folks, Am taking the liberty to share a story 1 of my friend who was diagnosed with cancer and has *recovered* now. After all we have had lot of OT discussions earlier ;) http://vaidehivc.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/my-fight-against-dreadful-disease-cancer.html She happens to be a good friend of mine

[Ilugc] Jolla Tablet up on igg again

2015-01-29 Thread Anand.R.Kris
Hi Folks, In case you missed seeing this - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jolla-tablet-world-s-first-crowdsourced-tablet#home Thankfully, ships to India. One welcome movie is adopting community suggested open source file system instead of industry standard proprietary solution for externarl

[Ilugc] Idea - My Workstation Series

2015-01-10 Thread Anand.R.Kris
Hi All, Few months ago, I read about blog where kernel developer workstations and their workflow were presented. I personally found it inspiring to understand the different tools / hardware used by developers. For instance, I came to know that Torvalds uses a walking zombie desk. :-) :-D I am a

[Ilugc] Jolla...My Thoughts

2014-10-26 Thread Anand.R.Kris
So I finally gave up my old Sony Ericson P1i mobile and got myself (*a Diwali gift from my bro actually*) a Jolla mobile (purchased online through Snapdeal) Below are my top of the mind, first cut remarks on the phone - True to its tagline, Jolla mobile is really unique and has clear, consist

Re: [Ilugc] nice to see some changes

2014-10-13 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Gowtham Raam wrote: > > On 10/13/2014 1:57 PM, Karthikeyan A K wrote: >> No way I am putting bill gates above Kenneth, whatI mean to say was Bill >> Gates doesn't like to see old ways die, like Windows on every computer. But >> we at lugs like to have change. We mu

Re: [Ilugc] Data usage monitor - GUI

2014-10-11 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Dheepak G wrote: >> Do we have any GUI tools to monitor data consumption for Ubuntu 14.04? >> >> >>The question is ambiguous. > > Sorry for being ambigous. > >> >>Do you mean storage (like in files), >> >>network b/w consumption, or download/upload data consumptio

Re: [Ilugc] community project using Ubuntu OS

2014-07-15 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 7:46 AM, Padmini Sankaran wrote: > Bhaskar, Balu, all, > Thank you for expressing an interest in a possible project. > In FOSS I am familiar only with the Ubuntu OS (and its variants edubuntu, > kubuntu etc.) > > Am exploring the possibility of getting HS students involved

Re: [Ilugc] Fwd: [HW] Linux compatible multi function inkjet (tank) printers

2014-07-05 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Arun Khan wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 7:48 PM, Arun Khan wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Arun Khan wrote: > >> > >> Thanks. The above has ink cartridges. I am looking for a printer > >> that has ink tanks rather than cartridge. This is for my w

Re: [Ilugc] Linux Mint Cinnamon

2014-06-07 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Mohan Sundaram wrote: > On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Karthikeyan A K <77mi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have enjoyed Cinnamon too. But my laptop has AMD Radeon graphics which >> Mint for some reason could not work with (how I dream of a open >> computer). So I had

[Ilugc] Linux Mint Cinnamon

2014-06-06 Thread Anand.R.Kris
Hi All, My review-of-sorts on Linux Mint Cinnamon... I have been running the Cinnamon DE on my Mint Box for past few months and must admit that I'm greatly impressed with it. It features a polished and elegant interface and is fluid and re

[Ilugc] Windows XP - RIP. Long Live Linux?

2014-04-08 Thread Anand.R.Kris
Guys, while Windows XP is in news, we should leverage this opportunity to express / share in all news / tech / social media sites on advantages of switching to Linux from an end-user perspective Please take few minutes of your time to share your views... http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/RNJBw

Re: [Ilugc] help regarding software downloading

2014-03-20 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Purushothaman M wrote: > > I have migrated from windows to linux mint recently. > In windows if a new software is required software can be downloaded > from the website > and stored in afolder and can be installed on requirement. > > Whether the same way softwares

Re: [Ilugc] Partition issue to dual boot windows 7 and Ubuntu

2014-02-25 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Dhanagopal R wrote: > > Hi > > I have recently got a Dell Inspiron 17" Laptop online from US. I would > like to install Ubuntu and dual boot with Windows 7 Pro 64 bit (already > factory installed in C: by default. The HDD remains partitioned as follows: > > 1. 39

Re: [Ilugc] How can I import excel worksheet in oracle database.

2014-02-15 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 3:06 PM, imthiyas ahamed wrote: > How can I import CSV file...?? > On Feb 15, 2014 2:59 PM, "Anand.R.Kris" wrote: > > > 2014-02-15 12:36 GMT+05:30 imthiyas ahamed : > > > > > Need help...?? > > > ___

Re: [Ilugc] How can I import excel worksheet in oracle database.

2014-02-15 Thread Anand.R.Kris
2014-02-15 12:36 GMT+05:30 imthiyas ahamed : > Need help...?? > ___ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: > http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines > I have not tried it but you should be

Re: [Ilugc] MATLAB Vs Linux Device Driver Career

2014-02-13 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Prakash Prasad wrote: > > I have been a Linux Device Driver developer for quiet sometime and found it > generally interesting but stereo type - as we are bounded to what the OS > layer provides. Device driver programming is difficult if in case one is not > fami

Re: [Ilugc] udate error

2014-01-22 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 7:08 PM, L. Guruprasad wrote: > Hi Anwar, > > On Wednesday 22 January 2014 06:56 PM, anwar latiff wrote: > > hi > > > > iam using mint 15 oliva i coudnt update my system it is showing following > > error > > > > E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --c

Re: [Ilugc] update error

2014-01-21 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 9:03 PM, anwar latiff wrote: > hi > > iam using mint 15 oliva i coudnt update my system it is showing following > error > > E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' > to correct the problem. > > E: _cache->open() failed, please report > > >

Re: [Ilugc] Dual booting Win8 + Mint - Questions on Secure boot & GRUB boot loader

2014-01-14 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Dheepak G wrote: > > Hi All, > > I recently bought a new Laptop running Windows 8.1. To have some hands-on > experience with Linux, I decided to install Linux Mint. > As I am a newbie, I prefer prefer Windows running along side Linux Mint. > By googling, I came t

Re: [Ilugc] ILUGC Meetings in cyberspace

2014-01-07 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Abdur Rahman wrote: > On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Balasubramaniam Natarajan < > bala150...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi > > > > My house is near central and say if I take the auto to come to IIT > Chennai > > due to my personal reasons I have to shell out ~ RS.

Re: [Ilugc] On Default Privileges of White/Asian Males

2014-01-07 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 10:16 PM, A. Mani wrote: > On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Ganesh Gopal wrote: > > sir, i need mca application projects > > > > please send any good topics > > > > thank you > > > Let me analyze this reply. > > 1. Generally, unless names are explicitly used the reply is di

[Ilugc] Fix a Bug - Earn 200 $

2013-12-20 Thread Anand.R.Kris
All, I faced this issue in Cinnamon desktop where a Chromium browser window opened in full screen could not be reverted back to original state. One had to close the browser and open again to escape full screen. Very annoying especially if you are used to viewing sites full screen often. This issu

[Ilugc] [ilugc] Mint Users

2013-12-14 Thread Anand.R.Kris
http://community.linuxmint.com/country/all Number of Mint users in India seem to be pretty less. :-( Requesting any Mint users here to register and actively participate in Mint Community > Suggesting Ideas, Backing good ideas by casting your votes, Creating Tutorials, Commenting, etc. Thanks. -

[Ilugc] [FUN] [ILUGC] OpenSUE - What Does the Chameleon Say?

2013-12-12 Thread Anand.R.Kris
Enjoy :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNkDJk5_9eU Inspired by the viral video "What Does the Fox Say?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE -- Cheers, Anand Radhakrishnan When there is a drive, there is a path. [C:\>] ___ ILUGC Mailing Li

Re: [Ilugc] [ilugc][news] Linux Voice Magazine

2013-11-25 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:21 PM, Anand.R.Kris wrote: > Extract from http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2472 by Clem: > > Andrew Gregory, Mike Saunders and Ben Everard left Linux Format to > dedicate themselves to the creation of a new magazine. Linux Voice > plans to give 50% of its

Re: [Ilugc] How to get a linux admin job?

2013-11-20 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 10:08 AM, PrasannaKumar Muralidharan wrote: >> Sigh! I reckon we should also have a tag for [Etiquette Sermon] that >> accounts for most of the discussions here. I would be happy if my >> biggest learning from subscribing to this group is *not* just mailing >> list etiquett

Re: [Ilugc] How to get a linux admin job?

2013-11-19 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:18 PM, PrasannaKumar Muralidharan wrote: >> My company is going to implement Fedora-20 (after its final release on >> December 10th 2013) based FOSS Lab setup in 300+ Engineering colleges >> across Tamilnadu in between January 2014 - February 2014. I am in need of >> atl

[Ilugc] [ilugc][news] Linux Voice Magazine

2013-11-13 Thread Anand.R.Kris
Extract from http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2472 by Clem: Andrew Gregory, Mike Saunders and Ben Everard left Linux Format to dedicate themselves to the creation of a new magazine. Linux Voice plans to give 50% of its profits back to the community and release its articles under Creative Commons 9 mon

[Ilugc] Mint Box 2 - A compact desktop

2013-11-11 Thread Anand.R.Kris
Hi All, Many of us are already familiar with Linux Mint project in form of their OS and can vouch for its ease of use. Not sure how many of you are aware of their foray into hardware. Linux Mint and Compulab have collaboratively created MintBox2 - a compact and powerful headless PC with Mint Mate

Re: [Ilugc] Help required - Mint on UEFI PC

2013-11-04 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Ganesh Ranganathan wrote: > On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Anand.R.Kris wrote: > >> I installed Mint 15 from live USB on my friend's PC which has UEFI >> boot. Now after installation, earlier installed Windows 7 started but >> did

[Ilugc] Help required - Mint on UEFI PC

2013-11-03 Thread Anand.R.Kris
Hi All, I installed Mint 15 from live USB on my friend's PC which has UEFI boot. Now after installation, earlier installed Windows 7 started but did not boot and went to recovery mode. i installed ubuntu's boot-repair on live-usb and tried auto-repair but no luck there. Tried some fixes on MBR to

[Ilugc] [Read] A LibreOffice update

2013-10-31 Thread Anand.R.Kris
All, In case you havent read this - https://lwn.net/Articles/571291/ Libreoffice seems to be making good progress. Heartening indeed. -- Cheers, Anand Radhakrishnan When there is a drive, there is a path. [C:\>] ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.

[Ilugc] Blender Demo Reel 2013

2013-09-21 Thread Anand.R.Kris
Hi All, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XZGulDxz9o A nice demo video reel on Blender, in case yu've not seen it yet. My fav demo of theirs is the Big Buck Bunny (2008) animation short-film which have shown it to many kids and they've all relished it. I am sure many of you have watched it as well

Re: [Ilugc] Request for seminar on 'Free tools in Software Engineering'

2013-09-19 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Baskar Selvaraj wrote: > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 8:56 PM, ARUN PALANIAPPAN < > arunpalaniappan@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sorry for interupttion / top posting , etc. >> >> > Sorry from me too. > > @Members: > > I decided to continue in this list only because of the

[Ilugc] Linux Mint India Community

2013-09-19 Thread Anand.R.Kris
Hi All, I have been using Mint for past few months and am really enjoying the Mint vibrant community. I am thinking if it is a good idea for some of us to get together and start "Mint India community" and perhaps get it listed under http://www.linuxmint.com/communities.php Please share your view

Re: [Ilugc] Creating a facebook group for ilugc

2013-09-14 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 9:10 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > In todays meeting, we had a good discussion about the manging ilugc > activities and getting more people for volunteers. > > People suggested that creating a facebook group for ilugc. > We may get more volunteers and participants for the even

Re: [Ilugc] Best Linux Distro for Office use

2013-09-13 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Sahil ModGill wrote: > n Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 12:01 PM, balachandar muruganantham < > mbchan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> we want to use the distro for office use meaning it will be used people who >> are not techie. >> >> we will be doing the following >> 1. Take pr

Re: [Ilugc] Topics for demo stalls

2013-09-11 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > Are you looking for what to demo on software freedom day? > > Here are some of the topics. > > Desktop environments > Games > Multimedia players > Audio editors > Video editors > Image editors > Programming ide > Libreoffice > Databases > Fro

[Ilugc] Support O A.D.

2013-09-09 Thread Anand.R.Kris
Hi All, http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/support-0-a-d-an-open-source-strategy-game Your opportunity to contribute to open-source game development. Please dont $ rate scare you off in participating. ;-) Excerpt... In short, 0 A.D. is a free, open-source, cross-platform, real-time strategy game

Re: [Ilugc] deluge error

2013-09-07 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 9:15 PM, anwar latiff wrote: > > hi lugs > aim mint 15 and in deluge bit torrent client showing some error it > is not downloading showing error in GUI i have run terminal deluge it > showing this error > > > [ERROR ] 19:44:14 config:431 Error writing new config

Re: [Ilugc] fedora 19 install

2013-08-21 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Selvakumar Devaraj wrote: > Hi > > i am from coimbatore.. new to linux.. i want to learn and work in linux. > > I got DVD fedora 19 which comes with open source for you magazine. > kindly help me out how to install in my desktop with windows7. i want > to dual bo

Re: [Ilugc] linux install

2013-08-11 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Selvakumar Devaraj < contactgoc...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi > > i want to install linux. can i get link for download and install guide > > Hi Selva, > > Linux has many distributions ( you can think of it as different companies > producing a different versions

Re: [Ilugc] GNU/Linux Install fest

2013-07-08 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > Shall we conduct a install fest in Chennai? > > It is some one day or one week or 15 days event. > > We can call for volunteers area wise. Store there contact details in public > page. > > Announce this in public so that anyone can contact nea

Re: [Ilugc] GNU/Linux Install fest

2013-07-06 Thread Anand.R.Kris
On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Kumar wrote: > Hi , > > I am ready for volunteer. I am from Chennai ( Arumbakkam ). I know basic > but I interested to join. > > > On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Abdur Rahman wrote: > >> Wow this is awesome... i am in for the areas like Triplicane, Royapettah, >>

[Ilugc] Catch them young - KDE Success story

2013-07-04 Thread Anand.R.Kris
All, In case you haven't seen this yet in planetkde.org - a success story of how an England school has made the switch to KDE. http://dot.kde.org/2013/07/04/year-linux-desktop How I wish Indian schools emulate this model and reap benefits! Interesting thought that I particularly liked in the in

[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

[Ilugc] Fwd: Monthly Meet - Topic for Talks - Suggestion

2013-05-03 Thread Anand.R.Kris
Hi LUGgies, A suggestion for the monthly talks. In the past, based on the couple of talks i've attended (maybe am stereotyping) but i felt they're more programmer-centric. Though i benefited a great deal and learnt about the technologies that underpin the GNU / Linux & FOSS ecosystem, I would also