Re: [Ilugc] Sad demise of our dear KG (Keneth Gonsalvas)

2012-08-03 Thread Gautam
Oh my god a very sad moment indeed . My condolences to all . On 3 August 2012 15:25, JAGANADH G wrote: > Hi All, > > Just now I got a message that our dear KG (Kenneth Gonsalvas) passed away. > He was admitted in hospital due to Asthma attack and passed away today > morning. > Cremation will be

Re: [Ilugc] Robot programming in CBSE international curriculum

2012-05-01 Thread Gautam
Wow I wish I had this when I was in school . On 1 May 2012 11:26, Srinivasan Sundararajan wrote: > hi all, > CBSE has introduced the chapter "Programming a Robo" in their > international curriculum for IX & X, with the following topics : > 1. ROBO Assembly > 2. Programming a ROBO > 3. TeProgramm

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] [Commercial] Workshop on Advanced Shell Scripting, JBoss and Perl

2012-04-05 Thread Gautam
Wow , that is kind of steep !! On 5 April 2012 20:17, Madeeswer V wrote: > Hi, > > > > Corporate style workshops for Shell scripting, Perl and JBoss. Below > > > mentioned are the details, > > > > > > > What about the cost? > > > > Advanced Linux Shell Scripting - 4500/- > Perl - 5000/- > JBoss

Re: [Ilugc] Pen input device for Linux

2012-04-01 Thread Gautam
Currently Ubuntu has the best support for Wacom pen-tablets . Others such as iBall may work , but there would be issues . For example I was helping a person with a iBall pentablet , It worked out of the box , but had some issues with movement , So had to do some tweaking to get things working smoot

Re: [Ilugc] Games equivalent to Windows in Linux

2012-03-16 Thread Gautam
Most games which have an openGL rendering mode usually work quite well on Linux under Wine. The most common game that I play is counter-strike, which works flawlessly over LAN on Ubuntu. Then I sometimes play indie Games from the Humble Bundle, and all of the Humble Bundle games have a linux vers

Re: [Ilugc] [ILugC] Zooming presentations on Linux

2012-02-27 Thread Gautam
Ok I agree You need some decent HTML+CSS Skills , but just its not that hard , I have been using it for a few presentations and its worth the effort you put in to learn HTML+CSS. On 28 February 2012 10:57, Yogesh Girikumar wrote: > 2012/2/28 Yogesh Girikumar > >Believe me, you need quite de

Re: [Ilugc] [ILugC] Zooming presentations on Linux

2012-02-27 Thread Gautam
Use Impress.js It works on any platform and is Open Source http://bartaz.github.com/impress.js/ On 28 February 2012 10:11, Yogesh Girikumar wrote: > 2011/8/3 Yogesh Girikumar > > > Hi, > > > > I'm not sure if this has been discussed in the list befo

Re: [Ilugc] Network Segment

2012-02-10 Thread Gautam
> > >So, that I can have ssh with my VM's. > > SSH ing into VMs is quite simple , there are essentially 2 ways I do this . I create a Bridged network with my wireless adapter and connect both my host and guest to a wireless router and I can ssh into my vm. But this method requires a router an

Re: [Ilugc] Network Segment

2012-02-07 Thread Gautam
> > Where my laptop is build with Windows XP OS. > What do you mean by Laptop is build with XP OS ? > I just want to keep my VM's and XP OS to put in same network segment. Also, > You need to explain that statement , Same network segment ? I am guessing you want to have a network connection b

Re: [Ilugc] Setting password for multiple users via shell script

2012-02-01 Thread Gautam
"newusers" seem like a better option , thanks . On 1 February 2012 17:32, Murthy Raju wrote: > > Is there any way to set the password via a script in a non interactive > way ? > > You can use "newusers" to create user accounts or set passwords in batch > mode. > > Regards, > Murthy Raju > __

Re: [Ilugc] Setting password for multiple users via shell script

2012-02-01 Thread Gautam
We can use expect and do it. Or if you are inclined to using > python, use python-pexpect. Thanks Thanks for pointing me in the right direction , I found this http://linux.die.net/man/1/expect article which explains a lot. If possible please do elaborate on it .

[Ilugc] Setting password for multiple users via shell script

2012-02-01 Thread Gautam
I was recently helping the system admin at my college to set up an ubuntu server . I used `*useradd*` in a shell script to create about 100 users and set permissions . But I could not figure out how to set passwords for each account as the password for all the accounts was the same . So we had to d

Re: [Ilugc] Ctl+l

2012-01-16 Thread Gautam
ctrl+'L' works fine for me . Try checking the keyboard shortcuts on the terminal you are using and also check the profile preferences in the tab Compatibility. You should try using the default settings. On 17 January 2012 06:55, Jacob G Podipara wrote: > Fellow linux fans; > The Ctl+l shortcu

Re: [Ilugc] quality computer training institutes in chennai

2012-01-13 Thread Gautam
In short none of the institutes are any good , In fact I can say with some experience that they are quite bad. There is the odd chance that you may find a good lecturer at a College or one of the Institutes , but they are few and very rare. My recommendation: Get help from friends and Internet i

Re: [Ilugc] impress.js - javascript based presentation tool

2012-01-04 Thread Gautam
html5slides is quite good , But the effects from impress.js are quite impressing (No pun intended ). May be I should try to combine them both On 4 January 2012 13:55, ijeyant...@gmail.com wrote: > > I was really impressed with impress.js , I am going to use it for > > presentation from now onw

Re: [Ilugc] impress.js - javascript based presentation tool

2012-01-02 Thread Gautam
I was really impressed with impress.js , I am going to use it for presentation from now onwards ! On 2 January 2012 17:44, Shrinivasan T wrote: > What is impress.js? > > It's a presentation tool > inspired by the idea behind prezi.com > and based on the power of CSS3 transforms and transitions i

Re: [Ilugc] More Free Online Classes from Stanford University

2011-11-17 Thread Gautam
Wow really amazing , I loved db-class , Now looking forward to the rest On 17 November 2011 17:46, Kumara Guru wrote: > Encouraged by the response for the three online classes currently running > * http://www.ai-class.com/ > * http://www.ml-class.org/ > * http://www.db-class.org/ > > Stanford is

Re: [Ilugc] [EXCHANGE] 2x1GB DDR2 RAM Modules for a talk at ILUGC

2011-07-10 Thread Gautam
I just gave a talk in this month's meeting on Google App Engine, but sadly I don't have a desktop . Lets see if there is any other lucky student out there . On 9 July 2011 14:41, Vamsee Kanakala wrote: > On Saturday 09 July 2011 10:38 AM, balaji sivanath wrote: > > > > I am from madurai. I dont

Re: [Ilugc] Created a Web Application which sends an Email once Downloads on Firefox Complete

2011-06-16 Thread Gautam
python , I seriously get confused with naming standards . On 17 June 2011 11:37, Shakthi Kannan wrote: > Hi, > > --- On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 7:23 AM, Gautam wrote: > | I have Uploaded the Source Code at > | > | https://github.com/gautamk/FFDownloadComplete > \-- > > Quick

Re: [Ilugc] Created a Web Application which sends an Email once Downloads on Firefox Complete

2011-06-16 Thread Gautam
Please Use this App Responsibly , If you want to use this application Extensively , Please Download the Source and Deploy it In your Own Google App Engine account (Its Free) . Thank You On 17 June 2011 10:56, Gautam wrote: > The real application would be as you said , if you go out whil

Re: [Ilugc] Created a Web Application which sends an Email once Downloads on Firefox Complete

2011-06-16 Thread Gautam
The real application would be as you said , if you go out while a large download is going on . You could set the Email address to your Facebook id , in which case Facebook might send you an sms . May be you could also connect your account to Way2sms , in which case also you might get an Sms . I

Re: [Ilugc] Created a Web Application which sends an Email once Downloads on Firefox Complete

2011-06-16 Thread Gautam
On 17 June 2011 08:10, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > > Took a brief look. > > Looks professional. > > Good. > > -Girish > > Thanks , Please Feel free to use it . but Please use it responsibly , cause the application runs on a free account ! ___ ILUGC M

[Ilugc] Created a Web Application which sends an Email once Downloads on Firefox Complete

2011-06-16 Thread Gautam
I just finished the first version of a web application which sends an Email once Downloads on Firefox Complete , It works with the Autoshutdown Inbasic Firefox Extension . I have deployed the Application at http://ffdownloadcomplete.appspot.com/ I have Uploaded the Source Code at https://githu

Re: [Ilugc] ubuntu 11.04 - does not shutdown - need help

2011-06-14 Thread Gautam
Have you tried shutting it down from terminal ? Ps :http://theos.in/howto/howto-shutdown-reboot-ubuntu-linux-command/ On 14 June 2011 10:40, sivakumar bharadhwaj wrote: > Dear All, > > I have installed 11.04 (just to see UNITY), i am still exploring > UNITY, have still 10.04 in another partition.

Re: [Ilugc] Google Summer of Code - Final Evaluation Results

2010-08-20 Thread gautam sakthi
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