Re: [Ilugc] Fwd: Please guide me how to install windows 3 inside linux.

2011-11-25 Thread balaji sivanath
Hi vishnu, On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Vishnu Guruswamy vishnugurusw...@gmail.com wrote: Now I’m using windows 2003 OS. How to install windows inside Linux version 10.10. I think you are saying about ubuntu 10.10, You can use virtualbox to install windows inside ubuntu or you can dual

Re: [Ilugc] how to add a new application to the gnome 3 desktop

2011-10-08 Thread balaji sivanath
On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 4:42 PM, kenneth gonsalves law...@thenilgiris.com wrote: hi, the subject line says it all - any clues? Are you asking to put application icons in the desktop or in the shell menu? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves ___ ILUGC

Re: [Ilugc] ankit fadia

2011-09-22 Thread balaji sivanath
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:46 PM, kenneth gonsalves law...@thenilgiris.com wrote: hi, the latest edition of India Today has a feature on 30 young Indians who are changing the country - one of them is that loser Ankit Fadia. I request LUG members to mail the editor in protest. Didnt get what

Re: [Ilugc] Printer installation problem

2011-09-19 Thread balaji sivanath
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Arun Khan knu...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:48 PM, balaji sivanath starbala2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am using arch linux, having canon LBP2900B usb printer. First installed cups but it didnt detect my printer, then tried to install usblp

[Ilugc] [OT] how much a P-III computer can be sale?

2011-09-14 Thread balaji sivanath
Hi, I have a used P III (working condition) system. 512mb sd ram, samsung 17monitor(bought 2 yrs before only),hp keyboard,mouse.. How much this can be saled? Regards, Balaji ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] how much a P-III computer can be sale?

2011-09-14 Thread balaji sivanath
wrote: Sir this is not ur personal mailing list for business.you must read ilugc terms and conditions On 9/14/11, balaji sivanath starbala2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I have a used P III (working condition) system. 512mb sd ram, samsung 17monitor(bought 2 yrs before only),hp keyboard,mouse

[Ilugc] [OT] What is the use of linux boards

2011-09-12 Thread balaji sivanath
Hi, I saw few posts here about arduino boards,linux boards etc. I dont know what is the use of these boards. Just am asking here to know about the purpose of using those boards. Regards, Balaji ___ ILUGC Mailing List:

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] What is the use of linux boards

2011-09-12 Thread balaji sivanath
Thank you vivek and arun. This makes me wow With the arduino board, you can write 10 lines of C code and get a light to blink or a servo motor to turn 10 degrees. In future i will also try to buy and play or work with it :) Regards, Balaji ___ ILUGC

[Ilugc] Clamav remove windows virus?

2011-08-31 Thread balaji sivanath
Hi, I have an arch system triple boot with windows xp,windows 7. I am sure there are viruses in both windows system, I am not interested in running windows antivirus for hours to scan the system but leaves the virus. Can i run clamav to remove all viruses which are in my harddisk? (I am not sure

Re: [Ilugc] Fwd: [chennai.rb] [JOB][X-POST] C42 Engineering is hiring

2011-08-11 Thread balaji sivanath
On 8/12/11, Sathia S sathia2...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, C42 Engineering is looking for talented and passionate programmers. how to apply for this job? You *do not* have to have prior experience in Ruby or Rails to apply - all we care about is that you enjoy programming and that

[Ilugc] how to integrate pidgin, vlc, desktop notification in gnome3

2011-07-31 Thread balaji sivanath
Hi, I installed gnome3 in my arch system. Now i dont have any desktop notification for removable drives or integrated chat. How to integrate pidgin,vlc,desktop notification for removable drives in gnome3. Regards, Balaji ___ ILUGC Mailing List:

[Ilugc] Fwd: Disk overlap error while installing arch linux

2011-07-18 Thread balaji sivanath
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Arun Khan knu...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Arun Khan knu...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 7:54 AM, balaji sivanath starbala2...@gmail.com wrote: /dev/sda2            9562       60800   411576501+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA) BTW

[Ilugc] Disk overlap error while installing arch linux

2011-07-14 Thread balaji sivanath
Hi, On disk configuration part when going for manual partition i got this error Fatal error: bad logical partition 8:enlarged logical partitions overlap. Here is my fdisk -l output: Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders Units = cylinders of

Re: [Ilugc] Disk overlap error while installing arch linux

2011-07-14 Thread balaji sivanath
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Mehul Ved mehul.n@gmail.com wrote: On Jul 15, 2011 1:27 AM, 0 0...@0throot.com wrote: /dev/sda9           35058       47368    98882560   83  Linux /dev/sda10          47368       47493     1007616   82  Linux swap / Solaris The error probably talks

Re: [Ilugc] Disk overlap error while installing arch linux

2011-07-14 Thread balaji sivanath
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:54 AM, Arun Khan knu...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 10:26 PM, balaji sivanath starbala2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On disk configuration part when going for manual partition i got this error Fatal error: bad logical partition 8:enlarged logical

[Ilugc] Switching to Arch from Ubuntu

2011-07-13 Thread balaji sivanath
Hi, I am using Ubuntu now, I want to switch to arch because i like about the minimal,uptodate,personalised system. I just need suggestion or tips which i should know before installing arch. Just for try, now installed it in virtual box but didnt configure anything. Regards, Balaji

Re: [Ilugc] complete reference for linux

2011-07-08 Thread balaji sivanath
On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Roshan Mathews rmath...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 10:22, balaji sivanath starbala2...@gmail.com wrote: Suggest me such kind of book or pdf. http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz Thank you. -- http://about.me/rosh

Re: [Ilugc] Is it legal to host a webserver in domestic broadband plan

2011-07-05 Thread balaji sivanath
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Rahul Sundaram methe...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/30/2011 06:59 PM, balaji sivanath wrote: oops. I just know about version control but i didnt use it as i will be developing very very tiny apps only by me. So, I thought version control is not necessary Let us

Re: [Ilugc] Is it legal to host a webserver in domestic broadband plan

2011-06-30 Thread balaji sivanath
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@thenilgiris.com wrote: On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 10:45 +0530, balaji sivanath wrote: If i want to share a java project, put it in bitbucket I just gave example as java project. Anyhow thank you, it will be useful for me someday

Re: [Ilugc] Is it legal to host a webserver in domestic broadband plan

2011-06-30 Thread balaji sivanath
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Akilan R akila...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:45 AM, balaji sivanath starbala2...@gmail.comwrote: If i want to share a java project, i will put it in server tell my friend (to whom i have to send the project) to download it and then i

Re: [Ilugc] Is it legal to host a webserver in domestic broadband plan

2011-06-30 Thread balaji sivanath
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:03 PM, 0 0...@0throot.com wrote: On 06/30/2011 11:24 AM, Akilan R wrote: On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:45 AM, balaji sivanathstarbala2...@gmail.comwrote: If i want to share a java project, i will put it in server  tell my friend (to whom i have to send the project)

Re: [Ilugc] Is it legal to host a webserver in domestic broadband plan

2011-06-30 Thread balaji sivanath
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@thenilgiris.com wrote: On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 12:09 +0530, balaji sivanath wrote: On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@thenilgiris.com wrote: On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 10:45 +0530, balaji sivanath wrote: If i want

Re: [Ilugc] Is it legal to host a webserver in domestic broadband plan

2011-06-29 Thread balaji sivanath
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Arun Khan knu...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 8:58 PM, balaji sivanath starbala2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I dont have money to buy domain or interested so, I installed apache in my system, Registered with freedns.afraid.org and assigned

Re: [Ilugc] Is it legal to host a webserver in domestic broadband plan

2011-06-29 Thread balaji sivanath
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Girish Venkatachalam girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 8:58 PM, balaji sivanath starbala2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I dont have money to buy domain or interested so, I installed apache in my system, Registered with freedns.afraid.org

[Ilugc] Is it necessary that firewall of my desktop should be active?

2011-06-15 Thread balaji sivanath
Hi, I am using ubuntu 11.04 in my home desktop. Is it necessary that firewall should be active inorder to avoid hack? I heard that we will not be given static ip address, only paid one will get static ip address that can be used for webserver implementation. If my system doesnt have static address

[Ilugc] How to reinstall unity

2011-05-13 Thread balaji sivanath
Hi, I am using ubuntu 11.04, I tried to install gnome3 using ppa in ubuntu 11.04. They have said to do dist-upgrade before installing but due to limited broadband connection without doing upgrade i installed gnome3. It ended in installation with errors. Now I have unity interface with some kde

Re: [Ilugc] How to reinstall unity

2011-05-13 Thread balaji sivanath
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Mehul Ved mehul.n@gmail.com wrote: Try $ unity --reset Now only i saw that gnome3 unity cannot be used side by side. Gnome3 installation made changes to unity files too. So, this reset is not working.. Regards, Balaji

Re: [Ilugc] How to reinstall unity

2011-05-13 Thread balaji sivanath
Hi, Installed gnome3 correctly and gonna play with it for sometime. Thanks to all. Regards, Balaji. ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] power of vi editor

2011-05-12 Thread balaji sivanath
Hi, Let me try vimtutor. vim in 6kb tells exactly what i needed. Bookmarked other links to learn :) On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Girish Venkatachalam girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com wrote: Let me put it this way. If you dunno vi keystrokes you dunno UNIX. Shocked when seeing this. suppose

[Ilugc] power of vi editor

2011-05-11 Thread balaji sivanath
Hi, I am using nano or gedit to edit any files. Many said editors like vi or emacs are powerful, I tried to use vi editor but dont know how to use it. After going into insert mode if i press arrow keys some random alphabet gets printed, if i delete that random characters newline spaces are

[Ilugc] Redhat certification

2011-05-02 Thread balaji sivanath
Hi, I am an engineering student passing out this year. I wanna become system administrator, I started using ubuntu before 2 years, I have basic knowledge in using gnu/linux system but I think this knowledge is not enough to become system admin so i want to do redhat certification. I want to do

Re: [Ilugc] Lucid Hangs

2011-05-02 Thread balaji sivanath
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 8:15 PM, sri vats blackcap...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Ubuntu 11.04 struck while browsing internet.No idea of whats going wrong.I faced same problem in almost all ubuntu versions.Could it be hardware issue.Any help would be appreciated. which browser?

Re: [Ilugc] Lucid Hangs

2011-05-02 Thread balaji sivanath
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 8:46 PM, sri vats blackcap...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, which browser? Ubuntu natty default firefox I dont know correct solution but try to update kernel see what happens. Regards, Balaji ___ ILUGC Mailing List:

Re: [Ilugc] Lucid Hangs

2011-05-01 Thread balaji sivanath
On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 1:49 PM, sri vats blackcap...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Few days back,member of this mailing list suggested me to install ubuntu in separate partition instead of wubi.This time i have installed ubuntu ultimate edition(lucid) in separate partition.But no luck,ubuntu hangs

Re: [Ilugc] Grub problem

2011-04-28 Thread balaji sivanath
       Does that mean you are able to boot into all installed operating systems or do you mean that you just got a list of OSes, but you are not able to boot into any of them ? All 4 os are bootable. Did you install 10.04 on a separate partition or did you over write 10.10 ? May be a little

[Ilugc] Fwd: Grub problem

2011-04-28 Thread balaji sivanath
I think you can simply install grub2 to partition that contains 10.10 and delete the 10.04 partition. Ensure you use the 10.04/10.10 iso/cd to install grub2 or any version that ships grub2 and not grub legacy. Instructions to reinstall grub2 can be found here -

Re: [Ilugc] Fwd: Grub problem

2011-04-28 Thread balaji sivanath
Are you giving /dev/sdX as something like /dev/sda which will represent the whole hard disk and hence will install grub in the MBR or something like /dev/sda1 which means the grub will be installed to the partition specified. The former will make sure that grub is loaded when you boot. For

[Ilugc] Grub problem

2011-04-27 Thread balaji sivanath
Hi, I had ubuntu 10.10,windows7,xp in my system. Due to some problem reinstalled windows7, then i tried using live cd to recover ubuntu but failed and it lead to damage of all loaders(when i boot system blank screen only came). Then due to some urgent need of system, installed ubuntu10.04 now got

[Ilugc] ubuntu 11.04 beta desktop environment

2011-04-13 Thread balaji sivanath
hi, I have downloaded ubuntu 11.04 beta. when i tried in virtual box the desktop environment came to me is gnome only. how to get unity interface? Regards, Balaji sivanath ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] [ILUGC] INSTALLING UBUNTU ALONGSIDE AN EXISTING OS

2011-04-12 Thread balaji sivanath
installed the ubuntu in your harddisk (here you have formatted the whole hard disk into ext3/ ext4). I dont know how to backup data from a formatted disk, someother here can help you. Regards, Balaji sivanath ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http

Re: [Ilugc] Ubuntu Hangs

2011-04-05 Thread balaji sivanath
I have ubuntu 10.04 in my machine.Installed it via wubi.My system hangs while working.Same thing happened when installing it.Sometimes it hangs even when no operation is performed.Tried Linux Mint 10,it too hangs while installing.No idea of whats going wrong:-(.Any more information needed to

[Ilugc] bsnl data usage in linux

2011-04-02 Thread balaji sivanath
. Regards, Balaji sivanath ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] Clarification - Internet Using Mobile Phone

2011-03-25 Thread balaji sivanath
I am accessing Internet Via Nokia Pc suite now in windows. Can this is possible in Linux? How to access the same in Linux. You can also connect your mobile using usb data cable can connect to internet. Tell your distribution so that i can tell you specifically, If you are using ubuntu goto

[Ilugc] Doubt in crontab

2011-02-27 Thread balaji sivanath
Hi, I am just learning to schedule jobs using crontab. I have following doubts 1) When using the following line in crontab file 28 * * * * ls /home/balaji/testlog In testlog file list of files got written now, 30 * * * * wget www.1.com /home/balaji/testlog I need to get an

Re: [Ilugc] Doubt in crontab

2011-02-27 Thread balaji sivanath
Because error or not send to but to 2 So replace with 2 or better to log both error and output you can redirect standard error and standard output but redirecting error or output to the other. Like this 30 * * ** wget www.1.com 2 /tmp/1.txt 12 Can you explain this little bit more? Regards,

[Ilugc] How to develop linux skills required by corporates

2011-02-26 Thread balaji sivanath
Hi, I am a final year engg. student. I am using ubuntu as default, I have knowledge in basic commands,linux basics knowledge of opensource/free software. When going for some interview they asked for RHCE certification, I said I dont have that certification the next question from them is Then how

Re: [Ilugc] How to develop linux skills required by corporates

2011-02-26 Thread balaji sivanath
Thanks to all who replied for my queries, All your replies made me got energized a clear mind what to do next and how to do, I am going to working out one by one which is said by you. Really thankful to you, Balaji ___ ILUGC Mailing List:

Re: [Ilugc] Ubuntu CD customisation help needed

2011-02-21 Thread balaji sivanath
, Balaji sivanath ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

[Ilugc] how to configure server/client in ubuntu

2010-12-22 Thread balaji sivanath
they should be prompted to use new passwords ii) Can the server be used as windows and client as ubuntu? iii) How to give access to clients to use internet? (i.e only if the user got permission from the admin then only they should be allowed to use internet) Regards, Balaji sivanath

[Ilugc] how to create custom os distribution

2010-12-19 Thread balaji sivanath
://releases.ubuntu.com/maverick/ .. dont know which files to download. Regards, Balaji sivanath ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] Bid ByeBye to Google Search, say DuckDuckGo!

2010-12-16 Thread balaji sivanath
hi, i didnt get any strong reason to switch from google to duckduckgo. what are the things google lacks which ddg gives? i have mail,documents,photos..etc on google various products,how can i switch instantly from google to ddg. Regards, Balaji Sivanath

Re: [Ilugc] how to stop automatic updates

2010-12-07 Thread balaji sivanath
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Mehul Ved mehul.n@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:23 AM, balaji sivanath starbala2...@gmail.com wrote: how to check correct bandwidth usage and how to stop automatic updates,no application should connect internet without my permission, what

Re: [Ilugc] how to stop automatic updates

2010-12-07 Thread balaji sivanath
can try creating a shell script. Be careful with torrents though! gkrellm came handy to me for bandwidth usage.. thanks for your info. Regards, Balaji sivanath ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] how to stop automatic updates

2010-12-06 Thread balaji sivanath
, Balaji sivanath ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] Talks about FOSS in Barcamp

2010-12-05 Thread balaji sivanath
have spoke,AFAIK that foss based companies make money by providing service to corporates,giving training program,providing customised distribution(canonical provides,saw in mark shuttleworth blog).. is there anyother things? Regards, Balaji sivanath

[Ilugc] how to stop automatic updates

2010-12-05 Thread balaji sivanath
without my permission, what to do for that? Regards, Balaji sivanath ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] want to install oracel in ubuntu

2010-12-03 Thread balaji sivanath
will also be created. oracle will be there in your applications menu after installation. Regards, Balaji sivanath ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] installing apache linux

2010-11-24 Thread balaji sivanath
Google is there to reply for you in seconds On 11/24/10, anand babu anandroya...@gmail.com wrote: Sir, I want to install apache web server in linux.i am using open suse . -- anand ___ ILUGC Mailing List:

Re: [Ilugc] [ANN] quadmulc beta available

2010-11-13 Thread balaji sivanath
hi, what is that site.. can we add anything... what is the purpose On 11/13/10, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@thenilgiris.com wrote: hi, http://quadmulc.greenchilly.in -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com ___ ILUGC Mailing List:

[Ilugc] ubuntu 10.04 hangs

2010-11-11 Thread balaji sivanath
hi, whenever i close chromium browser, system gets hanged with black screen. i dont know what cause this.. am using latest chromium browser in ubuntu10.04. how to rectify this. Regards, Balaji sivanath ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in

Re: [Ilugc] problem in installing printer driver

2010-11-10 Thread balaji sivanath
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 1:11 PM, steve st...@lonetwin.net wrote: This might help: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CanonCaptDrv190 downloaded captdriver 2.0 and installed without any dependency problem, now printer works fine. Thank you! ___ ILUGC

[Ilugc] problem using google chrome

2010-11-10 Thread balaji sivanath
hi, i downloaded latest stable version of google chrome(deb package from google site) and installed. it worked perfectly when using old version,now chrome starts and works but when i click close button system gets hanged(black screen with unblinking cursor,keyboard,mouse all gets hanged), am using

Re: [Ilugc] Ubuntu 10.10 Screen resolution problem

2010-11-09 Thread balaji sivanath
. Regards, Balaji sivanath ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

[Ilugc] problem in installing printer driver

2010-11-09 Thread balaji sivanath
libcups2 and install libcupsys2 but libcups2 is needed for lot of other applications. so i cant remove libcups2. What can i do now? Regards, Balaji sivanath ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

[Ilugc] network protocol analyzer

2010-11-01 Thread balaji sivanath
hi, Tell me any network protocol analyzer for mobile phone modem,wireshark can be used for ethernet card and it does'nt find my mobile modem. wanna create an application i need to find how data is transferred in particular website. Regards, Balaji sivanath

Re: [Ilugc] free download manager freeware?

2010-10-27 Thread balaji sivanath
. IMHO there is no specific download manager for music,picture etc. download manager will not check the content whether it is picture or audio or anyother,it will just split the file and download it Regards, Balaji sivanath ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http

Re: [Ilugc] [Final Year Project Idea] Creating a STL like library for C

2010-10-27 Thread balaji sivanath
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Girish Venkatachalam girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com wrote: I will discuss more things later. People tend not to read long mails. I have time but later on. Long mails are a problem. Oh..no am so interested,you know we are reading hundreds of pages in books,

Re: [Ilugc] Final year project

2010-10-25 Thread balaji sivanath
, get hold of your juniors, and may be ask them to create a distro, so that they can learn and they would fee a part of the FOSS activities in your college. i already planned but due to some reasons we dont have chances to meet juniors,hope next semester we will do it thanks, balaji sivanath

[Ilugc] Final year project

2010-10-24 Thread balaji sivanath
in opensource. Regards, Balaji sivanath. ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

[Ilugc] several monitors with one laptop

2010-10-18 Thread balaji sivanath
use virtual desktops which will be in ubuntu by default.. Why we need another monitor? Regards, Balaji Sivanath ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

[Ilugc] Re: several monitors with one laptop

2010-10-18 Thread balaji sivanath
sorry for thread hijack, used mobile device to mail instead of composing i replied to existing mail regards, Balaji Sivanath On 10/18/10, balaji sivanath starbala2...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/18/10, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@thenilgiris.com wrote: hi, my productivity has jumped after adding

Re: [Ilugc] several monitors with one laptop

2010-10-18 Thread balaji sivanath
On 10/19/10, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@thenilgiris.com wrote: On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 18:48 +0530, balaji sivanath wrote: On 10/18/10, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@thenilgiris.com wrote: hi, my productivity has jumped after adding an additional monitor to my laptop. I dont know how

Re: [Ilugc] lugc-new installation grub error

2010-10-17 Thread balaji sivanath
From your mail i think your ubuntu installation completed successfully but the grub loader is having problem, search in google for how to configure grub for dualboot system, use ubuntu live bootup configure it. Hope this will solve your problem On 10/17/10, Anand G g...@anaggha.com wrote: Hi

[Ilugc] why people going for proprietary?

2010-10-15 Thread balaji sivanath
that is available in proprietary software. What's the problem... why popularity is not there.. why they are hesitating to come into free world Regards, Balaji Sivanath ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] why people going for proprietary?

2010-10-15 Thread balaji sivanath
Great thought! :-) thank u :-) That is, most people don't want to move to new things until they have no other go. Once accustomed to something its difficult to switch over to something else, unless one has a strong will to do so. today morning only thought if something happens and a situation

Re: [Ilugc] why people going for proprietary?

2010-10-15 Thread balaji sivanath
Ha.. No need for such a no more situation.. If Microsoft finds a way to ban all pirated copies of Windows, thats enough. Except a few corporate offices and Windows fans, none will be ready to purchase the original version! Does MS have the guts to do that?? +1

Re: [Ilugc] how people are gaining money using opensource softwares

2010-10-14 Thread balaji sivanath
can you be more specific - the link to show where they sell open source software That's the one.  RHEL is Red Hat Enterprise Linux.  More on that page, and on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux I still do not see where they are selling open source software - as far as

[Ilugc] how to upgrade to ubuntu 10.10 without reinstalling existing application

2010-10-13 Thread balaji sivanath
hi, i am using ubuntu 10.04 in which i have installed all software which i require (like oracle,chrome browser,vlc...), am going to upgrade to 10.10 using cd image. how to upgrade so that i dont need to reinstall all those stuffs. another query: where all my installed softwares reside (like in

[Ilugc] how people are gaining money using opensource softwares

2010-10-13 Thread balaji sivanath
hi, This is an unanswered question for me from the time i entered into open world! (8 or 9 months before). how people doing business using opensource software. Most of the opensource software are available at free of cost how are they gaining money to run the organization, for eg. canonical ltd.

[Ilugc] afraid of virus

2010-10-13 Thread balaji sivanath
hi, i installed wine for using my windows application,now exe files can be run in ubuntu. if i insert pendrive which is having virus and mistakenly if i ran it in wine,will the virus affect my system? ___ ILUGC Mailing List:

Re: [Ilugc] afraid of virus

2010-10-13 Thread balaji sivanath
1. Do you really need WINE? (linux has better softwares than the one that will run on WINE and the softwares that are truly unique and not available in linux usually don't run on WINE) installed wine just for getting knowledge how windows application runs in linux thanks for your replies

Re: [Ilugc] how people are gaining money using opensource softwares

2010-10-13 Thread balaji sivanath
Their sources are selling customer support and training, then i think in the business point of view opensource softwares can make profit much lower than that of proprietary. Is that be true? ___ ILUGC Mailing List:

Re: [Ilugc] how to upgrade to ubuntu 10.10 without reinstalling existing application

2010-10-13 Thread balaji sivanath
Try to knock windows off your mind when you think about software in Linux. They work differently. Windows has its own idiosyncrasies. Read up on Linux filesystem hierarchies and about what goes where. i will check out.. thanks:) but what about how to upgrade using cd image without reinstallation

[Ilugc] problem in network icon

2010-08-31 Thread balaji sivanath
hi, Am using mobile gprs in ubuntu 10.04. sometimes the icon in the panel is not displayed or sometimes volume icon will be shown (at this time i have two volume like icons in the panel and one volume icon only works and other will be just shown if i click it no option will come) but i can use

Re: [Ilugc] session in opensource

2010-08-26 Thread balaji sivanath
Thanks a lot... ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] session in opensource

2010-08-24 Thread balaji sivanath
hi baskar, I have got permission from our HOD,please send me repositories to below address The Head of department, Information technology, K.L.N.college of information technology, pottapalayam-630 611 sivagangai district. Thanks. ___ ILUGC Mailing

Re: [Ilugc] [Tip] When feeling down, this command helps

2010-08-24 Thread balaji sivanath
he he.. nice one.. :-) On 8/23/10, Tha.Suresh jemenisur...@gmail.com wrote: When feeling down, this command helps $ sl $ sudo apt-get install sl $ man sl :-) ;-) -- Regards, Tha.Suresh http://thasulinux.wordpress.com ___ ILUGC

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS awareness program @ Karpagam Institute of Technology, Coimbatore

2010-08-22 Thread balaji sivanath
hi baskar, this link has no content http://www.apdip.net/publications/*foss*eprimers/*foss*-edu.pdf Setup a FOSS lab (a minimum of 60 computers) in the college using Fedora-13 (We install about 4225 packages in all the computers using kickstart method and ask the students to work on it for

Re: [Ilugc] session in opensource

2010-08-22 Thread balaji sivanath
hi baskar, Whether i have to pay transport charges? i am very eager to get those stuffs and showing to others, i will tell you within tomorrow evening. how long will it take to reach here. ___ ILUGC Mailing List:

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS awareness program @ Karpagam Institute of Technology, Coimbatore

2010-08-22 Thread balaji sivanath
Try this http://www.apdip.net/publications/fosseprimers/foss-edu.pdf it works sorry, without seeing *. i said as not working ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

[Ilugc] difference between free and opensource software

2010-08-21 Thread balaji sivanath
hi, can anyone tell what is the actual difference between opensource and free sofware.i came through documentation but i didnt get it in crystal clear manner is there any video illustrating them ___ ILUGC Mailing List:

Re: [Ilugc] difference between free and opensource software

2010-08-21 Thread balaji sivanath
But if they decide to charge then it could be classified as POSS/COSS. Are you telling that charge for source code? Anyhow i asked what's the difference between opensource and free software if free software means freedom to use,modify,redistribute then what opensource refers? Which type is to be

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS awareness program @ Karpagam Institute of Technology, Coimbatore

2010-08-21 Thread balaji sivanath
hi baskar, FOSS awareness means what topics will be discussed ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] difference between free and opensource software

2010-08-21 Thread balaji sivanath
from senthil Free Software means not necessarily to be an open source product. from vijay Open Source software may not necessarily be Free Software. the sourcecode of free and opensource software are open to the world or not. this is now am having in my mind. free software-source code may not

Re: [Ilugc] difference between free and opensource software

2010-08-21 Thread balaji sivanath
Thanks to all discussed here. i hope i have understood correctly,here's what i have understood Proprietary: closed source, free in cost when it said as freeware,no freedom at all Free software: source is open to all,freedom is mandatory(free to use,modify,redistribute), when redistributed it

Re: [Ilugc] session in opensource

2010-08-20 Thread balaji sivanath
- If you have contacts in Chennai, ask them contact us and we will provide to - them. If that's not possible, give your college details and we will send - them by courier to college/dept. and you can collect from them. i dont have contacts in chennai,by college means how? how will u send (media),

Re: [Ilugc] how to get grub as default loader

2010-08-20 Thread balaji sivanath
i tried with the above links.. but many methods r thr,so i chosen suitable method and tried it but it didnt worked.. am having 500gb hard disk,so i can install ubuntu in another partition.if i do like that is there any method to use the softwares which i have installed in older partition(which is

Re: [Ilugc] session in opensource

2010-08-20 Thread balaji sivanath
hi guru, I am doing B.tech IT in kln college of information technology, can u tell me how to contact them On 8/20/10, Guruprasad lgp171...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Balaji, On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 8:14 PM, balaji sivanath starbala2...@gmail.com wrote: - If you have contacts in Chennai, ask them

Re: [Ilugc] session in opensource

2010-08-20 Thread balaji sivanath
hi guru, I am doing B.tech IT in kln college of information technology, can u tell me how to contact them ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] how to get grub as default loader

2010-08-20 Thread balaji sivanath
My problem resolved by following the given ubuntu forum link.. Thanks to all ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

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