Re: [ilugd] Disk Clonning...

2003-11-20 Thread Raj Shekhar
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 12:54, linux wrote: > Dear all, > >Is it possible to make a copy or image of Hard-Disk on another Hard > disk or CD in Linux? Is there any utility in Linux like ghost in > windows? I found about this utility today, called Mondo. You can check it out at http://www.mondore

[ilugd] Linux , not a capable NOS ?

2003-11-20 Thread avnathan
Recently i read in PCQ Ed that open-source software still lacks essential features in network management aspects. I have all along assumed that Linux is already a full-fledged a NOS system, now trying to break ground in Desktop area. Any comments ? Nathan Get Your Private, Free E-mail fro

Re: [ilugd] 1million linux pc order

2003-11-20 Thread sachinjain
SOUNDS GOOD! --sachin jain >> "LL" == linuxlingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > LL> "Scott McNealy announced today at Comdex that [0]Sun > LL> Microsystems has made a deal with China for a million desktop > LL> Linux deployments under the new $50/seat licensing plan for > L

Re: [ilugd] diet-pc, ltsp, netstation, pxes

2003-11-20 Thread Sudev Barar
On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 23:20, LinuxLingam wrote: > the entire discussion is quite stimulating. two clarifications: > > 1) one email suggests 128MB or more RAM for the pentium I or 486 > clients. > > 2) another email suggest 128MB ram for *each* client on the server. > (gulp!). > Maybe a wrong se

Re: [ilugd] diet-pc, ltsp, netstation, pxes

2003-11-20 Thread Sudev Barar
On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 11:11, supreet wrote: > I would love to use thin client terminals made out of pc104 boards. > It would come out smaller than size of a cdrom drive. > > Then again it would be chaeper to buy via c3 nano boards or mini-itx > then searching for those mythical pentium 1 and 486

Re: [ilugd] diet-pc, ltsp, netstation, pxes

2003-11-20 Thread supreet
On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 23:20, LinuxLingam wrote: > the entire discussion is quite stimulating. two clarifications: > > 1) one email suggests 128MB or more RAM for the pentium I or 486 > clients. > 32 - 64 MB RAM is suffcient > 2) another email suggest 128MB ram for *each* client on the server.

Re: [ilugd] diet-pc, ltsp, netstation, pxes

2003-11-20 Thread Pankaj Kumar
hi everybody We are using LTSP & running a setup of more than 100 thin clients.It works fine. We are using mozilla mail as a mail client.Whenever there is any big attachement (say ~1 MB) system logged out(This happens with only the slower machines like P-75 & 486). I have tried by increasing VRAM

Re: [ilugd] The December Meet

2003-11-20 Thread Anuj Sharma
hi Ashwin, for a start there is excellent online courses (2 in number) available on http://www.linux.org/. these are introductory & intermiediate level courses. perhaps you can take a look & see if you find them useful for our meet in Dec. cheers Anuj From: "Ashwin Baindur" <[EMAIL PROTECT

[ilugd] The December Meet

2003-11-20 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Dear all, We hope to make a small beginning in the right direction with regards to the theme-based ILUGD meets. The next meet on 21 Dec 03 Sunday (timings later) at :- B6, Raksha Bhawan, Man Singh Rd (opposite Indira Kala Kendra) (between Rajpath and Andhra Pradesh Bhawan. The theme is - Helpi

Re: [ilugd] Potential meeting point for a group meet

2003-11-20 Thread Arunjeet Singh
Oops!! Let that be a lesson kids, speed reading can cause loss of information. Change that P.S. to Is anybody ELSEgoing to answer my request for a meeting place? Sorry if I caused you any offence LL. Arun --- Arunjeet Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi LL > > Glad you asked! Actually, the SW

Re: [ilugd] Potential meeting point for a group meet

2003-11-20 Thread Arunjeet Singh
Hi LL Glad you asked! Actually, the SWF format has always been open source. For details, head to openswf.org or macromedia.com. Recently, the people at CrossOver office were able to run Macromedia Flash and Dreamweaver using CrossOver office on Linux, so Linux developers are no longer devoid of Fl

[ilugd] kalam quote on linux-sites

2003-11-20 Thread LinuxLingam
dear all, the indian president's views on mukt and muft software for the development and growth of india are well known. but i love the idea on this site: http://linux-bangalore.org/2003/ excellent! so am seized with the idea that *every* linux india chapter put that photo and quote on the ho

Re: [ilugd] diet-pc, ltsp, netstation, pxes

2003-11-20 Thread LinuxLingam
the entire discussion is quite stimulating. two clarifications: 1) one email suggests 128MB or more RAM for the pentium I or 486 clients. 2) another email suggest 128MB ram for *each* client on the server. (gulp!). other conclusions 1) all agree that bandwidth of the LAN surprisingly not an iss

Re: [ilugd] diet-pc, ltsp, netstation, pxes

2003-11-20 Thread supreet
>From my experience of running LTSP(thin client solutions), few points: 1) Can't cripple the system in anyway just because you want it to be efficient. So we "need" to run a full-fledged Desktop manager. 2) Interface should be consistent. This can be enforced in gnome/kde unlike other window manag

Re: [ilugd] Re: [LIG] google versus msn search on linux

2003-11-20 Thread supreet
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 23:59, LinuxLingam wrote: > On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 21:39, vivek khurana wrote: > > > > > whts more try clicking > > http://tech.msn.com/software/OS/Linux displayed as one > > of search results. It shows error 404 saying the page > > no longer exists > > > > bye > > vivek >

Re: [ilugd] diet-pc, ltsp, netstation, pxes

2003-11-20 Thread supreet
> so the question is, if such a 486 pc, or a pentium I, is connected via > ltsp to an amd athlonxp with redhat8 or 9, with a graphics card that > supports 800x600 24-bit, would it still be able to handle gnome or > kde...? and running openoffice? all streaming in from the amd athlonxp > server? I

Re: [ilugd] Openvirus d/b

2003-11-20 Thread Raj Mathur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "Alok" == Alok Sinha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Alok> Yes - clamav downloads the database from openvirus d/b - Alok> using freshclam - we have not had updates for long - any Alok> other source ? Nope it doesn't, it has its own viru