Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-01-31 Thread Vishnu Gopal
I'm not sure about LCA. I went by just Googling "linux conference". One point to note that the flavor of LA is definitely "commercial". See the wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_conference (Major commercial Linux conferences include:) So maybe LA is to LinuxWorld as FOSS.in is to

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-01-31 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 01-Feb-07, at 1:16 PM, Vishnu Gopal wrote: > the events I've organized the sponsors don't have much of a say on > *how* the event is organized, or what is actually said/done at the > event. Just that they want this much space for the stalls, this much > of time on stage, this much of projector

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-01-31 Thread Vishnu Gopal
I'm not sure what's wrong, is the money somehow tainted? In the all the events I've organized the sponsors don't have much of a say on *how* the event is organized, or what is actually said/done at the event. Just that they want this much space for the stalls, this much of time on stage, this much

[ilugd] Installing 'remington' keyboard layout on Ubuntu "Edgy"

2007-01-31 Thread Ashish Shukla
Hi, One of my distant friend is running Ubuntu Linux "Edgy". He wants to install "Remington" keyboard layout in "Edgy". Any ideas, how ? The keyboard layout will be available in "Feisty", but any ideas, how to get it in "Edgy". I don't have any Ubuntu box around, so won't be able to test it out m

Re: [ilugd] desktop specifications

2007-01-31 Thread Vikas Rawal
On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 12:21:16PM +0530, Sudev Barar wrote: > On 01/02/07, Vikas Rawal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone at ilugd have an experience of installing ubuntu > > edgy/dapper on a machine with core2duo? My brother, a recent convert > > to linux, has bought a new machine and was

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-01-31 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 01-Feb-07, at 12:40 PM, Raj Shekhar wrote: >> having a stall put up. Heck they even have a stall at ze LinuxWorld. >> (Ironic that the LinuxWorld site runs .asp methinks) > > I think LCA is the REAL os conference, and I don't see MS there > http://lca2007.linux.org.au/Sponsors and neither for

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-01-31 Thread Raj Shekhar
Vishnu Gopal wrote: > I might be the lone voice out here but think you guys are > over-reacting. Microsoft has/had a presence in just about every big > FLOSS event I've been to, either by participating or sponsoring or > having a stall put up. Heck they even have a stall at ze LinuxWorld. > (Ironic

Re: [ilugd] desktop specifications

2007-01-31 Thread Sudev Barar
On 01/02/07, Vikas Rawal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone at ilugd have an experience of installing ubuntu > edgy/dapper on a machine with core2duo? My brother, a recent convert > to linux, has bought a new machine and was trying to install > it. Apparently the live CD does not load fully.

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-01-31 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 01-Feb-07, at 12:05 PM, Vishnu Gopal wrote: > whole "wow with Vista" stall drew just about as few visitors as the > rest of them. Vista was really pathetic when I used it there too, and > the girls/guys at the stall were dumbos. i thought it was *meant* for dumbos -- regards Kenneth Gonsa

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-01-31 Thread Vishnu Gopal
Hi, I might be the lone voice out here but think you guys are over-reacting. Microsoft has/had a presence in just about every big FLOSS event I've been to, either by participating or sponsoring or having a stall put up. Heck they even have a stall at ze LinuxWorld. (Ironic that the LinuxWorld site

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-01-31 Thread Sudev Barar
On 01/02/07, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > would have been had ilugd been part of the show. I personally have > been making a noise, but there are a lot of oss people who are > neutral to microsoft - and even target the microsoft platform. In > fact, a large number of foss applicat

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-01-31 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 01-Feb-07, at 10:18 AM, Sudev Barar wrote: > While they may be aare they need to be made aware of community > dis-approval of such event names being used and associating such > sponsors with them. Silence to reflect our protest will not get us > anywhere. this is the 'assurance': http://artic

Re: [ilugd] desktop specifications

2007-01-31 Thread Vikas Rawal
Does anyone at ilugd have an experience of installing ubuntu edgy/dapper on a machine with core2duo? My brother, a recent convert to linux, has bought a new machine and was trying to install it. Apparently the live CD does not load fully. Ubuntu fora have some discussion on installation problems wi

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-01-31 Thread Raj Shekhar
Sudev Barar wrote: > I think this needs much more serious response and qucik one too. > 1. any one can blog on this and then post it on something like slashdot? +1 for the idea. Maybe LWN.net can be another outlet for this news. > 2. I am willing to write to all speakers on the LA site and

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-01-31 Thread Sudev Barar
On 01/02/07, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 01-Feb-07, at 10:02 AM, Sudev Barar wrote: > > > 1. any one can blog on this and then post it on something like > > slashdot? > > 2. I am willing to write to all speakers on the LA site and make them > > aware of the fact. All of OSS

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-01-31 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 01-Feb-07, at 10:02 AM, Sudev Barar wrote: > 1. any one can blog on this and then post it on something like > slashdot? > 2. I am willing to write to all speakers on the LA site and make them > aware of the fact. All of OSS supporters need to get on thishow to > get their contacts? As pe

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-01-31 Thread Sudev Barar
On 01/02/07, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 01-Feb-07, at 7:23 AM, Sudev Barar wrote: > > > On second thoughts should we post this traversity by LA > > management on all lists that we are collectively members of? We can > > ask them to send a email of protest to LA organis

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-01-31 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 01-Feb-07, at 7:23 AM, Sudev Barar wrote: > On second thoughts should we post this traversity by LA > management on all lists that we are collectively members of? We can > ask them to send a email of protest to LA organisers. Or put up this > in Hall of Shame? well, on chennai list they

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-01-31 Thread Sudev Barar
On 01/02/07, Sudev Barar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 31/01/07, Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [SNIPPED] > > It is quite obvious what their point of participating in the event is > > about. I don't understand how a company which doesn't contribute to > > Linux is any positive/c

Re: [ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-01-31 Thread Sudev Barar
On 31/01/07, Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [SNIPPED] > It is quite obvious what their point of participating in the event is > about. I don't understand how a company which doesn't contribute to > Linux is any positive/constructive way, can be allowed to participate in > such an ev

[ilugd] The MS trojan horse in Linux Asia 2007

2007-01-31 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
In the Economic Times (at Bangalore) today, there is an article on page 6 titled "MS takes linux world by storm" """ When asked about its participation in Linux Asia, Microsoft said that the company will try to educate clients and communicate about its new stance towards open source. Mr Radhesh

[ilugd] Intel 3945 with WPA2

2007-01-31 Thread Mithun Bhattacharya
Does anyone have success getting a Intel 3945 wifi card working with a wifi router configured with WPA2 authentication. As of now I have had luck with the following: 1. Configured the ipw3945 module and wpa_supplicant 2. I can browse available wifi access points 3. I can use a static IP other tha

[ilugd] Another use of graphics card

2007-01-31 Thread Mithun Bhattacharya
Found a interesting use for graphics card's dedicated RAM - might be useful if you have a server where you dont need the graphics card at all or have a high end graphics card but no games to play on Linux ;) Do note hyper memory and similar technologies are actually stealing your RAM and are not

[ilugd] Open Source Business Proposal

2007-01-31 Thread Amit Karpe
Hi all , Do you have skills to offer in the domain of IT such as programming, designing, testing, project management etc. ? Would you like to be your own boss without taking risks associated with starting business ? Are you disturbed that big companies are getting bigger and bigger at the expe

[ilugd] EVMS software

2007-01-31 Thread Yashpal Nagar
Hi List We have two node cluster running on SUSE 10 with heartbeat HA2 having two shared LUNs from HItachi SAN. Now we are trying to figure out using EVMS as the volume management software with its cluster segment manager (CSM). is it Ok to use with production servers? Anyone have used it? pls h