Re: [ilugd] what news of OSIW

2008-02-17 Thread Sahil Dave
On Feb 15, 2008 5:28 PM, Dhiraj Gaur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same here niyam, I also skipped it this time but i ll attend freed.in for sure. Dhiraj Gaur On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Linux Lingam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dear all, this is the *first* time that i've skipped

[ilugd] [OT]Making business sense of Open Source/Free Software

2008-02-17 Thread S Gantayet
Hi All The common question that many people not familiar with Open Source/Free software business model ask is - if a software is free and Open Source, how do the companies who are involved in Open Source SURVIVE (make profit!!)!!! I came across this wonderful blog which answers the above aptly

Re: [ilugd] Linux Distros DVD and CDs

2008-02-17 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 narendra sisodiya wrote: | at [EMAIL PROTECTED] , we conduct various Linux workshop and Installathon inside | campus. anybody/company willing to distribute Distro DVDs/CDs via | [EMAIL PROTECTED] IITD students can contact us. Doesn't the [EMAIL

Re: [ilugd] Version control for /etc

2008-02-17 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
I find the best mechanism to version control /etc is bzr (http://bazaar-vcs.org). All you need to do is to 'cd' to /etc and run 'bzr init'. From that point, you can start maintaining 'in-place' all the files under /etc. No separate repository needed. No 'CVS' directory in every subdirectory. Just