Re: [ilugd] linux-libre kernel. fork?

2008-06-02 Thread PJ
Gora Mohanty [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [about me saying that Linus needs to ensure GPL compatible code] Huh? How so? You are now making a claim that has not been voiced so far, namely that this is somehow in violation of the GPL. Linus is committed to GPL V2 for the kernel. So he is obliged

Re: [ilugd] linux-libre kernel. fork?

2008-06-02 Thread Raj Mathur
On Monday 02 Jun 2008, PJ wrote: [snip] I think it is a GPL violation since a decent coder can't figure out how to modify the disputed code that is distributed with the kernel, unlike the original coder. So there is no way you can say it is a preferred form of source in the GPL sense for the

Re: [ilugd] linux-libre kernel. fork?

2008-06-02 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 07:33:14 + (UTC) PJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gora Mohanty [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [about me saying that Linus needs to ensure GPL compatible code] Huh? How so? You are now making a claim that has not been voiced so far, namely that this is somehow in violation

Re: [ilugd] linux-libre kernel. fork?

2008-06-02 Thread PJ
Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Some people (including me) are neutral to code that doesn't run on their primary processor. For instance, I'd complain if you gave me a non-free driver for my WiFi card, but I wouldn't if you gave me a free driver that downloads a binary blob to the

[ilugd] AJAX pioneer Jesse James Garrett talks about Free Software in todays Hindu

2008-06-02 Thread Praveen A
Todays Hindu Bangalore edition carries an interview with Jesse James Garrett and a quote from the article about Free Software: And what does a self-made man like him think about the Free Software movement? Tell me if my metaphor makes sense, he says, as he proceeds to compare it to a large ball

[ilugd] AJAX pioneer Jesse James Garrett talks about Free Software in todays Hindu

2008-06-02 Thread Praveen A
Todays Hindu Bangalore edition carries an interview with Jesse James Garrett and a quote from the article about Free Software: And what does a self-made man like him think about the Free Software movement? Tell me if my metaphor makes sense, he says, as he proceeds to compare it to a large ball

Re: [ilugd] linux-libre kernel. fork?

2008-06-02 Thread Raj Mathur
On Monday 02 Jun 2008, PJ wrote: Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Some people (including me) are neutral to code that doesn't run on their primary processor. For instance, I'd complain if you gave me a non-free driver for my WiFi card, but I wouldn't if you gave me a free driver that

Re: [ilugd] Video not Viewed properly

2008-06-02 Thread Sahil Dave
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 3:30 PM, arun singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ..Problem in running videos HI I am using Ubuntu 8.04 .I have installed every AV player viz. VLC,mplayer Kaffeine,xmms and others but i am unable to run the videos. some blurred images and intermingling lines

Re: [ilugd] Video not Viewed properly

2008-06-02 Thread Vivek Kapoor
On Mon, June 2, 2008 3:30 pm, arun singh wrote: I am using Ubuntu 8.04 .I have installed every AV player viz. VLC,mplayer Kaffeine,xmms and others but i am unable to run the videos. some blurred images and intermingling lines appears whenever i runs the videos. i have tried to install almost

Re: [ilugd] Video not Viewed properly

2008-06-02 Thread Sahil Dave
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 3:30 PM, arun singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ..Problem in running videos HI I am using Ubuntu 8.04 .I have installed every AV player viz. VLC,mplayer Kaffeine,xmms and others but i am unable to run the videos. some blurred images and intermingling lines

[ilugd] Video not Viewed properly

2008-06-02 Thread arun singh
..Problem in running videos HI I am using Ubuntu 8.04 .I have installed every AV player viz. VLC,mplayer Kaffeine,xmms and others but i am unable to run the videos. some blurred images and intermingling lines appears whenever i runs the videos. i have tried to install almost every

Re: [ilugd] linux-libre kernel. fork?

2008-06-02 Thread Raj Mathur
On Monday 02 Jun 2008, Gora Mohanty wrote: [snip] Not so. As I understand it various portions of the kernel are released under various licences, and it is possible to have something like this under the GPLv2. Er, no -- the whole kernel is GPLv2, and Linus has refused to migrate it to GPLv3

[ilugd] DUAL BOOT DILEMMA

2008-06-02 Thread aashish khanna
guys the situation is like this: 1. I had a XP installed on my C: but it got corrupted sometime back,but i needed some data on the desktop. 2. so i installed another XP on D:,thus having a option to boot from either of the two windows(one corrupt) 3. now i formatted C: and installed fedora core

Re: [ilugd] DUAL BOOT DILEMMA

2008-06-02 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
aashish khanna [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 5. but during the boot on selecting the other it shows rootnoverify(hd0,4) chainloader +1 What is the problem with this? Did you actually try booting from that entry? I have a

Re: [ilugd] DUAL BOOT DILEMMA

2008-06-02 Thread aashish khanna
this is not a entry...the screen just shows these two lines and nothing else...no option to boot,no progress.nothing On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Mahesh T. Pai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: aashish khanna [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 5. but during the boot on selecting the other it shows

[ilugd] FossNews - Weekly newsletter

2008-06-02 Thread Shrinivasan T
Friends. In the Free Open Source Software world, a lot of things are happening daily. We the Open Source lovers know them from a lot of sources. Linux User Groups, Digg, SlashDot and other news sites, Various Blogs, forums etc, Our Friends, Fossers. But what about the other people, who do not

Re: [ilugd] DUAL BOOT DILEMMA

2008-06-02 Thread Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल
aashish khanna writes: aashish guys the situation is like this: aashish 1. I had a XP installed on my C: but it got corrupted sometime back,but i aashish needed some data on the desktop. aashish 2. so i installed another XP on D:,thus having a option to boot from either

Re: [ilugd] ilugd Digest, Vol 63, Issue 3

2008-06-02 Thread arun singh
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Re: [ilugd] DUAL BOOT DILEMMA

2008-06-02 Thread aashish khanna
does that mean i'll have to re-install XP?? but i guess even that won't make a difference becoz GRUB still won't recognize it. i want to keep the XP on D: and Fedora on C: and want a dual boot. the GRUB loader at the time of installation detected other OS as well aashish on hda5 and it was

Re: [ilugd] DUAL BOOT DILEMMA

2008-06-02 Thread Mehul Ved
On Mon Jun 02, 2008 at 11:11:32PM -0400, aashish khanna wrote: does that mean i'll have to re-install XP?? but i guess even that won't make a difference becoz GRUB still won't recognize it. i want to keep the XP on D: and Fedora on C: and want a dual boot. Firstly, there's no concept of C: and