[ilugd] Software Freedom Day Celebration In Delhi

2008-09-02 Thread Swapnil Bhartiya
Dear Friends! We are glad to share with you that we are planning to celebrate the Software Freedom Day in Delhi on 20th September. We invite all the free software supporters to come and join us in the celebration. Venue: Sarai, CSDS seminar room Time: 11pm-1pm, 2pm-5pm. Activities: Some of the

[ilugd] Google's browser - Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Yashpal Nagar
Google is launching an open source web browser to compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox. The browser is designed to be lightweight and fast, and to cope with the next generation of web applications that rely on graphics and multimedia. Full blurb is at

Re: [ilugd] Google's browser - Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Swapnil Bhartiya
Google is launching an open source web browser to compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox. The browser is designed to be lightweight and fast, and to cope with the next generation of web applications that rely on graphics and multimedia. Full blurb is at

Re: [ilugd] Google's browser - Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Gaurav Mishra
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Swapnil Bhartiya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But Google and Firefox have been working closely, so I doubt that it will compete with Firefox. Rather as MS is coming out with IE8 which has some Google hitting features Google does need a browser of its own. Also

Re: [ilugd] Google's browser - Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Swapnil Bhartiya
I don`t think that is the reason, Here at their comic strip http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/ , They have explained the reason why they are developing this browser, It has to do less with market share , But more with architectural faults. -- Thanks and Regards Gaurav Mishra Ya I

Re: [ilugd] Google's browser - Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Raj Mathur
On Tuesday 02 Sep 2008, Yashpal Nagar wrote: Google is launching an open source web browser to compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox. The browser is designed to be lightweight and fast, and to cope with the next generation of web applications that rely on graphics and multimedia.

Re: [ilugd] Google's browser - Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Swapnil Bhartiya
Anyone know why Google prefers to start applications competing with existing FOSS projects (and then freeze them) rather than collaborating with and strengthening the existing applications? They hit Openmonko hard with their Android announcement and then tarpitted the developers, so now

Re: [ilugd] Google's browser - Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ)
Raj Mathur wrote: Not too late to start supporting the existing developers and projects instead of starting your own incompatible projects, Google! http://tieguy.org/blog/2008/09/01/quick-thought-on-blizzards-thoughts-on-google-chrome/ It is a pretty bizarre “market” where the major

Re: [ilugd] Google's browser - Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Sharninder
I don`t think that is the reason, Here at their comic strip http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/ , They have explained the reason why they are developing this browser, It has to do less with market share , But more with architectural faults. You really think Google cares about

Re: [ilugd] Google's browser - Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Raj Mathur
On Tuesday 02 Sep 2008, Swapnil Bhartiya wrote: I strongly trust this is the best analysis and something of grave concern. So, is Google doing more harm than good? If yes, what do they get out of this whole thing? They must pay heed to the concern of the community. Raj, may I use your

Re: [ilugd] Software Freedom Day Celebration In Delhi

2008-09-02 Thread Nandeep Mali
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Swapnil Bhartiya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Venue: Sarai, CSDS seminar room Time: 11pm-1pm, 2pm-5pm. [...] Awesome! I was going to reply to the previous thread on this suggesting Sarai. Seems like it's already been done. Looking forward to a fun time. :)

Re: [ilugd] Google's browser - Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Vikas Rawal
Anyone know why Google prefers to start applications competing with existing FOSS projects (and then freeze them) rather than collaborating with and strengthening the existing applications? They hit Openmonko hard with their Android announcement and then tarpitted the developers, so now both

Re: [ilugd] Google's browser - Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Smruti
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 4:47 AM, Yashpal Nagar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Google is launching an open source web browser to compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox. Was going through this useless hoopla of just another new browser in the block, when found this.

Re: [ilugd] Google's browser - Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread narendra sisodiya
Actually they are trying to play with new concepts,, which cannot be integrated in current browsers,, I have not explored much but * They want to introduce Multi process browser instead of multi threaded one , but in linux a thread is a special of process. In my view , it will need more

Re: [ilugd] Software Freedom Day Celebration In Delhi

2008-09-02 Thread Ajay Bramhe
very nice. On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Nandeep Mali [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Swapnil Bhartiya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Venue: Sarai, CSDS seminar room Time: 11pm-1pm, 2pm-5pm. [...] Awesome! I was going to reply to the previous thread on this

[ilugd] asus eeepc 4gb with linux spotted in delhi

2008-09-02 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, i spotted a linux-based asus eeepc 4gb with a 7 screen at a gadget shop, in a mall in delhi. they allowed me to fiddle around with it. am quite impressed with the machine: what a beautiful and elegant interface to linux, even newbies to computers and the internet can use it. this

Re: [ilugd] asus eeepc 4gb with linux spotted in delhi

2008-09-02 Thread Swapnil Bhartiya
does anyone own one yet? regards niyam -- niyam bhushan I guess Nimish Dubey has one! Swapnil ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at:

Re: [ilugd] Google's browser - Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread narendra sisodiya
Full story at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi

[ilugd] Re : asus eeepc 4gb with linux spotted in delhi

2008-09-02 Thread devesh
Hi, I also would like to own it :) . By the way, Its showroom at Nehru Place and a little(info) can be found here : http://eeepc.asus.com/in/newsEeePcLaunch.htm - Devesh ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org

[ilugd] Fwd: [OT] Sahana translation to Hindi required.

2008-09-02 Thread Arun Khan
Help needed with Hindi translation for Sahana. Came across this in ILUG-Chennai list. -- Arun Khan -- Forwarded message -- From: Ajay Kumar [AJuOnLiNE] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 2:24 AM Subject: Sahana translation to Hindi required. Hi Guys, There has been

Re: [ilugd] Google's browser - Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Raj Mathur
On Tuesday 02 Sep 2008, Vikas Rawal wrote: [snip] But, for a moment, forget that we are talking about google. Isn't this how every new open source project comes into being? Say, a bunch of developers think that an existing application should be built differently. They work on their ideas,

[ilugd] Relaying mail in posrtfix

2008-09-02 Thread Sahil Dave
hi.. i was just trying to configure postfix on my PC and have chosen gmail's smtp server to relay my mails to the world. i need to do this because i don't have a domain name + my WAN ip is dynamic. so, using gmail wont treat my mails as spam. i have set relayhost = smtp.gmail.com:465 in 'main.cf'

Re: [ilugd] [OT][crosspost]India's First Freedom Toaster Released

2008-09-02 Thread Anoop John
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Sudev Barar wrote: Excellent work. Could ILUGD do something like this? Thanks. We will be publishing all the design information and the software used at freedomtoaster.in in a few days time. Cheers Anoop --

Re: [ilugd] Fwd: [OT] Sahana translation to Hindi required.

2008-09-02 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 23:07:50 +0530 Arun Khan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Help needed with Hindi translation for Sahana. Came across this in ILUG-Chennai list. [...] Of the other lists that I am aware of, please try to coordinate activity on this with the indlinux-group mailing list. Subscription

Re: [ilugd] Google's browser - Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Prakhar Agarwal
Why do they release it for Windows first and then Linux? This has been a tradition for sometime now. Google Toolbar was also released for Windows first and then Linux. My take on this would be that they want to kill the MS market asap. :-) Not really sure though. Anyways, this concern must have

Re: [ilugd] Google's browser - Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Swapnil Bhartiya
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 1:17 AM, Prakhar Agarwal [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Why do they release it for Windows first and then Linux? This has been a tradition for sometime now. Google Toolbar was also released for Windows first and then Linux. My take on this would be that they want to kill the

Re: [ilugd] Google's browser - Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Swapnil Bhartiya
If Google had actually made Android into a viable platform for the community I wouldn't have been having doubts about this announcement; in the light of their secretiveness regarding the Android SDK, etc., however, I'm forced to question every announcement of theirs. I'm not claiming that

[ilugd] M$ Tax Refund Quest [New]

2008-09-02 Thread Anand Shankar
An interesting refund .. Lenovo yet again!!! The biggest Czech Linux portal, AbcLinuxu.cz, reimbursed a user for a MS Windows Vista Business OEM license in Lenovo ČR's stead. The paid amount is the same the manufacturer offered for returning the license in accordance with the EULA of the

Re: [ilugd] Google's browser - Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Vikas Rawal
And that is why I'm concerned about their apparent policy of drawing developers from other, equally critical FOSS projects into their fold by announcing competing applications. I'd be much happier if they just continued to support existing projects and bringing them up to their standard

Re: [ilugd] asus eeepc 4gb with linux spotted in delhi

2008-09-02 Thread Anil Seth
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 19:56:50 +0530 From: Linux Lingam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ilugd] asus eeepc 4gb with linux spotted in delhi To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 dear all,

Re: [ilugd] Software Freedom Day Celebration In Delhi

2008-09-02 Thread Ajay Bramhe
Dear Friends... Everyone Likes Linux Loves Linux - Open Source Low Licensing Fee... But as in windows if OS fails...it is very easy to use that drive as secondary in other PC and access the datashow this type of utilities in Linux. B'coz a lot of organizations wants to come on Linux but

Re: [ilugd] Software Freedom Day Celebration In Delhi

2008-09-02 Thread Raj Mathur
On Wednesday 03 Sep 2008, Ajay Bramhe wrote: [snip] But as in windows if OS fails...it is very easy to use that drive as secondary in other PC and access the datashow this type of utilities in Linux. Er, you can plug a Linux drive into any other Winduhs or Linux machine and read it too.