[ilugd] [COMMERCIAL] Africare Looking for Open Source Developers, Integrators, Partners etc

2013-02-27 Thread Anand Shankar
Forwarded Message placed below. Interested individuals/ parties may please contact Arun Mathur or Pooja Chatrath directly. anand -- Forwarded message -- From: Arun Mathur Date: Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 11:55 AM Subject: CRM To: Anand Shankar Cc: Pooja Chatrath Dear Anand As

[ilugd] Disk Failure in LVM

2013-01-22 Thread Anand Shankar
In a LVM implementation on RAID 0 disks, if a disk fails and new disk is put in place of the failed disk, do we have a method of restoring data on the failed disk? anand ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/l

Re: [ilugd] Back to the drawing board - A requiem to a man I never knew

2012-12-14 Thread Anand Shankar
It has been a terrible and shocking loss to all of us. Like many on the list, I received his guidance on numerous occasions which changed my IT software vision for ever. Way back in 1995, I was struggling with my first slackware install, but for Raj, my network card would have never come up and my

Re: [ilugd] Searchable PDF/A files

2012-02-08 Thread Anand Shankar
> Check http://alternativeto.net/software/tesseract/ > > Hope that helps, > > -- > Balwinder S "bdheeman" Dheeman PS: I am looking for FOSS alternatives. Further, I am looking to the following solution: Image based PDF input -> OCR Process -> PDF output with searchable text. anand ___

[ilugd] Searchable PDF/A files

2012-02-07 Thread Anand Shankar
unable to find if there is a way to generate text searchable PDF files using tesseract with scanned PDF/A as input files. Can any one share their experience in generating searchable text in scanned PDF files?? anand Anand Shankar ___ Ilugd mailing

Re: [ilugd] DSC Registration for efiling

2011-08-02 Thread Anand Shankar
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 5:44 PM, krish wrote: >> If u see the standards .pfx file is a pkcs12 file which contains the >> public key as well as the private key!! >> Am i wrong that innocent guys must have uploaded their private keys to >> the income tax department? >> >> I wish to stand corrected. >

[ilugd] DSC Registration for efiling

2011-07-30 Thread Anand Shankar
Have any of you done your income tax efiling with digital signature? Strangely it asks you to register your digital signature certificate (DSC) before you proceed. That appears to be genuine that they want my CA certified Public Key and digital signature. What appears to be strange is that they a

Re: [ilugd] Freed.in 2011/12 - Time to work

2011-07-08 Thread Anand Shankar
On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Gora Mohanty wrote: >>> > I am very sorry, but professional obligations make it impossible > for me to be there tomorrow (Sat.) at the scheduled time. I do > hope that people manage to meet, and start work on a FOSS > event. > > Never mind Delhi Metro and other

[ilugd] CUPS setup: IPP and VLAN requirements

2011-01-31 Thread Anand Shankar
I need to setup a CUPS Print Server in a Corporate Environment. The requirement is that the CUPS Print Server is to be setup in a Zone-B VLAN [Say Network-B], whereas the actual printer is in a Zone-A VLAN [Say Network-A]. I understand IPP [Internet Printing Protocol] support needs to be enabled f

Re: [ilugd] Linux + Active Directory ?

2010-08-15 Thread Anand Shankar
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Mayank wrote: > Have you tried Fedora Directory Server ? > > Regards, > Mayank > ___ > Ilugd mailing list > Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > While on the subject it is imp

Re: [ilugd] India's $35 Tablet- The Everything Killer

2010-08-03 Thread Anand Shankar
Guys, see the more relevant discussion here including the BoM: http://www.olpcnews.com/sales_talk/competition/the_real_35_tablet_from_india.html anand ___ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Any one Using / Deploying Alfresco?

2009-11-11 Thread Anand Shankar
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:58 PM, Kishore Bhargava wrote: > On 11/11/09 22:07, Anand Shankar wrote: >> >> Do we have guys on the list or otherwise within NCR territory who have >> used / deployed / etc Alfresco Document / Web Content Management >> System? How

[ilugd] [OT] Any one Using / Deploying Alfresco?

2009-11-11 Thread Anand Shankar
Do we have guys on the list or otherwise within NCR territory who have used / deployed / etc Alfresco Document / Web Content Management System? How has been the experience in maintaining / developing solutions on Alfresco for a large setup? Do we have an active community around Alfresco in Delhi-NC

Re: [ilugd] Open Source tool for Knowledge management

2009-10-22 Thread Anand Shankar
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:32 PM, bipin sartape wrote: > hello gopal, >  i am also working on km implementation for our organisation. to begin with > we have started with Plone because of the array of features it offers. > however the learning curve is very steep. > > --- On Tue, 10/20/09, gopal

Re: [ilugd] ILUGD meeting: 6.30pm, Fri., 23rd Oct., 2009, SIT, JNU

2009-10-19 Thread Anand Shankar
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Gora Mohanty wrote: >   Event:        ILUG-Delhi meeting >   Date:         Fri., Oct. 23rd, 2009 >   Time:         6.30pm Any specific reason to choose Friday, a working day?? anand ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@list

[ilugd] Definition for Computer Literate Person

2009-02-10 Thread Anand Shankar
Dear List: Jokes apart, is there any agreed definition of what constitutes a "Computer Literate" person? I know the definition can vary by context. More specifically I am looking for a definition which can fit the requirements of a modern enterprise executive who is in no way related to Computers

Re: [ilugd] Samba, AD and Windows clients

2009-01-18 Thread Anand Shankar
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Raj Mathur wrote: > On Sunday 18 Jan 2009, Deependra Singh Shekhawat wrote: > How about just AD. Can one mimic that using Linux, with all AD > features? Say we get rid of Samba 4 (which is not an option due to its > development status), is it possible to just ha

Re: [ilugd] dimdim anyone?

2009-01-18 Thread Anand Shankar
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 5:07 AM, Linux Lingam wrote: > what's your experience with dimdim? > > -- > niyam bhushan > >From Linux / FOSS perspective: Webcam detection and control is through Adobe Flash 9.0. :-( . I have a Webcam with USB Video Class support. I could not use it with DimDim. Webca

[ilugd] 802.1x based network access control

2009-01-12 Thread Anand Shankar
I am looking for a lead for 802.1x based network access control implementation using FOSS.. I have'nt been able to get a clean enterprise grade FOSS package ready for deployment. [yum install or apt-get install ] freeIPA is a project in works, I dont know if any one has already tested this. Else

Re: [ilugd] [X-Post] Hall of Shame: MTNL TrustLine

2008-12-18 Thread Anand Shankar
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 9:00 PM, Dinesh Shah (દિનેશ શાહ/दिनेश शाह) wrote: > Please look at this page. > http://selfcare.mtnl.net.in/trustline/ > http://selfcare.mtnl.net.in/trustline/Class2IndvProcedures.htm > > They should be put on Hall of Shame for their platform/browser requirement. > > With r

[ilugd] Exposing Internal Web Server to Public Network

2008-11-11 Thread Anand Shankar
Trying to find out whats the best possible way to expose an internal web server to internet, and what are the necessary safeguards to apply. The proposed scenario is that on a Web server hosted on DMZ, we have hyperlinks. If the user out on the internet clicks on these hyperlinks, the application/

[ilugd] Bonding two CDMA internet connections

2008-10-21 Thread Anand Shankar
was reading this article: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-bond-or-team-multiple-network-interfaces-nic-into-single-interface.html Thought whether it is possible to bond two ppp0 and ppp1 interfaces obtained through two USB Data Cards of the same ISP?? Wondering if any one tried that. The nee

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

2008-09-03 Thread Anand Shankar
Any feedback whether such devices can be of use for Enterprises? The marketing teams are advising against use of such products for Enterprises. I can't understand why - at least for guys using it for presentations, email, light word processing / spreadsheets and Browser based applications. I think

[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 th

[ilugd] A Basic LDAP Question

2008-08-28 Thread Anand Shankar
For large multi-site organisations, is there any norm as to how many LDAP servers (Masters + Slave) should be on the network, primary application being network authentication and authorisation. Point in perspective being, is it a good practice that every physical and geographically disparate site b

[ilugd] GPG Key Server

2008-08-19 Thread Anand Shankar
1. Wanted to set up a GPG Key Server inside my organisation intranet. I could not find an option to do that. Is it necessary / good idea to use a Public Key Server for such use? 2. Whether GPG signed emails / documents internal to the organisation are treated as 'legal' by auditors? 3. Or it is b

Re: [ilugd] Sify Vs Linux

2008-08-19 Thread Anand Shankar
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Swapnil Bhartiya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > As most of you are aware of my problem with Sify. The problem has not been > solved yet. While I can access the Internet using Windows, I cannot do the > same with GNU/Linux distros. > > Should I not

Re: [ilugd] Unrestricted Internet telephony?

2008-08-18 Thread Anand Shankar
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow, looks like all those crappy restrictions on Internet Telephony > (VoIP) are being done away with in on fell stroke! Now TRAI is > recommending that any ISP be allowed to provide VoIP services and the > air gap between Vo

Re: [ilugd] Astrology interface

2008-08-11 Thread Anand Shankar
1. I could not get the Vedic Chart output despite choosing it as the option. 2. The chart shows Time Zone as -5:30 GMT, while default for India is +5.30 while filling the form. I havent checked whether this affects calculations, or is just a bug. anand

[ilugd] Whats the diff btwn USB Storage and Harddisk?

2008-08-05 Thread Anand Shankar
Whats the difference between a USB Storage Device [Pen Drive] and a regular harddisk, in so far as they present themselves to an Operating System and BIOS? The question springs from a fact that I was told: When we install an OS on the PenDrive, the concept of MBR is not what it is for a Hard disk.

Re: [ilugd] FOSS MS Exchange replacement

2008-08-04 Thread Anand Shankar
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As the subject says, is there an all-FOSS MS Exchange server > replacement? One that does mail and calendaring with LookOut at least. > > A built-in (or known to work) web-based mail and calendaring add-on > would be nice to

Re: [ilugd] FOSS MS Exchange replacement

2008-08-01 Thread Anand Shankar
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As the subject says, is there an all-FOSS MS Exchange server > replacement? One that does mail and calendaring with LookOut at least. > > A built-in (or known to work) web-based mail and calendaring add-on > would be nice to

Re: [ilugd] Looking for Performance Benchmarks

2008-07-08 Thread Anand Shankar
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Sharninder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are you looking to measure performance of IO intensive workloads or > CPU intensive workloads ? I haven't used sysmark and the other tools > you have mentioned, but I'd guess that even these tools measure > individual compon

[ilugd] Looking for Performance Benchmarks

2008-07-07 Thread Anand Shankar
Do we have any performance benchmarks to compare performance of complete PC systems? In commercial world people have various benchmark tools such as Sysmark, webmark etc. But most of them look like application performance benchmark. Need to know raw performances as a single mark, which can be used

Re: [ilugd] Change of timezone City for India

2008-07-04 Thread Anand Shankar
On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Naresh Narang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guys, > > > NE region ought to be in a different timezone. They should be 30 min ahead. > Now go beat this :-) > > > Regards, > -- Naresh Please propose this change to Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). When that is appr

Re: [ilugd] Fwd: Change of timezone City for India

2008-07-04 Thread Anand Shankar
Sorry to note that despite 31 posts on the thread there is no meaningful explanation I can offer on the subject to a serious audience. I think the issue deserves more serious thoughts rather than some frivolous comments seen in the thread. My take: Q: Why fix it ...? A: Just because every one ask

Re: [ilugd] FOSS: VAT or service tax [was] Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-30 Thread Anand Shankar
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > question is: when you 'sell' FOSS do you charge VAT or do you charge > service tax. We recently 'bought' a FOSS package for 3 lakhs. We were > charged service tax to the tune of 36,000. If we had 'bought' a > proprieta

Re: [ilugd] Looking for USB based SIP Phone

2008-06-26 Thread Anand Shankar
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 12:47 AM, Karanbir Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anand Shankar wrote: >>> 3. Convenient to carry the phone along and use it from anywhere in the >>> network. > > you only really need a sound device so any headset will do really. :D &

Re: [ilugd] Looking for USB based SIP Phone

2008-06-26 Thread Anand Shankar
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Karanbir Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anand Shankar wrote: >> Looking for cheap USB based SIP Phone for use with Asterisk. >> >> > why usb and not Ethernet ? If it really is a phone, its going to have > its own network sta

[ilugd] CentOS-5.1 Repositories

2008-06-23 Thread Anand Shankar
I need advise on safe and compatible CentOS5.1 repositories. epel5.3, extras, RPMForge, Dag Wiers, atrpms, livna Which of these are safe and compatible? Any pointers to good installation "Tips & Tricks" page is welcome. anand ___ ilugd mailinglis

Re: [ilugd] Looking for USB based SIP Phone

2008-06-23 Thread Anand Shankar
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Manpreet Singh Nehra >> > Try Nokia E series phones. > I have used it so i can confirm it works > > > --MSN > > So u confirm that Nokia E-Series Phones can be used as a generic SIP Phone, which I can register with my in house Asterisk Server, and thereby communicat

[ilugd] Looking for USB based SIP Phone

2008-06-14 Thread Anand Shankar
Looking for cheap USB based SIP Phone for use with Asterisk. Phone should work both on Linux as well as on Windows. I saw one being sold as skype phone at Nehru Place, but I am not sure whether it works on Linux and that too as a simple SIP phone with our own Asterisk Server. anand _

Re: [ilugd] Looking for some webcam application in GNU/Linux

2008-05-18 Thread Anand Shankar
On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Manish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 4:01 AM, Ashish Shukla wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm running GNOME 2.20 on Gentoo Linux and I'm looking for a webcam >> application in GNU/Linux, which can d

Re: [ilugd] M$ Tax Refund Quest

2008-05-13 Thread Anand Shankar
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 2:39 AM, Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > nope. it is your legal option to say no, so you did. > m$ is legally bound to refund you. lenovo has to figure out how. > did you have witnesses, and/or video-document the process with witnesses, > when you clicked 'no'

Re: [ilugd] suggest a CMS

2008-04-30 Thread Anand Shankar
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > plone is hackproof > Plone certainly is very good. Good for community and good for enterprise as well. However, since you mentioned plone can I clarify some of my doubts on this: Plone is based on Zope which in t

Re: [ilugd] Candidate for Hall Of Shame?

2008-04-30 Thread Anand Shankar
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So it is not evil on the > part of the managers and 'programmers' - sheer ignorance. The problem > is that it is not easy to make something compatible with both IE and > other browsers. It is expensive - so unless t

Re: [ilugd] Compilation Errors: Missing Package??

2008-04-30 Thread Anand Shankar
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:41 PM, Mayank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > Wht's d code u r trying to compile, cauz I'm finding it real strange to > see some software, tht too source based, being distro dependent !!! > > Regards, > Mayank > wxcam [ http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourcef

Re: [ilugd] Candidate for Hall Of Shame?

2008-04-30 Thread Anand Shankar
After going through the thread, I have an observation: Do some of us realise that these institutions may not be delivering what we expect, not because that they do not want to do it, but because, perhaps that they have no clue how to do it. It has some thing to do with the developer / manager educ

Re: [ilugd] Compilation Errors: Missing Package??

2008-04-30 Thread Anand Shankar
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Gora Mohanty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > It seems either you don't have glibc-headers installed on your machine > > (install/re-install it) or you've glibc-headers at some unusual place. Try > > to find location of stdio.h on your machine. If it'

[ilugd] Compilation Errors: Missing Package??

2008-04-29 Thread Anand Shankar
I have the following packages installed in my Fedora8 system. [EMAIL PROTECTED] rpm -qa | grep gcc compat-gcc-34-3.4.6-8 gcc-4.1.2-33 libgcc-4.1.2-33 gcc-c++-4.1.2-33 [EMAIL PROTECTED] rpm -qa | grep glibc glibc-common-2.7-2 glibc-2.7-2 glibc-devel-2.7-2 While compiling tar.gz source files, I ge

[ilugd] Linux Adoption: Interesting Read

2008-03-09 Thread Anand Shankar
A lng but recommended read: http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/?p=74 Shortcut: See the slides here and read the notes [I did only that!!] http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/Gallery/Linuxthoughts/magicgallery/Slide1.htm anand ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@l

[ilugd] High throughput FTP Server

2008-01-31 Thread Anand Shankar
A few months back I successfully used G4L [Ghost For Linux] to backup and restore disk images over the network. I used the technique to build 45 new PCs, with upto about 5 machines being restored at the same time. I used to get fantastic speeds 20MB/s or even more. Subsequently we made many more im

[ilugd] uvcvideo kernel module errors

2008-01-20 Thread Anand Shankar
Have been trying to compile in support for uvcvideo as documented here: http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/howto-logitech-quickcam-pro-9000-with-fedora-8/ I am able to do a "make install" but this is what I get in my dmesg: uvcvideo: Unknown symbol v4l_compat_ioctl32 uvcvideo: Unknown sym

Re: [ilugd] does this list have rules

2008-01-13 Thread Anand Shankar
On Jan 13, 2008 11:39 PM, Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 13 Jan 2008, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > On 13-Jan-08, at 12:16 PM, Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल wrote: > > > Please read the list guidelines at http://kandalaya.org/ > > > > guidelines.html before posting to the list. > > >

Re: [ilugd] Linux webcam

2008-01-10 Thread Anand Shankar
On Jan 10, 2008 10:08 AM, Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bought a webcam yesterday, thought I'd share the experience... > Unfortunately the webcams > that seem to work well with Linux (at least according to Google) seem > to be pretty high priced -- Rs 4000+. Thats right - This has been

Re: [ilugd] Hindi Locale web-portal (Any OSS tool/framework..???)

2007-11-24 Thread Anand Shankar
On Nov 24, 2007 6:31 PM, Piyush Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Friends, > > I am looking for some Open Source software that can help me in setup of a > website for a news group in Hindi. > > Can anyone point me some links related to some open source softwares that i > can use..?/ > I know

Re: [ilugd] ubuntu feisty linux to nokia E61i bluetooth

2007-11-24 Thread Anand Shankar
On Nov 25, 2007 3:59 AM, Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dear all, > > i've got a bluetooth dongle on the usb port of my pc running ubuntu feisty > 7.04. > i wish to connect it to my Nokia E61i, install some apps, and learn > how to sync the contacts list, calendars, and more, from my mo

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Converting a non network printer to a network printer

2007-11-22 Thread Anand Shankar
On Nov 22, 2007 1:33 AM, Puneet Lakhina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if its possible for me to connect my printer to the router by using > a USB to LAN converter. > So essentially what I mean is Printer's USB cord -> USBtoLAN Converter(this > gives me an ethernet port) -> router (using a cable) > >

Re: [ilugd] Looking for How-to to do Live Stock figures on Intranet

2007-10-25 Thread Anand Shankar
On 10/25/07, Mahesh T. Pai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have a look at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/183 > > I know that this is not exactly what you are looking for, but would > give some clue... > I want to host a website for my Intranet users, who can see live stock info thru

[ilugd] Looking for How-to to do Live Stock figures on Intranet

2007-10-24 Thread Anand Shankar
Thats a head-ache for sys-admins trying to control / manage / curb looking up stock prices / cricket scores on every desk inside a large corporate LAN. Trying to find out how to develop and host an app which collects live stock prices, so that Internal LAN users are able to get the info that they

Re: [ilugd] [off-topic not] vision of an enlightened indian mystic on copyleft

2007-09-07 Thread Anand Shankar
On 9/6/07, Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > as a private study, have been researching past two years on the indian > philosophical view and 'darshan' on copyrights. haven't found much. > anyone else stumbled across something? > > :-) > niyam > Indian Philosohical view?? If Indian spirit

Re: [ilugd] sizing benchmark for NX

2007-08-22 Thread Anand Shankar
'nt know how much difference does that make. I have recently installed NXClients on a larger number of machines. I am waiting for an opportunity to grab a decent server to proceed with the testing. Thanks for your inputs. Anand Shankar ___ ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Freed.in on Wikipedia

2007-08-21 Thread Anand Shankar
On 8/18/07, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 18-Aug-07, at 8:32 AM, Raj Mathur wrote: > > >> [rest of rather weak justification for rant snipped] > >> my opinion is that wikipedia is not the place to advertise > >> forthcoming events. > > Sorry for being late in this discussion

[ilugd] IRCTC site IE Only??

2007-08-21 Thread Anand Shankar
This morning I am in a rude shock to discover IRCTC train reservation site changed and labeled " Site best viewed in IE 5.5 and above" and does'nt work in Firefox 2.0.0.5 on Fedora 7. Please confirm. They really deserve an explanation for this decision. anand ___

Re: [ilugd] Cloning a disk over network

2007-08-08 Thread Anand Shankar
Intentionally separated the mail for one more issue. We received the PCs in two lots, Batch-A plain vanilla FreeDOS on 160GB disks, so installing WinXP and Linux and ghosting it was simple. Batch-B same make and hardware, but with WinXP preinstalled. For Batch-B we have resized the Windows partit

Re: [ilugd] Cloning a disk over network

2007-08-08 Thread Anand Shankar
On 7/18/07, Sudev Barar wrote: > On 16/07/07, vivek khurana wrote: > > --- Anand Shankar wrote: > > > Looking for a cool, snap to setup with defaults, > > > fast to finish > > > solution for cloning disks over network: > > > > Have a look at http://

[ilugd] Cloning a disk over network

2007-07-16 Thread Anand Shankar
Looking for a cool, snap to setup with defaults, fast to finish solution for cloning disks over network: Issue at hand: I have a master PC setup, which needs to be replicated to some 30+ other PCs. 160GB HDD with dual boot WinXP[ntfs]-FC7[ext3] setup. Do'nt want to plug out the disks and do a "dd

Re: [ilugd] 5,000 ubuntu desktops at delhi university

2007-07-04 Thread Anand Shankar
On 7/2/07, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 1 Jul 2007 10:27:51 +0530, Anand Shankar > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > I believe FOSS gained significant acceptance worldwide due to > > patronage and a strategic corporate policy of such

Re: [ilugd] 5,000 ubuntu desktops at delhi university

2007-07-01 Thread Anand Shankar
On 7/1/07, Roshan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . > > I'm not sure if my example suits well in here, but I > would like to ask this. Did BITS-Pilani get its > reputation because of being able to have tie-up with > few of top 5 IT majors or did BITS-Pilani have (or > has) the quality of a unique academ

[ilugd] New thread for "Proprietary vs FOSS" debate

2007-07-01 Thread Anand Shankar
ux? Do we have an eco-system and components to put up a complete F/LOSS ERP Solution? I would like to be educated about the current FOSS activities in this area. We need to take the "Windows vs Linux" debate to cover newer dimensions. Anand Shankar

Re: [ilugd] Microsoft Claims Vista Is More Secure Than Linux

2007-06-30 Thread Anand Shankar
able on Linux as well. But how many of these ERP Consultants talk about ERP on top of Linux? How many of these reputed ERP offerings have their application clients [Rich Client] available on Linux? We need to take the "Windows vs Linux" debate to

Re: [ilugd] 5,000 ubuntu desktops at delhi university

2007-06-30 Thread Anand Shankar
ing System Integrators to tell us how do they intend to provide SI support on FOSS and what are there problems. Anand Shankar ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://

Re: [ilugd] [OT] Training institute near Vasant Kunj

2007-04-15 Thread Anand Shankar
On 4/14/07, Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you are (or someone else is) willing to > spend an hour a day with him, teaching him the fundamentals of > programming and Perl/Python/Java/C++ (for a fee, of course) in the > Vasant Kunj area, give me a call. Otherwise, recommendation (or >

[ilugd] Zope: Connectivity with MySQL

2007-04-12 Thread Anand Shankar
installed product for Zope. Am I on the right track? ZMySQLDA has not been updated since 2001. Are there other products / methods now or am i missing some things?? Anand Shankar ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman

Re: [ilugd] Free Vs enterprise OSS releases

2007-03-31 Thread Anand Shankar
On 3/29/07, Gora Mohanty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In general, it is not a good idea to mix and match packages, even if > they are from distributions that are apparently related, e.g., RHEL and > Fedora. That is because the two distributions will undoubtedly have a > different set of packages, a

Re: [ilugd] foss.nitc

2007-03-08 Thread Anand Shankar
--- On 3/9/07, vivek khurana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! all, > I attended recently concluded foss.nitc in Calicut. > Conducted in fluctuating weather of Kerla, foss.nitc > was hosted inside beautiful NIT Calicut campus, few > kilometers away from civilization. --

Re: [ilugd] ezine content framework: Your suggestions are invited

2007-03-04 Thread Anand Shankar
ML / ODF? I would like to add here that there may be existing articles with many an authors who would like to share it with us, and in that case we prefer ODF. Anand Shankar ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailma

[ilugd] ezine content framework: Your suggestions are invited

2007-03-04 Thread Anand Shankar
long wish list. You are requested to add-in your suggestions and opinions. Anand Shankar ___ 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

Re: [ilugd] Fwd: [india-gii] Need ForInformation / Literature on OPen Source (GNU/Linux) in Hindi

2007-01-20 Thread Anand Shankar
> Hi > > Would any one know if there is discussion / promotional / educational > literature available in Hindi for GNU/Linux, Open Source, Creative > Commons etc. > > Will appreciate your links, advise, suggestions > > thanks > ram > > Ram , > sorry for cross-posting. This seemed a good idea here =

[ilugd] Fwd: PPT / ODI convert to VCD

2007-01-19 Thread Anand Shankar
I am surprised why my post has'nt appeared on the list 10 hrs after posting... I could see FNs post after me having appeared on the list. Reposting ... Pl excuse me if it suddenly appears. anand -- Forwarded message -- From: Anand Shankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: J

[ilugd] PPT / ODI convert to VCD

2007-01-19 Thread Anand Shankar
Looking for tools to multiplex and convert PPT / ODI files with effects with Audio to a VCD. What about blending-in a Video as well in between the slides - Adds complexity on synchronising various channels. Brute Force: Capture Video out over RGB/TV-Out Any thing better?? camstudio misses out the

Re: [ilugd] Installing wordpress

2006-12-19 Thread Anand Shankar
Does one has to install Wordpress 2.0.5 and can host multiple blogs on that box or he has to install Wordpress MU 1.0 for that? Is that version numbering synchronous and MU is heavily out of date??? What are other better options for people to host blogs on LAN? One that plugs into Plone or other

[ilugd] DNS Reliability and link stability

2006-12-05 Thread Anand Shankar
1. Is it possible to have two or more different IPs assigned to the same physical host name (DNS Record Type A)? 2. If yes, is it possible to assign different metric weights to prioritise traffic to one link over the other and also to provide fail over redundancy - ie if connectivity with one phy

[ilugd] Looking for Linux Performance Benchmarks

2006-11-09 Thread Anand Shankar
Looking for Linux Performance Benchmarks compared to other UNIXes and MS Windows, for mission critical applications. Any pointers to resources /publications /links? Any studies by European Union, NASA, World Bank, Gartner etc? anand shankar ___ ilugd

[ilugd] Special Interest Group on FOSS for Business and Industry

2006-11-08 Thread Anand Shankar
d as "Commercial". I strongly propose creation of a separate "Special Intrerest Group" under the ilugd, with an independent mailing list. Comments and suggestions please. Anand Shankar ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi

Re: [ilugd] foss.in

2006-11-08 Thread Anand Shankar
On 11/8/06, Kishore Bhargava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any ILUGD'ers going to foss.in this year. Have not seen the final list > yet but don't remember seeing too many talks from here. > > Just curious. > > Cheers...Kishore > -- > Good chance to see u there. anand _

Re: [ilugd] [Cut & Paste] Vista EULA

2006-11-07 Thread Anand Shankar
> > > Things are'nt that simple. Its not babudom which resists adoption of FOSS > > but its "Resistance to Change", which resists adoption not only of FOSS, but > [SNIP] > > Why Babus only? I think situation is largely similar at most BSE-50 / > > NSE-50 Private Sector Commercial companies. I thin

Re: [ilugd] [Cut & Paste] Vista EULA

2006-11-04 Thread Anand Shankar
erest Group to devise means and dwell on issues concerning FOSS adoption in corporates. Many issues are easily doable - Awareness and debunking Myths for one, Training and Exposure modules, Vendor Development etc Further there is a strong need to somehow influe

[ilugd] FLOSS Advocacy on a Business Card

2005-03-08 Thread Anand Shankar
alogue for similar purpose. Do u know of any links or any such card in existence, before I start my effort?? I could'nt find much via Google. Anand Shankar ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: [ilugd] Key to popularising Free & Open Source Software

2004-11-02 Thread Anand Shankar
side. It is not a sequential process. Both "Push to Linux" and "Pull to Freedom" will have to exist at the same time, providing strength to each other. Both fronts need each other. Anand Shankar ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PR

[ilugd] Key to popularising Free & Open Source Software

2004-11-01 Thread Anand Shankar
s, be they at schools, Durga Pujas, or any other community event. It is these "Neighbourhood Resources" again who can do it in a much better way, than probably LUG Volunteers. Comments are welcome. Anand Shankar ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/

Re: [ilugd] What is your view about Linux pcs in India?

2004-10-23 Thread Anand Shankar
of a Tutorial virtual hands-on for a total newbie on Linux. Very importantly, It has to be done both in English and Hindi. Let all traders selling Linux PCs, give a copy of this CD to all their customers and let them also have a decent introduction to the issues a

Re: [ilugd] Directions to reach venue of meet

2004-01-16 Thread Anand Shankar
>From Nehru Place you can easily take CNG mini buses running upto Badarpur border. Then walkover to the Auto Stand on Faridabad side, may be some 200m. All the autos ply upto atleast Neelam Flyover. Anand Shankar - Original Message - From: "anindya chakraborty" <[EMAI

Re: [ilugd] Directions to reach venue of meet

2004-01-15 Thread Anand Shankar
nue?? Sector?? etc. Anand Shankar - Original Message - From: "vivek khurana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Delhi Linux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 7:45 PM Subject: [ilugd] Directions to reach venue of meet > hi! everyone > >

Re: [ilugd] Re: Linux Delhi January 2004 Meet

2004-01-12 Thread Anand Shankar
Ever since I shifted to Faridabad in April 2003, I could'nt attend more than 2 ILUGD meets, despite being very seriously intending to cover the distance. Would love to see an ILUGD meet at Faridabad!! Anand Shankar - Original Message - From: "Abhishek Kumar" <[EMAIL P

[ilugd] AutoCAD Drawing Viewer

2003-12-14 Thread Anand Shankar
blem: The drawings are typically in sections of 3m for large structures as high as 30m or more in A0 size paper. For a group discussion, it becomes difficult to view the drawing comfortably, so inevitably a hard copy is required. Any technical solution for this?? Anand Sha

[ilugd] 2 HDDs with WinXP and Linux

2003-12-10 Thread Anand Shankar
. I do not have the option of creating /boot on my WinXP HDD. It's a sort of "Touch me not" for the first HDD on which WinXP is loaded. Any pointers?? Anand Shankar ___ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

[ilugd] Revolution OS

2003-12-06 Thread Anand Shankar
to take time out and attend this one of the "largest Open Source Conventions" in the world. Interested guys can read reviews at slashdot.org. Anand Shankar ___ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

[ilugd] CD Boot option thru Bootloaders

2003-10-13 Thread Anand Shankar
Can I have a boot option in boot loaders like LILO or GRUB, which specifies to boot from CD or network?? I tried with LILO, ;-( Anand ___ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Openoffice 1.1 RCs and other publishing questions

2003-09-30 Thread Anand Shankar
ng. The OO documents need to get into some DTP program, like Scribus, Karbon14 (Am I right LL, Trehan??). Karbon14 can save the document as Adobe Illustrator type, from where can it go to a Pagemaker ?? Anand Shankar - Original Message - From: "Sandip Bhattacharya" <[EMAIL

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