Re: [ilugd] net on gnu/linux

2005-08-13 Thread Bhaskar Ghose
Hello Nikhil, i've airtel broadband connection. problem is that i've usb modem and i don't know how to proceed to make internet connection on my mandrake gnu/linux 10.1. can someone help me out? You have to first check if your USB modem is supported at all. If you are lucky, then you may have

Re: [ilugd] Google mail

2005-05-01 Thread Bhaskar Ghose
Hi there, 1. Is it true that the backend of Google is on Linux ? . I know that their database is MySql based Well, to say the truth, they almost have their own OS. It's true that the core of the OS is GNU/Linux, but they have modified it to suite their needs and the modifications are major

Re: [ilugd] Google mail

2005-05-01 Thread Bhaskar Ghose
Hello, But the fact is the core is GNU/Linux ?? and by that could it be implied that they actually have to release the OS etc as under the GPL license. The GPL says that if you make any modifications to the software and you keep it to yourself and don't sell, redistribute it, you can keep the

Re: [ilugd] Open Office 2 Beta

2005-04-29 Thread Bhaskar Ghose
Hi, The question I have is how proprietory is JRE - do I have to buy it to use or what - do I need a licence etc and finally where can I get it. The JRE is free as in price. But it's certainly a proprietary software. It's really sad to see how OOo is becoming more and more Java dependent. In

[ilugd] Using Apache mod_rewrite

2005-03-20 Thread Bhaskar Ghose
Hi, I am a newbie to mod_rewrite and I just wanted to know the rewrite rule for my problem. I have a server say `main.com' and i am redirecting all requests to the subdomain `sub.main.com' to an external server `ext.org' I want to hide the `ext.org' name from the users and just show say

[ilugd] Strange problem with Fedora Core 2

2004-10-07 Thread Bhaskar Ghose
kernel, the pppd or even wvdial. Can anybody shed some light on it ? TIA Bhaskar Ghose = It is NEVER Linux OS. It's ``GNU/Linux'' OS. For more info follow this link -- http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself

Re: [ilugd] HELP......

2004-10-01 Thread Bhaskar Ghose
Hi, 4. is there any way to block the users from downloading files. Check this out ... http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bandwidth-Limiting-HOWTO/ Hope this helps Bhaskar = It is NEVER Linux OS. It's ``GNU/Linux'' OS. For more info follow this link -- http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html