> Any decent tool for writing book using text files (asciidoc) and
> generate pdf/html site and works well with Hindi fonts ??
http://www.orgmode.org
I had written about using devanagari with orgmode here:
http://agrarianresearch.org/blog/?p=563
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> Covered are:
>
> - Basic Xen setup
> - Compiling and installing a custom kernel for the i915 GPU Hung issue
> - Extracting a disk image from a VirtualBox VDI
> - Creating and running a Xen DomU with the image
>
Very well explained. Thanks.
I was wondering if you would recommend a desktop use
> We can form one as there are plenty of people, but given the quality
> of the R mailing lists ... does it make sense? Language can be a
> reason. ...OK, we have a workshop on R in Kolkata at JU (9,10
> Dec'11). I will form one after that.
>
>
> IMHO, the use of open source, or the lack thereof, is a smaller
> problem here: The lack of even a sham at protecting individual privacy
> is a definite problem.
>
> Personally, as far as I am concerned, it cannot be soon enough that
> the IUD^W UID money-grab comes to an end. Too bad that
>
> If you don't care about the advanced features, org-mode is a superb
> lightweight text markup system.
I wonder if there are others on ilugd who use org-mode. Any interest
in discussing uses of org-mode in the next ilugd meeting?
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> this mother not boot with centos 5.6 and 6.0. please help how to
> slove the problem.
oops. English language on this sub-continent is doomed.
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> On a related note, anyone suggest an el cheapo mobile phone with 3G,
The cheapest solution would be to by el cheapo phone (without 3G) for
voice calls and use Nokia 5800 for internet. Since that will reduce
the load on Nokia 5800, the battery will survive somewhat longer.
All this, if you a
Sorry for repeating this post. I sent it yesterday but I am not sure
if it went through because I cannot see it in the archives.
Vikas
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I have a large oracle database dmp file that I got from somewhere. I
do not have oracle (and do not plan to
>
> L1 and hopefully L2 support will be handled within the organisation. T
> and I have been working on documenting standard procedures, and in the
> past 2 months or so most of them have been handed over to the client's
> support team, along with some scripts that make life easier for them
>
> Trying to use my Nokia XpressMusic as a Bluetooth modem under Debian
> GNU/Linux with no luck.
I have, in the past, used blueman with network-manager, to connect
Nokia 5800 to my debian laptop.
Bluetooth setup on my laptop is currently broken and I have not had
the time to look into it. But
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to hijack process/program which is running on some
> other pseudo terminal(e.g. pts 0) to the current terminal(say pts 2).
> I don't want to hijack program of some other user, but I want to
> interact with the program which I ran some time before like say(20
> mins back) a
>
> If you run Debian you can choose between mutt and mutt-matched.
mutt-patched.
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> On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Vikas Rawal
> wrote:
> >
> > http://wiki.kandalaya.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/SynchroniseNokia5800Linux
>
> I tried. When I try to add user for a group, I get new window, with
> "cancel" and "apply" button, but t
> But the less than 80 character wide limitation isn't a limitation
> set by our body it was a limitation set by the older displays.
>
Reading wide displays is surely more difficult that reading shorter
width displays. This, as far as I know, is a well accepted fact in
publishing industry.
Imag
> Imagine editing a word document in 1080X1920.. portrait mode :)
Won't it be great? We can see a whole page!!
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> As an aside, monitors designed only to view HD movies suck big-time.
> Don't coders and techies use monitors anymore?
With wide-screen monitors, I end up wasting a lot of screen space even
when I am only word processing on something like openoffice. In a 4:3
monitor, one could see a lot more
who would want to follow up.
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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:15:16 +0530
From: Chandan Mukherjee
To: Vikas Rawal
Subject: A request
Vikas,
Following is a call for proposal to develop a fresh website for NIPFP. Can
you please pass this on
> Bought myself a Nokia 5800 (yes, it's the XpressMusic series) phone
> recently and was trying to get it to play nice with Debian. Finally
> managed to backup contact information from the phone into a directory,
> and did a little HOWTO on it for posterity. Feedback welcome.
>
> http://wiki.ka
>
> As I said in comparison the win machines is able to do Skype
> conversation without need of external speakers or mic. The only way I
> am able to have minimum volume conversation is by use of external
> headphones and mic (and that too set at max for mic)
I have had trouble in the past with
> I am trying to pick up some pointers on how to set up audio and
> recording (microphone) settings. I want to use Skype and it works but
> the audio quality and volume of output is very low. And more
> irritatingly the microphone pick up is very low. Even wihen I use
> headset and external mic the
>
> Will appreciate if many of you do so, there is some purpose behind this, pl
> email me offline for knowing that.
I find it strange that you do not want to make the purpose of the
survey public. Why should anyone participate in a survey whose purpose
is not publicly known?
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> A limitation of the present setup is that it sends e-mail only from a
> particular gmail account.
I was able to solve the problem with some help from postfix-users list
and from the postfix documentation.
There were two parts of the solution.
Mutt needed to be be told to force use of envelope
On my laptop, I use mutt with postfix for sending e-mails, and
fetchmail for receiving them. Postfix is setup to relay mails through
gmail. I am the only user on the computer and all mails originating
from the computer are sent from my account.
A limitation of the present setup is that it sends e-
> i thought the video-demo showed it working under the macOS as well.
> you sure it doesn't work under linux?
>
from
http://help.dimdim.com/activekb/questions/48/Can+Mac+and+Linux
+presenters+share+their+desktop%3F
The Screencast (Desktop Share) option is available on Windows Presenters
& Ma
> Till then one could use a VNC client for that single purpose. Like
> TightVNC which is under GPL.
>
Yes. But the fact that you can just display your screen on other
people's web browser is simpler and more convenient. The fact that it
works on windows but not on linux is sad. But you are right
> dimdim is a sophisticated web-conferencing solution, under gpl, but
> also under various other licenses:
> http://www.dimdim.com/opensource/dimdim_gpl.html
>
> looks like it's geared to take on webex, adobe, and everybody else in
> the web-conf arena.
For the record, the facility to display the
>
> One major feedback from excel users who tried calc is that calc does
> not have pivot tables.
> I have not tried OO3 yet. Probably, it is supported in it.
Pivot tables have been there for some time. I have used them on OO2
and on OO3.
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>
> You could try changing the screen resolution and see if that helps. If
> your resolution is set to 120 dpi you will get huge fonts.
>
> > [snip]
> > To sum, so far, debian lenny has worked much better on this machine
> > than ubuntu 8.04 did. There are a few minor issues with the debian
> Time to switch to a more current distribution like Debian then? :)
>
[snipped]
>
> -- Raju
I actually took Raju's bait and installed debian testing on the
laptop. And this mail is to thank him and record the preliminary
results of the shift.
1. Debian (testing/lenny) installed without any iss
> Upgrade may have upgraded the kernel subversion as well. Try the above
> kernel command line with kernel 2.6.24-18-generic only.
>
It was useful anyway. In that one session when your solution helped me
connect to the internet, i installed ndiswrapper. And from the drivers that
came with the mach
> Time to switch to a more current distribution like Debian then? :)
>
I agree. This machine, however, is for someone else who has is somewhat
familiar with ubuntu and would not want to try other distributions. And my
take is, the jump from windows to ubuntu has been a big one for someone with
a
> I have same chipset in my desktop an with kernel version
> 2.6.24-18-generic I have added following kernel command line to make
> it work
>
> pci=routeirq
>
Please try the above and add it at boot and see if it resolves the issue.
>
Could you please explain what does this command do. I tried a
I just got myself a dell vostro 1310. It came with windows vista but I
promptly removed it and installed ubuntu.
Among the basic things that are not working yet, the three most important
ones are
1. Wired network
2. Wireless network (broadcom card, will need ndiswrapper)
3. Sound
Ubuntu recognis
Niyam and others,
Also look at Acer ASPIRE ONE. Perhaps a better deal at 21K.
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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 ra
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 bo
>
> >
>
> >> can't find the subnotebook on google, can u post a link?
>
http://www.acer.co.in/products/product_explore_view.asp?pid=121&model=Aspire%20one&cid=11
Also, google for 'acer aspire one'
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> In particular, after the recent reorganisation of their service system, it
> sucks. The whole thing is not subcontracted to various companies all over
> Delhi.
>
Sorry for the typo. It should have been:
The whole thing is now subcontracted to various companies all over Delhi.
>
> After 3 stalwart years of service my IBM notebook has finally decided to
> give up the ghost, and I'm on the lookout for a new one. Within those
> 3 years I realised that my use of the notebook was intermittent at
> best, so don't plan to spend that much on the new box. Currently
> looking at
>
>
> I have had mine for about 10 days. Overall I like the machine for my
> purposes.
> The battery lasts about 2 1/2 hours, the screen is awesome, not a bit of
> problems connecting with the internet. I also have used my Verizon modem
> on the
> machine and it works just fine. I use Outlook 2
Acer has recently introduced in India a sub-notebook pre-loaded with Linux
(a fedora-based distribution called Linpus lite). The machine runs on an
Intel Atom processor, has 1 gig RAM, 120 GB HDD and an 8.9" screen.
I am considering picking up a piece but would be interested if anyone has
any expe
> ,--- Raj Mathur writes:
>
> [...]
>
> | Feedback welcome. BTW, anyone know a command-line tool for converting
> | openoffice documents to plain text?
There is also
http://stosberg.net/odt2txt/
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> i found this a great read, but do look out for exact licenses of each app.
> the list is quite diverse and comprehensive. something new for all to
> discover and learn, hopefully.
>
> http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/top-100-of-the-best-useful-opensource-applications/
>
> regards
> niyam
Each to th
>
> >
> > Cool, but OO.o shipped with Ubuntu works for me. This is quite fuzzy. BtW,
> > you
> > did a clean install of Ubuntu Hardy or upgraded it.
Just thought I will put this on record in case somebody looks at this
thread in the archives.
Just now I re-installed openoffice from ubuntu pack
>
> Cool, but OO.o shipped with Ubuntu works for me. This is quite fuzzy. BtW, you
> did a clean install of Ubuntu Hardy or upgraded it.
I upgraded from gutsy.
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> Oops, sorry I forgot to mention that I also have 'language-support-hi'
> which all hindi language support language packages with it. Try
> installing that and then try ooffice in that terminal (with
> . /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/scim-bridge and appropriate enviroment
> variables exported).
I in
> >>>>> Vikas Rawal writes:
>
> Vikas> Tried but no luck. Still only English in ooffice. Hindi works in
> gedit.
>
> Oops, sorry I forgot to mention that I also have 'language-support-hi'
> which all hindi language support language pac
> Vikas> I got it.
> Vikas> Yes, I am able to launch gedit and type in gedit. But if I launch
> Vikas> ooffice, I can only type in Hindi.
>
> Are you able to type in Hindi, in ooffice, hmm...?
Oh sorry. I can only type in English.
> Quoting from your previous post:
>
> - 8<---
On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 02:48:52AM +0530, Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल wrote:
> abbe [~] chateau $ dpkg -l |awk '/(s(c|k)im|m17n)/ && ! /uim/ { print $2 }'
> libm17n-0
> libm17n-dev
> libscim8c2a
> libskim0
> m17n-db
> scim
> scim-bridge-agent
> scim-bridge-client-gtk
> scim-bridge-client-qt
> scim-gt
>
> - >8>8
> abbe [~] chateau $ export |fgrep IM
> - 8<8<
Perhaps one problem in my setup was that skim was also installed. I
have not removed it. The output of your commands now is as follows.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ . /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/scim-bridge
[E
> - >8>8
> abbe [~] chateau $ export |fgrep IM
> - 8<8<
Ashish,
There seems to be some problem because of scim XIM support module does
not get loaded. I was trying to follow instructions at
http://www.scim-im.org/wiki/faq/general/why_xim_apps_does_not_work
The output fo
> abbe [~] chateau $ export |fgrep IM
This is what I get.
declare -x GTK_IM_MODULE="scim-bridge"
declare -x QT_IM_MODULE="scim-bridge"
declare -x XIM="SCIM"
declare -x XIM_ARGS="-d"
declare -x XIM_PROGRAM=" "
declare -x XMODIFIERS="@im=SCIM"
Vikas
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> distributions. I found, however, the discussion to be very patchy and
> none of them seem to give a clear and sureshot way to solve the
> problem. A few unclear suggestions that I found did not work for me.
Just to say that Ubuntu India has some instructions at
(http://www.ubuntu-in.org/wiki/S
>
> Here is what I did on my box to be able to type in Hindi in OpenOffice.org
> using SCIM.
>
> abbe [~] chateau $ ln -s /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/scim-bridge
> ~/.xinput.d/${LANG/.UTF-8/}
>
> Above will enable SCIM applications-wide, so all your applications are
> using SCIM as default input m
In the past, I have used scim with openoffice to type documents in
Hindi. The last time I did it was about a year ago when my machine was
running Ubuntu 6.10 or 7.04. Since then I have upgraded it to Ubuntu
7.10 and more recently to Ubuntu 8.04.
Today when I needed to type a document in Hindi, I
> >
> > usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 10
> > usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using address 11
> >
> > tail -f /var/log/messages does not say anything
> > more.
> >
> > "fdisk -l" does not show the disk.
> >
>
> See if you can mount /dev/sda or /dev/sdb
The machine simply required a re
> Don't have root access, so I have to improvise.
> The fastest solution which I have discovered till now is Konqueror.
Would mv to .Trash be as fast? Deleting a file/directory on nautilus
moves it the trash bin. I do not know what a delete on konqueror
does. But there has to be a command line
>
> Plug in all cables if the drive enclosure has multiple cables, try
> another usb port (if you have multiple sets of ports on your box). If
> neither works, get an enclosure with external power :)
>
The present enclosure has external power. So that should not be the
problem. I have, for the
It is disgusting that I can't handle a simple mounting issue!!
I am trying to mount an external usb disk on a debian etch server but
somehow it just won't recognise the disk.
On plugging out and plugging in the drive, "dmesg | tail" only shows
usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 10
usb 1-3: new hi
> Before something like that happens, it would be better
> if Ubuntu just withdrew gracefully from the list of Linux
> distributions.
Let a hundred flowers bloom :)
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> in the first place you should have returned the cd to dell and got a
> refund for the price you paid for vista.
Has anyone on this list managed to get a refund from any of the major
laptop companies. They all package Windows OS with their
laptops. Would be interested if anyone has managed
> they've got a site here:
> http://www.eeepc.in/
We have our own HCL MiLeap to compete with EEEPC. For roughly similar
price, MiLeap gives a conventional 30 GB HDD rather than a 4 GB solid
state drive in EEEPC. MiLeap also has a tablet style thing (MiLeap Y)
for about 30K.
I have not seen eithe
> beyond "iwconfig eth1 node master". I need DHCP and preferably WPA.
I found these two links useful.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Adhoc
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetConnectionSharing
Best,
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>
> iwconfig eth1 mode ad-hoc essid 'sandip' channel 11 (or whatever)
Sorry for a dumb question. How does one turn it off (that is, stop
using it as AP)? This sounds quite interesting.
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hine shows that ssh port is open.
Port scan on the router does not show the corresponding port to be
open (is it supposed to?).
I will be thankful for any pointers.
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on FOSS, to be held at IIT today. May be of interest to some on this
list.
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Knowledge Commons is organising a workshop on 18th January in IIT,
Delhi (Details later) on the larger issue of
> WHICH MAKE IS THIS CAMERA PL. TELL ME AND IF POSSIBLE SHOP
> NAME ALSO .
The make is Quantum. Raj's first post on this thread gave detailed
specifications. It is widely available from any number of shops in
Nehru Place.
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> Cost: Rs 650
Just for the record, last week I bought it from Nehru Place for
Rs. 475.
It works pretty much straight out of the box. Works fine with
skype. With Ekiga, there was some lag in the video but I have not
tested it much.
In fact the driver CD provided with the camer
>
> Have used the Tata Indicom PCMCIA card, and have been
> using a Reliance USB modem for the past few months. I
> see no major differences in connectivity from various
> places in India.
>
> Reliance USB has been pretty reliable, except for their
> delays in sending bills.
I was in a Relianc
> In my view BSNL GPRS is much cheaper. Rs.100p.m. for Postpaid
> connection and Rs.199p.m. for unlimited GPRS in home circle. If you
> intend using GPRS then best option in my view is to have a GPRS
> capable handset with USB datacable and a BSNL CellOne connection.
A decent GPRS capable handset
I would like to know about experiences of people regarding compatibility of
GPRS data cards/usb modems with linux.
I understand that Tata Indicom has usb modems that support linux. They
say so on their website. But I am not too keen to buy a Tata Indicom
connection because of limited geographical
>
> > Second, I
> > do not produce alternative solutions for running ATMs. If I did, I
> > would in fact want to work with a bank that ran it ATMs on my platform.
>
> Huh again?
>
> There are other ATM OSes, but the Microsoft based ones are more popular
> ,current and featured.
>
> Now would you as
> > After all, in principle, they could go to another vendor who will
> > host their website on their platform!!
>
> Would you stop using banks because their ATMs are based on Windows?
>
It is obviously an incorrect analogy. First, you are comparing
decision-making of a corporation with that of
> > After all, in principle, they could go to another vendor who will
> > host their website on their platform!!
>
> its about a service, not a religion.
I don't understand. But it does not bother me too much.
I call it quits here.
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> >
> > I don't think so. Large corporations have strict guidelines and
> > specifications that their vendors need to follow. These may include:
> >
> > * software with exact version
> > * coding guidelines
> > * documentation guidelines
> > * brand guidelines for logo placements, selection of f
>
> oh! great. okay, here's my standing offer to the entire ilug-d community.
> i'd be glad to join anyone who wishes to go out ear-pricking for speakers or
> gear. will carry some of my reference sample sounds and files which can
> highlight flaws in even the most sensitive gear.
you could start
> >> this and every other mailing list on how the faithful are happily
> >> listening to mp3 and wav files I suddenly wondered why not us too?
> >
> > How do you get your ogg files? Aren't they encoded from wav files?
> > That is, how do you directly generate ogg files? I do not know much on
> > th
>
> the target audience is anyone who wants to learn any Indian
> language. Unfortunately we are a foss organisation, so cannot use non-
> free stuff - so we are in the soup. I am strongly tempted to use wav
> or something which the janata can use. But if we do that - aren't we
> throwing
>
> I prefer orgmode in emacs22. incidentally orgmode can export to
> freemind as well.
Very interesting indeed. Thanks for pointing out.
BTW. I am unable to set it up for exporting to freemind.
As specified, I copied the *.el files to the orgmode directory, and
added the following to .emacs
> For me, the configuration takes about a week. To have a list of
> packages, I usually
Upgrading takes a few hours if you have a good/cheap internet
connection. I understand that you can use the alternate-ubuntu-cd to
upgrade without needing to download everything while upgrading. I
haven't trie
> LTS is Long Term Support - therefore, LTS (U/Kubuntu
> 6.06 is supported upto 2009 (36 months) for security
> (and other) updates fro the desktop edition, whereas
> the server edition is supported upto 2011 (5 years).
What does "support" refer to? That Ubuntu provides security patches
etc. for
> There's nothing really wrong with that distribution cycle. In fact, time
> based release cycle is a good balance between features and quality.
> If you're not able to keep pace with the releases, know that they are
> supported for 18 months. And the LTS (like Dapper Drake) are supported
> for 18
> meanwhile, i personally stay away from the 'upgrade distro' route, and
> just do a fresh install on another partition. this way i can jump back
> and forth between different versions of ubuntu until it's time to let
> go of *either* one.
I would never be able to manage that!! Ubuntu comes with
> in infinite wisdom Amit Karpe spoke thus On 11/07/2007 01:43 AM:
> > Hi all,
> > Google's Open Source Mobile Platform :
>
> Where does it mentions that the Android will be open source?
"Android built on Linux, made available as open source via the Apache
v2 License."
from
http://giz
> Hello,
>
> I am planning to purchase a Compaque Presario Notebook V6608AU next week. It
> has AMD Turion 1.9 GHz processor, NVIDIA GeForce Go 7150M intergrated
> graphics with upyo 287 MB TAG, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB HDD, etc.. I would like to
> use linux with it but I am not sure whether the graphi
KG's mail was in a bad taste.
To all those who share this feeling: ignore such comments. No point
getting into a point by point discussion over such stuff and give more
life to it.
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We seem to have missed this rather interesting interview.
http://www.flonnet.com/fl2420/stories/2007101950761.htm
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Next Event: http://freed.in
Wonder if we could have a site that will allow a user to customise a
system in such a way that, as you add/change components, you get to
see meters on how the cost changes, how its performace changes, and how
its compatibility with linux changes.
Wonder if any such thing exists already!!
Vikas
> Excel 2007 Multiplication Bug
> http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/24/2339203
Forwardng below a message from the r-help mailing list which gives many
links on why Excel is a terrible thing to use for statistical work.
-- Forwarded message --
From: John Kane <[EMAIL PRO
>
> I have thought of a solution on which I want to get some views. I have spare
> USB External Hard disk lying around in my desk. So i thought maybe I can
> install Linux on this and boot from this USB drive when I want to use Linux.
See this:
http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-install-ubuntu-linu
> Hoorah! I booked some tickets yesterday and irctc.co.in worked just fine.
Interesting. The site now works for me too, on ubuntu.
BTW. What mode of payment did you use? In the past, when they still
had the earlier version of the site, I was unable to pay through by
SBI account.
Vikas
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> Myself is Ajay Tripathi working in National Internet Exchange of India .I
> would like to know the name /contact details of chairperson of this
> Group.Wewould like to sponsor some
> events.My contact details are attached .
money growing on cyber trees :)
Vikas
> Ack. Not commenting on the script itself, but this is dangerous.
> Depending on the shell, filename will be rewritten immediately
> due to the '>' redirection, and thus this will end up making
> the file blank. Also, Google for "Useless use of cat".
Ooops!! I did '> filename' without thinking
>
> > Mr. Sudhir Gandotra, CEO, Indserve Infotech Pvt. Ltd., the creators of
> > the first enterprise grade GPL Linux distribution from India - OpenLX
> > Linux (www.openlx.com)
>
> OpenLX is not GPLed nor is it OpenSource
On their website they prominently announce it to be the "First
Enterprise
> chars in Unix. I found the way to do it using vi, but couldnt find a way to
> like do for a number of files all at once. Any solutions??
Following will work if ^ does not appear elsewhere in the file (other
than with ^M at the end of each line).
cat filename | cut -d^ -f1 > filename
If ^ appe
> Also, he paid for the Vista along with his PC.
> The philosophy is not to force and convince people for using
> Linux/Ubuntu. If a user can afford hefty sum for the Operating System,
> he can use that. Linux and FOSS started for free availablity of OS and
> software, and share the knowledge. The
> My machine specs match and this is going out using Ubuntu on wireless.
>
> You need to blacklist bcm43xx driver and use ndiswrapper to install
> the original windows inf file. See my blog at blog.sudev.in for
> details.
Thanks Sudev. I will try to implement your tips next time I am in
Kolkata,
> I think Ubuntu can resize and re-partition Windown NTFS partitions,
> but I am not sure about Vista. Ubuntu will ask you during install.
I was recently trying to use Ubuntu to resize an NTFS partition
created by vista, only to find that ubuntu could not resize it.
Vista, as I mentioned in an e
> > Another question that I have is how do i go about installing Ubuntu on this
> > laptop. Should i format the drive,install ubuntu and then install the Vista
> > Home Preimium that comes along with it.
> > The pre paritioned configuration has a recovery partition also.Whats that
> > bit for, and
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