On Jan 10, 2008 11:01 AM, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hmm, I haven't even looked at the CD yet :) No Skype here, will test
out Ekiga when someone offers a video chat.
I believe kopete supports webcam for yahoo and msn messengers, if you use them.
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
deah boy, my secretary has been using wp 5.1 from 1989 and refuses to
shift from it. She started out on a dos box, then doze 3.1, then
So, we have it - your single usecase scenario for Linux is your secy's
document typing habit.
--
Karanbir Singh :
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:12:41 +0530, Sriram J
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
On 1/14/08, Manoj Srivastava
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:43:32 +0530, Sriram J
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Does the idea of open source take precedence over usability. but
If you find free
On Jan 12, 2008 7:38 PM, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sriram J wrote:
Can some one tell me what is the positioning of linux as an operating
system.
There isnt one. There does not need to be one. Its used on devices as
mobile phones to the largest supercomputer in the world. I
On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:43:32 +0530, Sriram J
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Does the idea of open source take precedence over usability. but
If you find free software is not as usable as you would wish it
to be, you have the opportunity to improve the free software in
question by
On 1/14/08, Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:43:32 +0530, Sriram J
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Does the idea of open source take precedence over usability. but
If you find free software is not as usable as you would wish it
to be, you have the
On 14-Jan-08, at 1:12 PM, Sriram J wrote:
So i am back to my original question
Does the idea of open source take precedence over usability.
It's simply a matter of personal preference / ideals. I know people
who would not use proprietary software even if it out-performs or is
more usable
is it for the general users who want an alternative for windows or the few
fakirs[1] who put ideology above all and are not willing to compromise at
any cost.
Ultimately - yes - the general user. For the fakirs - absolutely yes
:). GNU/Linux distros has almost reached a state where it works
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On Saturday 12 Jan 2008, Sriram J wrote:
[snip]
Can some one tell me what is the positioning of linux as an
operating system.
who are target audience/consumers of linux supposed to be.
is it for the general users who want an alternative for
On 12-Jan-08, at 12:42 PM, Raj Mathur wrote:
i myself back in the days had to switch to windows because i bought
an unsupported video card and did not have the money to buy an new
one.
The reason you may face issues with some hardware with Linux is
that the
OS grew organically, not
Sriram J wrote:
Can some one tell me what is the positioning of linux as an operating
system.
There isnt one. There does not need to be one. Its used on devices as
mobile phones to the largest supercomputer in the world. I think what
you need to do is read up a bit on what Linux is and the
On 12-Jan-08, at 7:34 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote:
you mean other operating systems were not developed by programmers?
Or that the current developers of Linux are not programmers?
Other operating systems are not designed by programmrs, no. For the
mainstream player definitions of 'Other'. Most
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On 12-Jan-08, at 7:34 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote:
you mean other operating systems were not developed by programmers?
Or that the current developers of Linux are not programmers?
Other operating systems are not designed by programmrs, no. For the
mainstream player
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.
Vikas
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On 13-Jan-08, at 6:26 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote:
use and icons etc, I remember redhat 5.x had a much better desktop
and was much easier to use than the current kde and gnome desktops -
and nothing wrong with the icons either.
Redhat 5 ? as in from the late 90's ? Surely that your personal
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
redhat 5 had a package manager - yes, graphical. It had linuxconf -
from setting up aliases to ethernet cards, users blah blah. Great
Too bad it does not install on modern day hardware :D Also, you seem to
think Linuxconf from those days was the best way to do
On 13-Jan-08, at 8:56 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote:
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
redhat 5 had a package manager - yes, graphical. It had linuxconf -
from setting up aliases to ethernet cards, users blah blah. Great
Too bad it does not install on modern day hardware :D Also, you
seem to
think
Anand Shankar wrote:
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
I burnt my hand recently after buying a $90 Logitech quickcam pro or
something. As my bad luck turned out, this needed the exact driver which
was pulled out from the Linux kernel in a big public spat [1]. My bad,
I should have checked before that flash of impulsive buying. I had to
donate
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
On Thursday 10 Jan 2008, Anand Shankar wrote:
On Jan 10, 2008 10:08 AM, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snip]
BTW, note that all webcams reporting USB ID 0ac8:303b aren't the
same. Some will work, some may not, so be sure to test your cam
before you buy for use with Linux.
Who will
WHICH MAKE IS THIS CAMERA PL. TELL ME AND IF POSSIBLE SHOP
NAME ALSO .
REGARDS
GOPAL
On Jan 10, 2008 11:01 AM, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thursday 10 Jan 2008, Vikas Rawal wrote:
Cost: Rs 650
Just for the record, last week I bought it from
Bought a webcam yesterday, thought I'd share the experience...
I'd given a long list of supported webcam models to my friendly
neighbourhood hardware pusher, Amit Kalra. Unfortunately the webcams
that seem to work well with Linux (at least according to Google) seem
to be pretty high priced --
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
On Thursday 10 Jan 2008, Vikas Rawal wrote:
Cost: Rs 650
Just for the record, last week I bought it from Nehru Place for
Rs. 475.
OK, if I'd bought it from anyone except Amit I'd be screaming at him
now. However I haven't had to spend a single paisa maintaining my
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