Re: [PLUG] [OT] UPS for a router

2013-08-03 Thread Vikas Damodar Garud
On Sunday 04 Aug 2013 10:48:46 AM Mayuresh wrote: SNIP > Having said that, if such device is not available, I am looking for a > normal UPS, but with a very compact size (less VA rating), preferably wall > mountable. > > I found some local UPS makers' contacts from the web. Will try reaching to

Re: [PLUG] [OT] You broadband in Pune

2013-03-04 Thread Vikas Damodar Garud
On Monday 04 Mar 2013 10:01:57 PM Mayuresh wrote: > Saw a big advertisements in newspapers today for 50MBPS/50GB connection > for around 2000/- pm by above ISP. > > Their website doesn't seem to have this plan though. > > I am actually looking for an ISP with reliable connection with no > downtim

Re: [PLUG] [SLIGHTLY OT] Does anybody know where I can find the Sanza Clip+ (first hand) ?

2012-09-22 Thread Vikas Damodar Garud
On Saturday 22 Sep 2012 11:55:14 PM shirish शिरीष wrote: > Hi all, > Does anybody know where I can buy first-hand Sandisk Sanza Clip+ . > It's an audio player which plays .ogg and flac file formats without an > issue. I saw it at a friend's place few days ago, he had got it from > Delhi. Available

Re: [PLUG] Network Attached Storage - Linux experience

2012-09-17 Thread Vikas Damodar Garud
On Monday 17 Sep 2012 4:40:20 PM Arun Khan wrote: > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Vikas Damodar Garud wrote: SNIP > > For a home grown solution search "Linux NAS" and one of the ref. links is > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage> > that li

Re: [PLUG] Network Attached Storage - Linux experience

2012-09-17 Thread Vikas Damodar Garud
On Monday 17 Sep 2012 4:18:27 PM you wrote: > open filer... > http://www.openfiler.com/community/download/ > Thanks for very quick response. However, I'm still at loss. Perhaps I should have mentioned that I'm not an expert, just a user who prefers Linux. Looking through the openfiler website

[PLUG] Network Attached Storage - Linux experience

2012-09-17 Thread Vikas Damodar Garud
Hi, I am looking for NAS for my home use. I want to store data so that it may be accessed through multiple devices - laptops and smart phones through WiFi network connection. At present, I a using SuSE and Ubuntu Linux on my laptops. I have a broadband connection, accessed through WiFi rou

Re: [PLUG] usb drive bootable

2011-08-07 Thread Vikas Damodar Garud
On Saturday 06 Aug 2011 3:07:05 PM म.हा.सा.ग.र wrote: > Take it with a pinch of salt... +1 Vikas Garud ___ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List

Re: [PLUG] Zoyd, we will miss you. R I P

2010-10-11 Thread Vikas Damodar Garud
On Monday 11 October 2010 18:03:49 Sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote: > Dear friends, > > One of our senior members, Vinay Pawar (usually known as ZOYD), > expired on Saturday (9th) evening. > While he was coming to the PLUG meeting, he met with a traffic > accident near RTO. It indeed is a tragic loss t

Re: [PLUG] [OT] Getting wireless data plan w/o having to buy modem

2010-09-25 Thread Vikas Damodar Garud
On Saturday 25 September 2010 18:44:53 Mayuresh wrote: > There are a no of carriers offering mobile internet right now. > > Most data plans seem to require buying their modem aka data card. > > However, I wonder, if you have a handset compatible with the > technology their data network uses, why

[PLUG] Tablet/Netbook - Advice/User experience

2010-06-29 Thread Vikas Damodar Garud
Hi, I am looking for netbook/tablet PC. I need dual boot with Linux (any distribution, with preferably KDE) and Windows (anything from XP to 7). Pretty routine use. Under Linux - Some word processing, presentations, surfing, email and experimenting with statistical analysis - that is usuall

Re: [PLUG] Advice on DVD Burner - USB

2009-10-02 Thread Vikas Damodar Garud
On Friday 02 Oct 2009 2:08:30 pm Arun Khan wrote: > On Friday 02 Oct 2009, Vikas Damodar Garud wrote: > > Hi, > . > Linux kernel recognizes all USB external DVD writer, i.e. no dependency > on brand name. > > I have had good experience with LaCie but they are a bit more

[PLUG] Advice on DVD Burner - USB

2009-10-01 Thread Vikas Damodar Garud
Hi, Internal DVD writer on my Toshiba Laptop has crashed and most likely won't be repaired. I am planning to buy an external, USB DVD writer (dual layer). Anybody has any experience, particularly adverse, for any make, model? In general, is there anything I should look for (for Linux compati

Re: [PLUG] Unable to See Desktop in Open Suse 11.1

2009-08-28 Thread Vikas Damodar Garud
On Thursday 27 Aug 2009 7:17:16 pm अनुप उनवणे wrote: > Hi All, > > Yesterday night, I tried Open Suse 11.1 Live CD. > While booting it loads nearly 50% and then shows a strange mesh on screen > and computer hangs. > I tried setting lower resolution , VESA mode, failsafe settings but same > problem

Re: [PLUG] multifunction printer on linux?

2009-08-01 Thread Vikas Damodar Garud
On Saturday 01 Aug 2009 6:20:08 pm G Karunakar wrote: > Hi, > Any suggestions for a multifunction printer ( print+scan atleast) > which works well on linux? I think only HP has some decent set of > drivers, with Canon, Epson not very well supported. But would like to > know if anyone is using some

Re: [PLUG] Need help in configuring the Tablet drivers

2009-07-23 Thread Vikas Damodar Garud
On Thursday 23 Jul 2009 5:19:54 pm Nachiket Kulkarni wrote: > Hi, > I have recently made the switch from Vista to Ubuntu 9.04. My tablet model > is HP tx2009au. The full specification can be seen here On Site > Specslc=en&cc=us

[PLUG] [OT/COMMERCIAL] - Computerising election process for a society

2009-07-22 Thread Vikas Damodar Garud
Hi, A society in Mumbai wants to computerise its election process. The scenario: There are about 12000 members spread all over India, mainly Maharashtra. There are about 12 office bearers and there is annual election for all the posts. The ballot papers are sent by post to the members and th

[PLUG] [OT] NGO-in-a-box workshop

2007-02-04 Thread विकास दामोदर गरूड (Vikas Damodar Garud)
This may be of interest I don't have any more details; the link resulted into 502 Proxy Error! This is just a quick reminder about the NGO-in-a-box workshop to be held in Pune from the 19th to the 24th of March. The workshop aims to train development professionals in the practical applicatio

[PLUG] Open Source Software Quality Examined

2006-11-07 Thread विकास दामोदर गरूड (Vikas Damodar Garud)
Somebody in PLUG may find this of interest. Open Source Software Quality Examined: Leading European research bodies and open source projects recently secured European Union money to assess the quality of open source software. Software Quality Observatory of Open Source Software will build too