[ubuntu-in] share roaming broadband via wifi

2013-01-24 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, Ubuntu 12.04 hums along with a few burps, with all updates applied as i write this, on my apple macbookpro. have a roaming broadband connection, via reliance netconnect+ (3.1Mbps) once connection is established, wish to share this with other devices within wifi range of my laptop. there

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 12.04 on Macbook Pro 5,1

2012-09-18 Thread Linux Lingam
installing Ubuntu on a Mac ? > Am assuming you'll bought the very expensive machine for reasons other then > the hardware ! i work a great deal with sound and video. so far (in the last 14 years of using linux and foss) sound and video codecs and professional-grade apps are still buggy

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 12.04 on Macbook Pro 5,1

2012-09-18 Thread Linux Lingam
nt it to. all sensors work. all systems go. so just install it. regards n > Once again: great work!! > > Regards, > Swarup > > On Wed, 2012-09-12 at 04:21 +0530, Linux Lingam wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> So finally, here are the steps I've taken to fir

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 12.04 on Macbook Pro 5,1

2012-09-11 Thread Linux Lingam
s.org/showthread.php?p=12233119#post12233119 the steps are in posts 1, 8, and 14 of the thread. regards niyam On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 11:01 PM, Linux Lingam wrote: > Dear all, > > Have taken the discussion, > with my fierce determination and my battle-to-death-to-install-ubuntu &

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 12.04 on Macbook Pro 5,1

2012-09-08 Thread Linux Lingam
Dear all, Have taken the discussion, with my fierce determination and my battle-to-death-to-install-ubuntu here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12225981 Regards niyam Gnu/Gladiator -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 12.04 on Macbook Pro 5,1

2012-09-06 Thread Linux Lingam
On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Swarup wrote: > On Thu, 2012-09-06 at 13:07 +0530, Linux Lingam wrote: >> I'm still struggling to install Ubuntu 12.04, which is supposed to be >> supported for 5 years. > > I have a MBP 5,2, and am hesitating to even attempt the 12.04 &

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 12.04 on Macbook Pro 5,1

2012-09-06 Thread Linux Lingam
; error pops up. for sure, apple has made it extremely tough and challenging to install linux on their laptops. i've never experienced so much suffering in trying to install linux in the 14 years i've used it. the documentation on the ubuntu site also has nothing on how to install on the ma

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 12.04 on Macbook Pro 5,1

2012-07-17 Thread Linux Lingam
On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Ninad Pundalik wrote: > Sorry, hit the send button too soon. :s > > Does this help you? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CategoryMac > thanks Ninad, had already seen that. it does not mention macbookpro 5,1 for 12.04. n > Ninad > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 12.04 on Macbook Pro 5,1

2012-06-28 Thread Linux Lingam
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Vivek Khurana wrote: >  How about buying a real computer instead of trying to run a state of the > art OS on a shiny toy... > While I continue to wait even after 7 years for the otherwise state-of-the-art OS to catch up, that shiny toy can run garageband and tha

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 12.04 on Macbook Pro 5,1

2012-06-27 Thread Linux Lingam
version, and I have a lot of interest in trying it out. If you >>> install it--or find out any more information about using it on MBP 5,1 >>> or 5,2 please report back here. >>> >>> Regards >>> Swarup >>> >>> >>> On Sun, 2012

[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu 12.04 on Macbook Pro 5,1

2012-06-16 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, waited awhile to see the overall response on ubuntu 12.04, and unlike its recent predecessors this one looks good. want to install it on my macbook pro 5,1 (2008/2009) model. alas! the ubuntu documentation has no specific install-documentation and what works/does not work, on this model

[ubuntu-in] [Commercial] webdesigner with HTML+CSS skills in Delhi

2011-11-05 Thread Linux Lingam
Dear All, Need to hire a couple of web-designers with HTML+CSS skills. More details here: http://niyam.com/blog/2011/11/im-hiring-are-you-looking-for-a-web-designer-job/ Giddy up! Regards niyam -- niyam bhushan -- niyam bhushan -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com http

Re: [ubuntu-in] Audio disturbance

2011-10-24 Thread Linux Lingam
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Kingsly John wrote: > +++ Sahana Basavapatna [2011-10-23 20:51:28]: > >> Hi, >> I have installed the latest version of Ubuntu on Acer Aspire 5253-BZ661. >> >> Until about a day back, my audio worked perfectly. Now I see that there is a >> constant disturbance and a

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu pre-loaded laptop

2011-10-24 Thread Linux Lingam
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 1:28 AM, Kingsly John wrote: > +++ Linux Lingam [2011-10-23 01:04:52]: > >> the suckiest brand of all is sony. it has zero models that ship with >> non-microsoft-os. > > Speaking of which I was really surprised to see this page. > > http://h1

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu pre-loaded laptop

2011-10-22 Thread Linux Lingam
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 3:47 AM, Lalremlien Neitham wrote: > Which shop? First of all, I dont like the looks of Vostros. Vaio is getting > cheaper (inexpensive), wonder why, and with all the competitivity. > oh! just go to nehruplace, start from the corner shop on the ground-floor behind the saty

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu pre-loaded laptop

2011-10-21 Thread Linux Lingam
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Onkar Shinde wrote: > Hi all, > > Just want to share that I recently bought a Dell laptop online which > came with pre-installed Ubuntu (10.10). This was a pleasant surprise > as the listing said it included Free DOS. > I have written a review if anyone is interest

Re: [ubuntu-in] 11.04 or 11.10?

2011-08-21 Thread Linux Lingam
> > The Hardisk which crashed was running  Fedora 14 , My Net book  is running > Ubuntu 11.04 , going through the steps mentioned in this > tutorial http://live.gnome.org/DejaDup/Help/Restore/WorstCase ,   my home > after backup is around 54 GB so its taking a while to decrypt > been running it for

Re: [ubuntu-in] 11.04 or 11.10?

2011-08-21 Thread Linux Lingam
dear nitesh, > > I would recommend upgrading it to 10.04LTS and then wait for 12.04LTS. By > then the direction of Unity and Ubuntu would get more clear > > Just my two cents :) thanks for the advice. makes sense. by then though, the distro-vesion will be new, but my laptop older. :-) so how abo

Re: [ubuntu-in] 11.04 or 11.10?

2011-08-16 Thread Linux Lingam
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 4:35 PM, satyaakam goswami wrote: >> all ears on this one. >> are you on ubuntu? if so, which version? >> > > The Hardisk which crashed was running  Fedora 14 , 'nuf said about fedora [g,d,r] >My Net book  is running > Ubuntu 11.04 , going through the steps mentioned in t

Re: [ubuntu-in] 11.04 or 11.10?

2011-08-16 Thread Linux Lingam
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 3:31 AM, satyaakam goswami wrote: >> noticed 11.10 will offer deja-dups. anybody using it, or with any >> experience with it? > > i am using it , as i speak i have a worst case scenario of hard disk crash > and try to recover my /home  using the backup , can  share the expe

[ubuntu-in] 11.04 or 11.10?

2011-08-15 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, what would you recommend: to create a stable workstation on my apple macbookpro, should i move up from the nice and solidly-working ubuntu 9.04, to 11.04, or to 11.10? canonical and mark shuttleworth's stance on unity and no more defaults of gnome make me a bit queasy. also don't know h

[ubuntu-in] [commercial] I'm Hiring. Apply if you love design.

2011-08-01 Thread Linux Lingam
Dear all, Lookin' for a couple of bright sparks that use muft and mukt software for graphic-design. Are you one? Know any? http://niyam.com/blog/2011/08/im-hiring-do-you-understand-design/ regards niyam -- niyam bhushan -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubun

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu in a samsung galaxy tab ad

2011-07-06 Thread Linux Lingam
[ > > I think you are talking about this: > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/07/ubuntu-logo-appears-samsung-galaxy-ii-ad-why/ > > -- ramky, is it because apple forbade samsung from using the apple logo, or any other apple-icon as well, in the samsung ad? as a response, samsung may have used the ubu

Re: [ubuntu-in] Netbooks - suggestions and advise

2011-01-26 Thread Linux Lingam
LinuxForYou magazine has started to carry a 'buyers' guide' section or somethin', every month, that lists all boxes sold in india with some linux distro or platform pre-installed. it should mention 'em netbooks. the list also mentions android phones. prakash, if the o

Re: [ubuntu-in] blender3d: new movie Sintel premieres 27 sep

2010-09-25 Thread Linux Lingam
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 3:08 AM, Linux Lingam wrote: > dear all, > > have been following the excitement every day. > the new poster's just out. > the movie trailer was launched in may 2010. > the movie's been cut down to just 10 minutes, > but the story and the vf

[ubuntu-in] blender3d: new movie Sintel premieres 27 sep

2010-09-25 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, have been following the excitement every day. the new poster's just out. the movie trailer was launched in may 2010. the movie's been cut down to just 10 minutes, but the story and the vfx are stunning. too late to organize a blender-ka-langar with Sintel prasada? http://durian.blender

Re: [ubuntu-in] Text to speech

2010-09-20 Thread Linux Lingam
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 12:04 AM, stranger in black. wrote: > Is there any text to speech software in gnu/linux which has GUI? > more details in the oct 2010 issue of linuxforyou, there's infact a whole ecosystem of somewhat disparate components and half-baked projects and

Re: [ubuntu-in] application-based firewall?

2010-09-18 Thread Linux Lingam
> > If you are on Ubuntu, it comes with ufw. I am not commandline smart, so use > Gufw, a gui tool for ufw. It allows me to configure rules based on > applications, protocol/service. Its gpl3. Read here. > -- just what the doctor ordered! thanks. niyam > Regards > > Narendra Diwate > > > > -- >

Re: [ubuntu-in] General Question About Linux - Would there be any kind of Computer Users you would not introduce to Linux

2010-09-17 Thread Linux Lingam
kinds of people would you not introduce to linux > anyone. i dread being the target of somebody's, or anybody's, 'just and noble cause' about anything, so wouldn't want to be to people, what i don't want them to be with me. on the other hand, if someone were to ASK m

[ubuntu-in] application-based firewall?

2010-09-17 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, any application-based firewall which is active and working well and copyleft? found tuxguardian, but not developed beyond 2006 linux-firewall has some dubious freeware license. firefly seems quite extinguished. firestarter and its ilk are not application-based firewalls. regards niyam

Re: [ubuntu-in] Always something new and interesting in Linux

2010-09-10 Thread Linux Lingam
also, once launched, how do i get rid of it without resorting to kill processes? niyam -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

Re: [ubuntu-in] Always something new and interesting in Linux

2010-09-10 Thread Linux Lingam
netbook-remix is what i've been looking for since 6 months. the idea itself is not new. in 1984, apple mac debuted 'easy access' which changed the desktop metaphor into something quite similar to this, without the alpha transparency, for kids and grannies to use with ease. always wanted something

Re: [ubuntu-in] how to play collated audio-clips from in-the-middle

2010-08-31 Thread Linux Lingam
t alas, too much fiddling around with my audio/video codecs and software has resulted in JACK losing its crown and so the DJ came tumbling after. Too much hassle to fix JACK. If i do, am wary something else may break. Sigh! The AV mess of linux-distros. [naah! please don't flame me anyone, and

Re: [ubuntu-in] how to play collated audio-clips from in-the-middle

2010-08-30 Thread Linux Lingam
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 4:33 AM, Sanjay Bhangar wrote: > hmmm . :) > (inline) > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 3:40 AM, Linux Lingam wrote: >> dear all, >> >> bewildered no software exists to do this, >> and thankful if you point me to one: >> &g

[ubuntu-in] how to play collated audio-clips from in-the-middle

2010-08-29 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, bewildered no software exists to do this, and thankful if you point me to one: 1. take several mp3 files. 2. create a playlist that sequences audio-clips from within these mp3-files. all existing music-player software create playlists of full audio-tracks. i wish to play, for example:

Re: [ubuntu-in] ubuntu lullaby timer

2010-07-17 Thread Linux Lingam
hi kingsly, > > dear all, > > > > i'd love to drift to sleep listening to some audio or music playing via > mplayer > > on my ubuntu 9.04, > > but obviously, once asleep, don't want to get up to quit mplayer and > shutdown > > the laptop. > > likewise, i'd also love to wake up to mplayer after th

[ubuntu-in] ubuntu lullaby timer

2010-07-16 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, i'd love to drift to sleep listening to some audio or music playing via mplayer on my ubuntu 9.04, but obviously, once asleep, don't want to get up to quit mplayer and shutdown the laptop. likewise, i'd also love to wake up to mplayer after the laptop autoboots into ubuntu. any way of d

Re: [ubuntu-in] installing firefox 3.6.6 on ubuntu 9.04

2010-07-01 Thread Linux Lingam
Dear All, Thanks for all your suggestions. I downloaded the tar.bz, unpacked, and launched 'firefox'. It works smoothly, it updated some of my plug-ins, though in one experience flash did seem to be a problem, behaving strangely with a video-clip, so +1 to stevejobs for giving adobe a kick on its

[ubuntu-in] installing firefox 3.6.6 on ubuntu 9.04

2010-06-29 Thread Linux Lingam
am thinking of installing firefox 3.6.6. under ubuntu 9.04. anyone done that? is there a howto? is there a better way to do it so the system auto-checks for updates and suggests i install them later? more importantly, will firefox 3.6.6. break something? have already read it will make my plug-ins a

Re: [ubuntu-in] Schools/Educational institutions in India using FOSS/Linux

2010-05-11 Thread Linux Lingam
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Saaz Rai wrote: > Hey all, > > I work in one of the best schools in India and as an educational initiative > we are now increasingly moving towards the use of FOSS and Linux > (Ubuntu/LTSP). I wanted to know how many other schools or educational

Re: [ubuntu-in] audio stopped working

2010-03-10 Thread Linux Lingam
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:20 PM, stranger in black. wrote: > My laptop sound stopped suddenly yesterday. I dont know how it > happened. i checked alsamixers and other things, all are in normal > case. I restarted the system to M$, there the sound is working fine. > > Should I reinstall alsa? >

Re: [ubuntu-in] Multimedia animation related good software for creating 2d , 3d avator in ubuntu linux.

2010-02-12 Thread Linux Lingam
ternet . Please put your suggestion to me > how and from which software i can create a virtual dance teaching > webapplication . Specially thanks to linux , i will check your > recommended softwares. If someone wants to  guide me on this ,please > you can also mail me directly . Thanks all

Re: [ubuntu-in] Multimedia animation related good software for creating 2d , 3d avator in ubuntu linux.

2010-02-12 Thread Linux Lingam
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 6:50 AM, ambika divya wrote: > Hi , I am just newbie to IT world . Can i configure API of linux > lingam assigned softwares (thats really awesome ) just for > webapplication working. Thanks. > > -- ambika, take a few steps back and consider: if you wish

Re: [ubuntu-in] Multimedia animation related good software for creating 2d , 3d avator in ubuntu linux.

2010-02-11 Thread Linux Lingam
hi ambika, On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:42 PM, ambika divya wrote: > Hi all , I am in need of some good software for creating multimedia > animation ,avator etc . Some one help in this regard , i am unaware of > package software available in open source communities . Please post > good softwares wi

[ubuntu-in] shuttleworth steps out of his ubuntu CEO spacesuit

2009-12-18 Thread Linux Lingam
http://blogs.computerworld.com/15275/shuttleworth_steps_down_as_ubuntu_ceo jane takes over. n -- niyam bhushan -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

[ubuntu-in] web-GUI, wire-framing, Rich Internet Application (RIA) free tool

2009-12-15 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, been searching sourceforge and search-engines for a muft and mukt tool that allows non-techie designers to quickly conceptualize, prototype, wire-frame, and visually scribble interface-designs for web applications, web-engines, GUIs, and more. am *not* looking for html tools like Quanta

Re: [ubuntu-in] Meeting on 6 dec

2009-12-05 Thread Linux Lingam
a bit too late to suggest a meeting at the JNU? n -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

Re: [ubuntu-in] Giving up the GIMP is a sign of Ubuntu's mainstream maturity - A rebuttal

2009-12-05 Thread Linux Lingam
am glad they dropped gimp, quite a pesky, clunky, photo-editing and pixel-editing software. oh! it's my favourite software, but so what. most people i know who've migrated to ubuntu, don't even know of its existence. fspot is a better choice for digital camera users. computer users have to be unde

Re: [ubuntu-in] DTP on Ubuntu

2009-10-20 Thread Linux Lingam
i work professionally with scribus, inkscape, and gimp, in print-production workflows. for a short while, also worked extensively with cinepaint. things work, once you know your way around. oo.o has its advantages, too. the typography engine of oo.i is great, perhaps inspired by TeX to a great e

Re: [ubuntu-in] Commercial support and AMC for ubuntu home users in delhi?

2009-08-03 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] okay, so after one week of discussions on this, it emerges no commercial company is interested in offering amc and support to home users of linux. great for windows. so i need to lower my expections. would there be individuals, freelancers, college-students, etc., who'd be interest

Re: [ubuntu-in] Commercial support and AMC for ubuntu home users in delhi?

2009-07-29 Thread Linux Lingam
dear ramnarayan, On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Linux Lingam wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> this is not a call for volunteers, or even individuals and freelancers >> who wish to offer paid-support for ubuntu. >&

Re: [ubuntu-in] Commercial support and AMC for ubuntu home users in delhi?

2009-07-29 Thread Linux Lingam
olks need support and services, and hope there are clients that need our products and services as well. i do know that biggies offer linux and foss support, such as IBM, RedHat, Canonical, and a few more. their clients are large enterprises, government, and public-sector undertakings. are there compa

[ubuntu-in] Commercial support and AMC for ubuntu home users in delhi?

2009-07-28 Thread Linux Lingam
Dear all, this is not a call for volunteers, or even individuals and freelancers who wish to offer paid-support for ubuntu. wish to urgently know, are there companies, big or small, with hired full-time engineers and support staff, that offer support to individuals and home-users, on a per-call a

Re: [ubuntu-in] UNR on macbookpro 5,1

2009-07-26 Thread Linux Lingam
i've got it to work somehow. the technique is to hold down the option key on boot-up, while keeping the usb-thumbdrive connected. the screen changes to show two options:'rEFIt' and 'Windows'. [note the lack of macosx, or even mention of linux on my partition, and the inac

Re: [ubuntu-in] UNR on macbookpro 5,1

2009-07-22 Thread Linux Lingam
On 7/22/09, Sameep Kaul wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Linux Lingam" > To: "Ubuntu India Local Community" > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 4:05:46 AM GMT +05:30 Chennai, Kolkata, > Mumbai, New Delhi > Subject: [ubuntu-in] UNR on macbook

[ubuntu-in] UNR on macbookpro 5,1

2009-07-22 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, hope someone on this list has a solution for this: bought a new 4GB thumbdrive, downloaded and installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) based on 9.04, for generic i386. i already have ubuntu 9.04 installed in a partition on my macbookg pro 5,1, and use GRUB under rEFIt since more than a mon

Re: [ubuntu-in] How to do dual boot install of Ubuntu on Mac

2009-07-09 Thread Linux Lingam
hi, to the original poster: am responding to your query from my macbookpro 15", using ubuntu 9.04, which i dual-boot into with macosx 10.5.7. i've been tweaking and configuring this to my satisafaction and delight for weeks. everything just works, and the experience surpasses my experience with ma

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu for HeavyMetal fans: Jes*s Jugular, after Headless Horseman.

2009-05-03 Thread Linux Lingam
Haahhaha! Good one. On a totally different tangent, was hoping folks here could actually come up with releases named after indian classical raags, with wallpapers and themes. so, 9.10 could be Kool Kalyaan. :-) niyam On 5/1/09, Sarfaraz Kazi wrote: > On 28/04/2009, gaurav chaturvedi wrote: >>

[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu for HeavyMetal fans: Jes*s Jugular, after Headless Horseman.

2009-04-24 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, just headbanged into this site, though i may urge you to proceed with caution, the ubuntu themes and imagery are not for the faint-hearted, and not for those not into heavy-metal's stark imagery. so those interested, may google for Ubuntu + the above keywords to discover the site on you

Re: [ubuntu-in] persistent configuration of nvidia graphics card on hardy 8.04

2009-04-21 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] >> >> What does the screen resolution say about available resolutions? Why >> are you using nvidia specific tools to manage resolution? >> Do you have all updates installed (specifically linux-restricted-modules)? i am also facing a lot of problems with my nVidia Ge

Re: [ubuntu-in] apple airport express on ubuntu with foss apps?

2009-04-12 Thread Linux Lingam
thanks for the tip. will try to tweak with one sometime later and will post my experiences here niyam On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Vivek Khurana wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Linux Lingam > wrote: >> >> dear all, >> >> anybody h

[ubuntu-in] apple airport express on ubuntu with foss apps?

2009-04-09 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, anybody has any experience in running apple's airport express under ubuntu or any other flavour? http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/ since you can connect wired speakers to airport express, and then use wi-fi to stream music to them, am looking for a FOSS app that can do that. so far,

Re: [ubuntu-in] How to find / reset user password in Ubuntu

2009-02-02 Thread Linux Lingam
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 6:52 AM, ram sri wrote: > If you forgot you password for your ubuntu system you can recover using the > following steps > > Turn your computer on. > > Press ESC at the grub prompt. > > Press e for edit. > > Highlight the line that begins kernel ………, press e > > Go to the ver

Re: [ubuntu-in] New Member

2009-01-25 Thread Linux Lingam
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Gita Mathur wrote: > Hi. I am a new member of this community. I am Dr. Gita Mathur, a Reader > in Botany at Gargi College, University of Delhi. I have been an Ubuntu > user for more than three years. Faculties at Gargi College have formed a > Linux

Re: [ubuntu-in] Video cutter and editor

2009-01-23 Thread Linux Lingam
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Onkar Shinde wrote: > Has anyone tried pitivi recently? I heard it there have been some big > improvements. > still at early stages, like all other video-edit sofwtare under foss. some have been in early stages since 7 to 8 years, maybe more. what a piti. regard

Re: [ubuntu-in] Video cutter and editor

2009-01-22 Thread Linux Lingam
let me clear my throat and say it out loud: for the moment, linux sucks when it comes to a video-edit software for ordinary folks that is at par, or exceeds, MoviekMaker, iMovie, Adobe Premiere, and much less, FinalCut Express, and its more muscular siblings. It also does not have anything at par

Re: [ubuntu-in] 64gb thumb drive not mounting on Hardy

2008-10-25 Thread Linux Lingam
also, sometimes its a good idea to plug it directly into the usb port of the machine and not into a hub, in case there's a power-related issue. regards niyam -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

Re: [ubuntu-in] Compressing / reducing size of a pdf file

2008-10-05 Thread Linux Lingam
try the commandline pdftk and read its man pages. also, read up on pdf versions 1, 2, 3, and 4, as well as its flavours: pdf for print, pre-press, book, and mobile. regards niyam -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

Re: [ubuntu-in] DVD Region code

2008-09-20 Thread Linux Lingam
> > How do you claim that "mp3 not playing" is related to "DVD not > playing"? Did you even read the original question? thanks omkar for a good question. mp3, xvid, mpeg2, mpeg1, og, and i suppose about two dozen more, are codecs, that encode and decode audio, video, or images. hope you realize

Re: [ubuntu-in] DVD Region code

2008-09-19 Thread Linux Lingam
> > The movie player, totem, supports two backends gstreamer and xine. By > default it uses gstreamer. And gstreamer has only partial support for > DVD i.e. no menu or subtitles support. This is already fixed in latest > gstreamer version with new DVD plugins which will be available in > Ubuntu's n

Re: [ubuntu-in] DVD Region code

2008-09-19 Thread Linux Lingam
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Jinoy Jose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did this. Now it runs in VLC and Xine. Not in Movie Player. But There are > some hiccups still. Like, getting to the root menu is still a difficult > task. > Still, I am happy. > Jose i've faced a similar problem, and got

Re: [ubuntu-in] how do i auto-start firestarter for users in ubuntu feisty?

2008-08-22 Thread Linux Lingam
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 6:06 PM, mallikarjun arjun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Add the firestarter to the System-->Preferences-->Sessions > > thanks arjun. i have already added the users into the sudoers list, and also added firestarter into prefs>sessions, but it does not work. i followed the in

[ubuntu-in] how do i auto-start firestarter for users in ubuntu feisty?

2008-08-21 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, used to do this with all my distros ever since i discovered firestarter several years ago. wonder why it's not working with feisty. problem: want to auto-start firestarter, the firewall GUI, each time any user logs-in to my feisty, without their having to know or share the admin passwor

Re: [ubuntu-in] A Blog On Ubuntu Hardy Heron

2008-07-31 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] >> actually install 7.04 twice. on two different partitions. use one as >> my critical workstation bread-butter-tamatar use which i don't fiddle >> with much, as i know what works and what doesn't. >> use the other with lots of tweaks and fiddles, experimental software, and >> so on. > > ah

Re: [ubuntu-in] A Blog On Ubuntu Hardy Heron

2008-07-30 Thread Linux Lingam
> > what do you mean two sets of installs - two different boot up options ?? > actually install 7.04 twice. on two different partitions. use one as my critical workstation bread-butter-tamatar use which i don't fiddle with much, as i know what works and what doesn't. use the other with lots of twe

Re: [ubuntu-in] A Blog On Ubuntu Hardy Heron

2008-07-30 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] no wonder you no longer have ubuntu on your machines, ramky. i moved back to fiesty, and discovered if you regularly apply all updates (but NEVER upgrade) your system is quite stable and works sweetly. i do have loads of bugs in fiesty, but not as bad as hardy. plus, i've figured if i do t

Re: [ubuntu-in] Airtel Broadband dialup howto?

2008-07-04 Thread Linux Lover
use the following command in a terminal, and follow the onscreen setup : pppoeconf hope this will help your friend. On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Lut4rp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > I have been looking around the web for quite a while now, and I can't > seem to find any howto, about sett

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu on Apple Mac's

2008-06-22 Thread Linux Lingam
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Ramnarayan. K wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 2:54 AM, Linux Lingam wrote: >> >> i know of a few who triple-boot: mac, win, lin. >> >> > am sure triplebooting mac, win and Linux would be possible on a linux > mach

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu on Apple Mac's

2008-06-05 Thread Linux Lingam
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Lut4rp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm sorry I missed the first part of this conversation, but has anyone >> actually managed to dual-boot a MAC with Ubuntu ? > > Yes, my friend dual-boots his Macbook Pro with Ubuntu Hardy and OS > X Leopard. He claims to have fa

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu on Apple Mac's

2008-06-03 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] some quick, sobering thoughts: 1) if you like or prefer windows, remember, the macbook is the only laptop (so far) on which you can run mac, win, gnulinux, concurrently. so those choosing mac over win or vice-versa, can choose both. 2) all praise for ubuntu is praise for apple and mac in

Re: [ubuntu-in] Retrieving Track details from Audio CD's

2008-06-02 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] a) i prefer freedb over CDDB. you may web-search to find out the differences between them. b) almost all lookup client software tend to look up a local subdirectory first, and then go to freedb or whatever you've set, next. somehow, i tend not to like the idea of my client software doing

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu on Apple Mac's

2008-05-31 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] > > I would like some clarification on what Mr. Slytherin :) has > written. Macs are favorites among FOSS developers, but do they use the > machine with Linux or with OS X? I have no idea, but you might? some use only gnulinux and/or bsd, but almost all keep their mac os

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu on Apple Mac's

2008-05-29 Thread Linux Lingam
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 1:59 AM, Ramnarayan. K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > Am interested in user experiences of Ubuntu (and other Linux OS) on > Apple Macs-particularly MAC books - both the positives and negatives. > > also interested in why one should / should not

Re: [ubuntu-in] What is Special with Ubuntu Studio

2008-05-14 Thread Linux Lingam
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 5:32 AM, AlgoMantra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 2:21 AM, Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > linux lingam? ROTFLwhat a name. > > hehehheee! thanks. never fails to capture the imagination eve

Re: [ubuntu-in] What is Special with Ubuntu Studio

2008-05-13 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] > > Can anyone familiar in using ubuntustudio tell me wheather that has all the > features present in the simple ubuntu? i am an avid user of ubuntustudio. it does not have all the features of a normal ubuntu, yet it does have several packages that ubuntu does not have. as stated earlier,

Re: [ubuntu-in] encoding to flash videos

2008-03-20 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] encoding to flv from ffmpeg works. but i wonder how to transcode a *.rm file (realmedia video) to mpeg1 or mpeg2, or even mpeg4. any tips, please? tia niyam -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

Re: [ubuntu-in] Firefox problem : Your browser is not lava enabled

2008-02-11 Thread Linux Lover
Install Sun Java runtime and also the plugin for Mozilla Firefox browser (if you did not do so already). Step 1 : Open AddRemove Programs. It will ask for your linux user account password, give it when it asks. Step 2 : In the search box write Java, it will show you some Java related programs

Re: [ubuntu-in] College tech-fest help..

2008-01-29 Thread Linux Lingam
[snip] so now that we've saved a small tidy sum of money for canonical, who could persuade them to spend that more fruitfully for the event? your distro is free. our blood, sweat, tears are free. for everything else there's canonical. ;-) niyam bhushan -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists

Re: [ubuntu-in] FOSS-Multimedia software

2008-01-14 Thread Linux Lingam
On Jan 11, 2008 11:05 PM, Prakash Advani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sivaji wrote: > > i am an engg student , we got Graphics and Multimedia paper this sem... > > We are given some multimedia project like creating small animated > > movies etc,that has to be completed before this month we are s

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu stickers

2006-12-20 Thread Linux Lover
> out Powered by Ubuntu stickers? I needed to put one > on my machine > after finally booting out windows but am wary of > simply printing it on > a label using a deskjet. Someone doing a better job > of it...? I have a few stickers of the form Ubuntu linux for human being

Re: [ubuntu-in] Hindi Spell mistakes

2006-11-28 Thread Linux Lover
Hi Abhinav, it is very common as the other system is not installed with the Unicode which your machine have. The mistakes will be vanished from the other systems, if they install unicode. I do not find any problem in your name as hindi character code is installed in my machine. Similarly if your m

Re: [ubuntu-in] problem with running java

2006-10-01 Thread Linux Lover
ve not installed java. I hope that gcc can compilejava programs also--- Linux Lover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> which java is installed in your system? >> regards>> On 9/30/06, francis bosco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:> >> > I am using Ubuntu 6.06 LTS> >>

Re: [ubuntu-in] problem with running java

2006-09-30 Thread Linux Lover
which java is installed in your system?regardsOn 9/30/06, francis bosco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am using Ubuntu 6.06 LTSwhen i compile the java programs using gcc, It shows the error  "gcc:installation problem, cannot exec'jc1': no such file or directory" what is the solutionfor this. please h

Re: [ubuntu-in] running shell script

2006-09-25 Thread Linux Lover
first give the execute permission to the shell script by,$  chmod 777 checksplash.shthen fire the script$ ./checksplashhope this will help.regardsanindyaOn 9/25/06, unni krishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I had a .sh script to check the splash screen support of the GRUB  please tell me how to run