H. Chauhan wrote:

> Ok Tarun I will try it. if nothing works than i will get them from
> linuxbazaar.
>
- snip -

> regards
> --Himanshu
>
>
> On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:27:42 +0500, Tarun Kant
> <tarunkant@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Himanshu,
> >
> > A month or 2 ago LFY carried the FC3 DVD as well, if you can grab a
> copy from somewhere! But of course that is not truely RH, but the
> sibling FC.
> --
> ======================
> Himanshu Chauhan
> Software Engineer
> Singing Electrons, Inc.
> +91-98284-92757
> www.singingelectrons.com
> ======================
>
Hi Himanshu,
Hope you are still interested in the CD's/ DVD's
Which Linux distro do you want, i will send you the cd's/dvd's across
from mumbai,

Debain as always is COOL.. but lagging behind in the featureset offered
by the latest kernels,
FC3 will give you a famaliar RH env., but surely you need to try the
SuSe 9.x series its way tooooo cool...
we will be having cd's/dvd's of all of these or they can be downloaded
immediately. Got my new 10mbit
connection at my home...

regards
Ripunjay Bararia
Digital Dreams Consulting
Mumbai, INDIA
(GSM) +91-9820-33-6421

Ok Tarun I will try it. if nothing works than i will get them from linuxbazaar.
I don't think i will manage 2-3 months back issue of LFY from local book shops.
They generally return them if not sold. But I will give a try to that too.

Yeah Mr. Rai. I am inclined towards debian this time. I have been using RHL for
quite sometime. I will try to start development on debian. Though I will have to
setup both of the machine with debian.

Thanks.

regards
--Himanshu


On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:27:42 +0500, Tarun Kant <tarunkant@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Himanshu,
>
> A month or 2 ago LFY carried the FC3 DVD as well, if you can grab a copy from
somewhere! But of course that is not truely RH, but the sibling FC.
--
======================
Himanshu Chauhan
Software Engineer
Singing Electrons, Inc.
+91-98284-92757
www.singingelectrons.com
======================

Hi Himanshu,

In Jaipur there is a shop called Surtaru Fusion (Matrix). It is in Raja Park. If
I remember it right, the guy who runs the shop is Harsh Madhok. The shop is on
the side of Big Shopper. I have bought linux CDs from there earlier on. Probably
thsy may have RH as well. I would reckon that you find the shop's number and
call them first. I had all these CDs but I am so very far (light years) away .

The other option is of course to order the CD from a place like
'LinuxBazar.com'.
A month or 2 ago LFY carried the FC3 DVD as well, if you can grab a copy from
somewhere! But of course that is not truely RH, but the sibling FC.

Hope you are able to resolve this problem. Good luck

Cheers
-Tarun


----- Original Message -----
From: "H. Chauhan" <hs.chauhan@...>
To: suncityjodhpurlug@...
Subject: [SunnyLUG] Save me!
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:26:26 +0530

>
>
> Hello!
>
> I am really feeling helpless here. I cannot proceed! I am stuck.
> I have recently bought a new machine for development purposes.
> Its P4 with original intel 915 motherboard. I tried installling
> linux (RHL 9.0)
> on it but it failed. My CD was corrupted.
>
> Can anyone send me linux cds (with preferably 2.6 kernel). If
> anybody is willing to help me out here. Please call me at
> 9828492757 or mail me at hs.chauhan@...
>
> I am in bad need of these cds.
>
> Thanks and regards
> --Himanshu
>
> --
> ======================
> Himanshu Chauhan
> Software Engineer
> Singing Electrons, Inc.
> +91-98284-92757
> www.singingelectrons.com
> ======================
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tarun Kant, M.Sc., Ph.D.             -o)
Scientist C                          /\\
Biotechnology Laboratory            _\_V
Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding Division
Arid Forest Research Institute
New Pali Road
Jodhpur 342005 India
Phone: +91-291-2722269 ext. 162
Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/bobkant/
I'm Registered Linux User # 284692
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Yesterday at 10:26pm +0530 H. Chauhan wrote:

>   I am really feeling helpless here. I cannot proceed! I am stuck.
>   I have recently bought a new machine for development purposes.
>   Its P4 with original intel 915 motherboard. I tried installling
>   linux (RHL 9.0) on it but it failed.

If you to try, then try Debian (Testing) and if adventurous,
then try Debian (Unstable). You need about two flopies or one CD to
make you PC to install rest of softwares from Internet. Once
installed and configured, you PC may keep all packages uptodate, be
you decide to do that, if you have good Internet connection.

>   My CD was corrupted.

very sad :-(

But dont feel so sad as you mentioned in your opening line. Every
problem and failure is an opportunity to learn more and enhance
your skill!

>   Can anyone send me linux cds (with preferably 2.6 kernel). If
>   anybody is willing to help me out here. Please call me at
>   9828492757 or mail me at hs.chauhan@...

I have CDs, but can't help you as distance is problem :-(

All the best!

--
H.S.Rai    http://www.grex.org/~hsrai | Registered Linux User # 223684
http://counter.li.org/cgi-bin/runscript/display-person.cgi?user=223684

:
####[ GNU/Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]#######################

Sub : Typing CTRL characters at shell prompt         LOST #402

To type Ctrl characters at the shell prompt, keep the CTRL key
pressed, then press v, followed by the desired character. e.g.
to have ^M, press  CTRL and then v and m in sequence,  without
releasing the CTRL key.  This, one liner would  remove ^M from
DOS files: "tr -d '^M' < dosfile > newfile"

####[bish (at) nde.vsnl.net.in]###############################
:

Hello!

I am really feeling helpless here. I cannot proceed! I am stuck.
I have recently bought a new machine for development purposes.
Its P4 with original intel 915 motherboard. I tried installling linux (RHL 9.0)
on it but it failed. My CD was corrupted.

Can anyone send me linux cds (with preferably 2.6 kernel). If
anybody is willing to help me out here. Please call me at
9828492757 or mail me at hs.chauhan@...

I am in bad need of these cds.

Thanks and regards
--Himanshu

--
======================
Himanshu Chauhan
Software Engineer
Singing Electrons, Inc.
+91-98284-92757
www.singingelectrons.com
======================

The man behind the Linux Counter Project, Harald Tveit Alvestrand is appealing
for financial support to help the project ticking. According to Harald, the
current server -Aleph, is dying. He says that he has put together a new server
at an approximate cost of USD 822, EUR 615. The resulting host is called
"gimel". He further asks the Linux Counter user community for help to cover this
cost and that thank-you notes for money received will be added to the accounting
page.

For more on this visit:
http://counter.li.org/news/money.php

-Tarun
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--- sarvesh shetgaonkar
<sarveshshetgaonkar@...> wrote:
> hi,
>  I want  information on SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL and
> its
> implementation in bridges, is there anybody who can
> help me in providing the links.
>

  how difficult was this

http://www.google.com/search?q=spanning+tree+protocol&sourceid=mozilla-search&st\
art=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Regards
VK


Hug the REALITY ;-)



Disclaimer
The facts expressed here belong to everybody, the opinions to me. The
distinction is yours to draw...



__________________________________
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I have just found a good online linux distributor and
will make my first purchase soon. Thougt to share this
with all. It is called Linux Bazar and claims to be
shipping Linux CDROM/DVD on original “Sony” media to
anywhere in India at Rs 50 per CD.

http://www.linuxbazar.com/index.php

-LED


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Hi Sarvesh,

Download this PDF for Spanning Tree Protocol

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/rtrmgmt/sw_ntman/cwsimain/cwsi2/\
cwsiug2/vlan2/stpapp.pdf

It is a comprehensive document that covers the following:
Understanding Spanning-Tree Protocol
Election of the Root Switch
Bridge Protocol Data Units
Spanning-Tree Protocol Port States
   Listening State
   Learning State
   Forwarding State

Hope this helps!

Cheers
-Tarun


----- Original Message -----
From: "sarvesh shetgaonkar" <sarveshshetgaonkar@...>
To: SunCityJodhpurLUG@...
Subject: [SunnyLUG] Spanning Tree Protocol Help
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:55:07 +0000 (GMT)

>
>
> hi,
>   I want  information on SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL and its
> implementation in bridges, is there anybody who can
> help me in providing the links.
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online
> Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tarun Kant, M.Sc., Ph.D.             -o)
Scientist C                          /\\
Biotechnology Laboratory            _\_V
Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding Division
Arid Forest Research Institute
New Pali Road
Jodhpur 342005 India
Phone: +91-291-2722269 ext. 162
Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/bobkant/
I'm Registered Linux User # 284692
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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hi,
  I want  information on SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL and its
implementation in bridges, is there anybody who can
help me in providing the links.

________________________________________________________________________
Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online
Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony

Please visit http://linuxindianews.notlong.com/

 	 * Respected Sir... appeal to the VC (open letter to VTU-Ktaka))
 	 * CHECK IT OUT: IMB announces LinuxPPC64 contest
 	 * We'll miss you Mandal Hembrom (Santhali localisation)
 	 * When sharing moves beyond software (Ahmedabad)
 	 * LinuxAsia2005.com, reflected in a blog, Slashdot, etc
 	 * Installing Indic
 	 * Languages, local computing, and Tapan
 	 * One day, one command
 	 * Surprised... at Burdwan
 	 * The Times of India higlights the software patents threat
 	 * India's newest LUG? AT SREC
 	 * I4d, and a study on FLOSS for health
 	 * From Mangalore... FLOSS news with love

Check it out. You can also visit via http://www.linux-india.org pages

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Nero Linux, which lets you burn your CDs and DVDs has
been launched. The programme is free for Nero 6 full
version users.

The software supports burning data and disk images to
CDs, DVDs, bootable disks, audio CDs with CD text,
mixed mode CDs, CD Extra, multisession CD/DVDs and
double layer DVDs, said Nero.

It's provided as a standard Linux package in RPM or
DEB and the 32 bit OSes include RH 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9.0
and Enterprise Linux 3.0, SuSE 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1
and 9.2, as well as Debian 3.0 and Future 3.1.

http://www.nero.com/en/NeroLINUX.html

-LED







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Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!
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O Wow!

Fantastic! indeed. Thanx vivek, I have actually started downloading it.
Edition 2 is already a fabulous documentation for 2.4 series. I
started reading the
second edition after downloading it. After quarter way through I thought
O! Its worth buying. Let's praise the work of authors. So I bought one.
This litrature is really worth buying. anyways thanx for the link

bye

--Regards
Himanshu


--
======================
Himanshu Chauhan
Software Engineer
Singing Electrons, Inc.
+91-98284-92757
www.singingelectrons.com
======================

Hi!

  I am new to this list. If there are any device driver
freaks on the list this is for them

http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/

<quote>
This book is available under the terms of the Creative
Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license. That means
that you are free to download and redistribute it. The
development of the book was made possible, however, by
those who purchase a copy from O'Reilly or elsewhere.

LDD3 is current as of the 2.6.10 kernel. See the LWN
2.6 API changes page for information on subsequent
changes.

<quote>

Regards
VK

Hug the REALITY ;-)



Disclaimer
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distinction is yours to draw...



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Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.
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Hi All,
So Microsoft is about to launch a stripped down version of XP with Hindi
capabilities. This is supposed to cost slightly lower than the original version
(you can read this news at: http://in.news.yahoo.com/050315/43/2k71t.html)

But the point is a stripped down version, for which people will have to pay a
price will do what. What is MS trying to achieve by this. Is it a move to tackle
piracy, which can't be tackeled like this, or to crub the growing threat from
Linux awareness and acceptance as a full blown desktop OS in India. I personally
think, this will do no good to MS and its products in any ways. At least these
two objectives, if they have these on their agenda, will be hardly addressed.
Moreover, stripping down an already defecient OS will probably make it more
vulnerable to security breaches and scores of other unforseeable problems.

-Tarun

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tarun Kant, M.Sc., Ph.D.             -o)
Scientist C                          /\\
Biotechnology Laboratory            _\_V
Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding Division
Arid Forest Research Institute
New Pali Road
Jodhpur 342005 India
Phone: +91-291-2722269 ext. 162
Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/bobkant/
I'm Registered Linux User # 284692
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Linux based handheld Linux data terminal gains
GSM/GPRS

AML is shipping a GSM/GPRS module for its Linux-based
industrial data terminal. The module enhances the
M7100 with wireless capabilities, enabling it to
connect to IP networks for real-time up- and
downloads, AML says. It targets route accounting,
delivery, and other field service data collection
applications.

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3250992776.html

-LED



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Please sign this petition if you agree with it... it's an attempt to convince a
prominent technological university in Bangalore (VTU) to be opened to the use
of Free Software too.


 	 http://bangalore.gnu.org.in/?VTU-FLOSS_Campaign

Krishna Pagadala, San Jose, USA. I have benefitted highly from the Free
Software movement and the Freedoms it has provided. Specifically the Freedom to
learn from the source code has helped me in getting a high-technology job in
the US. I wish that all students enjoy the all the Software Freedoms.

Pramode C.E, IC Software: I would like to add that there are efforts under way
to develop innovative hardware experimentation platforms using GNU/Linux to
improve the quality of Physics (as well as Engineering) education; and the best
part is that it's being done in India. Please visit
http://www.nsc.res.in/~elab/phoenix/ to know more about the `Phoenix Project'
being developed by Ajith Kumar at the Nuclear Science Centre, India. The wealth
of high quality tools and the open nature of the platform is of immense value
to young engineers and scientists raring to unleash their creativity; the
lessons in freedom and sharing that students learn by using GNU/Linux will also
go a long way in shaping their character as caring and responsible human
beings.

ashidhar b desai ,6th sem E&C, B.V.Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering &
Technology Hubli,Karnataka,India ,FLOSS is an excellent alternative for the
existing commercial softwares..Academics(colleges and univ) is the best way to
promote and support "Free Software".It will be a great initiative if the univ
adopts it(it will become an example for other univ & institutes). News about
open source and gnu/linux stuff---Indian Inside . Lets get Liberated.LONG LIVE
OPEN SOURCE.

Praveen Arimbrathodiyil (National Instititute of Technology, Calicut) Fri Mar
11 17:34:50 IST 2005 We use GNU/Linux in our main Computer center. It saves a
lot of money of the college as there is no licence fee to be paid for each
users. Since the source code of the softwares are available many computer
science students do projects based on Linux kernel and other such projects. The
possibility of use of thin-clients (which our computer center use) reduces the
cost of hardware dramatically. It has proved to be beneficial to our college
and I urge you to chose Free Software for giving a better alternative for
students.

Debapriyo Sarkar. Final year student of BCA, Goa. As a student, I plead to
every university, to adopt, encourage and spread the use of Free/Libre Open
Source Software (FLOSS). The benefits are clearly far-more significant than
cost savings (which of course is a huge motivating factor). The quality of
software reviewed and worked on by virtually the entire developer community of
the world is definitely at least world-class if nothing else. It is possible to
save on costs with $0 priced closed source software often termed as freeware,
but the limited resources of the single developer or the couple of developers
behind the software makes future of such software bleak. Compared to that,
software released under an open source license, helps user as well as developer
involvement to happen as deeply and transparent as no other licensing model can
support. As the letter includes the following (stripped) statement "...Octave,
which is simulation software written by University professors. This usually
comes with the GNU/Linux Operating System." which clearly shows that professors
of universities elsewhere have contributed to the solution of making quality
software available to the students and colleges alike under a license that
welcomes further contributions to improve the project virtually endlessly. As a
personal experience, I often have used open source alternatives whenever
acquiring the proprietary packages meant depending on the lab assistant to
provide the CD for illegal copying or genuinely going out and shelling out all
those huge wads of cash for functionality that was already at my disposal with
added advantage of continuing development and a long-life (of the software). As
universities use and recommend use of open source software,rate of development
is bound to grow with more and more students using the same version of software
both at college and home (no limited cheap "student" edition which are "cheap"
imitations with myriad "limitations"). Also professors' contributions in the
form of bug reports, bug fixes, new functionality patches and their work in
increasing awareness about the benefits of using open source software would
help improve quality of free software to an enormous extent.

Vijay Kumar, Chennai, India. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/schools.html

.P.Sujeevan,Project leader, S2S2, Kerala .Here at kerala at school level more
than 50 of schools are still using GNU/Linux.Also SSLC IT practical examination
has successfully done under the linux operating system.Some schools are still
using the Linux terminal server systems.Next year aggressive work is planning
to implement complete linux environment in schools.http://s2s2net.netfirms.com

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**********************************
FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory **********************************
The Free Software Directory is a project of the Free
Software Foundation (FSF) and United Nations Education,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). We catalog
useful free software that runs under free operating systems
- particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux
variants. Licenses are verified for each and every program
listed in this directory.

URL:
   http://directory.fsf.org/
   Site to visit 5th Feb-19th March.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*************************
Rev up your presentations *************************
We all appreciate well-thought-out slide shows that
logically step through a topic, especially when they're not
dull and boring. When creating presentations, many of us are
tempted to toss in every little feature the software
supports. Unfortunately, cluttered slides can be hard to
follow, and obnoxious design elements look cheap. One good
technique to enhance your presentations is to use the GIMP's
mask feature to make interesting text and cut-out objects,
and make those objects move on an OpenOffice.org Impress
slide.

   Suppose you are trying to convince a client that he needs
to switch over to a remote support model for his customers.
His company currently sends its technicians...

Read Full:
http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/02/16/142721
8

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**************************************
Woo Windows Users with Linux-in-a-Box
**************************************
In an effort to convince frustrated Windows users to adopt
Linux, Novell has introduced a new version of SuSE Linux
that bundles revamped applications and tools with the latest
version of the operating system. SuSE Linux Professional 9.3
includes the complete Linux operating system, more than
3,000 open-source packages, including the Microsoft
Office-compatible OpenOffice office suite, and hundreds of
open-source applications.

   The offering also includes a variety of graphics and
multimedia applications; multiple development tools; a
comprehensive set of Internet tools, including the
open-source Firefox 1.0 Web browser and e-mail and instant
messaging clients; an integrated firewall, spam blocker and
virus scanner; and support for VOIP (voice over IP) and
virtualization. By bundling such a vast array of
applications and tools, Novell hopes to woo Microsoft users
who may be frustrated with Windows' security bugs and might
be open to switching to Linux if the transition is smooth
and easy...

Read Full at:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1775214,00.asp?kc=EWRSS
03129TX1K0000616

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*****************************************
Desktop Linux wins plaudits for stability
*****************************************
CeBIT: Companies who choose open source software over
Windows for their enterprise resource planning tend to be
surprised by the absence of crashes, according to users and
vendors A company that migrated from Microsoft Windows to
Linux on the desktop has praised the open source operating
system's stability.

   Günter Stoverock, the data processing manager at German
import company Heinz Tröber, said on Thursday his firm had
decided against running its ERP software on Windows as it
considered it less stable than the open source alternative.
"We didn't want to rely on Windows-based systems as they
were quite instable and insecure," said Stoverock. "With
Linux there is no blue screen and no freezing - that was the
advantage for us."...

Read Full at:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,391909
50,00.htm

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******************************
10 Reasons to Switch to Linux
******************************
1. It Doesn't Crash
   Linux has been time-proven to be a reliable operating
system. Although the desktop is not a new place for Linux,
most Linux-based systems have been used as servers and
embedded systems. High-visibility Web sites such as Google
use Linux-based systems, but you also can find Linux inside
the TiVo set-top box in many livingrooms.

   Linux has proved to be so reliable and secure that it is
commonly found in dedicated firewall and router systems used
by high-profile companies to secure their networks. For more
than ten years, it has not been uncommon for Linux systems
to run for months...

Read Full at:
http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000117

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&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Fight Disease with Linux &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Like SETI@Home, the Folding@Home project takes advantage of
distributed computing to analyze data for a singular goal.
However, rather than searching for extraterrestrial radio
signals, Folding@Home is focused on protein-folding
simulations; once doctors understand how proteins behave,
they can examine the causes of - and hopefully design cures
for - a plethora of diseases.

To make these projects more appealing, they're often
packaged as screensavers that display pretty pictures while
using your CPU's "spare" cycles to crunch data and send it
back to the project home (SETI, for example, had a cool
graph of the radio frequencies and power levels)...

Read Full at: http://channels.lockergnome.com/linux/archives/20050308_figh
t_disease_with_linux.phtml

------------------------------------------------------------

***************************************
GNOME 2.10 Desktop & Developer Platform
***************************************
The GNOME 2.10 Desktop and Platform release is the latest
version of the popular, multi-platform free desktop
environment.

   GNOME runs on a variety of platforms, including GNU/Linux
(commonly called Linux), Solaris, HP-UX, BSD and Apple's
Darwin. GNOME includes powerful features such as
high-quality smooth text rendering and first class
internationalization and accessibility support, including
support for bi-directional text....

Read Full at: http://channels.lockergnome.com/linux/archives/20050310_gnom
e_210_desktop_developer_platform.phtml

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*******************************************
AmaroK is a step up for Linux audio players
*******************************************
With the release of amaroK 1.2 last month, I finally found
the Linux music player I've been wanting. When I moved to
Linux full-time about two years ago, the only software that
I missed from Windows was a quality audio player. Linux
audio players lacked features like cover downloads, smart
playlists, or easy burning to CD. Even worse, with a large
collection of more than 10,000 tracks, the Linux players
generally locked up when I tried to load them all, or at
least slowed to an unbearable crawl. AmaroK has all of the
basic features of modern Windows audio players, and some
features that I haven't seen in any other player.

   The name "amaroK" was taken from an album by composer Mike
Oldfield. Developer Mark Kretschmann said, "I've been a
long-time fan of Mr. Oldfield's work and thought the name
sounded nice, so I chose it for the application." Of course,
it doesn't hurt that the name already has a "K" in it. The
word means "wolf" in Inuit, which explains the various
amaroK logos....

Read Full at:
http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/04/174621
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Torvalds switches to Apple
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Linux creator Linus Torvalds said this afternoon that he's
now running an Apple Macintosh as his main desktop, mainly
for work reasons, although partly simply because he's a
self-described "technology whore". Torvalds, who initially
created Linux for the Intel x86 platform, revealed to the
Linux Kernel Mailing List in February during a discussion on
kernel size reduction that his main desktop machine no
longer featured an x86 processor. Hence, Torvalds said, a
patch specific to the x86 platform that he was submitting to
the list for consideration was totally untested.

   ZDNet Australia was intrigued by this remark, and sought to
question Torvalds on why the man who has single-handedly
revolutionised the use of Unix on the x86 platform would
move away from it, and where he had moved to. Torvald's
response came quickly and succinctly. "My main machine these
days is a dual 2GHz G5 (aka PowerPC 970) - it's physically a
regular Apple Mac, although it obviously only runs Linux, so
I don't think you can call it a Mac any more ;)" he said....


Read Full at:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/0,39023165,39183867,00.htm

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GNU/Linux user groups..
+++++++++++++++++++++++
This page contains a list of the useful user groups that
help in spreading Free/Libre and Open Source Software. Would
really appreciate any help in updating and correcting this
list and keeping it current. Let's try to network all the
'little' GNU/LUGs, who badly need your support to grow. FN
(Frederick Noronha in Goa)

Read Full:
http://wikiwikiweb.de/LugsList

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My Workstation OS: Linspire 4.5 **********************************
Built on a Debian Linux core, Linspire is designed for
simplicity of use, and it delivers this in spades. Linspire
eliminates the need for me to be technically proficient in
the nuances of Linux to successfully operate and enjoy the
OS. This includes loading software, staying updated, and
never seeing a command-line interface. It makes it very easy
to just get on with what I have to do and not worry about
the technicalities of using a Linux-based system.

   Installing Linspire is a often a pleasant surprise for
seasoned Linux users, as the operating system's hardware
detection routines are really top-notch. Many of the common
trouble spots for Linux, such as printers, USB keychain
drives, and DVD writers, are recognized and installed
automatically; no need to hunt for obscure libraries and
drivers. Linspire is also one of the very few distributions
to offer ...

Read Full at:
http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/10/1651237

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FSF offers jobs page for employers, employees
**********************************************
While it has carried job listings on its site in some form
since 2001, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) launched a
newly revived "Jobs in Free Software" page last month to
match employers who are committed to the ideals of free
software with like-minded job seekers.

   John Sullivan, the program administrator for FSF, is the
man charged with bringing life to the jobs page and the rest
of the FSF site, which has recently undergone an extensive
renovation. He says that the job listings can be a valuable
resource for businesses "concerned with ethics" that want to
reach a community of job candidates who share the same
concerns...

Read Full at:
http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/04/211255

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More-Secure Linux Still Needs To Win Users
******************************************
The National Security Agency built a version of Linux with
more security tools that its technologists believe could
help make the country's computing infrastructure less
vulnerable. They've won over the Linux developer community
with the changes. But success depends on its adoption by
U.S. companies and government agencies, something that
remains very much in doubt.

   For more than a decade, the National Security Agency has
worked on a way to use a computer's operating systems to
control how software applications and users can access data.
The agency succeeded years ago in creating these "mandatory
access-control" features for specialized operating systems,
but very few users deployed them. Taking a gamble in 2000 on
the emerging Linux operating system, NSA started applying
its security approach to the open-source code. The result is
Security Enhanced Linux, which it hopes can raise the
nation's overall level of cybersecurity...

Read Full at:
http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=
MRP5E2VFVSXTIQSNDBCSKHSCJUMEKJVN?articleID=60405829

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CLI Magic: Antiword *******************
It's a simple fact of life. Most people have not yet found
their way to freedom, and instead try to make themselves as
comfortable as they can be in captivity. They suffer the
burdens of the monopoly with only an occasional wince at the
thought of malware or a curse because of their latest crash.
This almost always means their word processing is done with
MS Word. We've got to learn to deal with them, and their
documents. Antiword is a very handy little tool for doing
just that. Shake the cobwebs of the GUI out of your head and
meet me at the CLI and I'll show you how to use it.

   Antiword is a GPLd, multiplatform labor of love by Adri van
Os, with assistance from others in porting and making it
available on RISC OS, FreeBSD, BeOS, OS/2, Mac OS/X, Amiga,
VMS, NetWare, Plan 9, Epic, Zaurus, DOS, and Windows. Those
in addition to Linux/Unix, of course. Antiword is still in
beta, but I found it completely usable as it is. The current
release on Debian is 0.35.1...

Read Full at:
http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/07/0228215
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Review: Mandrake Corporate Desktop
**********************************
The corporate desktop GNU/Linux distribution is a relatively
new invention, having begun with SUSE Desktop, then followed
by Sun's Java Desktop System and Red Hat Desktop. But with
much less fanfare, Mandrakesoft released a Corporate Desktop
product last January. It's cheaper, has no minimum purchase
requirement, and has support options ranging from one to
five years. Compared to the alternatives, Mandrake Corporate
Desktop is suited more for smaller shops that need a
cost-effective and reliable desktop platform with corporate
support.

   Mandrake is traditionally known as a cutting-edge desktop
GNU/Linux distribution. It is often the first distro
recommended for many people when they consider switching to
GNU/Linux. Unlike other desktop distributions, Mandrake has
never been shy about including the most up-to-date software
packages in each new release....

Read Full at:
http://distrocenter.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/07/224220

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Firefox Is Heading Towards Trouble
**********************************
Opinion: I think Firefox is the best browser on the planet,
but it's not going to stay that way long unless the team
behind it gets their act together sooner rather than later.
I love Firefox.

   It is, without a doubt, my favorite browser ever, and I've
used almost every one that ever rendered a Web page. No
matter what the operating system-Windows, Linux, heck, even
NetBSD-one of the first things I do now with any of my boxes
is to install Firefox on it. Firefox is also gaining
software support. In addition to smaller open-source add-on
programs, mainstream helper applications like Yahoo Toolbar
and Google Desktop Search are now coming to Firefox....

Read Full:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1774091,00.asp?kc=EWRSS
03129TX1K0000616

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A More Business-Friendly BitTorrent
***********************************
Analysis: The latest version of this popular peer-to-peer
client and protocol makes it easier for both users and
network administrators to manage its bandwidth-hungry ways.
Open-source programmer Bram Cohen on Monday released version
4.0 of his popular BitTorrent client for Windows and Linux.

   BitTorrent is an ad hoc, P2P (peer-to-peer) protocol. Cohen
created it to address the problem of transferring popular,
large files over the Internet. Instead of using the
client-server model of traditional Internet file
distribution systems, such as FTP or the Web's HTTP or older
P2P systems such as Kazaa, wherein files are shared directly
among individual users, BitTorrent took a new approach...

Read Full:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1775055,00.asp

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The Oldest Trick in the Book
****************************
As the reach and deployment of computer technology expand,
the risks and problems associated with pervasive use and the
often breakneck speed of innovation and adoption impose more
and more frequently. And while numerous security advisories
are issued every day, those alerts probably represent only a
tiny fraction of the faults that exist and have yet to be
discovered - either by the good guys or the bad guys.

   One serious problem is vulnerability, where a fault or an
oversight in a software application allows unauthorized
access to the computer. While some vulnerabilities are
"mostly harmless" - for instance, spyware may be unwanted,
but is otherwise benign - others vulnerabilities can
undermine privacy and even breach security measures. A
significant weakness, or exploit, can even permit a
malcontent to trick a program into doing something it wasn't
designed to do.

   Oddly enough, the most commonly attacked exploit, the
buffer overflow, is also the oldest. Around since the
infancy of computers in the 1960s, buffer overflow first
gained widespread notoriety in 1988...

Read Full:
http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/129/2123/

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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Getting your digital pix using Linux
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
It may lack an all-in-one solution like Apple's iPhoto, but
there are tools that make using a digital camera with Linux
easy. In this month's column, I'll be showing you some
useful methods for accessing your digital camera under
Linux, as well as JAlbum, a great tool for building
Web-based photo albums.

   Downloading images from your camera: There are two ways to
access and download images from a digital camera under
Linux. Determining which method is best for your camera will
depend on the model of camera that you have. Some cameras
work with the first method, others with the second. The best
way to work out which method suits your hardware is simply
to indulge in a little trial and error. They're both free,
after all....

Read Full at:
http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;298681864;fp;2;fpi
d;37

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Plextor PVRs Now Support Linux
******************************
FREMONT, Calif. - March 8, 2005- Plextor® Corp., a leading
developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital media
equipment, today announced the availability of a free Linux
Software Developers Kit (SDK) for ConvertX video capture
devices. For the first time, the Open Source Software (OSS)
community can enjoy the advanced features of Plextor
ConvertX PVRs, including real-time hardware-based MPEG-1,
MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and Motion JPEG video encoding in a low-cost
USB 2.0 video peripheral.

   Licensed under the GNU General Public License, the Linux
SDK supports the popular Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) and
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) specifications. It
also supports deprecated Open Sound System (OSS)
applications via the OSS compatibility layer provided by
ALSA. The new driver, which requires the Linux 2.6 kernel,
includes sample code that can be reused in open source or
proprietary applications to help developers get started
quickly.

Read Full at:
http://www.plextor.com/english/news/press/LinuxPVR_pr.htm



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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Appeal from FSUG-Bangalore (about VTU)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VTU-FLOSS Campaign

   Vice chancellor, Visveswaraiah Technologies University,
Belagum, Karnataka.

   Dear Sir,
   There are thousands of engineering and polytechnic colleges
in India. Each year lakhs of graduates and diploma holders
earn their degree. They pay thousands of rupees as fees to
get the best facilities. A part of this goes to buying the
software's which they use either in college lab or for doing
assignments at home.For every software which they use; there
is alternate Free Software program available. Now this shows
the amount of money which we can be saved if we start using
Free Software. This will bring down cost education
considerably.

   Other than cost benefits, Free Software has other
advantages
   * No-fee licensing
   * Ease of license fee management
   * Better large-scale programmability
   * Easier integration
   * Better performance
   * Development convenience
   * Better support

   There are hundreds of Free Software's programs which
colleges or universities can adopt. As Vishweshwaraiah
Technological University is one of the biggest universities
in India, its time for VTU to moving towards using Free
Software. This will make other Universities to follow. Let
the VTU have pride to be the first. Here I am giving you an
example of three such alternative Free Software's which can
be used.

   * (1) Operating System: Windows v/s GNU/Linux
   I don't know what university generally recommends to
colleges. But presently almost all the colleges use
Microsoft Windows based operating system. We all know the
best available operating system today is GNU/Linux. It is
the best OS any educational institution can have. Students
can not only use it but also can study.

   * (2) Simulation: Matlab v/s Octave
   Matlab is used in communication and electronics lab. Matlab
for individual license for university (academic use) costs
$500. Any college will have to buy minimum 25 licenses.
Which means shelling out Rs.537500. Octave, which is
simulation software written by University professors. This
usually comes with the GNU/Linux Operating System. The
advantage to students is that they don't have to buy a
limited student version to use at home. They can use Octave
both at Lab and at home. SciLab? is another open source
competitor for Matlab. It uses sophisticated algorithms to
analyze data and produce lovely graphics. Now you have the
choice which one you want to include in your curriculum.

   * (3) Office software's: MS Office v/s Open Office
   Well, we all used Microsoft word to submit our project
documents for review and for other academic purposes. Now we
have Open Office which is as good as MS office and has some
feature Microsoft Office lacks like PDF support,
compatibility with older versions of Microsoft Office, HTML
editor, a vector drawing application .... It gives you
everything starting from word processor, presentation
software to PDF generator [Fully compatible with Microsoft
Office -- So already existing data in those formats can be
used]. Don't you think it's the right time to save money of
a poor student ?

   The above are just examples. There are many such software
programs from which the students can benefit. We hope the
university understands the urgency and the need. We would be
happy to give you any information/help if university needs.
Here by we urge the university to make an effort in this
direction.

   Thank you,
   Please sign this petition at:
   http://bangalore.gnu.org.in/?VTU-FLOSS_Campaign

:: Taken from Little League, posted by Frederick N (FN)  ::

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???????????????????????????????????????
Some interesting links... freshmeat.net
???????????????????????????????????????


http://freshmeat.net/releases/190257/
DRBL 1.3.7-2 (Testing)
by Steven - Fri, Mar 11th 2005 03:13 PDT

About: Diskless Remote Boot in Linux (DRBL) provides a
diskless or systemless environment for client machines. It
works on Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, and Fedora. Unlike LTSP,
it uses distributed hardware resources and makes it possible
for clients to fully access local hardware. It also includes
Clonezilla, a partitioning and disk cloning utility similar
to Symantec Ghost.

Changes: This version supports Fedora Core 3 x86_64. Instead
of apt, yum or urpmi are now the default maintaining and
updating program for Fedora Core 3 or Mandrake Linux 10.1,
respectively.

XXX

http://freshmeat.net/releases/190256/
Time Sheets 1.08
by web-tool - Fri, Mar 11th 2005 03:04 PDT

About: Time Sheets is an online employee time sheet and
attendance management program. The time sheet administrator
can setup time periods, and employees can login and enter
their work times online. All timesheets can be exported to
Excel for convenient printing and analysis. It is especially
valuable for a sales team or other employees that are on the
road or work in remote locations.

Changes: This release fixes some HTML format problems in the
main template and corrects some spelling errors.

XXX

http://freshmeat.net/releases/190247/
yawiki 1.0RC3
by mecky - Fri, Mar 11th 2005 02:54 PDT

About: yawiki is a wiki system strives to be a perfect place
for working together and sharing information. The syntax for
the wiki system is really simple to learn. Getting started
with a wiki system is easy. It features versioning of every
page, and the history can be viewed to restore old versions.
A page can be restricted so that it can only be edited by
users.
Every user can add pages to a personal list of bookmarks.
Different themes are supported. A search engine (Jakarta
Lucene) is integrated.

Changes: This is mainly a bugfix release. It also now
supports different themes. Each user can select an
individual theme in the user settings. The old theme has
been enhanced a bit and a new one is included as well. This
version now also supports a pluggable way to support
different render engines. The documentation describes how to
use a different renderer.

XXX

http://freshmeat.net/releases/190233/
Shell Script to Clone Linux System 20050311
by Swergar Tsang - Thu, Mar 10th 2005 21:46 PDT

About: Clone Linux System is a script that uses standard
Linux programs like dump, restore, stat, and parted to clone
and restore a Linux system. It supports ext2 and ext3
filesystems. RAID support is experimental. Changes: The full path of
grub-install/lilo is now used in
restore.sh. All partitions detected by parted are now
removed in partition.sh. RAID and non-RAID system dumps are
now implemented in different scripts. A bug where /tmp was
used to perform a restore by default despite it not always
having enough space was fixed. A problem with detecting
inodes incorrectly was corrected and minor bugfixes were
made.

Taken From:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/little_league/

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protect businesses, home users, and mobile devices. The company has four new
products for business users. These include: a beta version of a virtual security
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Hi!

Really nice analysis of the post! I like it. I think most of the
things are in place
already, except for a few.

Among these few are regular meetings and a kin to it --- the bulletin board.

As Tarun said, we have members all over. So local meetings are something that
could easily be worked out and I know when Tarun is back home, he will
definitely
put these things into place. And I am sure, gathering of most of the
members (if not all)
can be done on some special occasions like the day LUG was established. I know
I had a great time in Jodhpur back then. People are really nice.

This is something that Tarun can look after. What I am more concerned about is
the working of our bulletin board. That would indeed channelize our discussions.
Instead of stacks of messages, there could be something that has proper
channels. I dont know whats the status of the board but I will now try
to revive it.
Tarun, we have so many enthusiasts around. Lets put life in it!

Let me search for my earlier mails and figure out what can be done. I
know I have Tarun, Harpreet and other members to help in it.

Thanks and regards
--Himanshu

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Dear Linux enthusiasts,

LINUX For You's March issue is now on stands, it has a lot of content
which the
community would like to get their hands on.


March's Focus
---------------

LINUX For You: LinuxAsia Special
LINUX For You PRO: Virtual Networking With User-Mode Linux

LINUX For You
---------------
* Manage Your Desktop: This articles focuses on the basics of managing
your files and
folders for a clean desktop.
* Colour Your Macros: With this article you can experience the ease of
working with
OpenOffice macros.
* Fedora Core 3 Goes Desi: With this article, you can set up your
Fedora Core 3 machine
to work in the environments of nine Indian languages.
* Read what Matthew Szulik, CEO, President and Chairman of Red Hat,
has to say on the
future of open source.

LINUX For You PRO
-------------------

*VoIP with Linux: With this article, you can turn your Linux box into
a PBX using tyhe
open source software Asterisk.
* How to Avoid Some Pitfalls in PHP: This article presents some tips
and tricks to avoid
errors in PHP prgramming.
* Let's Build a Toy Thumb Drive!: This is a cool project for hackers
in which they can
interface with a serial EEPROM device with your GNU/Linux box and
write code to control
it.

Also, read articles from Linux Journal's March issue.


Other highlights of the January issue includes:
------------------------------------------------
LFY CD #1

This CD has a versatile collection of software of every type that will
help you work
hard and have fun on your Linux environment.

LFY CD #2

EduMorphix: A GNU/Linux LiveCD distro that can be very useful for
those involved with
education.


Why do we have two versions of Linux For You now?
-------------------------------------------------
Linux For You was conceived with the aim of pushing Linux from labs to
offices. To
achieve this goal, we realised that we needed to reduce the pricing of
the main magazine
so that those who were not technical but curious about Linux/OSS could
access the
information. Hence, LINUX For You's main magazine was created as a
magazine for everyone
to read.

At the same time, the demand from the tech community was clear -- they
needed technical
content along with CDs that bundled the latest software and distros.
Hence, the combined
pack of LINUX For You and LFY PRO and 2 CDs are now available at Rs 100!

For more details about LINUX For You magazine, log on to
www.linuxforu.com or email at
niraj@....

This communication aims to inform the Linux community about the
information contained in
Asia's only magazine on Linux and open source, and we hope that it
will be taken
positively.

Our local dealers in various cities are:

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Ahmedabad      Mr. S. K. Sharma           079-26577068


Banglore       Mr. Devaru Bhatt           080-2261305
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                Mr. S. Roy                 022-24942538

New Delhi      Mr. P. K. Das              011-23313014

Pune           Mr. Basant                 020-6131261

Trivandrum     Mr. Hari Kumar             0471-475443

First of all Thanks Frederick for such an amazing article "Recipe for a
Successful Linux User Group"
I think it is a complete cook-book :-)

Thanks Harpreet for the mail and your fine analysis of our group's activities
based on the the above mentioned article. I am really glad that you took time.
And frankly that's what is needed. Your observations are correct. Let me also do
some more analysis and address your concerns:

> > 3. You need a regular meeting location.
> > 4. You need a regular meeting time.
> > 5. You need to avoid meeting-time conflicts.
>
> Some time back i saw an old poll on the yahoo-group  regarding montly
> meeting of LUG. Had there been any meetings in the past and was it a
> regular feature?? Why were they discontinued?? Shouldn't we revive it??
> I agree many people here are busy people with office work n stuff ...but
> we all can find out some time ...maybe once a month or once in two
> months . I believe that would be great .

Meetings and networking across the group are very important. And that is one
thing we have yet to bring into a momentum. We have had some isolated meetings
of group members in the past but I won't call these proper organized meetings
except the 1st Anniversary party that we had organized last year. It was
attended by a good strength of members and we had a lot of discussions on so
many things (you can still see the pictures of that occassion on SunnyLUG
geocities site). Himanshu took time out from his busy schedule and travelled all
the way from Jaipur to attend. We had decided to have reglar meetings. I should
say it is rather me who could not get the physical meetings organized because I
am currently in England. And wil only return back in August. And I would be glad
if some one can take lead and organize the meetings till I return back. However,
I all other things (except the meetings part) have been moving smoothly.
Himanshu's help has been instrumental all through. The membership has crossed
the 125 mark, out of which 99 are active (these figures are based on membership
for mailing list). I am answering queries from people who want to join the group
as well as pursuing potential members on almost a daily basis. But a group means
a team and we need team spirit and a very active participation from at least
local members to get the meetings successful. Whe I am around we can use
facilities from AFRI, ad I shoule be able to get permission form our Director
and can organize meetings. So the problem of venue should solve. And I think
that will surely work out. The other thing that I would like to point out is
that we have a fairly huge membership of people from outside Jodhpur. It is very
good and makes SunnyLUG so enriched by expertise from all over. SunnyLUG though
is a LUG for Jodhpur but the philosophy here is to be a wide open group for
anyone interested from around the globe to be an integral part of it. We already
have members from not just different parts of India but around the world. And I
feel that surely is an asset. In todays world, geographical boundaries do not
pose a limitation, which is good.

>
> > 9. You need to get on the main lists of LUGs, and keep your entries
accurate.
> i'am not sure about that ..... are we there , moderators ?

Yes we are listed (and updated) at:
1. Linux Users Groups Worldwide (http://lugww.counter.li.org/index.cms)
2. Linux For You's LUG Corner (http://www.linuxforu.com)
3. dmoz.org
4. google directory listing


> > 10. You must have login access to maintain your Web pages, as needed.
> > 11. Design your Web page to be forgiving of deferred maintenance.
> > 12. Always include the day of the week, when you cite event
> > dates. Always check that day of the week, first, using gcal [2]
> > (or cal). gcal is your friend.
> > 13. Place time-sensitive and key information prominently near the
> > top of your main Web page.
> > 14. Include maps and directions to your events.
> > 15. Emphasise on your main page that your meeting will be free of
> > charge and open to the public (if it is).
> > 16. You'll want to include an RSVP "mailto" hyperlink, on some events.
> > 17. Use referral pages.
> > 18. Make sure every page has a revision date and maintainer link.
> > 19. Check all links, at intervals.
>
> we can take care of the website ..... I would love to volunteer if the
> moderators wish or need

Thanks for volunteering. You are always welcome to contribute. The
geocities.com/sunnylug site is going well, getting good traffic. And the website
is regularly updated as well. However, the plans to revamp and relaunch it are
in the offing. In fact a forum section has been initiated but have not been made
public yet as it needs more testing. Once that is taken care of, member
interaction will become much more organized and logical.

I appeal all the members to contribute and be active in discussions on the
mailing list and come out with suggestions. I see a very near future when we
will be holding regular meetings of at least local members.

-Tarun




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Tarun Kant, M.Sc., Ph.D.             -o)
Scientist C                          /\\
Biotechnology Laboratory            _\_V
Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding Division
Arid Forest Research Institute
New Pali Road
Jodhpur 342005 India
Phone: +91-291-2722269 ext. 162
Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/bobkant/
I'm Registered Linux User # 284692
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Hi Himanshu,
That's sounds just superb. I congratulate on your efforts. I remember your
earlier XMMS pluggin concerns. And this I feel is the best way to crub the
commercial minded windoish behavior creeping slowly into the Linux arena,
spoiling the essence of OSI.

I have yet to try this soon. Just too tied up with my work. As soon as I get the
first opportunity, I want to give it a go.
All the best with this project of yours. Way to go man.

-Tarun


----- Original Message -----
From: "H. Chauhan" <hs.chauhan@...>
To: suncityjodhpurlug@...
Subject: [SunnyLUG] DSP -- echo !!!
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 23:29:52 +0530

>
> Hi all!
>
> Hmmm... Tarun I hadn't been around and couldn't just see what
> was happening. Anything major?
>
> Well, I had this thing in mind and had actually posted earlier
> regarding this. I had been busy with some really important
> projects at office and after my studies at home, I finally managed
> to spare sometime for it. I had earlier mentioned that I was around
> some site (mmm..I don't remember see! May be it was xmms.) and found
> that there was some cool audio effect. And what I found was, it was
> limited days version. I was shocked. So I thought why not give it a
> try and try to make some nice effects ourselves which should be
> free!(as in freedom).
>
> I can say I am out with very first and messy version of an echo effect.
> I have done this in 2 days and 1 hours each (i.e. 2 hours work) and
> it has not many features. It is not well organized even! But it works.
>
> One more thing... I will soon be out with other version which will be
> well organized and well thought of. This has to change fundamentally!
> But for now I am busy with FFT thing.
>
> Currently, it works fine on 16-bit quantized MONO wave files. Please try
> it out.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Waiting for your flames and comments ;-)
>
> regards
> --Himanshu
>
> hs.chauhan@...
>
> --
> ======================
> Himanshu Chauhan
> Software Engineer
> Singing Electrons, Inc.
> +91-98284-92757
> www.singingelectrons.com
> ======================
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
<< echo.tar.bz2 >>



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Tarun Kant, M.Sc., Ph.D.             -o)
Scientist C                          /\\
Biotechnology Laboratory            _\_V
Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding Division
Arid Forest Research Institute
New Pali Road
Jodhpur 342005 India
Phone: +91-291-2722269 ext. 162
Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/bobkant/
I'm Registered Linux User # 284692
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Recipe for a Successful Linux User Group
by Rick Moen
1. You need a Web page.

2. Your Web page needs a reasonable URL.

3. You need a regular meeting location.
4. You need a regular meeting time.
5. You need to avoid meeting-time conflicts.

6. You need to make sure that meetings happen as advertised, without fail.

7. You need a core of several Linux enthusiasts.

8. Your core volunteers need out-of-band methods of communication.

9. You need to get on the main lists of LUGs, and keep your entries accurate.

10. You must have login access to maintain your Web pages, as needed.
11. Design your Web page to be forgiving of deferred maintenance.
12. Always include the day of the week, when you cite event dates. Always check that day of the week, first, using gcal [2] (or cal). gcal is your friend.
13. Place time-sensitive and key information prominently near the top of your main Web page.
14. Include maps and directions to your events.
15. Emphasise on your main page that your meeting will be free of charge and open to the public (if it is).
16. You'll want to include an RSVP "mailto" hyperlink, on some events.
17. Use referral pages.
18. Make sure every page has a revision date and maintainer link.
19. Check all links, at intervals.

20. You may want to consider establishing a LUG mailing list.

21. You don't need to be in the Internet Service Provider business.

22. Don't go into any other business, either.
23. Walk the walk.

okiez

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the SunCityJodhpurLUG
group.

   File        : /echo.tar.bz2
   Uploaded by : digitalsecure <hs.chauhan@...>
   Description : This is first in series of DSP effects that I intend to make.

You can access this file at the URL

http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/SunCityJodhpurLUG/files/echo.tar.bz2

To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit

http://help.yahoo.com/help/in/groups/files

Regards,

digitalsecure <hs.chauhan@...>

Hi all!

Hmmm... Tarun I hadn't been around and couldn't just see what
was happening. Anything major?

Well, I had this thing in mind and had actually posted earlier
regarding this. I had been busy with some really important
projects at office and after my studies at home, I finally managed
to spare sometime for it. I had earlier mentioned that I was around
some site (mmm..I don't remember see! May be it was xmms.) and found
that there was some cool audio effect. And what I found was, it was
limited days version. I was shocked. So I thought why not give it a
try and try to make some nice effects ourselves which should be
free!(as in freedom).

I can say I am out with very first and messy version of an echo effect.
I have done this in 2 days and 1 hours each (i.e. 2 hours work) and
it has not many features. It is not well organized even! But it works.

One more thing... I will soon be out with other version which will be
well organized and well thought of. This has to change fundamentally!
But for now I am busy with FFT thing.

Currently, it works fine on 16-bit quantized MONO wave files. Please try
it out.

Thanks.

Waiting for your flames and comments ;-)

regards
--Himanshu

hs.chauhan@...

--
======================
Himanshu Chauhan
Software Engineer
Singing Electrons, Inc.
+91-98284-92757
www.singingelectrons.com
======================

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