Following are the few Free/ OpenSource softwares available, which may
fullfill your computaional requirements.

--
H.S.Rai

    Octave               (GPL implementation of a subset of matlab)
    R                    (GPL implementation of 'S')
    maxima               MIT Macsyma, symbolic math
    GSL                  Gnu scientific library
    gnuplot              Nice scientific graphics.
    SciLab               from INRIA France (Open Source)
    gpari  (For number theory/symbolic math/elliptic curves)
    macaulay/macaulay2   (For commutative and homological algebra)
    gap 	        (Group theory)
    Emacs CALC           simple polynomial algebra
    rlab                 http://rlab.sourceforge.net/

Comment of `Kapil' one user of such softwares:

"To summarise, it is more than 10 years since I had to use a proprietary
package to do computational mathematics (I used Mathematica(TM) about 12
years ago)"

Yesterday at 8:00am +0100 Himanshu Singh Chauhan wrote:

>   My biggest  challenge at the present  time is to make  my winmodem
>   work. This is a real challenge otherwise  i will have to buy a new
>   one. My modem  and Motorola  SM56 and unfortunately,  Motorola has
>   halted its production.

Try following lonk for SM56 drivers:

	 http://www.sm56.tk

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

Sub : DOS to Unix conversion (#1)                    LOST #025

Method #1: To convert a DOS text file to Unix so that extra
ASCII 13 does not show up when viewing / editing a DOS text
file : $cat filename.dos | tr -d '\015' > filename.unix

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

The Wrong Choice: Locked in by license restrictions
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/21/1640251

     Michael S. Mimoso writes "Sucked in by advertising, Jameson C. Burt
     bought a proprietary mathematical software application four years ago.
     This year, he discovered that he couldn't move that program to new
     hardware without paying hefty license fees. That's when Burt realized
     he'd made the wrong choice."

--
H.S.Rai

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

Sub : Aliases (safe practices)                       LOST #379

alias cp="cp -i"
alias mv="mv -i"
alias rm="rm -i"
# Caution, the next one deletes all backup files in $PWD...
alias clean='rm -fv *~ .???~ .*~ *.bak; sync'

####[banduji (at) symonds.net]################################
:

Hi Himanshu,
Geocities is ok but better still try out www.port5.com. This is the
site of Portland Communications who provide free sub-domains.
Port 5.Com offers overy good free hosting packages.
which include- 15MB free web space, Colour Statistics, 24 Hours FTP
Access, Remote backup. You can additionally get: Extra virtual web
space, Extra transfer per month, PHP4, Mysql database space and even
Multi Email Forwarding.
Try registering with port5.
-TARUN


--- In SunCityJodhpurLUG@..., Himanshu Singh Chauhan
<digitalsecure@y...> wrote:
> Hi all!!
> 
> Thanx to Tarun and Pratap for bucking me up. I had scanned all my
webpages before uploading them with norton. I think I should change
the host rather. Will geocities be good. I think sancharnet ppl are
using apache on windows. [not pretty sure about it]. So what do you
think about geocities??
> 
> Soon I will be uploading 2 tutorials, I am about to finish them up:
> 1. Unix-Getting started.
> 2. Computer Hardware Review.
> 
> Computer Hardware Review--this is because in future I plan to host
some webpages regarding module programming and Linux Kernel internals.
This would help our readers in future.
> What do you think??
> 
> DigitalSecure.
>
> "Tarun Kant <bobkant@y...>" <bobkant@y...> wrote:
> This is rather surprizing.
> Anyways, people on GNU/Linux standalone machines accessing the site
> need not worry. And of course the site -"Linux User Guild -Jaipur"
> seem pretty good and very informative. Keep up the good work Himanshu.
> Khudos to you and your effort. But please do check out on the virus
> problem 'coz a virus spreading to Windows machines from a Linux site
> will not only come as a surprize but can bring confuse newbies about
> GNU/Linux as being not as secure.
> -Tarun
>
> --- In SunCityJodhpurLUG@..., "Pratap
> <wonder8thpratap@y...>" <wonder8thpratap@y...> wrote:
> > Hi Himanshu,
> > I have just checked http://jaipur.sancharnet.in/digital6/ its really
> > good effort to aware about Linux in Rajasthan and as well as in
> > countrywide but problem is that you just checkout that your web page
> > is virus proof or not? because my Norton corporate addition gives me
> > a warring http://jaipur.sancharnet.in/digital6/ is infected to
> > HTML.Redlof.A virus so please do the needful so we can access it
> > without any problem.
> > thanks keep in touch
> > Pratap
>
>
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This is an excellent piece of information that sounds great.
I wish such an Indian project all the success.
-Tarun

> We are happy to announce the release of Sarovar.org to the world!
>
> Sarovar.org is a portal for hosting FLOSS project, similar to
> sourceforge or Savannah. As far as we are aware it is India's first
> and only site to offer such facilities. Sarovar.org has all the
> features that you will expect from such a site, including web space,
> mail lists, cvs etc.

Hi Himanshu,
Geocities is ok but better still try out www.port5.com. This is the
site of Portland Communications who provide free sub-domains.
Port 5.Com offers overy good free hosting packages.
which include- 15MB free web space, Colour Statistics, 24 Hours FTP
Access, Remote backup. You can additionally get: Extra virtual web
space, Extra transfer per month, PHP4, Mysql database space and even
Multi Email Forwarding.
Try registering with port5.
-TARUN


--- In SunCityJodhpurLUG@..., Himanshu Singh Chauhan
<digitalsecure@y...> wrote:
> Hi all!!
>
> Thanx to Tarun and Pratap for bucking me up. I had scanned all my
webpages before uploading them with norton. I think I should change
the host rather. Will geocities be good. I think sancharnet ppl are
using apache on windows. [not pretty sure about it]. So what do you
think about geocities??
>
> Soon I will be uploading 2 tutorials, I am about to finish them up:
> 1. Unix-Getting started.
> 2. Computer Hardware Review.
>
> Computer Hardware Review--this is because in future I plan to host
some webpages regarding module programming and Linux Kernel internals.
This would help our readers in future.
> What do you think??
>
> DigitalSecure.
>
> "Tarun Kant <bobkant@y...>" <bobkant@y...> wrote:
> This is rather surprizing.
> Anyways, people on GNU/Linux standalone machines accessing the site
> need not worry. And of course the site -"Linux User Guild -Jaipur"
> seem pretty good and very informative. Keep up the good work Himanshu.
> Khudos to you and your effort. But please do check out on the virus
> problem 'coz a virus spreading to Windows machines from a Linux site
> will not only come as a surprize but can bring confuse newbies about
> GNU/Linux as being not as secure.
> -Tarun
>
> --- In SunCityJodhpurLUG@..., "Pratap
> <wonder8thpratap@y...>" <wonder8thpratap@y...> wrote:
> > Hi Himanshu,
> > I have just checked http://jaipur.sancharnet.in/digital6/ its really
> > good effort to aware about Linux in Rajasthan and as well as in
> > countrywide but problem is that you just checkout that your web page
> > is virus proof or not? because my Norton corporate addition gives me
> > a warring http://jaipur.sancharnet.in/digital6/ is infected to
> > HTML.Redlof.A virus so please do the needful so we can access it
> > without any problem.
> > thanks keep in touch
> > Pratap
>
>
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Yesterday at 5:04pm +0100 Himanshu Singh Chauhan wrote:

>   My winmodem is not supported by linux

Have you tried following:

http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html#drivers
http://www.linmodems.org
http://www.medres.ch/~jstifter/linux/pctel.html

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

Sub : Linux drivers for Winmodems                    LOST #184

Win modems are not well supported under Linux, and there is a
need for getting specific drivers. Places to look are:
http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html#drivers
http://www.linmodems.org
http://www.medres.ch/~jstifter/linux/pctel.html

####[lvgandhi (at) md3.vsnl.net.in]###########################
:

Yesterday at 4:51pm +0100 Himanshu Singh Chauhan wrote:

>   I had scanned all my webpages before uploading them with norton.

AFAIK,  html  pages  can  not have  virus. Unless  you  download  some
application from any web site, there is not risk of virus. Applets can
not  spread viruses. Norton  may be  stupid  and may  be giving  false
warning.

Simple solution: Format your PC and install GNU/LInux ;-)

>   I think I should change the host rather. Will geocities be good.

Only their  advertisement irritates, otherwise geocities  is good. For
graphics and advertisement free web sites, grex.org is wonderful.

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

Sub : elvis (The renegade vi-clone)                  LOST #062

Looking for a light-weight vi clone which is  100%  key-stroke
compatible with vi, and yet support reading html, browsing the
Internet (text mode) and coloured syntax ? Try "elvis".
ftp://ftp.cs.pdx.edu/pub/elvis/elvis-2.1_4.tar.gz

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

Yesterday at 5:04pm +0100 Himanshu Singh Chauhan wrote:

>   I  am sorry  for  your inconvinience. My  website  is still  under
>   construction.

Hey! no problem. I just wanted to sure that no problem exist on my PC.

<snip>
>   I am not a hot-shot web developer.

I think, even one  need not  be, to develope  a reasonable  good site.
Which tool  you are  using  to write web pages. Quanta,  Vi, Mozilla's
composer or some thing else?

Hope following tool will be nice.

http://www.w3.org/Amaya/

In case  you want  to have  a wonderful site  with minimum  input, you
can't ignore this link:

http://phpnuke.org

>   So i  cannot see what problems  linux users are facing. But  now I
>   will check it on every browser wheterh IE or Mozilla or Opera.

IMO, if  you validate  your pages  using link I  suggested or  by some
other software, then  there is not need  to test by a  large number of
browsers.

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

Sub : Removing all blank lines from text file        LOST #262

To remove all blank lines in a text file do:
$sed '/^$/d' < filein.txt > fileout.txt

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

Forwarded mail from: "Rajkumar S" <raj@...>

Hi all,

We are happy to announce the release of Sarovar.org to the world!

Sarovar.org is a portal for hosting FLOSS project, similar to
sourceforge or Savannah. As far as we are aware it is India's first
and only site to offer such facilities. Sarovar.org has all the
features that you will expect from such a site, including web space,
mail lists, cvs etc.

The root of the idea to have such a site can be traced back to the
Indic computing meeting at Bangalore, where there was a desire to have
some hosting space for Indic computing projects. We had some
discussions about it back in Trivandrum and we thought we can make
such a space for developers in India for hosting their work. The
result is sarovar.org.

Sarovar.org is a Compaq machine running Debian Woody and a customized
gforge. It is hosted in Trivandrum and connected to BSNL, VSNL and
SingTel. All the traffic from it should come with out leaving
India. We are also planning to mirror some important sites right here,
including Linux kernel and mail lists. We are also open to other ideas
to use this resource. Please let me know if you have any.

Please feel free to pass this news to other lists or people who might
also be interested in such a facility.

With warm regards,

raj

Hi Himanshu,
I have just checked http://jaipur.sancharnet.in/digital6/ its really
good effort to aware about Linux in Rajasthan and as well as in
countrywide but problem is that you just checkout that your web page
is virus proof or not? because my Norton corporate addition gives me
a warring http://jaipur.sancharnet.in/digital6/ is infected to
HTML.Redlof.A virus so please do the needful so we can access it
without any problem.
thanks keep in touch
Pratap




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This is rather surprizing.
Anyways, people on GNU/Linux standalone machines accessing the site
need not worry. And of course the site -"Linux User Guild -Jaipur"
seem pretty good and very informative. Keep up the good work Himanshu.
Khudos to you and your effort. But please do check out on the virus
problem 'coz a virus spreading to Windows machines from a Linux site
will not only come as a surprize but can bring confuse newbies about
GNU/Linux as being not as secure.
-Tarun

--- In SunCityJodhpurLUG@..., "Pratap
<wonder8thpratap@y...>" <wonder8thpratap@y...> wrote:
> Hi Himanshu,
> I have just checked http://jaipur.sancharnet.in/digital6/ its really
> good effort to aware about Linux in Rajasthan and as well as in
> countrywide but problem is that you just checkout that your web page
> is virus proof or not? because my Norton corporate addition gives me
> a warring http://jaipur.sancharnet.in/digital6/ is infected to
> HTML.Redlof.A virus so please do the needful so we can access it
> without any problem.
> thanks keep in touch
> Pratap


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Today at 11:18am +0100 Himanshu Singh Chauhan wrote:

>   But still, you can reach it at
>   http://jaipur.sancharnet.in/digital6/

This site  showed a little  different contents when visted,  using two
different browsers, namely Mozilla and Konqueror.

I  also  could not  open  any  link. Are  target  pages not  there  or
something wrong at my end.

I suggest to all who write web pages to visit following two links:

http://validator.w3.org/

http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/

*Warning*: I don't know ABC of HTML or web designing ;-)

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

Sub : Creating an empty file (#1)                    LOST #200

To quickly create an empty file,  use  'echo -n > filename' or
with bsd style shells like ash and bash, a simple '> filename'
will do the trick. These create a blank zero byte file.

####[tathagatabanerjee (at) yahoo.com]########################
:

This is rather surprizing.
Anyways, people on GNU/Linux standalone machines accessing the site
need not worry. And of course the site -"Linux User Guild -Jaipur"
seem pretty good and very informative. Keep up the good work Himanshu.
Khudos to you and your effort. But please do check out on the virus
problem 'coz a virus spreading to Windows machines from a Linux site
will not only come as a surprize but can bring confuse newbies about
GNU/Linux as being not as secure.
-Tarun

--- In SunCityJodhpurLUG@..., "Pratap
<wonder8thpratap@y...>" <wonder8thpratap@y...> wrote:
> Hi Himanshu,
> I have just checked http://jaipur.sancharnet.in/digital6/ its really
> good effort to aware about Linux in Rajasthan and as well as in
> countrywide but problem is that you just checkout that your web page
> is virus proof or not? because my Norton corporate addition gives me
> a warring http://jaipur.sancharnet.in/digital6/ is infected to
> HTML.Redlof.A virus so please do the needful so we can access it
> without any problem.
> thanks keep in touch
> Pratap

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out of the following major and popular
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Thanks!

Hi Himanshu,
I have just checked http://jaipur.sancharnet.in/digital6/ its really
good effort to aware about Linux in Rajasthan and as well as in
countrywide but problem is that you just checkout that your web page
is virus proof or not? because my Norton corporate addition gives me
a warring http://jaipur.sancharnet.in/digital6/ is infected to
HTML.Redlof.A virus so please do the needful so we can access it
without any problem.
thanks keep in touch
Pratap

DigitalSecure

"Tarun Kant <bobkant@...>" <bobkant@...> wrote:

Hello DigitalSecure
Welcome aboard.
We don't have a websit yet, but I am working on one at the moment. It
will take a while before I am able to put on the webpages in place.
I am inteertsd to know the websit you are working on.
I hope you would like to share your project details with us
Regards
-TARUN


--- In SunCityJodhpurLUG@..., "digitalsecure
<digitalsecure@y...>" <digitalsecure@y...> wrote:
> Hi all!!
>
> Its really nice to join a Linux User group belonging to rajasthan.
> Do we have a website also. Actually I am working on it. We can post
> tutorials and text files for newbies and all. Also our experiences
> with the kernel compiling and networking.
>
> What u ppl think??
>
> DigitalSecure


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Mobile phone maker Motorola is turning to Linux to power a new smart
phone. Motorola unveiled the A760 at CeBIT and claims the handset is
the first in the world to blend the open source operating system with
Java software. As well as Linux, the A760 has onboard a camera,
diary, e-mail program, MP3 player, speakerphone and colour
touchscreen. The A760 is due for release in Asia late in 2003.

full Text :http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2851665.stm

Today at 5:33am Mukul Jain <chamak_is_here@...> wrote:

>   We are  pleased this  month to offer  our powerful,  full featured
>   Business Hosting Solution from Innhosting for the unbelievable low
>   price starting from $14.99.

Where the server is situated?

What will be rate of personel web site of GNU/Lug members and web site
of GNU/Lug?

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Sub : Line numbering your programs (#3)              LOST #152

Want a listing of your program with line numbers ?
Use `cat -n my-file' to print my-file with line numbers.
This is specially useful when you want the output sent to
another file or printer [ e.g. cat -n test.c | lpr ]

####[karra (at) cs.utah.edu]##################################
:

All members may kindly note
To post a commercial/promotional mail you have to add [COMMERCIAL] tag
before the subject line of your posting.
So in future kindly stick to the rule.
Failure to comply my result in removal from mailing list in future.
The other tags to be used are:
1. Personal mail = [PERSONAL]
2. Off-topic = [OT]
3. Notice = [NOTICE]
4. Invitation to members for an event or a joining a site or group =
[INVITATION]
All other mails need not put any kind of a tag.
It is requested to all the members to keep this mailing list dedicated
to topics discussing GNU/Linux and broadly related issues.
Commercial and promotional mails are welcome but should have the
proper tag in the subject line.
Your cooperation is valuable.
Regards
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--- In SunCityJodhpurLUG@..., "Mukul Jain
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Hello DigitalSecure
Welcome aboard.
We don't have a websit yet, but I am working on one at the moment. It
will take a while before I am able to put on the webpages in place.
I am inteertsd to know the websit you are working on.
I hope you would like to share your project details with us
Regards
-TARUN


--- In SunCityJodhpurLUG@..., "digitalsecure
<digitalsecure@y...>" <digitalsecure@y...> wrote:
> Hi all!!
>
> Its really nice to join a Linux User group belonging to rajasthan.
> Do we have a website also. Actually I am working on it. We can post
> tutorials and text files for newbies and all. Also our experiences
> with the kernel compiling and networking.
>
> What u ppl think??
>
> DigitalSecure

Hi all!!

Its really nice to join a Linux User group belonging to rajasthan.
Do we have a website also. Actually I am working on it. We can post
tutorials and text files for newbies and all. Also our experiences
with the kernel compiling and networking.

What u ppl think??

DigitalSecure

IndLinux Hindi 0.37 (Milan) - The Hindi interface for GNU/Linux has
been released released!
Download it from:
http://indlinux.org/hindi/kde/
KDE Hindi translations have started.
Join in mailing list to contribute in this endeavour at:
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/indlinux-hindi-kde

Help the Linux Community
-TARUN

A very good resource -LINUX NEWBIE ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE at:

http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/

It's a very handy pack of prescriptions to people using RedHat or
Mandrake Linux
Check it out
-TARUN

Dear Members,
if you bought Linux For YOu May 03 issue, you must have already
encountered the problem with installation of the ELX Distro that came
with the issue. Here is a letter from LFY for your information. So
don't dispair, your replacement CD probably must be on its way to your
doorsteps. Anyways do read on the following mail from the LFY Editor
-TARUN
---Forward Meaasge---

Problem in LINUX For You's May `03 CD

Dear Readers,

We now have reason to believe that some of the LFY-CDs accompanying
the May 2003 issue of LINUX For You have a defect and will not
function satisfactorily.

We sincerely regret this 'goof-up' wherein despite our sample-based
testing many erroneous CDs have ended up with our esteemed readers,
due to flaws at the replication stage. We are devising a better system
to avoid such occurrences in the future.

The initiatives we are taking to reduce inconvenience caused, include:

#For subscribers: All those who were part of our mailing list for the
May 2003 issue, are being sent a replacement CD immediately.
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The Hindu (25/04/2003)

Linux Supercomputer installed

By Anand Parthasarathy

BANGALORE APRIL 24. The Supercomputing Education and Research Centre
of the Indian Institute of Science here has commissioned what is
arguably the most powerful  single-platform Linux computing facility
in the country: an Altix 3000 system from Silicon Graphics Systems
India (SGI).

Powered by 32 Intel's Itanium-2 processors for high end 64-bit computing,
the system is one of first high performance computing (HPC) platforms
from a major global manufacturer to embrace the increasingly popular
open source operating environment. The combo of the Linux software
and the `big iron' number-crunching capability provided by Intel's
top-of-the-line Itanium chips, has led to this
machine being dubbed "Penguin on steroids,'' when it was first launched
in the U.S. only weeks ago � a recognition of the increasing
ubiquity of the Linux mascot, the penguin.

The acquisition of this machine by the nation's premier educational
institution for supercomputing research is also reflective of the
increasing inroads that Linux is making into challenging computing
applications via the campus computing community route. "The machine
provides the scalability, raw performance and reliability that high
performance computing users need to solve large complex problems
of both science and industry,'' SERC's Chairman, S. M. Rao, said
on Wednesday at the inaugural function.

SGI's Managing Director in India, Prasad Medury, said the presently
installed Itanium chips would be replaced with newer versions codenamed
`Madison' by Intel, when they become available later in the year
� a reflection of the truth behind media guru Marshal McLuhan's
famous comment, about galloping technology: "If it works, it's
obsolete.''
The replacements would improve performance by 30-40 per
cent compared to the current processors, Dr Medury added. The system
can also be expanded in the form of super clusters with up to 64
processors per node � which may come in handy to address
computation- intensive tasks like gene mapping and bioinformatics
which are part of SERC's agenda for the future.

For the thousand-plus delegates � mostly young IT professionals
� who attended the concluding day of the Intel Developer
Forum here, the theory and practice of hi-tech were next door to
each other. After listening to the morning keynote from Chip Burczak,
Intel's Director, Enterprise Platforms Group, describing in detail
the features of the Itanium processor series for enterprise computing,
they could walk across the road to the campus of the Supercomputing
Education Research Centre and see a massive new machine with the
same  chips under the hood, being switched on for the first time:
an SGI Altix 3000 supercomputer. Indeed SERC's Chairman was on hand in
the
morning session to describe how the chips in the new machine would
beef up the Centre's computational muscle.

In other ways too, the occasion provided delegates with first -hand
experience of emerging technologies in India. The organisers had
placed half a dozen notebook PCs in the venue which visitors could
use to get online without having to connect to a telephone or cable:
the entire J.N. Tata auditorium had been converted into a giant
'hotspot' where one could wirelessly connect to the Internet using
the recently legalised WiFi technology.

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