Hi,
Localization Newsletter Issue 6, Vol 1 ( 1st September 2004) is out ,
available at
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Highlights include
* KDE Hindi translation review workshop at Sarai
* New Pango releases
* Mozilla supports Pango upstream
* Indic printing to work from Gnome 2.8 (to be released in mid Sept)
* Utkal - New Oriya Opentype font available -
http://oriya.sarovar.org/download/utkalm.ttf.gz
* Indic Unicode issues and updates on Indic list at Unicode.
* Tamil PC team featured in Team watch
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Hi there, i was going thru a thread at msdn forum, where people were
reffering to something called zealots, what/who are they??(the web
gives a strange defination!)
also does linux violates any patents currently , as the thread
reffered to linux violating 300 odd patents like the window$ fat fs.
thanks.
Analyst: Linux will see double-digit growth
Source: LinuxWorld
In an intriguing display of attempting both to have its cake and eat it, a new
report from The Yankee Group is headlined, in upbeat fashion, Linux Will Enjoy
Double-Digit Growth, but comes with a careful qualifying sub-title, But Don't
Expect Windows or UNIX to Fade Away.
Read full analysis at:
http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;66370171;fp;2;fpid;1
-Tarun
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A Linux Desktop for Die-Hard Windows Users
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Opinion: A solid alternative for SMBs, the new Xandros Desktop OS Business
Edition 2.5 works and feels like Windows, but it's a lot more secure.
Read this complete opinion at:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1628659,00.asp
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Microsoft's Longhorn Failure Is Linux's Chance
Microsoft's vaporware master plan is finally broken. The wonderful wizards of
Redmond are still saying, "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" But
even the most fanatical Microsoft supporter has to see that Longhorn has become
Shorthorn.
Microsoft has often managed to freeze the market with promises that no matter
how great a competitor's current program is, Microsoft's next program will be so
much better that only a fool would settle for a bird in the hand instead of the
two in the Microsoft bush. We have been such fools.
Longhorn was, among other things, just another attempt to lock down the market.
This time around, Microsoft was trying to freeze out the insurgent Linux and the
revitalized Mac desktops.
Microsoft has finally shown that its bag of tricks is empty. Now is the time for
Linux vendors to get their act together and deliver the best possible Linux
desktop.
Specifically, Linux desktop distributors need to go to hardware vendors and
demand that they open up their APIs so that Linux can work on all common desktop
equipment. In particular, we need full support for Wi-Fi and a better ability to
identify network printers over CUPS (Common Unix Printing System).Linux vendors
also need to work on building the best possible desktop applications.
Now is also the time for Linux companies to go to software developers and get
more applications ported to Linux. I and many other users want applications such
as Intuit's QuickBooks and Macromedia's Dreamweaver, a popular Web authoring
tool, running natively on Linux.
Source: http://www.linux.net/news/story.php?newsid=212&topstory=1
Complete News at: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1640879,00.asp
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Take your Linux desktop on the road with the GlobeTrotter
LaCie, previously famous for the unstoppable extremeness of their Bigger Disk
Extreme and their silver-ingot external drives, has dropped their latest silvery
Porsche-designed external drive on us. The difference this time is the inclusion
of a Linux distro on board courtesy of MandrakeSoft, so you can hook the
GlobeTrotter up to any PC or Mac via USB, whence it will detect the hardware and
boot you up a Mandrake Linux desktop. At 40GB the drive itself isn’t
tremendously large, and you’re obviously not going to have much luck working
on planes with it, but at $219 the pricing doesn’t seem too steep.
Or does it?
News Courtsey By: http://www.engadget.com/entry/6056396863016153/
Read Full story at: http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/globetrotter
-Tarun
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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/
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XP SP2 Gives Reasons to Switch to Linux
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols available at:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1640069,00.asp
Excerpts are here:
Take, if you will, please take it, Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2). I've worked
a lot with SP2, and I didn't expect to see great security improvements from it.
I know Windows too well to think that anything short of a complete redesign will
actually make it approach Linux's levels of security.
The Linux desktop is far more stable and secure than XP SP2 is today. Linux
applications run without fussing, and never has a single, serious Linux virus
been seen in the wild.
Full article at: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1640069,00.asp
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Microsoft Dismisses British Objections to Anti-Linux Ad
The British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) decision issued Wednesday
found that a Microsoft advertisement placed in a British specialist magazine
claiming that open-source Linux was far more expensive to run than Windows was
misleading. ASA called on Microsoft to amend the ad.
"Our customers continue to value information comparing the various vendor
technology offerings. We believe it is important to continue to provide this
kind of factual information," she said.
The ASA upheld the complaints, noting that because the advertisement stated that
Linux was found to be over 10 times more expensive than Windows, this implied
the comparison was between Linux and Windows operating systems only, and not
about the performance of operating systems on different hardware.
"The Authority considered that readers would infer that the advertisement
compared Linux and Windows operating systems only and that the advertisement
implied running Linux operating systems were, in general, ten times more
expensive than running a Windows operating system."News
Source: http://www.linux.net/news/story.php?newsid=209&topstory=1
Regards
-Tarun
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Biotechnology Overseas Associate (PDF)
121 Department of Plant Sciences
Downing Street
University of Cambridge
Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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UN body releases desktop Linux guide
A Linux desktop manual for novice PC users has been produced by a UN-funded
organisation, the International Open Source Network (IOSN). The manual has been
produced to encourage developing countries to use open-source software. It
includes basic information on how to manage files, browse the Web and produce
OpenOffice documents on a Linux PC.
Sunil Abraham, a manager at the Malaysia-based IOSN, said on Tuesday that it
hopes the manual will encourage the development sector, especially Information
and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) projects, to explore
open-source software.
According to Abraham, there are over 800 ICT4D projects across the globe, and at
the moment most are running proprietary software.
The Linux user manual is available online in OpenOffice and PDF format. Abraham
said the IOSN is also planning to distribute a printed version as well as a
Linux Live CD -- a bootable CD that lets users try the Linux operating system
and applications without making any changes to their system.
News Source: http://www.linux.net/news/story.php?newsid=1351
Regards
-Tarun
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Biotechnology Overseas Associate (PDF)
121 Department of Plant Sciences
Downing Street
University of Cambridge
Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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Certification Rarely Required As Linux Job Market
Grows
Employers appear to be looking for more and more
workers with Linux IT skills, but they're not
necessarily seeking those with Linux certification,
according to statistics from online IT job board
Dice.com.
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/36022.html
-LED
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Linux users in German-speaking countries and the U.K.
will have an opportunity to buy keyboards specially
designed for the open source operating system in late
September, when Cherry GmbH launches what the company
claims is the world's first Linux keyboard.
The Cherry CyMotion Master Linux keyboard shows the
Linux penguin logo, known as Tux, on what would be the
Windows start key of a Microsoft Corp. keyboard and
features 29 "hot keys" configured for the Linux
operating system and Linux desktop applications,
according to Cherry Marketing Director Günter Vogl.
Read more here:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/08/20/HNlinuxkeyboard_1.htmlhttp://p2pnet.net/story/2201http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117484,00.asp
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Hi All
We require S/W Engg's and Team Leaders in our Organization.. The
details are at following link.Interested person can send their CV's
to pankajtam@... or at info@... with my Reference.The
details are at following URL :
http://www.colayer.com/html/news.htm
The Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation (C-MMACS)
-- a premier research laboratory established by Council for Scientific
and Industrial Research (CSIR) -- has invested in high performance
computing solutions powered by SGI and Intel to drive innovation in
its weather forecasting and climate research programs.
For complete news, visit:
http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/index.jsp?section=News&file=template0.jsp&subsec\
tion=Business&subsection_code=1&storyid=1339
--Shailesh/ Saksham
hi,
someone tell me more on bots that are used for network monitering?
also how r these bot costructed?what are the fctors to be cosidered
while designing a bot?how is artificial intelligence involved in it?
angel
Hi,
Gentoo Linux is a versatile and fast, completely free Linux distribution geared
towards developers and network professionals. Unlike other distros, Gentoo Linux
has an advanced package management system called "Portage". Portage is a true
ports system in the tradition of BSD ports, but is Python-based and sports a
number of advanced features including dependencies, fine-grained package
management, "fake" (OpenBSD-style) installs, safe unmerging, system profiles,
virtual packages, config file management, and more.
But if you are new to Linux I recommend that you try out any of the follwing
first:
1. Xandros (fetch the last month's LFY magazine and you get it free)
2. Mandrake 10.0 (even 9.0 is cool)
3. ELX (A great Indian distro, also came with LFY couple of months back)
Good luck with your linux venture
-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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From: angel@...
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 16:00:48 +0530 (IST)
To: SunCityJodhpurLUG@...
Subject: [SunnyLUG] gentoo linux
> hi,
> can someone tell me more on "gentoo linux"...i am a beginner with linux!!!
> angel
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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hi there...
check out these links...
www.linuxdevices.com/articles
http://itpapers.zdnet.com/search.aspx?
kw=science&tag=wpr_more&promo=200111
hope they'll serve your purpose...
enjoy.
hi group,
have been a silent member of the group...been keeping track of the mails
though!!
i have a seminar to conduct as part of my course.can u guide me on some
links..that will have material,seminars,white papers etc related to the
latest develpments in not only linux...but related to computer science.
does anybody have some good suggestions?
waiting eagerly for a reply....
angel
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SCO Doesn't Plan Additional Suits Against Linux Users
CEO Darl McBride said the company will wait for decisions in SCO's lawsuits
against IBM and AutoZone Inc. before deciding whether to move ahead with
additional litigation, company spokesman Blake Stowell said in a telephone
interview from the SCO Forum in Las Vegas. "Our strategy for now is to focus all
of our legal team's resources on our current cases," Stowell said. "The outcome
from the legal system will set the precedent for how we will proceed with any
future litigation."
CEO Darl McBride said the company will wait for decisions in SCO's lawsuits
against IBM and AutoZone Inc. before deciding whether to move ahead with
additional litigation, company spokesman Blake Stowell said in a telephone
interview from the SCO Forum in Las Vegas. "Our strategy for now is to focus all
of our legal team's resources on our current cases," Stowell said. "The outcome
from the legal system will set the precedent for how we will proceed with any
future litigation."
n the IBM case, SCO is seeking $5 billion in damages, claiming IBM violated its
Unix license by contributing SCO's copyrighted code to Linux. IBM has denied the
allegations and has counter-sued for patent infringement and other claims. The
trial on SCO's suit is scheduled for next year.
Source: http://www.linux.net/news/story.php?newsid=1237
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Arid Forest Research Institute
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Hello all!
Check this out...
<snip>
Linux boasts the widest array of filesystem support among mainstream
operating systems. However, Microsoft (with Longhorn) and Apple (with
Tiger) have made it clear that they consider the filesystem of the
future to be a database of information to be mined, and that client
PCs will be a major part of the next chapter in the "search wars." The
future of Linux may depend on whether Linux filesystems continue to
innovate.
</snip>
I think this idea has something which must be taken care of. So what
next ext4?
Regards
--Himanshu
Hi f'ends,
I'm posting here a mail I got on Linux India forum.
<snip>
There is one more big organization who has silently switched over to
Linux without any publicity. That is Life Insurance Corporation Of
India. There are more than 4000 servers (distributed mode allover India)
running in-house developed application using MFCOBOL and TIBCO for EAI.
I was earlier with LIC and involved in network-enabling cobol
application and know of this feat. These were earlier Unixware server
running Softek cobol applications
Regards
Pankaj Misra
<snip>
It seems many organisations are switching to Linux without any publicity..
--Saksham
Toshiba has launched a laptop that is widely rumored to offer the
choice of booting Windows Media Center Edition 2004, for full PC
capabilities, or a quick-starting embedded Linux environment, for
instant-on, appliance-like TV tuner, DVD player, CD player, and remote
control capabilities.
Read on more at:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS1976138629.html
One can visit www.qosmio.com for the details on this laptop. The link
provided in the link is wrongly pointing to www.qUosmio.com
--Saksham
"Rahul Mathur" <saksham2000@...> wrote:
> The SCO Group, a struggling company with a loud campaign to profit
> from Unix intellectual property, has largely lost a case it brought
> against DaimlerChrysler.
This is the first major victory for the Linux Community in this case. And the
first signs of SCO loosing out. And as always I again say that the time is not
far away that SCO will cease to exist as a company. Linux is here to stay.
Shares of SCO Group sank Thursday after a judge threw out most of a lawsuit
against DaimlerChrysler. In fat, shares of SCO recently declined 38 cents, or
8.2%, to $4.25. That's about 81% below its 52-week high of $22.29, signaling
investors may be losing faith in the Lindon, Utah-based company's Linux battle.
Long live Linux and the OSI
-Tarun
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If Microsoft chairman Bill Gates thought he had worries about open
source stealing market share from Microsoft in the Australian public
sector, Malaysia has just proved to be a much bigger problem.
Less than a month after Gates' high-profile roadshow through Asia, the
Malaysian government has mandated the in-house deployment of open
source software (OSS) in what may well be the biggest national
backlash against proprietary software in the world, according to a
report in Malaysia's national daily newspaper.
Read on more at:
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;654675239;fp;16;fpid;0
--Saksham
Users are the weak link in security and Linux is inherently more
secure than Windows, said developers polled by Evans Data in a survey
released Tuesday.
One in four developers think that the biggest hurdle to security is
end users refusing to adhere to polices, a nice way to pass the buck
for potentially-flawed code.
...
Read complete NEWS at:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/cmp/20040721/tc_cmp/23902554
--Saksham
Yes this one is a real good success story. It is making headlines at a lot of
other places too. Like it is also the cover story for this month's Linux For You
magazine. The title of the article is "Why OM Logistics Loves Linux? It Helped
Them Save A Crore"
-Tarun
--- "Rahul Mathur" <saksham2000@...> wrote:
Hi all,
In a laudable effort that has resulted in systematic migration of over
500 desktops as well as servers from Microsoft Windows to the Linux
platform, Delhi based Om Logistics has immediately realized a cost
saving to the tune of more than Rs 2 crore per year. What's more, the
company has forgotten what dealing with the menace of viruses and
worms is all about....
Read full story at:
http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/showstory.jsp?storyid=1214
Shailesh/ Saksham
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Hi,
Localization Newsletter Issue 5, 15th July 2004 is out.
Newsbits:
* Newsletter in Hindi -
http://indlinux.org/wiki/index.php/HindiNewsletter1
* Discussions in Unicode Indic list - Bengali Khanda-Ta issue, Zero
width joiner for indic
* TSCII - unicode conversion specs
TeamWatch featuring Malayalam localization team.
Read full issue at http://www.indlinux.org/nl/issue5.html
Any feedback on newsletter welcome at <feedback at indlinux dot org>
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Hi all,
In a laudable effort that has resulted in systematic migration of over
500 desktops as well as servers from Microsoft Windows to the Linux
platform, Delhi based Om Logistics has immediately realized a cost
saving to the tune of more than Rs 2 crore per year. What's more, the
company has forgotten what dealing with the menace of viruses and
worms is all about....
Read full story at:
http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/showstory.jsp?storyid=1214
Shailesh/ Saksham
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