I am student of final year B.E.(IT)
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Hi All,

Here is a mail that I am forwarding from the Tissue Culture List serve that
shows how parallels are bing drawn between fight for software freedom and
freedom to make the technology to produce Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
more widely available. Monsanto Inc. has been compared to Microsoft corp

Read on
-Tarun


-----Forward Message-----

> From:         Greg Naylor
> Reply To:     Plant Tissue Culture
> Sent:         Saturday, January 10, 2004 6:29 PM
> To:   PLANT-TC@...
> Subject:      [PLANT-TC] A new spin on genetically modified organisms
>
> The establishment of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) in our crops
> will eventuate due to the powerful political lobby and financial
> investment of the major players such as Monsanto and Bayer. By patenting
> their processes that produce sterile plants and/or make the collection of
> seed illegal, they will own the future of the world's food supply. Whilst
> the process of creating GMOs is against the natural order, they are not
> difficult to produce. Tissue culture hobbyists around the world are doing
> it every day for the simple reason that it can be done.
>
> We need to put this knowledge in the hands of the farmer so that he can
> produce his own herbicide resistant seeds, or frost resistant strains, and
> the control and ownership of nature by the Monsantos of the world could be
> prevented.
>
> There is a precedent with Bill Gates and Microsoft who all-but-owned the
> personal computer market. You will recall that Microsoft intended to
> control the Internet through the Microsoft Network. A group of computer
> "nerds" who recognised the danger of this established a path of
> collaboration and built a new operating system called Linux to replace
> Microsoft Windows.
>
> Their work was done under a copyrighted General Public Licence (GPL) that
> prevents commercial profiteering by putting the sofware in the public
> domain. Today, the Linux operating system (the Windows alternative) and
> all of the software programs (office suites, internet software,
> bookkeeping, etc) are available to us all free of charge and are outside
> the control of Microsoft.
>
> The Linux operating system has now matured and is used by govrnments,
> businesses and private individuals. Indeed. the Internet itself now
> operates under the Linux system and remains free of controls by the
> commercial software developers such as Microsoft. The computer world
> retains the freedom of choice that Microsoft wanted to prevent.
>
> The development of Linux under the GPL preserves our right to chose the
> information that enters our minds. Don't we deserve the same freedom of
> choice over the food that enters our bodies?
>
> The tissue culture professionals and hobbyists are already organised with
> Internet forums just as the computer "nerds" were. This message has been
> posted to both of these forums as well as the anti-GMO forums in the hope
> that enough tissue culture practitioners recognise that GMO control by the
> giant corporations is detrimental to the future of our freedom to farm the
> crops and eat the foods of our choice.
>
>

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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 Friends,

For those who are planning to buy a Digital camera, and wondering if their
camera will be compatible, here is an article that surely is gonna be of help.

http://technology.newsforge.com/technology/04/03/01/2045239.shtml

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Linux India: The India Linux Organisation Portal

NGOs, searching long for alternatives, find flavour in alt.software
Frederick Noronha reports -- Asia Source, being held in Bangalore from Jan
28 to Feb 4, 2005 hopes to bring together over a hundred people from 20
countries to increase the use and awareness of FLOSS among the non-profit
sector in South and East Asia.

GNUnify ... at Pune, Feb 13 to 15, 2005 Vidyadutt S <vidyadutt at gmail.com>
has announced the GNUnify festival of Symbiosis at Pune, a regular event
that takes place at this time of the year -- and has continued over the past
two years -- at the central Indian city of Pune.

GNU/Linux... in the life sciences Tarun Kant <tarunkant at linuxmail.org>
from the SunnyLUG from Jodhpur for this useful piece of information. He
says: "For people who are into life science research/bioinformatics, there
are a few good linux distros available." This includes the VigyaanCD, the
live Linux CD containing "all the required software to boot the computer
with ready-to-use modeling software". Says Kant: "And let me tell you this
(Vigyaan) is an effort by an Indian. Kudos to you Pratul K Agarwal for such
a nice package."

From software... to culture Crimson Feet coordinator Prayas Abhinav is
working on a "showcase" of audiovisual -- film, animation etc -- work
produced by alternate methods, and plans an exhibition on February 5 and 6,
2005 at Ahmedabad.

Open Source in Education, Mumbai meet on Feb 11, 2005 Sameer D Saharabudde
<sameerds at it.iitb.ac.in> has sent in an early intimation of a program
scheduled for February 11, 2005 on "Open Source in Education". Says Sameer:
"Some 50 people involved in the education system, like university department
heads, college heads, etc will be invited." Further details awaited. Sameer
is a research scholar, KReSIT, IIT Bombay.

Microsoft at the KSEB (Kerala) Satheesh S Pillai <satheeshpillai2000 at
yahoo.co.in> recently drew attention of the Free Software User Group-Kochi
to the report made by Centre for Computer Aided Power Sector Studies
(C-CAPSS) in Kerala about the billing software developed by "a famous
consultancy along with M$ as part of the e-Governance project". This report
makes interesting reading, and has immense implications for many government
computerisation plans.  You can find the full report at
http://www.kseboa.org/KSEB%20LT%20billing%20computerisation.pdf

LaTeX for Malayalam 0.9 released TUG-India -- http://www.tug.org.in -- has
announced that an update 0.9 for 'LaTeX for Malayalam' has been released at
sarovar. This update enables the use of Type1 Malayalam fonts available with
CDAC ISM Publisher, according to Alex. Download the package from:
http://malayalam.sarovar.org/ .

IITIANS Develop Linux-Based Cell Phone Tracking Software CXOToday.com writer
Julia Fernandes has reported on how "three young Mumbai-based IITians, who
have developed a Linux-based software application that tracks the location
of mobile phones."

Nithin Kamath's LinTux Newsletter A made-in-Mangalore product. Interesting
compiliation of news and updates from the world of FLOSS across India and
the globe. Check it out at Now in the 14th issue. Keep it up Nithin.
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/lintux

THE HINDU: A whiz-kid's tryst with Linux What do people do when they hear
that doing a particular thing is very difficult? Most of them try to avoid
it. But some people meet the challenge headlong. Sarath Lakshman a Standard
X student of the Jawaharlal Nehru Government Higher Secondary School, Mahe,
belongs to the second category. This article is from the national newspaper
THE HINDU, reproduced here with gratitude to this publication for
highlighting an issue which is important to understanding what makes sense
to the young techies-in-the-making of South Asia.

Low-cost CD outlet http://www.linuxbazar.com is run by Srinivasan
<LinuxIndia at hotmail.com>. Says he: "I sell CDs at Rs 50 per CD. Spreading
the word on my website is difficult .. still I have managed to ship Fedora
to remote corners in India incl. Jammu."

L10N How-To and Toolkit On Jan 19, 2005 Sunil Abraham <sunil at apdip.net>
announced that the IOSN-CDAC L10N How-To and Toolkit is ready for a "final
round of comments and feedback." The main page contents listing of the CD is
available at http://anakin.ncst.ernet.in/~aparna/consolidated/CD. It has
links to the guide, as well as the list of tools we will include in the CD.
You can see the current version at:
http://anakin.ncst.ernet.in/~aparna/consolidated in the HTML format.
Feedback welcome!

Font developer's guide Sayamindu Dasgupta <sayamindu at clai.net> is
offering what he terms a "preliminary version of a font developer's guide".
Check out what this determined young man has to offer at
http://sayamindu.randomink.org/conv_guide/

Listing Indian LUGs, GLUGs, FSUGs and more... a list of links to various
user groups in the Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) world. Please
visit it at http://wikiwikiweb.de/LugsList/

Punjabi translation of Debian Installer comes closer to realisation
Christian Perrier <bubulle at debian.org> said January 19, 2005 that the
Debian Installer team has been contacted by Amanpreet Alam, who offers to
start working on Debian Installer (and further Debian translations) in
Punjabi. Says he: "The work on Hindi started about two to three months ago
after a discussion here where Ravi Shrivastava offered to initiate it."

ET's software stories Indian business daily, 'The Economic Times', has this
link for software-related stories. Unfortunately just a few related to
Free/Libre and Open Source Software in India ... a field where so much is
happening!

C-DAC launches Janabhaaratii FLOSS localisation project C-DAC, the Indian
government-run Centre for the Development of Advanced Computing, has
announced in October 2004 the launch of the launch of its "janabhaaratii"
project for localisation of FLOSS. It suggested the goal would be
"development, deployment and community building, and the work would be put
out under the GPL/LGPL licenses.

Govt open to open source software ... or just hedging bets?  India's
business newspaper reported in end-December 2004 that the Government of
India "continues to evaluate options for using open source software, a move
which would proliferate the usage of IT by bringing down its costs". IT
secretary Brijesh Kumar was quoted as telling the Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and Industry, an industry lobby group, that the
"government continues to consider options available in open source
software". There was a suggestion that "India should force proprietory
software makers to share source code by threatening to shift to open source
software", the ET reported, citing the case of China.

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Want to 'scrape content' from another site? Make sure it's legal, and hey
presto, you have the tools to do that. See for instance
http://fnlinuxindia.notlong.com

How?

Linux-india.org under Raj Mathur (of Delhi) is making a good offer:

 	 http://www.linux-india.org/

Welcome to the India Linux Organisation!

This site is an example of what can be done with the Linux India web site and
provides simple hints to get you started. You can change everything: the logo,
the overall look, the categories at the top of this page, the content of this
and every page. You can rename pages, delete them and add new ones. You can
invite members and manage who gets to see and do what! The only tools you need
are this browser, your mouse and your keyboard.

Please create an account and edit your personal page to get a feel of what can
be done with this package.

 	 What they are saying is also this:

LUG Information
Are You A LUG?

If you are associated with a LUG in India please create an account for
yourself. Call it ``lug-<location>'' and put whatever information you want
about your LUG on your page. Then send me (Raj Mathur, <raju (at) linux-delhi
(dot) org>) the page URL and I'll link it from the LUG page on this site.

Please put at least the URL of your LUG on your page.

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up...  It has, of a sort.

Installed MetaDot (http://metadot.com/), a FLOSS CMS on the site. It's
working, but I haven't done any except very basic configuration yet.

If you feel adventurous, have loads of time and don't mind reading and
re-reading documentation, please download the MetaDot documentation from:

    http://download.metadot.com/Metadot_Documentation-pdf.zip

It's very comprehensive.  Read it.  Understand it.  Make a list of stuff
that needs to be done for the site.

Then give me a shout and I'll give you the admin password to customise and
manage the site.

Remember, you are the boss!  The site is your baby, nurture it.

Regards,

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Hi Again,
Here are a few more dedicated Linux distros for Life Science researchers and
bioinformaticians:
(Numbering continues from my last mail):

5. Biolinux-BR
BioLinux-BR is a project directed to the scientific community. The intention is
to create a Linux distribution for people with little familiarity with the
installation of the operational system and mainly for people that do not know
how they must proceed to unpack a program, compile and install it correctly. For
these reasons, this is a Linux system that aims to be easy to use and still
offering packages that will be part of the BioLinux-BR.
Website:  http://glu.df.ibilce.unesp.br/

6. Vlinux
VLinux Bioinformatics workbench is a Linux distribution for Bioinformatics. It
is easy to use, no installation required, CD-based distribution based on Knoppix
3.3. It includes a variety of sequence and structure analysis packages.It is an
Open source product released under the GNU GPL License.
Website: http://bioinformatics.org/vlinux/index.html

7. Vigyaancd
VigyaanCD is a live Linux CD containing all the required software to boot the
computer with ready to use modeling software. VigyaanCD v0.1 is also based on
KNOPPIX v3.3. It contains programs for bioinformatics, computational biology and
computational chemistry. It also has genomes from Eschercia coli (K 12) and
Synechococcus sp. WH 8102 It is suitable both for beginners (12 demos and
tutorials) and experts. ISO image size (v 0.1) is 647 MB.

And let me tell you this is an effort by an Indian. Kudos to you Pratul K.
Agarwal for such a nice package. In fact I just downloaded the CD and have
casually tried it. Looks superb. It has the option for a persistant home
directory on HDD, which is very essential for Live CDs. Every thing is very
comprehensively arranged. Once again. Three chers for Pratul.

Cheers
-Tarun

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Hi All,
For people who are into life science research / bioinformatics, there are a few
good linux distros available. I will be trying these out in the coming days and
will keep posting my experiences. These are:

1. DNALinux
DNALinux is a is a SLAX-based Linux distribution with bioinformatics software
pre-installed. DNA and protein sequence manipulation software is included. Like
EMBOSS, Primer3, ClustalW, T-Coffe and others.
Website: http://www.dnalinux.com/

2. BioBrew Linux
BioBrew Linux is an open source Linux distribution based on the NPACI Rocks
(www.rocksclusters.org) cluster software and enhanced for bioinformaticists and
life scientists. While it looks, feels, and operates like ordinary Red Hat
Linux, BioBrew Linux includes popular cluster software e.g. MPICH, LAM-MPI, PVM,
Modules, PVFS, Myrinet GM, Sun Grid Engine, gcc, Ganglia, and Globus, *and*
popular bioinformatics software e.g. the NCBI toolkit, BLAST, mpiBLAST, HMMER,
ClustalW, GROMACS, PHYLIP, WISE, FASTA, and EMBOSS. It runs on everything from
notebook computers to large clusters.
Website: http://bioinformatics.org/biobrew/

3. Bio-Linux
Bio-Linux provides both standard and cutting edge bioinformatics tools on a
Linux base. It is powerful, configurable and easy to maintain. Bio-Linux has
been customised for ease of use and provides an ideal system for scientists
handling and analysing biological data. Bio-Linux also comes with many
development tools, providing a solid base for bioinformatics software
development. It can also be easily deployed as a computer cluster. As of version
4.0, Bio-Linux is based on the  Debian GNU/Linux distribution.
Bioinformatics-related customisations include the inclusion of a large number of
bioinformatics programs and programming libraries, the addition of graphical
menus for much of the bioinformatics software, and links from the desktop to key
documentation and applications. The system also includes a comprehensive,
categorised and searchable documentation system for bioinformatics software.

4. Bioknoppix
The University of Puerto Rico High Performance Computing facility (HPCf) and the
Puerto Rico Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN-PR) have release
Bioknoppix. Bioknoppix is a live CD linux, based on KNOPPIX, and specialized to
include tools for bioinformatics. Bioknoppix does not need to be installed on
your computer, making it a perfect tool for workshops and demos. Some of the
software included in the 0.3 release are EMBOSS 2.8.0, jemboss, artemis,
clustal, Cn3D, ImageJ, BioPython, Rasmol, Bioperl, Bioconductor
Website: http://bioknoppix.hpcf.upr.edu/

-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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Hi,

For the first time since Microsoft launched its flagship browser in 1995,
Internet Explorer is actually losing market share.....Thanks to Mozilla
Read on at: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118959,00.asp

-Tarun

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Issue 1 Volume 1 of this new magazine has just hit the (cyber)stands. And,
don't be too surprised, you're free to download a copy too of this 78-page
publication. Some of the articles in the first issue:

 	 o File formats; format wars (Marco Fioretti)
 	   File formats: the past, the present, a possible future

 	 o XML: The answer to everything? (Kay Ethier, Scott Abel)
 	   This article weighs the pros and cons of XML for some
 	   applciations (publishing) and explores why it is the
  	   best possible solution for many programming and
 	   publishing needs.

 	 o Free file formats and the future of intellectual
   	   freedom (Terry Hancock)
 	   Information as property may be served by closed
 	   file formats, but the freedom of information
 	   requires free formats.

 	 o Creating the Free Software Magazine (Tony Mobily)
 	   A long path that takes us to the very beginning
 	   of this project.

 	 o Mac OS X: Welcome to the jungle -- a look inside the
 	   Mac OS X software ecology (Chris J Karr)

 	 o The magic of live CDs (Harish Pillay)
 	   What are live CDs, and how do they work?

 	 o Every engineer's checklist for justifying
 	   Free Software. It's not just about 'no licence fees'
 	   (Malcolm D Spence)

 	 o Smarter password management (John Locke)
 	   How to handle your passwords without getting lost

 	 o The content tail wags the IT dog (Daniel James)
  	   Without hardware and software, there would be
 	   nothing for digital media to be created on, or used
 	   with. And yet the content industry attempts to tell
 	   the far larger IT industry what it can and cannot do.

 	 o Motivation and value of free resources. Wikipedia
 	   and Planetmath show the way (Aaron E Klemm)

 	 o It's all about freedom (Christian Einfeldt)
 	   Freedom is free software's competitive advantage.

 	 o The Commons (Dave M Berry)
 	   The Commons as an Idea -- Ideas as a Commons

 	 o Let's not forget our roots (Free Software is not
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Hi Friends
Check this out below.
Hey don't get confused. It is not a free magazine on software, but "Free
Software" magazine
Cheers !
-Tarun

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Hello people,

(my apologies if you receive this email more than once!)

I sent this email to people who proposed articles or advertising for
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Well, Free Software Magazine (issue 1) is out!
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It is absolutely crucial, at this point, that we all:

* Spread the word. Talk about Free Software Magazine to your LUG's
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Hi,

I'm forwarding a review report published on The
Register about the Security Review between Windows and
Linux.

Please read at:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/security/security_report_windows_vs_linux/


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Hi All,

A must read article has appeared that ponders upon the fact that open source
doesn't just mean Linux as most people confuse it to be. There are true open
source Linux implementations (like GNU Linux) but there are also Linux
implementations that would never be considered open source by open source
advocates. The article can be reached here:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=102

-Tarun

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Hi All,
The adoption of the Mozilla Foundation's browser by millions of non-technical
users could be the biggest test yet of open source development.
Check out SpreadFirefox.com
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Yes you are right Himanshu.

I read somewhere that usually every one, particularly those into some form of
engineering be it mechanical or computational, is trained to think with regular
geometry--straight lines, circles, and 45-degree angles. But take a look at
nature. How many bones in the human body have straight edges? Answer: none. And
to solve the more complicated problems is where evolutionary computation comes
into picture. These biologically inspired techniques for solving problems
effeciently, manufacturing products and making more effecient factories. Here is
another very good link about introduction to concepts in GA:
http://www.solver.com/gabasics.htm

There is no wonders that in future we should hopefully be seeing more of GA
intigtrated into Linux.

-Tarun


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From: "Himanshu Chauhan" <hs.chauhan@...>
To: SunCityJodhpurLUG@...
Subject: Re: [SunnyLUG] Tuning The Kernel With A Genetic Algorithm
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 23:55:49 +0530



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Hello!<br>
<br>
Indeed a very nice link Tarun! I myself have always been a supporter<br>
of "universe-based" computer world! I think that anything that closely<br>
resembles to our universe is most stable! Take for example, why is that<br>
an atom so closely resembles our galaxy? Both of them have high energy<br>
levels!<br>
<br>
<br>
Tarun Kant wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid20050110143643.854C32B2B86@..."
  type="cite">
   <pre wrap="">Guys,

This is how Genetics meet Linux. Incredible stuff this is.
   </pre>
</blockquote>
I think GA (Genetic Algorithms) are fantastic ideas. It closely matches<br>
to universal laws. Ain't it?<br>
<br>
BTW, If anyone wants to know more about what Genetic Algorithms are,<br>
he/she can visit <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_algorithm">http://en.wikipedia.org/wi\
ki/Genetic_algorithm</a><br>
This is also a nice place.<br>
<br>
Thanks and regards<br>
--Himanshu<br>
<br>
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This is how Genetics meet Linux. Incredible stuff this is.

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"Swatantra" a conference focusing on Free and open Source technologies, is being
organized by Vellore Institute of Technology, TN. Keynote Address by Richard
Stallman.

This symposium will be held on 6th and 7th of February, 2005 and will be divided
into various sessions.

http://www.swatantra.info/
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Guys,

This is how Genetics meet Linux. Incredible stuff this is.

Jake Moilanen provided a series of four patches against the 2.6.9 Linux kernel
that introduce a simple genetic algorithm used for automatic tuning. The patches
update the anticipatory IO scheduler and the zaphod CPU scheduler  to both use
the new in-kernel library, theoretically allowing them to automatically tune
themselves for the best possible performance for any given workload.

A genetic algorithm (GA) is an algorithm used to find approximate solutions to
difficult-to-solve problems through application of the principles of
evolutionary biology to computer science. Genetic algorithms use
biologically-derived techniques such as inheritance, mutation, natural
selection, and recombination (or crossover). Genetic algorithms are a particular
class of evolutionary algorithms.

For more read this story at Kernel Trap:
http://kerneltrap.org/node/4493

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Dear All

Here is a superb article, quite inspirational too by the creator of DistroWatch
himself. He also narrates his move from windows to linux. Very interesting.
Surely a must-read article available at:

http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20050103

-Tarun

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A new release of Damn Small Linux is out.

From the release notes: "Added new iwconfig GUI and updated control panel; added
back smbtree; Added 'qemu' boot time option to use shared pseudo hard disk (see
5-way); new dsl-embedded version now supports 5 ways to boot your pen drive, see
its readme; corrected bug with tcc; linked some libraries to better support
extensions; fixed some typos and general cleanup; Syslinux version also
available for older machines."

For download: http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html

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Thanks!

Hi!

Hacking around the basic DSP effects that XMMS provides I went to XMMS
site to download some more effects. Without paying much attention I downloaded
a 3D sound effect. To my surprise that was just a demo version!

I was so disappointed. I thought now you would have to pay for it? It was
no doubt a fantastic effect but demo version on linux? I cannot digest this.

By the way, I had this in mind from a long time. I actually had a mail
session with
Dr Kant. I just wanted to know how many of us are into programming
side of Linux?

I want to start a vote session. Even if you are not a programmer,
please do vote for "NO" at
least because some answer is better than none at all!

I feel xmms should have loads of DSP effects of its own. Its fun!

Thanks and Regards
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Hi All!

Nice link implicit of what can one do, once he/she knows what linux is
all about.
Linux is not about distros, think it from the kernel point of view.
What you get in distros is utillities. What you see is utililites,
what you don't
see is the innocent kernel lying behind all this.
Once you understand this soul all this would seem to be very much implicit.
You can even have different kernels share the same area on disk. they
live happily respecting each other. At least they behave nicely on my system.
One kernel keeps track of my kernel and driver projects and other takes care
of my music files.

Harpreet, No doubt Dr Kant has always been enriching us with his great links,
but this link is not substandard one, let me make this point clear.
You said there
are better ways of doing this. No doubt at all! but the idea that has brought
linux this far is clearly mentioned in this. Don't think it of having
just a way of
doing thing. Think it as a hack that the author has performed. If you had
somehow discovered the way by spending 1 or 2 days for it, I bet you would
have called it superb way of doing thing. At least the author took time
to share it with all of us. We should appreciate things. That what linux
culture is all about. Linux wouldn't have come this far if Linus would have
dropped every patch just because it was too lame to be implemented.

The only point I want to make is that let try to appreciate somebody's effort.

Thanks and regards

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Hi,

Think about a web site that have over 4000 links to
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hi friends

with due respect to Dr Tarun Kant(who has always been enriching us by
sending gr8 informative links) i would  like to point out that this
article  is a substandard one . There are better ways of doing things
than mentioned in the article.
the article has not taken all possible situations into account and just
concentrated on a particular case.
the authors immaturity is evident from the fact he uses /mnt/floppy to
mount his hard disk
following the aricle blindly may also cause harm .

Regards
Harpreet Singh
On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 20:24, Tarun Kant wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> There is no problem dual-booting with Windows, but how do you boot multiple
Linux flavors, like Fedora and Ubuntu etc etc? Want to know more? Then read
this: "Dual-booting multiple Linux distros" By: Kevin Russo published at:
> http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/21/1852209
>
> Cheers
> -Tarun
>

Hi All

We have unarguably debated the applicability of Linux in Education. Here is
another article that deserves a read;
"Educators - Use money Wisely. Use Linux!" by: Gary Glasscock available at:
http://osviews.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3101

Gary Glasscock in this article suggests that Public School Systems now have an
economic and academic responsibility to introduce Linux into the mix of their
Computer Science education curriculums. This applies very well to the Indian
scenario aw well.

Cheers,
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Hi there,

There is no problem dual-booting with Windows, but how do you boot multiple
Linux flavors, like Fedora and Ubuntu etc etc? Want to know more? Then read
this: "Dual-booting multiple Linux distros" By: Kevin Russo published at:
http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/21/1852209

Cheers
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