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FLOSSManuals.net's remix feature (create a custom manual)

Posted: July 31st, 2009, 1:03pm BST by Edgar D' Souza

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I just came across this on another list and went and checked it out - intriguing! Educators, in particular, can use the feature to build a custom

OFF TOPIC 3G BSNL joke of the year

Posted: July 31st, 2009, 8:58am BST by damodar_g_goa

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hi Other day i was watching tv and bombardment of advertisement of BSNL 3G it says somethings like india needs faster things etc etc, changes Rahuls life etc

A kind reminder for FUEL Marathi Evaluation Meet on 31 July-1st Aug.

Posted: July 30th, 2009, 2:04am BST by Sudhanwa Jogalekar

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Dear all, This is A kind reminder for FUEL Marathi Evaluation Meet -Sudhanwa ... Dear all, Please do join in for this FUEL session. Let us make some more

Guide to Gnumeric...

Posted: July 30th, 2009, 9:50am BST by Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक

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http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Gtk/Applications/gnumeric-1.8.3/readme.html ... don't know how recent. FN -- FN * http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com

Re: FUEL Marathi Evaluation Meet

Posted: July 29th, 2009, 1:02am BST by Sudhanwa Jogalekar

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Hi, This is a kind reminder about the FUELsession. Please do join in. Send your confirmations please. -Sudhanwa Dear all, Please do join in for this FUEL

off topic : fix dead pixels on an LCD screen

Posted: July 26th, 2009, 11:35pm BST by Ashley Delaney

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Hi, though not directly aimed at linux, a lot of people are stuck with dead pixels on their screens as NO VENDOR gives support for less than 8 dead pixels. The

Re: Microsoft stuns Linux world, submits source code for kernel

Posted: July 26th, 2009, 11:51am BST by Shakthi Kannan

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Hi, ... -- Err ... to avoid GPL violation: http://www.osnews.com/story/21882/Microsoft_s_Linux_Kernel_Code_Drop_Result_of_GPL_Violation SK -- Shakthi Kannan

Fw: Bill Gates, let us get it straight!

Posted: July 26th, 2009, 11:23am BST by Samir Kelekar

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Can something be done to ensure that there are linux servers out there and not Microsoft ones? regards, Samir

Microsoft stuns Linux world, submits source code for kernel

Posted: July 26th, 2009, 11:23am BST by Onkar Ainapur

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Hi All, Just found this when searching for 3rd Blender Movie / Durian Project

Re: PASSING THROUGH GOA: Bob Jolliffe

Posted: July 25th, 2009, 4:10pm BST by Vidyadhar Gadgil

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... A talk followed by an informal interaction with the people present would be nice. As long as we can guarantee a turnout of at least 10 people. Maybe at Goa

PASSING THROUGH GOA: Bob Jolliffe

Posted: July 25th, 2009, 8:37am BST by Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक

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Dear all: Would GU be interested in organising something with this guest? Bob Jolliffe

Re: Spellcheck in OpenOffice.org Writer does not work

Posted: July 25th, 2009, 8:37am BST by augusto pinto

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fantastic! MY PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. THANKS ASHLEY. Cheers Augusto ... -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal, Moira, Bardez, Goa, India E pintogoa@... or

Re: Spellcheck in OpenOffice.org Writer does not work

Posted: July 24th, 2009, 12:18am BST by Ashley Delaney

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... Hi Augusto.. open Any openoffice app. say Writer click on tools > options click on language settings > languages under default setting for languages

Spellcheck in OpenOffice.org Writer does not work

Posted: July 24th, 2009, 12:07am BST by augusto pinto

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Hi I have Ubuntu 9.04 which has OpenOffice.org Writer. When I run spell check it gives the message "the spellcheck is complete" but it doesn't pick up misspelt

Re: 4th Saturday tomorrow - Meeting?

Posted: July 24th, 2009, 6:44pm BST by Arvind Yadav

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... From RAMdisk (initrd/initramfs).

Re: 4th Saturday tomorrow - Meeting?

Posted: July 24th, 2009, 6:32pm BST by Dhaval Giani

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... As in running from a RAMdisk entirely. Or just turning off swap? Dhaval -- Pablo Picasso - "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." -

4th Saturday tomorrow - Meeting?

Posted: July 24th, 2009, 5:00pm BST by Edgar D' Souza

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Anyone up for a LUG meeting tomorrow evening? It's the 4th Sat, as Arvind reminded me this morning. I was busy with some chores, so didn't get around to

Launchpad gone open

Posted: July 21st, 2009, 1:50pm BST by Head Hunter

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Another great contribution. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-is-now-open-source Warm Regards, Stan

New member introduction and numbers of laptop-hiring places in Goa r

Posted: July 20th, 2009, 10:33pm BST by lainaemmanuel

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Hi, My name is Laina Emmanuel and I am currently volunteering at Video Volunteers India - an innovative organization started by noted human rights activist -

FUEL Marathi Evaluation Meet

Posted: July 20th, 2009, 5:38pm BST by Sudhanwa Jogalekar

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Dear all, Please do join in for this FUEL session. Let us make some more progress in computing in Marathi !! (Read the forwarded mail given below for more

FSF has worries on Debian (UBUNTU) using MONO & C#

Posted: July 20th, 2009, 8:50am BST by Onkar Ainapur

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Hi All, Some of these links talk of special concern about free software developers / distros relying on C# and Mono http://www.fsf.org/news/dont-depend-on-mono

Re: Two day Python workshop at CDEEP

Posted: July 18th, 2009, 12:38am BST by rupali joshi

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hi I would be very much interested in attending the Python Workshop. Please mail me the detailed address. Regards Rupali Joshi ... From: Puneeth Chaganti

OT: Krut: screencasts made easy

Posted: July 18th, 2009, 3:01pm BST by Edgar D' Souza

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Need to whip up a quick screencast? You might want to use Krut for the job. This cross-platform screen recording tool has virtually no learning curve, and

Two day Python workshop at CDEEP

Posted: July 18th, 2009, 2:31pm BST by Puneeth Chaganti

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Hello, As part of the MHRD funded open source mission at IITB, Asokan and I are planning a 2 day Python workshop: Topic: Programming with Python Date:

Re: Deepening the GNU/Linux community

Posted: July 14th, 2009, 2:29pm BST by shirish

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Reply in-line :- On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 22:07, Dhaval Giani wrote: ... Hi Dhaval, ... I have put up the same entry at the

knoppix-security tools distribution

Posted: July 13th, 2009, 12:18am BST by damodar_g_goa

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hi http://s-t-d.org/faq.html some question answere from faq What is Knoppix-STD? STD is a Security Tool. Actually it is a collection of hundreds if not

Re: Deepening the GNU/Linux community

Posted: July 13th, 2009, 11:08pm BST by Dhaval Giani

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... Hi Shirish, While writing blogposts and all are great ideas, this at the of the day does not help. Your blog does not have high visibility in the developer

Deepening the GNU/Linux community

Posted: July 13th, 2009, 10:59pm BST by shirish

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Hi all, Apart from the usual things that one needs to speak about Free Software, I have also made some pointers as to the way I see things in my community

Re: google chrome OS

Posted: July 13th, 2009, 10:59pm BST by shirish

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Hi all, I also did some musings on the same please look at http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/gnulinux-and-chrome-os/ of course how things will

Re: [OT] Suggestion on purchasing a laptop.

Posted: July 13th, 2009, 12:27pm BST by Edgar D' Souza

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... I could, but I dunno when I'll get around to it :-) Will ping this thread if I upload any such images. ... No, it makes a LOT of sense, when you try typing

Re: [OT] Suggestion on purchasing a laptop.

Posted: July 12th, 2009, 12:57pm BST by shirish

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Reply in-line :- ... Hi Edgar, Can you take the pictures of the lappy. Especially of the way the battery is and the 'potrusion' that is there. Better yet have

Re: Mail Server - Interface with Drupal

Posted: July 11th, 2009, 4:27pm BST by Anil Seth

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On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Makarand ... Sendmail is usually configured to be usable with very few changes. If you examine the /etc/mail/sendmail.mc you

Re: [OT] Suggestion on purchasing a laptop.

Posted: July 11th, 2009, 3:43pm BST by Edgar D' Souza

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... Not really. It weighs around the same as my old Acer - somewhere around 4.5 kg. I'm used to lugging around somewhat heavy laptops :-( though I don't have

Re: Mail Server - Interface with Drupal

Posted: July 11th, 2009, 8:08am BST by Makarand Tapaswi

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On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Makarand Tapaswi

Re: Mail Server - Interface with Drupal

Posted: July 11th, 2009, 8:07am BST by Makarand Tapaswi

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On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:59 PM, fritz dsouza wrote: Hi Makrand On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Makarand ... I ... with ... as far as my

Re: Mail Server - Interface with Drupal

Posted: July 10th, 2009, 12:00am BST by fritz dsouza

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Hi Makrand On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Makarand ... as far as my knowledge goes you dont need to just have a mail server running there is no interfacing

Mail Server - Interface with Drupal

Posted: July 10th, 2009, 11:41pm BST by Makarand Tapaswi

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Hi.. I have a HTTP server up and running with visibility outside, and Drupal hosted. When users are to create new accounts on Drupal, or most websites for that

Re: [OT] Suggestion on purchasing a laptop.

Posted: July 10th, 2009, 8:51pm BST by shirish

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Reply in-line :- ... ... With a 9-cell pack mobility would have taken a beating. ... That's a good call, an Wi-Fi Draft N card. ... whopee. That's

Re: [OT] Suggestion on purchasing a laptop.

Posted: July 10th, 2009, 7:41pm BST by Edgar D' Souza

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... Ah, so! Well, that's a rather nice euphemism for it - I would be far less charitable when labelling something like that! ;-) ... You mean sell the 3 or 4

Re: [OT] Suggestion on purchasing a laptop.

Posted: July 10th, 2009, 6:52pm BST by shirish

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Reply in-line :- ... Hi Edgar, ... Nope. I mean many vendors have the specs. downsized. It seems they feel that the buyers/users do not know what specs. are

Re: How to Start Evolution Mail

Posted: July 10th, 2009, 2:23pm BST by augusto pinto

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Dear Anil Thanks, that was very helpful. I managed to activate Evolution finally. Incidentally I must get to know Ms. Google better. Cheers Augusto ... --

Re: Rumours of critical vulnerability in OpenSSH in Red Hat Enterpri

Posted: July 10th, 2009, 1:53pm BST by Dhaval Giani

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And this one takes the cake http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6760 ... -- Eddie Izzard - "Never put a sock in a toaster." -

Re: Rumours of critical vulnerability in OpenSSH in Red Hat Enterpri

Posted: July 10th, 2009, 1:47pm BST by Dhaval Giani

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... and from the openssh mailing list http://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=124705272824524&w=2 (people don't think an exploit exists but then again...)

Re: [OT] Suggestion on purchasing a laptop.

Posted: July 10th, 2009, 1:26pm BST by Edgar D' Souza

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Hi Shirish, ... When do they downsize specs? You mean after you indicate willingness to buy? ... And it's still expensive. Perhaps a compromise would be to go

Re: Rumours of critical vulnerability in OpenSSH in Red Hat Enterpri

Posted: July 10th, 2009, 1:24pm BST by Head Hunter

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... Host Gator Shuts ssh access: http://forums.hostgator.com/all-servers-ssh-access-restricted-t52287.html?s=e4699a67267a860400bc6dc3a778d286& Warm

Re: Rumours of critical vulnerability in OpenSSH in Red Hat Enterpri

Posted: July 10th, 2009, 1:17pm BST by Dhaval Giani

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... http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6742 Upgrade to the latest ssh version and you should be safe. Dhaval -- Luis Bunuel - "Age is something that

Rumours of critical vulnerability in OpenSSH in Red Hat Enterprise L

Posted: July 10th, 2009, 1:14pm BST by Head Hunter

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An interesting read: http://www.h-online.com/security/Rumours-of-critical-vulnerability-in-OpenSSH-in-Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux--/news/113712 Warm regards, Stan

Re: How to Start Evolution Mail

Posted: July 9th, 2009, 10:49pm BST by Nelson Lobo

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smtp.gmail.com ... -- visit linux cd & dvd store at http://linuxdvdsale.tripod.com

Re: How to Start Evolution Mail

Posted: July 9th, 2009, 9:11pm BST by Anil Seth

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Numerous guides - e.g. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingGmailWithEvolution

Re: google chrome OS

Posted: July 9th, 2009, 7:28pm BST by damodar g

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8139711.stm some interesting things *Google is developing an operating system (OS) for personal computers, in a direct

How to Start Evolution Mail

Posted: July 9th, 2009, 7:28pm BST by augusto pinto

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i want to start Evolution Mail on my Ubuntu 9.04. . I get stuck at the Server type - SMTP [with options] ; and Server Configurations point. Could someone who

google chrome OS

Posted: July 9th, 2009, 11:03am BST by Ashley Delaney

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I'm looking forward to it!!! http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM

Re: [OT] Suggestion on purchasing a laptop.

Posted: July 9th, 2009, 9:48am BST by shirish

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Reply in-line :- On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 06:00, Edgar D' Souza wrote: ... Hi all, I have been trying to get a lappy as well

Re: How do I fwd mails from sendmail to another local SMTP server?

Posted: July 8th, 2009, 3:45pm BST by Bharathi Subramanian

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... I hope, smarthost option will help you Bye :) -- Bharathi S

How do I fwd mails from sendmail to another local SMTP server?

Posted: July 8th, 2009, 3:30pm BST by Ausmarton Fernandes

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Hi, I am trying to forward all mails that my sendmail server recieves, to another SMTP server *on the same host*. Sendmail is running on the default port 25.

SEEK is a real cool add-on ... for Mozilla Thunderbird

Posted: July 7th, 2009, 4:11pm BST by Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक

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If you're using Mozilla Thunderbird for your email, SEEK is a real cool add-on that can help you sort your mail faster. Just what my cluttered in-box needs! No

Last minute dramas around around Open Standards (by Venkatesh Hariha

Posted: July 7th, 2009, 4:09pm BST by Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक

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Now that India's Draft Policy on Open Standards is close to finalization, the usual last-minute dramas are on. In a new twist, I am told that NASSCOM and MAIT

Connections via mibbit are no longer supported on freenode

Posted: July 3rd, 2009, 1:13am BST by Sudhanwa Jogalekar

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Hi, FYI. People using mibbit for irc on freenode will have to use some other site like http://webchat.freenode.net . Here is a notice from freenode: ***

change mobile numbers ? (OT)

Posted: July 3rd, 2009, 10:03pm BST by Nelson Lobo

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Mobile numbers to be portable within a week......... he Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued the draft regulations for service providers to

Python Conference

Posted: July 3rd, 2009, 4:14pm BST by punchagan

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Hi, The first Python Conference in India is being held on 26th and 27th of September 2007. For more information check out http://in.pycon.org/2009 --

Re: NFS File Systems to Be Mounted at Boot Time

Posted: July 1st, 2009, 10:59pm BST by damodar g

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... http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/custom-guide/s1-nfs-mount.html ... -- "He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not

Re: NFS File Systems to Be Mounted at Boot Time

Posted: July 1st, 2009, 10:58pm BST by Anil Seth

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Auto File system is a terrific product The easiest option is to add entries to to /etc/auto.misc. No changes are need to the master file. E.g. An entry from my

NFS File Systems to Be Mounted at Boot Time

Posted: July 1st, 2009, 8:45pm BST by ashok0586

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Dear All, If some one can help me in setting the nfs file system in my system to be Mounted at boot time.it will be great help for me.I also required

Re: offtpoic : BSNL CDMA service for internet

Posted: July 1st, 2009, 12:10pm BST by damodar g

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thats good even if BSNL does not provide support our linux does . has any one tried in rivona area ? has anyone tried it using outside goa ? ... -- "He who

Re: samba write access

Posted: July 1st, 2009, 9:39am BST by Mario Remy Almeida

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Hi, What is the output of below commands ls -ld /home/kunal/storage lsattr /home/kunal/storage ... -- With Warm Regards, Remy, Linux System Administrator C:

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