2009/11/17 Navin Pai <navinpai_kma@...>:
> Try running a live CD of say Ubuntu and try creating partitions using that
(using gParted).The partitioner has quite a few bugs.....infact quite a few of
them are listed officially in bugs.launchpad.net. So right now its just a
speculatory suggestion.

But what about the Windows partitions? I want them to be retained. One
partition is to become a Linux partition. This gparted solution
probably means tampering with the whole thing.

> If you have any secondary devices like ext HDD or even an iPod connected to
the lappy....disconnect them before proceeding.... They're known to create
problems for partitioners.

External DVD drive is connected -- that's how I can try and install
from a CD, since a netbook doesn't have a CD drive.

> PS I'd love to know why you're trying the UNR on a full fledged lappy?? Why
not the
**normal** Ubuntu??

It's not a lappy, it's a netbook, as I think I mentioned.

This is important, because it's for a friend whom I've convinced to
give Linux a try. If I can't find a good solution (without messing his
Windows installation), we may lose a potential convert :-(


--
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Vidyadhar Gadgil wrote:
>
>
> Downloaded Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix and burnt a CD. Started the
hi gadgill

put the image on a USB stick and install it from there NOT from a CD. it
wil be quicker nad hsd give less problems

Ashley


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Try running a live CD of say Ubuntu and try creating partitions using that
(using gParted).The partitioner has quite a few bugs.....infact quite a few of
them are listed officially in bugs.launchpad.net. So right now its just a
speculatory suggestion.

If you have any secondary devices like ext HDD or even an iPod connected to the
lappy....disconnect them before proceeding.... They're known to create problems
for partitioners.

Do tell if the above suggestion works.
cheers!!

PS I'd love to know why you're trying the UNR on a full fledged lappy?? Why not
the **normal** Ubuntu??
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--- On Tue, 17/11/09, Vidyadhar Gadgil <vgadgil@...> wrote:

From: Vidyadhar Gadgil <vgadgil@...>
Subject: [ILUG-GOA] Problems installing Ubuntu 9.10
To: fsug-goa@yahoogroups.com, "Ilug-Goa" <ilug-goa@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, 17 November, 2009, 1:04 PM







 









       Downloaded Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix and burnt a CD. Started the

install on an Acer netbook which already has Windows XP installed. One

partition was left free for the Ubuntu install.

At Step 4 -- Partition the disks -- it gets stuck. The partitioner

remains blank and doesn't show me anything. So I can't proceed.

Can't think of any reason -- except that maybe it doesn't NTFS

partitions? But then how do I proceed?



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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Downloaded Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix and burnt a CD. Started the
install on an Acer netbook which already has Windows XP installed. One
partition was left free for the Ubuntu install.
At Step 4 -- Partition the disks -- it gets stuck. The partitioner
remains blank and doesn't show me anything. So I can't proceed.
Can't think of any reason -- except that maybe it doesn't NTFS
partitions? But then how do I proceed?


--
Whatever it is, I'm against it -- Groucho Marx

Celestia has been around for quite a long time....I've played around with it
quite a bit some years ago. It is really educational and enjoyable at the same
time. My first impression when i heard of it was like..."A free tool that does
all that?? No way!!"....but I was definitely proven wrong.

Even minute details like the Hubble space telescope and the ISS are clearly
shown, not to mention accurate data (I've checked!!) of many many stars and
interstellar objects

Highly recommended tool for every space enthusiast!!

_________________________My Siggie!!________________________________

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--- On Tue, 17/11/09, Edgar D' Souza <edgar.b.dsouza@...> wrote:

From: Edgar D' Souza <edgar.b.dsouza@...>
Subject: [ILUG-GOA] Celestia Brings Interstellar Exploration to Your Desktop
To: ilug-goa@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, 17 November, 2009, 7:43 AM







 









       "If you enjoyed playing with Stellarium, the open-source planetarium

software we shared with you earlier this year, but felt strangely tied

to an earth-bound perspective, you'll definitely want to fly through

space with Celestia.



Celestia picks up where Stellarium leaves off. With Celestia you can

zoom through the known universe, flying through star clusters and

swooping in to examine far off galaxies. On its own Celestia is a

really fun tool to play with but on top of the expansive star map

included in Celestia there is a bustling community of astronomy

hobbyists creating hundreds of add-ons for the application. "



More at: http://lifehacker. com/5404376/ celestia- brings-interstel
lar-exploration- to-your-desktop



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"Another week, another round of tinkering and messing around with
Linux doodads. The Ubuntu Koala text installer has a years-old bug,
and Fedora 11 LiveCD has a showstopping installer bug."

http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2009/11/fun-with-linux.html

She does say that audio is working very well for her. Kind of
encourages me to try again after my rather disappointing failure to
get even simple audio output with Ubuntu Studio 9.04 (though I'm a
veritable n00b at audio production on any OS).
http://ubuntustudio.org/KarmicKoala has the release notes for the new
version, and they seem encouraging. In addition, the PulseAudio setup
in 9.10 beta seemed to work pretty well for audio output out of the
box, without my having to poke around in any config files (e.g.
alsa-base.conf for 9.04 needed an option model=dell-m6 added, to
identify the IDT codec used in my laptop's chipset).

I wonder about Lennart Poettering's rant about Ubuntu's handling of
PulseAudio, though: http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/pa-in-ubuntu.html
and from there,
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/452458 and
forward to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/455978
which is still New/Undecided/Unassigned :-( Is it fixed? Ah, well,
guess I'll just have to download it one of these days and see if it
works. Or try out Fedora instead. I wonder if
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/AudioCreation will result in a
downloadable spin, or one just grits teeth and goes about installing
the packages manually on a base install of Fedora.

Cheers
Ed.
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On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Edgar D' Souza
<edgar.b.dsouza@...> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:17 AM, Dhaval Giani <dhaval.giani@...> wrote:
>> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111094923390
>>
>> Groklaw reports on a new software patent issued to Microsoft.
> [snip]
>>
>> [1]
http://blogs.computerworld.com/15082/omg_microsoft_patents_sudo_linux_and_macos_\
dead
>
> Absolutely disgusting.

Hmm... update: Ars Technica says "Granting a patent on the underlying
concept of sudo to Microsoft over two decades after the tool was
invented by open source developers would indeed be foolish, but that
is not at all what happened."

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/11/microsofts-psuedo-sudo-patent-do\
esnt-really-cover-sudo.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
OR
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yhru62p

Quote:
==============
Although the subject of Microsoft's patent is related to sudo in the
sense that it also deals with mechanisms for performing an operation
with heightened privileges, the scope is clearly different. The two
are different in, for example, the way that a train is different from
a car. Unfortunately, the hysteria surrounding the patent is creating
needless uncertainty about sudo. To clarify the matter, sudo
maintainer Todd Miller posted a statement on the sudo mailing list
explaining the difference.

"I've already received a number of questions about US patent 7,617,530
that some people seem to believe might cover sudo. I don't think that
is the case," he wrote. "Sudo simply doesn't work this way. When a
command is run via sudo the user is actively running the command as a
different user. What is described in the patent is a mechanism whereby
an application or the operating system detects that an action needs to
be run with increased privileges and automatically prompts the user
with a list of potential users that have the appropriate privilege
level to perform the task."

Although the patent doesn't cover sudo, it's worth noting that the
specific elements that it describes are indeed found in the graphical
interface of PolicyKit, a relatively modern Linux framework for
privilege escalation. PolicyKit was developed after the Microsoft
patent was filed, meaning that it doesn't constitute prior art.
==============

So I'm still not clear about whether this threatens FOSS or not -
IANAL, anyhow. Looking at the track record of the company that owns
the patent, though, doesn't inspire much confidence :-/

Cheers
Ed.
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"If you enjoyed playing with Stellarium, the open-source planetarium
software we shared with you earlier this year, but felt strangely tied
to an earth-bound perspective, you'll definitely want to fly through
space with Celestia.

Celestia picks up where Stellarium leaves off. With Celestia you can
zoom through the known universe, flying through star clusters and
swooping in to examine far off galaxies. On its own Celestia is a
really fun tool to play with but on top of the expansive star map
included in Celestia there is a bustling community of astronomy
hobbyists creating hundreds of add-ons for the application."

More at:
http://lifehacker.com/5404376/celestia-brings-interstellar-exploration-to-your-d\
esktop


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On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:17 AM, Dhaval Giani <dhaval.giani@...> wrote:
> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111094923390
>
> Groklaw reports on a new software patent issued to Microsoft.
[snip]
>
> [1]
http://blogs.computerworld.com/15082/omg_microsoft_patents_sudo_linux_and_macos_\
dead

Absolutely disgusting.

I know it's legal language, but 'authenticator region' makes me groan :-/

Ed.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111094923390

Groklaw reports on a new software patent issued to Microsoft. "Lordy,
lordy, lordy. They have no shame. It appears that Microsoft has just
patented sudo, a personalized version of it. Here it is, patent
number7617530. Thanks, USPTO, for giving Microsoft, which is already a
monopoly, a monopoly on something that's been in use since 1980 and
wasn't invented by Microsoft." Computerworld's IT Blogwatch covers
blog reactions[1] to the issue.

Dhaval

[1]
http://blogs.computerworld.com/15082/omg_microsoft_patents_sudo_linux_and_macos_\
dead
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given us arms." -
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So, how many folks do we have who are attending foss.in from here? At
this point it is increasingly looking like I will attend the event. If
I am around, I am thinking of taking up the foss.in organizers offer
to hold an impromptu libcgroup[1] hacking session, so folks who are
interested, do ping me offlist and maybe we can work out what you can
do during the conference.

Dhaval
[1] http://libcg.sourceforge.net
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Configuration Mania Tweaks Popular about:config Options in Plain English -
about:config - Lifehacker
http://lifehacker.com/5404232/configuration-mania-tweaks-popular-aboutconfig-opt\
ions-in-plain-english

If you love tweaking every aspect of Firefox with the browser's very useful
about:config feature, but you get frustrated trying to decipher cryptic
configuration strings (what's a 0 or 2 mean for layout.spellcheckDefault?),
Firefox extension Configuration Mania is for you.

We've mentioned Configuration Mania a couple of times, but it's just
released an update and is one of those extensions worth a reminder every now
and then. It's improved significantly since the last time we dedicated a
post to it, and it's a great way to tweak some of the finer features of
Firefox without digging into the relatively obtuse about:config menu.

Ed.


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Not one more programming language
http://www.thinkdigit.com/Features/Go-Googles-new-open-source-programming-langua\
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"This vulnerability allows the same-origin policy of Adobe Flash to be
exploited to allow nearly any site that allows user generated content to be
attacked. No fix for this vulnerability currently exists.

This is frightening in that 99% of internet users worldwide use Adobe Flash.
Almost everyone using the internet is vulnerable to a website that allows
content to be updated inappropriately.  That's not hyperbole - it's just
fact."

More at:
http://www.foregroundsecurity.com/MyBlog/flash-origin-policy-issues.html
==========
Can someone sending a mail with a malicious Flash applet to your Gmail
actually grab your Gmail account? Scary... good thing I keep Flash videos
mostly blocked. I just turned off Flash, Java and Silverlight content for
whitelisted pages too, in NoScript options...


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(By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

"The credit for creating and marketing the first Linux desktop designed for
ordinary users goes to Corel Corp., which launched Corel Linux
OS<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,2075215,00.htm>10
years ago, in November 1999. "

"Microsoft has continued to do its powerhouse best to keep users from ever
seeing -- never mind buying or using -- a Linux desktop."

"Linux vendors also haven't made it easy for the Linux desktop."

Full article at:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140169/Opinion_Linux_desktop_turns_10_wo\
rld_yawns

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Hi,
There is a not-for-profit organisation with about 10-15 desktops which
wants to switch to GNU/Linux. They would need to set up a Linux
server, and run all the desktops on Linux. One or two desktops will be
dual-boot with Windows.
Who are the people in Goa who can do this for them? Once the NGO has a
list of names, they will give them all details and the parties will
have to submit a proposal laying down their charges for doing the job.
It does not have to be an organisation that submits a bid for the job
-- individuals who can take on the job are equally welcome. Note that
this is a not-for-profit organisation.
You can write to me off-group about this.
Regards,
VG

--
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Hi,

For the last two years Zyxware has been successfully running a low
cost Free Software CD/DVD distribution service at
http://www.zyxware.com/requestcd. People across India have been
utilizing this service to get access to the different Free Software
Operating Systems and other Free Software packages without having to
download them from the internet. Although we were running the service
at an at-cost policy and we did not promote it other than through the
user groups, it had succeeded in reaching to different parts across
the country. We are extremely grateful to the people who have helped
us in spreading the word about the RequestCD service.

We had to take down the old system as part of upgrading our site and
we have re-launched the Request CD service under an online shop at
Zyxware.com. The requestcd URL <http://www.zyxware.com/requestcd> will
take you directly to the list of Free Software distributions and
packages available from us. There are currently around 250 different
distributions, versions and full repositories available.

If you do not see a Free Software OS distributions or repository
online at the shop you can please let us know by email at
requestcd@... and we will try to download and add them to the
list.

If you like this service I would humbly request you to consider
blogging/twittering about the service and help us spread the word
about it. I hope that you will continue to find our Free Software
services useful and help us in spreading the power of Free Software
across the country. I look forward to hearing your
feedback/comments/suggestions.

Cheers
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On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar
<sudhanwa.com@...> wrote:
>> Take a quick look at http://www.linuxalt.com/
>
> I prefer this:
> http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html
>
> It is not so much updated but gives a real good list of aplications.

True, and this used to be what I recommended to people, but the URL is
anything but easy to remember :)
In addition, a couple of people took a look at this page, and then
asked me "why do there have to be SO MANY applications for each
purpose... which one(s) should we use!!??" ;-P Now that took longer to
answer than the original question did! :-)

Cheers
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On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Edgar D' Souza
<edgar.b.dsouza@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> Just found this site... the content is also available at other
> locations, but the URL is memorable: easy to dredge out of your memory
> when someone asks you "how do I find which app does what XYZ does in
> Winduhs?"
>
> Take a quick look at http://www.linuxalt.com/
>

Call it as Replacements . we are in mainstream now

Anivar

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Edgar D' Souza
<edgar.b.dsouza@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> Just found this site... the content is also available at other
> locations, but the URL is memorable: easy to dredge out of your memory
> when someone asks you "how do I find which app does what XYZ does in
> Winduhs?"
>
> Take a quick look at http://www.linuxalt.com/

I prefer this:
http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html

It is not so much updated but gives a real good list of aplications.

There is some list on the RH site also. Sorry I forgot the URL :-(

HTH

-Sudhanwa


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"Lerdorf is the second big name open source developer to leave Yahoo!
in the wake of the Microsoft deal, which will see Redmond run Yahoo!'s
search engine."

"Lerdorf created PHP in 1995 and authored the first two versions of
the open source web programming language, before it was commercialized
by Zend. He has been at Yahoo! since 2002."

More at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/11/rasmus_lerdorf_leaves_yahoo/

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Just found this site... the content is also available at other
locations, but the URL is memorable: easy to dredge out of your memory
when someone asks you "how do I find which app does what XYZ does in
Winduhs?"

Take a quick look at http://www.linuxalt.com/

Cheers
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The SciPy Conference is just around which begins from 12th Dec. 2009 till
17th Dec. 2009 at Technopark in Trivandrum-Kerala

*We look forward to your submissions on the use of Python for Scientific
> Computing and Education. This includes pedagogy, exploration, modeling and
> analysis from both applied and developmental perspectives. We welcome
> contributions from academia as well as industry.
> *

The CFP is also out. Check more details on their website http://scipy.in/
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On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Kejitan Dontas <kejitan@...> wrote:

>
>
> Hi Kaustubh,
>
> I hope to be at FOSS.IN this year.
>
Hi Kejitan,
The delegate registration for FOSS.IN this year have started.


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*Invite me.*


2009/11/8 tony.desa <tonyde.sa@...>

>
>
> I have just joined Google Wave and have around 14 or 15 invitations left.
> Any one interested, please email me.
>
> Tony de Sa
> tonydesa@... <tonydesa%40gmail.com>
>
> P.S. I have already sent invitations to Edgar, Stanley, Arvind, Ashley,
> Augusto.
>
>
>



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On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:26 PM, Nelson Lobo <lobonanc@...> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:44 AM, augusto pinto <pintogoa@...> wrote:
>>
>> The great thing, about the little change I mentioned, is that the next time
>> my wife nags me for playing Tuxtype, I'm going to reply that I'm not
>> playing
>> games but getting an education.
>>
>>  Educational games are still games! . :)


Nelson, you're still quoting your own replies. Makes it difficult to
find what you wrote.

Kenneth

The long awaited FOSS.IN/2009 Delegate Registration is now online at

http://foss.in/register/delegate-registration

You can now register yourself as a FOSS.IN Delegate, receive your
delegate code, and make your plans to be at the event.

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On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:44 AM, augusto pinto <pintogoa@...> wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
>
> The great thing, about the little change I mentioned, is that the next time
> my wife nags me for playing Tuxtype, I'm going to reply that I'm not
> playing
> games but getting an education.
>
>  Educational games are still games! . :)
>
> Cheers
> Augusto
>
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>
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My apologies to those whom I have been pestering off-list as to why my
Synaptic Package Manager on the Ubuntu 9.10 isn't working. The cause for my
grouch was that Tuxtype which is a game to learn touch typing wasn't getting
downloaded into the Games menu in Applications as used to happen with Ubuntu
9.04.

Then a well known geek suggested that I check out other places where it
might be downloaded. And when I looked in the Applications menu again -
Voila!! - I discovered a new item - Education. I wonder what other changes
are there in the new version.

The great thing, about the little change I mentioned, is that the  next time
my wife nags me for playing Tuxtype, I'm going to reply that I'm not playing
games but getting an education.

Incidentally one reason why I need a faster typing speed, is that it becomes
convenient to chat and send out messages to the B... er ... ahem - the
members of the cultural and social elite especially those formed by
descendants of old Moira families.

Cheers
Augusto

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On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Edgar D' Souza <edgar.b.dsouza@...>wrote:

> Awesome! Thanks for sharing...
> The projection onto the student's shirt is a great idea for forgetful
> people like me :) though not exactly flattering for the other person
> to know you need that to remind you who they are... :-(
> And other human beings can't "double up as a multi-touch screen" ;-P
>

The device used for it costs $350 as of now, which they say will surely go
down in recent years and on mass production scale. Only problem will be of
wireless net connectivity everywhere you take this device.



> But intriguing, all the same - and also a little frightening. Just
> imagine how much users would come to be reliant on the technology
> instead of their own faculties. I mean, how many people do math in
> their head any more, and fire up a calc on the comp they're using,
> just for convenience... how many people rely on Google being able to
> find the information they need, and don't even make an effort to
> remember it <raising my hand reluctantly>... with a system like
> this... you can offload a whole ton of stuff from your mind to the
> machine. That's what's frightening :-(
>

Yeah! In current scenario itself, we are too much obsessed with technology
and I cant imagine what this would mean in coming years, time will tell.
Funny:- This device could have solved the problem of Aamir Khan in Ghajini!
He could have simply stood infront of the villian n he could have got the
things to remember about him. No need to take camera everywhere since the
gestures do the game for you :-p Now I want see Ghajini remake with this
device.

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