Hi,
   I have querry about the auto power off feature of
GNU/Linux. I have a copy of Caldera Open Linux and as
I installed it I found that it powered off my system
as I shut it down(which mostly happens in w*n*o*s. But
I don't have this facility in Redhat or Fedora. So is
it some small script which is doing the trick. Please
tell me if anyone knows.

Happy Hacking,
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hi all,

Its aloke majumder from LINUXjunkies Foundation , one of the leading
Gnu/linux user group in india based in howrah, West Bengal.

I was just browsing the net and found your this group. Its  really
good to see you people outthere on promoting gnu/linux.  Best wishes
for you all
from my organisation.

Feel free to visit us at www.linuxjunkies.org and our forum at
http://forum.linuxjunkies.org  !!


We are  also providing free of cost 100 MB webspace with  php/mysql
for all Gnu/linux and free software users groups. If you are
interested then feel free to visit www.swatantranet.com

Besides this we are also going to form a consortium of all glugs in
india to sahre views and resources. Feel free to join the yahoo Group
version of that consortium at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/little_league/ and share your views
towards the formation of an official consortium.

thanks for everything..

a.m

ya.. i also have a copy of it.. Its nice and pretty
fast too.. nice desktop and nice multimedia apps.. all
very kewl..

I missd gnome very much.. and servers are also
compleatly missing... gnome apps (like gaim etc) cant
be installed for lack of libraries.. but it definitely
has a new outluk!!


--- Ankur Chakraborty <chakrabortyankur@...>
wrote:

> Hi members,
>    I just received the LFY Jan 2005 CD sets. It came
> with a new australian flavour of GNU/Linux,
> YOPER(Your
> OPERation System). They demand it to be fastest on
> earth. So if you want to grab a copy of your own,
> give
> me a blank CD. Or the alternative is that I will ask
> the moderator to make a copy and then you can grab
> yours from him.
>
> Bye and Happy Hacking,
> Ankur
>
>
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Hi members,
    I just received the LFY Jan 2005 CD sets. It came
with a new australian flavour of GNU/Linux, YOPER(Your
OPERation System). They demand it to be fastest on
earth. So if you want to grab a copy of your own, give
me a blank CD. Or the alternative is that I will ask
the moderator to make a copy and then you can grab
yours from him.

Bye and Happy Hacking,
Ankur

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Why its not rolling anymore??

Asis

Nixal is looking for new enthusiastic voulenteers...
They will be designated as coordinators of the group.
You just have to have some basic idea about linux.. we
will help u in need.

Interested ones.. ;) plzz mail or contact.

Ansuman

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Thats very nice of you ankur.. thanx in advance for
contributing to our cd collection..

Also.. does anyone have Mandrake 10 cds?? If yes
please come forward... ankur has shown the way...

Also.. if you need any of the cds listed in
http://www.nongnu.org/gug-nixal/cds.html
[our cd collection]
please let us know!!

Thanks..
Ansuman


--- Ankur Chakraborty <chakrabortyankur@...>
wrote:

>
> Hi everyone,
>    I just want you all to know that I just had my
> hands on the Fedora
> Core 2 CD Pack (4 CDs). So if you do not have any
> DVD drive and can
> not try the Fedra Core 3 available with LFY
> Dec'2004, you can have it
> like this. So if you find it interesting you can
> contact the group
> moderator and I could copy him the 4 CDs so that you
> all can get it
> from him. And if it is already available, trash this
> mail!!!!
>
> Anyway,
> Sincerely,
> Ankur Chakraborty
>
>
>
>


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Hi everyone,
    I just want you all to know that I just had my hands on the Fedora
Core 2 CD Pack (4 CDs). So if you do not have any DVD drive and can
not try the Fedra Core 3 available with LFY Dec'2004, you can have it
like this. So if you find it interesting you can contact the group
moderator and I could copy him the 4 CDs so that you all can get it
from him. And if it is already available, trash this mail!!!!

Anyway,
Sincerely,
Ankur Chakraborty

Hello Members,
If you have collecetd the LFY Dec, 2004 DVD you must
have tried out
the Fedora Core 3 (2.6.9-1.667). Its very exciting
distro however with
a big FLAW.So here's the flaw and the solution.
As I installed it in my PC with intel 810e video card
I found that
the desktop components would wash out as I drag them,
making it
impossible to work on it. I found the solution at
Bugzilla and it
works. Edit the boot line of grub to delete the last
two words and add
3 to get to runlevel 3. Now open the file
/etc/X11/Xorg.conf , find
the section with "Video Card", add the line:
Option "NoAccel"
Note:~Add the line exactly i.e, Option "NoAccel"
completely.

For clarity I am attaching my Xorg.conf file.
Thanks and Happy Hacking,
Ankur Chakraborty



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Microsoft Puts Money in Windows-Linux Integrator
--------------------------------------------------

In a move dear to the hearts of conspiracy theorists,
Microsoft has taken a minority position in Vintela
Inc, a sister company of the SCO Group by virtue of
the Canopy Group, their common investor.

Not only that but Vintela's widgetry makes Microsoft's
widgetry support Linux as well as Unix.

And that has some people saying that it means
Microsoft is going to bring out a version of Linux
under its own brand name, a connection that's hard to
make but there you have it. One could say, however,
that the move is the closest Microsoft has even come -
or possibly ever will - to owning and supporting
Linux.

Microsoft reportedly put something under $10 million
in the 50-man start-up - pocket change by Microsoft's
lights - as part of an A round that started with
Canopy and VC house Allen and Buckeridge, which kicked
in something like $3 million each. Vintela will be
back in the market for a B round next year, when it
figures it'll be profitable. It's got an IPO in the
back of its mind, its spokesman said.

Vintela's relationship with Microsoft goes back 16
months when it was still incubating and sought
Microsoft out to find out whether it had a good idea.
Originally it was going to do a Linux directory. Then
it decided that Microsoft's Active Directory was swell
stuff and that it would extend it to support Unix and
Linux, leading to the birth of what Vintela calls VAS,
its Authentication Services.

Well, the idea meshed with Microsoft's interests
because large accounts, under pressure from
Sarbanes-Oxley and other new regs, were pressuring
Microsoft in turn to support their mixed environments.

Microsoft, whose employee bonuses depend on customer
satisfaction, took Vintela into some of these accounts
like the big financial houses and Boeing, Vintela
says.

Evidently happiness ensued all around because Vintela
says 200 of the Fortune 500 are either its customers
now or way down the road to procurement. At the end of
the last quarter Vintela had 65 solid customers, it
said, and is adding 20-30 a month. Most of what
Vintela is integrating, by the way, are Unix
platforms.

Besides extending Microsoft's password policies to
Unix and Linux and creating a single trusted zone,
Vintela has also extended the Group Policy in Active
Directory to Unix and Linux and extended Microsoft's
single sign-on to Java applications.

At Microsoft's behest, Vintela can also natively
manage Unix, Linux and Apple's Mac OS X from inside
Microsoft's Systems Management Server (SMS) through a
product called VMX and for its next trick it's going
to integrate Windows with those three platforms under
the management umbrella of MOM, the Microsoft
Operation Manager 2005.

The new Vintela System Monitor (VAS) is due in the
first half of next year.

Besides the investment deal the pair cut, Vintela also
licensed some Microsoft protocols and Microsoft has
agreed to be the first line of support for VMX. There
are also joint marketing and sales arrangements.

And, in a move likely to irritate the Linux purist,
Vintela is going to sell SMS client access licenses
(CALs) directly meaning Microsoft will make money off
of Vintela's Unix and Linux deals.



About the author
Maureen O'Gara is editor-in-chief of Maureen O'Gara's
LinuxGram(TM) - published weekly by G2 Computer
Intelligence Inc. and distributed by Linux Business
Week.

Copyright © 1998-2004 LinuxWorld.com, an IDG
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What if Operating Systems Were Airlines?

DOS Airlines

Everybody pushes the airplane until it glides, then
they jump on and let the plane coast until it hits the
ground again, then they push again jump on again, and
so on.

OS/2 Airlines

The terminal is almost empty, with only a few
prospective passengers milling about. The announcer
says that their flight has just departed, wishes them
a good flight, though there are no planes on the
runway. Airline personnel walk around, apologising
profusely to customers in hushed voices, pointing from
time to time to the sleek, powerful jets outside the
terminal on the field. They tell each passenger how
good the real flight will be on these new jets and how
much safer it will be than Windows Airlines, but that
they will have to wait a little longer for the
technicians to finish the flight systems.

Once they finally finished you're offered a flight at
reduced cost.  To board the plane, you have your
ticket stamped ten different times by standing in ten
different lines. Then you fill our a form showing
where you want to sit and whether the plane should
look and feel like an ocean liner, a passenger train
or a bus. If you succeed in getting on the plane and
the plane succeeds in taking off the ground, you have
a wonderful trip...except for the time when the rudder
and flaps get frozen in position, in which case you
will just have time to say your prayers and get in
crash position.

Windows Air

The terminal is pretty and colorful, with friendly
stewards, easy baggage check and boarding, and a
smooth take-off.  After about 10 minutes in the air,
the plane explodes with no warning whatsoever.
Windows NT Air
Just like Windows Air, but costs more, uses much
bigger planes, and takes out all the other aircraft
within a 40-mile radius when it explodes.

Mac Airlines

All the stewards, stewardesses, captains, baggage
handlers, and ticket agents look the same, act the
same, and talk the same. Every time you ask questions
about details, you are told you don't need to know,
don't want to know, and would you please return to
your seat and watch the movie.

Unix Airlines

Each passenger brings a piece of the airplane and a
box of tools to the airport. They gather on the
tarmac, arguing constantly about what kind of plane
they want to build and how to put it together.
Eventually, they build several different aircraft, but
give them all the same name. Some passengers actually
reach their destinations. All passengers believe they
got there.

Wings of OS/400

The airline has bought ancient DC-3s, arguably the
best and safest planes that ever flew, and painted
"747" on their tails to make them look as if they are
fast. The flight attendants, of course, attend to your
every need, though the drinks cost $15 a pop. Stupid
questions cost $230 per hour, unless you have
SupportLine, which requires a first class ticket and
membership in the frequent flyer club. Then they cost
$500, but your accounting department can call it
overhead.

Mach Airlines

There is no airplane. The passengers gather and shout
for an airplane, then wait and wait and wait and wait.
A bunch of people come, each carrying one piece of the
plane with them. These people all go out on the runway
and put the plane together piece by piece, arguing
constantly about what kind of plane they're building.
The plane finally takes off, leaving the passengers on
the ground waiting and waiting and waiting and
waiting. After the plane lands, the pilot telephones
the passengers at the departing airport to inform them
that they have arrived.

Newton Airlines

After buying your ticket 18 months in advance, you
finally get to board the plane. Upon boarding the
plane you are asked your name. After 6 times, the crew
member recognizes your name and then you are allowed
to take your seat. As you are getting ready to take
your seat, the steward announces that you have to
repeat the boarding process because they are out of
room and need to recount to make sure they can take
more passengers.

VMS Airlines

The passengers all gather in the hanger, watching
hundreds of technicians check the flight systems on
this immense, luxury aircraft. This plane has at least
10 engines and seats over 1,000 passengers. All the
passengers scramble aboard, as do the necessary
complement of 200 technicians. The pilot takes his
place up in the glass cockpit. He guns the engines,
only to realise that the plane is too big to get
through the hangar doors.

BeOS Air

You have to pay for the tickets, but they're half the
price of Windows Air, and if you are an aircraft
mechanic you can probably ride for free. It only takes
15 minutes to get to the airport and you are
cheuferred there in a limozine. BeOS Air only has
limited types of planes that only only hold new
luggage. All planes are single seaters and the model
names all start with an "F" (F-14, F-15, F-16, F-18,
etc.). The plane will fly you to your destination on
autopilot in half the time of other Airways or you can
fly the plane yourself. There are limited
destinations, but they are only places you'd want to
go to anyway. You tell all your friends how great BeOS
Air is and all they say is "What do you mean I can't
bring all my old baggage with me?"

Linux Airlines

Disgruntled employees of all the other OS airlines
decide to start their own airline. They build the
planes, ticket counters, and pave the runways
themselves. They charge a small fee to cover the cost
of printing the ticket, but you can also download and
print the ticket yourself. When you board the plane,
you are given a seat, four bolts, a wrench and a copy
of the seat-HOWTO.html. Once settled, the fully
adjustable seat is very comfortable, the plane leaves
and arrives on time without a single problem, the
in-flight meal is wonderful. You try to tell customers
of the other airlines about the great trip, but all
they can say is, "You had to do what with the seat?"



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Microsoft failing to compete with linux technically
and frightened of growing the popularity of linux has
decided to sue every linux user! What a shame for a
multibillion company and the richest person on earth!
Is Bill Gates frightened of lying on a metro footpath?
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hello friendz,

we are organizing a seminar in Linux on 9.10.2004 at seminar hall in
annexe building.It will begin from 12:00 pm.

Moloy Mitra, System Administrator,Tata Tea will give a lecture
on "lINUX SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING" .

All of you are requested to attend the seminar. Hope it will help
you.


Thanking you in anticipation,
Moderator
(NIXAL)

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I received this message as moderator of Nixal. I am
forwarding it to nsec2005 and nixalcal. I hope this
will be useful for GNU/Linux enthusiasts!

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Note: Forwarded message attached

-- Orignal Message --

From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@...>
To: nixalcal@...
Subject: GNU/Linux India Sept 2004 (kindly circulate to your LUG)

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  		 Free Software is  the way to go if we desire  to have a
  		 society where children are taught to be independent,
  		 resourceful, productive, co-operative, rational, intelligent
  		 and socially responsible. The Free Software Movement has
  		 contributed several thousand useful applications.  With
  		 little effort from more volunteers, we could make the free
  		 software wealth reach everyone.-- Ramanraj K
  		 <ramanraj@...>

############################################################################

HACKERS WANTED, FSF CALLING: From the FSF-India mailing list
http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-prog there's a word of advice from
Anand Babu <ab@...>: "Yes I am need of developers for Free Software
Projects. If you are new to FSF projects, (you can get started) like this

  	 * Setup a Debian GNU/Linux system (best distro for developers)
  	 * Create an account for yourself at http://savannah.gnu.org.
  	 * Take a look at current GNU Task List at
    	   https://savannah.gnu.org/people/?group=tasklist

Choose one and start hacking. This process will help you prepare yourself
with the GNU's way of hacking software. Then, when you feel you are ready
for the main stream, you can jump into GNU Hurd kernel hacking (the most
important pending task).

Anand Babu <ab@...> said at another time: "Kernel hacking is too
difficult for newbies. I need developers with sold experience in C and
system programming with a Hacker's attitude. I would recommend newbies to
start hacking at the applications level, submitting patches, getting
familiar with GNU coding standards and Free Software development model."

############################################################################

[GNU]LINUX DEMO DAY IN DELHI:  Raj Mathur <raju@...> announced
plans to hold a Linux Demo Day, organized by India Linux Users Group, Delhi
(ILUGD, www.linux-delhi.org).

  	 Says Mathur: "We will   be conducting Linux-related  talks  and
  	 presentations in the Hamdard Archives Auditorium, on Saturday, Sept
  	 25, 2004, by some of our resident experts, and hopefully they will
  	 interest people who've already taken the plunge as well as those who
  	 are just about to. There'll be lots of demonstrations/talks
  	 throughout the day and plenty of opportunities to gain hands-on
  	 experience of different Linux distributions and applications for
  	 yourself. There is space outside the auditorium, which will be used
  	 for giving the demos. The demos and the talks will go on
  	 concurrently. We'll also be distributing Linux goodies at low or no
  	 cost.

Venue: Jamia Hamdard Archives Auditorium Hamdard University, New Delhi
110062. Landmark: Adjacent to Batra Hospital. Entry from Gate 6 Date:
September 25, 2004 Time: 10 am-6 pm (Registration at 9:30 am)
Contact: ldd2k4@... Entry: Free -- all are invited.

############################################################################

  	 LINUX GURUS... IN BHOPAL: kvprashant@... has set up the
  	 Linux_Gurus mailing list.  He describes it as: "A new linux user
  	 group for people of Bhopal needs your help and guidence." Do
  	 support! To join, send a blank email to
  	 linux_gurus-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

############################################################################

SEPTEMBER 2004's issue of Developer IQ contains:

    	 * GCC 3.4.1, Tcl/Tk 8.5, Mono 1.0, Python 2.3.4, Visual Tcl 1.6.0,
    	   Mlton-Perl, PHP (among other programming tools).  Apache HTTP
    	   server, XEmacs 21.4.5, GTK+ 2.4, PHP source code.

    	 * CD2 is dedicated to the Morphix Gamer. Games run from your CD ROM
        	   drive, regardless of the OS you run.

A summary of the FLOSS-related content has been posted earlier to various
GNU/Linux lists in India.

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INDIA PRESIDENT'S VIEW ON FLOSS:
http://news.com.com/Indian+president+calls+for+open+source+in+defense/2100-7344_\
3-5259836.html


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  	 HINDI ET AL IN GNOME 2.0: Gnome 2.8 is released, with Hindi,
  	 Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi and Tamil as supported languages.  See
  	 http://www.gnome.org/start/2.8/ Source: Guntupalli Karunakar
  	 <karunakar@...> Indianisation work:
  	 http://www.indlinux.org

############################################################################

INDIC SOLUTIONS? Interested in this field, check out
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/indlinux-group

############################################################################

  	 JOIN THE 'FRIENDLY LUG' ILUG-GOA'S mailing list at
  	 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa MAIN LIST
  	 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa-announce LOW VOLUME, ANNOUNCE
  	 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teach-yourself-linux FOR NEWBIES
  	 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linuxgoahelp TECH HELP LIST
  	 OR VISIT http://ilug-goa.notlong.com http://www.ilug-margao.org

############################################################################

FLOSS IDEAS SPREADING? Please take a look at http://www.feetus.org.  V. Sasi
Kumar <vsasi@...> describes it thus: " Open access here in India. An
initiative worthy of promotion."

############################################################################

PROMOTING A PROPRIETARY FORMAT, FORCING A PROPRIETARY APPLICATION: V. Sasi
Kumar <vsasi@...> of the Centre for Earth Science Studies in Tvn
writes: "Indian Institute of Science asks alumni to fill up their details in
a document in MS Word format. This is a mail I sent them more than two weeks
back. No response as yet.

"Sir, I find that the proforma for membership records is given in a
proprietary format (MS Word) which forces me to use a proprietary
application. Indirectly you are promoting a particular company's software
that uses a closed format for its files, which is not a very good practice
for an internationally reputed institute like IISc.

"Instead, I suggest that the proforma be made available in open formats like
Postscript, PDF, XML, etc. This would enable anyone using any word processor
or any free application (like xpdf, Open Office, etc.) to read the file
without loss of formatting. May I also point out that even our President,
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has prompted scientists and technologists to move
from proprietary software to free software for several reasons, including
national security and economics."

############################################################################

  	 UPDATES FROM BANGALORE: Atul Chitnis <achitnis@...> recently
  	 announced the launch of the Linux Bangalore/2004 website at
  	 http://linux-bangalore.org/2004

  	 Adds he: "On behalf of the managers of Linux Bangalore/2004 I invite
  	 all of you visit the site, read all it has to offer, then get onto
  	 the discussion list http://linux-bangalore.org/2004/discuss/ "

############################################################################

INTERNATIONAL OPEN SOURCE NETWORK: The International Open Source Network
(IOSN - http://www.iosn.net) is a Centre of Excellence for Free / Open
Source Software in the Asia-Pacific Region. IOSN is an initiative of the
Asia-Pacific Information Development Programme (APDIP -
http://www.apdip.net), which has been supporting the strategic and effective
use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) for poverty alleviation
and sustainable human development in the Asia-Pacific region since 1997. Via
a small secretariat, the IOSN is tasked specifically to facilitate and
network Free / Open Source Software advocates and human resources in the
region. Activities undertaken by IOSN is listed below:

A. Free / Open Source Information Resource Facility

        1. Collaborative Website: On-going Mapping of Free / Open Source
           activities in Asia-Pacific;  Collaborative    database     of
           countries;   languages, fonts,and organisations in Asia-Pacific;
           On-line Information/Clearing-house and Mailing Lists
        2. Software Repository: A collection of FOSS software and GNU/Linux
           distributions specific to the Asia Pacific is being created.
        3. Documentation of Best Practise
        4. Open Source Primers: General FOSS by Kenneth Wong/Phet Sayo;
           Malaysia; Licensing by Shunling Chen-Taiwan; Policy by Kenneth
           Wong; Localisation by Anousak Souphavanh / Theppitak
           Karoonboonyanan - Thailand; Network/Security/Infrastructure by
           Gaurab Raj Upadhaya - Nepal; and Education by Wooi Tong Tan -
           Malaysia.

B. Creation of a Database of Free / Open Source Experts and Human
      Resources in the Region

        1. Networking of Experts
        2. Technical Support

C. Training and Workshops

        1. FOSSAP 2004: More than 50 senior policy makers and open source
           practitioners from 20 countries attended this event.
           http://www.iosn.net/fossap/
        2. Training of Trainers: We are currently planning the first
           training in Vietnam in partnership with Linux Professional
           Institute

D. Research and Development

        1. Localisation Toolkit in collaboration with Centre for Advanced
           Computing [CDAC], India
        2. End-user training material in Text and Multimedia format. Script
           by Dr. Nah Soo Hoe, Malaysia and production by GetIT multimedia,
           Singapore.
        3. GNU/Linux Live CD Project by Colin Charles, Australia of the
           Fedora Project.
        4. Q&A on FOSS R&D/Case Studies of implementations
        5. Micro-grant Programme in collaboration with University of South
           Pacific

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AN INDIAN IN MALAYSIA: Nice to note that Sunil Abraham  sunil@... has
taken on the responsibility of being the Manager of the International Open
Source Network. He's located at UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information
Programme Wisma UN, Block C Kompleks Pejabat Damansara. Jalan Dungun,
Damansara Heights. 50490 Kuala Lumpur. P. O. Box 12544, 50782, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia Telephones: (60) 3-2091-5167, Fax: (60) 3-2095-2087

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  	 LINDEC: Check plans for the Linux Desktop Conference --
  	 http://www.gnomebangalore.org/lindec/ -- that happens on September
  	 26 (Sunday), 2004.

############################################################################

DISCUSSION ON THE chillu character in Mayalayam Unicode. One well-informed
discussant was Mahesh T. Pai * http://paivakil.port5.com

############################################################################

MORE ON INDIC ISSUES: Javier SOLA <javier@...> says that discussion
on some Indic issues in Unicode is available at
http://www.unicode.org/~ecartis/indic/ Contact Javier for the required
user-id and password needed to access.

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GNU/LINUX EQUIVALENTS: Sreekiran <dwija@...> drew attention to a
file of GNU/Linux equivalents in software terms:
http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-lin-soft-en/table.shtml

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INDIC LOCALIZERS MEET AT MUMBAI: G Karunakar <karunakar@...>
announced the Indic Localizers Meet that was held on Sept 18-19 in Mumbai.
For more details see http://www.indlinux.org/wiki/index.php/IndicMeet

Languagewise participants expected were:

    *  Bengali - Ankur group - Sayamindu Dasgupta, Sankarshan
       Mukhopadhyay/Runa Bhattacharjee, Indranil Das Gupta
    *  Gujarati - Utkarsh - Nirav Mehta, Ankur Patel
    *  Hindi - IndLinux - G Karunakar, Ravishankar Shrivastava
    *  Kannada - Pramod Raghavendra, Hari Prasad Nadig
    *  Marathi - Indictrans - Jitendra Shah, Swapnil Hajare
    *  Malayalam - SMC group - Mahesh T Pai , Arun M
    *  Punjabi - Punlinux, Amampreet Singh Alam
    *  Oriya - oriya.sarovar.org - Gora Mohanty
    *  Telugu - ?
    *  Tamil - Tamillinux team - R Hariram Aatreya, N Jayaradha
    *  Urdu - Ravikant Sharma

Others

    *  Nagarjuna G - FSF India, TIFR
    *  Prakash Advani - Onward Novell India
    *  Venky Hariharan - Red Hat India
    *  Abhijit Dutta - IBM India
    *  Dr Om Vikas - TDIL, MIT, GOI
    *  Hema Murthy - ?TeNet, IIT Chennai
    *  Alka Irani - CDAC
    *  M Sasikumar - CDAC
    *  Michael Sauntak - Burmese Localization


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FROM PAKISTAN: The Open Source Resource Center (OSRC)
[http://www.osrc.org.pk] had scheduled a seminar on Free and Open Source
Software in Karachi on 14 September 2004. For registration and details,
visit http://www.osrc.org.pk/seminar/

The Open Source Resource Center (OSRC) is a first such forum in Pakistan
created by Pakistan Software Export Board (G) Ltd. [http://www.pseb.org.pk/]
at Islamabad. The Resource Center aims to bring together wide range of
expertise related to [Free/Libre and] Open Source Technologies and Resources
at one place. The IT companies can access, share, and contribute the
knowledge particular to the development and transformation of IT products on
FLOSS. The Resource Center works to bring together established technology
vendors, startups, open source community members and enterprise IT
users/customers to jointly explore new opportunities for OSS deployment and
how to capitalize on them.

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FLOSS AND EDUCATION: Thanks to the IOSN-General mailing list for this, and
Nandalal Gunaratne of the Lanka Linux User Group.

http://www.schoolforge.net
http://www.schoolforge.org.uk
http://www.schooltool.org
http://www.scholarpack.org
http://www.theopencd.sunsite.dk
http://www.lfsp.net (linux for schools project)
http://http://www.affs.org.uk/education/index.html  Free Software assn.
http;//edu.kde.org kde edutainment
http://www.tux4kids.com/tyx4kids
http://www.debian,org/devel/debian-jr
http://www.bluelinux.org
http:/k12os.org
http://www.osef.org/
http://richtex.ca/seul
http://www.freeeduc.org

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  	 PRIMER ON FLOSS, VIA MALAYSIA: IOSN has produced a primer on
  	 Free/Open Source Software Licensing and an early pre-copyedited
  	 draft of the primer is now available for public review and feedback.
  	 This primer is an introductory summary of licensing issues involved
  	 with using the different FOSS licenses, primarily the GNU GPL
  	 license. It offers several scenarios, and proposes a framework for
  	 licensing of government sponsored software.  The primer also
  	 addresses common questions and misconceptions regarding copyright
  	 and licensing issues. Further details from khairil@...
  	 http://www.iosn.net/licensing/foss-licensing-primer/

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IOSN mailing list. Join the International Open Source Network
(Malaysia-based) mailing list iosn-general@...
http://lists.apdip.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/iosn-general

############################################################################

SOME ASIAN G/LINKS AND GNU/LUGS: A query brought in some interesting links
to LUGs in and around Asia. Here's a listing of some:

Lanka Linux User Group (LK-LUG) has been operating since 1998.They also have
a localization project: http://sinhala.linux.lk Check out more details at
http://www.linux.lk or http://www.lug.lk

Cambodia's English-language Majordomo-based mailing-list is at
linux@... Once there, one can also have a look at their KhmerOS
Initiative, to create UNICODE based Khmer language software -- in both the
Windows and the Linux environments. Check out http://www.KhmerOS.info

The Iranian LUG is pretty active: http://www.farsilinux.org Saudi's mailing
list is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saudi_linux/

Outside this continent, but probably having shared interests is the
http://fossfa.net This is the body working to promote Free and Open Source
Software in Africa. It has some 53 member states.

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  	 THE STEPS AHEAD: Anand Babu wrote to friends from South Africa that
  	 the FSF-India working group is discussing initiatives on
  	 e-governance, localization and live CD distributions,
  	 super-computing grid and other core GNU tasks through Free Software
  	 Development Lab. Says he: "So far Government has hardly done
  	 anything for the Free Software Movement in India. Here is a three
  	 step approach they need to take: (1) Standardize on Free Software
  	 for all Governmental use. (2) Actively support and promote (educate)
  	 Free Software as #1 choice for the community (3) Fund Free Software
  	 initiatives.

############################################################################

OPEN OFFICE IN KANNADA: Pramod R <pramodleo@...> recently announced
that OpenOffice.org in Kannada is nearing 100% translations. Said he: "We
hope to have a review of the same during October 2nd & 3rd. For details:
http://www.kannudi.org/wiki/index.php?title=Openoffice.org_First_Review_Meet

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NEWSLETTER ON LOCALIZATION: Localization Newsletter Issue 6, Vol 1 ( 1st
September 2004) is out, and available at
http://www.indlinux.org/nl/issue6.html

Highlights include * KDE Hindi translation review workshop at Sarai
* New Pango releases * Mozilla supports Pango upstream * Indic printing to work
from Gnome 2.8 (release 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

For older issues of L10n Newsletter check http://www.indlinux.org/nl/

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USEFUL SCRIPT FOR STUDENTS: Robin Turner of Bilkent Universitesi in
Ankara-Turkey <robin@...> recently announced on the FSF-India
list that he has just updated his script for enabling students to upload
their work via a web page. Improvements: 1. Students choose which essay they
are submitting and the program automatically renames the file to something
appropriate ("this is because I am fed up with recieving files named 'My
Essay.doc'"); 2. The program now runs in taint mode and untaints submitted
variables ("I don't know if this really makes it any more secure, but it
makes me feel righteous"). If anyone wants to use it, it's at
<www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin/scripts/101upload.cgi>.

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--- supratim kundu <essenio97@...> wrote:

>
>
>   Hello all,
>     I want to learn the Linux Administration.
>  Can somebody refer me a good book or
>  some websites from where I can get this.
>  If anybody get information on Linux projects
>  ( eg. system programming etc. etc. )please inform
> me.
>  Bye.......
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>
>
>   Hello all,
>     I want to learn the Linux Administration.
>  Can somebody refer me a good book or
>  some websites from where I can get this.
>  If anybody get information on Linux projects
>  ( eg. system programming etc. etc. )please inform
me.
>  Bye.......
>  Regards,
>  Supratim
>
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Ankur,

I think u r a little confused about the idea of kernel
and you r doing some guess work. I am afraid to tell
tht you must not answer a question if you are
confused. (I think you told me that u dont hv any
formal knowledge of an OS) u can refer to websites if
you dont know the answer, but dont answer to that
questn.

Answer according to me:

Kernel is that part of an OS which manages a computers
resources. that tells pretty much what kernel is.
sometimes the OS itself if referred to as the kernel.
A kernel gives us some tools to use the computers
resourses - we call these routines system calls.
kernel is the layer above the hardware. it will sit
above the harware and provide us with functionalities
that we can use to control the computer without
knowing the details of harware issues. So, u can think
of it like - kernel is made with the common part of
all the programs that require the knowledge of the
hardware.

Example:
Suppose you want to write "hello world" to a file
called "test". If we never had a kernel then, you have
to know ur hard disk details - ( like samsung or
segate ) then according to that u must know where the
cylinder starts.. etc etc so ur program would be aprox
1000lines.
But we have a kernel, so we can write a program with a
line fprintf(fp,"Hello world"); so the fprintf will
tell the kernel what to do and kernel will take care
of your hard disk. So the kernel manages your
computers resources like this. It does manage many
other resourses. I think the idea is clear to you
rabi.

And plz remember we are not "linux group". We have the
name Nixal, and we call it the GNU/Linux user group of
NSEC.

plz also refer to www.kernel.org and try a google
search.

Ansuman

--- Ankur Chakraborty <chakrabortyankur@...>
wrote:

> Hi Rabi,
>
>        The kernal is the core of the operating
> system that is, it maintains the main purposes of an
> O.S. like memory management, process management etc.
> It is has more a monolythic structure than a moduler
> one. The other modules grow over it creating a huge
> O.S.. These modules may be the X-server or the GNOME
> if we consider Linux. These modules do not do the
> base jobs of the O.S., ruther they request the
> Kernal(who's job is to do these jobs) to get these
> jobs done. So we see that the kernal is the base
> that we must need in order to do the repetative
> tasks like I/O, Process Management etc.
>
> This much is what I can tell you about kernel. Hope
> others will be able to help you more on this.
>
> Happy Hacking!
> Ankur
> rs001_bej <rs001_bej@...> wrote:
>      Hi Linux Group,
>                      Thank you for establish our
> relationship
>      with the great linux user group.My first
> question is What
>      is the kernel?Why it is necessary for a O.S?
>                       I am requesting to that group
> that please
>      send me the ans. as early as possible.
>
>
> ----Rabi
>
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                     Thank you for establish our relationship
     with the great linux user group.My first question is What
     is the kernel?Why it is necessary for a O.S?
                      I am requesting to that group that please
     send me the ans. as early as possible.
                                     
                                               ----Rabi

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Hi Linux Group,
                      Thank you for establish our relationship
      with the great linux user group.My first question is What
      is the kernel?Why it is necessary for a O.S?
                       I am requesting to that group that please
      send me the ans. as early as possible.

                                                ----Rabi

u r right. u need to install jdk for linux. the java
which is given with linux is similar to gcj. it does
not have all the slass files. so u need to use jdk for
linux. jdk1.4 beta version is not a good option. dont
use the beta. use jdk1.3 instead. if you get jdk1.4
(not beta) u can use it too.


--- supratim kundu <essenio97@...> wrote:

> Hello Ansuda,
>
>   You are absolutely right. I nedd to clarify my
> queries. I do java applet & swing programs in
> windows by jdk1.4.
>
>  Now in RH Linux 9, javac is given with it because I
> didnt install jdk manually in Linux. Here I can do
> the text based program . But the GUI programs are
> not supported in Linux.
> They compile correctly but do not run. Do I need to
> install jdk1.4 in Linux. I have tried it from the
> java CD I have but it seems that the CD is windows
> comaptible.Now what should I do to do GUI programs
> in Linux.
> Bye..
> Supratim
>
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Supratim,
when you specify a problem u must specify it
explicitly. Dont think of your problem as the only one
that appears to happen in the universe. send details
of the error message and if you can your analysis of
the problems. I didnt have any prob with swing or
applets. There are some initial warning regarding
function keys, but there are no termination errors.

--- supratim kundu <essenio97@...> wrote:

> Hello nixal,
>
>  I have a qs. how can we do GUI program in Java, I
> mean
> by applets and swing in Linux 9.0 onwards. the
> console
> based programs are supported by Linux but for GUI
> the compilation is ok but then there is some
> termination error.
> Hope to get reply from u. Bye..
>
> Supratim
> 3rd yr IT
>
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