Re: [Ilugc] usb to serial converter hardware recommendations

Hi, --- On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Raja Subramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Can someone recommend a suitable USB to serial converter brand/model | That Just Works? \-- This one, does: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/pipermail/ilugc/2005-December/022463.html SK -- Shakthi Kannan http://www

[Ilugc] usb to serial converter hardware recommendations

Hi, I want to connect to serial ports, but my laptop has only USB ports available. Hence, I'm looking for a USB to serial converter that's reliable and linux compatible. I've bought three non-branded USB/serial converters, but they all failed after 6 months of light use. None of them have worked

Re: [Ilugc] Old systems . What to do ?

Hello, On Sun, 18 May 2008, Pranesh Srinivasan wrote: > But I stongly suggest you donate them to some other organisation which > would need those comps, more than you do. Puppy Linux would work great > on those machines. :) Try other schools, or rural training centres, > the likes. I think the qu

Re: [Ilugc] Old systems . What to do ?

Hey, Funny you asked this question today. Yesterday, someone at /. asked the same. Have a look at the comments section. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/16/1332249&from=rss But I stongly suggest you donate them to some other organisation which would need those comps, more than yo

[Ilugc] sen kumar wants to chat

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[Ilugc] sen kumar wants to chat

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Re: [Ilugc] re: cloud computing

On 17-May-08, at 11:03 PM, Ravi Jaya wrote: Dear all, does any us know about cloud computing? what would be the true benefit of cloud computing environment where it could be used ? cheers Ravi Jaya I use one such. As I understand these are SaaS based frameworks that can support end

Re: [Ilugc] Fwd: [ilugd] M$ Tax Refund Quest

Hello, On Sat, 17 May 2008, Praveen A wrote: > A very serious effort to get Windows refund from Lenovo is going on in > ilugd. There is cases in Europe where people have got such a refund, > but this is first time this issue is being taken seriously in India. > Some magzines are involved in this a

[Ilugc] Old systems . What to do ?

Dear All i have few [ around 15 ] old PC's of 120 MHz, 300 MHz, 32 MB , 64 MB RAM machines in my school [ where i am working ]. How to scrap it ? [ i am not interested in re-using. It takes my time in the name of "maintanance" ] kindly help me thiagu ___

Re: [Ilugc] view linux share

On 17-May-08, at 8:20 PM, senthilraja P wrote: Thanks a lot.. i am using Xp to access the linux share. As you said, samba tuning is what needed.. why do you keep top posting? -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ ___

[Ilugc] Fwd: [ilugd] M$ Tax Refund Quest

A very serious effort to get Windows refund from Lenovo is going on in ilugd. There is cases in Europe where people have got such a refund, but this is first time this issue is being taken seriously in India. Some magzines are involved in this at the moment. Any help to get wide coverage and discus

[Ilugc] Linux kernel walkthrough videos

Hello, Last year, the Silicon Valley Linux User's Group organized a set of kernel walkthrough sessions. Google videotaped these sessions and has released them under the Creative Commons 3.0 license . Most of the videos have been uploaded. A few a

Re: [Ilugc] ML etiquette

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:41 PM, Kapil Hari Paranjape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > (Disclaimer: I am *not* trying to fan any flames here!) > > http://blog.dave.org.uk/2008/05/pointless-battles-for-geeks.html > Nice reading. thanks! -- Best, Z _

Re: [Ilugc] re: cloud computing

On Saturday 17 May 2008, Ravi Jaya wrote: > Dear all, > > > does any us know about cloud computing? what would be the true > benefit of cloud computing environment > > where it could be used ? Google search "cloud computing" gave interesting links on the very first page. These should give

Re: [Ilugc] re: cloud computing

Hello, On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Ravi Jaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > does any us know about cloud computing? what would be the true benefit of > cloud computing environment > Cloud computing is an umbrella term used to denote computational resources on the cloud. The cloud gener

Re: [Ilugc] view linux share

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 5:32 PM, senthilraja P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I configured samba, and tried to access the share.. But its extremely slow > to move in to a directory. (but other connections like ssh & vnc are > working fine..) > > Any solutions for this? To make the linux file shar

[Ilugc] re: cloud computing

Dear all, does any us know about cloud computing? what would be the true benefit of cloud computing environment where it could be used ? cheers Ravi Jaya ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body

Re: [Ilugc] view linux share

Thanks a lot.. i am using Xp to access the linux share. As you said, samba tuning is what needed.. On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 16 May 2008, senthilraja P wrote: > > I configured samba, and tried to access the share.. But its > > extremely s