[Ilugc] Samba printer sharing in a manner identical to Windows Printer Sharing

Hello, everyone, I have a desktop running Windows XP with a Canon Pixma MP145 attached. This printer is shared (no password) over the home network and this allows us all to hit print on our laptops and then get the stuff from the printer afterwards. This particular computer will eventually become

Re: [Ilugc] why GNU should not be added to linux

On Monday 07 June 2010 12:11:19 Praveen A wrote: > e development model was more cathedral style as long as RMS was the BDFL. > > "GCC development in the early days was a bit too conservative for the > tastes of many an eager hacker. Several of the frustrated developers > started their own forks of

Re: [Ilugc] weekly meet info via sms to all the members.

Way2sms.com is very reliable and it delivers quickly [Within in 2 or 3 seconds ] and also think it is cost effective too. On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > > Hi > > You can sent bulk sms by subscribing in google sms channel its free.. > Google sms channel is only for India

Re: [Ilugc] why GNU should not be added to linux

2010/6/7 Kenneth Gonsalves : > I beg to differ - from what I have read about the development of GCC and > EMACS, > the development model was more cathedral style as long as RMS was the BDFL. "GCC development in the early days was a bit too conservative for the tastes of many an eager hacker. Seve

Re: Re: [Ilugc] why GNU should not be added to linux

From: Kenneth Gonsalves >> > just curious - did linus use gcc when he first wrote his kernel? >> > -- >> >> I think he did. My memory of this is a little vague but the first time I >> used Linux sometime in 1992/1993 or so, it required gcc. But Linus did >> start developing Linux on Minix (I think

Re: [Ilugc] why GNU should not be added to linux

On Monday 07 June 2010 11:15:41 Prem Kurian Philip wrote: > > just curious - did linus use gcc when he first wrote his kernel? > > -- > > I think he did. My memory of this is a little vague but the first time I > used Linux sometime in 1992/1993 or so, it required gcc. But Linus did > start develo

Re: Re: [Ilugc] why GNU should not be added to linux

> From: Kenneth Gonsalves > On Sunday 06 June 2010 02:34:37 Prem Kurian Philip wrote: >> By the way, most GNU projects will compile quite happily using ICC. Even >> the Linux kernel could conceivably be modified to NOT use GCC extensions >> - >> thus allowing it to be easily compiled by other comp

Re: [Ilugc] why GNU should not be added to linux

On Monday 07 June 2010 02:43:17 you wrote: > Invalid. > > All free operating systems follow the bazaar model. Only linux became > mainstream and stayed free. Mach+BSD became mainstream in their OSX avatar > but it is non-free: I beg to differ - from what I have read about the development of GC

[Ilugc] aksharamukha source..

வணக்கம், கடந்த மாத தமிழ்க் கணிமைக் கூடலில்[1] வினோத்ராஜன் அக்ஷரமுகா மென்பொருள் பற்றி விவரித்திருந்தார். அதன் மூல நிரல் தற்போது கிடைக்கப்பெறுகிறது. http://launchpad.net/aksharamukha [1] - http://kanimozhi.info/கட்டற்ற_தமிழ்க்_கணிமை_பகிர்ந்துரையாடல்/15-05-2010 -- ஆமாச்சு ___

Re: [Ilugc] why GNU should not be added to linux

Hi, On 06/06/2010 11:25 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: linux grew not because of GPL but because it followed the bazaar mode of development - unlike RMS's projects which were highly restricted as long as he was part of them. Emacs, gcc etc only took off properly after he was 'retired' from them.

Re: [Ilugc] FSFTN: Industrial Training Report

> > 270+ participated, got enlightened and exposed to the world of FOSS. > awesome effort. Thanks for FSFTN and SSN college for these activities. Keep spreading the Freedom. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My experiences with Linux are here http://goinggnu.wordpress.com For Free and Open Source J

Re: [Ilugc] Re: [...@iitd:7867] [OT]A must watch video - What drive us, with an example case of Linux

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:02 AM, narendra sisodiya < naren...@narendrasisodiya.com> wrote: > > > So, I hope true believers of freedom don't drinking coca-cola >> products, don't use iphone, blackberry, (symbian is opensourced, >> yay!), > > > Imagine RMS as a great "Sadhu/Mahatma/Avtar". If you tr

Re: [Ilugc] Re: [...@iitd:7867] [OT]A must watch video - What drive us, with an example case of Linux

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Balaji Damodaran wrote: > On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 6:26 PM, pavithran wrote: > > On 6 June 2010 16:23, narendra sisodiya > wrote: > >>> The flv version is just an advertisement for 'Rajniti' movie. Since, I > >>> watched that one first, I really started wondering h

Re: [Ilugc] Re: [...@iitd:7867] [OT]A must watch video - What drive us, with an example case of Linux

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 6:26 PM, pavithran wrote: > On 6 June 2010 16:23, narendra sisodiya > wrote: > >> The flv version is just an advertisement for 'Rajniti' movie. Since, I > >> watched that one first, I really started wondering how it is related to > >> Linux. But I then figured that there m

Re: [Ilugc] Re: [...@iitd:7867] [OT]A must watch video - What drive us, with an example case of Linux

On 6 June 2010 19:11, Balaji Damodaran wrote: > Since this has turned into an OT (yet again), I'd like to specify an incident. > RMS came to our company in Bangalore and he gave a speech on freedom > and free software. Amusing mail :) sorry for going OT . I was just wondering why people click on

Re: [Ilugc] why GNU should not be added to linux

On Sunday 06 June 2010 14:57:15 Praveen A wrote: > 2010/6/6 Kenneth Gonsalves : > > who said so? people did/do it because they enjoy doing it - the guys with > > idealogy usually spend their time preaching and not developing and > > maintaining software. > > That is exactly why RMS insists on ment

Re: [Ilugc] Re: [...@iitd:7867] [OT]A must watch video - What drive us, with an example case of Linux

On Sunday 06 June 2010 19:11:07 Balaji Damodaran wrote: > Apologies for the troll, had this stuck in my neck for so long. > but true believers are allowed to use reliance cdma cellphones -- regards kg http://livejournal.com/lawgon ___ ILUGC Mailing Lis

Re: [Ilugc] Hats-off to FSF Industrial Training @ SSN

> This Event has motivated and gave a clarity of thought and usage to 220+ > Students where you can see many of them already started working on Linux. > Projects were assigned to every college participated. Hats-Off to FSF, > TamilNadu for their good Work! > @Santhoh, Why cant you organize a worksh

[Ilugc] FSFTN: Industrial Training Report

Greetings, We are very happy to announce that, the five day Industrial Training organized by Free Software Foundation, Tamil Nadu was a grand success. 270+ participated, got enlightened and exposed to the world of FOSS. Our sincere thanks to the volunteers and organizers for making it possible o

Re: [Ilugc] தமிழ் இணைய மாந ாடு 2010 - கோயம்புத்தூர் - பங்களிப்புகள் வரவேற் கப்படுகின்றன

Sir, I am willing to volunteer this event and i am also from coimbatore. 2010/6/5 > வணக்கம், > > தமிழ் விக்கிபீடியா குழுவினரின் உதவியுடன் இம்மாதம் கோவையில் நடைபெறவிருக்கிற > தமிழ் இணைய மாநாடு 2010 இன் கண்காட்சியில் கட்டற்ற இயங்குதளங்கள், > மென்பொருள்கள் குறித்து கடையிட போகிறோம். அதற்கான ஆயத்தப்ப

[Ilugc] Hats-off to FSF Industrial Training @ SSN

Greetings,     The 5 day Industrial Training conducted by Free Software Foundation, TamilNadu in association with SSN Engineering College ended today with a great blast! 220+ Students attended the 5 day Training and all sessions were fabulous learning experience. Mr.Ravi Jaya (Python

Re: [Ilugc] Series60-Remote - Manage your Symbian mobile in Ubuntu

On Sun, 2010-06-06 at 19:52 +0530, Guruprasad wrote: > I tried the bluetooth connection method with OBEX over bluetooth, it > identifies the device and bluntly says your device does not support > this type of connection. Installing Gnapplet was also a failure as > installation of Gnapplet on the mo

Re: [Ilugc] Series60-Remote - Manage your Symbian mobile in Ubuntu

Hi, On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 3:05 AM, Yuvi Panda wrote: > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Guruprasad wrote: >> But wammu doesn't work perfectly with a lot of Symbian phones. Let me >> give this application a try with my Nokia N79 and get back with the >> feedback. > > Ah okay! It has so far worke

Re: [Ilugc] Series60-Remote - Manage your Symbian mobile in Ubuntu

On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 23:28 +0530, Yuvi Panda wrote: > I use wammu (aptitude install wammu) for all my sms-from-comp needs. > It also syncs up all your other stuff (contacts, todos, etc) I've tried wammu before with no luck but after seeing your email, I decided to give it another shot. It's brill

Re: [Ilugc] Re: [...@iitd:7867] [OT]A must watch video - What drive us, with an example case of Linux

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 6:26 PM, pavithran wrote: > On 6 June 2010 16:23, narendra sisodiya wrote: >>> The flv version is just an advertisement for 'Rajniti' movie. Since, I >>> watched that one first, I really started wondering how it is related to >>> Linux. But I then figured that there must be

Re: [Ilugc] Re: [...@iitd:7867] [OT]A must watch video - What drive us, with an example case of Linux

On 6 June 2010 16:23, narendra sisodiya wrote: >> The flv version is just an advertisement for 'Rajniti' movie. Since, I >> watched that one first, I really started wondering how it is related to >> Linux. But I then figured that there must be something wrong, and watched Why are many of us bothe

[Ilugc] Re: [...@iitd:7867] [OT]A must watch video - What drive us, with an example case of Linux

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Debasish Ray Chawdhuri < debasish.raychawdh...@gmail.com> wrote: > The flv version is just an advertisement for 'Rajniti' movie. Since, I > watched that one first, I really started wondering how it is related to > Linux. But I then figured that there must be someth

Re: [Ilugc] why GNU should not be added to linux

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Praveen A wrote: > 2010/6/6 Kenneth Gonsalves : >> who said so? people did/do it because they enjoy doing it - the guys with >> idealogy usually spend their time preaching and not developing and >> maintaining >> software. > > That is exactly why RMS insists on me

Re: [Ilugc] why GNU should not be added to linux

2010/6/6 Kenneth Gonsalves : > who said so? people did/do it because they enjoy doing it - the guys with > idealogy usually spend their time preaching and not developing and maintaining > software. That is exactly why RMS insists on mentioning GNU in the name. Because GNU project was not started f

Re: [Ilugc] why GNU should not be added to linux [was] Google drops Windows in their workplace

Hi, On 06/06/2010 11:36 AM, Manokaran K wrote: On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 1:59 PM, narendra sisodiya< [...snip...] Thats why we see many instances of simultaneous discoveries in many fields. If Newton did not invent Calculus (if at all he did) Leibnitz was ready with it. The only part history played

Re: [Ilugc] Please suggest me a GNU/Linux distribution

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Pankaj Kumar wrote: > Saturday 05 June 2010 23:11 को, Shrinivasan T ने लिखा था: > > Hi, > > > > School OS has everything you said. > > > It is not KDE based. I am searching for KDE based distribution. > Install arch linux and customize it according to your require

Re: [Ilugc] hi sir unable to mount 40gb file system

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 1:41 PM, jaya kumar wrote: > whenever i login to my file system or my hard drive > > it showing the error > > unable to mount 40gb file system > > i forget the correct password for root but am logged in while restarting > my > ubuntu log in > i know that password > > did

Re: [Ilugc] why GNU should not be added to linux

On 06/06/2010 09:37 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On Saturday 05 June 2010 22:13:44 praveen chandrahas wrote: It doesn't mean we can conveniently forget the ideological background. Remember, it was the ideology that spurred the development of the free OS. *Not the other way round*. The whole

Re: [Ilugc] why GNU should not be added to linux

On 06/06/2010 09:39 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On Sunday 06 June 2010 02:34:37 Prem Kurian Philip wrote: By the way, most GNU projects will compile quite happily using ICC. Even the Linux kernel could conceivably be modified to NOT use GCC extensions - thus allowing it to be easily compiled

Re: [Ilugc] why GNU should not be added to linux

On 06/06/2010 11:49 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On Sunday 06 June 2010 03:59:26 you wrote: (*) just to ward off the pedants who are already frothing in the mouth, I am aware that GPL isn't the first free software license, but it is the first 'free software as defined by the 4 freedoms lic

[Ilugc] hi sir unable to mount 40gb file system

whenever i login to my file system or my hard drive it showing the error unable to mount 40gb file system i forget the correct password for root but am logged in while restarting my ubuntu log in i know that password but i cannot remember the root password how can i know my forget password

Re: [Ilugc] Call for speakers to confirm the Summer Workshops

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > > >We have announced the summer workshops in > >http://wiki.ilugc.in/index.php?title=ILUGC_Summer_Workshops > > >I request all the speakers to confirm the date/venue/topic. > > >Edit

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Is there a workshop on 06-06-2010 in IIT and Zilogic systems

2010/6/5 ஆமாச்சு > > On Saturday 05 Jun 2010 10:55:58 pm Ravi Jaya wrote: > > my English teacher is not in the list. Other wise she might be > > killed me, for my poor writing skills. > > > இன்னொருத்தரோட மொழிய சரியா பேசணும் எழுதணுங்கறதுல இருக்கற அக்கறைல நூத்துல ஒரு > பங்கு கூட நம்ம மொழி விஷயத்த