[Ilugc] Google Desktop in Linux

2009-01-12 Thread பத்மநாதன்
Dear LUGs, I installed Google Desktop in Ubuntu 8.10. It is really rocks. It has 60 widgets and all are really nice. Anybody installed it in Mandriva 2009 KDE4.1. Padhu, Pollachi. -- Knowledge is power ! "Be an Energy Miser - Use Electricity Wiser" _

Re: [Ilugc] Google Desktop in Linux

2009-01-12 Thread Anu-Linux
Hi Padhu, On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:38 PM, பத்மநாதன் wrote: > Dear LUGs, > I installed Google Desktop in Ubuntu 8.10. It is > really rocks. It has 60 widgets and all are really nice. > Anybody installed it in Mandriva 2009 KDE4.1. > > Padhu, > Pollachi. Can

[Ilugc] Government still using Microsoft word and IIS ?

2009-01-12 Thread Arun SAG
Hi, I came across this central government website..Still they are using proprietary software for storing and retrieving government records? http://grievance.nic.in/ -- A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open windows. <-Fighting 4 Freedom-> _

Re: [Ilugc] HI all people

2009-01-12 Thread Srinivasan R
Great to see a lot of newbies coming on to the FOSS world. But it would be really great if they don't thread jack, top post, bottom post, spam with multiple mails for the same problem, mail with a sensible subject. And it is cool to hear that the college (I studied there) allowed to install Ubuntu

Re: [Ilugc] Government still using Microsoft word and IIS ?

2009-01-12 Thread Srinivasan R
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Arun SAG wrote: > Hi, > I came across this central government website..Still they are using > proprietary software for storing and retrieving government records? > > > http://grievance.nic.in/ > Maybe we should post it as a grievance, on their website? -- Srin

[Ilugc] Open Source applications for mobile devices

2009-01-12 Thread narendra babu
HI ! I am working on Mobile devices ( Moblin Based ), i would like to know some value add open source applications which can be more useful for Students , Home users etc I have already Firefox , thunderbird , skype , Media players , pidgin small utilities etc . thanks in advance ! thanks

Re: [Ilugc] Government still using Microsoft word and IIS ?

2009-01-12 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Mon, 12 Jan 2009, Arun SAG wrote: > I came across this central government website..Still they are using > proprietary software for storing and retrieving government records? > > > http://grievance.nic.in/ Perhaps we can formulate a grievance against this web site!? At least the follo

[Ilugc] OSScamp Delhi 2009 Announcement

2009-01-12 Thread Priyanka Jain
Hi, OSScamp Delhi Community announces another fun-tech camp in the city of Delhi. The current camp is scheduled for March 28th and 29th, 2009 and is set to align with the tech fest at IIT Delhi - Tryst '09. To describe: OSScamp is a series of community-driven unconferences targeted specifically a

Re: [Ilugc] beginner in python needing help

2009-01-12 Thread Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன்
Hi, Disclaimer : the content here expressed beneath is absolutely my own opinion, kindly ignore if you find the content inadequate/inappropriate.The following is my suggestion for a beginner. When ranking language of priority to code, it is absolutely a situational choice and cannot be passed a

[Ilugc] python doubt

2009-01-12 Thread swamynathan
hello, i am doing a small virtual piano program in python.. i have a situation where i need to get multiple keystrokes from key board and send it to a function the function accepts only char.. eg if i press 'a' , 'a' is passed to the function if i press 'a','d' then the function should be called

Re: [Ilugc] Government still using Microsoft word and IIS ?

2009-01-12 Thread Raja Subramanian
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > Perhaps we can formulate a grievance against this web site!? > > At least the following things can be objected to: Couple more... User manual is published in an unreadable format: http://grievance.nic.in/CPGRAMSUserManual.doc Ug

Re: [Ilugc] python doubt

2009-01-12 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Mon, 12 Jan 2009, swamynathan wrote: > eg if i press 'a' , 'a' is passed to the function > if i press 'a','d' then the function should be called simultaneously ^^^ What does this mean? > i tried using threads it di

Re: [Ilugc] python doubt

2009-01-12 Thread Vaidhyanathan Mayilrangam Gopalan
swamynathan wrote: hello, i am doing a small virtual piano program in python.. i have a situation where i need to get multiple keystrokes from key board and send it to a function the function accepts only char.. eg if i press 'a' , 'a' is passed to the function if i press 'a','d' then the func

[Ilugc] Re: This is T.Arulalan, doing M.C.A in Saveetha Engg College

2009-01-12 Thread Mohan R
Shakthi Kannan wrote: > ... and follow it up with packet captures using Wireshark [1], > browsing through the packet contents, and correlating to whatever you > read from the book. > > SK > > [1] http://www.wireshark.org/ > Also don't forget to include HTTPfox plugin to your firefox. I really

Re: [Ilugc] python doubt

2009-01-12 Thread Venkatraman S
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 9:15 PM, swamynathan wrote: > i have a situation where i need to get multiple keystrokes from key board > The keyboard generates interrupts which you can handle : this would be very much similar to the way one writes TSRs. IMHO, writing 'your-own' threads for this would b

Re: [Ilugc] Re: This is T.Arulalan, doing M.C.A in Saveetha Engg College

2009-01-12 Thread Sri Ramadoss M
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:07 AM, K.C. Ramakrishna wrote: > Congratulations on having started on something very wonderous and believe > me, if you manage to really understand how these protocols work, you will > have an excellent understanding of the Internet, joy in life in addition to > high pay

Re: [Ilugc] python doubt

2009-01-12 Thread Arun Venkataswamy
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 9:15 PM, swamynathan wrote: > > eg if i press 'a' , 'a' is passed to the function > if i press 'a','d' then the function should be called simultaneously > > The standard keyboard controller (the chip inside the keyboard) does not work like a piano keyboard. When the user

[Ilugc] Re: This is T.Arulalan, doing M.C.A in Saveetha Engg College(Mohan R)

2009-01-12 Thread K.C. Ramakrishna
>> have an excellent understanding of the Internet, joy in life in addition to >> high paying jobs waiting for you :-) >> > எல்லாம் சூப்பர்.. ஆனா இவ்ளோ தெரிஞ்சுகிட்டு கடைசியா சம்பளத்திக்குத் தான் வேலை >பார்க்கணுமா? ம்ம்ம்... Translation please!! I am from AP and can't read Tamil. Thanks, kc K.

Re: [Ilugc] Re: This is T.Arulalan, doing M.C.A in Saveetha Engg College(Mohan R)

2009-01-12 Thread Vamsee Kanakala
K.C. Ramakrishna wrote: எல்லாம் சூப்பர்.. ஆனா இவ்ளோ தெரிஞ்சுகிட்டு கடைசியா சம்பளத்திக்குத் தான் வேலை பார்க்கணுமா? ம்ம்ம்... Translation please!! I am from AP and can't read Tamil. Ah. Old chestnut. Unfortunately we have our own share of language fundamentalists here, so you're be

Re: [Ilugc] beginner in python needing help

2009-01-12 Thread Vamsee Kanakala
technocraze wrote: The list of good languages in my own unusually partial opinion are C, perl, python, lua and javascript. -Giris The latest ROR seems to be overtaking python.. one of my friend ordered it as ruby,python and PHP Oh, so they're conducting a popularity contest between gene

Re: [Ilugc] Re: This is T.Arulalan, doing M.C.A in Saveetha Engg College(Mohan R)

2009-01-12 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:11:01PM -0800, K.C. Ramakrishna wrote: > >> have an excellent understanding of the Internet, joy in life in addition to > >> high paying jobs waiting for you :-) > >> > > > எல்லாம் சூப்பர்.. ஆனா இவ்ளோ தெரிஞ்சுகிட்டு கடைசியா சம்பளத்திக்குத் தான் வேலை > >பார்க்கணுமா? ம்ம்ம

Re: [Ilugc] Re: This is T.Arulalan, doing M.C.A in Saveetha Engg College(Mohan R)

2009-01-12 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Tuesday 13 Jan 2009 11:41:01 am K.C. Ramakrishna wrote: > >> have an excellent understanding of the Internet, joy in life in addition > >> to high paying jobs waiting for you :-) > > > > எல்லாம் சூப்பர்.. ஆனா இவ்ளோ தெரிஞ்சுகிட்டு கடைசியா சம்பளத்திக்குத் தான் > > வேலை பார்க்கணுமா? ம்ம்ம்... > >  

[Ilugc] Thamizhar Thirunal vazthukkal

2009-01-12 Thread mettur salem
Dear Tamizha , Veera Tamizhan uditha thu intha nadu Valluva perunthagai uditha thu intha nadu Raja Raja cholan kattiya kovil indrum irrukuthu paaru avan nun arivai paru gnana Tamizhan uditha thu intha nadu vettri murasu kotti vallum vellum kondu anbu kanivodu uvagai