Re: [PLUG] Need Help with Wireless configuration in Ubuntu

2007-12-18 Thread Salil Bijur
On Dec 19, 2007 1:45 AM, Anoop John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I have a cousin of mine studying at Symbiosis Law School and she has > bought a new laptop on which I had installed Ubuntu 7.10. Would any of > you be kind enough to configure the wireless on the laptop for her. > What is imp

Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide

2007-12-18 Thread Devendra Laulkar
Hi, > Why is Debian missing from the distro list? It is the free-est of > distributions (except for gnewsense and utoto, which are not > practical for fresh users). You can put it in the > Student/Developer list. And personally I feel opensuse should be > out, after the dirty deal between Novell a

Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide

2007-12-18 Thread श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर
On Wednesday 19 Dec 2007 10:36:11 श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर wrote: > On Wednesday 19 Dec 2007 10:19:23 Vidyadhar Gadgil wrote: > > Do you really want to put fdisk as a basic command? Imagine the > > disasters that may follow with newbies. > > Yes and no. fdisk has lot of help. And there is cfdisk which

Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide

2007-12-18 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
> From: Rahul Sundaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide > Xcdroast is really ancient and has a crufty > UI. Maybe something like gnomebaker or brasero would be better. K3b is good. -- I wept because I had no answers, until I met a man who had no questio

Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide

2007-12-18 Thread श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर
On Wednesday 19 Dec 2007 10:19:23 Vidyadhar Gadgil wrote: > Do you really want to put fdisk as a basic command? Imagine the > disasters that may follow with newbies. Yes and no. fdisk has lot of help. And there is cfdisk which is similar to fdisk on dos. But I don't find either fdisk or cfdisk o

Re: [PLUG] Anouncement : GNUNIFY 08

2007-12-18 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote: > GNUnify 08 will be held on 08-09 February 2008. Any dates regarding the CfP ? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHaKUsXQZp

Re: [PLUG] Need Help with Wireless configuration in Ubuntu

2007-12-18 Thread Devendra Laulkar
Hi, > Hello, > I have a cousin of mine studying at Symbiosis Law School and she has > bought a new laptop on which I had installed Ubuntu 7.10. Would any of > you be kind enough to configure the wireless on the laptop for her. If she can come to upcoming PLUG meeting to be held on 5th Jan, we can

Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide

2007-12-18 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
> From: Devendra Laulkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide >> > I checked V0.003 PDF file. Great Work !!! > > Thanks. Please check the new v1.0 version that I just uploaded. > Its now a 2 page flyer, A4 sheet printed on both sides. > One side contains bas

[PLUG] F*und*OSS

2007-12-18 Thread ಓಂ
Recently I had to help somebody in windows problem fixing... I exploited the opportunity to talk about Linux and FRee software. How licenses work et. all. And I think I could make a small dent in that Purely Windows based business. Maybe next 5 years I will wait and hammer it again and again. S

Re: [PLUG] Need Help with Wireless configuration in Ubuntu

2007-12-18 Thread ಓಂ
> == > Be the change you wish to see in the world >M. K. Gandhi > == For a change I have a suggestion... if she participates on this forum (PLUG mailing list) people could actually help many

Re: FOSS Flash player [was Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide]

2007-12-18 Thread ಓಂ
> Slightly OT but along the same lines. An example I encountered yesterday. I > couldn't convince a non-technical person that spam emails are bad. He just > didn't have any problems whatsoever with it. :( > Explain them about HTML exploits and virusses they may receive in SPAM and it might help th

Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide

2007-12-18 Thread Devendra Laulkar
Hi, > As discussed, there was a need for a quick start > guide. I have created an initial draft for this guide, > you can find it at my website :- > > http://laulkar.com/files/flyer.odt > > You can find pdf, sxw & rtf copies of the same at > http://laulkar.com/files/ , although they might be a >

[PLUG] Anouncement : GNUNIFY 08

2007-12-18 Thread sudhanwa Jogalekar
Dear all, Here is the announcement we have been waiting for. GNUnify 08 will be held on 08-09 February 2008. The outline for the GNunify 08 is as follows. Website will come up shortly. --- GNUnify Dates: 08-09 February

[PLUG] Need Help with Wireless configuration in Ubuntu

2007-12-18 Thread Anoop John
Hello, I have a cousin of mine studying at Symbiosis Law School and she has bought a new laptop on which I had installed Ubuntu 7.10. Would any of you be kind enough to configure the wireless on the laptop for her. What is important about this is that her's is the only Laptop on the campus that has

[PLUG] Requirement for Experienced PHP Developers

2007-12-18 Thread Peeyush Agrawal
Hi, We are looking for PHP Software Developers for our new Office in Pune. Please send me your CVs ASAP. -- Peeyush Agrawal + 91 9764286375 -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Inform

[PLUG] Kubuntu hangs

2007-12-18 Thread Sharique uddin Ahmed Farooqui
Hi,I'm using Kubuntu 7.10. >From last few days I'm facing problem that it hangs, Keyboard/mouse doen't respond. Only option I have to restart system. I have nvidia propritary driver installed. Is anybody else is facing similar problem? -- Sharique uddin Ahmed Farooqui (C++/C# Developer, IT Consu

Re: FOSS Flash player [was Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide]

2007-12-18 Thread Devendra Laulkar
Hi, On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 21:25 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Devendra Laulkar wrote: > >>> You are right. All I want is not to forget about the underlying problem. > >>> Non-technical people, for whom the flyer is meant for, tend to disregard > >>> FOSS > >>> philosophy. For them, usually wha

Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide

2007-12-18 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Devendra Laulkar wrote: Any additions, suggestions welcome. Please note that this flyer is to be distributed to the general public which may or may not have any background in using computers You might want to group the distributions together instead of having them scattered around. Also Fedo

Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide

2007-12-18 Thread Pranav Peshwe
On Dec 18, 2007 3:17 PM, Devendra Laulkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > I checked V0.003 PDF file. Great Work !!! > Thanks. Please check the new v1.0 version that I just uploaded. > Its now a 2 page flyer, A4 sheet printed on both sides. > One side contains basic information, second one

Re: FOSS Flash player [was Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide]

2007-12-18 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Devendra Laulkar wrote: You are right. All I want is not to forget about the underlying problem. Non-technical people, for whom the flyer is meant for, tend to disregard FOSS philosophy. For them, usually whatever works is good enough. IME of course. Then use the flyer as a opportunity to educat

Re: FOSS Flash player [was Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide]

2007-12-18 Thread Devendra Laulkar
> > You are right. All I want is not to forget about the underlying problem. > > Non-technical people, for whom the flyer is meant for, tend to disregard > > FOSS > > philosophy. For them, usually whatever works is good enough. IME of course. > > Then use the flyer as a opportunity to educate

Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide

2007-12-18 Thread Devendra Laulkar
Hi, > Development section is a bit ambiguous. TCC ?(you > mean, Turbo C / C++ 3.0? ) If yes, it is an IDE and > therefore, could be included with Visual Studio. > If you mean, tcc compiler (which I doubt, anyone would > use on the command line) then, please specificy tcc > *compiler*. > You ar

Re: FOSS Flash player [was Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide]

2007-12-18 Thread Rahul Sundaram
श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर wrote: You are right. All I want is not to forget about the underlying problem. Non-technical people, for whom the flyer is meant for, tend to disregard FOSS philosophy. For them, usually whatever works is good enough. IME of course. Then use the flyer as a opportunity to

FOSS Flash player [was Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide]

2007-12-18 Thread श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर
On Tuesday 18 Dec 2007 18:51:40 Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Which version was this? You really should be using the very latest one > to get a feel of improvements since the codebase has changed pretty > heavily over time. 0.8.0, then-latest. Current latest is 0.8.1. > > I Dont know about swfdec thoug

Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide

2007-12-18 Thread Roshan
--- Devendra Laulkar wrote: [snip...] > Its now a 2 page flyer, A4 sheet printed on both > sides. > One side contains basic information, second one > contains the application > list. > Files :- > http://www.laulkar.com/files/flyer.odt > http://www.laulkar.com/files/flyer.pdf > http://www.laulkar.c

Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide

2007-12-18 Thread Rahul Sundaram
श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर wrote: On Tuesday 18 Dec 2007 18:35:20 Rahul Sundaram wrote: श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर wrote: - A mention that linux has flash player too. This suggestion is willing to be erased for the spirit of FOSS.. ;) Not necessarily. Gnash and swfdec are Free software flash players. Tr

Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide

2007-12-18 Thread श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर
On Tuesday 18 Dec 2007 18:35:20 Rahul Sundaram wrote: > श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर wrote: > > - A mention that linux has flash player too. This suggestion is willing > > to be erased for the spirit of FOSS.. ;) > > Not necessarily. Gnash and swfdec are Free software flash players. Tried gnash but it did

Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide

2007-12-18 Thread Rahul Sundaram
श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर wrote: - A mention that linux has flash player too. This suggestion is willing to be erased for the spirit of FOSS.. ;) Not necessarily. Gnash and swfdec are Free software flash players. Rahul -- __ Pune

Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide

2007-12-18 Thread श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर
On Tuesday 18 Dec 2007 15:17:41 Devendra Laulkar wrote: > Thanks. Please check the new v1.0 version that I just uploaded. Few suggestions. - Can we have a DTP section? Something where inkscape can go? It is included in image editor which is not so correct but I don't work in graphics regularly.

Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide

2007-12-18 Thread Devendra Laulkar
Hi, > I checked V0.003 PDF file. Great Work !!! Thanks. Please check the new v1.0 version that I just uploaded. Its now a 2 page flyer, A4 sheet printed on both sides. One side contains basic information, second one contains the application list. Files :- http://www.laulkar.com/files/flyer.odt ht

Re: [PLUG] Help needed for participation in CMDA Exhibition

2007-12-18 Thread Desi Penguin
> > I learned *the most* from criticism, so no problems there.. Sweat > talk has rarely helped me... Did you mean Sweet talk, instead of sweat talk ? (Unless I missed some joke) -DP -- On the internet, no one knows you are a penguin --

Re: [PLUG] Cheat Sheet / Quick Start Guide

2007-12-18 Thread Desi Penguin
> > You can find pdf, sxw & rtf copies of the same at > http://laulkar.com/files/ , although they might be a > bit outdated. I checked V0.003 PDF file. Great Work !!! Some inputs : 1. Can we add Opera in browser list ? Although not open source. 2. Spell check Eclipse -DP > > -- > ___