Re: [PLUG] Windows X Linux

2005-02-23 Thread Sagar Gokhale
FUD I dont want to say anything more. On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:53:48 +0530, Andy's Labs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Microsoft says, Windows is more secure and cost effective than Linux. > Read more about Microsoft's comparison between Windows and Linux : -- Sagar Gokhale -- __

Re: [PLUG] Windows X Linux

2005-02-23 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Hey, there's been a lot of discussion on this entire FUD page (for interesting fullforms, see http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.aspString=exact&Acronym=FUD&Find=Find ). Please look up the list archives for this. And appropriate answers have been given by companies as big as Novell & that, too,

[PLUG] how to use vsyscall

2005-02-23 Thread Prakash Bhurke
Hi, How to use vsyscall present Linux 2.6.10. Can somebody post some example code here ? Regards, Prakash. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 -- _

[PLUG] DVD-Ripping to DivX to fit one CD?

2005-02-23 Thread Debajit Adhikary
Hi I'd like to rip a movie on DVD such that it fits one CD -- so that its under around 700MB say... I've used mencoder for this, but the resulting .avi always seems to be over 900MB. (I've tried scaling it to a lower resolution as well -- 512xHHH, DivX5 -- but that didnt seem to help). I surely

Re: [PLUG] To recover deleted partitions

2005-02-23 Thread Kaustubh Gadkari
> I have lilo on my m/c. and anyways for grub or lilo to conk off.. i > have to delete the first partition.or re-write MBR. Won't grub present you wiht only a prompt if you delete the partition which has menu.lst? Kaustubh -- __

Re: [PLUG] DVD-Ripping to DivX to fit one CD?

2005-02-23 Thread A G
Hi, I can't help you in a direct way, since I don't know much abt Linux tools. But let me give you my eg of windows copying. This can help you. Consider the .dat file size of the movie "Dil Chahata Hai". Its 820 MB or something when its on a hdd. I had 650 or 700 MB sprint CDs (I dont remember th

[PLUG] mdk10.1 desktop

2005-02-23 Thread ranjya
Hello all, I would like to delete desktop icons for cdrom and dvdrom from desktop on mdk10.1 . How to go aboout it ? Thanks in advance for any help. Ranjit. -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in

[PLUG] Setting up Locale for marathi language

2005-02-23 Thread Devendra Laulkar
Hi, A last year student from BE comp sent me this message : > My problem is how to create "mr" directory after > installation of > marathi locale. > according to localization the ".mo" files should > be in the path of > "/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES", so how to > create "mr" > directo

Re: [PLUG] DVD-Ripping to DivX to fit one CD?

2005-02-23 Thread ambarish pathak
Debajit Adhikary wrote: I've used mencoder for this, but the resulting .avi always seems to be over 900MB. (I've tried scaling it to a lower resolution as well -- 512xHHH, DivX5 -- but that didnt seem to help). The size of the movies is determined by the data stream in them, Most tools try to giv