Re: [PLUG] virtual cds on linux

2004-10-15 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Hi Kapil, Do try this if u haven't already. Whenever u insert an empty CD to be written(In fact, even when u compile the CD-R project), the size is shown by a horizontal bar in the lowest part of the window. U will generally get a popup menu(on the icon of a CD just after the bar) giving options f

Re: [PLUG] Sound Problems when playing MPEGs with MPlayer 1.0pre5 on SuSE 9.1

2004-10-15 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Hi Debajit, this is not a direct answer, but do try the following site: http://www.videohelp.com/ & http://www.videohelp.com/tools U might find an answer there, alongwith a few codecs, if they're causing the problem. U may want to try out players in their list as well. Regards, Viraj On Fri,

Re: [PLUG] Lycoris Mess-up.

2004-10-05 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Hi A, well, though I can't tell u much about Lycoris or why it messed up with ur system, I can say something about ur other question(&maybe a little about that first one, too :-) ). First, as I found out, the only way to get comfortable with linux is to keep using it, no matter what happens. That

Re: [PLUG] Lycoris Mess-up.

2004-10-05 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
--- Shridhar Daithankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my (loong back) experience, CDs by PCQuest etc > are customized enough and I > would not recommend them for vanilla experinece. > > Another option is you can pay PLUG minimum price and > get your own CD set which > is guaranteed to be as

Re: [PLUG] Internal modem support linux?

2004-10-19 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Hi Manjusha, well, the reason people at HP/Compaq are not very conversant with Linux is that they have very recently tied up with Turbolinux to support OSs for their home/office machines. But, Turbolinux themselves provide support in stead. My point is, Turbolinux is a perfectly good (& well packa

Re: [PLUG] Openoffice startup time

2004-10-19 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Hi all, I don't know about earlier, but OOo 1.1.2 has a functionality named Quickstarter(at least in the Windows version I'm using), which loads some part of OOo in the memory at startup itself. The Quickstarter resides in the system tray & can be used to open any Office documents or to start new

Re: [PLUG] New BSNL internet phone charges.

2004-10-20 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Hi all, I was just going through this long, but quickly developed thread & I was compelled to say a few words about the mails in it. First of all, I feel(personally), that having broadband connectivity will just act as a catalyst. It may increase the awareness of people using computers(includes a

Re: [PLUG] New BSNL internet phone charges.

2004-10-21 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Hi All, the following are the two replies to a mail under discussion. I couldn't help saying something about the replies & so, here it is. On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 17:24:44 +0530, Kaustubh Gadkari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Can anyone help me? (Dont try to act too smart and > suggest like rea

Re: [PLUG] Something to learn from M$ too! (originally and wrongly: New BSNL internet phone charges)

2004-10-25 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 17:05:07 +0530, kapil pendse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --->snip-snip< > Maybe, but I haven't experienced that... :-( > Maybe I'm doing something wrong... > There was something like that on SuSE 9.1,

Re: [PLUG] LinuxToday.com is anti Linux!!!!

2004-11-05 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Hi all, there seems to be some confusion. LinuxToday.com is handled by Jupitermedia and in no way is it sponsored by Microsoft Inc. The "Sponsored by Microsoft" seen on the front page is a sponsored ad by Microsoft, yes, giving links to the 'Get the Facts' from Microsoft. Firstly, as Sumit Moghe

Re: [PLUG] Off Topic: Blank CDs.

2004-11-17 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Hi A G, Please let us know the manufacturer of the CDs. Thanks, regards, Viraj On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:18:46 + (GMT), A G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > My friend has brought 100 blank CDs of 700 MB capacity > from Madras at 700 Rs. They are at least 5 Rs cheaper > per CD that we g

Re: [PLUG] This Person Has A Point.

2004-12-25 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Hi All, I went through the article. I think everyone on this list should read it. It is a pretty long document & so I skipped many of the comments, which outstretch the article's own length. Well, the person has got a point. But, there is one(or a couple, probably) point that I want to put down he

Re: [PLUG] Microsoft ad in TOI

2004-12-26 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Hi all, We don't get ToI at our place & so I didn't know about it. But if that's what the ad says, then this is sick marketing. With all the secrecy maintained about their patches & SPs, Microsoft can readily insert a small code in any of these & simply observe whether the licence is valid or not

Re: [PLUG] Microsoft ad in TOI

2005-01-01 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Hi All, I did finally read the ad & it is as Devendra has described below, although I would like to say a few words about the ad itself. Well, the message is quite subtle. On the face of it, looks quite a harmless little ad, telling children to stay away from pirated XP copies. But, the last "...

Re: [PLUG] This Person Has A Point.

2005-01-13 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
This is a long inactive thread & I thought I would stir it somewhat by posting again. The article below(in the original post by A G) discusses the demerits of taking OSS technology to proprietary platforms. The following is a Linux distribution named Turbolinux going the other way round. I believe

Re: [PLUG] Microsoft's statement about Linux

2005-02-02 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Hi, the shortest answer is, "No, it isn't". A casual survey of the standard Vulnerability Databases(CVE at cve.mitre.org, Bugtraq at securityficus.com, X-Force at xforce.iss.net) reveals that this is not true. It may be that hackers/crackers create their attacks based mostly on the responses give

Re: [PLUG] .iso images.

2005-02-03 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Hi Abhijit, here are some answers: 1) A few tools mentioned at macdisk.com(probably Windows): http://www.macdisk.com/faqcden.php3#BM17 2) Undisker by Undisker Technologies(30-day trial ver(Windows)): http://www.undisker.com/index.html 3) Loopback mounting the image in Linux: I certainly

Re: [PLUG] Redhat Enterprise Edition

2005-02-04 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 13:27:53 +0530, Saifi Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 21:37:09 -0800 (PST), Praveen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone have Redhat Enterprise Edition 3.0 ? > > > > Regards, > > -Praveen > > > > A license needs to be purchased to legally i

Re: [PLUG] Re: Microsoft's statement about Linux

2005-02-04 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
-->8 - snip - 8<- > > BTW i am just asking everyone which Linux dist. is best?Comments plz! > > Rajev -->8 - snip - 8<- I use Turbolinux 10 Desktop(10D). The GUI is good(

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,

Re: [PLUG] Ideal Linux Desktop Distro

2005-03-16 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Hi All, since all are putting in many good things about Linux Desktop distros, let me put in my two cents by talking about the distro that I use wrt the following questions. Now, TurboLinux 10D, as someone once said to me, is a rich man's Linux, in the sense that there really isn't much left to t

Re: [PLUG] Google Code

2005-03-18 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Here's a press clipping about the official announcement. http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/03/17/HNgoogleopensource_1.html The site was not accessible. I don't know whether they've completely launched it or not. Viraj On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:22:14 +0530, BAIN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Slash

Re: [PLUG] linux on laptops

2005-03-19 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Please check up on Compaq Presario Laptops. They come in cheap these days, too. Excellent quality. Plus, HP-Compaq are pushing Turbolinux these days with their PCs. See if u can get it on urs. That's got a whole range of functionality only designed with a Laptop in mind. Viraj On Fri, 18 Mar 200

Re: [PLUG] Re: Ideal Linux Desktop Distro (how to access linux partition from win)

2005-03-20 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Please check up on Ext2fs, which will support Ext2. But there's some support in Ext2fs for Ext3 mentioned here: http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/ext2.html Also, check up on this driver: http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/ext2ifs.htm Viraj On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 08:39:40 +0530, Rajev Mhasawade

Re: [PLUG] Re: Ideal Linux Desktop Distro (how to access linux partition from win)

2005-03-20 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
I forgot to mention below, that the second link(for the driver ext2ifs) also mentions some links for ReiserFS tools. This was asked some time before in this thread. Viraj On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 17:00:43 +0530, Viraj Paripatyadar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please check up on Ext2fs, w

Re: [PLUG] automount

2005-03-27 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Hi All, I can't say how to do it in KDE, but what I can say is that TurboLinux had this facility in KDE(3.1) from their 10D, which mounts/unmounts CDs just as you double click to open them. If you make it a dual boot system, it also mounts the windows partitions automatically at /mnt/windows0, win

Re: [PLUG] Video file ( .dat ) splitter

2005-03-28 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Hi Mahesh, get some help here: http://www.videohelp.com/tools Or, use VCDCutter. Excellent, non-fussy & easy to use. For Windows :) Regards, Viraj P.S.:- You could've but asked ;) On 28 Mar 2005 16:40:52 +0530, Mahesh Lalge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > >Does anyone know any

Re: [PLUG] Time to dump penguin - says Linus

2005-04-01 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Looks like an excellent Fools' Day prank. It's difficult to decide whether it was on the part of Torvalds or LinuxOnline. Good read, though; has a typically humourous flavour to it. Let's wait till the 4th to get the real answer. Viraj On Apr 1, 2005 5:23 PM, Pushyamitra Navare <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [PLUG] Download SuSE 9.3 Professional

2005-04-30 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
On 4/30/05, Amit Karpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am not sure of legal isues ? There's a big "Buy Now" on the SuSe 9.3 Professional page. So, can't say whether it's illegal to dnld 9.3 Prof. from the site u mention, but at least it's not right. Viraj -- _

Re: [PLUG] IDE C,C++ programming

2005-08-02 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Step1: You will need to dnld the Eclipse IDE (which includes, by default the Java IDE and a Plug-In development environment) first. This is a zipped file. Unzip it. Step 2: Install the needed Java SDK. Start eclipse by giving: eclipse -vm (For some unknown reasons, this argument is needed in Li

[PLUG] Google Talk

2005-08-24 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
It's here, finally. http://www.google.com/talk/index.html What's more, although the client Google provides is for Windows only, Google Talk can be accessed by other Linux/OS X clients as well (no voice calls for this option, though). Regards, Viraj -- ___

[PLUG] IP Forwarding & masquerading in SuSe

2006-02-01 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
Hi all, My basic purpose is to enable a dialin server on a linux machine & access the local network connected to this machine by connecting on the dialin server & then requesting the LAN resources. For this, the source IPs on the requests coming in on the PPP interface have to masqueraded & the re

Re: [PLUG] SimpleKDE

2006-02-15 Thread Viraj Paripatyadar
I believe the key is in *hiding* features, while still keeping them accessible for people who would want to use them. *Reducing* the excellent KDE features is not a good idea. Viraj On 2/15/06, Aditya Godbole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/15/06, Kaustubh Gadkari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >