Re: [ubuntu-in] When is next version of ubuntu due?

e following link: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases - Short story: April 26, 2012 is the current scheduled release. -- Roshan Baladhanvi -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

Re: [ubuntu-in] Problem in booting ubuntu 10.04 lucid

e and then change "quiet splash" to "i915.modeset=1". Roshan Pius On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 6:13 PM, suranjan jii wrote: > Hello, > I have dual operating system. One is XP2 and other just i have > installed ubuntu 10.04 lucid. > > When i choose XP to boot then it bo

Re: [ubuntu-in] Automount ext4 partition in ubuntu 10.04

users to be able write into it. Run these commands to change the permission of the files within the mounted Partition: sudo chown -R : /media/DISK1_VOL2 sudo chmod -R 755 /media/DISK1_VOL2 Regards, Roshan Pius On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Neel Mehta wrote: > Hi. > > I have

Re: [ubuntu-in] Plans for an installfest at college in New Bombay

--- On Thu, 5/2/09, Easwar Hariharan wrote: [snip] > Demonstration: > > On 27th,I plan to set up 4-5 machines with Ubuntu 8.04[LTS] Since 28, is a Saturday, I can possibly be out there to help you, but I won't commit, since, it may not be one of my lucky days :) > Explain the features vis-a-v

Re: [ubuntu-in] New Member

--- On Sun, 25/1/09, Easwar Hariharan wrote: > #ubuntu is a very high traffic channel,it would be easier > to use > ##beginners-help for answers,if no answers can be found > there,you might want > to leap into the fast and furious #ubuntu. I completely agree! Add more friends to your mess

Re: [ubuntu-in] New Member

--- On Sun, 25/1/09, Gita Mathur wrote: > Hi. I am a new member of this community. Welcome to Ubuntu India Community. > I am Dr. Gita > Mathur, a Reader > in Botany at Gargi College, University of Delhi. I have > been an Ubuntu > user for more than three years. Faculties at Gargi College > have

[ubuntu-in] [x-post]: Our next FreeIndian: G. Karunakar

List, It has been a long time since a FreeIndian was interviewed. There's a reason behind it! Our current interview is a software engineer who has done a *lot* of localization and is associated with maintaining a Linux distribution called IndLinux[1] that supports Indian languages at all level

[ubuntu-in] [X-post]: FreeIndians: Akarsh, Shashank, Gopala

://www.kde.in/index.php/Akarsh_Simha http://www.kde.in/index.php/Shashank_Singh http://www.kde.in/index.php/Gopala_Krishna -- Roshan (ubunturos) Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/ -- ubuntu-in mailing list

[ubuntu-in] [X-post]: [OT]: Like vi-like keybindings based search?

Lists, To know more: http://www.google.com/experimental/ -- http://www.gnu.org.in Explore your hobbies and interests. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

Re: [ubuntu-in] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Ubuntu-IN Wiki made Read Only

--- On Wed, 23/7/08, Aanjhan R wrote: [snip] > same the current wiki (present at http://www.ubuntu-in.org > ) will be > made "Read only" by July 23rd 1200 hrs and shall Do you mean 23rd July 2008 ^^^ -> hrs? or is it 1200 hrs? Share files, take polls, and make new friends - al

[ubuntu-in] [X-post]: FreeIndian: Aanjhan Ranganathan

List, Our current interview features a tux lover who contributes work specifically in the 'electronics' domain of FOSS tools. An internet connection issue, made him try different Linux distributions which later on lead him to understand the RTFM way, of doing things in the FOSS world. His FOSS

[ubuntu-in] [X-post]: FreeIndian: Debarshi Ray

List, Our current interview features a guy from /Kolkata/ who has helped to maintain stallman.org . His interest in Free Software started when he was graduating and currently contributes to various projects under GNU and Fedora. If you get an opportunity to attend GNU/Linux User Group meet at K

[ubuntu-in] [X-post]: Contributing to KDE-DOCS (long email)

All, I should have sent this email way long back, but couldn't do it. I'll do so anyways, because, contributions can come in for the next version. If you are a newbie, and want to contribute to KDE Documentation, you could do it in the following way. This is not "the" /only/ way to do it, but so

[ubuntu-in] [X-post]: Our Next FreeIndian: Runa B.

List, Our current interview features a contributor to various l10n projects who started work as early as 2001-2002. Internet was a unsolved mystery and emails were something that this contributor was afraid of in her early days of computing, but now is able to meet people across the globe from her

[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu OpenWeek is back again

List, For those who check the wiki regularly, this might not be new! ;) For others, if you log on to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) regularly, it might be worth to know how Ubuntu (and its derivatives) are created and how it can be used in fantastic ways to accomplish daily computing tasks. Follow t

Re: [ubuntu-in] Help to reduce the resolution of jpg file

> "sivaji j.g" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Is there any way or tool to change the resolution of .jpg file , i got > about 50 file each of resolution 2250x1490 and size of about 1.5 MB > approximate .if i upload these file to my website it takes long time > to upload and load the images since the

Re: [ubuntu-in] Are there Kubuntu users on this list as well ??

On Monday 03 March 2008 11:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi > >Was wanting to know if there are kubuntu users on this list as well. Yes, I'm a Kubuntu user. :) (Kubuntu 6.06.2 LTS) >And are there any k/ubuntu users who have both KDE and Gnome installed >(together). If yes, how does one go about i

Re: [ubuntu-in] You're my Valentine!

On Thursday 14 February 2008 19:10, Jayanth S wrote: >Any explainations? Poor mailing list is a target of spammers. The mail admin might have now tightened security, and we can assume that list is no longer open to spammers. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.

Re: [ubuntu-in] install CD without LiveCD

On Sunday 10 February 2008 18:50, Moz wrote: >What is LTS? Long Term Support (LTS). K/Ubuntu were offered as LTS distros where, the server edition was (is) supported for five years, and the desktop edition was (is) supported for three years. (Psst... Though noting wrong with your question, It

Re: [ubuntu-in] College tech-fest help..

On Tuesday 29 January 2008 09:13, Parthan SR wrote: >IMHO, distributing Live CDs to students just as Free CDs doesn't solve >any purpose at all. We have been distributing CDs since breezy days, > but not even 5-10% of them actually use those CDs after the first > time. This made us actually stop d

Re: [ubuntu-in] College tech-fest help..

On Sunday 27 January 2008 18:50, Prateek Sharma wrote: > So, does anyone here know if companies like Canonical, Red Hat etc. >will be willing to help us out by providing us with CD's and other >merchandise to give away? Whom do i contact for the same? Will >Ubuntu-marketing be able to help?

[ubuntu-in] Presenting our next FreeIndian: SriRamadoss M (amachu)

All, Our current interviews features a Chennai-ite, works mostly on translation for projects such as KDE-Tamil, Ubuntu-Tamil. He's famously known by his IRC nick amachu and if there's something in Tamizh (as actually pronounced in Tamil), amachu is likely associated with it. Read on, to know m

Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

On Monday 21 January 2008 10:56, Vivek wrote: [some-info] I'm not a active contributor, I express my simple thoughts below. > Is there no interest in development of new > features ? new functionality (or more usable/discoverable) not found > in other ubuntu distributions ? I assume, if developm

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu Installation Problem

On Saturday 19 January 2008 18:10, Rishi Saikia wrote: >Hi, >I have a dual boot XP/ Ubuntu 6.06 machine (40GB, 256MB RAM). I have > been trying to upgrade the system to Ubuntu 7.1 through the liveCD, > but doesn't work A direct upgrade from Ubuntu 6.06 (LTS) to Ubuntu 7.10 is usually no

Re: [ubuntu-in] [Non-tech] Ubuntu IN T-shirts?

On Sunday 13 January 2008 00:16, gaurav chaturvedi wrote: >IMO there is no ubuntu-in t-shirt. Can I get the fact (instead of O) (if there are T-shirts) ;)? >> That'll in a way, advertise, FOSS.IN (if it is printed) and >> advertise Ubuntu among my college folks. >Why would Ubuntu-in want to ju

[ubuntu-in] [Non-tech] Ubuntu IN T-shirts?

List, One of my friends would like to buy a Ubuntu-IN T-Shirt. Does anyone (currently residing in Mumbai) have a few to sell away? That'll in a way, advertise, FOSS.IN (if it is printed) and advertise Ubuntu among my college folks. Thanks, in advance -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lis

Re: [ubuntu-in] help (how to create mutli-lingual website with dynamic content)

--- sivaji wrote: > Right now we > planned to have only tamil and english in our site > ,later we will extend that to different language as > possible. You need to know more about Unicode. (http://www.unicode.org) -- > One more challenge that lies here is users,in this > case the end users ar

[ubuntu-in] Presenting our next FreeIndian: Anant Narayan

List, FreeIndian is all about introducing Indian FOSS contributors to the world. Individuals listed here contribute to various Free and Open Source projects. They include programmers, artists, translators, FOSS advocates, maintainers, packagers and many other direct or indirect FOSS contributo

Re: [ubuntu-in] OO Writer freezing when write in Devanagari

On Tuesday 18 December 2007 13:10, Gora Mohanty wrote: >OK, that is a minor issue. I just did not recall OpenOffice writer >being called swriter. If 'swriter' rather than 'oowriter' works for >you, that is fine. swriter was called so, for older versions of OpenOffice. Newer version (2.0 and onwa

Re: [ubuntu-in] OO Writer freezing when write in Devanagari

On Sunday 16 December 2007 14:02, Vivek Khurana wrote: >On Dec 16, 2007 1:10 AM, Dinbandhu wrote: >> On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 21:57 +0530, Roshan wrote: >> > On Saturday 15 December 2007 21:43, Dinbandhu wrote: >> >> [...] >> >> > OpenOffice, please no

Re: [ubuntu-in] OO Writer freezing when write in Devanagari

On Saturday 15 December 2007 21:43, Dinbandhu wrote: >> Can you run OpenOffice from a terminal, and >> show us any error messages when the crash happens? > >I haven't been using terminal lately, and I've forgotten how to run >OpenOffice from terminal. Here below are my failed attempts: >[EMAIL P

[ubuntu-in] Kubuntu Tutorial day on IRC

All, Developers / Coders, Kubuntu Enthusiasts please see, https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KubuntuTutorialsDay This is something similar to UbuntuOpenWeek. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

Re: [ubuntu-in] New to the list..

--- aswin sahadevan wrote: [snip ...] > I am a final year > Telecom engineering student who has been enjoying > Ubuntu as a user for > almost a year now.. and totally in love with it! I > also work part time with > the Tech team in NCBS when > time permits, a helping > ha

Re: [ubuntu-in] hello, new here!

--- AlgoMantra wrote: > I don't think anyone should think like that, man :) > I'm sure what you're doing is important. Its just > that > I don't know what is NetBeans... Hmm. :) > - f BTW, welcome to the community. -- http://www.gnu.org.in http://www.somaiya.edu/sksasc ubunturos @ freenode

Re: [ubuntu-in] [PD foss.in] Big task ahead

--- Parthan S R wrote: > Checking out the Registration Stats of foss.in 2007, > (http://foss.in/2007/register/delegates/stats.php) > we can see that 500 Whoa! 500 is a little more -- Quote from FOSS.IN/2007 event announcement "The number of projects will be limited. As the 750 seater hall will

Re: [ubuntu-in] i think its some java problem

--- rahul bhise wrote: > i think it is done in > java and i dont have a latest java i have java 1.6.0 > (i think) and the latest is some java re 6 something > something. > what i want to say that i cant view this page ( > http://www.bseindia.com/price_finder/stockreach.asp?scripcd=500305 > )

Re: [ubuntu-in] hello there every body this is paresh

--- Roshan wrote: > /Ubuntu-in tane aa list anne samaj ma swagat kare > che, > Paresh! / (Correction: samaaj (instead of samaj) karu (instead of kare and chu (instead of che) ) > (English: Ubuntu-in welcomes Paresh to the mailing > list and the community) -- http://www.

Re: [ubuntu-in] hello there every body this is paresh

--- paresh mathur wrote: > i am a new member of this list > Name- paresh mathur > City- ahmedabad > State- gujarat /Ubuntu-in tane aa list anne samaj ma swagat kare che, Paresh! / (English: Ubuntu-in welcomes Paresh to the mailing list and the community) > well all the above doesnt matter what

Re: [ubuntu-in] How to be a part of Ubuntu Community?

--- Manu Mahajan wrote: > Thank you very much for the information Roshan. Welcome :) > I admit it was my mistake I > should've looked at the url first. I'm new here but > I'm trying to learn the > etiquettes of the mailing list. So excuse me if I > make some m

Re: [ubuntu-in] How to be a part of Ubuntu Community?

--- Manu Mahajan wrote: > Are there any more such sessions planned in the near > future? I was unable to > join in this one but would like to participate if > another one is happening > soon. Seems like you missed the URL ;) Please visit: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek The first page ha

Re: [ubuntu-in] Loaded Ubuntu 7.10 in my desktop

--- Mir Nazim wrote: > Just to let you guys know. > > Installed Gusty on my notebook Compaq 6515b. AMD 64 > X2 1.8GHz, 512 MB > RAM, ATI Radeon x1200 series. > Works great! > > PS: I needed to do some extra stuff to get X > working. > > Install using alternate CD(not liveCD) > After install >

[ubuntu-in] How to be a part of Ubuntu Community?

All, A few weeks ago, there was post on the list regarding UbuntuOpenWeek. Today's session begins with a session by Jono Bacon on how to be a part of the Ubuntu Community. Please follow the link: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek to know more. Make sure, you *READ* the rules and *FOLLOW*

[ubuntu-in] MTNL Triband through USB - Ubuntu 7.10 (Mumbai / Delhi)

If you are a MTNL Triband user and want to connect to the internet through USB, Ubuntu 7.10 will automatically detect the network through the USB. However, one would have to add the DNS servers in order to get started. (Kubuntu 6.06 (and later), though, could do it out-of-the box - See the K ef

Re: [ubuntu-in] ubuntu India website redesign

--- Parth wrote: > I accept that this is a good topic for presentation, > but IMHO the way > you move up the learning curve is something > different in each > individual and having a common step-wise-procedure > will not prove > good. The way I feel better is start using, start > exploring, start

Re: [ubuntu-in] ubuntu India website redesign

--- nan budh wrote: > lets have a newbie developer section which has > detailed tutorial on how to become an ubuntu > developer. i do not simply mean telling about > programming languages but on specifics requirement > of ubuntu/linux platform. kinda like graded steps, > step 1: learn this(learn p

Re: [ubuntu-in] JDK for CS Ubuntu Poll

--- Amit Karpe wrote: > * free-java-jdk > * Sun > * kaffee > * GCJ > * Blackdown Since, the group requires registration and I'm not interested in registration (no offence), I'll suggest that you put sun-java-sdk and GCJ on the CD. -- http://www.gnu.org.in http://www.somaiya.

[ubuntu-in] Grr: Reminder - NO! Top posting and Over quoting

List, A few recent posts have completely gone haywire in that there are "excessive quoting" with "top posting". If these words are new to you (the reader) then, you *should* _definitely_ read about it. Here's the link: http://www.ubuntu-in.org/wiki/Mailing_list_FAQ Also, if you (the reader) is

Re: [ubuntu-in] JDK for CS Ubuntu

--- Onkar Shinde wrote: > Wrong statement. Java 5 is not released under GPL. Not even under a dual License? http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/forums/t85980.html - has an entry stating Java 6 is released under GPL. The comments in that blog state it is under dual License. So, more precisely,

Re: [ubuntu-in] JDK for CS Ubuntu

--- Amit Karpe wrote: > Thanks . > Finally , I install free-java-jdk package . > Work for small "HelloWorld" java program . > Need to be tested for more advance stuff . Umm, do test it for different packages. The only advantage of sun-java5-sdk, I think is that it is almost a complete set (you wo

Re: [ubuntu-in] JDK for CS Ubuntu

--- Amit Karpe wrote: > As I have limited space , I don't want to use > Sun-Java5-jdk. Any other particular reason for not using sun-java5-jdk? > Which JDK I should use ? As I have very limited > Space for my Live CD . > What is diff between these packages > 1. free-java-jdk This is a different

Re: [ubuntu-in] PeerToPeerFileSharing

--- Lut4rp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I list a few of them here > > > > azureus > > bittornado > > ktorrent > > rtorrent > > qtorrent > > > > All these are clients which work on Bit Torrent > protocol.. Oops! right. Torrent clients. -- http://www.gnu.org.in http://www.somaiya.edu/sks

Re: [ubuntu-in] PeerToPeerFileSharing

--- nan budh wrote: > I use Ares on win XP to share a lot of music files. > Is there any similar peer to peer file sharing > software for ubuntu/linux? I am looking for > something which is actually popular, cos its useful > would be decided by its popularity only. There are quiet a lot of them,

Re: [ubuntu-in] mailing Lists or Discussion Forums (was Ubuntu India Forum - )

--- "Ramnarayan.K" wrote: > mailing lists are good esp for people like me who > live of very narrow > bandwidth (recently even 15 kbps) so its good to get > the discussions > directly - also while on a forum the choice of > discussions is purely > voluntary on mailing lists one has a better chance

Re: [ubuntu-in] mailing Lists or Discussion Forums (was Ubuntu India Forum - )

--- Onkar Shinde wrote: > Apart from that I would really like to see existing > wiki grow in > content, http://ubuntu-in.org/wiki/Documentation +1 -- http://www.gnu.org.in http://www.somaiya.edu/sksasc ubunturos @ freenode Save all your chat conversations. Find them online at http://in.

Re: [ubuntu-in] gnomebaker hangs?

--- Mir Nazim wrote: > Hello Roshan > XCDRoast is very good and reliable(it has been for > me). Otherwise > there is also Nero for Linux and works a breeze on > Gnome. Thanks. -- http://www.gnu.org.in http://www.somaiya.edu/sksasc ubunturos @ freenode 5, 50, 500, 5000 -

[ubuntu-in] gnomebaker hangs?

List, Yesterday, a friend installed gnomebaker and tried writing data to a CD-RW disc. It starts, and stops at 50%. Screen freezes. He's no control at all. Though, I'm not sure he tried "Ctrl+Alt+Backspace", he had to restart his computer. He tried writing data back to disc again, but ended up wit

[ubuntu-in] How-To: GCC for beginners under Ubuntu

List, A few days ago, I wrote a How-To to get started with GCC under Ubuntu. It is available on at the URL http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/Beginners_guide_to_GCC I have also added this URL to the Documentation section of http://www.ubuntu-in.org If there are comments / suggestions / ques

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu India Forum

--- Parth wrote: > Too many > sources of information > leads to confusion. Rather we can focus on improving > the contents of > our Wiki, which we had been trying to for > some(?)time. We may have a > FAQ section and move really good questions asked in > this mailing list > over to the FAQ section

Re: [ubuntu-in] unable to install ubunt 7.04 on my system

--- Pramod A wrote: > Iam unable to install ubunt 7.04 on my system @ > home. > System configuration: > P4, 256MB RAM, 1.7GHz I have the same system config. (at least it matches the specs mentioned here) > When i boot from ubuntu 7.04 CD, it takes a very > long time to reach the > screen where i

[ubuntu-in] [x-posted]: configuring pppoeconf in Ubuntu 7.04 - Installed

List, It is a very /ajeeb/ problem. And I am not able to understand what's causing it. My friend's computer is an old one (>4 years) has 256 MB of RAM and Ubuntu 7.04 installed without problems. Since, he uses a software called "raspppoe" on Windows XP, I started pppoeconf after booting into th

Re: [ubuntu-in] Holding ubuntu workshops at VJTI

--- mehul wrote: > Next week we will be having an introductory seminar > on Linux, at VJTI. > It would be great to have a workshops on ubuntu > right after that as > students would be just introduced to linux and they > would have access > to 30 PC's with Ubuntu installed on them. > When would it

Re: [ubuntu-in] Cursor theme selection disables GUI

--- shirish wrote: > You should have posted the launchpad bug no. > also. Would have > made it easier in 2 ways, one to subscribe to it & > see if something > has to be done within the ubuntu package (connect > with the ubuntu > maintainer) and secondly or/if something needs to be > done u

Re: [ubuntu-in] [RESOLVED] [ILUG-BOM] [CROSS-POST]: Cursor theme selection disables GUI

--- Roshan wrote: > I was trying out cursor themes in Kubuntu and > changed > it to a theme that was called "X Cursor themes" or > so. > I selected it and logged out to set the current > cursor > theme as "X cursor theme". However, the file seems > to

[ubuntu-in] [CROSS-POST]: Cursor theme selection disables GUI

List, I was trying out cursor themes in Kubuntu and changed it to a theme that was called "X Cursor themes" or so. I selected it and logged out to set the current cursor theme as "X cursor theme". However, the file seems to be missing and Kubuntu disables starting X because, it is unable to find t

[ubuntu-in] [READ] Please do not top-post

Humble Request: A few among recently subscribed members (newbies) - this email is for you and also for those who top-post. Often, newbies do not read the mailing list etiquette and commit mistakes. I would request (the most recent post on configuring DataOne Broadband for a friend - completely t

Re: [ubuntu-in] Thinking of buying a laptop

-- nan budh wrote: > Friends, I plan to buy a laptop. Any suggestions > which one should i buy? I want an intel dual core > model. Best would be a Thinkpad (R Series). A entire website is dedicated to Thinkpad. http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki You'll find loads of information. -- http

Re: [ubuntu-in] In favour of Newbies

--- nan budh wrote: > Sometimes one does get stumped at simple things. On > other times one does not know how to interpret the > info available at different forums because many a > times posters talk in an expert language. It would be interesting to know what made you post this to the list. Share

[ubuntu-in] [CROSS-POST] How do I run Compiz on *buntu 6.06?

All, I installed ubuntu-desktop package (the GNOME env.) on my Kubuntu so, that I could have GNOME and KDE together (for any demos). I installed compiz, that is three packages compiz compiz-gnome compiz-kde I also installed Xserver-xgl; (since Xgl is a pre-requisite for Compiz). According to t

Re: [ubuntu-in] CD burning package

--- Rajib Biswas wrote: > Hi, > > Please suggest me which package is best for CD > writing. I want to create > data disk, VCD, audio CD, etc. In the windows > environment, I was familiar > with NERO BURNING ROM. So it would be better for me > to find a linux package > which has similar interface

Re: [ubuntu-in] MY Information

--- Vivek Vorani wrote: > Dear friends, >MY name is Vivek R Vorani and I'm > a student of Computer > Science. I'm very new to Linux World and am very > much interested to operate > it at the best. Right now, it looks too muc > complicated but I hope you all > will help me makin

[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu Linux continues to spread

All, It has been quite a long time, this list has had some activity. May be there's no real need for something to trigger this. Nevertheless, Ubuntu Linux is spreading and now there's a article on WebReference.com http://www.webreference.com/authoring/ubuntu_desktop/index.html -- FSF of India A

Re: [ubuntu-in] Hello

--- Shakthi Kannan wrote: > Use ethernet<-->modem connection to setup Internet. > See: > > http://shakthimaan.com/installs/bsnl-dataone.html SImilarly, you could refer to the following link for configuring BSNL DataOne. http://ubuntu-in.org/wiki/Broadband_Howto -- FSF of India Associate Fell

Re: [ubuntu-in] (no subject)

--- Rajmahendra wrote:nothing Was this a test email? Irrespective of it, you could choose to introduce yourself. -- FSF of India Associate Fellow - http://www.gnu.org.in http://www.somaiya.edu/sksasc ubunturos @ freenode

Re: [ubuntu-in] Cannot download anything through Apt-get

--- shavinder singh wrote: Can you paste your /etc/resolv.conf too? -- FSF of India Associate Fellow - http://www.gnu.org.in http://www.somaiya.edu/sksasc ubunturos @ freenode Download prohibited? No problem. CHAT from any browser, without download. Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com

[ubuntu-in] Sort names in Community Members Page

List, http://www.ubuntu-in.org/wiki/Community_Members The page lists community members where each new user appends at the end of the list, which leads to an unsorted list. For now, the list is sorted for letters from A to G. If anyone can spare sometime to sort the list further, please do so. I

[ubuntu-in] [Mumbai]: VJTI browsing centre dual boots Ubuntu and Windows

All, Great fun in a sort-of install fest! VJTI's Computer Lab in the mechanical engineering department is the centre for NRCFOSS's (http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/full/26/NW/) FOSS activities. The members of GNU/Linux User Group of Mumbai volunteered to setup Ubuntu Linux on 30 computers in the

[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth - Featured on BBC World - Click (this week)

List, In few days, you'll be able to see the entire show (of this week) on their website at http://www.bbcworld.com/click In case, those formats (video) are unacceptable, you can view the interview with Mark Shuttleworth, on the following YouTube Link http://youtube.com/watch?v=fk92zMa84aU Al

Re: [ubuntu-in] Upgrading Ubuntu

--- Arghya wrote: > I cannot download the ISO file. It would take me > days to do it!!! Is it > available like the Desktop CD's? It is not available from Shipit service (something that I assume, you intended to say). Find out who is near to you and has this resource, using the following page ht

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu-IN Wiki User pages

--- Aanjhan R wrote: > Hi, > > On 6/2/07, Roshan wrote: > > You could also include the hardware you are > running > > your *buntu on and the version. > > http://www.ubuntu-in.org/wiki/Hardware_Compatibility > would be of help > I suppose for lots of people.

[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu-IN Wiki User pages

All, I request Wiki users of Ubuntu-In, to create their user pages, and _*include*_ their email address in their user pages, atleast, apart from other stuff. For any communication, (requesting CDs etc.) the email address could be found on their user pages, by other users. You could also include

Re: [ubuntu-in] Parag wants to jaxtr you! :)

--- Parag Kothari wrote: > Ubuntu, > > I just got jaxtr so all my friends can call me for > free! You should get jaxtr too so I can call you for > free! Is this an invitation to a social networking website? Eh? If yes, I humbly request you to avoid sending these to the list. -- FSF of India As

Re: [ubuntu-in] [news] Mark Shuttleworth's talks Dell, Hardware, *buntu 7.10 and more

--- S Gantayet wrote: > Most of the ubuntu news is already available in the > ubuntu community site at > planet.ubuntu.com. Just subscribe to their RSS feed > or check out their > web-site. No point in repeating the news. The planet, doesn't seem to do that. More than news, it is more of typic

Re: [ubuntu-in] File dates get modified - how to retain original created / modified dates and times

--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > Hi > > are there any settings that disallow / prevent > changing of file details > - like time created / modified when they are copied > across drives, or > downloaded from the Internet or downloaded from > Thunderbird. > how can this behavior be controlled. If

Re: [ubuntu-in] [news] Mark Shuttleworth's talks Dell, Hardware, *buntu 7.10 and more

--- Soumyadip Modak wrote: > Here is a tip. There is no point posting news > articles (etc.) on the > list. Startup a new section called news on the wiki > and start posting > there. Ask the admins to try some way of displaying > the 5 most recent > news articles on the main page. If there are re

[ubuntu-in] [news] Mark Shuttleworth's talks Dell, Hardware, *buntu 7.10 and more

List, Mark Shuttleworth's talks Dell, Hardware, *buntu 7.10 and more ... http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2007053102826INDB Great to know he runs Kubuntu on his desktop :) -- FSF of India Associate Fellow - http://www.gnu.org.in S K Somaiya College of ASC- http://www.somaiya.edu/sksasc

Re: [ubuntu-in] Problems Internet My Parents (now in Delhi)

--- Sri ranga wrote: > Hi, > Even for broadband connection, DSL Modem is > required!! Perhaps Laptop has > built-in DSL Modem?! No, that laptop won't have a built-in DSL modem. May be, he has purchased a dial-up account and needs help regarding that. That laptop may have an internal modem. --

[ubuntu-in] New format for CDRequest page

List, The CDRequest page http://www.ubuntu-in.org/wiki/CDRequest has been changed with a new format making it easier to make a request based on 1) city, 2) distro and 3) architecture, as mentioned on the page. Chennai and Mumbai tables are almost ready, and I would request the other wiki users t

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu-IN meet (informal)

--- mehul wrote: > On 5/21/07, Onkar Shinde > wrote: > > > > Please let me know who is interested. > > > I am coming too, mostly. > How many people have we from Mumbai so far? Looks like, most of us are (from Mumbai) interested. However, the date, venue and time is not fixed yet. Any updates o

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu-IN meet (informal)

--- gaurav chaturvedi wrote: > I would like if we hold a workshop or something > there on ubuntu. Me too, if there is a plan to hold a workshop / seminar / LoCo meet. (One day - no stay) However, I think, Mumbai would be better, since there are around 6 members from here (CDRequest page). -- FS

Re: [ubuntu-in] GCC 4.0 (C Compiler) on Kubuntu 6.06

--- mehul wrote: > On 5/21/07, Roshan wrote: > > sudo apt-get install build-essentail. > Just correcting a typo, it's build-essential Yes. Thanks. (Konqueror has a spell-check inbuilt, but didn't seem to mark it wrong :( ) -- FSF of India Associate Fellow - http://www.

[ubuntu-in] GCC 4.0 (C Compiler) on Kubuntu 6.06

List, I had to install GCC C compiler in Kubuntu 6.06, and found that it isn't installed with the default setup. I found out that GCC 4.0 base system (whatever that is) is installed. I used Adept to install GCC C compiler, assuming it would setup everything that I need to run C programs. You can

Re: [ubuntu-in] Need Feisty CDs in Mumbai [was Fwd: Hi]

--- gaurav chaturvedi wrote: > If they knew they woudnt be newbies would they? :-) Ah, this was based on the assumption that those newbies have already studied about mailing lists in theory. :) > > Mailing lists are an old communication component > > The non techie population has grown up on

Re: [ubuntu-in] Need Feisty CDs in Mumbai [was Fwd: Hi]

--- sameer khedekar wrote: (A copy to the mailing list of Ubuntu-IN as well) > Hey Roshan, I guess your the best person to deal > with for the CD's. :-? Hey Sameer, > I would like to have Ubuntu 7 both the desktop and > server editions if that is possible. I do not have t

Re: [ubuntu-in] Need Feisty CDs in Mumbai [was Fwd: Hi]

> Im a newbie to Linux. Got ur email from the Ubuntu > site. > Im using Ubuntu 6.0 and would like to upgrade. > > I have tried downloading Ubuntu 7 in a cyber cafe > but its 2 slow havent > been able to download. > > Where can I buy a CD from. Im based in Mumbai. How > much would it cost ? > > I

Re: [ubuntu-in] Require feisty CDs......

--- Sumit Tiwari wrote: > Hey guys, my name is Sumit and I live in Virar in > Maharashtra. I have a BSNL > broadband connection ( the home 250 plan), which > means I have very limited > bandwidth which I have to used for my work. Umm, you have 2Mbps. That's not less ;) I'm sure, you meant limit

Re: [ubuntu-in] Konqueror Image rendering bug

--- mehul wrote: > Can it be called a bug? Or a feature request? It *isn't* a feature request. It is a bug. -- FSF of India Associate Fellow - http://www.gnu.org.in S K Somaiya College of ASC- http://www.somaiya.edu/sksasc ubunturos @ freenode ___

[ubuntu-in] Konqueror Image rendering bug

Hello Lists, I browse using Konqueror with Images "turned off" so that large size images aren't fetched. (or for that matter any image, irrespective of its size). (sometimes, or at times use Mozilla Firefox) As per rules of W3C, the "alt" tag is compulsory for images, and Konqueror doesn't seem t

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu-In Site Re structure

--- Ravi Shanker wrote: > We should have a main page, a documentation section, > a common blog page Gaurav's wish plan of having a planet, is an apt word for "common blog" > along with some others that members are deciding > would be good.' > Main page, as always have the intro to Ubuntu-in.

Re: [ubuntu-in] YouTube Video: Worth having a look

--- Roshan wrote: > Hello List, > > Enjoy the fun of installing Ubuntu in a Library! > > http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5207234119.html There's a article on the link with reviews about *buntu Linux, from individuals who have tried it with different perspecti

[ubuntu-in] YouTube Video: Worth having a look

Hello List, Enjoy the fun of installing Ubuntu in a Library! http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5207234119.html -- FSF of India Associate Fellow - http://www.gnu.org.in S K Somaiya College of ASC- http://www.somaiya.edu/sksasc ubunturos @ freenode Office firewalls, cyber cafes, college l

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