Re: [ubuntu-in] Advice to those new to Ubuntu (and its derivatives)

2010-08-16 Thread Narendra Diwate
On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 20:40, Ramnarayan.K wrote: > Hi > > Am posting this with some trepidation since its not about Ubuntu per > se and seeks to provide an alternative to new / first time users who > are having trouble with Plain vanilla Ubuntu but here goes. > Thats a nice piece Ram. A lot of

Re: [ubuntu-in] Advice to those new to Ubuntu (and its derivatives)

2010-08-16 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Narendra Diwate wrote: > > Personally I prefer a distro that gives me a usable install in a CD worth > of download that installs in about 3-5GB than a distro that comes in DVD > with a whole lot of software that i may or may not need and installs in over > 12Gb. T

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu Global Jam!

2010-08-16 Thread Manish Sinha
On Monday 16 August 2010 12:05 AM, Jagadeesh Krishnamurthy wrote: > Any such initiatives happening in Bombay? I am not a programmer, so > cannot contribute much in that space. But would love to be a part of > the community to contribute. You don't need to be a programmer to be a part of Global J

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu Global Jam!

2010-08-16 Thread Bhavani Shankar R
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Jagadeesh Krishnamurthy wrote: > Any such initiatives happening in Bombay? I am not a programmer, so cannot > contribute much in that space. But would love to be a part of the community > to contribute. > > you can contribute to the forums and packaging software a

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu Global Jam!

2010-08-16 Thread Jagadeesh Krishnamurthy
Sure. But is there anything happening in Bombay? --- Not to decide is to decide. On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Manish Sinha wrote: > On Monday 16 August 2010 12:05 AM, Jagadeesh Krishnamurthy wrote: > > Any such initiatives happening in Bombay? I am not a programmer, so > > cannot contribut

Re: [ubuntu-in] Advice to those new to Ubuntu (and its derivatives)

2010-08-16 Thread Narendra Diwate
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 16:18, Narendra Sisodiya < naren...@narendrasisodiya.com> wrote: > Have you looked at SchoolOS - http://schoolos.org ?? checkout the list of > default software. > > Thanks Narendra Sisodiya. Thats a lot more than I need. What i would be interested is something that can be

[ubuntu-in] Tools on Mailing Lists

2010-08-16 Thread Narendra Diwate
I am tempted to compare this mailing list to a forum where you can search thru forum posts and Sticky some posts (the admin) at the top. Something like a new mail is sent to a specified id with search keywords and the mailing list software returns a list of posts that match. For a mailing list ver

Re: [ubuntu-in] Advice to those new to Ubuntu (and its derivatives)

2010-08-16 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Narendra Diwate wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 16:18, Narendra Sisodiya < > naren...@narendrasisodiya.com> wrote: > > >> Have you looked at SchoolOS - http://schoolos.org ?? checkout the list >> of default software. >> >> Thanks Narendra Sisodiya. Thats a lo

Re: [ubuntu-in] can't play video in ubuntu 9.10

2010-08-16 Thread suranjan jii
Brother, regards. I have installed ubuntu-restricted-extras. And now video is playing. Some .dat file is playing and same type of some files are not playing. message is that "can't read from the resource." Same file is playing easily in XP. When i put any DVD then movie player is opening but nothi

Re: [ubuntu-in] can't play video in ubuntu 9.10

2010-08-16 Thread Ramnarayan.K
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 8:31 PM, suranjan jii wrote: > Brother, > regards. > I have installed ubuntu-restricted-extras. And now video is playing. Some > .dat file is playing and same type of some files are not playing. message is > that "can't read from the resource." Same file is playing easily i

Re: [ubuntu-in] can't play video in ubuntu 9.10

2010-08-16 Thread Narendra Diwate
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 20:33, Ramnarayan.K wrote: > Install VLC and try that. > > some times Movie player is a bit finicky > I agree. Movie player doesnt play like VLC or Mplayer. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

Re: [ubuntu-in] can't play video in ubuntu 9.10

2010-08-16 Thread Brian D'Souza
Hi, Please go through the below links to see if any step was missed out. Also pls check if the drive that you are using to play is also mounted. or try running via the terminal maybe that should prompt some error. that would help to understand and help you. Regards, Brian D'Souza -- ubuntu-in

[ubuntu-in] 64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage (and problems in i5 processor)

2010-08-16 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi was starting to download 64 bit at http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download then saw this message along side the button to check for which version to download "64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage" so why is 64 bit not recommended for daily usage ?? ** An aquaintance rec

Re: [ubuntu-in] 64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage (and problems in i5 processor)

2010-08-16 Thread Narendra Diwate
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 02:25, Ramnarayan.K wrote: > Hi > > was starting to download 64 bit at > http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download > > then saw this message along side the button to check for which version to > download "64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage". so why is

Re: [ubuntu-in] 64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage (and problems in i5 processor)

2010-08-16 Thread Abhinav Modi
Hi Ram, On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 2:55 AM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: > Hi > > was starting to download 64 bit at > http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download > > then saw this message along side the button to check for which version to > download > "64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage

[ubuntu-in] CONFIGURE EMPATHY WITH YAHOO INDIA

2010-08-16 Thread Karan Mehta
i m not able to configure Empathy with Yahoo India address. Please help I m using Development Version on Maverik Meerkat..plz help -- KARAN MEHTA -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in