Re: [ubuntu-in] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Ubuntu India Site moved

2008-08-05 Thread Pratul Kalia
Awesome! I hope my theme will be ready in a while too. Some points of note I want to put: 1. How come ubuntu-in.info working? That domain is ours too? :-P 2. Can we do some CNAME change, so that forum is accessible from forum.ubuntu-in.org? The TechJugaad URL is kinda weird. 3. Yaay! cheers pratu

Re: [ubuntu-in] [ANN] Changes to the Ubuntu India Wiki

2008-08-22 Thread Pratul Kalia
:-) pratul -- I check email only twice a day, please use IM if urgent. lut4rp = malloc(sizeof(pratul)) dum vivimus, vivamus. pratul.in -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

Re: [ubuntu-in] Bug in Prism or firefox in Ubuntu

2008-08-26 Thread Pratul Kalia
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 10:09 PM, mallikarjun arjun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think there is a bug in prism or firefox, I use in ubuntu so i dont know > weather it is only in ubuntu or also in some other distro. > The bug is like this: > When i open a link in prism it opens 2 or 3 same links i

[ubuntu-in] [ANN] OSScamp Delhi, Sept 2008

2008-08-29 Thread Pratul Kalia
Hello everyone /** * Welcome to OSScamp Delhi September 2008! */ OSScamp is India's biggest 'unconference' on open source. Every few months geeks and geeks-to-be come together in this celebration of open technology. The latest edition of OSScamp Delhi has been fixed for September 27th and 28th,

Re: [ubuntu-in] Dell and ubuntu!

2008-09-01 Thread Pratul Kalia
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Niraj Sahay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> If I understand following blog post correctly then it means that Dell >> Vostro laptop will be available with Ubuntu in India soon. >> http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2008/08/27/new-vostro-systems-for-emerging-market

Re: [ubuntu-in] Great BarCamp yesterday in Delhi

2008-10-13 Thread Pratul Kalia
/me goes red in the face. Thanks a lot for the kind words, it was awesome meeting you as well :-) Although, if a large cheerful guy with an oppositely sized micro-laptop, that too running Ubuntu with Compiz, comes and talks about an alternative to Windows, I see why it isn't tough to get the atten

Re: [ubuntu-in] Touchscreen working on HP tx1000 series tablet with Intrepid 32bit

2008-11-18 Thread Pratul Kalia
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:19 PM, 74yrs old <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > please clarify whether touchscreen will work on TFT monitor of Desktop and > if so how? If you mean a normal TFT monitor, of course not :-) This needs a touchscreen monitor to work. It is special hardware. cheers pr

Re: [ubuntu-in] size of folders

2008-11-19 Thread Pratul Kalia
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:20 PM, Moz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a command line or GUI utility in Ubuntu (I run Gutsy 7.10), > to display size of folders on a specific device? On $indows there is > something like TreeSize. You can use the 'du' command from a terminal. cheers pratul --

Re: [ubuntu-in] History Created : First MOTU from India!!!!

2008-11-29 Thread Pratul Kalia
> Aanjhan R wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> We have a very very good news now! Now there is a Master of the >> Universe from India. Yes! I am extremely happy to inform this list >> that Onkar has become a MOTU[1]. Hip Hip Hurray >> >> Keep it going Onkar a.k.a slytherin. >> >> [1] https://wiki.ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-in] Using Ubuntu to reset wincedows expee password

2008-12-16 Thread Pratul Kalia
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Easwar Hariharan wrote: > and of course you can use Windows XP,instead of Wincedows expee,IMHO,that > kind of joke which played on the name of the OS has long passed it's expiry > date,something like 1980's?? +1 Easwer. Let's focus on what we can do to improve on

Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu-IN Hosting Issues

2008-12-23 Thread Pratul Kalia
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Baishampayan Ghose wrote: > The webhost is Gandi.net We have a share of VPS from them. The specs > are here - http://www.gandi.net/hosting/proposal/ > > We got into a very early beta program where the price / share was USD > 7.5 per month. Now they are out of beta

[ubuntu-in] Forums will be down for a week

2009-01-21 Thread Pratul Kalia
Hello list The Ubuntu India forums will be down for a week, till I change webhosts. My older host wasn't really up to the mark so I am shifting to a new one. The process shouldn't take more than a week, so we'll be back up new and improved soon! "the inconvenience is regretted" :-) -- Incoming

Re: [ubuntu-in] Some questions regarding Kubuntu

2009-02-21 Thread Pratul Kalia
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: > Because i would like to try the KDE environment and am not sure how to > get it going - like in other distro's where one can install multiple > environments As with other distros, you can also install multiple desktop environments in Ubuntu

[ubuntu-in] Forums back up, new design!

2009-03-12 Thread Pratul Kalia
Hey everyone The forums are back up again on http://forum.ubuntu-in.info/ ! We lost the previous user data that was on SMF, since we kept getting random attacks on the site even though the SMF versions were kept updated regularly. So, this time we've gone with another forum system called bbPress.

Re: [ubuntu-in] Forums back up, new design!

2009-03-12 Thread Pratul Kalia
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Fabian Enos wrote: > On 3/12/09, Pratul Kalia wrote: >> We lost the previous user data that was on SMF, since we kept getting >> random attacks on the site even though the SMF versions were kept >> updated regularly. > > Were there no b

[ubuntu-in] Issues with the forum.

2009-03-12 Thread Pratul Kalia
We should have known this isn't going to be easy :P There are some email configuration issues, so the forums will not be accessible for a while. Please wait till I fix things up. The inconvenience is (not) regretted :-) pratul -- dum vivimus, vivamus pratul == lut4rp http://pratul.in -- ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-in] Need some help -reg

2009-06-05 Thread Pratul Kalia
[ SNIPPED ] On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 1:59 AM, Anurag Jain wrote: > This is Anurag Jain from SASTRA University and I'm a regular college > going student. > I've been using UBUNTU right from my first year, approximately 2 years and I > am > very much interested in contributing to the open source worl

Re: [ubuntu-in] How to do dual boot install of Ubuntu on Mac

2009-06-22 Thread Pratul Kalia
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Lokesh Chauhan wrote: > Why can't you sue them?? Take them to court about being biased and not > respecting you feeling. Bah, sue them and get what? Tell them to sell Linux pre-loaded laptops? There are barely any models in the market that do that and those are not

[ubuntu-in] Fresh new design for the forums

2009-08-08 Thread Pratul Kalia
Hi everyone I've just updated the design on our forums here - http://forum.ubuntu-in.info. This design has been specifically done for us by community member, Narinder Pal Singh. I think he's done an awesome job on every part of the design and the forums look amazing now! :-) Thoughts? Pratul --

Re: [ubuntu-in] Opening a Ubuntu Project in Delhi College of Engineering

2009-12-23 Thread Pratul Kalia
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:00 AM, ankit babbar wrote: > Hello > Do you have any idea how can open a project in association with Ubuntu in > our college? What kind of association? As far as I know, Ubuntu does no formal associations in colleges. You yourself can take the initiative and make a Linux

Re: [ubuntu-in] Drupal distribution

2010-08-15 Thread Pratul Kalia
On 15/08/10 4:31 PM, Alok Singh Mahor wrote: > Is there any drupal distribution that comes with rich HTML editor like > fckeditor? > You don't need a distribution for that. Why not just install FCKeditor in any Drupal instance? -- dum vivimus, vivamus pratul == lut4rp http://pratul.in -- ubu

Re: [ubuntu-in] Redesign the Ubuntu India website

2010-09-04 Thread Pratul Kalia
On 03/09/10 9:12 PM, Maitraya Bhattacharyya wrote: > Hey Guys, > > How about redesigning the Ubuntu India website in accordance with the > new Ubuntu design guidelines... If you guys want it we can do it > together, starting with our coulour paletter, new logo. etc etc. > Sorry I'm contributing a

Re: [ubuntu-in] Redesign the Ubuntu India website

2010-09-04 Thread Pratul Kalia
On 04/09/10 1:07 PM, Nitesh Mistry wrote: > Can we have the existing code put up somewhere like launchpad and start > building on it? I'll write a mail to Narinder asking if he's fine with open sourcing the current bbpress theme. -- dum vivimus, vivamus pratul == lut4rp http://pratul.in -- u

Re: [ubuntu-in] Redesign the Ubuntu India website

2010-09-04 Thread Pratul Kalia
On 04/09/10 2:02 PM, Maitraya Bhattacharyya wrote: > First we discuss the design. Then we start writing the code. > Of course. I suggest people with GIMP/Inkscape/foobar skills do some mockups of the new designs. Code will come at a much much later stage :) -- dum vivimus, vivamus pratul == lu

Re: [ubuntu-in] Redesign the Ubuntu India website

2010-09-04 Thread Pratul Kalia
On 04/09/10 4:19 PM, Nitesh Mistry wrote: > On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 09:36:39AM +0530, Nigel Babu wrote: >> For saneness, I would suggest having a project on Launchpad and using >> bzr to sync up, this would a better way to share your efforts and >> others can help out too > > Following the discussi

Re: [ubuntu-in] Redesign the Ubuntu India website

2010-09-04 Thread Pratul Kalia
On 04/09/10 5:44 PM, Ravi Kumar wrote: > Apart from these, why not we should get it on Django. There are many > cool developers here, who would love to devote their skills for a nobel > cause. Hmm. We already have the mediawiki system running fine, wouldn't do us very good to migrate all of that

Re: [ubuntu-in] Urgent - What is the Correct Ubuntu for an Atom Desktop

2010-09-10 Thread Pratul Kalia
On 10/09/10 1:36 PM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: > Hi > > Can anyone advice on what is the correct Ubuntu version that should / > can be installed on an Atom Processor Desktop > The standard version. Atom is x86. -- dum vivimus, vivamus pratul == lut4rp http://pratul.in -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubun

Re: [ubuntu-in] C++IDE for Ubuntu

2010-09-25 Thread Pratul Kalia
On 26/09/10 11:43 AM, Ravi Kumar wrote: > Really, TC3 isn't the stupid... The technology and progress then was not > such that you can compare it to one available now. I admire the TC3 and > these were the things which let you make something better and improved. > Eh. Maybe for the time 15 years a

[ubuntu-in] Shutting down the forums

2011-01-07 Thread Pratul Kalia
Hello there! As per the recent discussions we have had on the IRC channel, it has come to light that the forums are mostly a spam hotbed and are not helping the community in any way. The community mostly interacts on the mailing list and the IRC channel. This has led us to the decision that

Re: [ubuntu-in] Shutting down the forums

2011-01-08 Thread Pratul Kalia
On 08/01/11 9:53 PM, Mehul Ved wrote: On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Narendra Diwate wrote: On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Pratul Kalia wrote: Didn't understand properly. You meant close down ubuntuforums.org or some other. Not ubuntuforums.org. That's owned by Canonical if I

Re: [ubuntu-in] Time to look inwards.

2011-02-21 Thread Pratul Kalia
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:50 AM, stereotactic wrote: > > Can anyone name ANY project, managed solely by Indians and being featured on > the popular sites as "must have"? It is a collaborative effort, no doubt, > but why do we see ourselves working on existing ideas? Slave labor anyone? > Hmm, I

Re: [ubuntu-in] Intro- Abhinav Upadhyay

2011-03-10 Thread Pratul Kalia
[ snipped ] On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Abhinav Upadhyay wrote: > Hi Everyone, >     My name is Abhinav Upadhyay and I am a final year > engineering student from Lucknow. I have been Ubuntu for about 4 years now. > I really love it and promote it wholeheartedly wherever I can

Re: [ubuntu-in] Intro- Abhinav Upadhyay

2011-03-10 Thread Pratul Kalia
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Abhinav Upadhyay wrote: > Hi Pratul Sir, >   Yes, I am attending OSSCamp Lucknow. In fact I am one of > the organizers :-) . I am very excited to know that you are coming. It would > great to learn from you. > If you call me sir again, I'll stab yo

Re: [ubuntu-in] Intro- Abhinav Upadhyay

2011-03-10 Thread Pratul Kalia
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Abhinav Upadhyay wrote: > Ok Pratul. I will make sure not do that again. I still have few things to do > in life :-D > Don't we all, don't we all... :-) -- dum vivimus, vivamus pratul == lut4rp http://pratul.in -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu