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Re: [SFD-discuss] I need Help

by Lars Noodén

Hi, Jorge! Sounds very exciting. Jorge Higueros wrote: > The first step is with the profesesors the university buy 4000 laptops with > Ubuntu and and we are the training and the second is present the proyect to > the migration to Free Software all University and timeline 2 years and is > posible 1 year Perhaps a disk-image or kickstart with customized applications, menus, settings, and other options can be worked out with the first focus groups. How are these 4000 to be phased in and who will be the first guinea pigs for the first few pilot projects? (They can be short, quick projects.) Can the OEM work with you on this? What plans are there for making and publishing online HOWTOs and other documentation? e.g. reference management, compound documents with OOo, etc. You're making a clean start so, maybe IPv6, too? > and the staff is maybe working with four organization and lugs we are 500 > person working full time. Have you made a list of applications you will actively support? Which applications are encouraged but not supported? Which applications are they on their own with? KDE is highly customizable and since your team is likely setting up highly configured desktops, it or Xfce are worth examining. Xfce will be fast. How about a disk or kit for those who want to follow progress but won't have the laptops? > And proyect it has to with a documentation of the other universities aruond > the world working with free software Are there plans to provide distribute, network accessible storage with or without web service? If so, OpenAFS is a useful tool for the infrastructure: http://workshop.openafs.org/afsbpw08/ AFS can be combined with Kerberos+ldap (or maybe hesiod) and the two can be part of providing a federated workspace. You have two tasks there. One is the technical infrastructure (e.g. AFS cells and cross-realm authentication) another is planning the taxonomy (for the whole institution and for various classes of users and groups). The file storage can have directories for each user or group or course. Subfolders there can be made available to the university's web server. Regards, -Lars

May 1, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] I need Help

by Jorge Higueros

The first step is with the profesesors the university buy 4000 laptops with Ubuntu and and we are the training and the second is present the proyect to the migration to Free Software all University and timeline 2 years and is posible 1 year and the staff is maybe working with four organization and lugs we are 500 person working full time. And proyect it has to with a documentation of the other universities aruond the world working with free software On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Lars Noodén <lars(a)umich.edu> wrote: > Hi, Jorge, > > Could you mention a bit more about the primary goals or activities these > services will be used for, the number of staff/faculty members/students, > and the expected timeline? > > regards > -Lars > > Jorge Higueros wrote: > > Hello Everyone > > I need your Help becouse I am working in a migration of my university to > > Free Software, but in the proyect I need put other experiences of other > > universities of the world that they using free software, and I need a > > documentation of this work, like: experience, cost, time etc, helpme > for > > this proyect the object is The migration to the 100% the University. > > > > Thanks > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > -- Jorge Higueros Executive Director && Transpersonal Therapeut GNU/Linux user #369545 Free Software Organization Guatemala (502) 23364840 Guatemala C.A.

May 1, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] I need Help

by Lars Noodén

Hi, Jorge, Could you mention a bit more about the primary goals or activities these services will be used for, the number of staff/faculty members/students, and the expected timeline? regards -Lars Jorge Higueros wrote: > Hello Everyone > I need your Help becouse I am working in a migration of my university to > Free Software, but in the proyect I need put other experiences of other > universities of the world that they using free software, and I need a > documentation of this work, like: experience, cost, time etc, helpme for > this proyect the object is The migration to the 100% the University. > > Thanks

May 1, 2008

I need Help

by Jorge Higueros

Hello Everyone I need your Help becouse I am working in a migration of my university to Free Software, but in the proyect I need put other experiences of other universities of the world that they using free software, and I need a documentation of this work, like: experience, cost, time etc, helpme for this proyect the object is The migration to the 100% the University. Thanks -- Jorge Higueros Executive Director && Transpersonal Therapeut GNU/Linux user #369545 Free Software Organization Guatemala (502) 23364840 Guatemala C.A.

May 1, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] when your pc gets sick!!!(suggest me)

by Mani A

2008/5/1 devesh <dost4frnd(a)gmail.com>: > Hi, > > Well,I am an engineering student from India. I am doing a project on > TroubleShooting Linux and made this bootable Cd for me and my friends > whoever need it. I just uploaded it on internet for reviews from my friends > and others. > > I really dont aware so much about licensing and distribution. But since I > have been using Linux(fedora) from last 2 years and got little knowledge > about proprietary software (like Fedora doesnt give mp3 support).So whenever > my friends ask why ?I said some license issues. > > So,if you can suggest a good solution for it,so please do it. > > Should I remove unlicensed proprietary software from the CD? or > Should I delete it from source forge? or > Something else? 1. Remove unlicensed proprietary software from the CD 2. Make two versions one with mp3 support and the other without. 3. Improve documentation Best A. Mani -- A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc

May 1, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] when your pc gets sick!!!(suggest me)

by devesh

Hi, Well,I am an engineering student from India. I am doing a project on TroubleShooting Linux and made this bootable Cd for me and my friends whoever need it. I just uploaded it on internet for reviews from my friends and others. I really dont aware so much about licensing and distribution. But since I have been using Linux(fedora) from last 2 years and got little knowledge about proprietary software (like Fedora doesnt give mp3 support).So whenever my friends ask why ?I said some license issues. So,if you can suggest a good solution for it,so please do it. Should I remove unlicensed proprietary software from the CD? or Should I delete it from source forge? or Something else? Regards, Devesh. On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 3:16 AM, Pia Waugh <greebo(a)pipka.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > <quote who="Przemysław Kulczycki"> > > > Hiren's BootCD contains unlicensed proprietary software, therefore it > > cannot and shouldn't be recommended by free/open source software users > > because its use is illegal in most countries. > > >There is also a difference between using and distributing something. It > is > >illegal to distribute the libdvdcss in Australia but does that mean I > should > >do without dVDs in my house if I use Linux? It is technically illegal to > >

May 1, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] when your pc gets sick!!!

by Pia Waugh

Hi all, <quote who="Przemysław Kulczycki"> > Hiren's BootCD contains unlicensed proprietary software, therefore it > cannot and shouldn't be recommended by free/open source software users > because its use is illegal in most countries. There is also a difference between using and distributing something. It is illegal to distribute the libdvdcss in Australia but does that mean I should do without dVDs in my house if I use Linux? It is technically illegal to distribute something with mp3 support already set up (unless the distributer has paid the mp3 fee), so how does that affect non-technical recipients of Free Software? Most non-technical people don't know (or care) why their default Linux installation doesn't support DVD or MP3, it is a problem. Software Freedom International couldn't distribute something that is illegal, however I personally recognise that some laws would render us unable to do many things with our own technology, and where is the software freedom in that? There is legal revolution in the process as well as a technology one, with constructs like GPL and Creative Commons leading the charge. We need to be ensuring that the legal systems we participate in also reflect the principles of Software Freedom in order to ensure that it isn't just freedom for geeks, but freedom for everyone. Just my 2c. Cheers, Pia -- OLPC Australia http://olpc.org.au/ Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ Open Source Industry Australia http://osia.net.au/ Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/

April 30, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] when your pc gets sick!!!

by devesh

Hi, I just used Hiren's image(to make this CD more useful)....I have nothing to do with it.My focus is on Linux Troubleshooting.So if is there any serious issue let me know about it? regards, devesh.

April 30, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] when your pc gets sick!!!

by Przemysław Kulczycki

devesh pisze: > *2. What's TuxGuru's Rescue Tablet?* > > It is a part of the TuxGuru project.Tuxguru's Rescue tablet resolves many > problems including > Passwords,Grub,Backup,Recovery,Partition,Installations,etc. It is a > mutli-bootable(dos/unix) disk having a large no. of trobleshooting scripts, > softwares and packages.It is based on Fedora standard booting method and > rescue environment, so can be used as 'Live' Cd. > > Moreover,it contains Hiren's BootCD 9.1 > <http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd> Hiren's BootCD contains unlicensed proprietary software, therefore it cannot and shouldn't be recommended by free/open source software users because its use is illegal in most countries. -- ## Przemysław Kulczycki <<>> Azrael Nightwalker ## # jabber: azrael[na]jabster.pl | tlen: azrael29a # ### www: http://reksio.ftj.agh.edu.pl/~azrael/ ###

April 30, 2008

when your pc gets sick!!!

by devesh

Hi, Well, it's not possible to keep your machine(pc) working(fit) always....someday,sometime comes when you said "no way!!!" ;) So why don't you try TuxGuru ? More info : http://tuxguru.sourceforge.net/info.htm http://tuxguru.sourceforge.net Cheers, Devesh. ------------------------------ * TuxGuru's Rescue Tablet!!!* * (thetuxguru(a)gmail.com)* 1. Introduction 2. What's TuxGuru's Rescue Tablet? 3. How to download? 4. How to burn iso image? 5. How to use this bootable Cd? 6. Some Tips and Tricks :) ------------------------------ *1. Introduction* This project aims to make such Open Source modules or utilities (for Linux) by which any user can shoot any problem with or without having good technical knowledge/skills. *"I have been using Linux for a long time.I have faced so many technical problem and shoot those out. Again i faced more problems and resolved them. And again, I faced more problems. But at this stage, I found most of them are same problems and same repeated solutions for those. So this idea came in my mind, Shouldn't I make a troubleshooter. A troubleshooter which would be smart enough to resolve the problems based on some interaction between the user and the troubleshooter."* The Troubleshooter will work based on the answers given, and will present likely solutions & will ask further clarifying questions. *Naming :* TuxGuru = Tux + Guru o Tux symbolizes Linux (open source software) o Guru - a Hindi Word, which means 'Teacher' ( a person who understands the problems and suggests appropriate solutions) *2. What's TuxGuru's Rescue Tablet?* It is a part of the TuxGuru project.Tuxguru's Rescue tablet resolves many problems including Passwords,Grub,Backup,Recovery,Partition,Installations,etc. It is a mutli-bootable(dos/unix) disk having a large no. of trobleshooting scripts, softwares and packages.It is based on Fedora standard booting method and rescue environment, so can be used as 'Live' Cd. Moreover,it contains Hiren's BootCD 9.1 <http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd>and The All In One Boot Floppy <http://home.arcor.de/mschierlm/bootdisk/> which make this Rescue Tablet more 'powerful'. *3. How to download?* You can get TuxGuru's Rescue Tablet beta release from here.<http://tuxguru.sourceforge.net> *4. How to burn iso image?* Just download the iso image from the above mentioned link and use your favorite cd/dvd burner to burn this image. If you use Linux, can use : K3b <http://k3b.plainblack.com/> or Insert your cd/dvd in CD/DVD-ROM and type in terminal : * cdrecord -v -pad speed=1 dev=0,0,0 tuxguru-beta.iso * *5. How to use this bootable Cd?* After burning your CD/DVD, just insert into your CD/DVD-ROM and reboot your pc.You will see a menu as your pc will boot up,from there you can easily explore this Rescue Tablet.For more info,use its manual<#119a08ad8450c2c1_119a087253512d75_119a07e49d56070c_>(coming soon!!!). *6. Some Tips and Tricks :)* i) - If you want to recover your windows(admin) password. -- Boot your pc with this disk and choose Hiren's BootCd from menu.Go to sub-menu and choose password/registry changer and follow the instructions given on screen.It will reset your windows password. ii) - How to resolve any grub boot-loader problem or re-installation of Grub Boot Loader -- Boot your machine with this disk and choose *'Run TuxGuru's Rescue Disk'*and follow the instructions.It will leave you on terminal (#-prompt).Type *'tuxguru'* and choose *'Install BootLoader'* from the menu.Just wait for 4-5 Sec. and restart your machine with new Grub :). iii ) - How to change Linux Root Password? -- On the #-prompt, just type *'passwd'* ,it will ask you a new Root password,just enter and confirm your new Root password. *Contact me : * Send Feedback & bugs to - thetuxguru(a)gmail.com ------------------------------

April 30, 2008