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Ubuntu 8.10, Intrepid Ibex Released

admin — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:35:17 +0000

On Oct 30, 2008, the Ubuntu developers team have announced the availability of the official of Ubuntu 8.10, codenamed Intrepid Ibex and is now ready for downloading. Ubuntu 8.10 features a new version of the Gnome 2.24 which brings some new applications and a wide range of improvements for developers and end users such as support [...]

Novell releases openSUSE 11.0

admin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:16:50 +0000

Novell have released openSUSE 11.0, the latest free version of its Linux operating system distribution which then will be the base for Novell’s award winning SUSE Linux Enterprise products. OpenSUSE 11.0 comes with the latest versions of KDE and GNOME, with KDE 4.0.4 replaced KDE 3.5 as the default KDE. With DVD installer, you [...]

Ubuntu Netbook Remix

admin — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:01:52 +0000

About a week ago, Canonical was demonstrating a reworked desktop image of Ubuntu, Ubuntu Netbook Remix at Computex in Taiwan. Remix is not ready and still under heavy development. However, the source code is already available and can be installed on regular Ubuntu system. I managed to install Ubuntu Netbook Remix desktop environment running on [...]

Banshee 1.0 Released

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:20:01 +0000

On June 10, Banshee 1.0 was officially released to the public. Aron Bockover wrote on Planet Banshee : It is my immense pleasure to formally announce the release of Banshee 1.0. After nearly eight months of vigorous, non-stop work (since the last major Banshee release), it’s here - and we couldn’t be happier! I’m not going [...]

Desktop Linux Face-Off: Ubuntu 8.04 vs. Fedora 9

admin — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:24:25 +0000

Robert Strohmeyer wrote on PC World website about two well known Linux distributions, Ubuntu 8.04 and Fedora 9. Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.04 is the best-assembled and most polished Linux distribution I’ve ever used. Ubuntu 8.04 performs well where Windows XP and Vista screech to a halt, particularly on older hardware. And since it comes with OpenOffice.org, Firefox, [...]

Install Latest Compiz Fusion from Git

admin — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:06:25 +0000

Last couple of days before, I had posted two screenshots that showing Compiz Fusion Sphere and Cylinder Effect. The Compiz Fusion 0.7.4 that comes by default with Ubuntu 8.04 does not include this plugin. So you need to compile the plugin.For a new user, this not sound nice. However, there is an easy way to [...]

Banshee 1.0 Release Candidate 1 (0.99.3)

admin — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:44:08 +0000

On May 30, Banshee 1.0 RC 1was released to the public. Banshee 1.0 RC 1 represents the sixth release since we began rewriting much of the core of Banshee. The primary reasons for this rearchitecting were to deliver much needed performance improvements, make features more powerful and mature, and allow us to add awesome [...]

Compiz Fusion Sphere and Cylinder

admin — Sat, 31 May 2008 07:39:26 +0000

Compiz Fusion Sphere Compiz Fusion Cylinder Read this article to install Compiz Fusion and get this plug in.

Avant Window Navigator, Cairo Dock and Kiba Dock

admin — Wed, 28 May 2008 04:11:43 +0000

For those who like to have Mac OSX Dock style, here is the list of dock (according to my preference) which you can choose from. Avant Window Navigator Cairo-Dock Kiba Dock With one of these docks, you can get similar effect as the Mac OSX Dock for your Ubuntu. To get this three dock working on [...]

GNOME Do; Program and File Luncher for Ubuntu

admin — Sun, 25 May 2008 13:03:51 +0000

Inspired by two popular Mac applications; Spotlight and Quicksilver, David Siegel has developed GNOME Do as a part of his university course which afterward became a popular application for Linux. With GNOME Do, you can quickly launch an application just by typing the application’s name. It’s not just restricted to applications. You also can [...]

Banshee 1.0 Beta 2 (0.99.2)

admin — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:01:53 +0000

About two weeks after the release of the first beta version, here comes Banshee 1.0 Beta 2. Same as before,three new features has been added in this released and over 28 bugs have been fixed since beta 1. New Features: Podcast Support With Banshee 1.0 Beta 2, you can subscribe to your favorite audio and video podcasts, [...]

Fedora 9 Review Roundup

admin — Fri, 23 May 2008 03:45:09 +0000

About a week ago, Fedora 9, codename Sulphur was released to the public. Fedora 9 comes with a lot of new features and updated softwares such as the latest Gnome 2.22, KDE 4.0.3, Xfce 4.4.2, Mozilla Firefox Beta 5, Open Office 2.4 and a 2.6.25 based kernel. Here are some of reviews about Fedora [...]

Screenlets; Widget for Your Ubuntu

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:33:53 +0000

Ubuntu system doesn’t come with something like Mac OSX widgets or Windows Vista gadgets by default. However, you can get this feature by installing software called Screenlets.Screenlets are small applications written in python which can be put anywhere on your desktop. With the released of Screenlets 0.1.1, support for web widgets (widgets which are [...]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 under VirtualBox

admin — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:04:59 +0000

Before this, I have talked about installing the greatest Linux distribution Ubuntu 8.04, Hardy Heron using Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 here. Alternatively, you can use VirtualBox to install Ubuntu 8.04 under your windows environment. VirtualBox VirtualBox is a X86 virtualization software package developed by Sun Microsystems Inc. You can get VirtualBox for free since it is released [...]

Banshee 1.0 Beta 1 (0.99.1) Released

admin — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:45:14 +0000

On May 6, 2007 first beta version of Banshee 1.0 has been released to the public. In this released, three new features has been added and over 30 bugs has been fixed. New Features: MTP and iPod device support: Now you can drag and drop the music and video files from your library to your device [...]

Installing Ubuntu 8.04 under Microsoft Virtual PC 2007

admin — Sun, 04 May 2008 07:17:19 +0000

For those who want to try Ubuntu but don’t want to leave your windows for some reasons, you might want to check this tutorial by Robert Cain. This step by step tutorial will teach you how to setup and install the latest Ubuntu 8.04 using Microsoft Virtual PC 2007. Requirements You need to have Microsoft Virtual [...]

Grab a Chance to Win a HP Pavilion HDX 9000 “Dragon” Entertainment Notebook

admin — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:22:56 +0000

Now is your chance to win a HP Pavilion HDX 9000. Check out this website for more details on the contest. Laptop Specification Operating system: Windows Vista Ultimate (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core2 Extreme Processor X9000 (2.80GHz, 6MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB) Display: 20.1″ diagonal WUXGA High-Definition HP Ultra Brightview Widescreen (1920×1200) Memory: 4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm) Graphics Card: 512MB NVIDIA [...]

Gutsy Gibbon to Hardy Heron

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:58:43 +0000

Finally, after 4 days of hard work, I managed to get Ubuntu 8.04: Hardy Heron running on my laptop. I’m very happy with that even though I had to spent a lot of time on fixing the problems. Now, everything is working perfectly in my Ubuntu system except Hardware Information. The Hardware Information keep crashing [...]

Ubuntu 8.04, Hardy Heron

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:32:15 +0000

Here are some screenshots of post installation of Hardy Heron

Upgrading to Ubuntu 8.04, Hardy Heron

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:20:25 +0000

Here are some sceenshoots taken during the upgrading process

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Released

admin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:03:19 +0000

The waiting is finally over, the Canonical has released the second LTS, long term support of Ubuntu 8.04 codename Hardy Heron to the public today. Ubuntu 8.04 will be officially supported and maintained by Ubuntu team for three years on desktop and five years on server. The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 8.04 LTS [...]

Ubuntu 8.04: 4 days to go

admin — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:02:42 +0000

It’s 4 more days to go until the final version of Ubuntu 8.04, Hardy Heron hit the street. The CEO of Canonical, Mark Shuttleworth guarantees that this version will make it on time. So, for all Ubuntu fans out there (including me), you don’t have to worry. You will get it for sure. If you go [...]

165+ applications running simultaneously

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:02:57 +0000

One linux user had posted a video on YouTube where he run 165+ applications simultaneously without having any performance problem. In the video, he wrote that he run 180 applications.

Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring Review

admin — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:36:49 +0000

On April 10, Mandriva has released it’s popular Mandriva Linux distribution to the public. You can read my previous post to know about some improvements and new features added to this distribution. Jochem wrote a review in his blog about this new released. A while ago I took a look at Mandriva 2008 Spring RC1 inside VirtualBox. [...]

Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:09:09 +0000

Yesterday, Mandriva has released its latest distribution, Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring. Mandriva, the leading European Linux distributor, today announces the launch of Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring, the major new release of Mandriva Linux, featuring hundreds of improvements which make for a quicker and more powerful distribution that is easier to use than ever. Here a list of [...]

Banshee 1.0 Alpha 3

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:53:13 +0000

Banshee is a music management and playback for Gnome. Banshee is just like Windows Media Player where you can import, organize and play your music files. With Banshee, you also can rip CDs, play and sync your iPod, create playlists, and burn audio and MP3 CDs. The first alpha version of Banshee 1.0 hits [...]

Installing Sopcast on Ubuntu

admin — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:15:45 +0000

Sopcast is a software which you can use to watch the video and listen to radio on the Internet. You also can broadcast your on tv channel if you want for free. On Vista, I used Sopcast to watch Formula1 race. When I am using Ubuntu, I have no idea how to watch [...]

OpenOffice.org 2.4 Released

admin — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:22:44 +0000

On March 26, 2008, OpenOffice.org community had released a free and open source office suite, OpenOffice.org 2.4. This released will be the last of 2.0 version before the release of new OpenOffice.org 3.0 which is expected to be on September or October 2008. The OpenOffice.org Community is pleased to announce the release of OpenOffice.org 2.4, the [...]

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron Beta

admin — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:15:44 +0000

On March 21, Canonical has released the first public beta version of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. Its about a month left until the release of stable version of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron. Here are some of the improvements made by the developers that distinguish Hardy Heron from Gutsy Gibbon. Latest version of Xorg (7.3) Linux 2.6.24-12.13 [...]

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Released

admin — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:12:28 +0000

Today, Microsoft has released Windows Vista SP1 to the public and Windows Vista SP1 is available in English, French, German, Spanish, and Japanese. For other language, you need to give some time to Microsoft to work on it and make it available. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is an update to Windows Vista that addresses [...]

Installing Skype 2.0

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:28:52 +0000

Skype 2.0 for Linux has been released on March 13, 2008. So, this is not a something new anymore. Today we’re proud to announce the general release of video calls in Skype 2.0 for Linux. As you may already know, the best things in life are often free and now you can make (and receive) free, [...]

The Best Open Source Applications

admin — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:26:10 +0000

Here are some great open source applications which I use most of the time. These applications can be installed in Microsoft Windows, Linux and OS X. I would like to recommend you to install and use it as your main applications. These open source applications can be downloaded for free and can be distributed. If [...]

Avg Anti-Virus Free Edition

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:12:10 +0000

Today, I have installed AVG Anti-virus on my laptop running Ubuntu. People know that Linux system is invulnerable to any viruses, trojans and malware . So, why do I need anti-virus software? That’s a good question to ask. For people like me who is running dual booting Ubuntu with Windows Vista, this software can [...]

Gimp 2.4.5 Released:Photoshop Alternative

admin — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:48:04 +0000

If you are looking for an alternative image manipulation software which is free and open source; Gimp will be the best alternative for you. Gimp stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program. New version 2.4.5 of Gimp has been released today. This version is a bugfix release in the stable 2.4 series. Gimp comes by default [...]

18 Tahun Comel Sengoti

admin — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:24:18 +0000

18 Tahun Comel Sengoti 18 tahun Tok Guru memimpin kita, Rakyat hidup makmur penuh bahagia, Islam kita junjung, adab kita jaga, Tak perlulah hendak berbohong, Kata tidak membuat apa-apa, 18 tahun Tok Guru memimpin kita.

Slax v6.0.0

admin — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:32:28 +0000

Slax v6.0.0 was released officially on the 12th February 2008. Slax was developed by Tomas Matejicek using the Linux Live scripts based on the Slackware. Slax was developed to be a modern, small and fast operating system. Slax boots and runs from either cd or usb drive. Slax is a modern, small and fast Linux operating [...]

Inevitable Post

admin — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:49:41 +0000

In the Name of God the Most Compassionate and the Most Merciful. Selamat datang and Welcome to my virtual home.