The standard GNOME 3 installations comes with Mint GNOME Shell Extensions (MGSE), a desktop layer on top of GNOME 3 that makes possible to use the desktop environment in a traditional way.

Read more about Linux Mint 12 release.

The machine is currently running lighttpd web server with PHP5, samba server and sshd (using public-key authentication).

The specs of the machine are outlined in the screenshot.

You can read more information regarding AMD DecTOP on Wikipedia

• Debian is quicker to install
• Debian is lightweight / uses less memory / feels faster
• Debian doesn’t install XWindows by default
• Debian feels more ‘hands-on’
• Debian has the largest software repository

Although I recognize the *BSD is the best open source operating system for setting up a php/mysql web server, I still prefer Debian as my server operating system for its simplicity, besides… *BSD hates me… :)

p/s: I’m getting annoyed with Ubuntu Unity and GNOME Shell which I perceive as not only counter-productive, but also hogs the RAM and processor power. my netbook battery lasts 20minutes longer with Debian on LXDE.

Here’s a tip on how to produce enough entropy for GPG key generation:

• apt-get install rng-tools
• rngd -r /dev/urandom
• then, proceed to generate GPG keys as usual: gpg –gen-key

Hopefully this tips will help you get by generating GPS keys over those VPS connections!

• Add console app to the sidebar
• Update applications

One thing for sure, I always need a quick access to console (read: bash)

I hope that with the e-jat as representative, #ubuntu-my will flourished and will be better recognized internationally….

Apple website has put on a page dedicated to Steve Jobs:

[Source]

I’m taking the extra day off to Tanjung Bungah, Penang.

Probably a bad idea announcing your vacation trip, so kids, don’t do this.

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To this end, commercial companies have benefited from contributions made by online communities from all over the world on Free and Open Source Software, which some of the company gives back.

However there are also some quarters who are not prepared to face the reality of code forking, especially when the fork has the potential to compete with the original software.

Read:

• Forking is Legal
• Morality of Forking

CloudFlare is a content delivery network which aims to enhance website security and performance. CloudFlare CDN offers protection againts many forms of malicious activity including: spammers, email harvesters, SQL Injection, XSS, denial-of-service attack and suspicious web requests. Therefore saving valueable bandwidth from the web hosting machine.

My Personal Experience with CloudFlare
After a while using CloudFlare, I’ve notice that:

• My site uses less bandwidth
• The php-fcgi uses less (valueable RAM)
• Less comment spam received from blogs
• Site loads faster, not prone to being bogged down during peak hour

So far, so good, I love using CloudFlare…

When will it be available?
Ubuntu-Friendly will be available and integrated right into Ubuntu 11.10. Early adopters and testers can have access to it by Ubuntu 11.10 Oneric Beta 2 due to be released in mid-September.

The tool used for hardware testing is “Checkbox” which is accessible from the Live CD, under System Testing menu.

p/s: Visit Ubuntu Friendly page on Ubuntu Wiki, for more information.

Kudos to the Ubuntu community for coming up with this project, it’ll make life more easier in finding computers that fully support Ubuntu hardware!

• Loco Events (which the team managed or joined)
• Future project goals and achievements.
• New LoCo team assets (such as websites, flyers, stickers).
• Photos of team activities, events, and more.
• Reporting experiences, ideas, and concerns about your team and the wider LoCo community.

Read Ubuntu Wiki (Portal Feeds Page) to find out how to put your loco team feeds on the directory!

The new blog is about my ramblings that are not (directly) related to geek stuffs and other topics that I find interesting. Hopefully it will be as entertaining for all of you to read as this blog….

Thanks, and check it out….

Well, better get umbrella for tomorrow then, because we’re gonna celebrate HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI!!!!

Selamat Hari Raya and Independence Day to all of you!!!

Visit Jono Bacon website for a screenshot tour of the upcoming Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) due release in October 2011

However the issue of the web application security would still remain the same, if not more challenging, since there are so many ways to exploit the vulnerability of websites that utilizes Web Services and AJAX transfers on the background.

Therefore, it is imperative to use the right technique in order to evaluate the security of these services before deploying them out in the open.

For that matter, now I’m currently reading Ajax Security (Hoffman,B. & Sullivan, B.) and Securing Ajax applications (Wells, C.) which in my opinion is a pretty good start for somebody like me to understand common methods for securing web services and websites which uses AJAX heavily.

Hopefully the situation would improved as there are a lot of campaigns around to raise the state of awareness of web application security.

How to use cpulimit?
Basic usage:

cpulimit  -p [pid] -l [ cpu percentage]
cpulimit -p 12345  -l 25

Running cpulimit on background:

cpulimit -p 12345  -l 25 -z -b

Note: The cpu percentage is the same one as reported by the ‘top’ command.

cpulimit can be installed from Ubuntu and Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) repository through apt-get. The official website of cpulimit is http://limitcpu.sf.net

Pingness.com service does not require sign-up, you need to submit your email address and website url, and pingness will send reports of your site downtime (if any) and when the website is back-online.

Usage Example:

# general command line example
grake [YOUTUBE URL]

# typical / normal use
grake http://youtube.com/

#output as json (for programmatic consumption)
grake --json http://youtube.com/

#tell cclive to download youtube urls from grake output

grake http://youtube.com/ | cclive

This of course require the latest release of cclive in order for the download example to work.

LYRICS:
Check my email, got an invite
To a website I don’t know
Looked like googlebuzz at first sight,
But my friend said that’s a no.
Why did we need, another social network?
Doesn’t Facebook work alright?
A new thing for me to learn
This could take all night, Look out!

What is this google +
I don’t Need google +
There’s another +1 and another +1
What is this google +
Hey, Why’s this red thing here?
Go away google +

You want me to put my friends in circles
But circles are for squares
Everday’s like Sophie’s choice
Trying to choose which friend goes where
But No Parents, or Ex-boyfriends…
Can get in without invites
And when I drunkenly post that he’s cute
I can edit it later that night – whoa

I kinda like google +
Can’t believe I’m on google +
Oh another hangout, and another hang out
I dig my google +
Hey, old high school friend
You can’t join my google +

Friends add me, without me adding them
That feature’s really nice
Randos
Uglies
my pot dealer
and all these friend’s I’ve never liked
No one knows, my circle names,
So even good friend’s get handpicked
Do you make it into my main feed
or do I add you to my circle of pricks

I’m in love with google plus
I’m judgemental on goggle +
and Another douchebag and another loser
You didn’t make my google plus
Hey, Now I’m a facist pig
Thank you google plus!