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vrms is an application that checks for non-free packages or components installed in your Debian-based system (including Ubuntu) and subsequently display a statistic of how many percentage of your system is non-free.

vrms can be installed using Synaptic Package Manager :

To execute it, just type "vrms" in the terminal, here's an example of vrms output for my system :

So if you prefer a completely free (as in freedom!) operating system, you can use install gNewsense instead of Ubuntu.

This comic strip is true, at least in my situation...

Original strip : Mostly Harmful - I will not fix your computer

Here is a video of my ayam (chickens) taken on the 2nd day of Hari Raya Aidilfitri. I keep them in my backyard as pets and egg producer. Because of them, I rarely had the need to shop for eggs.

Here's how to use the latest Celcom offering - Celcom Broadband Prepaid on Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution. As its name implies, Celcom Broadband Prepaid works in a prepaid basis, using the following plan: RM 6 /day or RM20/week of unlimited internet use.

This guide assumes you use Huawei E160* or E220 series 3G modem.

First, plug-in the 3G modem to USB connector. After a while, a dialog will appear :

Press next, you will see a list of local broadband service provider. Select "Celcom".

The dialog will close after you click "Forward". However for Celcom Broadband Prepaid to work, you need to change the APN to "celcom3g", and PIN to "1234"

To do that, you need to right click on the network connection icon, and select "Edit Connections":

Then change the APN value to "celcom3g" and set the PIN to "1234".

Sending SMS to subscribe Celcom Prepaid Broadband
Users of Celcom Broadband Prepaid would know that they need to send SMS containing the message "Broadband Daily" or "Broadband Weekly" to 28882 to activate their internet subscription.

In order to do that in Ubuntu GNU/Linux, you need to install 'gammu' package from Synaptic Package Manager. 'gammu' allows you to send SMS using your Huawei 3G Modem, and it works sweetly with Celcom Broadband Prepaid.

Using 'gedit' or your favorite text editor, create ~/.gammurc config file containing these information :

To send SMS, you need to open the terminal application and type "gammu sendsms text 28882", it should look like this :

Note: "Broadband weekly" for subscribing Celcom Broadband Prepaid at RM20/week.

Then send another SMS, execute "gammu sendsms text 28882" :

Send "Broadband Yes", to confirm your subscription. You can then enjoy the Celcom Broadband Prepaid right from your Ubuntu Desktop ! No need to depend on Microsoft Windows based "Mobile Partner" or Vodafone striped-down application to connect to the internet!

To read sms from your Celcom Broadband Prepaid SIM card, type "gammu getsms folder 1 15" and you will see a list of SMS received in your SIM card inbox memory.

Happy surfing !

Here's an easy way to block annoying advertisement and malware sites using '/etc/hosts' file.

First edit the /etc/hosts files using your favorite text editor :

sudo gedit /etc/hosts


Then, paste the list of ads/malware servers in the 'hosts' file. You can get the list from http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ or by searching through Google.

Close the file, and Save. The change will take effect immediately after that. One of the side-effect from this modfication is that your web surfing experience would be significantly faster because your browser does not have to wait for the annoying advertisement to load.