Some web hosting company do not offer shell access (SSH or Telnet) to your shared hosting account for security reasons, making it a bit harder for you to do regular file maintenance for your web account. Although the use of regular FTP client is adequate for most cases, some people still prefer to manipulate files […]
Installing Java Runtime and JDK has been made easy since Ubuntu Feisty Fawn since multiverse and universe package has been made available by default. This short how to, covers an easy way to install Sun Java environment in your Ubuntu operating system. Installing Java Runtime $ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre Installing Java Software Development Kit […]
Ubuntu comes with a default CD ripping utility called Sound Juicer that lets you convert Audio CD tracks into digital music format. However Sound Juicer only able to rip Audio CDs into OGG format by default. Most people that familiar with MP3 format might find this as a drawback because MP3 ripping option is not […]
Here’s the interior of my DLink G-604T Broadband Router/Modem, I put here just for viewing after the modem stopped working last month. FYI, I can still telnet to the modem and play with its settings, the only thing that is not working is the DSL broadband connection to Streamyx. DSL G-604T runs MontaVista-based Linux operating […]
Hi there, I’d like to announce here that I’m offering to sell Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers : A Guide to Developing Internet Agents with Php/cURL for a heavily discounted price to Malaysian. The book is new and it is still in its original packaging from Powells.com, the reason for selling it is there’s a […]
Some of my friends aren’t aware that the latest Debian relese (Etch – 4.0) includes an optional GUI installer. This option can be activated at the CDROM boot prompt by entering ‘installgui’ option. While the GUI installer is not particularly impressive when compared with modern GNU/Linux distributions, it is nice to know that the Debian […]