Windows users should be familiar with the “Windows Key” present on most QWERTY keyboards. This key supposedly brings up the “Start Menu” on Microsoft Windows operating system, but it is useless when in Ubuntu, as it does nothing when pressed. Here’s how to make the “Windows Key” to function similarly in Ubuntu as in Windows […]
Fewh, Been quite some time since I updated this blog. Here’s what happened to me since the last update: Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) has been released I’ve presented paper on Mobile Travel Guide and Location Aware App in Informatics 2009. My WordPress Blog site has been hit by spammers/injectors, spent roughly one week to clean […]
Anticipating your favorite Linux distro releases? Now you can put on countdown widget in your blog and share your anticipation with the rest of the world. Distro Release Countdown Widget Ubuntu Fedora Both are provided from their respective official website, so you don’t need to worry about its accuracy. For the curious, here’s the sample […]
Sometimes you might have no choice except to open Microsoft Office 2007 (*.docx) files that you’ve just received in your email. The problem is, you do not have any other application that support Office 2007 format. Here’s an easy way to (kinda) solve that problem, you can convert Microsoft Office 2007 files online, using Google […]
uSbuntu is a tool that let you create Live USB Drive Ubuntu system using iso image files. The tool is inuitive to use and it can be downloaded from any of these sites : Official website Mirror 1 (softpedia) Mirror 1 (4shared) Mirror 1 (softronic) uSbuntu works on Windows XP as well as Vista operating […]
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 […]