Category: GNU/Linux

Stuff about GNU/Linux distro, tips and tricks or information

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Quick Look on GNOME and KDE Desktop features

GNOME and KDE is probably the most famous windows manager for GNU/Linux based operating system. This is because major GNU/Linux distro opt to use either one of them as their main Windows Managers.

This move however has divided the users into two major camps, the GNOME and KDE camps. Each Window Manager has its own distinctive style and ways of handling user interaction

I found a nice website that try to compare features available between the two desktop environment (using Ubuntu as a base distro) : KDE and GNOME Environment

[tags]ubuntu,kde,gnome,linux,desktop,distro, gnu/linux[/tags]

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Download Ubuntu Eft (6.10) Knot 2

Although schedule to be released on October 26, 2006, you may download Ubuntu Edgy Eft (6.10) Knot 2 CD from Ubuntu website. The Knot designation can be taken as preview release of Ubuntu, it is based on Linux kernel 2.6.17.6 and it features GNOME 2.16 RC 1, OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 and Firefox 2.0b1 among other new softwares.

Edgy Eft is said to improve the previous release Dapper Drake of memory usage and applications like Evolution e-mail client and Nautilus file manager uses less memory? and loads faster.

Hope that they can get more features into Edgy Eft soon, the Linux 2.6.17 has improved Broadcom wireless chipset support and that would be an added plus to those who are using laptops.
[tags]ubuntu,linux,dapper drake,dapper,eft[/tags]

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Why you don’t have to defrag Linux like Windows?

One of the question that come out every once a while from new GNU/Linux users is how to defrag Linux? Usually most would be satisfied with the short answer “Linux does not need filesystem defragmentation like Windows”.

For curious users who prefer a rather complete explanation about why GNU/Linux filesystem doesn’t need defragmentation like WIndows are, then this article might provide such answer to you : Why doesn’t Linux need defragmenting?

Hope that answer your questions about Linux (or other Unix-like) filesystem for that matter.
[tags]linux,windows,fat32,ext3,filesystem,defrag,defragmentation[/tags]

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Download UML software in Linux

Real programmers don’t do software documentations! They just code! However, there’s a time where you need to document your software project, and UML is probably the most popular tool to document your software design effectively.

But what if you’re developing using GNU/Linux operating system? Which software should you use to draw those UML? Do you need to use a Windows machine just to document your development?

Here’s a list of software that can help you draw UML diagram in GNU Linux :

Hope that helps you in your quest of drawing UML diagram under Linux. If you have any other suggestions, then feel free to add them in the comments box

[tags]uml,draw,software engineering,linux,ubuntu,debian,sdlc,sadm[/tags]

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Install Kubuntu with Ubuntu Disc

You’ve tried Ubuntu and didn’t like the GNOME? You want to install Kubuntu with KDE instead?

I’ve a good news for you! You don’t need a separate Kubuntu Disc to install Kubuntu, instead you can just install Kubuntu right from your default Ubuntu Disc provided that you’ve a fast internet connection.

What you need to do is install the “kubuntu-desktop” package from synaptic or console apt-get :

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

and Ubuntu will take care the rest. To use Kubuntu, you just need to log out from your Ubuntu GNOME desktop, and click the Options to change it to KDE, log-in again, and then you’ll be officially inside Kubuntu.

Have fun trying out this trick!

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Get Ubuntu Repositories on DVD

Having Ubuntu Repositories on DVD is handy if for some reason you can’t get connected to the internet or your connection slow to download favorite application.

There’s an Indonesian website which offer Ubuntu repositories (main, restricted, universe, dan multiverse) on DVD, which means that you would not have to be connected to the internet in order to download application anymore.

All you need to do is to download the DVD images using jigdo, and find the means to burn those DVD. Then to use the DVD, you only have to enter this line at the terminal :

sudo apt-cdrom add

Which Ubuntu will prompt you to insert the DVD (in no particular order), wait until apt -cdrom finish scanning the repo and repeat this step for each of the DVDs.

Finally you can browse all the application inside the DVD repositories by browsing Synaptic, and install them.

The downloads can be obtained at http://wiki.ubuntu-id.org/DistribusiDvdReposUbuntu . Please refer to the Jigdo tutorial if you don’t know how to use it in order to download the DVD.

Have a nice day.

[tags]ubuntu,linux,debian,jigdo,repository,repositories[/tags]