Free and Open Source blogger with an attitude
Stuff about GNU/Linux distro, tips and tricks or information
I write this because people have been sending me questions regarding how to connect streamyx broadband service on Ubuntu Linux. IMHO, this thing happened for two reasons
OK now, just cross your finger, open a gnome-terminal, and type :
$ sudo pppoeconf
and follow the step-by-step screenshot! Heh, i’m not being lazy to type the rest of the guide, I just don’t know how to write a proper one!
Today, I finally had the time to sit down and blog about my experience using GNOME 2.12 via GNOME LiveCD.
I had great experience testing out GNOME 2.12 LiveCD, it has exceeded all of my expectations from a demo cd. I can do most of my work using only the demo cd, like reading and printing documents, get online, watch movies, listening to music/radio, instant messaging and obviously blogging ;). The CD also includes some pictures from GNOME community events as well as freely distributable musics and videos .
Why I haven’t use GNOME 2.12 on any of my operating systems? Because I’m waiting for Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy) to come out. Just to let you know, the official GNOME 2.12 LiveCD is based on Ubuntu 5.10 which will be released officially on October 13, 2005. I’m satisfied with the LiveCD and thus i’m satisfied with Ubuntu Breezy too!
Well I guess that’s all for now, time to go to sleep.
I want to migrate all of my old emails and settings from my Windows box to my GNU/Linux box. Well, I heard of a program called MozBackup which can help you backup your thunderbird profile including settings, emails and preferences.
The problem is, The program only works in the Microsoft Windows platform and does not work in GNU/Linux or *BSD system. The FAQ page of this software explains that the author is rewriting the software in .NET to be use on GNU/Linux. But it isnt good enough because it’s isn’t a Free Software (philosophy side) and everybody knows that Mono still haven’t supported Windows Form quite well yet (technical feasibility side).
There are other alternatives, but all of them are meant to be executed on Microsoft Windows platform. Can anybody point me a Mozilla backup software (which automates the profile backup) which runs on GNU/Linux platform?
p/s: I know how to do this manually, I’m just asking out of curiosity if there exist an application out there which automates this procedure for GNU/Linux and *BSD platform.
Odd, but I read today from a blog that pointed Microsoft Spaces Logo is somewhat closely resembles Ubuntu logo. Coincidence perhaps?
Read it here
It’s going to be another 2 days till GNOME 2.12 is officially release to public. The much anticipated GNOME 2.12 seems to spots a few more enhancement, than it’s previous release :
Please read A Prerelease Tour of GNOME 2.12 for more information.
The GNOME 2.12 official page. Watch this page for GNOME LiveCD.
Install Java SDK and JRE in Ubuntu ?
Want to install Java 2 SDK (j2sdk) in your Debian or Ubuntu? Well, I’ve created a home-made package for Java 2 SDK 1.4.2.
First download the deb from either of this mirror:
and after that, just do :
$ sudo dpkg -i sun-j2sdk1.4_1.4.2_09_i386.deb
and Sun Java 2 SDK 1.4.2 should be installed in your system by now. You can refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Java if you want to build other Sun Java deb package (like Java 1.5.0)
That’s all for today folks, happy programming in Java!