How to customize Ubuntu and Knoppix GNU/Linux Live CD

Ubuntu LiveCD

If you are looking a way to produce your own demo cd, or your own cool GNU/Linux live CD, then your might find the guides listed below are useful for you

Ubuntu

How To Customize the New Ubuntu Live CD

Customizing Knoppix

Remastering Knoppix

You might find that a lot of customised Linux Live CD are based on these two distro. Notably, the GNOME 2.12 Live CD, UNDP/IOSN LiveCD and MyKnoppix

Happy customizing!

Import Blogger.com post & comments to WordPress

Moving from Blogger.com post to WordPress is rather painless for me, thanks to the import-blogger script that comes with WordPress package. However, the default script does not import the previous Blogger comments, which is rather dissapointing for some who will miss the valueable comments.

However, i found out that this script will help you to export all blogger posts and comments to WordPress with relative ease. You just need to select “Save As” to save the file import_blogger.txt to import_blogger.php and overwrite the original import-blogger.php script. What you need to do next is point your browser to http://yourwordpress.com/wp-admin/import-blogger.php, and follow the rest of the instructions there, you’ll be having your old posts and comments on your WordPress account in no time!

I’ve tried the scripts and i’m very satisfied with the results! Good luck in migrating!

Microsoft teaches parent to be l33t!

I found this article while surfing Microsoft website about child safety when using the internet. This particular article is trying to educate parents with the slang involved in the internet.

words like l33t, h4x0r, j00,pr0n are explained in the articles as well as guidelines to understand such words when parents came accross them. This articles also may serve as a reference to people who wants to learn l33t5p33k.

Link to the article : A parent’s primer to computer slang

<M$> w00t, j00 4r3 0wn3d !!

Connecting TMNet Streamyx Broadband while using Ubuntu

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

  1. Ubuntu has been shipping GNU/Linux for free
  2. Ubuntu doesn’t provide obvious way to connect to broadband

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!


Installing Java 2 SDK on Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu

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Warning, this article is outdated!, please refer to the newer article

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:

  1. Rapidshare.de
  2. Mirror #1

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!