I’ve discovered today, that my blog ranked 16 in the most popular blog in Malaysia today at this website
Although the ranking is admittedly not accurate, it still nice to know how your blog are ranked relatively with others :)
How to install software/applications in Ubuntu Linux
If you are new in using Ubuntu or GNU/Linux and still have no idea on how to install software in your Ubuntu PC, then you might find this link helpful to you, How to install ANYTHING in Ubuntu!
The link consist of several basic graphical guide specially made for users with Windows background with the main aim is to guide users to install software for Ubuntu Linux. The guide answers common questions such as “Where’s the EXE?”, “Where do I need to extract this to?”,”How do I run it?” and “Where did it go?”.
The guide also includes Appendix that contains additional information on how to enable extra repositories, how to use terminal and creating an application launcher (application shortcut icon in Windows).
So hope that you enjoy reading it ! – How to install ANYTHING in Ubuntu!
p/s : for serious people who prefer to read a book about Ubuntu Linux, then I suggest you get one of these book from Amazon at a low price :
Google Removes Picasa for Linux Downloads
After making a pre-beta lab release for Picasa for Linux, Google decided to pull it out from it’s website. The software which is still in pre-beta uses Wine internally, and much of the work to port Picasa was done by CodeWeavers team.
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Update : It seems that Google put Picasa for Linux download page back
Playboy Malaysia – Tak bogel tapi lucah!
I found this while looking for some worthy and random blog to read as I’ve written my blog for the day. Malaysian is capable of anything, including trying to cash-in the recent magazine’s popularity in Indonesia.
Enough said, you get the idea – Bharian, #fakap blog
Linux Device Driver Kit Released!
The Linux Device Driver Kit (DDK) release has been announced by Greg Kroah-Hartman on Wednesday. Linux DDK is created to fill the void of not having DDK with documentations and sample source code provided by other popular operating system.
The device driver kit was released in coordination with the FreedomHEC conference in Seattle, which aims to educate and encourage hardware developers about making their hardware compatible with Linux and other free operating systems. Attendees of the conference will receive free copy of Linux DDK on physical media.
The Linux Device Driver Kit contains Linux Device Drivers, third edition book, Linux kernel 2.6.16.18 source code, a set of Howtos and recommended procedures for submitting and patching device drivers, and a library of architecture- and device-specific technical references.
The Linux DDK CD image is also available for download at kernel.org, the CD image is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) for free redistribution.
from Newsforge,Greg Kroah-Hartman blog
The Mysterious Black Box part 2
Remember my previous post about “mysterious black box” that i’m building? Well here’s the photo of commercially available version,
Compare it with my do-it-myself (DIY) version,
ROTFL, I’m not a skilled craftman am I?