Free and Open Source blogger with an attitude
Hello there, I’m just testing my skills on php, and suddenly I came out with an idea to create a simple website that allows you to view Malaysian TV Programme Listing at http://tv.mypapit.net. It’s kinda a simple and stupid website actually, but it allows you to subscribe the tv listing using any generic RSS reader for your convenience.
So don’t forget about the URL, it’s http://tv.mypapit.net. lol, I know, it’s a shameless promotion.
Back few days ago, Linspire (formerly known as Lindows) has announced Freespire, a no-cost version of Linspire’s Linux distribution. According to them, Freespire will be a community-driven distribution, that will allow users to download a complete free and open source operating system, or the one that includes proprietary software.
However this is not the first time the idea of “Freespire” surfaced. Last year, a LiveCD called “Freespire” was distributed on the internet. That particular “Freespire” however was created by Andrew Betts based on source code from Linspire. These has created confusion among the users, and the project has changed it name to SquiggleOS before it went out of development recently.
The official beta release of Freespire from Linspire is scheduled to be available somewhere around August 2006. The screenshot of Freespire operating can be seen at the Freespire official website at http://freespire.org
Having a GNU/Linux distro in DVD is nice, having one in business card cd is better. But having 9 different GNU/Linux distro in a single 700MB CD top it all!
Yes, you read it right, Multi Distro is a compilation of several live, bootable, distributions. It’s based on R.I.P. It uses GRUB, as bootloader. It goes in one, 700MB CD. GPL license.
Currently Multi Distro is made of Slax, GeexBOX, DamnSmallLinux, INSERT, R.I.P., Mpentoo, Olive, Grafpup, Limp and a memory tester. You can download Multi Distro from it’s website here : http://multidistro.tlm-project.org/
Multi Distro is made possible by booting several different Linux distro using GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB). The project maintainer has shared information on how to make your own Multi Distro
here
It’s about a year since Richard M Stallman (RMS) came to Malaysia and give talk in UM, but still there’s some people asks me about the video file. Well for your information, I’m still seeding the video file via BitTorrent (encoded by aizatto), you can get the torrent file here : rms.torrent.
p/s: If you’re using Microsoft Windows, then I recommend you to use VLC Media Player to watch this video (it works from the box!).
Ever wonder how to register a small business in Malaysia? This e-book might give you some idea on that, including how to fill in the required form (Borang P.N.A 1, etc) and the fees, what you supposed to do after you formed a company. The only catch is, it is written in Malay.
Download : Panduan Memulakan Perniagaan
p/s: I found the guide in some free hosting website a while ago (i think it’s angelfire) and it seems to be abandoned, so I recompile it in PDF format in hopes it will be useful to others. Note that I’m not the writer of the book :p
I’m sure that most of you have heard about AJAX buzzword, and information about it has been spread over everywhere. However, I found one particular interesting article about AJAX, written by Oracle.
IMHO, this is the nicest article about AJAX on the internet, the article itself was written in simple language and without unnecessary hype to begin with. It is suitable for all level of developers and can serve as an introductory tutorial for the uninitiated.