Posts

Posted on

Lelong.com.my Mozilla (Firefox) Search Plugin

lelong mypapit

I don’t know if you guys like to use Lelong.com.my service, but I really do, as you can find a lot of cool stuffs there at a bargain price. I usually surf and search for stuffs there at lelong even if I wasn’t looking for something particular.

Therefore to save my time, i developed a Mozilla Search Plugin for Lelong.com.my, the search plugin integrates itself into your Mozilla Firefox browser just like Google search plugin on default Firefox installation. Now, you can search lelong.com.my stuffs right inside your browser!



Click to enlarge picture

What are you waiting for? Install Lelong.com.my Search plugin now!

Posted on

Debian GNU/Linux Hands On Guide and Tutorial

mypapit debianAfter surfing for leisure last evening, I found a nice and comprehensive guide written for Debian GNU/Linux users. I guess Debian GNU/Linux beginner and GNU/Linux newbies will find this guide, Hands-on Guide to the Debian GNU Operating System useful.

The guide covers from introduction of Unix, Free Software Foundation, the GNU project and the Linux kernel to the basics of system management such as package management, setting up firewalls, configuring X Windows system and recompiling the default kernel.

The guide is also available for download at : http://colt.projectgamma.com/

Happy huntin’

Posted on

j2meshitheap.com – a list of the world’s worst J2ME-enabled phones

JavaME (formerly J2ME) software fans? Then please avoid any of these J2ME-enabled phones because one or more of their implementations are either broken, incorrect or plainly doesn’t work.

I personally tested 3650/3660 J2ME implementation first hand by running some of my midlets. In my oppinion i think Nokia 3650/3660 has the worst j2me implementation that I’ve encountered because some of the *Listener object failed to respond correctly, plus the networking part of the midlet almost always failed.

I would also want to add Nokia 6600 to the list because of various bugs in its implementation, though not as annoying as 3650/3660, it is still noticeable.

so please visit http://www.j2meshitheap.com for more complete listing

Posted on

FOSS Desktop : Bridging KDE and GNOME

Using a free operating system like GNU/Linux or *BSD does has its own advantages. One thing that the user is free to choose which desktop environment to use instead of being locked up in a single windows manager like Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X.

There are many windows managers to choose from, but the most elaborate one is GNOME and KDE. Each have their own presentation style, look and feel , layout, menu and icons. Each have their own fans and are built by a different underlying set of libraries and development paradigm.

The problem with GNOME and KDE

This freedom to choose however came with a price to software developers as users prefer to use one window manager over another, and GNU/Linux distro seems to follow that pattern too. The main problem with this is, softwares written with GNOME library will have the look and feel (and sometimes behavior) of a GNOME window manager, and it would look weird on users on KDE, and vice versa.

Another problem that may arise is the library overhead. For example, a GNOME user may get annoyed if she has to install half a dozen of QT/KDE libraries just to run one of her favorite application that has not been ported to GNOME yet.

Enter Portland Project

The Open Source Developer Labs (OSDL) is previewing work that attempts to make life easier for software developers by bridging GNOME and KDE, the two competing graphical interfaces most widely used with GNU/Linux. They name it the Portland Project.

Portland intends to generate a common set of Linux Desktop Interfaces and Tools to allow all applications to easily integrate with the free desktop configuration an end user has chosen to work with. Developers now can rest easy when Portland stable ready, because they can be sure that their applications can run without modification regardless of the Window Manager.

At this time of writing, Portland technology previes is already available on the download section of Portland Wiki

Posted on

Get Ubuntu Certified Professional Status


The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) and Canonical Ltd jointly announced the development of a certification exam for the Ubuntu distribution. This certification exam will enable qualified candidates to demonstrate specific expertise in the professional use of Ubuntu. The certification exam will be launched at Johannesburg, South Africa, May 16 – 19, 2006.

The certification will consist of a single exam on top of existing LPI 101 and LPI 102 exams. The exam is being developed by LPI’s product development team and Ubuntu community members from around the globe. Successful candidate will be given ?Ubuntu Certified Professional? status. Initial exam price has been set at USD100.

?Ubuntu Certified Professional? – sounds fancy :)

[Source]

Posted on

TinyURL.com spammers abuse solution

Following my previous post about spammers using TinyURL.com service to spread their spam ads, I’ve received an e-mail reply from Kevin Gilbertson.

He recommends people to forward the spam emails to abuse@tinyurl.com , complete with header so that they can investigate abuse and terminate TinyURLs that are used in spam.

Personally, I think that TinyURL.com registration procedure is too lenient, encouraging spammers to use their services to spread spams. Until TinyURL.com impose a strict registration procedure (like putting captcha, discourage robot/automated registration ) I guess we could flood abuse@tinyurl.com with spammers url that abuses TinyURL service, just to send them a clear message.