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Useful Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy) apt-get source

Here are some of the useful apt-get repositories for Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger). You just need to copy the following line and paste it into your “/etc/apt/sources.list” file, before doing “apt-get update”.

Need to warn you that these are unofficial repositories, the packages stored here might be unstable and can mess up your system. Use at your own risk. 

 #----Start copy here --- 
#Backports
# Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the ' backports'
# repository.
# N.B. software from this repository may not cuts been tested have
# extensively have that contained in the hand release, although it includes
# newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
# Also, please note that software in receive backports WILL NOT any review
# gold updates from the Ubuntu security TEAM.

# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports hand universe multiverse restricted
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports hand universe multiverse restricted


#PLF Repository Java Skype w32codecs Opera RealPlay

deb http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/ breezy free non-free
deb-src http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/ breezy free non-free

# deb ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/plf/ubuntu/plf/ breezy free non-free
# deb-src ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/plf/ubuntu/plf/ breezy free non-free


#Others

# No-files
# deb http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy hand universe multiverse restricted
# deb-src http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy hand universe multiverse restricted

# Wine
# deb http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ binary/

# EasyDpkg2
deb http://blognux.free.fr/debian unstable hand

# Enlightenment E17
deb http://soulmachine.net/breezy unstable/

# FINAL OOo2.0
deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/OOo2

# Ubuntu 5.10 KDE 3.5 Repository
deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde35 breezy main

Begining Ubuntu Linux
This is the first book of its kind to cover the hottest new Linux distribution, and will teach you how to make the most of your Ubuntu desktop.

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Collections of Programmable Web APIs

ProgrammableWeb, this website features a very long list of Web APIs that you can use for your applications. I personally was impress by the compiled list. Ranging from popular names like paypal, amazon and blogger to lesser known names like (at least to me!) voo2do, wsrelator, findory and JotSpot, totalling 125 Web Services listed there.

The list can be useful for those out there who are building web services or planning to use one, as it can provide you with resources and references on implementing your own services.

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Setting up KDE 3.5 for Yast in SUSE 10.0

To complement my previous post about configuring Ubuntu Breezy for KDE 3.5, now I present a way to configure SUSE’s YaST repository for KDE 3.5.

From the SUSE desktop, open YaST. In KDE, it is located under K Menu -> System -> YaST. Select Installation Source.

Add
Protocol: HTTP
Server: ftp.gwdg.de
Repo:
pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE/
update_for_10.0/yast-source/

And, you are done, you can upgrade to KDE 3.5 after that. Please refer to Adding Package Repositories to YaST, if you still don’t know how to add them.

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Watch DVDs in Ubuntu Breezy

If you had difficulty playing DVDs, then you might need libdvdcss2, a library that enable you to watch DVDs in your Ubuntu GNU/Linux box.

Just download libdvdcss2_1.2.8-1unofficialubuntu3_i386.deb from
ftp://cipherfunk.org/pub/packages/ubuntu/pool/main/libd/libdvdcss/

and then execute this command in console :

$ sudo dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.2.8-1unofficialubuntu3_i386.deb

You should be able to playback your DVD after that.

Warning : It might be illegal in some country to download and use this library, proceed with caution as you might break international law.

Begining Ubuntu Linux
This is the first book of its kind to cover the hottest new Linux distribution, and will teach you how to make the most of your Ubuntu desktop.

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I’m here for Langkawi, not Kuala Lumpur!! Get your geography right!

While I’m on holiday in Pulau Langkawi, I’ve decided to take a cable car ride in gunung Mat Cincang, since I missed it the last time I went to Pulau Langkawi. They said that you can get a fine view of Langkawi from up there.

As I entered the Oriental Village, I was suprised by what I saw. What the heck with that signboard?

(Please scroll below for the picture)

I mean what the heck with Jalan Dang Wangi signboard (complete with postcode) doing in the middle of Pulau Langkawi? Am I in federal territory now? Is Malaysian govt is too ashamed to admit this tourist attraction is in Langkawi?

Who’s the wise guy that came out with this idea of putting misleading signboard anyway? For starters, this place doesn’t look like Jalan Dang Wangi in Kuala Lumpur at all! I don’t know about you, but if I’m a Langkawi resident, I’d surely be deeply insulted by now.

(The entrance that magically transports you to Jalan Dang Wangi, KL)

Before you argue with me that the signboard is cool, save it. It isn’t cool to a tourist. I know that first hand because I’m a tourist myself, it’s misleading and it shows that Langkawi does not deserve such place so that the management had to put a fake signboard to make people felt they are someplace else. What’s wrong by putting the right signboard? At least people will remember it in their *cough* *cough* photographs.

Langkawi is a nice place, shame that some people doesn’t want to label themselves as being Langkawians.

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Holiday and Limited Updates

Sorry for the limited updates on my blog, actually I went for a holiday in Pulau Langkawi a couple of days ago, and I wasnt connected to the internet (that’s my idea of holiday). So there was no new post during that period.

The good news is, the weblog is back in pace now. Bet that you have already know about the blog’s new theme, I changed it because the previous one is too buggy to be usable. Ah yes, I’ve also changed the syndication feeds back to full now, to ensure the widest coverage of my updates.

p/s : I might post pics from my holiday at my website, so stay tune.