BLANKON 4 "Meuligoe"

BlankOn merupakan distro turunan Ubuntu, dapat diinstall di atas sistem Ubuntu aslinya (dengan apt-get) atau dengan CD/DVD repositori. Pada prinsipnya, BlankOn hanya menyediakan paket-paket penambahan/pengurangan, berfokus ke pengguna awam, dan membuat distro Linux yang "Just Work" untuk penggunanya. Target utama BlankOn adalah sekolah-sekolah serta usaha kecil dan menengah di Indonesia.

BlankOn Linux dikembangkan oleh Yayasan Penggerak Linux Indonesia dan Komunitas Ubuntu Indonesia demi menghasilkan distro Linux yag khas Indonesia.

BlankOn 4 Meuligoe yang menggunakan kata "Meuligoe" dibuat dengan menggunakan Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (8.10) sebagai basis utamanya. Terdiri dari dua varian, yaitu versi standar (spesifikasi hardware tinggi) dan minimalis (spesifikasi hardware rendah).

Fitur BlankOn 4
1. Kernel 2.6.27-7
2. Openoffice.org 2.4.1
3. Desktop GNOME 2.24.1
4. Interface pengguna yang menggunakan bahasa Indonesia
5. Aplikasi Inkscape sebagai pengolah gambar vector
6. Memory swap virtual dengan modul kernel compcache yang memungkinkan LiveCD berjalan mulus walau jumlah RAM terbatas.

Tertarik untuk menggunakan BlankOn hasil kreasi anak negeri??
Lihat situs resminya di http://blankonlinux.or.id

MSI WIND WEBCAM PROBLEM ON UBUNTU INTREPID

With a little configuration, webcam on MSI Wind could work better on Intrepid

MSI Wind have many webcam model. To know which webcam model install at your MSI, activate the webcam by press Fn-F6 and run this command from terminal:
$ lsusb

Find the webcam ID from the command output lsusb, example:5986:0203
5986:0203 BisonCam (Acer)

Download the latest UVC Linux driver from LinuxTV.org. For this example, the driver used is from http://linuxtv.org/hg/%7Epinchartl/uvcvideo/archieve/tip.tar.gz.

In order could installated, UVC Linux need some packages. The UVC Linux packages depencies which run this command:
$sudo apt-get install subversion build-essential linux-headers-
$(uname -r)

Do the installation process:
$tar xzvf tip.tar.gz
$cd uvcvideo-0f0594461ca5/
$make
$sudo make install
$sudo depmod -ae
$(uname -r)

After finish installation, reboot the notebook to activate the changes.

Source: InfoLinux Magazines

GET tar.gz File Information

Gzip is standard file compression in unix but many file or source code is packeted in tarball and compressed with gzip (tar.gz). Now we want get detail information from tar.gz from shell script.

We have tar.gz file and we want to know detail information in this file.
Open shell script because we played in command mode.

root@hardy:/home# ls -l currenttrack-1.2.tar.gz
-rwx------ 1 bearisusanto root 474768 2008-09-09 18:16 currenttrack-1.2.tar.gz

root@hardy:/home# file currenttrack-1.2.tar.gz
currenttrack-1.2.tar.gz: gzip compressed data, from Unix, last modified: Tue May 22 14:04:06 2007, max compression

If we want to know file type, add -z option in command:
root@hardy:/home# file -z currenttrack-1.2.tar.gz
currenttrack-1.2.tar.gz: tar archive (gzip compressed data, from Unix, last modified: Tue May 22 14:04:06 2007, max compression)

From information we know that currenttrack-1.2.tar.gz is gzip file which maximally compressed, where contain a tar file.

Get file contain
Now we want get the file contain without extracted. The easy way is with -t(list) option which has by tar program, combinated with -z (gzip file) and -f (file name) like below:
root@hardy:/home# tar ztf currenttrack-1.2.tar.gz
currenttrack-1.2/
currenttrack-1.2/README
currenttrack-1.2/protocols/
currenttrack-1.2/protocols/Makefile.in
currenttrack-1.2/protocols/Makefile.am
currenttrack-1.2/protocols/msn/
currenttrack-1.2/protocols/msn/user.h
.......etc

To get amount of line, use wc program
root@hardy:/home# tar ztf currenttrack-1.2.tar.gz |wc -l
118

To get information like this:
1.Compression file
2.Un-compression file
3.Compression ratio
4.Un-compression file name
5.Compression method (deflate,compress,lzh, & pack)
6.CRC
7.Date
8.Time

Just running gzip program with -l(list) option combinated with -v(verbose)
root@hardy:/home# gzip -vl currenttrack-1.2.tar.gz
method crc date time compressed uncompressed ratio uncompressed_name
defla cdbbf3ae Sep 9 18:16 474768 2775040 82.9% currenttrack-1.2.tar

Unrar file on ubuntu

We know generally compressing file method is using .zip or .rar. Now I try to explain how to unrar file which compress uses .rar.

For the first time we have install it in our system.
- sudo apt-get install unrar

After install, go to the folder which contain the .rar file

Type unrar command :
unrar e filename.rar

Done

Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex

Its the new release from ubuntu, Ubuntu 8.10 with code name Intrepid Ibex. Its more better than the 8.04 and more easy to use like Microsoft Family. Come with many tools (entertainment, office, desktop, etc).

With compiz fusion make it performance more pretty at desktop.

Want to try this distro, downloaded at http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

Messenger for MSN Networks

aMSN is a free open source MSN Messenger clone, with features such as:

• Offline Messaging
• Voice Clips
• Display pictures
• Custom emoticons
• Multi-language support (around 40 languages currently supported)
• Webcam support
• Sign in to more than one account at once
• Full-speed File transfers
• Group support
• Normal, and animated emoticons with sounds
• Chat logs
• Timestamping
• Event alarms
• Conferencing support
• Tabbed chat window

To install this software could download at http://www.amsn-project.net/
For ubuntu could install by "- sudo apt-get install msn"

Red Hat Linux 7.2 Bible, Unlimited Edition

Linux was a phenomenon waiting to happen. The computer industry suffered from a rift. In the 1980s and 1990s, people had to choose between inexpensive, market−driven PC operating systems from Microsoft and expensive, technology−driven operating systems such as UNIX. Free software was being created all over the world, but lacked a common platform to rally around. Linux has become that common platform.

Red Hat Linux is the most popular commercial distribution of Linux. Red Hat and other commercial distributions, such as Caldera's OpenLinux, have taken the Linux concept a step further. With Red Hat Linux, users no longer have to download, compile, and check Linux source code to make sure that all the right pieces are put together for Linux to work. Basically, Red Hat has made it possible for Linux to be used by people other than computer geeks.

Red Hat Linux has also made Linux a more viable alternative for corporate users. Many companies have felt insecure about relying on a free operating system to handle their critical data. With Red Hat Linux, they can rely on Red Hat Software, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com/) to provide tested versions of that software and technical support if there are problems.

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Ubuntu Mobile & Embedded

Topics

1. What is a MID
2. What is Ubuntu Mobile & Embedded
3. Intel
4. Community
5. Resources

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Virtualization: Know your options on Ubuntu

Multiple technologies exists to provide a virtual environment:
• Emulation
• Binary translation
• Paravirtualization
• Full Virtualization
• Containment

Multiple points of view need to be examined:
• Host (server)
• Desktop
• Guest

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LTS Tutorials: Using Ubuntu in the Enterprise

Using Ubuntu in the Enterprise presentations contain:
‣ Support
‣ Prerequisite Considerations
‣ Network Installation Options
‣ Installing Network Services
‣ Network and Local Security
‣ Automated Installation

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