Linux kernel is a core of the Linux or Unix operating system. Updating the kernel usually ask the user to reboot the computer so it will boot up with the new kernel. If it is only a personal desktop (Ubuntu desktop edition), it is fine if you reboot your PC. But if you are in Server edition, and you host hundreds even thousands of websites, than it is a nightmare for them if you restart the server.There is a way to update the kernel without reboot, you can use ksplice to do that. Ksplice or … Read more...
Gnome-look.org: Ubuntu Download Free Themes and Wallpaper
September 6, 2010 • Leave a Comment
Ubuntu is one of the fast growing Linux distribution. Ubuntu use Gnome as default desktop software. With Gnome you can make your Ubuntu desktop prettier and improve your usability. Like when you add some application like Beryl or Compiz, can add some animation to your desktop. And some users could make Ubuntu looks like Windows or Mac OSX desktop with Gnome customization.You can find the most complete Gnome themes dan wallpapers on Gnome-look.org. Beside themes and wallpapers you also can … Read more...
Submit Your Creative Design For Ubuntu 10.10 Countdown Banner
September 5, 2010 • 1 Comment
Ubuntu 10.10 codename "Maverick Meerkat" will be released soon. The final release of Ubuntu 10.10 scheduled to be release in October 2010. And now Ubuntu ask your participation to submit your creative designs and idea for countdown banner, to continue Ubuntu tradition.Some of the professional designers already submit their creative design, as you can see at Ubuntu Maverick countdown banner page. The winner will have their design show on Ubuntu home page and will encourage the other Ubuntu … Read more...
Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Will Release In October 2010
September 5, 2010 • 1 Comment
Ubuntu 10.10 beta is released for download, you can grab the the copy from Ubuntu official page. And the final version of Ubuntu 10.10 or known as Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat will release somewhere in October 2010. Lot of new features, improvements and bug fixes as well as user interface improvements. With this release of Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat", continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux … Read more...
Create A Shortcut To Terminal In Ubuntu
August 31, 2010 • 4 Comments
I love shortcut keys! Maybe you do too. I often use terminal in Ubuntu to do my work. And and often use vim for code a script. I'm using Nautilus terminal in Ubuntu. And to easily access the terminal i put it on the quick launch bar. But that's not enough. And then i found that you can make custom shortcut key to open your terminal in Ubuntu.The default shortcut key to open a terminal in Ubuntu is Ctrl + Alt + T. But in keyboard layout it's hard to press all the key with one hand. I prefer … Read more...
Frequently Use Linux Command Line
August 31, 2010 • 4 Comments
Even now Linux have good desktop software like Gnome or KDE i often use Linux command line to configure and doing my work on Linux especially Ubuntu as my favorite distro. For example, writing a code and text i often use vim from shell and sometimes use modified Gedit. I found that using Linux command line much faster and lightweight. And for configuring a Linux server that far away, it's a must for you to do it from Linux shell or ssh. And it's fun to play with the Linux command line. And below … Read more...
Ubuntu Support Multitouch Screen
August 18, 2010 • Leave a Comment
Like Mac OSX and Windows, Ubuntu also come to support multi-touch and gesture stack to the Ubuntu desktop. This multi-touch framework have the codename uTouch 1.0. Which is scheduled to be released on Ubuntu 10.10 alias Maverick Meerkat. Ubuntu 10.10 will have an end-to-end touch-screen framework — from the kernel all the way through to applications.As the founder of Canonicla, a company that support Ubuntu development, Mark Shuttleworth said on his blog: "Every single major PC … Read more...
[HowTo] Mirror Your Website With Rsync
August 10, 2010 • 1 Comment
For this couple weeks there are lot of changes on my blog. Start from being suspended because of high traffic, move to another hosting server and then optimize the blogs with caching to improve performance, and change themes to optimize for Internet Explorer. Since that i did a lot of backup before doing anything.I made a script to backup all files and database and upload to HotFile, you can read that post here. And now i rent another hosting server to mirror my website. So if something … Read more...
[HowTo] Make Video Screen Capture On Ubuntu
July 27, 2010 • 10 Comments
If you want to promote your videos then you should give your video screen capture or snapshot to your customer. So they can see the quality of the videos and how the videos looks like before they buy it. In Windows you can use Windows Media Player classic to do so, you can refer to my post to see how to do that. In Ubuntu you can do so, but you doesn't need a media player to capture it. You can make it from command line.We are going to use mtn to make screen capture of your videos. Why mtn? … Read more...
The New Ubuntu Font: ubuntu-private-nda-fonts or "UbuntuBeta"
July 16, 2010 • 1 Comment
Since July 7th 2010, Canonical released the new Ubuntu font for beta testing. This new Ubuntu fonts is named “UbuntuBeta” and the package name is ubuntu-private-nda-fonts. This font is likely to be released as default font on Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat around October this year.The Ubuntu font (family) is open-type ttf based font format and fully unicode compliant. It contains Latin A and B extended character sets, Greek Polytonic and Cyrillic extended. The font has been hinted for … Read more...
