On system (in my case is Ubuntu server) with have multiple user and each user permit to have their own home directory, then you need to install mod_userdir on your apache. So you can have the address like this: www.anyurl.com/~username/. Each user will have their own subdirectory specified by UserDir driective in the configuration.To install userdir module in apache on ubuntu server is not hard. Only need a couple steps and change directory permission.Follow these steps below:Open … Read more...
Nice And Steady Ubuntu Karmic Koala
November 9, 2009 • 4 Comments
After 2 days being play around with new Ubuntu version 9.10 with code name "Karmic Koala", i find that this version is nice and steady. Not like the disappointed Jaunty one. I'm pretty happy using this Ubuntu version. It is much faster, steady and stable. And i like the new Gnome too.Now everything is working fine. The compiz is working great. Sound never stop working. The performance is much faster and less resource consumption. My PC is Intel based with Core Duo processor @2.0GHZ, 2 GB … Read more...
Disappointing Jaunty Jackalope, New Hope For Karmic Koala
October 23, 2009 • 6 Comments
I am using Ubuntu for almost a year now. I was using Ubuntu from 8.04 Hardy Heron and then upgrade to 8.10 Interpid Ibex and this both version is good and i had happy time using this version of Ubuntu. Firefox browser run smoothly as well as compiz. I am not a linux expert, i am just linux fan especially Ubuntu. I tried CentOS 5 and Fedora before, and i think they are good and stable, but you need to take sometime to tweak and configure to become a perfect desktop.But later after i upgrade … Read more...
Create, Resize and Delete Partition Easily With GParted
October 22, 2009 • 6 Comments
Gparted is a GNOME partition editor for creating, reorganizing and deleting disk partitions. GParted is free and open source software under GNU General Public license. GParted also release a livecd, so you can boot it from media like CD or USB, and you can manage partition which have another operating system on it such as windows. GParted is easy to use and it is safe even for beginner like me, i didn't have hard time when first using it.Here is the GParted feature: 1. Create a … Read more...
[HowTo] Change Ubuntu IP Address from DHCP to Static
October 14, 2009 • 3 Comments
For those who are new to Ubuntu or Debian, default setting of your network card is using DHCP. And in some case you want to use static IP, maybe for bypass some filter or your DHCP server is not working properly then you cannot connect to the network unless your network administrator come and fix it. In that situation you really need to change your network configuration from dhcp to static ip.To change your network configuration from dhcp to static ip is not hard. You can follow these … Read more...
[HowTo] Install DHCP Server On Ubuntu
October 1, 2009 • 20 Comments
To complete my guide "How To Install And Configure Squid as Transparent Proxy", you will need a DHCP server installed on the server as well. So all of your client will have the same gateway point to Squid Server. In my case i installed Proxy server (Squid) and DHCP server is on the same machine. But if you want to install in separate machine, you still can use this tutorial. The use of DHCP here is to point all of your client gateway to proxy server so the squid can work properly.I have a … Read more...
[HowTo] Recover Root Password In Ubuntu
September 8, 2009 • 32 Comments
Some people say you won't need to use root account anymore in Ubuntu. That's why Ubuntu doesn't activate root account for default install. In my opinion they want to make Ubuntu more secure. Since Ubuntu now is user-friendly and not just for developer or other computer geek, end-user or even a newbie can use Ubuntu. But not for me, i need root account, because it's more convenient for me to configure or and do setting on an Ubuntu machine. Imagine if i don't use root account to configure an … Read more...
[HowTo]Filter Some Website During Work Hour With Squid
September 5, 2009 • 23 Comments
In most of case, a company want to efficient and maximize their bandwidth use. In which you know you can speed up your loading time when browsing by using squid as a web cache. I'm not gonna tell you how squid do it or how to install it. For more details about squid you can refer to my old post about how to install squid and monitor it. Now the next case is you feel your internet connection is slow, even you using squid as web cache.After take sometimes to the squid log, you know that some … Read more...
[HowTo]Open Microsoft Word 2007 (docx) Format With Open Office
August 26, 2009 • 11 Comments
Today most of company already use Microsoft Office 2007 with their new file format, and for the Microsoft Word 2007 you will see .docx format rather than .doc format. You will have no problems to open .doc format in open office (most of the case), but you can't open it if it is in .docx format.I know that Microsoft Word 2007 have a backward compatibility that you can still save your document to Office 2003 format. But still you need to ask the author of the file to save it into .doc format. … Read more...
[TIPS] Mount/Unmount ISO In Ubuntu
July 24, 2009 • 5 Comments
Mount and Unmount an ISO CD/DVD in Ubuntu without burning them is a very useful way to check or see what is inside the CD/DVD without waste your CDs/DVDs. I got this trick from this website, and i would like to share it for you.The simplest way to do that you can use this nautilus script and follow this steps:Download this mount-unmount and extract to your home folder Give execute permission to those files. You can use this command: sudo chmod +x /home/username/mount.sh … Read more...
