Another article about Ubuntu. I am planning to make another website that will discuss about Ubuntu. Currently I am running a poll at my personal blog for the language that will be used for the website. Whether to use English or Malay. Hope you can drop by to this entry and cast your vote, either Bahasa Inggeris (English) or Bahasa Melayu (Malay). Thanks for your vote.
Back to the topic? How do you pronounce Ubuntu?
When I first read word Ubuntu, I pronounced it as “you-boon-too”. But it is not correct. The correct pronunciation is, “ooo-boon-too”. Here is a youtube video that shows you how to pronounce Ubuntu correctly.
I have been using Ubuntu for 4 days now. It makes me addicted to it. Almost of the time I am running Ubuntu on my PC. It likes Ubuntu is my default OS now. Hahaha. But, have you ever try Ubuntu yet? Ubuntu is free though. You can download the latest version or you can get a free copy of the installation disc. The installation disc is also can be used for live CD which mean you can use Ubuntu without need to install it.
But I really do not recommend you to try Ubuntu from the live CD. I am more prefer for you to install it right away. If you using the live CD, everything is slow. That is why I don’t like Ubuntu when my first time using it — from the live CD.
But after I installed it into my machine, wow! I really enjoy it. I have learn many things. Do the typing, download the updates, find the tweaks, solve problems, and many things. I am sure you will feel more enjoy to use Ubuntu like this way rather than using the live CD version.
So why you should use Ubuntu? I know you might not use Ubuntu for a long time period but at least you try and feel how power this Ubuntu is. Don’t use Ubuntu from the live CD. Install it right away into your partition.
David Airey has lost his domain after his Gmail account was hacked by a hacker. But how did the criminal can take down David’s domain? You can read the full story here but if you want to know how the attacker did it, please read on.
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First, the victim login to his Gmail account as normal. Then he visit to a website which contains a script that exploiting the vulnerability in Gmail. This script will create a new filter in the victim’s email. Like in the example above, the script creates a filter that will forward any email that has attachment to collect@evil.com.
But how about if the filter is set to forward all incoming emails to the attacker email? Do you will happy losing all your secret and passwords to the attacker? Of course you are not.
Have you submitted your links to my web directory yet? I really recommend you to submit them now because the offer will expire very soon.
But if you want to get more backlinks, I have found another new web directory that gives free submission. You can submit as many links you want as long as you follow the guidelines.
Link Muncher Directory is a human-edited, free internet directory that contains carefully chosen websites, along with a wide range of categories to select from. What I like to write about this directory because you do not need to put a linkback on your website. Just enter the details and click on the submit button.
But guys, do you know when will the next PR update? I hope my web directory will get high PR.
Every computer needs an antivirus. Antivirus will protect your PC from viruses, trojans, worms and any harmful scripts that can destroy your computer. To protect my computer from this disaster, I’m using Kaspersky Internet Security.
So far, my Kaspersky doing its jobs very well. It protects my PC since the computer boots up until I shut it down. I am very happy with Kaspersky performance. When a virus is found, my Kaspersky will do its job without I need to choose which action to take. Here, I will share with you what settings that I use for my Kaspersky.
Note: Although this guide using Kaspersky Internet Security but it is also can be use for Kaspersky Antivirus.
I really want to use Ubuntu. When new version is out, I will request free CDs from Ubuntu Shipit and will receive the CDs after two weeks from the request date. But yesterday, after struggling to install new hard drive into my PC, then I was successfully install Ubuntu and make it dual boot with my Windows XP.
My Ubuntu specs
It is really difficult for me to set them to dual boot from two different hard drive. My old hard drive has Windows XP installed and the new hard drive which 320Gb size, installed with Ubuntu. I only allocate 20Gb for Ubuntu. The rest of the empty space is for files storage.
My website was once hacked by a hacker from Saudi Arabia. He managed to get into the server and replaced the index.php file with his own index file. I don’t know how he can get into my server but I have learnt many things from that bad experience.
Always upgrade your Wordpress to the latest version - It is really recommended to upgrade your Wordpress to the latest version. It is because each new version contains bug fixes and patches to vulnerabilities that exist in the older version. So make sure that you upgrade your Wordpress when the latest version is out.
Files and folders permission - In Wordpress, we need to set permission to certain files or folders to make it works properly. Especially when using plugins that need special CHMOD 777 permission. When you doing this, make sure that you give permission to the correct files and folders only. We don’t want other peoples can upload and run script through our server, right?
Ok, here is the deal. Which one you will choose for your domain name if you want to buy one? .com or .net?
Personally, I will choose .com if the domain will be used for a commercial or official-like website. For an example, like my Tentang Cinta (or About Love in English translation) website. This website is focus on compiling articles about love, love tips, love poems, love songs, love stories and so on. It is not a personal website. It is more for sharing resources with others.
For .net domain, like Blog Aku (or My Blog in English translation) is more about my personal life. It is not a formal website. So I can say and write whatever I want. For me, .net should be use for blogs or personal website.
Maybe some of you wondering why I am using .net for this website. CypherHackz.Com was available but I bought CypherHackz.Net because I want to use it for my personal website. A website that I want to write about my self. A writing about my journey in real life. I never thought that CypherHackz.Net which was started as a personal website becomes a technology website like what you see today.
Yeah, today is the 2nd year we celebrating CypherHackz.Net’s birthday. I don’t know why but I feel like CypherHackz.Net is like a person. Like a real person. I need to take care him, feed him and make sure that he is healthy and strong. But it does not mean that I am gay because use the “he” word.
Everyday I will make sure that he is clean by cleaning spams caught by Akismet. Thanks to Akismet for helping me for the daily routine. I also make sure that everyone can visits CypherHackz.Net without having any problems. Thanks to ServerFreak for sponsoring us. Without their sponsor, I will loose RM80 to pay for the hosting fee. Lol… And I can hear that CypherHackz.Net is really enjoy in his new home. Can you hear it?
I am planning to make another website that will discuss about Ubuntu. Currently I am running a poll at my personal blog for the language that will be used for the website. Whether to use English or Malay. Hope you can drop by to this entry and cast your vote, either Bahasa Inggeris (English) or Bahasa Melayu (Malay). Thanks for your vote.
