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Welcome Ubuntu Hardy Heron!

CypherHackz — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:11:01 +0000

Know what? Right now I am in Ubuntu 8.04. Huray! ;))

The upgrade was pretty smooth without any problems except Compiz. But the issue had been settled. The problem was occurred because,

It seems AMD’s scripts to build an Ubuntu package for 7.10 include a diversion for /etc/xdg/compiz/compiz-manager so they can add fglrx to the list of supported drivers. The problem is that they don’t remove this diversion on upgrade/uninstall so when you upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04 the /etc/xdg/compiz/compiz-manager file will no longer exist and compiz will not start.

So what I did to fix the problem was, enter

sudo dpkg-divert –rename –remove /etc/xdg/compiz/compiz-manager

in the terminal and the problem gone. Thanks to Travis Watkins for the fix.

So guys, when do you want to upgrade your Ubuntu?

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Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron is out!

CypherHackz — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:40:24 +0000

Hahaha. I am so excited because right now I am upgrading my Ubuntu to the latest Ubuntu version 8.04 codename Hardy Heron. If you want to upgrade your Ubuntu from 7.10 or from other earlier version to 8.04, just follow the instructions here.

So far, the download process is running smooth and fast. This is my first time upgrading my Ubuntu. Maybe that is why I am so excited. But I have to wait for 5 hours (maybe more) for the download process to finish because my connection is unstable and I hope it will not disconnect during the upgrading process.

I can’t wait to test the new features in Ubuntu 8.04. As I mentioned earlier, there are many upgrades and new features in this new version. You can learn more about the new features here. Hurm…I wonder what is the first thing that I want to test after the upgrade is finished? *wink*

So guys, the time has come. This is the time for the upgrade. Download it now or request the free CD.

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Are you ready for Ubuntu 8.04?

CypherHackz — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:11:52 +0000

Supposedly I should write about this in my Ubuntu Newbie Malaysia blog but I think it is better to mention it here.

So, did you know that new Ubuntu, version 8.04 codename Hardy Heron, will be out in less than two days from now? They said that there are many new features and softwares in version 8.04, like…

New Core System Features:

GNOME 2.22
Linux kernel 2.6.24
PolicyKit
PulseAudio
Xorg 7.3

New Software Functions:

Firefox 3 Beta 5
Brasero
Transmission
World Clock Applet
Vinagre
Uncomplicated Firewall
Totem
Inkscape

New and Improved Support:

ActiveDirectory integration
iSCSI support
Memory Protection
SELinux Support
umenu
Virtualization
Wubi
Installation
LTSP

I am not sure why they put Firefox 3 Beta as the default browser. In my opinion it is better to just stick with the latest stable Firefox version which is Firefox 2. At least people will not facing into troubles if suddenly Firefox 3 Beta not functioning in their system.

Anyway, what I like the most in this new version is EasyCrypt which is the simple GUI for TrueCrypt is already ported into Ubuntu Hardy. Now you will not have to enter to terminal and type the syntax to run, encrypt or decrypt your data using TrueCrypt. EasyCrypt will do it for you. I have been using this application for quite sometime and it is really useful.

Ok, so we already know what are the new features and softwares in Ubuntu Hardy Heron, but how to upgrade? You can upgrade directly from the internet or you can choose to request the free Ubuntu CD from ShipIt.

For me, I think I will download the ISO image and upgrade from it. And at the same time I will request the free CD just to keep it for future use. How about you?

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Ubuntu Theme for Windows XP

CypherHackz — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:39:21 +0000

Ubuntu is a well known Linux operating system that everyone want to have. because of it is free but because of the stability, light, and the most important is, Ubuntu does not need any extra security software to protect you from viruses or bad hackers. The architecture of itself has made it safe from the attacks.

If you are the Ubuntu user and at the same time use Windows XP on your PC, now you can use the Human theme (the default Ubuntu theme) in Windows XP. I have two operating systems in my PC, Ubuntu and Windows XP. I really like to use the Human theme in my Windows XP and found the way on how to make your Windows XP looks like Ubuntu. Here is how to do it.

Requirements

Instructions

Download the Icon Tweaker, Human for Windows package, and Ubuntu IconPackager Set.
Extract the Human folder from Human for Windows package to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\
Open the Cursors folder and right-click the Install.inf and choose Install. This will install the cursor set to your Windows.
Now, double click Human.msstyles, and click apply to accept the Human theme. Now your Windows XP, is already has the Ubuntu theme but what we need now is the icon set.
Install Icon Tweaker and extract the Ubuntu IconPackager Set.
Inside the Ubuntu IconPackager Set, open the Icontweaker folder and double click Human.ita file to install the icon set.
In IconTweaker, choose Human and click Load Theme.
Lastly, click Apply to accept the changes and your Windows XP icons will change to Ubuntu Human icon set.

Enjoy!

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Welcome Ubuntu Newbie Malaysia!

CypherHackz — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:30:39 +0000

Lets celebrate!!! I just want to announce that I have finished setup Ubuntu Newbie Malaysia yesterday. Ubuntu Newbie Malaysia is a website or I can say like a blog which focus on Ubuntu (remember, the pronunciation is ooo-boo-too). Everything is written in Malay because I target Malaysian audience.

If you are new in Ubuntu, or want to learn how to use Ubuntu, you can come to my website. Don’t be shy because I am also new in Ubuntu. Everything that I learn or what I do with my Ubuntu will be shared on the website. If you want to subscribe the site feed, you can copy and paste this RSS link or you can subscribe via email.

I had to use www.iamnewbie.net as the domain name because Ubuntu does not allow any website even personal website to have ubuntu or buntu on the domain. If not, I have choose a very catchy domain name that I am sure will attract more visitors. Anyway, if you decided to open new website that focus on Ubuntu, I suggest you to contact trademarks@ubuntu.com first. Ask them if any of your site materials will violate their trademark or not. I am sure you will not be happy if you get sued by them, right?

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How do you pronounce Ubuntu?

CypherHackz — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:08:22 +0000

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.

Extra, how about Linux? Watch this video. An interview with the Linux creator, Linus Torvalds.

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7 reasons why you should use Ubuntu?

CypherHackz — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:13:29 +0000

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.

1. Ubuntu is free. Everyone love free things right? So do I. Ubuntu is release for free. Anybody can download it freely from their server. If you don’t have high speed connection, you can request to get free Ubuntu CD from them. You will receive the CD about two weeks from the request date depending on where you live.

2. Use less resources. Yup, even your low-end PC can use Ubuntu. Ubuntu does not need high RAM, high CPU speed, bigger hard disk space. Everything is neat and small. Even Ubuntu has released Xubuntu. A lite Ubuntu edition that works perfectly on a low-end PC.

3. Has nice GUI and effect. I was having problem with my graphic card. Ubuntu was not recognize it. But after I did some research at the Ubuntu community and I found the solution. Then, do you know what happen after I get my graphic card recognized? Watch the video below.

But the video is not done by me. Just want to show you the effect that I can do with my Ubuntu. Cool isn’t it?

4. Not difficult and not for geek only. Ubuntu is not difficult to use. Some peoples think that you need to know programming to use Ubuntu. It is really unacceptable reason. Ubuntu is not for geek. Ubuntu is for human being. If you have problem, just search for the solution. Need a software, there are many softwares available in the Add/Remove. Just choose which application that you want, tick it and download. Ah, I forgot to mention that using an open source operating system, you need to have good speed internet connection (broadband is recommended) because you will need to download this and that to make your Ubuntu works perfectly. But still, it is not difficult.

5. Tweak and get faster internet connection. In Windows, we can tweak our system to get faster connection. It can be done using a third party software, which mean, you need to buy it. In Ubuntu, you also can tweak your system with free of charge. And your internet will go more faster than in Windows. This is my experience. So I know. I did some tweaking based from the guide at the community and I can surf the internet faster than before. Plus with the tweaking that I made in Firefox, my web browsing connection speed becomes greater. I do not know how to say what I feel about the speed. Really impressive. But take note, you can actually do a lot more than this. Not just tweaking your connection only.

6. No viruses. I was looking to get an antivirus for my Ubuntu but hey, you do not need antivirus for Ubuntu. Why? Because Ubuntu is safe from viruses, trojans and so on. But I hope it will be safe for ever. In fact, win32 viruses can’t infect your Ubuntu system because first, the virus is code to attack Windows. Second, in Ubuntu, you need to enter your password if you want to do super user task like modifying system files, eg: copy, delete, edit. Viruses need to have super user privileges so they can modify the system settings. But if you want to install antivirus, you can use Avast. And maybe you would like to read this article about antivirus in Linux.

7. The community is big and helpful. Everyone will has a problem when they first time using Ubuntu. But don’t afraid. Ubuntu has big community that will help you. But make sure you do your search first. Here is a Google tip that I use to get good result.

In the Google search box, type “ubuntu your problem text here” (without the quotes). Then choose links that will direct to ubuntuforums.org. By using this tip, it will reduce your time to search in the forum. For an example, enter “ubuntu huawei e220″ (without the quotes). But you must choose good keyword for better result.

I know there are many reasons why you should use Ubuntu. If you want to share your experience using Ubuntu, you can share it using the comment form below. Share your reason why you should use Ubuntu.

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How to dual boot Ubuntu and WinXP using two hard drives?

CypherHackz — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 06:09:34 +0000

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.

How to make them dual boot?

To make dual boot using two hard drives, you must plug out your Windows hard drive first and make Ubuntu hard drive as Master. Slip in the Ubuntu CD and run the installation from it.

Once the Ubuntu has succesfully installed on to your Ubuntu drive, boot into your Ubuntu. Login with your username and password, and open up Terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal). Enter this line by line into the Terminal.

Note: We use “sudo” because we want to do our job as administrator.

cd /boot/grub
sudo cp menu.lst menu.lst_backup
sudo gedit menu.lst

The first line changes our directory to /boot/grub/. The second line is to make a backup copy of menu.lst file. The last line is use to edit menu.lst file.

Next, copy the below code

title Microsoft Windows XP
root (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1

and paste it above

###BEGIN AUTOMATIC KERNEL LIST###

But if you want to make Ubuntu as your default OS, you can paste the code at the end of the file. We need to copy the above code into our menu.lst file because Windows does not like to be Slave. So we use this trick to fool it.

Then, what we need to do is, we want to display the Grub Menu when we boot up our PC. To do this, find

hiddenmenu

and replace with

#hiddenmenu

This step is optional. The default Timeout is 3 but I changed it to 10. You can set any numbers you want.

Then, save menu.lst file. Now, shut down your PC and plug back your Windows hard drive. Make sure that you set Windows hard drive as Slave because we want Grub to take care of the boot process.

Boot your PC and you will see, Microsoft Windows XP at the top line in the list. Below the line you will Ubuntu kernel. Choose your selection to proceed the boot process.

Why using this method?

There are many ways to make dual boot using two hard drives. But for me, I choose this way because if I want to format Ubuntu or if Ubuntu corrupted, I still have Windows boot manager to take care the process. And if I want to format Windows, I still have Grub to take care the boot process. Other than that, by doing this way, we does not touch any of our Windows settings. So our Windows is safe.

If you need support, you can go to this Ubuntu thread to discuss with other Ubuntu users. I learn a lot from them.

Wubi – The fastest and easiest way to install Ubuntu

CypherHackz — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:04:42 +0000

I really want to use Ubuntu. Even though I already got the free CDs (read this post on how you can get free Ubuntu CDs) since version 5.10 but I still not yet install Ubuntu on my computer. Psst…btw I have the latest Ubuntu version 7.10. There are 15 CDs left. Who want one? Lol…

While I was looking for something that is interesting about Ubuntu, I found this cool application that will install Ubuntu directly from your Windows. No need to do partitioning, no need to smash your head to do the Ubuntu setup, the only thing that you need is, Wubi.

Wubi is a Ubuntu installer that will install Ubuntu from your Windows. Which means, you can install Ubuntu exactly like you install games or other applications in Windows. And if you don’t like it, you can uninstall it from Add/Remove Programs.

The above Youtube video is about how you can do dual boot Ubuntu with your Windows XP by using Wubi. The great explanation and step by step taken was shown clearly in this video.

If you encountered problem while using Wubi, there is a support forum available for you. There, you can discuss, share your problems or even you can give your opinion about Wubi and Ubuntu it self. Not to forget, this great Wubi is released for free.

Download Wubi Installer

Full Circle Magazine for Ubuntu Geeks

CypherHackz — Wed, 23 May 2007 07:32:12 +0000

Not enough with the community forum, now you can learn more about Ubuntu from this free Full Circle Magazine, a Ubuntu magazine released by the Ubuntu community itself.

The current issue is #0 and it is ready for download. It covers about Ubuntu history and new features in Ubuntu 7.04.

This magazine was released in 6 languages, English, Russian, Spanish, Galician, Dutch and Indonesian. If you are interested to be the translator, you can join the translation team and release this magazine in your national language and you can distribute this magazine for your country.

Cypher: I have downloaded the English version and will read it when I at home.:d

Full Circle Magazine for Ubuntu Users [via CyberNet News]