For those who using Linux should now what is gedit. Gedit is the official text editor of GNOME desktop environment. And i like to use gedit most when i'm doing my job as a developer. Beside it's very light (not like an IDE) also it is simple and easy to use.Where i can get it? For those of you already using Linux desktop with GNOME, gedit already bundled as the text editor. But if you don't have it, you can download it at their official site here. And for Ubuntu user just simply … Read more...
Why Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty So Slow???
April 28, 2009 • 61 Comments
After waiting for Ubuntu 9.04 release date, and 15 hours upgrading from Ubuntu 8.10 to Ubuntu 9.04, i dissapointed with Ubuntu 9.04 performance. Ubuntu 9.04 is much slower in performance rather than Ubuntu 8.10. And after googling a while, looks like i'm not alone, i found this thread complaining about Ubuntu 9.04 performance. So what happen to Ubuntu?First after installation, i tried to exploring what's new in it. But what i found is a big dissapointed. Sometimes an application freezes, … Read more...
[TIPS] Solving Ubuntu Sound Problem Without Restart
April 22, 2009 • 48 Comments
Have you ever had the sound problem in Ubuntu, especially in Ubuntu 8.10 Interpid Ibex? And to fix it you need to restart your computer, and if the sound stop working again then restart again... it's so frustrating, isn't it?Now i would like to share with about how to fix it, but not really fix it, at least you don't need to restart your computer if the sound stop working. This is based on my experience using Ubuntu 8.10 Interpid Ibex with Intel x86 processor, the sound occasionally stop … Read more...
[HowTo] Install Curl in PHP5 and Apache
April 19, 2009
This time i want to share with you how to install Curl in PHP5 in Linux Environtment (I'm using Ubuntu 8.10) and using apache web server, but if you have any question to install php-curl in other environment, feel free to contact me of leave any comment, i will glad to help you.Okay, now let's start with check if php-curl is already installed in your server or not.To check it please follow this step:Create a file in your web server (in Ubuntu it would be in /var/www folder), name it … Read more...
[HowTo] Upgrade Ubuntu 8.10 to Ubuntu 9.04
April 11, 2009 • 1 Comment
Now i want to share with you all, how to upgrade Ubuntu 8.10 to Ubuntu 9.04 without reinstalling the Ubuntu.For Ubuntu desktop edition:Press ALT+F2 Type update-manager -d Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release '9.04' is available. Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions. Wait until the process finish. That's it!For Ubuntu server edition:Install the update-manager-core package if it is not already installed Type: vim … Read more...
What’s New in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope?
April 10, 2009
I am one of the Ubuntu big fans. I used to used Windows XP in most of the time. But after i tried Ubuntu, i knew i won't change to other OS again. It is easy to use, many community support, and nearly don't have any hard time using it.And now Ubuntu 9.04 with code name Jaunty is almost release. 13 days more when i write this article. So what's new in Ubuntu 9.04? What make it's worthy to wait for?Using the New GNOME Desktop 2.26 (the latest) including:brasero, developed by … Read more...
[TIPS] ALT-TAB Make Ubuntu Freezes
March 31, 2009
If you found your Ubuntu frozen after press ALT-TAB for Application Switcher from Compiz feature, you can follow this steps to fix it:Open Compiz Configuration Uncheck the Reflection checkbox And you don't have problem with Application Switcher anymoreI thinks this is consider as a bug in Compiz. Let's hope that they can fix it in later release. Thanks for reading and don't forget to leave any comments … Read more...
