From my last post about the disapointing performance from Ubuntu 9.04 jaunty Jackalope, now it's fixed. But not really fix, but much better in performance especially in graphics. Now my firefox is not slow anymore, my CPU resource consumption is much lower and Compiz working much better. And flash player in firefox now can fullscreen.For you who have the same problem, i think you will if you have Ubuntu 9.04 with Intel Graphic card, you can follow this steps and and enjoy the … Read more...
[Tutorial] Make DVD video in Ubuntu
June 1, 2009 • 2 Comments
From the last post, i assume you already have file(s) in .mpg format. Now let's continue to make a dvd video from .mpg file(s).To make dvd video and make an iso from it, you need to install this tools:dvdauthor mkisofs If you don't have that tools yet you can use this command:Okay, now you already have that tools. Let create a dvd video from your .mpg file(s). Follow this steps:Create the dvd video file structure.this action will take a while. This step will make a … Read more...
[Tutorial] Convert Xvid or Avi to DVD Format in Ubuntu
May 31, 2009 • 17 Comments
Today i want to backup all my tutorial videos into DVDs, but the problem is all my videos are not in DVD format. Some are .avi, .flv, .mov and these type of file cannot be convert to DVD video. You need to convert them to .mpg format first then compile to DVD format.First you need to install these tools: mencoder ffmpeg If you don't have that yet, you can install with this command:If you already have then continue with this step:Convert media to .avi format (if your file … Read more...
[TIPS] Best and Complete Plugins For Gedit
May 14, 2009 • 3 Comments
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] Broadcast Radio With Winamp + SHOUTcast to Ubuntu with IceCast2
April 14, 2009
As i promise you in this post, i will share how to broadcast your music/radio using Winamp with SHOUTcast as client and using Ubuntu with IceCast2 as radio streaming server.So can we start now? Ok, here are the steps:Download winamp player, you can download it in this url Download SHOUTcast plugin for Winamp, you can download it here Install Winamp, and follow the wizard, and then install SHOUTcast plugin too. Open Winamp preferences in Options > Preferences, or press … 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...
