The status of Intel video drivers for Ubuntu

Corresponding changes were made to the Linux kernel, including migrating the new Graphics Execution Manager (GEM), which manages video memory, into the mainline kernel beginning with version 2.6.28. Setting graphics resolution, which has traditionally been done as part of the X server, has also been migrated to the kernel. Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) is now enabled by default in the most recent Ubuntu 9.10 alpha release.

The changes in both the Intel driver and the kernel also required changes to X.Org. Even my brief and decidedly less than detailed description of these changes makes it obvious that an awful lot of Linux core code has been undergoing some very major changes during the past year. Sadly, the results have, at least so far, meant that for many users of some of the most popular Linux distributions, performance did not improve. Quite the opposite: performance severely deteriorated and instability was introduced. Some users who upgraded their systems to the latest and greatest version of their favorite distribution found themselves with a system that ran very poorly, crashed frequently, or in some cases, found that X wouldn't work at all. Phoronix described their testing of Ubuntu 9.04 on a Samsung netbook this way: "...a buggy Intel Linux graphics stack led to slow performance, stability issues, screen corruption, and other problems."

I freely admit that I am not an expert on X.Org internals or graphics drivers but I've tried to follow the technical discussions, the issues involved, and how they have impacted Linux distributions. Today we'll look at the state of Intel graphics in several popular distributions, looking both at what went right and what went wrong in recent releases, what progress has been made, and what can be expected from upcoming releases.

Ubuntu 9.04 was released on April 23rd and users with Intel graphics were severely impacted. The Ubuntu forum includes a Jaunty Intel Graphics Performance Guide which offers three possible workarounds, all of which involve upgrading the Intel driver to a 2.7.x release and possibly upgrading the kernel as well. At the end of the guide are responses and reports from Ubuntu users totalling an amazing 107 pages. Glancing through the reports will reveal mixed results. For some users the problems they had experienced were completely resolved. Others reported no improvement. With my Intel Mobile Express 945GME graphics chipset the best I could achieve was either excellent performance but poor stability in the form of system freeze-ups or X crashes, or poor performance and some video corruption but excellent stability. Another workaround is to revert to an older 2.4.1 Intel driver, an approach which was abandoned early on in the forum but which worked reasonably well for me.

In the discussion which follows the Performance Guide, the Ubuntu developers make it clear they will not be porting more recent kernel builds or Intel drivers to 9.04. Development is now focused on solving the problems in time for the release of 9.10 on October 29th.

The third alpha of Ubuntu 9.10 shipped with the latest 2.8.0 Intel driver, X.Org Server 1.6.2 RC1, and a development snapshot of the Linux 2.6.31 kernel. Phoronix reported poor performance test results with this alpha but I found significant improvement on my system. Ubuntu 9.10 alpha 4, released last week, also includes a newer kernel snapshot and the 2.8.0 driver, which no longer supports EXA and DRI1. While enabling UXA and DRI2 caused instability on my system with the 2.7.x drivers I have no such problem with 2.8.0. With 3D animation enabled I do still see some brief video corruption for a second, perhaps less, when a new window is opened, and a corresponding stutter in whatever action is being performed. I wonder if the stutter I see is part of the cause of the poor performance numbers the Phoronix testers saw. Once a window is open performance seems to be very good. I see no problems at all with 2D graphics using the latest Ubuntu 9.10 build. This is the same result I reported in my review of Pardus 2009 last week. Even though this is an early alpha build with some bugs I found Ubuntu 9.10 to already be far more usable than Ubuntu 9.04.

I should mention that Ubuntu 8.04 LTS uses older code and was not affected. Ubuntu Netbook Remix 8.04 was the factory installed OS on my netbook. With all the latest updates it performs flawlessly.

source : distrowatch

interface configuration in debian lenny

Debian Lenny not so different with the previous version thereis no significant changes in the interfaces configuration and the command I usually do is I like this :

1. The main interfaces configuration

support@debian ~ $ /etc/network/interfaces

Here is the main input interface in the ip address that we have, such as :

address
netmask
network
broadcast
gateway
dns-servers

2. See the list Ip address

To see list ip address we can use command :

support@debian ~ $ ip a
support@debian ~ $ ifconfig

3. See to up interfaces that connected with network :

support@debian ~ $ mii-tools

with this command we can see the interfaces connected to the network

4. To reconfigure named of interfaces, just edit this file :

support@debian ~ $ vim /etc/udev/rules.d/70_persistent-net.rules

in this file we change our interface name like : eth0 change with : eth1 , etc..

have a try...

News : Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora

Debian - It has been a hot topic lately - whether Novell's open source implementation of the heavily patented and Microsoft controlled .NET programming framework should be included by default in Linux distributions. The Debian GNU/Linux project recently announced that notetaking program, Tomboy, would be included by default in the package selection for next release, Squeeze. In reply to this announcement, the father of free software Richard Stallman, warned against including Mono by default.

He wrote: "Debian's decision to include Mono in its principal way of installing GNOME, for the sake of Tomboy which is an application written in C#, leads the community in a risky direction." He continued: "The danger is that Microsoft is probably planning to force all free C# implementations underground some day using software patents...This is a serious danger, and only fools would ignore it until the day it actually happens. We need to take precautions now to protect ourselves from this future danger." Official Debian developer Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote a reply in his blog, saying:"So, when installing Lenny, and when using the GNOME installation media (not the KDE, Xfce or LXDE one), and when you have either a complete set of discs (including DVD or BlueRay installation) or internet access during installation time, tomboy (and therefore mono) will already be installed automatically.

When using other installation media or only use the first CD (which doesn't contain tomboy) neither tomboy nor mono will be installed." So for now at least, Mono is still not quite included in the default GNOME desktop, but will things change? And does anyone care?

Ubuntu - Also related to Mono, the Ubuntu community has been putting pressure on the project to make an official announcement as to their position on Mono in the popular operating system. This week the Ubuntu Techncal Board granted their wish, although it might not have been the one many were hoping for.

In the announcement, the team writes: "The Ubuntu Project takes patent issues seriously, and the Ubuntu Technical Board is the governance body that handles allegations of patent infringement...The Ubuntu Technical Board has received no claims of infringement against the Mono stack, and is not aware of any such claims having been received by other similar projects." Finally they conclude: "Given the above, the Ubuntu Technical Board sees no reason to exclude Mono or applications based upon it from the archive, or from the default installation set." In short, Ubuntu approves of Mono and will continue to include .NET applications as part of their default install.

Indeed, with the upcoming release they will be increasing the number of these applications by replacing music player Rhythmbox with Banshee.

In other Ubuntu related news, the team behind Ksplice has announced a free service for Ubuntu Jaunty users called Uptrack. Ksplice can apply kernel patches directly into the running kernel, without requiring a reboot.

Linux Magazine has an interesting article about the technology. "Ksplice is a suite of tools which can apply patches directly into a running kernel resulting in an instantly patched system without a single interruption. No need to reboot the system or restart any services!" But would any desktop users really care? "Certainly most desktop users will probably feel that their system is secure enough and not feel the need for such a service.

After all, most desktops rarely face the Internet directly like a server might. Even so, the more layers of security and protection one can have on their system the better. Finally, the Ksplice team really has done a first class job at implementing the technology. It’s just so easy for end users to install and use." The service is available free of charge and users can take advantage of it by downloading and installing the package from their website.

Fedora - Recently the Ubuntu project announced their "One Hundred Paper Cuts" project, to fix niggling issues which negatively impact the user experience on the operating system. Perhaps partially inspired by this project, Fedora has announced their own called "Fit and Finish". The projects page begins: "Fedora is well-known as the premier showcase for the latest open source technology on Linux.

Unfortunately, it has also been perceived as being a bit rough around the edges. The Fedora Fit and Finish initiative intends to change this. We will focus on getting the details right and improving the user experience by removing obstacles and annoyances from everyday tasks." It then goes on to provide a list of examples, including things such as: plugging in a projector and starting a presentation; inserting blank media and getting it formatted; interacting with portable media players, and; sharing files with others on the network. The project aims to work on these for the upcoming release 12. It differs from Ubuntu's by casting the net much wider, instead of limiting it to problems with existing features. Improvements in Linux distributions, whatever they might be, are always a good thing!

Fix Bug : Pidgin Login On Ubuntu Jaunty

After Yahoo Update his port, many instant messenging like pidgin and kopete cant login with yahoo account.

If you use Ubuntu Jaunty you can try this way to fix this problem :

Ubuntu ships Pidgin but does not update it after a release (except for security issues). For those users who desire new releases of Pidgin, we have packaged Pidgin in a PPA. If you encounter problems with these packages, try building from source and report the bug.

To setup the PPA, copy-and-paste these commands into a terminal:

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com \ 67265eb522bdd6b1c69e66ed7fb8bee0a1f196a8

. /etc/lsb-release

echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu \ $DISTRIB_CODENAME main | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pidgin-ppa.list

Once this PPA is setup, Pidgin updates will show up in Update Manager along with the usual Ubuntu updates. The PPA will need to be re-setup only after upgrading Ubuntu.

Taken from pidgin site.

and after that you have to change your setting on managed account and double click at your username and choose advance. at pager server :scs.msg.yahoo.com change with this : cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com

like this image :

Image from : yan.irvanet.web.id

Have fun to use free open source !! :)

BlankOn Nanggar Released

BlankOn logo

Jakarta 16 June 2009 - On this day the official BlankOn Developers BlankOn launched version 5.0 with the release Nanggar, a culture that was on this version is from the Batak culture, the name "Nanggar" taken from the language that has meaning batak "Hammer".

Some typical features of the new brought in by Nanggar Desktop Berkonteks which is developed by Tim BlankOn Developers, who are able to change themes and background pictures desktop computers or the appropriate hour weather conditions that are applicable at that time.

Other special features on BlankOn Nanggar project is the latest edition of the archipelago memersembahkan Aksara ability to write and publish the text in Toba Batak script. Untuk mengikuti proyek Aksara Nusantara silakan ikuti tautan http://code.google.com/p/aksara-nusantara/ To follow the project Aksara Nusantara please follow the link http://code.google.com/p/aksara-nusantara/

BlankOn Nanggar the guide book includes the full use can be found through the following link http://blankonlinux.or.id/download/buku-panduan.pdf. This book can also enjoy your straight on the system that was installed on the Sample folder.

BlankOn Nanggar features:

• GNOME Desktop Berkonteks + 2:26
• Program Office: OpenOffice 3.0.1, GNUCash
• GIMP 2.6.6
• Inkscape 0:46
• A Firefox Web 3.0
• Kernel 2.6.28

BlankOn Nanggar Minimalis features:

• LXDE Desktop 0.3.2.1
• Program Office: AbiWord 2.6.6, GNUmeric 1.8.4, GNUCash 2.2.6
• GIMP 2.6.6
• Inkscape 0:46
• A Web Epiphany 2:26
• Kernel 2.6.28

About BlankOn

BlankOn Linux is a Linux distribution developed by the Linux Foundation of India (YPLI) and Ubuntu Indonesia that is suitable for the needs of computer users in general. The philosophy of simplicity and reliability offered by Ubuntu Linux distribution as the original, BlankOn Linux is developed openly and together to produce a typical Linux distro Indonesia.

To download yo can visit : official site nanggar or at distrowatch

Fix Problem Dual Boot Debian Lenny and Windows

Today I try install Debian Lenny on my Laptop, but after all any problem with my windows partition, because grub loader cant load windows system.

To fix it i try search at google and found same problem, from that information I do this step :

According to review from distrowatch, that any criticall packages is not installed why Debian Lenny install, the packages is HAL ( Hardware Abstraction Layer ). This meant that removable media was not automatically mounted. Simply installing the hal package solved this problem.

Just run : ~#apt-get install hal

Next step edit /boot/grub/menu.lst at this row :

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

became :

title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
just look at italic text, root change with rootnoverify. after that reboot your system and viola... bootloader running well dan you can choose windows boot option.

.htaccess to protect mrtg with password

At the time of installation such as MRTG on the last post, only the entry on stage to create the look, how authentifikasi not have time to access and this will be prone to keep confidential . . then can use to . htaccess to give a password. But this is the step to do, but before apache condition must exist and running well

First off all we create a user using the passwd and htpasswd, now under the command like this:

$htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/apache-users admin
New password:
Re-type new password:

With the command that will be made with the user name admin and passwd now and there will be a file apache-users, the-c option above is included if you first create a user and passwd to .htaccess.

Then, create a file. Direktory htaccess in you will be protected, in this case is:

/var/www/mrtg/.htaccess

and the contents therein should kata2 this:

AuthName “Rahasia Sendiri”
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /etc/apache/apache-users
require valid-user

and make sure permission. htaccess can be accessed by the user will access the mrtg and order .htaccess authentication credentials to be allowed to mrtg, so I must have edited in:

vim /etc/apache/httpd.conf

with the change in part:

AllowOverride none

to be:

AllowOverride AuthConfig

and after disave do not forget to restart apache it. authconfig different settings for the apache and apache2. After that please try to access it with mrtg write: http://myserver/mrtg

Debian Social Contract with the Free Software Community

ebian, the producers of the Debian GNU/Linux system, have created the Debian Social Contract. The Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) part of the contract, initially designed as a set of commitments that we agree to abide by, has been adopted by the free software community as the basis of the Open Source Definition.

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Social Contract with the Free Software Community

1. Debian will remain 100% free

   We provide the guidelines that we use to determine if a work is free in the document entitled The Debian Free Software Guidelines. We promise that the Debian system and all its components will be free according to these guidelines. We will support people who create or use both free and non-free works on Debian. We will never make the system require the use of a non-free component.

2. We will give back to the free software community

   When we write new components of the Debian system, we will license them in a manner consistent with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We will make the best system we can, so that free works will be widely distributed and used. We will communicate things such as bug fixes, improvements and user requests to the upstream authors of works included in our system.

3. We will not hide problems

   We will keep our entire bug report database open for public view at all times. Reports that people file online will promptly become visible to others.

4. Our priorities are our users and free software

   We will be guided by the needs of our users and the free software community. We will place their interests first in our priorities. We will support the needs of our users for operation in many different kinds of computing environments. We will not object to non-free works that are intended to be used on Debian systems, or attempt to charge a fee to people who create or use such works. We will allow others to create distributions containing both the Debian system and other works, without any fee from us. In furtherance of these goals, we will provide an integrated system of high-quality materials with no legal restrictions that would prevent such uses of the system.

5. Works that do not meet our free software standards

   We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of works that do not conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We have created contrib and non-free areas in our archive for these works. The packages in these areas are not part of the Debian system, although they have been configured for use with Debian. We encourage CD manufacturers to read the licenses of the packages in these areas and determine if they can distribute the packages on their CDs. Thus, although non-free works are not a part of Debian, we support their use and provide infrastructure for non-free packages (such as our bug tracking system and mailing lists).

So lets Free software with Debian...

Install MRTG on Debian

Sample mrtg interface

Finally I can also install mrtg on debian Etch. Mrtg is Multi Router Traffik Grapher, namely the graph to see traffik can do through us in the router.

Need to install some of the previous packet, namely:

1. Snmp dan Snmpd SNMP and Snmpd
2. Mrtg Mrtg

The step-step of installation is:

Because with debian, installation easy to do with how to:

#apt-get install snmp, snmpd, mrtg and let the process run to complete ..

because there is already at cron, so I only do we:

cp /etc/mrtg.cfg /etc/mrtg.cfg.old
cfgmaker passpublic@localhost > /etc/mrtg.cfg
indexmaker /etc/mrtg.cfg > /var/www/mrtg/index.html

note :

passpublic is a community you have in /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf and make sure that snmpd is running well.

To check whether SNMP works correctly, run the following command:
snmpwalk -Os -c passpublic -v 1 localhost system

The above command will produce output like the following:

sysDescr.0 = STRING: Linux frigg 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Mon Mar 26 17:17:36 UTC 2007 i686
sysObjectID.0 = OID: netSnmpAgentOIDs.10
sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (29668961) 3 days, 10:24:49.61
sysContact.0 = STRING: admin
sysName.0 = STRING: jenmannii

root@jenmanni:~# vim /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf

I must be edited in the command:

#sec.name source community
com2sec readonly localhost public12
com2sec readonly 203.190.40.0/24 public23
com2sec readonly 192.168.11.1/32 public23
com2sec readonly 192.168.13.2/32 public23

#sec.model sec.name
group MyROSystem v1 paranoid
group MyROSystem v2c paranoid
group MyROSystem usm paranoid
group MyROGroup v1 readonly
group MyROGroup v2c readonly
group MyROGroup usm readonly
group MyRWGroup v1 readwrite
group MyRWGroup v2c readwrite
group MyRWGroup usm readwrite

then restart snmp with the command:

root@tyr:~# /etc/init.d/snmpd restart

root@tyr:~# cfgmaker public12@localhost > /etc/mrtg.cfg

root@tyr:~# snmpwalk -Os -c public12 -v 1 localhost system

sysDescr.0 = STRING: Linux tyr 2.4.27-2-386 #1 Wed Aug 17 09:33:35 UTC 2005 i686
sysObjectID.0 = OID: netSnmpAgentOIDs.10
sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (430) 0:00:04.30
sysContact.0 = STRING: Root (configure /etc/snmp/snmpd.local.conf)
sysName.0 = STRING: tyr
sysLocation.0 = STRING: Unknown (configure /etc/snmp/snmpd.local.conf)
sysORLastChange.0 = Timeticks: (1) 0:00:00.01
sysORID.1 = OID: ifMIB
sysORID.2 = OID: snmpMIB
sysORID.3 = OID: tcpMIB
sysORID.4 = OID: ip
sysORID.5 = OID: udpMIB
sysORID.6 = OID: vacmBasicGroup
sysORID.7 = OID: snmpFrameworkMIBCompliance
sysORID.8 = OID: snmpMPDCompliance
sysORID.9 = OID: usmMIBCompliance
sysORDescr.1 = STRING: The MIB module to describe generic objects for network interface sub-layers
sysORDescr.2 = STRING: The MIB module for SNMPv2 entities
sysORDescr.3 = STRING: The MIB module for managing TCP implementations
sysORDescr.4 = STRING: The MIB module for managing IP and ICMP implementations
sysORDescr.5 = STRING: The MIB module for managing UDP implementations
sysORDescr.6 = STRING: View-based Access Control Model for SNMP.
sysORDescr.7 = STRING: The SNMP Management Architecture MIB.
sysORDescr.8 = STRING: The MIB for Message Processing and Dispatching.
sysORDescr.9 = STRING: The management information definitions for the SNMP User-based Security Model.
sysORUpTime.1 = Timeticks: (0) 0:00:00.00
sysORUpTime.2 = Timeticks: (1) 0:00:00.01
sysORUpTime.3 = Timeticks: (1) 0:00:00.01
sysORUpTime.4 = Timeticks: (1) 0:00:00.01
sysORUpTime.5 = Timeticks: (1) 0:00:00.01
sysORUpTime.6 = Timeticks: (1) 0:00:00.01
sysORUpTime.7 = Timeticks: (1) 0:00:00.01
sysORUpTime.8 = Timeticks: (1) 0:00:00.01
sysORUpTime.9 = Timeticks: (1) 0:00:00.01

root@tyr:~# cfgmaker public12@localhost > /etc/mrtg.cfg
root@tyr:~# indexmaker /etc/mrtg.cfg > /var/www/mrtg/index.html

than open file /etc/mrtg.cfg and at:

# to get bits instead of bytes and graphs growing to the right
Options[_]: growright, bits <<>

to test, mrtg running well, please open browser and type url : http://ip_address/mrtg.

the grow traffik run from left to right.

Dial Telkom Speedy ADSL with Debian

Some time there are problems with a modem with TPLINK, namely difficult to PPPoE mode and when it is successful the next difficulty is, when the modem is Dead, he can not autoredial itself, making the resetting with the manual.

Then show him the idea to try using the debian etch, to create the first live one block ip in the router interface in the other one with Modem, and make sure the modem can pinging from debian and the mode of modem is : BRIDGE

The next step is to prepare the packages do support for the process dial adslnya later, while in the package you should install are: pppoe and pppoeconf, installnya enough to run the command:

# apt-get install pppoe pppoeconf (* let the process continue and tetep kelarkan installation *).

Furthermore, if already installed the next step is to configurasi and run the pppoe dial speedynya experiment.

Configurasi file in: /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider, nah dsl-provider file in the backup so that when the first dial fail and can be repeated again.

# cd /etc/ppp/peers
# cp dsl-provider dsl-provider.ori

Now we try to do configurasi internet connection, there are some things I needed to help expedite the process of installation, including:

1. Login name given by ADSL Provider (Speedy).
2. Password that's also from ADSL Provider (Speedy).
3. If more than 2 interfaces ensure speedy interface you which direction and when the modem to dial UTP is connected.

Run 'pppoeconf' I have in/usr/sbin:

# cd /usr/sbin #
# pppoeconf # Pppoeconf

* if interface more than one he will choose the interface where you connect to the modem *

Live in only enter Yes, the device will scan information:

If detected you have a modem connected, the display will appear below:

Living in yes, a notification will appear again:

There is a notification message back, as follows:

The next step is to form fill user and passwd fromADSL Provider (Speedy).

view the content of password:

Well here DNS provides the option to add the DNS Speedy in / etc / resolv.conf and then restart each resolv akan still filled by DNS from speedy, that trouble you here I met when I want to make a connection between loadbalance Speedy with a wisp, as they can not rule created a local DNS manually and can not be in the perfect configuration, but if the debian pc to normal, this is not a problem . .

Just chooseYes on the recommendations.

Then there will be a message for the packet size, what if you want to stay in default then yes :

Next message mengenable redeal for speedy restart each debiannya:

The next message you need to be, below:

It is finished configurasi dial speedynya, and does not need to do the same because it has automatic redial speednya.

To prove there is not connection speednya, can diliat with the command:

# ip a or ifconfig

at interface list now we have interface with the name: ppp0, nah this is pppoenya interface.

Wifi Radar : Scan your Free hotspot

For linux dekstop at laptop, now we can use wireless interface to surf internet, much free hotspot area that we can use and happying browsing.

For scanning and show wireless hotspot signal you can use tools named : Wifi radar.

WiFi Radar is a Python/PyGTK2 utility for managing WiFi profiles on GNU/Linux.

It enables you to scan for available networks and create profiles for your preferred networks. You can drag and drop your preferred networks to arrange the profile priority.

WiFi Radar is tested to work with D-Link AirPlus G on Slackware 12.2 but should work just the same for any iwconfig interface. To use WiFi Radar you need to have the following:

• Python
• PyGtk2
• Wireless Tools for Linux (iwconfig)
• SpeechD (Optional)

If your laptop running with Debian, Ubuntu, LinuxMint or Operating system similar Debian base, you just install it with apt-get option, like this :

~# apt-get install wifi-radar

Feel free to wait till installing finished, after that you can run at gnome menu - Internet - Wifi Radar, or at console just run :

~# wifi-radar.

and will appear this menu list :

Lin-X : Linux Like MacOs

Lin-X is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution themed like Apple's Mac OS X. It shares the same repositories and update manager, along with the release dates. Unlike other Linux distributions, Lin-X comes jam-packed with loads of "i-candy". It comes with the Compiz Fusion customised and ready to go, providing outstanding graphics right after installation. Lin-X is fully functional when booting from the live DVD and runs fast without losing any features.

Lin-X is an OS based off of the most popular Linux distribution, Ubuntu.

Lin-X looks like Mac OSX and shares many of the same features. With Lin-X you get the security and stability of Ubuntu with the feel of OSX.

Because Lin-X is based off of Ubuntu it shares the same repositories and update manager, along with the release dates Unlike other Linux distributions Lin-X comes jam-packed with loads of “i-candy”.

It is one of the only OS that comes with the Compiz Fusion customized and ready to go right out of the box, giving you outstanding graphics right after installation. Lin-X is fully functional when booting from the live DVD and runs blazingly fast without loosing any features.

Lin-X is free to download off the web with only $15(USD) support (which enters you into the giveaway) and $20 (USD) for us to send you a DVD.

If you want try this OS, you can click here to download.

File Server with Samba at Debian Etch

Communication needs at this time is multiplatform and very prosaic commonplace. Any sample application is data communication between the Windows platform with Linux. In this case I give in Linux by creating a package you can sincronize data communication with the windows.

Samba, that's the package is called, what is samba? What we read from the official site its samba, like this:

Samba is software that can be run on a platform other than Microsoft Windows, for example, UNIX, Linux, IBM System 390, OpenVMS, and other operating systems. Samba is software that can be run on a platform other than Microsoft Windows, for example, UNIX, Linux, IBM System 390, OpenVMS, and other operating systems. Samba uses the TCP/IP protocol that is installed on the host server. Samba uses the TCP / IP protocol that is installed on the host server. When correctly configured, it allows that host to interact with a Microsoft Windows client or server as if it is a Windows file and print server. When correctly configured, it allows that host to interact with a Microsoft Windows client or server as if it is a Windows file and print server.

already described uses samba? well now we will try to install samba via a GNU / Linux Debian.

How to install in Debian is very very easy, simply run the command:

~ # Aptitude install samba

So with all the packages samba and its dependency directly installed. When you are the next steps to set up living alone.

Well here I will try to give examples as needed in a cafe, because it is prone to have the virus in its windows, the computer user only contain the operating system windows are just storing data files stored on the server-based Debian earlier.

Samba in the position of: / etc / samba / smb.conf, just open the file, before what in especial utak settings it's good we just rename the original file, and we make a new pot contents setting samba suit us, me - how to rename done:

~# mv /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.bak

After that open a new smb.conf file by typing the command:

~# vim /etc/samba/smb.conf

Fill in the file with configurasi below:

Position on the Global Settings:

#======================= Global Settings =======================

[global] [global]

## Browsing/Identification ### # # Browsing / Identification # # #

workgroup = J00NET
netbios name = J00NETserver
server string = %h server (Samba %v)
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
guest only = yes
guest ok = yes
####### Authentication #######

security = share

encrypt passwords = true

passdb backend = tdbsam

obey pam restrictions = yes

guest account = nobody guest
invalid users = root

#======================= Share Definitions =======================

[Data User]
path = /a_reserve/DataUser
comment = Share Directories
browseable = yes
writable = yes
public = yes
available = yes

[Multimedia]
path = /b_reserve/Multimedia/
comment = Multimedia Share
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
public = yes
available = yes

Now there are at least 3 pendefinisian in sambanya server, which is the main settings in the Customize Definitionnya, because we will open the folder you can access from windows machine.

Settings in here to do as closely as possible when the user saves the data he was not aware that the data stored on the server in the linux is not windows. With the above files / folders from samba share you can modify in such a way as it is writeable, Readable and Executeable. also omitted elements here include username and password when we access the share file we need.

When you are in the configuration, save and restart sambanya way:

~# /etc/init.d/samba restart.

For testing, please check in at the windows and the server ip sambanya accessed through explorer. Happy Testing

Debian with Code Name Lenny

After realeased debian with code name etch, now debian launch testing version for new debian "lenny", what is testing? its mean that things should not break as badly as in unstable or experimental distributions, because packages are allowed to enter this distribution only after a certain period of time has passed, and when they don't have any release-critical bugs filed against them.

Please note that security updates for testing distribution are not managed by the security team. Hence, testing does not get security updates in a timely manner.

For more information you can visit official site debian, or at wikipedia.

xmms Skin at Ubuntu

One of the favorite in berinternet and nongkrong front of the computer is a delight to listen to music.

For Ubuntu Feisty Fawn music player such as WinAmp called xmms in ubuntu, in the initial installation xmms not included, so we can add your own by typing the command:

root @ juno: ~ # apt-get install xmms / / * connect internet and let the process run until the installation is complete, when finished we can open the application via: application ->> sound and video ->> xmms.

To donwload Skin collection can be viewed at: piotrkosoft.netinet.net.

How to download more or less like this:

1. entrance to the skin, then enter

root @ juno: ~ # cd / usr / share / xmms / Skins /

root @ juno: / usr / share / xmms / Skins #

2. do the download a file using the command wget:

root @ juno: / usr / share / xmms / Skins # wget http://piotrkosoft.netinet.net/pub/mirrors/xmms/Skins/ConceptX-Gold.zip

Command over the means we do the download ConceptX-Gold.zip skin and stored in / usr / share / xmms / Skins.

to be able to see the results we download an run the command ls-la

root @ juno: / usr / share / xmms / Skins # ls-la

This example I have my skin download:

root @ juno: / usr / share / xmms / Skins # ls-la
total 3756
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-06-09 07:10 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2007-06-09 05:29 ..
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 173222 2000-05-30 05:00 Absolute_Blue-XMMS.zip
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 180936 2000-01-18 06:00 AbsoluteE_Xmms.zip
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 112183 2000-08-23 05:00 AdamAmp.zip
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 40113 2000-02-06 06:00 Apple_Platinum_Amp.zip
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 36036 2000-05-30 05:00 Aqua.zip
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 40443 2000-08-23 05:00 BlackXMMS.zip
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 33942 2007-06-09 06:52 BlueIce-v0.3.tar.gz
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 119833 2000-01-18 06:00 BlueIce.zip
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 128006 2000-01-18 06:00 BlueSteel_xmms.zip
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 132615 2000-01-18 06:00 BlueSteel.zip
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 49903 2007-06-09 06:55 BrassAlloy-xmms.tar.gz
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 139919 2000-01-18 06:00 BrushedMetal_Xmms.zip
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 45787 2001-05-06 05:00 cherry_best.tar.gz
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 49035 2001-05-06 05:00 Cobalt-Obscura.tar.gz
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 143011 2000-07-06 05:00 ColderXMMS.tar.gz
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 109779 2000-07-06 05:00 ConceptX-Gold.zip
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 333805 2001-05-06 05:00 Coolblue.tar.gz
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 127818 2000-08-23 05:00 CX2.zip
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 61173 2007-03-28 17:29 debfskin.tar.gz
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 30905 2001-05-06 05:00 Eclipse.tar.gz
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 71562 2000-08-23 05:00 fiRe.tar.gz
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 229013 2000-05-30 05:00 ions.tar.gz
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 89585 2000-08-23 05:00 LinuxDotCom.tar.gz
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 37689 2001-05-06 05:00 m2n.tar.gz
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 22486 2001-05-06 05:00 maXMMS.tar.gz
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 35318 2000-06-12 05:00 minEguE-xmms-v1.tar.gz
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 244518 2001-05-06 05:00 nixamp2.tar.gz
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 77559 2001-05-06 05:00 NoerdAmp-SE.tar.gz
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 222034 2001-05-06 05:00 Segrelles.tar.gz
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 276483 2001-05-06 05:00 sword.tar.gz
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 88424 2007-06-09 05:47 Winamp5.tar.bz2
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 203122 2000-08-04 05:00 xmmearth.tar.gz

root @ juno: / usr / share / xmms / Skins #

to change the skin in xmms in:

right-click select xmms are: Option->> skin browser, if we want each song to change the skin option: select random play on his skin is activated.

happy trying..