Monthly Archives: May 2008

Banshee 1.0 Beta 2 in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

Now Banshee 1.0 Beta 2 is released. If you want to try the music player in your ubuntu hardy box, you could add sources.list entry from banshee PPA team. Open software sources (System > Administration > Software Sources). In Third-Party … Continue reading

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CodeIgniter and Ajax Using JQuery Tutorial

I created this tutorial because I was having a hard time finding good simple CodeIgniter + JQuery tutorial for newbie like me. The one I found, created by MR Forbes, is hard to understand and apparently isn’t working. Another one, … Continue reading

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Check Your System Compiz Capability

There is a great script created to check whether your system is compiz ready or not. It’s called Compiz-Check. Gathering information about your system… Distribution: Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop environment: GNOME Graphics chip: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7300 GT] (rev a1) … Continue reading

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Waiting for The Next Internet Buzz in Indonesia

So, despite the low penetration of internet in Indonesia, apparently its internet “society” is keep growing bigger and bigger. The Web 2.0 era is really expanding here. It’s started with the large number of blogs created and written by Indonesian … Continue reading

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How To Install Oracle XE in Ubuntu 64 Bit

While you’re thinking by installing 64 bit linux you’re standing in the edge of new technology era, it sucks knowing our 64 bit system is less supported than the old 32 bit system. We have to install 32 bit flash … Continue reading

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Shorcuts for Managing Window(s)

Since I’m not using any window decorator for my gnome setup, I always count on keyboard and mouse combination shortcut for managing my windows. These are my regularly used shortcuts when I’m working. Alt + mouse button 1 (left mouse … Continue reading

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OpenOfffice.org 3.0 Beta

OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta is ready for testing. OpenOffice.org 3.0 will support the upcoming OpenDocument Format (ODF) 1.2 standard, and is capable of opening files created with MS-Office 2007 or MS-Office 2008 for Mac OS X (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc.). This … Continue reading

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Virtualbox 1.6 is Released

Finally. This is the first VirtualBox version since being acquired by Sun Microsystems. The major update is support for Solaris. The release itself has over 2000 improvements. Go get the binary. I’m downloading now.

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