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PinoyTux Reaches 30K Visitors!

Rai — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:08:17 +0000

You have no idea how proud I am to have reached this milestone in my PinoyTux Weblog. Just yesterday, PinoyTux reached 30,000 visitors since March 30, 2008.

Which Linux Distro is Best for You

Rai — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:46:06 +0000

There are a lot of times that I have been asked, and still being asked: Which Linux is the best? Or which Linux distribution is best for me?

I find it hard to answer the question since there are a lot of things that should be considered before getting your hands on a Linux installer. If I suggest a wrong distro, the user might get turned off, and shy away from using Linux. Among the things that should be considered is how ‘technically’ knowledgeable a user is. Some users tend to expect that Linux IS Windows and when they find out that it isn’t, they curse Linux.

Fortunately, there is a site that I find helpful to a situation like this. If you want to test yourself and see which Linux is best for you, visit www.zegeniestudios.net and take the Linux chooser test. After you answer the series of questions, you will be given suggestions of which Linux is best for you.

Linux Evolution

Rai — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:10:43 +0000

Found another great video of how Linux evolved these past years. Interestingly enough, the video compares the evolution of Windows and Linux. Personally, I like the Windows ‘oops’ videos

Anyway, watch the video and enjoy

Ubuntu 9.04: Jaunty Jackalope

Rai — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:21:30 +0000

After the arrival of Intrepid Ibex in October, in six month’s time it will depart to give way for a new Ubuntu and fortunately, Arstechnica revealed that the next Ubuntu Codename will be Jaunty Jackalope.

The codename Jaunty Jackalope was revealed by no other than Mark Shuttleworth himself and will be out in April, making it Ubuntu 9.04. According to Shuttleworth, Ubuntu is ready to compete with Desktop giants Windows and OS X and expects it to be shipped with millions of computers this coming year.

Improvements in the next version includes faster boot-up time and focused on general performance. Speed is the magic word and just like a Jaunty Jackalope, 9.04 aims to be lightning fast.

“The Warrior Rabbit is our talisman as we move into a year where we can reasonably expect Ubuntu to ship on several million devices, to consumers who can reasonably expect the software experience to be comparable to those of the traditional big OSV’s—Microsoft and Apple. The bar is set very high, and we have been given the opportunity to leap over it. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime chance to shine, and we want to make sure that the very best thinking across the whole open source ecosystem is reflected in Ubuntu, because many people will judge free software as a whole by what we do.” -Mark Shuttleworth

Source: Arstechnica

Ubuntu Advertisement

Rai — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:26:59 +0000

Enjoy this superb Ubuntu video showcasing its popular and free features

Vista vs Mac vs Linux on Latest Trends

Rai — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:26:52 +0000

Enjoy this movie on yet again another Vista vs Mac vs Linux comparison. Enjoy

Cool Ubuntu-Filipino Wallpapers

Rai — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:13:16 +0000

I got a few wallpapers made for Ubuntu desktops that are Filipino-inspired while I was Googling for something to blog over the weekend. Luckily, I found more than enough to compile a collection of these Filipino-made wallpapers.

Wallpapers were contributed by members of ubuntuforums.org.

Tip: Device is Busy Error

Rai — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:29:38 +0000

Unmounting devices in Linux can be a bothersome because of the error “Device is Busy”. This particular error comes up when trying to unmount a drive or device that is being used by the filesystem:

# umount /media/WinXP umount: /mediaWinXP: device is busy.

One workaround to this is to do a ‘lazy’ unmount:

# umount -l /media/WinXP

The switch -l disconnects the device from the filesystem even if it is being used. This works but quite messy since no further information will be given. If you want a cleaner unmount, fuser commands works well, too:

# fuser -m /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb1: 1124 # ps axu | grep 1124 rai ... xmms

The ps command showed that xmms is the PID that uses the device /dev/sdb1. Close xmms and the drive can be unmounted safely.

Michael Phelps Wins 8th Gold Medal in Beijing Olympics

Rai — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:08:33 +0000

The US swimming team has made history in Olympics with Michael Phelps winning his 8th Gold Medal defeating Mark Spitz’s 7 Gold Medal record since 1972.

23-year old Michael Phelps consistently performed his best during the 2008 Olympics, proven by record-breaking speed at different swimming events. Eight times a winner, Phelps finally broke Mark Spitz’s record which remained untouched until now.

Phelp’s winning events include:

400 m individual medley 4:03.84 World record
4 x 100 m freestyle relay 3:08.24 World record
200 m freestyle 1:42.96 World record
200 m butterfly 1:52.03 World record
4 x 200 m freestyle relay 6:58.56 World record
200 m individual medley 1:54.23 World record
100 m butterfly 50.58 Olympic record
4 x 100 m medley relay 3:29.34 World record

Congratulations to Michael Phelps!

Tip: Hiding Files Inside An Image in Linux

Rai — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:34:42 +0000

I have a previous post on how to hide files inside an image file in Windows. If you have not read or watched the video yet, it is right here.

Anyway, a comment on that post gave a tip on how to do the same thing on Linux. Of course I tried it and it worked! According to Sebastian of mathemaniac.org, the concept here is really simple. An image file like JPG is read from the beginning of the file and terminated with an ‘End of Image’ marker. An archive file like ZIP has their metadata stored at the end of the file. Put them together and the image will be read as a valid image file and the appended ZIP file will be read as an archive.

Here is how to do it in Linux:

Get an image file and an archive of the files that you want to hide. In this example, I have cat beer_and_cig.jpg and hideme.zip file. The zip file contains an MP3 song that I have stored inside the archive. To create the archive-image file, run this command:

cat beer_and_cig.jpg hideme.zip > ucantseeme.jpg

What this does is the ‘cat‘ command reads the image file first, then reads the zip file and puts them together in the file named ucantseeme.jpg.

To test the integrity of the image file, try this:

# unzip -t ucantseeme.jpg Archive: ucantseeme.jpg warning [ucantseeme.jpg]: 4751 extra bytes at beginning or within zipfile (attempting to process anyway) testing: Feist - 09 - One Two Three Four.mp3 OK No errors detected in compressed data of ucantseeme.jpg.

Notice the warning message? The test saw that there were few bytes at the beginning, which means it saw the image file first but the archive is intact and no errors were found.

Perfect!

Tip: How Change Default OS in Dual Boot Ubuntu

Rai — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:29:31 +0000

My Acer 5570 Notebook is setup to dual boot Windows XP, for my online games and other Windows applications, and Kubuntu 7.10, my main operating system for stuff that I do most of the time like web browsing and blogging. Then my brother and I are now sharing the same notebook and he prefers Windows over Linux, not that I refuse to introduce him to Ubuntu but he had to use Microsoft Office for his office documents.

Windows and Ubuntu dual-boot systems are set boot Ubuntu first by default, so I decided to change the dual-boot order to default to Windows, since my brother will be using the notebook more.

To make Windows the default operating system in dual boot Ubuntu, follow these steps:

1. Press Alt+F2 to open the run dialog box.
2. Type in sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst. Type in root password.
3. Edit the line that looks like this:

default 0

Change the number to the equivalent order of Windows in the operating system list in GRUB boot screen. The number 0 means that GRUB will boot the first operating system, and so on. If Windows is in the 4th line, change the number to 3.

4. Save the file and exit.
5. Reboot to check the change.

Windows should boot as default.

Can your Operating System Do This?

Rai — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:21:08 +0000

Linux Rocks. Watch the vid. Nuff said.

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