Before this, if you ever wanted to try Ubuntu, you can use Wubi. or do the normal installation. All these require dual-boot settings. Now, thanks to the guys at andLinux and coLinux, Ubuntu is coming even closer to you, in Windows itself!

Go Portable Ubuntu, a 500MB download that let you instantly kick start Ubuntu in windows. And the nice thing about it, everything runs seamlessly. I guess the best thing for me so far is i can now use the native Gnome Terminal :)

And yes, i can install all the applications from repository.  -- and hell yea X forwarding works as well.

Ubuntu or Windows? both :) 

[Naration in Muhinder voice] Previously on Chimou.com, i was writing about making a customized Ubuntu CD, and I have succeeded!

Just 2 simple steps and you can make your own Ubuntu Linux CD, call it whatever you want.

First, setup your Ubuntu, customize it until you syiok. I did a command line install and just add slim + openbox, add a wallpaper, add some programs (terminal, kazehakase web browser, etc) and here's what my Ubuntu looks like.

Now i just need to copy my settings from "Home" folder into the user skeleton folder (/etc/skel). copy the wallpaper, the menu configurations, bla bla. Semua bagi dia masuk. 

Then, I just install and run Remastersys (http://www.remastersys.klikit-linux.com/ubuntu.html). I tried the backup option, cantik. Then i did the dist option and it too, works like a charm -- take about 10 minutes -- I didn't really count it, and i have my linux Live CD before i fall asleep at 5am.

Next thing, test it! Using Virtualbox i can easily boot the ISO file generated. Tada... here's what we got in our Live CD :)

1. boot screen -- yeaks, should have changed the background image

2. login screen (slim)

3. The Live CD showing the desktop and the installer icon -- ubiquity.

Yea everyone is using Ubuntu now, It has become so popular even my neighbour's dog is using it.

So downloading Ubuntu and installing it is so boring. I am thinking How about try to build my own Ooboontoo Distro from scratch ;)

The guide here seems followable, and my target is to have PHP and GTK running along with Openbox, SSH. Good enuf to run some of our own commercial programs ;)

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch 

Ever since i Mac-ed my PC, i have been exploring and getting more and more addicted to this beautiful OS. Windows is great but bored (like 60 years old aunt Marry), Linux is great too, and not boring, but sometime it gets so confusing and so hardcore (too many distros, too many software choices, and yeaks till now i still couldn't take it that the fonts are always so huge like i am blind or something).

Now, Mac OS X (Leopard) is truly something that goes in between. Its attractive coz its something new to me, while it doesnt have the linux feel (fonts are nicely sized, i am not blind), and man the best part is everything seems integrated well. And best best bst thing is, the software are not confusing! :) each of them does their job and 

I downloaded AcquisitionX today (everyone loves P2P music, dont you ?) and although i dint pay for the Pro version which costs $24, the software just get its job done.. search, download, and let your iTunes manage the music. See, you dont have to do anything and the software talk to each others.

That's what i mean "well integrated". Try a Mac, and you will fall in love. I dare you.

Now where can i find a No-CD Loader for Frozen Throne on Mac ? :)

Got a new harddisk to replace office's server (which is gonna die soon), before i use it i decided to give Mac OS X another try., Just to prove that my PC is able to run Mac too. and holy crap, this things really work ^_^

The keyboard is not so compatible, the control keys are weird. The 0wning display card is detected as some cheapo card which cannot run the Quartz Extreme :( besides all these, sound and network work out of the box! 

Um.. dont question the category i put this blog under Linux coz MAC OS X IS LINUX BSD.

chimou is going mac. stay tuned, wish i can made it ;)

meanwhile, google Kalyway if you are interested to mac your PC.

The default Text Editor came with Ubuntu (Gnome) is GEdit. I like it for its simplicity, and it actually have pretty much everything i needed for work: syntax coloring, line numbering, etc. But one of the things i do alot at in work is editing files from webserver via FTP. It is very troublesome if i have to download the file, edit, and upload again using 2 programs (FTP client + text editor), so I really like the FTP feature bundled in PSPad.

Learning that I can actually create my own plugins for GEdit,  I decided to spend some time making something good for myself and for the Linux community.

After 2 days of fighting with the big Python, i give you my first (and last?) Gedit plugin -- the FTP Browser! just enter your ftp hostname, username, password and click the "house" icon and you ready to rock and roll! ;) 

If you are interested to use it, email me at yinsee_at_wsatp_dot_com.

I am looking forward to get this included in the GEdit official plugin ;)

You have heard so much about Ubuntu this, Ubuntu that, but you are so scared to touch anything on your computer to try out the hottest stuff on earth?

fear no more my friend! The latest release of Ubuntu 8.04 (HARDYCORE HERON) came with UBI -- a windows-friendly installer that automagically does the dualboot configuration, and uninstall anytime if you dont like it. Ubuntu 8.04 was released yesterday.

Get UBI, dualboot like a noobie! hei that ryhms ;)

Ok, its actually called WUBI -- Windows Ubuntu Installer... but everyone in youtube is pronouncing it "UBI" :)) k enuf kapsiao, You can get it from http://wubi-installer.org. Download the 1MB+ installer and it will download the rest for you. It will even let you choose which Ubuntu you want to go for.. the K, the X, or the default G. One small step of ubi, one big step for mankind, one step back for windows ;)

Things always come in both side. There are people trying to make their Linux look like Windows, and there are people trying to make their Windows look like Linux! here we have a Windows XP theme for Ubuntu, and even the icon changer that will give your 7 year old XP theme a nice make over. 

Maybe they want to fool the piracy authorities? But seriously it do looks kind of cool. Anyway, check this out. i think its kind of cool! http://www.bloganything.net/871/make-windows-xp-looks-like-ubuntu

Running around with an Arch linux/Xubuntu laptop is really fun because i can leave it open to monitor the servers while playing DOTA on my desktop, and i am getting back to perl coding today! because my modem wouldn't let me enter the configuration screen, so i figured i may have changed the default port. 

So i decided to write a perl script to scan the port... i could use PHP but this laptop aint got php yet... suddenly feels just like the good old day in al-terror where i was always digging the web for perl codings. heh heh heh :))

Here's my script today for sharing. Beware, port scanning other's pc is like peeping sea-weed with a binocular, it is very naughty! ;)

#!/usr/bin/perl

use IO::Socket;

$port = 1;
$args;
while ($port <= 65535){
    $sock = new IO::Socket::INET (PeerAddr => '192.168.1.2', PeerPort => $port, Proto => 'tcp');
    if ($sock)
    {
        close $sock;
        print "$port -openn";
    }
    else
    {
        print "$port - closedn";
    }
    $port++;
   
}
close(LIST);

If i put Windows it will be damp slow i may as well use my desktop... i wanted it to be different!  so I set out to find a lightweight Linux for this laptop. After spending 2 days trying various Linux distros (almost without sleep) i landed  on the Arch Linux + KDEmod setup. The whole setup really took 2 days as i am total noob, and this linux distro is mean for you to build from scratch not like Ubuntu or Fedora etc. You have to start with the command line mode (base) and install Xorg, then install the Desktop Management of your choice (KDE, Gnome, Enlightment, Fluxbox, Openbox, etc etc to name a few) Thru the installation i really learned alot ;) 

I believe most of you will not be interested at all on how hardcore and tedious it is to do the setup properly (and finally near perfect, but not yet perfect), so to cut the crap i present you my Linux powered tablet PC!  This baby now does a dual boot to Windows or Linux, and ironically the Wifi and Touch Screen (tablet feature) in Windows is still not functioning due to missing driver (can't find it back). But they are working fine in  Linux now!

Checkout the videos below. Windows XP boot in 5 seconds, and Linux took about a minutes to load (hang there for awhile while detecting wireless network that doesn't exists.

Used to the unix2dos and dos2unix command in redhat, but when i started using Ubuntu, i couldn't find it! Apparently, i have to do apt-get install tofrodos to get the commands.

and few seconds later after i entering the command, something caught my funny nerves. tofrodos.. to-frodo-s! that's funny :D

I try to prove it wrong, but in the end it proves me wrong.

I got a spare HDD at home so I decided to setup WindowsXP with pantat and see what is the difference. Surprise, surprise... all these people complaining Windows sux and Linux rocks, please listen to me for a second.

Ubuntu takes about 5 minutes to boot into GNOME. WindowsXP takes only about 30 econds.

Ubuntu can't afford Warcraft3 (I was so happy while i found Cedega, but to hell with it the speed is slower than an old turtle crossing the street) and DOTA runs silky smooth on WinXP.

and last but not least, my brother manage to crash the Linux on 30 minutes after using it.

Ubuntu was suppose to mean "Linux for Human"... besides it is free, Linux still have a long way to go if they want to take over Windows.

HAHAHA.

I was talking about running PC Apps on Linux yesterday. And today, I proven it! Yes, I finally gotten lil'pantat to run Warcraft III, and thus, DOTA. For those who are blur, pantat is my Linux machine at home running on P3 733MHz with 128MB of RAM.

Recipe

1. Cedega 5.0
2. Cedega 5.0.3 Engine (or any latest version)
3. Warcraft III files (just copy from the Windows installation directory)

both Cedega was found at http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=cedega. You will also need ROOT access in your Linux box in order to setup Cedega properly. I have not yet try out if it is possible to do it without root access, but I doubt it ;)

Installation

The Cedega 5.0 I downloaded come in a tgz file. I did a gunzip then tar -xvf it from my root directory / and it will distribute the files into /etc, /opt, /usr/local/bin... --- look, here's the part that makes me doubt it will work if you do not have root access --- but anyway i'll see what the internet says.

Once the engine installation is done, I need to create an "Installation" (not really installation, just a place-holder), I call it Blizzard.

Next, I copy my WC3 directories into the cedega-blizzard directory under my linux home directory, its something like .cedega/Blizzard/c_drive/WC3.

Now go back to Cedega interface (Point2Play),  under Blizzard installation, i do an "Add Icon", give the new "Icon" a name (Frozen Throne) and enter the path to war3.exe

Finally, just Double-click the Frozen Throne icon and get ready for action!

---------- for a list of games supported by Cedega, visit: http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/

I am a LINUX noob, so its no ashame to share things that sounds rather new and exciting to me. But actually alot of people has already knew about this.

There are a few software in Linux that will allow the execution of DOS and WIN32 programs under Linux. First one is called Wine (Windows Emulator). It will run DOS and Win32 console programs, just type 'wine <dos command>' and most of them will go. I tried my WARCRAFT III installation but doesn't work. :P

The next after WINE is called WINEX.  Notice the "X". WineX is a Wine with DirectX support.. which means, GAMING! Running Windows games on Linux box. WineX was renamed to Cedega (see wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedega) on the release of version 4.0 on June 22, 2004 and is now for sale instead of open source (Free) -- MAJOR ASSHOLE!!  No joke, I have yet to experiment on it but you may wana believe what's in the following screenshots ...

achew is feeling itchy all over his body after seeing this screenshot.
imagine, playing DOTA on LINUX...

Yo wassup! Bloggin tru linux man~

I've just installed UBUNTU into a PIII 733Mhz with 128MB of RAM plus a 20GB hdd. UBUNTU is one of the recommended Linux distribution for noobs like me.

It took about 3 hours to do the setup on this resurrected junk, but everything works pretty well. No more fear of linux to noobs :) I named my machine with the new words i learned couple of day ago -- pantat  *evil grin*

surprisingly UBUNTU also come with an auto-update tools which is similar to Windows Updater. I thought I got the latest UBUNTU but hei looks like there are many changes since I downloaded it. Look at the list,  221 updates :P

pantat is brown in color

Chao! have to get to work now. Will explore my new pantat more tonight.

*evil grin*