My Linux Way

How to build Transmission 1.3.2

paikia — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:09:00 +0000

Transmission is a popular bit torrent client, but I don’t know why it is not officially inside the Ubuntu repository. So, if you want to run Transmission, you need to build it from the source code. And from Transmission official web site, it also doesn’t provide a very clear instruction how to do it. Below a [...]

Launchy comes to Linux

paikia — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:26:46 +0000

One of my favourite applications on Windows, Launchy has finally come to Linux! I heavily rely on this software on Windows instead of looking for the software I want from the Start Menu. Besides Launchy, there are also similar software for Linux, such as Gnome Do, but I’m still not very used to it. [...]

How to fix your Boot up Screen resolution

paikia — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:45:00 +0000

I think it is not a problem for many people to find out every time you start your Ubuntu and find out the boot up splash screen is 640 x 480, instead of your preset resolution. But for perfectionist, it is very suffering. Ok, here is a 3 steps method to solve this. type “sudo gedit [...]

New version Applications

paikia — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:33:35 +0000

While I have been away for quite a long time, there were many software upgrades we commonly used on Linux. So, it is time to upgrade your outdated software. Releasing of Ubuntu 8.04.1 - http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04.1/. 8.04.1 was based on LTS 8.04 and make great amendment. Opera 9.51 - http://www.opera.com/download/. Although more preferable browser on Linux is of [...]

Minimize Pidgin during Startup

paikia — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:16:41 +0000

I thought Pidgin can be heading towards more user friendly wise to gain on the IM market shares. But years already, I still didn’t see very aggressive GUI improvement from Pidgin. One of the problems, I’m still facing is I want to minimize the buddy list during start up. In Pidgin default setting or the [...]

Top 10 Pretty Linux Desktop

paikia — Sat, 24 May 2008 02:11:30 +0000

Often normal PC user think Linux is too greeky and the command prompt terminal is too dull to be a working environment. While cool desktop only can be found on Mac and Vista OS. But you are wrong! Below the 10 pretty Linux desktop recommended on Digg, if I didn’t tell you, you might not [...]

How to reset forgotten password in Ubuntu

paikia — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:25:25 +0000

Saw this trick on downloadsquad.com, so share this tips here on how to reset your forgotten password. In GRUB message, press the escape key. Select the one with the recovery mode Boot up in shell until you reach the command prompt. Type in "passwd username" where username is your account username. (typing "ls /home" to bring it up) Enter [...]

Ubuntu Roadmap

paikia — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:34:37 +0000

Ubuntu announced the roadmap for the upcoming OS today. Mark Shuttleworth has mentioned the arrangement for Ubuntu till 11.04 in the year 2011. After Ubuntu 8.04, the upcoming LTS will be 10.04 and will be supported up to year 2015. Ubuntu 11.04 seems to be very far from now. I’m more expecting Ubuntu 8.10, it [...]

Ubuntu shell root: sudo

paikia — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:01:45 +0000

In Linux and Unix, users only allow to access files/folders with their permission only. However, under a superuser named root, users are able to have the privileges to all the administration work. su root su stands for Switch User. To access other users, just use their username instead of "root". What Ubuntu different from other Linux distro [...]

Linux Folder System

paikia — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:34:46 +0000

For those used to Windows system, you might find Linux folder system is totally a confusion for you. Folders name such as /bin, /etc, /media really didn’t clear indicate the purpose. And most of the time you don’t know how to get back to the original path. Here is a picture clearly illustrate how Linux folder [...]