Computer Learning, My Free Writing on Computer and Information technology

I used mail client program very often, but i haven’t realized that mails from yahoo! mail can be downloaded since i thought it was uncompatible with pop/smtp hence cannot be downloaded using email client software (poor me, :(()

But finally i know how to do it, using a program called ypops, i can download it easily. I know this after reading my friend’s blog, thanx fellow.

I have just reading some articles from 3 sources about early release plan of Windows 7 (next gen windows after vista), gigaom’s, techrepublic’s and news.com’s. Here is my wish list on the next windows:

1. Slim, i hope i could use the full version (like the vista’s aero) without having to upgrade my computer (1GB Duron & 512MB memory). I bought my computer @ 2003 and i so fall in love with this computer.
2. full functional desktop os, not just like vista basic that can do nothing.

I guess, it’s two things microsoft should pay attention regarding their new operating system.

Here are some interesting portable softwares you should try from portableapps.com:

• Firefox portable 2.0.0.14
• BonkEnc Portable 1.0.7
• OpenOffice.org Portable 2.4
• Mozilla Sunbird™, Portable Edition 0.8
• Notepad++ Portable 4.8.5

This tutorial applied only for onboard wifi “Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card”. The pith of this tutorial is on how to install driver for wifi card. Since the card uses 43xx chipset, download the appropriate Linux driver for that chipset.

1. First, edit sources.list by using command sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
2. Add this line on, save and close gedit. “deb http://ubuntu.cafuego.net edgy-cafuego bcm43xx“
3. Now, execute this command wget http://ubuntu.cafuego.net/969F3F57.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
4. Update the repository. sudo apt-get update
5. Install the driver sudo apt-get install bcm43xx-firmware
6. Install packages to see the actuve access point,
   sudo apt-get install network-manager
   sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome
7. The installation process is finished. To activate the WiFi, just click the Wifi button directly or by executing ifconfig ethX up.

Sources:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=391961
http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/

I have just read a nice post from VG’s blog. That makes me start my day with a big smile.

It’s about windows vista ceecret code. check it out.

ssh is a remote login app similar to telnet, rsh, and rlogin. Windows, by default, hasn’t had SSH by default. To make SSH enabled on Windows, you should installing it first.

These are steps to install SSH on Windows:

1. Download cygwin installer.
2. After you downloaded the installer, execute it and choose “download without installing” option.
3. After the packages needed for the download already complete, reinstall again but now choose “install from local directory” and choose the folder that contains downloaded files above.

Now, upon the installation of cygwin. You’ll face “select package” page. Choose packages below:

• openssh
• tcp_wrappers
• zlip

After the packages installed, follow additional steps below:

1. Right click on My computer > properties > advanced > Environment Variables
2. Choose “New” to add new System variables. “variable name is CYGWIN” and “variable value is ntsec tty”
3. Right click on My Computer > Properties > Advanced >Environment Variables and write “c:\cygwin\bin”

TO enable ssh, open cygwin and execute this command:

ssh-host-config

Activate by using commands below:

net start sshd

or

cygrunsrv --start sshd.

Next, follow steps from http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html.

Tags: cygwin, install SSH on windows, ssh, windows

On default settings, you cannot instal Windows XP on Compaq C733TU since this laptop can only accomodate Windows Vista. The reason behind this is actually because Windows XP needs to load driver for the SATA upon installation. The driver supposed to be loaded from floppy disk and the laptop doesn’t have floppy disk.

So to make Windows XP can be installed on Compaq C733TU, you have to do these steps:

1. First alternative is by preparing usb floppy disk drive. This will enable you to install windows xp to your Compaq C733TU since you could load the Sata’s driver upon installation.
2. Second alternative is by combining SATA’s driver into WIndows XP installer. You could use a program called NLITE. Try to search using search engine. Open NLITE, then insert Windows XP’s CD into the cd rom drive. After opened, find the include driver section and enter the SATA’s driver.
3. When the driver is installed, your windows installation should be successfull. When your WIndows XP runs for the first time, there are many devices that haven’t yet recognized, hence you should install the drivers:

• For the wireless LAN, you could use driver for acer aspire 4520
• For display driver, you could download it from http://downloadmirror.intel.com/14388/a08/win2k_xp14311.exe
• Touchpad’s driver ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp35001-35500/sp35444.exe
• LAN CARD is automatically detected, you don’t have to install the driver/
• Before installing sound card’s driver, you have to install “Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture Driver” first from ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33501-34000/sp33867.exe
• The sound card’s driver can be downloaded from http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp36001-36500/sp36090.exe. When you install the driver, an error will emerges, so enter the Device Manager, then right click on “Audio device on High Definition Audio Bus” , and click update “Install from a list or specific location” Choose “Sound, video and game controller”.

Tags: windows cp on COMPAQ C733TU, Compaq C733TU drivers

To improve Xubuntu’s performance, you can make it leaner. These are what people usually do:

• Change desktop to Fluxbox.
• Uninstall Thunderbird, change it with leaner email client, eg: Claws Mail or Sylpheed Mail.
• Inactivate unnecessary services.
• Uninstall other unnecessary softwares.

You could uninstall fluxbox through synaptic. After fluxbox installed, logout and then login again. If a pop up emerged, click Just for this session. Some people confirm that there is bug on fluxbox for ubuntu in which the context menu not shows eventhough you alredy click the mouse’s right button.

Logout from Fluxbox, and then use xcfe again. This time we would like to edit fluxbox’s configuration file on /home/user/.fluxbox/startup.

Open the file to edit it. See the Applications you want to run section. There, you could specify which applications should be activated on startup. eg: you could activate ?fusesmb /media/network &? this app browse windows network.

Logout for xcfethen login again to fluxbox. Voila… your xubuntu will be faster.

Tags: Xubuntu Leaner, Fasten Ubuntu, Make xubuntu faster