I find myself hanging on forum a lot recently. Not only in Ubuntu support forum, but on others IT, gadget and web related forum. Not to say that I am free, instead, I am too busy working on both my lappie and my web.

First off, the IE6 and the new IE6 a.k.a Google Chrome. Both are driving my crazy already, can’t believe Google Chrome also coming out a headache now, seriously, Microsoft and Google should take a DNA testing to see if they’re brothers or not. As the client test the site on all browsers and I still can’t quite figure out how to solve them. How I wish it was the “”table” century right now, it would be way easier to code already!

I still can’t understand why would one still using IE6, since it is slow and so out-dated. I’m not complaining that it taking my time, I was paid to do so. IE6 is more than 10 years old and it is slow on either loading or even worse, scrolling down on a flash website.

Then I have some problem with the lappie. Not exactly a serious one, but a minor one – Installing IE6. Correct! I find out that I can actually install IE6 on Ubuntu. Following a few simple steps on IEs4Linux, and you’re good to go.

However, I got a lot of crash on installation, but don’t give up, give it a few tries and it should work. Somehow, I can’t get IE7 to work well in Ubuntu (there is option to install IE7 on “Advance” tab), good luck on installing and debugging IE6

It’s been a month I did not look into Windows, until I went to Indonesia. There I have to work with Windows XP again. Which is good, then only I can compare more on both system. Anyway, I think I observed a few things in Ubuntu that Windows should also take the lead now…

Softwares installation

Ubuntu has this nice application installation that automatic download and install with only a click. That is why I can get to test a lot of softwares and uninstall in another click again. Due to the wide range of softwares there are, Windows cannot simply promise this easy installation. But listing the most popular shouldn’t be a problem. Softwares like Anti-virus, image editor/resize, computer tweak and etc should be ready with a click, since those are mostly used by Windows users.

Features, it’s either more or less

Ubuntu installed a very basic computer system, which is why it can be used by computer newbie. Windows on the other hand, install bunch of useless softwares in the system. Previously when I use Vista, I saw “Tablet” function was enabled, whereas I am using Acer Aspire which no tablet function at all. It is just wasting the resources. Even though Windows has so many packages, I don’t know why Microsoft don’t want to go focus a little bit on their products.

Well, have to take a walk here now Been on trip for a month now, still feel like to be outside, well, should also get some diet supplements since I just gain another 4kg since the month in Indonesia. Dammit!

I can’t really tell if this is a good thing though. People said CPU will run better with Linux system but I did doubt a bit here and there, and probably I’m right too? Been experiencing quite a high usage of CPU…

This has not really happen in Vista and especially XP. XP runs lower than an average of 18% while Vista runs up to 38%. That applied when nothing crash though… However, I wasn’t sure if this has any connection with the HAVC filters I just applied onto the computer. I am still looking for a while to cut down a lot more resources. Recently booting becoming slow… Google!

It is good that Ubuntu only consume a little space of my hard drive. But I have this neat habit that cleaning everything up every single details in my hard drive. While I was with Windows, I will go into Registry to clean up all the leftover of all my previous installation.

Doesn’t matter which operating system you are using, there is always leftover after an uninstallation. In Mac, not only I use AppZapper, I also manually go into system folder to delete the unused package and files. Ubuntu has no exception on leftover after installation. As a newbie, I have no idea where to look for. More over, all folders are locked to root access only. Ubuntu Geek provided a comprehensive step by step of how to clean up junk and unused files in Ubuntu. Anyway, I find GtKOrphan is an interesting application.

GtkOrphan finds all the unnecessary leftover (libraries) after an uninstallation and you get to choose to delete or not to delete. Normally libraries sized in between few hundred kilobytes to few megabytes. If you know that you’re not going to re-install a certain application, it is no point keeping them at all.

After my fresh installation of Ubuntu, I need not setup anything about my Celcom broadband. I thought I was in good possition and both Celcom and Ubuntu has been a Heeaven for me, but the story don’t go like that. I’m currently facing some connecting problem, not connection. My idea about this issue is on Celcom, not Ubuntu. These are why…

Blue LED is on

But it just not connecting. Ubuntu works for the first few weeks and after that it just not working with Celcom, and the warning just shows that cannot establish connection.

Disconnection warning pop up

After a minutee3 or so, the pop-up warning came in. I am now feeling it’s very annoying. I did not encounter this problem since my fresh installation. And now it suddenly comes out.

I am a little fed up with Ubuntu and Celcom. I think sooner or later, I might go back to all the basic. Windowsx XP + Streamyx and done my frustration with all those setting and etc and stop learning anything new at the moment. Especially Operating System which really time consuming