Yes, I’m back nagging about Ubuntu again. This time, it’s both good and bad experience I have had this past 2 days. I finally get the whole system running as I want it to be. I’m going to briefly give a walk-around of how I achieved. What I did were:

1. Install LAMP
2. Install multimedia codec
3. True Typeface

Installing LAMP

Basically Ubuntu (or maybe all Linux distro) run very well with Internet. This is the one thing Windows and Mac cannot achieve. In Ubuntu, anything I want to install, I can simply go to System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager. When Synaptic Package Manager window pop-up, go to Edit -> Mark Packages by Task…, and you’ll see LAMP server, check on it and click ok. Simple as that. Your localhost foldder will be on /var/www/.

Installing multimedia codec

Basically all you need to do is to open the files (mp3, avi, wmv you name it) then it will tell you that those are restrict (read: money) codec, however, it allow you to click on “Search” so it can installl the necessary codec for you.

True Typeface

Linux don’t go well with Windows and Mac? Think again, until today, some geek friends even tell me that Linux typeface is ugly. So what? You can change the typeface, you can even download font from DaFont and install it on your system and use it as the main typeface. I use Vista typeface for my system though, they seems nice

Here is the rough idea of what I thought about previously… I want a Vista user interface, with Macintosh system smoothness and Linux customisation. Am I greedy? Not really, this is just a purely consumer right of thinking

I’ve spend 2 days working purely with Ubuntu only. Working with it on one of the client website installation and one client theme adjustment on Ubuntu. Quite a nice machine I have to say. Heh, company is giving out free New York Yankees tickets tonight. I’m thinking about going or not. Because I just feel too happy in the same time don’t want to leave my Ubuntu at the moment

Now that I am experiencing a better in-depth of Ubuntu, I really recommend it if one want to ask for an alternative. Oh, did I mention about I’m blogging with it now? Not to mention, upon the installation, my network all run smoothly, even my Celcom broadband, which need driver for Windows, it just work with Ubuntu and Mac

Yes, I’m getting back Vista due to the capabilities of my laptop with Ubuntu Linux. Really, I LOVE Ubuntu and would like to use it for full time, but then, my laptop has to go without it. Well, of course there’s another plan to go. Which is… Desktop! Correct! I’m getting a desktop soon, since PC Fair is on coming weekend, I’ll be there and choose a low-end machine. And this time, this machine gonna be according to Ubuntu list

The thing about Ubuntu were…

1, Mouse as slow as Mac OS.
Probably because they have the same core based (UNIX), that’s why. But it’s easy to get use to it though, remember, I’m a Mac user for the pass 2 years

2, System is stable, software is not
Though I have to admit, the system itself is stable, very stable. Much better than Mac if you insist an answer. Doesn’t matter how FireFox crash on me, the system don’t blink at all. Mac do, Windows = Death Blue Screen/Blink (Refresh explorer.exe). Software that is giving me the biggest headache is Mozilla FireFox. Until today I’m still having problem with FireFox doesn’t matter which OS I’m with. Lagging on loading, stop process when the page load was error. Maybe I should take a walk in Mozilla forum instead. Now I have to bear with Google Chrome at the moment, which has a better interface and better performance of course

3, Better person with Linux
Well, as far as I know, I didn’t install any pirated software in my Ubuntu. This is good, at least it shows how a person changed from pirated user to non-pirate user

Anyway, let’s just see if my freelance works well this month. If it do, I might able to get another LCD monitor for my laptop too

Recently I’ve been hanging around both Vista and Ubuntu, looking for a fix or fact about both of them, but I find no luck beside bunch of naive supporters arguing each, but there are a few thing I find out through all those comment and the professional review though.

1, Ubuntu have definitely upgraded! Few years back I was Ubuntu fans for a while. Finding it is interesting on testing Linux. I’ve even dual boot with my Macbook before, just because I wanna have a deeper taste of Ubuntu. Previous version was failed on me because I don’t know how to control them and install package, especially when it comes to Terminal command, which is a very headache for me as a non-IT guy also a newbie in command. I’m using Ubuntu 8.10 now, which upgraded its user friendliness. Not to mention I find a lot of similarity between Ubuntu and Vista, which makes me consider to a total switch

2, Smoothness. Vista has a mature graphical where as Ubuntu still have a long way to catch up. I’m not taking about the Aero or Beryl effect, cause I don’t look into them. But in terms of sensitivity and attractiveness on the default theme, Vista has gotta be the king, even outstanding than Mac, for my point of view.

3, Customization. Ubuntu has lots of possibilities on customizing the theme and appearance, though they have some issues especially #2 Vista is limited unless you’re willing to hog down some memory to install a third party software.

4, Software installation. The best thing I find in Ubuntu is that, everything seems to be automatic Well, the listing were all open sources and quite a good software, all I have to do is check the one I wanna install and a click, they will fully install in the system without any configuration like Vista. This applied to the first installation as well. I find Windows taking time to install because every time I install a driver, it would require a restart. In Ubuntu installation, I can even online surfing the internet while they’re installing, and I don’t need to install the drivers as well as some useful software like OpenOffice/Image editor etc

Ubuntu CD arrived at my door step days ago, without me paying a cent and I got it working with me and installed within minutes and now, I might be turning the whole system to it BRB!

A lot of myself tells me that they have already removed the software using Add/Remove Program in control panel or Programs or Features in Vista. Well, as a consumer, we all don’t wanna buy the license for hundred of dollar for a few time use, so some might use trial version and keep using it, but only to find out they cannot re-install the trial version, because it already expire – That my friend, is because your Windows is not clean.

Windows uninstaller I called it. Everything you install in your computer will be featured here and uninstall from here is (Suppose to be) the cleanest way. Although the easiest way to uninstall is to just delete the folder like Macintosh do, but they have something in common though. Both OS left some bread crumb on your system to track them back the next time you install the same program. To completely clean up your system from your previous software bread crumb, the only way to do is to format your system or go into Registry!

Been learning some tricks and tips on Registry even since I switched back to use Windows few months back. Always look into 2 folders – 1, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE and 2, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software. These 2 folders will left a lot of folder on your previous installed software. You can directly delete the folder name. Try not to touch any other, because those are very case sensitive stuff. Play on your own risk alright?!

I don’t know what’s wrong with the title, anyway, this is more about Vista and continue from my previous entry about my pirated Vista

Don’t mind that Acer logo, I hacked into the registry to get myself a look like it’s OEM Anyway, I got myself a Home Premium instead of Ultimate. Basically Home Premium have every I want, nothing much nothing less, Photo Gallery still attracting to me; Aero still working great with all those effect and glass. Sale of Vista must be running crazy

Anyway, there still problem with Vista though. Unlike Windows XP, Vista doesn’t separately support WiFi and Ethernet at the same time. Instead, Vista merge them into one connection, so if either one of them failed to connect to the internet, the whole connectivity will be down. I was about to test a new ISP here.

Soon, I’ll be posting how to maximize Vista like usual. I’m a person who looks for speed and speed. Like Windows XP, I’ve optimized it to run smooth and fastest it can for me. Now it’s Vista time