Minggu, 27 Juni 2010

Something About Ubuntu

Terkadang, ada beberapa hal yang sering sekali kita temui, tapi tidak kita mengerti di Ubuntu. And U know what?
Ubuntu selalu menggunakan nama-nama hewan pada setiap rilis versinya sebagai kode seperti Warthy Warthog, Hoary Hedhog, Breezy Badger, Drapper Drake, Edgy Eft, Feisty Fawn, Gusty Gibbon, Hardy Heron, Intrepid Ibex, Ubuntu  9.04 namanya Jaunty Jackalope, Ubuntu 9.10 yaitu Karmic Koala, Ubuntu 10.04 dengan sebutan Lucid Lynx. Dst. nama-nama yang unik dan mempunyai arti tersendiri.
Berikut komponen yang ada pada repository ubuntu
=Main - Perangkat lunak bebas dan didukung oleh Ubuntu
=Restricted - Perangkat lunak tidak bebas namun didukung oleh Ubuntu
=Universe - Perangkat lunak bebas dengan dukungan dari komunitas
=Multiverse - Perangkat lunak bebas dengan dukungan dari komunitas
 Sedang repository tambahannya
=Updates - Berisi paket-paket perbaikan yang direkomendasikan
=Security - Berisi paket-paket perbaikan yang bersifat sangat penting
Coba download Repository Ubuntu? Coba kunjungi:
http://kambing.ui.ac.id
http://repo.ugm.ac.id
or search with search engine
^_^
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Membuat Startup USB dengan linux Ubuntu

Bosan menggunakan Linux Ubuntu, saya mencoba mencari distro linux yang lain. Setelah selesai mendownload file ISO-nya seharusnya saya langsung memburning file ISO tsb. Akan tetapi karena keterbatasan alat dan waktu, saya mencoba alternatif lain. Kebetulan di Linux ubuntu ada fasilitas untuk membuat Startup Disk, maka dengan sebuah USB FDD atau Flashdisk saja kita sudah bisa membuat FDD menjadi bootable. Yang harus diperlukan hanyalah sebuah flashdisk dengan free space minimal 1GB, file ISO linux (pada percobaan saya gunakan linux mint 8, anda bisa mencoba yang lain), dan Linux Ubuntu tentunya (yang daya miliki linux ubuntu 9.04). Jangan lupa, BIOS komputer anda harus sudah support untuk booting ke USB FDD.
Langkahnya cukup mudah, masuk ke linux ubuntu dan pilih menu System - Administration - USB Startup Disk Creator. Lalu kita harus memverifikasi dengan memasukkan password seperti biasa, maka akan muncul jendela Make USB startup disk. Masukkan cd linux atau pilih file ISO linux yang anda miliki dengan memilih opsi Other... Setelah memilih file ISO-nya pastikan flasdisk anda memiliki ruang minimal 1GB, untuk menyimpan dokumen dan setting saat startup berilah space sebesar 128MB minimal. Lalu klik Make Startup Disk.
Tunggu sampai proses selesai. Ketika instalasi selesai klik Quit dan anda siap untuk menginstall linux dari flasdisk anda.

Jumat, 18 Juni 2010

Hope it Useful (How to improve your English)

So many people ask me... How can you so perfect in English? How did you study english? You are so smart in English? You are so great in english, can you tell me how to be expert? What did you do to improve your english?
Wait, I'm not perfect. Because nobody is perfect, isn't it? Now about many question of English learning. I just an ordinary person, an ordinary girl. I just like to read. Anything. We just have to make everything become interesting, so we'll be happy to do it. How to improve your english? I have some advice. This is what I've done for many times.
Reading, speaking, writing, and listening. It just like some english competency in your school, but it really work if we practice it!
By reading magazine, popular article, english newspaper, even this writing (that I hope it will be popular article ^_^) etc. we can increase our vocabulary. But don't be lazy to open the dictionary to look for some foreign words. And it will be so good if you want to write it in your note book or vocabulary book, or some place you can easily look at this and always remember the words.
We know that english is an international language. So, everybody from every nation talk in english to make a communication with the other people from the other nation too! So, try to talk with foreign people. The good way is by joining chat rooms! I often chatting with foreign people in some chat rooms. And it's fun! Using mig33, nimbuzz, yahoo or the other way you like. Sometimes they come from Europe, India, Syria etc. When I chat with them I know that they still learn english too. We learn it together by practice it. And sometimes they tell me how's their language. Chatting has multiple advantages beside it's negative side. But most of chatting's activity is writing. So, we learn to write too. We can practice speaking English with our friend, it's more convenient than directly speak with foreign people. And we better do it everyday.
Music is a part of my life. Music is art. Life is art. We are artist! In spite of our shrill voice or music untalented, we love music. We can sing or dance with music. Listen English music, not only listen it. Try to translate it, understand what is it means. Watch some English film. ETC.
The BIG idea is PRACTICE. Practice makes Perfect.
Talk about perfect, above we know that nobody is perfect. I still have many false in this writing. But, I hope it will be useful for us. For me to practice writing, for you reading and all good thing we got from this article.
One thing... Although try hard to learn English... Because I'm Indonesian. And for you Indonesian. Don't forget to learn about Indonesia! Don't forget our beautiful culture. I like English, but I LOVE INDONESIA. Thank You.