Ubuntu 9.04

What I usually did when a new version of Ubuntu has been released was testing it with the live CD. I want to have an impression before i decide whether or not I will upgrade my system. The same thing I did when Ubuntu 9.04 (code name Jaunty Jackalope) has been released a few days ago.
I have been really amazed with the capability that Ubuntu 9.04 has now offer. I tested the live CD on my Sony Vaio VGN-NR120E. From the past versions, I usually have problem with the wireless connection. With this new version, everything is flawless, including the wireless connection, it was working just by inserting the live CD, without installing anything. It detect all available wireless networks including my home network.
I really want to upgrade my system to this new version of Ubuntu. Unfortunately I have to wait a little bit longer. Now I'm in the middle of something which is urgent to do,finishing my study.
Once this is done, I promise, I will upgrade my Ubuntu 8.10 version with the newest one, maybe not 9.04 but 9.10 version.
Happy upgrading (if you find anything bad with 9.04 version, please give me a shout).

Install Offline English Dictionary

If you're looking for a free English dictionary to install onto your computer. But why do we need to install an offline-dictionary software if it's available online? Simple, if internet connection is not cheap to pay, then this is the solution. I recommend Stardict. It's a free-opensourced software with a lot of dictionary to choose.

"StarDict is a Cross-Platform and international dictionary Software. It has powerful features such as "Glob-style pattern matching", "Scan selection word," "Fuzzy query," etc. Stardict Version3.0 has developed a lot of new functions, such as Full-text translation, Net Dict.
Thousands of free dictionaries can be found on the internet. Choose your own favorites". (http://stardict.sourceforge.net/index.php)

Below is the steps to install it on Ubuntu (for other Operating Systems, do similarly):
1. Search and install Stardict (including the depencies) in your Snaptic Package Manager.
2. Download any dictionary you like from http://stardict.sourceforge.net/Dictionaries_dictd-www.dict.org.php
For example Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (Free to use, 6.4M, 43052 words)
3. Extract the downloaded file by

tar -xjvf filename.bz2

then move it to /usr/share/stardict/dic (use sudo mv if necessary)
4. Try to open it: Application>Accessories>Stardict
5. Enjoy

Tips:
If you want it to be interactive, check "scan" in the left bottom of its window (click the screenshot above to enlarge). If you are clicking any word in any window application, Stardict will search in its dictionary the definition of the clicked word.

Suspend problem fixed on Ubuntu

On my previous post regarding wireless problem on my Sony Vaio VGN-NR120E, the problem was fixed using madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007.tar.gz driver version. Though, the driver conflicts with suspend ability so since then my laptop lost its ability to suspend.
Both of my wireless and suspend problem have been fixed after following this link
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=792158. (Thanks to bmartin who provides the detail guide).
Below is the steps:
1. If you installed another driver, please uninstall (make uninstall) it and clean (make clean) it.
2. Copy and paste these commands onto your terminal

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude -y install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
cd ~
wget -O driver.tar.gz http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-current.tar.gz
tar xf driver.tar.gz
cd madwifi-*
make
sudo make install
echo ath_pci | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
sudo modprobe ath_pci

3. Restart you system
4. After that, you'll see your wireless connection (in my case, it did work). When I tried to suspend, wow, it worked, it really did.
Good luck!

Tarawih bersama

Assalamu'alaikum brothers and sisters,

Iftar dan Tarawih bersama pada tahun 1429H ini insya Allah akan diadakan di Community Centre (Wellington Woods #140). Ruangan sudah di booked mulai jam 19:30 hingga 23:00.

Jamaah diharapkan menyiapkan alas sholat dan potluck untuk Iftar.

Jadual sholat bisa lihat di sini dan tanggal/hari untuk Tarawih adalah sebagai berikut:

1. 31 Agustus 2008

2. 12 September 2008

3. 19 September 2008

4. 26 September 2008

5. 27 September 2008

Sedianya saya mau book ruangan untuk setiap malam Sabtu dan malam Minggu di tempat yang sama. Tapi karena tempat sudah di booked oleh pihak lain maka hanya pada tanggal-tanggal tersebut di atas Community Centre bisa kita gunakan.

Semoga Allah menguatkan iman, Islam dan kesehatan kita semua sehingga kita bisa menjumpai Ramadhan tahun ini dan mengisinya dengan amal sholeh yang lebih baik dari tahun-tahun lalu.

Semoga Allah menerima amal kita semua, amin.

Firefox won't load - easy solution

There are now many ads-on or extension offered for your Firefox web browser. After you installed one or two, suddenly your Firefox won't run normally, it keeps transferring data and never ends. Don't be scared, you'll be alright, I had this problem before and here is the solution. In my case, my Firefox misbehave after I installed ReminderFox. It's a handy event reminder but eventually I have to uninstalled it.
So here is the solution of the problem (I assume you use Ubuntu, similar procedure probably can be done too for other OS or Linux distro):
1. Run Firefox in safe mode, type in your terminal
firefox -safe-mode
2. You'll be prompted with several option to what state you will put your Firefox to, in my case, I disable the extension.
3. Then press OK.
That's it.

Event Reminder

If you ever need simple though handy event reminder on your computer, you may try ReminderFox. It's an add-ons for Firefox browser that's compatible with Firefox 1.0 to 3.0. You can install it from your Firefox by clicking Tools>Add-ons then find ReminderFox. It's easy to set your events. After install, by default it's going to appear on the status bar of yout Firefox (right buttom). By right clicking your mouse you will find some options. Good luck.

If you like Tomboy, you can add an addin to it to work as a reminder. Do these steps:
1. Download the addin from here http://flukkost.nu/blog/tomboy-reminder/ . It's easiest to work with the binary.
2. Move the binary to ~/.tomboy/addins
3. Enable the addin. Open Tomboy, click Edit>Preferences>Add-ins>Tools>Reminder>Enable. Please see the screenshot.

For Window Vista users, after you install Tomboy and download the addin (go to here http://flukkost.nu/blog/tomboy-reminder/), then you need to place the file (tomboy-reminder.dll) to this directory: %APPDATA%\Tomboy\config\addins
I tried to install Tomboy on my Vista and add the reminder addin; it works, it really does.
Good luck!

CD Burner Software for Linux

Which one is the best CD burner software for Linux or Ubuntu specifically? There are many softwares for doing the task if you search through Synaptic in Ubuntu such as Bresero, Gnomebaker, cdrdao, etc. But so far, the best program (according to my experience) is K3B which is developed for KDE desktop environment but also works on Gnome. It is easy to use because it is working under GUI. Though, I had few bad experiences when burning data to DVD using K3B. A few times I failed to use the program.