Linux E-Books Collection

It's been quite an experience for me to learn linux.

I have plenty of e-books in PDF that I acquire during my learning process and some of them are really wonderful.

I currently upload some of them and for a small fee you can download them. I have about 8 files uploaded already and I plan to upload more.

Here's what you should do :

1. Click the "Buy Now" button to buy using paypal.
2. Go to : http://groups.google.com/group/linux-e-books-collection
3. Click "Sign-In and apply for membership"

Then I will confirm your payment and if it's clear then I'll let you in to the groups where you can download the files from the links that I share in there.

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Setting Modem HSDPA Bandluxe C100 on Ubuntu

Here's the step to setup modem BandLuxe C100 WCDMA on your Ubuntu.

1. You need to install package wvdial first.
Check your system in terminal using :
#dpkg -l | grep wvdial

2. Make sure you're disconnected from ethernet / LAN
Stop the network in terminal using :
#/etc/init.d/networking stop

3. Plugin the modem BandLuxe C100 into USB Port

4. Open terminal and login as root

5. Make a symbolic link from ttyUSB0 to modem
#ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 /dev/modem

6. Type this as root :
#wvdialconf

7. Edit file /etc/wvdial.conf
Phone = {your ISP dialup #}
Password = { your ISP login password }
Username = { your ISP login name }
Save the file

8. Connect to ISP using this command in terminal :
#wvdial
If you can see the IP WAN and DNS address then the connection is successful.
Try using ping test to a website.

9. To disconnect from the ISP hold and press Ctrl+C on the opened terminal.

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Convert FLV Videos Using FFmpeg ( Ubuntu 8.10 / Intrepid )

I'm sure many have you familiar with how to download videos from YouTube and we all know that the format are in FLV.

We know how to open those files in Linux but what if we want to open them in DVD player ? Then you need to convert them at least to AVI or MPEG formats.

Although there are many ways and applications to convert them, this time we will try to convert FLV into MPG video.

Install the required encoder/decoder

sudo apt-get install mencoder avidemux transcode ffmpeg2theora

To convert the FLV video into MPG, use this command

ffmpeg -i video1.flv -y -sameq video1.mpg

Notes : The command above will change file Video1.flv into Video1.mpg

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GRATIS !!! Kartu Debit Mastercard

Kartu Debit Mastercard bisa digunakan untuk berbelanja lewat internet dan bisa tarik dana langsung dari atm yg berlogo Mastercard.

Kartu ini sangat cocok untuk orang-orang yg bekerja lewat internet tapi kesulitan membuka account di paypal ataupun di moneybookers.

Keterangan lebih lanjut click di sini : DOWNLOAD

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Blocking Unwanted Website Without Proxy / Squid

Here's the thing ... In the office we have only 1 broadband connection and about 30 users using internet at the same time. Well maybe not at the same time but most of them use internet to check mails and stuff.

The problem is some of them have workstation that is secluded and cannot be monitor and they use it to play games online and watching video from youtube. I know it's irresponsible for them but sorry I don't mean to rant about that LOL

And another thing is the office doesn't have a proxy computer yet so we pretty much open every workstation to go to any sites they want and that cause trouble because like i said we only have 1 broadband internet connection so all the bandwith is gone to the video streaming sites and online games websites.

So the big question is how am I going to limit their activities in the online games and video streaming sites if I didn't install squid or any other proxy yet ??!

Anyway I google my way through the internet and I found a way to block youtube and online games websites without using proxy or squid.

Here's what I do with Linux Workstation :
1. Open terminal or console as root
2. Type : vim /etc/hosts
3. Insert this line :
127.0.0.1 www.youtube.com
127.0.0.1 youtube.com
4. Save the file
5. Restart the network

Okay the explanation is if the user wants to go to youtube.com then instead of going to the original youtube the workstation would go to address 127.0.0.1

Remember this is only works if you setup in the workstation so if you have 30 workstation then you have to repeat the steps 30 times. I know it's plenty of steps but hey if you think you could balance the bandwith flow then it's worth the efforts.

Here's what I do with Windows Workstation :
1. Login as local administrator
2. Open command prompt
3. Go to directory :
c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\ --> For Win 2000
c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\ --> For Win XP or Win Vista
4. Open file hosts
5. Insert this line :
127.0.0.1 www.youtube.com
127.0.0.1 youtube.com
6. Save the file
7. Restart the computer

Well that's how I block certain unwanted website without using proxy or in this case squid.

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My Favourite Ubuntu Repository

Sometimes we need to update our linux system from the internet but the update took so long we canceled them and hopefully we could try next time when the internet connection a bit better.

Actually we don't have to wait for a better connection. When we tried to update to the internet, usually it would go to the default repository.

We could always change the repository in the /etc/apt/sources.list to the nearest repository to our location so we could get more fast reply as well.

In Indonesia, there are several repository to choose but my favourite is www.kambing.ui.edu

They also have repository for other linux system such as fedora, mandriva, debian, etc.

To add the repository to your system :

1. Open /etc/apt/sources.list in the console/terminal
2. Add this line at the bottom of the list :

For Ubuntu 7.10 :

deb http://kambing.ui.edu/ubuntu gutsy main restricted multiverse universe
deb http://kambing.ui.edu/ubuntu gutsy-updates main restricted multiverse universe


For Ubuntu 7.04 :

deb http://kambing.ui.edu/ubuntu feisty main restricted multiverse universe
deb http://kambing.ui.edu/ubuntu feisty-updates main restricted multiverse universe

3. Save the file
4. Still in the console or terminal, run : apt-get update

Now you can install and update all your system files in ubuntu.

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Virtual Box & LDAP Server

Virtualbox is a really great software if you want to use linux but you still can't let go some of the windows application because you need them. And in my opinion it's faster and less memory needed than if you're using VMWare.

There are things that a bit complicated in Virtualbox such as setting bridge network so the guest can use internet as well as the host and of course the guest can contact other workstation in the network.

But now we're not talking about how to setup a bridge networking. You can see the bridge networking setting in my previous post.

The thing is if you use the bridge networking in my previous post then you can't use your windows user name and password in linux client because if you do then can't possibly open the virtualbox where the windows guest reside.

But recently I find a trick so the user from server linux can use virtualbox as well.

The only user that exist both in local and server is root so basicly the trick is you run Virtualbox as root.

1. Open /etc/network/interfaces and change "tunctl_user user" into "tunctl_user root" ( see previous log )
2. Open /etc/sudoers and add the line "%vboxusers ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL"
3. Edit menu Application->System Tools->VirtualBox and change the command in properties section from "VirtualBox" into "sudo VirtualBox"
4. Reboot computer.

If step 3 is not working you could always create a script called "VirtualBox.sh" contains command "sudo VirtualBox"

All this steps is working well for me and hopefully will work fine for you as well.

Thanks.

PS :
I'm using Server : Fedora 8 with FDS and Client Ubuntu 7.10

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