Create Input Method Table for SCIM - Linux

Commonly people form country which has its own alphabet and writing system, usually has a standard keyboard layout to type or write something with their writing system especially for not latin alphabet, with this we can write documents, articles, make logo and anything which comply such writing system, actually there is still another way to fulfill our needed without changing our keyboard layout, but we can still typing any inscription we desire just like typing with common keyboard layout (common English keyboard layout)

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Virtualization on Linux

What operating system do you use for your computer? Linux or Windows? I was using Microsoft Windows when I was senior high school but then I move to linux, formerly I decided to move to linux just because my desire of computer tweaking and to try a different feel of computing. I had also move back to windows because at that time I had trouble when I found problem about my computer, especially comes from my hardware. I can't play any multimedia file because my sound card and graphic card are not supported yet with Linux I used, I've tried many distros and I found the distro which most suitable with my computer Ubuntu 06.04.

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Ubuntu 12.04 Review

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, after the release in April 2012, now it ready to be downloaded and try it in our desktop. With several features it not forgot to be added on it, for this LTS version, ubuntu give warranty in the term of support for next 5 years, this warranty given either for desktop version and server version

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Mountain Lion, The Newest Mac OS X Operating System

Apple began to introducing new Mac OS X desktop operating system with the name "Mountain Lion". This operating system with OS x 10.8 official code is a continuation of the previous generation of Mac OS X Lion 10.7.

For now, the newly released Mountain Lion just for the developer only. While the full version will be released around the summer of this year. Yet Apple has leaked to much about the new feature that will be presented.

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The Difference Between Linux and Windows

I think you already know the different about windows and linux, a year ago when I moderated an open source seminar at campus, there is someone  asked me about the different betwen them, he aksed me to explain linux and opensource for layman, so I try to rewrite it in this blog.

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Metasploit Framework

I was curious about metasploit framework when I learned network security. There are so many forum talk about this out there. This is a great for anybody who deals with network security, whatever you are (black/white hat).

Formerly we have to know more closely with opensource tools, I took this from the official site of metasploit

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Google Chrome OS

This OS project from Google Chrome, announced for the first time in Juli and will be available to downloaded in a week later. Google said to see the version of this OS in autumn. What can be expected ? Supporting driver will be a weakness of this OS.

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Web Browser And Web Server in One Package

There are so many competitor in web browser world such Mozilla and Microsoft, so there's a matter Opera can does to keep competitive is innovation. Although it's not one of many favor web browser, opera is always one up on from the other, no matter good or bad.

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Inkscape as Vector Image Editor

In previous post, I have posted article about gimp. We call this as a free photoshop like software, why called this? It's because this soft just like photoshop, it has many features of photoshop and we can use this as an alternative soft of photoshop.

This soft is experts of raster file such jpg, bmp, png and any other. Then what about image file with vector type? Here the soft called Inkscape, this software just like any popular vector image editor spreading around the world (ha.. ha..) such Corel, Adobe Ilustrator, and many more. I used this to create design for my clothes, I tried this, at first time this soft looks like small soft and has not much features like any popular does. But when I googling and found many website wrote tutorial of this software, and “Wow” this software isn't bad.

This the screenshot:

Features:

• Multi Platform (we can install it on MacOSx, Windows 98/higher, any Varian of Linux.
• Supporting Layers
• This also freeware (we can use, copy, and share it)
• Need small size of hardisk to install
• Supporting svg file, adobe ilustrator, and export to png file

Weakness:

• Can't export or import corel document

for any tutorial of this software visit here:
http://www.inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com

for download this free visit here:
http://www.inkscape.org/download/

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Free Photoshop like Software

It's no hesitate to Photoshop as world popular and standard image manipulating application. Now there is a number of Photoshop like program (freeware or open source) try to give feature like Photoshop did. For linux user maybe has already know about GIMP (The Photoshop of Linux). This application maybe become little difficult for they who have never try GIMP. It has a number of Photoshop features on it, like layer, channel, filter, capability to export one image file to other format. It also support the Photoshop file format (psd).

Many Designer has used GIMP for their image manipulating program, we can use this program to manipulating multi format of image file such jpg, bmp, png, gif, tiff, tga, ppm, ps, xpm etc. One basic thing make this program seem unique is the interface with 3 flow window, but it doesn't matter even it look simple it has a good feature like Photoshop.

Features:

• Available for multi platform (Windows98+, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris
• Photo Enhancement
• Digital Retouching
• Support many format of image file
• Many palettes tool which can be found easily
• Support Layer Features
• There is a number of filter like Photoshop filter

You can try GIMP for windows and download here: http://www.gimp.org/windows

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