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Solved! Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Shutdown Trouble

In so many cases, we always desire to make everything we had worked in perfect. But, we often make mistakes as the 'side-effect' of our desire for making everything perfect. We sacrifice quality in order to pursue radical change. We leave stability in order to pursue radical development. It is not wrong thinking but I think we should consider the most moderate value between revolution and stability -and quality. I'm talking this issue in order to show my review about the recent developments of many major Linux distributions. My central point is Ubuntu Linux. For many years ago, this distribution was well known as a high quality developed desktop distribution, and well known as one of best Linux distributions for desktop computing. But, since Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, there left many disturbing bugs. Yes I can successfully solved many of those bugs in the further days, but maybe it is good and wise for us to not too desire to pursue revolution but forgetting quality (in the c

Mengatur Window Layout GIMP 2.6 Agar Seperti GIMP 2.4

GIMP adalah image editing dan manipulating program yang honorable di dunia Linux dan juga di platform lain. Satu yang saya suka dari GIMP adalah jendelanya dibagi menjadi tiga, dimana hal ini sangat berguna bila kita memakai monitor yang tidak terlalu lebar (dibawah 17 inchi). Kita bisa membuat main window sebagai window yang diatas dan bisa menjelajahi image yang sedang kita edit dengan lebih leluasa. Namun sayang seribu sayang, di GIMP versi 2.6, pengaturan itu justru dihilangkan. Main window tempat kita mengedit image justru dibuat hanya bisa berada dibawah dan tidak bisa diatas window Toolbox dan window Layer. Ini adalah keputusan yang kurang bijak menurut saya, karena sangat mengganggu bila kita memakai monitor yang ukuran sedang-sedang saja. Tapi ternyata, pengaturan ini bisa dikembalikan seperti pada pengaturan GIMP versi 2.4 ke bawah. Caranya sangat simpel. Pergi ke main window, dan pergi ke menu Edit>Preferences>Window Management. Di jendela Window Managemen