NAMAKU TUX

I’ve been used Linux for the very first time in my PC was in 2007. My first Linux distribution was Mandriva One 2007. Now, Linux has been 25 years old. There are so many improvement have been reached by its community. There are huge changes and today we could meet Linux in almost every devices, from our personal computer, into our smartphones (yes, Android is a Linux). Also, talking about Linux desktop, there are bunch of Linux distros exists today –though, based on some statistics, Linux desktop still get very little portion in personal computer market share. There are new Linux distro born, and there are some legendary Linux distro, sadly became unmaintained.  From my personal point of view, I have my own criteria about ‘a perfect’ Linux distro. First and the most important is usability. Second, the speed. And the last criteria is the look and feel. Here are my own, subjective list of ‘The Best Linux Distribution in 2016’ : 1. Ubuntu MATE Ubuntu MATE is the ne...

GIMP 2.8 is good, but personally I have some issue with it and I still prefer GIMP 2.6 instead. Sadly, I’m not yet understand how to do some Linux programming to fork GIMP 2.6 into another app with different name. Fortunately, there is still a way to install old GIMP 2.6.12 onto new Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus. Here are the tips to safely install GIMP 2.6.12 on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus and I’ve successfully tested it onto my Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Xenial Xerus. INSTALL THE DEPENDENCY First, install the dependency for GIMP 2.6.12 called libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 : sudo apt-get install libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 USE PRECISE REPOSITORY Change your sources.list repository from xenial into precise : sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list Replace all ‘xenial’ word to ‘precise’ Update your apt : sudo apt-get update Last, install the package : sudo apt-get install gimp UPDATE ISSUE After you’ve successfully install GIMP 2.6.12, revert your sources.list back from precise to xenial, and...