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The most fun aspect in Linux world is there are a lot of choices. Windows and Mac might have more commercial apps support, but there are only few rooms left to customize. With Linux, you can't really being bored. There are more than 500 hundreds active Linux distributions today you can try on your machine. Also, there are plenty of desktops, window managers, and themes you can pick to beautify your desktop. What a wonderful choices. This rich reality tempts most Linux users to try newly released Linux distro, almost everyday. This temptation leads to an endless adventure to try different Linux distro called distro hopping. Even if you have been settled in a professional circumstance, distro hopping is still common to happen --and always fun. I as a Linux user, without exception, is still often to spend my spare time to try a freshly released Linux distro, just to feel the freshness and the joy of computing. This time, I am really curious to try the new Solus 4.5, an independent Lin...

There are reviews about this beautiful music player, Amberol . The name itself is funny for me. In my mother language --Javanese, ambrol means collapse. But I want to talk about how good this app, like people say. Installation Firstly, unfortunately, there is only one way to install Amberol: Through flatpak. You can download the flatpak from this page , and then install using this simple command: flatpak install io.bassi.Amberol.flatpakref Performance Despite being hugely bloated, I can't really complaint about flatpak's performance. It runs as fast as native deb package. Appearance & Features I have to agree, Amberol is gorgeous. The default view is minimalistic, simple, modern and elegant. When I maximized the window, there is playlist menu at the left, just like any other music players. KDE Compability Why do I have to mention this? Because I'm a happy satisfied KDE user. I install Amberol on my Kubuntu desktop, and it runs seamlessly without any single issue. Concl...

Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox are the most popular and most used web browsers on Linux Desktop. Google Chrome offers Google synchronization, which many people depend on. And Firefox, in other hand, is the default web browser of countless Linux distributions that promises better security and privacy. The two are a pair every Linux user might always have on their Linux desktop. However, sometimes we need to casually have fun and or need to open a website in a small and fast web browser that works with modern websites. Here are the top 5 most lightweight Linux web browser you have to take a look: 1. Midori Midori was originally a part of Xfce desktop component. It is small, looks good and works with modern website like YouTube.  You can install the latest version through Snap or Flatpak: snap install midori flatpak install flathub org.midori_browser.Midori If you're using Ubuntu 20.04, Midori is available in the official repository you can install easily: sudo apt install midori 2...

Years ago, when it comes to Linux software management, many people get confused --or even scared. It doesn't work like Windows at all. Where are the single executable file to install app on Linux? How do I install app on Linux? Can I install app on Linux without being connected to the internet? Now people get used to how Linux software management works. There is Android's Play Store where you can install an app, directly from an app store. Linux software management works similar to Android play store. There is an online repository where applications stored, and you have to connect to the internet to retrieve and install them onto your device. But after years, there are some approaches to create a portable, windows like software management in Linux. The last most popular are AppImage, Snap and Flatpak. This time I want to share my personal experience with those Linux software package formats. As an user. AppImage This is what can I say the real portable Linux app. All you need t...

AppImage is by definition, the true portable application format in Linux. You don't have to install any runtime, dependency, etc. All you need to do is download the package, make it executable, and you will have a portable, functional application you can use on you Linux OS. You might don't know, AppImage has had long history as a portable app format in Linux. It started from 2004 named klik, then renamed to PortableLinuxApps and later, until now, renamed again as AppImage. Unlike the predecessor, AppImage now gets a fair amount of attentions from Linux users. Some even said that Linus Torvalds himself think that AppImage isn't a bad idea. The point is, if we are talking a app format that works just like how EXE works in Windows, AppImage is the answer. Running AppImage on an Old Linux OS I have a bunch of Linux isos, from older to the newest version. The main reason I don't remove them is each Linux version has its own memories. So I try to install an old Ubuntu versio...

What makes you decide to choose a Linux distribution? The functionality, stability, simplicity, or maybe, the beauty? It does really depend on your personal preference. But if you are looking for a gorgeous Linux distribution, Ubuntu Kylin is a Linux desktop you must try. History Ubuntu Kylin has had a long history. It was started as an independent OS since 2001, developed by National University of Defense Technology Kylin. Cited from Wikipedia:   "The first versions were based on FreeBSD and were intended for use by the Chinese military and other government organizations. With version 3.0 Kylin became Linux-based, and there is a version called NeoKylin which was announced in 2010."   The first Ubuntu Kylin was released in 2013 and then becomes official Ubuntu flavor since 13.04 until now. Installation Ubuntu Kylin 22.04 comes with a relatively huge iso file size, compared to other Ubuntu flavors: it is 4,6 GB. Surprisingly, it didn't take too long to install. It only nee...

Years has passed, Microsoft vs Linux dichotomy is now no longer relevant and no longer necessary. No matter your OS preference, in many circumstances you have to deal with other modern operating systems currently exist. Talking about Microsoft, they seems to be more realistic and compromise. There is WSL so you can execute Linux binary on Windows, and the biggest deal breaker is, yes, Microsoft Edge. Microsoft Edge is the newest Windows browser, built on the open source Chromium project. From Linux users point of view, their decision to build a completely new browser based on open source technology is a kind of win.  Finally, over years, Microsoft is not only respect open source technology, but use it to build their primary web browser. Not enough, they also release their browser to Linux users so Linux fellows can taste the delicacy. But, is Microsoft Edge legit and worth to try? Installation You can easily download the installer from the official Microsoft Edge download page. If ...

There were a lot of music players on Linux. Some has been abandonded, some still survive until today. In the early 2007, when I met Linux for the first time, I didn't know how to play my music collection. Ubuntu, Fedora and other major Linux distributions didn't support proprietary multimedia formats like mp3. At the time, I converted all my mp3s into ogg, in order to be able to be played on the default Linux media player. Time passes, later I know that I have to install additional codecs. Also, there are a lot of media players I can use to play music and video. XMMS, Amarok, Rhythmbox and Audacious probably the most popular music player we all know. But among those apps, there is a player called Exaile Music Player. Exaile is a music player originally designed to resemble Amarok 1.4 interface, but built on GTK. I never use the app frequently but I know that it delivers a very similar interface and experience to Amarok 1.4. Happily, after a quite time in dormant status, Exaile ...

Sweet Nostalgia I've been using Linux desktop as my main OS since 2007. There were sweet and fun memories about how I struggled to learn and use Linux Desktop as my daily system. I've tried several Linux distros, desktop environments and applications. One of my favorite application was called Amarok 1.4. It was a great music player with simple UI but came with the most complete UX you can find in a music player. Amarok 1.4 was a part of KDE sofware version 3.5.x. Unfortunately, when KDE turned to version 4.x branch, Amarok has been changed. Many Amarok fans includes me, are not really happy with the direction. We are still fond of that beautiful Amarok 1.4 and from that point, I switch to Audacious music player. Thankfully, there are kind hearted developers who finally forked Amarok 1.4 to a newer Qt4 application, called Clementine. It is a big news so that several distros include Clementine as their main music player (like OpenMandriva). Time goes on, now we are in the KDE Pla...

It's been quite a while since the last post I wrote in this blog. My daily life prevents me to write another stuff about Linux Desktop, and now I'm curious to take a look to the Ubuntu Kylin 19.04. Ubuntu is always be my favorite distro. It supports huge number of hardwares, it has probably the largest Linux software repository. It is also --the most important thing-- very easy to install, even for beginners.  But for some couple of years, because of technical reason, I stopped to play around with the Ubuntu releases. I stood for KDE Neon and became my primary OS because of its simplicity and the look. Few days ago Ubuntu has released its newer version, Ubuntu 19.04 codenamed Disco Dingo. I'm yes impressed by the progress Ubuntu developer has made, especially the way they arrange the GNOME desktop to match the Ubuntu theme. But the most interesting flavor of this release is Ubuntu Kylin. It's an official Ubuntu flavor, designed for Chinese People with its own...

It has been 10 years, since I've been using Linux as my productive, daily operating system from early 2007. I have tried many Linux distros, but my first distro was Mandriva One 2007. At the time, Mandriva Linux was a star among Desktop Linux distributions. It was beautiful, very easy to use, and the most important thing was : it supported restricted multimedia formats by default. I was very sad when I heard Mandriva is finally discontinued in 2010. You never forget anything, anyone or any brand you have used for the first time. Mandriva is like my first, gorgeous, lovely girlfriend that I would never forget forever. Community Reborn In 2012, Mandriva community continued to maintain Mandriva Linux and rebranded it as 'OpenMandriva Lx'. Later, the community released OpenMandriva Lx 2013. Until now, OpenMandriva Lx is recognized as the official continuation of the Mandriva Linux. There are also another forks of Mandriva Linux : PCLinuxOS, Mageia, anda ROSA Linux. ...

BlankOn is an Indonesian, Debian based Linux distribution. In January 2017, BlankOn development team has released its newest version BlankOn Linux X (10) codenamed “Tambora” (which is a name of a volcano in Indonesia). 1. Overview BlankOn Linux X Tambora uses Linux kernel 4.6.0-1. Not like other recent Linux distributions today, BlankOn X Tambora supports both 32bit and 64bit architecture. It is really a very good decision to keep the 32bit support, because there are many Linux users who still use an old computer with slow CPU and small amount of memory. BlankOn Linux X Tambora with Manokwari Desktop 2. Manokwari Desktop BlankOn has a custom desktop shell called Manokwari, built on the top of GNOME. It’s a gorgeous, simple and really fast desktop. BlankOn X Tambora uses GNOME component version 3.20.1. Manokwari has 5 important elements :  Left Panel When you click the left top corner at the distribution logo, an elegenat drop-down traditional menu will a...