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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...

In 8 April 2016, MATE Desktop 1.14 has been released. Based on Ubuntu MATE website , this version brings some improvement, such as follows : Improved GTK+3 support across the entire MATE Desktop. Full GTK 3.20 support in all MATE themes. Client Side Decorated applications render correctly in all themes. Completely ported MATE System Monitor and Mozo to GTK+3 only. Touchpad configuration now supports edge and two-finger scrolling independently. Python extensions in Caja can now be managed separately. All three window focus modes are selectable. MATE Panel now has the ability to change icon sizes for menubar and menu items. MATE NetSpeed Applet has been merged into the MATE Applets package. MATE Terminal support VTE 2.91 API when built for GTK+3. Volume and Brightness OSD can now be enabled/disabled. Translations are updated. Thank you to our team of translators! Unfortunately, Ubuntu MATE 16.04 didn't bring MATE Desktop 1.14 because of release cycle issue. B...

Youtube is now become a major, most viewed, free video streaming website in the universe. It is complete, mobile, and rich featured, including subtitle/caption. And then, there is a simple question, how to download Youtube subtitle/caption in Linux? Apparently, there is an application called Google2SRT . It is officialy a Ms. Windows application, but thanks to the developer it's built with Java so it's mobile and could be ran in any other operating system using JVM (Java Virtual Machine). For the sake of ease, I've been 'ported' the application into Linux (.deb), and could be easily installed in any Debian based Linux distribution. Here are the steps to install : 1. Download the package HERE . 2. Install the dependency : sudo apt-get install icedtea-plugin 3. Install the package : sudo dpkg -i google2srt_0.7.4_all.deb 4. Just copy and paste the Youtube URL, press Go.

Java archive (.jar), in the past, was a very popular format, especially for Java based mobile cellphone and Symbian based cellphone. It's a mobile and portable format, and could also used to build a desktop (PC) application. For you Linux folks, if you found a java based application with .jar formatted, it's very easy to run the file. Here are the steps to run .jar file in Linux : 1. Install IcedTea (open source version of Java Virtual Machine) sudo apt-get install icedtea-plugin 2. Open terminal, and run the .jar file with following command : java -jar file.jar Google2SRT , a desktop application to download and convert Youtube's subtitle / caption into a srt file, running under Linux. It's officialy a Microsoft Windows application build using Java.

Cronjobs is somewhat a massive activity and could affect the overall server performance. And so, as administrator, we need to disable some user's cronjobs to relieve the server load. There is a tricky but simple way to disable partial cronjob in WHM/Cpanel based server. Here are the very simple steps : 1. Create a directory /var/spool/cron.disabled # mkdir /var/spool/cron.disabled 2. Move the cronjobs you want to be disabled # mv /var/spool/cron/username /var/spool/cron.disabled 3. Restart http/apache server to take effect # /etc/init.d/httpd restart

The latest version of adobe flashplayer plugin for Linux is now maintained by Google under a new name called "Pepper Flashplugin". This plugin is built as default in Google's official browser Google Chrome. For Mozilla Firefox user, for now Pepper Flashplugin is officially supported in Ubuntu repository. The steps is very simple as follows : 1. Install Google Chrome You need to have Google Chrome installed. If you don't have it, the installer will automatically download Google Chrome in order to extract the flashplayer. 2. Update your apt Make sure your apt cache is updated by executing command : sudo apt-get update 3. Install the package Install the package : sudo apt-get install browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash Ubuntu 15.04 Bellow (14.04, 12.04) For Ubuntu 15.04 and older, please follow the tutorial HERE .