Waiting for my book...

Last week, my manager told me that I had to finish writing my book at the beginning of this week so it would be able to be published at the end of this year. And I Thank God I was finally able to finish it on time *hoping there'll be no need to make any major revision*.

I'm waiting for it to be published. Well, my name won't be shown on its cover, but I promise you, you'll see "some parts of me" inside its contents. So, just wait for it and of course, I will surely announce it when it's finally published.

Berinternet dengan Modem IVIO StarOne di Ubuntu 9.04

Modem IVIO yang dibundling dengan paket internet StarOne ternyata dapat dikenali dan digunakan dengan baik di atas Ubuntu 9.04. Anda tak perlu repot-repot melakukan instalasi driver modem dengan chipset CP2102 tersebut. Yang penting lakukan langkah-langkah berikut ini:

1. Masuklah ke terminal
2. Pastikan modem Anda terdeteksi oleh sistem dengan mengetikkan perintah berikut ini:

$lsusb

3. Jika terdapat keterangan seperti di bawah ini (keluaran di komputer Anda mungkin berbeda), berarti modem sudah terdeteksi dengan baik

Bus 001 Device 011: ID 10c4:ea60 Cygnal Integrated Products, Inc

4. Ketikkan perintah dmesg untuk melakukan konfigurasi modem tersebut

$ sudo dmesg

5. Ketikkan password anda bila diminta
6. Bila anda menemukan baris dengan tulisan seperti di bawah ini

[ 759.536044] usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 759.705347] usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 760.048695] USB Serial support registered for cp2101
[ 760.048736] cp2101 3-2:1.0: cp2101 converter detected
[ 760.160045] usb 3-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 760.314192] usb 3-2: cp2101 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 760.314225] usbcore: registered new interface driver cp2101
[ 760.314230] cp2101: v0.07:Silicon Labs CP2101/CP2102 RS232 serial adaptor driver

Berarti modem tersebut sudah dapat digunakan.

7. Sekarang, jika anda belum melakukan instalasi wvdial, install wvdial dengan mengetikkan perintah

$sudo apt-get install wvdial

8. Setelah wvdial terinstalasi, editlah file konfigurasi di /etc/wvdial.conf. Anda bisa menggunakan teks editor favorit anda seperti vi, gedit, mousepad, atau kwrite. Yang penting anda harus mengeditnya sebagai superuser, dan edit konfigurasi wvdial.conf menjadi seperti ini (dan jangan lupa untuk menyimpan perubahan ini):

[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Stupid Mode = 1
Modem Type = USB Modem
ISDN = 0
New PPPD = yes
FlowCOntrol = CRTSCTS
Phone = #777
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Username = starone
Password = indosat
Auto DNS=1
Baud = 230400

9. Jika ingin melakukan koneksi internet, ketikkan perintah berikut ini:

$sudo wvdial
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
--> Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT#777
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT#777
CONNECT
--> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
--> Starting pppd at Fri Oct 30 20:12:27 2009
--> Pid of pppd: 6112
--> Using interface ppp0
--> pppd: �[06][08]��[06][08]
--> pppd: �[06][08]��[06][08]
--> pppd: �[06][08]��[06][08]
--> pppd: �[06][08]��[06][08]
--> pppd: �[06][08]��[06][08]
--> pppd: �[06][08]��[06][08]
--> local IP address 10.242.56.34
--> pppd: �[06][08]��[06][08]
--> remote IP address 10.64.64.64
--> pppd: �[06][08]��[06][08]
--> primary DNS address 124.195.15.100
--> pppd: �[06][08]��[06][08]
--> secondary DNS address 114.5.5.5
--> pppd: �[06][08]��[06][08]

10. Anda siap berinternet dengan Ubuntu

Dual Boot

Berhubung saya capek menghadapi virus yang terus membuat komputer saya di kantor crash melulu, saya pun memutuskan untuk melakukan instalasi dual boot Win XP dan Linux. Untungnya, semua staf di bagian tempat saya bekerja diberi kebebasan untuk melakukan instalasi software di komputer yang dipakai.

So, setelah memperoleh hard disk dengan ukuran yang lumayan, saya pun merombak komputer yang saya pakai. Dan yang saya pilih untuk berduet dengan Win XP Home adalah Ubuntu 9.04 aka Jaunty Jackalope. Alasannya, dari riset kecil-kecilan yang saya lakukan, Ubuntu 9.04 terasa cukup ringan plus saya juga merasakan betapa mudahnya mengatur jaringan dan internet di atas Ubuntu 9.04 tersebut. Tinggal masukkan almat proxy,IP, DNS dan nNetmask, semuanya beres. Kartu jaringanyang dipakai langsung dapat dikenali dan digunakan.

Cukup untuk saat ini karena sata harus menyiapkan diri buat menulis buku pertama saya.

Ben

Ben

Ben, the two of us need look no more
We both found what we were looking for
With a friend to call my own
I'll never be alone
And you, my friend, will see
You've got a friend in me
(you've got a friend in me)

Ben, you're always running here and there
You feel you're not wanted anywhere
If you ever look behind
And don't like what you find
There's one thing you should know
You've got a place to go
(you've got a place to go)

I used to say "I" and "me"
Now it's "us", now it's "we"
I used to say "I" and "me"
Now it's "us", now it's "we"

Ben, most people would turn you away
I don't listen to a word they say
They don't see you as I do
I wish they would try to
I'm sure they'd think again
If they had a friend like Ben
(a friend) Like Ben
(like Ben) Like Ben

Originally performed by Michael Jackson
Re-performed by Boyzone (with Stephen Gately on Lead Vocal)

Dedicated to the memory of

Michael Joseph Jackson
(29 August 1958 - June 26 2009)

and

Stephen Patrick David Gately
(17 March 1976 – 10 October 2009)

I dreamed of you again

I dreamed of you again last night. I even came to your place. To talk to you....Wish it weren't just a dream

No Ideas

This time, I have no ideas to write at all. So, i just keep some spaces empty.

Linux? Why not?

This is another topic to celebrate my fourth year with Linux.

You may ask me why do I choose Linux (or GNU/Linux for exactly) as operating system for my computer? Well these are some reasons that I also encourage you to use Linux.

It's free
This could be the main reason. GNU/Linux is a free software. The word free is actually derived from freedom, but the Linux kernel is totally free of charge. Some Linux distributions (or distros for short) are commercial, especially the distros that are targeted for the Enterperise solution. But most of the distros are free of charge. It means that I can obtain a complete GNU/Linux distribution without needing to pay the developer.

We can download the Linux CD or DVD image from the internet for free. No need to pay any money, except for the internet connection. After the download is complete, just burn it to blank CD or DVD. Lack of internet bandwith? I doesn't matter. We can still obtain the Linux distributions from many online stores (by paying a little money to the store, of course). Some computer magazines also include the latest Linux distribution in their extra CD/DVD.

Now compare it to how much money we will spend if we want to buy the original commercial operating system like Microsoft Windows or maybe Mac OS? I decide not to use an illegal software in my computer so I don't wanna use a pirated software.

No EULA
We're not permitted to copy the MS Windows CD/DVD and then lend it to our friends. The End User License Agreement will not even allow us to install it in many computers with the same CD/DVD. So it won't allow us to modify it either.

Unlike MS Windows, the GNU/Linux distribution is a really a free software. We are legally free to copy, modify, and distribute it with or without any charges. We're also allowed to install it as many computers as we like from the same CD/DVD.

One CD/DVD for all purposes
If we install MS Windows from a CD or DVD, we can only get the operating system and only a few additional softwares by default. We have to buy the Multimedia or Office Suite separately (which also means more money to spend again).

Unlike MS Windows, the desktop oriented Linux distributions (such as Ubuntu, openSUSE, Mandriva, and PC Linux OS) has shipped their CD/DVD with a quite enough software for daily purposes. There we can find the software to play musics, videos, burn CD/DVD, and the Office suite. There's an exception for Ubuntu and openSUSE which are not able to play some patent-protected multimedia formats (such as MP3) by default. But we can still install the software freely by downloading it from their software repositories.

Hardware does not matter
Installing the latest version of Linux distribution doesn't mean you have to buy a new computer or upgrade your computer hardware. If our computer has the older hardwares like the one belongs to me, we can choose the latest Linux distribution which is optimized for old hardware.

We may choose thae lightweight desktop and application (XFCE or LXDE desktop instead of KDE or GNOME, Abiword or Gnumeric instead of OpenOffice.org an so on).

A different story will happen if want to the newest Windows version. We'll need a computer with a really high specification of hardware only to install a Windows Vista. Some users even reported with the minimum recommended hardware specification, their computer still seemed to run too slow.

Viruses??? NO WAY.
This is one of the Linux Power. The viruses, spywares, or worms won't be able to infect a Linux computer easily because Linux has a more powerful security system. Linux is a UNIX-like system, so it also implements the right access of every file and folder. Only the system administrator called root which has unlimited access.

It will really make Linux secure cause in every Linux system, we use a different user to work daily. We work as root only to do some administrative task such as installing/removing software or configuring hardware.

And please remember, most of the viruses are created to work only in MS Windows and the won't work in Linux.

So it's your decision now to choose the expensive and fragile operating system or the free., legal, and powerful operating system called GNU/Linux.