Barcamp KL 2011 in MMU, Cyberjaya #barcampkl

Ya, akhirnya, selepas mirul join Barcamp KL 2010, Barcamp Melaka 2010, dan Barcamp Penang 2011, sekarang masa untuk Barcamp KL 2011 pula!

8 soalan tentang komputer yang biasa ditanya di facebook group atau forum

Mirul selalu melawat facebook page dan forum forum tentang komputer dan mirul selalu terjumpa soalan sama setiap kali. Bosan lak nak menjawapnya tiap tiap kali. jadi kumpulkan semua kat sini. tapi kebanyakkan orang boleh cari guna google, tapi mungkin tak tahu apa yang perlu dicari sebenarnya, jadi diorg terpaksa la tanya.

1. macam mana nak hack FB

soalan ni antara yang paling biasa mirul jumpa. pelik? semua nak hack Facebook, lagi lagi baru baru ni banyak Facebook fanpage kene hack. sebenarnya hack bukan untuk orang biasa biasa. banyak cara dan banyak benda kene belajar. senang cerita, baik tak payah. baik belajar linux. lagi best! tapi kalau korang nak sangat belajar, mirul cadangkan google perkataan ini dan belajarlah sendiri ; phishing, social engineering, firesheep, dll

2. macam mana nak format laptop?

ape OS yang korang nak pakai, Windows atau Linux. ape ape pun, banyak tutorial bagaimana nak format laptop atau deskop. tapi secara asasnya korang kene ada cd/dvd Windows atau Linux dan boot dari cd/dvd, ikut arahan yang diberi. biasanya kalau memang tak tahu, baiklah hantar saja ke kedai, tapi kalau nak lebih info atau nak belajar bolehlah cari gunakan google.

3. mcm mana nak cari driver

mirul pernah pakai satu software Unknown Device Identifier, software ini akan dapatkan nama driver yang berkaitan supaya senang nak cari gunakan google.

4. laptop saya selalu hang. mcm mana nak buat?

soalan ini sangat umum. tapi yang biasa bertanya soalan ini orang yang pakai laptop atau desktop yang tak cukup spec untuk Windows 7.Tapi kalau cukup, antara sebab lain ialah spyware, adware, malware dan lain lain lah. Kalau tak nak pening, format.

5. laptop lembap. mcm mana nak lajukan

soalan ini pun sangat umum, tapi jawapan paling senang format.

6. berapa harga RAM, monitor, dll

korang nak survey harga RAM atau barang komputer lain? gunakan google, tapi spesifikan di lowyat.net. memang senang. tulis item yang nak dibeli diikuti "site:lowyat.net". contoh, kalau nak cari RAM DDR3 2GB search google RAM DDR3 2GB site:lowyat.net

7. kat mana nak tau semua benda pasal komputer?

ikut sahaja forum atau facebook page tentang komputer. baca blog tentang komputer dan menyumbang kembali dengan buat tutorial apa yang korang tahu. cari dulu guna google baru tanya komuniti, dan jangan sesekali putus asa. haha

8. mana nak download software free, crack, keygen dll.

banyak site yang bagi korang download benda benda macam ni. korang kene la cari kat google. mirul biasa pegi freshwap.net untuk cari warez, tapi sekarang dah tak pakai dah, sebab mirul lebih tumpukan pada linux.

kalau korang ada soalan lain, bolehlah ditujukan di bawah, sekian.

Pimp up Gnome3 make it more Gnome2-ish

So you are using Gnome3, and you missed how Gnome2 looks, well there is good news for you. There is an extension for Gnome3 that make your desktop look like this. The extension is GNOME Shell frippery.

click to see more clearly :)

Changes after using the extension;
1. Clock is moved to the left
2. Shortcuts on the right
3. Drop down menu
4. Shutdown option(when you click will bring you to all power options)
5. Dynamic workspace disabled.

click here for extension download and instruction.
to enable desktop icons click here

Using Google Chrome with proxy in Fedora 15

If you are searching how to install google chrome in fedora 15 click here.

Gnome3's proxy setting is quite messed up right now and so far that i am concern there are some fixes using gconf-editor package to get proxy to work for certain app such as pidgin.

But for google chrome, it just don't happen. Well, i really need google chrome as it is nice to have a fast secondary browser instead of firefox. The idea is to create a launcher and use google chrome with proxy options that is build-in. so here is how to do it.

1. Right-click on the desktop. (well if you cannot, read this first)
2. Click Create launcher
3. Copy this command to the command box

google-chrome --proxy-server="http:/proxy:port-num"

4. Enter name and comment as you like
5. Click ok

Fedora 15: What to do after fresh install?

Well this list is not complete yet, and i am updating this post from time to time.

1. Setup proxy for yum(skip this if you don't use proxy). View it here.

2. Setup free and nonfree repositories. (at this time of post, u need Fedora RPM Fusion free and nonfree for Fedora Rawhide ). View how you can setup RPM Fusion repositories here.

3. Install Flash, mp3 and other codecs, skype, java and a lot others, install Fedora Plus(before this it was called autoten). Installing just takes one line command, view it here.

before Fedora 15, I was using easyLife but they haven't done a version that supports Fedora 15 yet, so i am using Fedora Plus. But they are basically the same this, make installing software easier. 

Update: easyLife is supporting Fedora 15 now!

4. Claim your desktop icons back! install gnome-tweak-tool by copying the command below

su -c 'yum -y install gnome-tweak-tool'

and open the gnome-tweak-tool, the File Manager tab, set the file manager handle the desktop to on. Reboot!

5. Install Google Chrome! Look here

More Update: to use google chrome with proxy, view here

I am more than pleased if you can comment or add anymore below. Thanks in advance.

Setting up proxy for YUM for Fedora 15, 14, 13, 12

If your current network is using proxy, than to enable yum through proxy, you must setup the yum.conf file. The proxy setting from the network proxy is not enough to use yum with proxy. This problem i had face since F12(my first fedora, haha).

1. Open terminal
2. Type su
3. Enter your root password
4. Type nautilus or sudo nautilus
5. Open File System folder
6. Open etc folder
7. search for yum.conf
8. open in text editor
9. add you proxy url and port number (eg. http://myproxy:8080)

 there is another simple way that is type

sudo gedit '/etc/yum.conf'

and enter your proxy url.


ref and @wadefak