Okay so maybe the quote "GIMP is greater than Photoshop" is a bit of an overstatement, but it comes close, very close. GIMP is short for 'GNOME Image Manipulation Program" (at least I think it is heh'), and as you may have guessed, it's a fully fledged Image Manipulation program, it boasts countless tools and plugins suitable for general artistic original work, from manipulating photo's for blogs, MySpace and whatnot. As an example, the logo for this blog was made in GIMP with just a few mouse clicks, literally. So go out and give GIMP a try!
What are you waiting for? You know the drill!
sudo apt-get install gimp
On a side note, I have decided to go for Arch Linux for my new computer I am getting in the next week, a friend provided me with a Live-CD that won me over heh' :)
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Come Visit Us!
Hey guys, once more a quick note (they seem to be getting quicker and quicker, I have noticed and Im sorry, I will post more in the coming weeks, I pr0m1s3z!) about where you can receive support, whether it be Ubuntu or any other distro, the two best places for general support are..
ubuntuforums.org
google.com (heh, Im sorry)
Or for live support, feel free to pop in to ##linux on irc.freenode.com we have a very large user base and provide 24/7 free support to anyone we can, come and say hi!.
ubuntuforums.org
google.com (heh, Im sorry)
Or for live support, feel free to pop in to ##linux on irc.freenode.com we have a very large user base and provide 24/7 free support to anyone we can, come and say hi!.
Malicious Commands!
Okay guys, This is a really quick post (about to go out) regarding malicious commands. I'm posting this because a friend of mine just informed me that a relative of his staying at his house (and total Linux newbie) ran this command after someone told him to:
WARNING: DO NOT RUN THE BELOW COMMAND, IT WILL DESTROY YOUR SYSTEM.
sudo rm -rf /
Now I'm going to quickly explain this command in the hope that it will inform you next time you are doubtful of whether to run 'rm' commands.
'sudo' : Super-User DO, run's a command/program as root (admin).
'rm' : ReMove, removes the specified file or directory.
'-rf' : Recursive Forced, self explanatory.
' / ' : Root, or Top-Level directory.
So basically this command says "forcibly remove everything contained on my computer." nasty huh'?
Sorry for the quick/dirty post, must go, stay safe!
WARNING: DO NOT RUN THE BELOW COMMAND, IT WILL DESTROY YOUR SYSTEM.
sudo rm -rf /
Now I'm going to quickly explain this command in the hope that it will inform you next time you are doubtful of whether to run 'rm' commands.
'sudo' : Super-User DO, run's a command/program as root (admin).
'rm' : ReMove, removes the specified file or directory.
'-rf' : Recursive Forced, self explanatory.
' / ' : Root, or Top-Level directory.
So basically this command says "forcibly remove everything contained on my computer." nasty huh'?
Sorry for the quick/dirty post, must go, stay safe!
RT73 (RaLink) Driver Installer
Okay folks,
I've noticed recently a lot of people have been having trouble with the 'RT73 Chipset' from RaLink (In Wireless devices from manufacturers like D-Link, Hawking, etc), I actually noted this a while ago when I first got my DWL-G122 Rev. C (D-Link) wireless dongle, obviously it only came with a Windows installer disk, so I had two choices, ndiswrapper or SerialMonkey drivers.
I opted for the SM Drivers and got to work, it took me almost two weeks to get it working (Hey, I really was a newb). So after a while i stumbled upon the note I had left for myself "write script to install rt73 devices". And thats exactly what I did, for several months it supported the Linux community well, until I became lazy with updating it (real life issues took precedence) and another Ubuntu user re-wrote the script, so without further ado, I give you The RT73-RaLink Device Installer.
Have fun and good luck!
~Kiefer
I've noticed recently a lot of people have been having trouble with the 'RT73 Chipset' from RaLink (In Wireless devices from manufacturers like D-Link, Hawking, etc), I actually noted this a while ago when I first got my DWL-G122 Rev. C (D-Link) wireless dongle, obviously it only came with a Windows installer disk, so I had two choices, ndiswrapper or SerialMonkey drivers.
I opted for the SM Drivers and got to work, it took me almost two weeks to get it working (Hey, I really was a newb). So after a while i stumbled upon the note I had left for myself "write script to install rt73 devices". And thats exactly what I did, for several months it supported the Linux community well, until I became lazy with updating it (real life issues took precedence) and another Ubuntu user re-wrote the script, so without further ado, I give you The RT73-RaLink Device Installer.
Have fun and good luck!
~Kiefer
Pidgin > MSNM
Okay so the first thing someone will ask me when I am trying to convert them from Microsoft Windows to Linux is "what about MSN Messenger? there's no Linux version!" or something to that degree (ICQ, Yahoo!, AIM, etc).
Well my fellow newbies, I would like to introduce the solution to all these problems, it's a nifty program named 'Pidgin Messenger". Pidgin will let you chat with all your friends on AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, GoogleTalk, Group Wise, ICQ, IRC, MSN, MySpaceIM, QQ, Simple, Sametime, XMPP, Yahoo!, and Zephyr.
Wanna know the best part? You can chat on all these protocols at the same time in a single window. Isn't tabbed-chatting the greatest? :P
So anyway, what about you go and grab it!
sudo apt-get install pidgin
Remember you need to have the "multiverse" repository enabled!
Good luck, and may the IM be with you!
~Kiefer
Well my fellow newbies, I would like to introduce the solution to all these problems, it's a nifty program named 'Pidgin Messenger". Pidgin will let you chat with all your friends on AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, GoogleTalk, Group Wise, ICQ, IRC, MSN, MySpaceIM, QQ, Simple, Sametime, XMPP, Yahoo!, and Zephyr.
Wanna know the best part? You can chat on all these protocols at the same time in a single window. Isn't tabbed-chatting the greatest? :P
So anyway, what about you go and grab it!
sudo apt-get install pidgin
Remember you need to have the "multiverse" repository enabled!
Good luck, and may the IM be with you!
~Kiefer
Linuxmadeeasy.org
Okay guys, Recently a friend asked me if I would be interested in contributing to a new website for Linux beginners. So over the past few months we have all been busy writing up some content, and I think its looking pretty decent.
The site is in Wiki format so you should be able to find what you're looking for pretty easily. The site is named "Linux Made Easy" and thats what we aim to do.
The site is Australian based, much like myself. So go check it out!
Linux Made Easy
Also on a side note, I plan on doing a post related to choosing a distro soon, but if you are looking for details right now, check out DistroWatch.
The site is in Wiki format so you should be able to find what you're looking for pretty easily. The site is named "Linux Made Easy" and thats what we aim to do.
The site is Australian based, much like myself. So go check it out!
Linux Made Easy
Also on a side note, I plan on doing a post related to choosing a distro soon, but if you are looking for details right now, check out DistroWatch.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
YTCracker- The King of Nerdcore
Okay so this is a little off-topic, but I've been meaning to post somewhere about this lately. Im a pretty avid programming/general-nerd. And I need tunes to keep me going while im up at silly hours in the morning (e.g. its 7:19AM at the time of writing this post, and I still havent slept).
If your into Rap music (which i am not really) and a bit of a nerd/programmer, check out http://www.ytcracker.com/music/ .
Anyway, thats my last post for today, More to come!
~Kiefer
If your into Rap music (which i am not really) and a bit of a nerd/programmer, check out http://www.ytcracker.com/music/ .
Anyway, thats my last post for today, More to come!
~Kiefer
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