Finally, my Ubuntu shipping has arrived yesterday. Without waiting, I installed this OS to my machine. You know, open source OS like Linux, depends on its repositories in the clouds. So, I figured it out how to connect via my DSL internet connection using this distribution. This is how I do it:
- Turn on your modem and plug in your LAN Cable from modem to your ethernet device.
- Right click your Network Manager Applet (located on top right of your Ubuntu desktop) and click on Edit Connection.
- Pick the DSL tab and Click on the Add button.
- A window will appear, and on the DSL tab enter your username, service name, and password.
I’m on Indonesia, and using Telkom Speedy service. So this is my configuration:
Connection Name: Speedy
Username: myusername@telkom.net
Service: speedy
Password: myspeedypassword
- Click OK when you’re done, and exit the Network Manager.
- Next, left clik on the Network Manager Applet and click on connection name we configured on previous step. In my case, the connection name was Speedy.
- Wait until they connecting to the server, and when it’s done, there you go,, you’ve been connected.
Go ahead and try it. I’m waiting for your comment.
Really, when campus’s license now gone, I was thinking about finding some alternatives. There were two OS that caught my attention.
The first one: Ubuntu. Who doesn’t know this the DistroWatch’s most-popular-linux-distribution? It’s simple, easy to use, and has great repositories. I’ve been using this OS for almost two years now, and it’s just get better on every new version released. Because of my bandwidth limitation, I ordered a copy of it last month. It hasn’t arrive yet (since I write this).
The second OS that made me curious was OpenSolaris. It has unique features like ZFS and Time Slider. I really want to try it. Even it still young, it’s already a worthy opponent of Ubuntu. I’ve ordered a copy too, but same as Ubuntu, it hasn’t arrived yet.
I think I’ll just be patient and wait. Hope they will come soon..
While I was being jobless right now, I met some of my old gangs back in highschool. Luckily for me, they were computer-addict, just like me. We (me and Danu) did some chat and agreed to build a tutorial site: for dummies and in Indonesian. At least, this is we could do to contribute in Indonesian education.
The next conference was a mess. You know, when old friends met, they would tell you a lot of untold story, like him now engaged with her or where is he right now, how she is doing now, etc. Need some time to get them to focus about the site. But finally, after some efforts, we could get back to the topic.
We talked about the domain name for our new site. This is the most important and hardest part. It’s about the identation of our site. It should be short, meaningful, catchy, and zero-typo-possibility. Some ideas swinging around. From tutorial12.web.id, belajar.web.id, kuliah.web.id (what?), even x12community (with regards to Mijil, one of the friend involved). But then one word from Sasi silenced the conference. GIMANA. Simple, catchy, questionable, error-free, funky. Next, we agreed to buy “gimana.web.id” domain. Just a moment after the conversation, I registered for gimana.web.id.
One step done, next step: host hunting.
Wireless network at my house
Meet my sister! She was addicted with Instant Messaging. With the coming of Internet at our home, she spent her time on it more. So, there were two people but only one PC connected to the clouds. How to solve this problem?
Lucky for me, as a networking apprentice, I got another PC with wireless device. So I created wireless network at our house. Now, me and my sister could get access to the clouds at the same time on our own machine. How I did it?
The picture above shows the network structure I made to solve this problem. The phone and modem were located on the first floor. I connected the modem to the PC-with-wireless-device. I, then, enabled the Internet sharing on this PC. After that, I configured the first-floor-PC as an access point. And then, I configured another PC-with-wireless-device to make a peer-to-peer connection with the first PC. Here, the second PC could connected to the clouds as long as it got wireless access to the first PC. Even if it was on the second floor, which is my bedroom.
Although right now we could get connected together, there was minor problem. Sometimes, because of the wireless factor, the connection from the access point (first PC) was lost. Just temporary, but it’s a little bug to me. Anyway, now we could access internet together without a fight.
First time I heard this song when I was watching news about condition in Gaza on television. The lyrics was touching and I like it since first time I heard it. You can download and donate on Michael Heart (the composer) site. So here is the lyrics.
WE WILL NOT GO DOWN (Song for Gaza)
(Composed by Michael Heart)
Copyright 2009
A blinding flash of white light
Lit up the sky over Gaza tonight
People running for cover
Not knowing whether they’re dead or alive
They came with their tanks and their planes
With ravaging fiery flames
And nothing remains
Just a voice rising up in the smoky haze
We will not go down
In the night, without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
But our spirit will never die
We will not go down
In Gaza tonight
Women and children alike
Murdered and massacred night after night
While the so-called leaders of countries afar
Debated on who’s wrong or right
But their powerless words were in vain
And the bombs fell down like acid rain
But through the tears and the blood and the pain
You can still hear that voice through the smoky haze
We will not go down
In the night, without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
But our spirit will never die
We will not go down
In Gaza tonight
