Ubuntu Christian Edition for Indonesia

Talking about Christianity in IT world, I think seem going to wild world, that is a positive side and many negative side. You must to choose, like a life that must making decision in every action. Just simply case, when we go surfing, there many site that poison us, not only from image that shown, also from the arguments that we read. In this world, every individual can write every single that he wants. From how to make some bad things to how to pirates another creation.

When the first time you make decision what you prefer Operation System, Original or some pirate OS. Actually, me too early prefer to make pirates OS (win***s). Someday I read a man that said "the smart OS is OS that make user smart", and he is a foundation open source in Indonesia. Then I start to try learning Linux as my OS. When first time I use Ubuntu 7.04, there are many difficult to install it in my laptop, I think I will back to my early OS. Just like that in your life, people prefer to choose back to early habit/life because they surrender to make some change in their life. Because good habit more difficult to do, then just back to enjoy early habits.

Back to OS prefer, I have use ubuntu now as my operation system in my laptop. Then I read an edition that provide for christian, that called Ubuntu Christian Edition, this edition is not build from canonical, but build by a group IT specialist that bring christianity in their distro.
As they said in their web, there some add program bundling to help you learn about bible and christianity, and some tool to use when we surfing in internet. Along with the standard Ubuntu applications, Ubuntu Christian Edition includes the best available Christian software. The latest release contains GnomeSword, BibleMemorizer, the e-Sword Installer with Module Manager, The Word Installer, Firefox Web Browser with Bible Fox Theme and the WhatWouldJesusDownload Toolbar, and much more.

But as a citizen of Indonesia, that have mother language Indonesian, to use some software like GnomeSword or BibleMemorizer not very efisien, because I don't see my language bible in their library. I hope someday there will be a person can add Alkitab (read: bible), so I can more easily learn in my ubuntu.

If you want to choose this ubuntu edition, you can download HERE

JENI Java Programming in Indonesia

In Indonesia, Sun as a big company that Introduce Java Programming has a program education that call JENI (Java Education Network Indonesia), that give some tutorial from basic to advance. They have curriculum that have a goal to bring student good in :
1. Java for Web (J2EE)
2. Java for Mobile (J2ME)
3. Java for Game
So interesting, cause this one of programm that can help student for free learning. I have read the tutorial, and I think this good for who have not learnin Java (for beginning). As I am too never use Java cause I prefer Visual Basic with simplicity.

If you interesting what is the goal of this JAVA program and want to read their tutorial you can download here

Acer Empowering Technology for Acer 4520

If you buy Acer 4520, in set of driver cd you will not get Acer Empowering, even else you have e- button in up right keyboard, so you will asking where you can find it.




















This tool i think not very awesome to make you laptop more attractive, but it's necesarry to simple for use in presentation and the other setting with simple shortcut. Not be easy to find this software because there many kind for each type of acer, but I have try this kind for my acer 4520. If your laptop is acer with another type, you can try too.

You can download here
ACER EMPOWERING

Google Webmaster Tool for Blogspot / Website

In setting panel in your dashboard blog, there a option to make SEO Google on your blog, so your blog can crawl by search engine Google, but I find this working so slowly, and i can find my blog in when googling. So I decide to use google webmaster tool to make my blog show.

The first time we do to make Google can scrawl our blog or web is :

1. Add your URL to the www.google.com/addurl and give some description for your blog

2. Make an account in google, if you have gmail so you has have acoount, login with that



























3. Sign in you blog or website in add site





4. Then verify your website, the way is add meta tag to your blog, put it in head section above body section, after that choose "Verify"


















5. If the webmsater tool had verify your blog, then the last do is add sitemap, choose add general sitemap, then fill the box with "atom.xml" and "rss.xml" so the url shown http://YOURBLOGNAME.blogspot.com/atom.xml and http://YOURBLOGNAME.blogspot.com/rss.xml
then click "Add General Web Sitemap"

















6. Wait for a few day after google have crawl your sitemap so if you have go to sitemap stats page, it will shown you have succes register your sitemap










Then your blog can shown in Google when you searching them.

For submit your URL to Yahoo have same way with Google you just go to yahoo submit site, and fill the sitemap.

If you want to simple and free join in above 20 SEO to optimize your site, just read in my another post here
http://andersenpanjaitan.blogspot.com/2008/06/free-seo-to-optimize-your-blog.html

GRASS as GIS open Source in Ubuntu

We are oftenly using some GIS aplication licensed in windows like ArcView, ArcInfo, ERmapper or the other. How about open source in GIS application. There many too open source application, but the most famous is GRASS. This application contain many feature, for reading, analisys, mapping, edit and many of your spatial or remote sensing data.

Commonly referred to as GRASS, this is a Geographic Information System (GIS) used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/map production, spatial modelling, and visualization. GRASS is currently used in academic and commercial settings around the world, as well as by many governmental agencies and environmental consulting companies.
GRASS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is a raster/vector GIS, image processing system, and graphics production system. GRASS contains over 350 programs and tools to render maps and images on monitor and paper; manipulate raster, vector, and sites data; process multi spectral image data; and create, manage, and store spatial data. GRASS uses both an intuitive windows interface as well as command line syntax for ease of operations. GRASS can interface with commercial printers, plotters, digitizers, and databases to develop new data as well as manage existing data.
Many data format that support to input or to create in GRASS, as generally the data devide 3 kind, tah is :
* 2D raster data,
* 3D raster data (voxels),
* topological vector data (2D and 3D)
n detail:

RASTER: The GDAL library (r.in.gdal) is used, see the GDAL project format list for full capabilities. Examples include:

* Raster: ASCII, ARC/GRID, E00, GIF, GMT, TIF, PNG, ERDAS LAN, Vis5D, SURFER (.grd) ...
* Images: CEOS (SAR, SRTM, LANDSAT7 etc.), ERDAS LAN, HDF, LANDSAT TM/MSS, NHAP aerial photos, SAR, SPOT, ... can be read

VECTOR: The OGR library (v.in.ogr) is used, see the OGR project format list. Examples include:

* Vector: ASCII, ARC/INFO ungenerate, ARC/INFO E00, ArcView SHAPE (with topology correction), BIL, DLG (U.S.), DXF, DXF3D, GMT, GPS-ASCII, USGS-DEM, IDRISI, MOSS, MapInfo MIF, TIGER, VRML, ...
* Sites (vector point data lists): XYZ ASCII, CSV, dBase, ...

If you want to install GRASS in your ubuntu or the other distro linux. Just go to GRASS Website in page dowenload, and follow the instruction to install it

How to install netbeans 6.01 in ubuntu hardy heron

I have install netbeans in my ubuntu. I like IDE of programming language that not only can produce desktop application, also can handle web programming like Visual Studio. Netbeans is another alternatif as open source programming. I think this replace Java STudio from Sun, and I can learn more about Java and C++. Netbeans also provide AJAX as Web programming language.

Many feature in Netbeans. But i can give some tips for you begginer, if you are first time use this IDE, just choose the standart IDE and feature. Next time if you have full learn about JAVA platform, you can add many module for mobile pack, or web design.

To install Netbeans 6.01 in your ubuntu hardy heron is easy. Just go to ADD REMOVE APLLICATION --> PROGRAMMING --> NETBEANS --> APPLY than wait for download and configuration.

Then you will go to install interface. Just do like if You usually use windows setting.
For this package is about 120 MB. If you have finish in install the netbeans, you can easily add modul in tool menu.