Ubuntu: IPBlock(Graphical Ip Blocker)

One of my fren gave me the link to an article about IPBlock with graphical user interface setting. I open the url and read a bit about the installation how-to. Suddenly i'm interested to try the application myself.

I run my terminal and download the .deb files and apt-get all the dependencies needed to install. I was impress with the user friendly GUI. It's easier to set IP that we want to block.

It has a simple type of UI to simplify things for user including tabs, and one click button to change and update. Moreover, the list can be compress in gunzip file type. This is the step to install IPBlock to your ubuntu:

1. wget http://puzzle.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/iplist/iplist_0.14-0feisty1_i386.deb

2. sudo aptitude libnetfilter-queue1 libnfnetlink1 sun-java6-jre

3. If you are installing gusty install this package libnfnetlink0 (gutsy) instead of libnfnetlink1

4. sudo dpkg -i iplist_0.14-0feisty1_i386.deb

5. if you want to open ipblock go to Applications -> Internet -> ipblock

So try it.. I like to recommend this to other ubuntu user. Have fun Ubuntu"ing"

LIFE:Goodbye 2007!!

This is the end of year 2007. As we keep on looking foward to 2008, i sat and think about the whole year progress. It was shock when i do not progress in any skills for the whole year!

I've been doing nothing for the past twelve month of 2007. All i was doing is playing around without thinking to improve myself in anything related with my career onwards.

So this coming year 2008, I will pull myself to make a list of what I would like to accomplish a year from now. I will post my list in this blog so that i can track my progress time by time.

So, I would like to wish:

HAPPY NEW YEAR
HAV A NICE
CELEBRATION
!!!

CGY Host Down!

I'm buy a hosting package from CGY Host a few month ago because it's the cheapest price i can get to host my portal. But after a few weeks, CGY server in Singapore down for the first time. I thought it's just a small problem that they dealing with and it wont happen again in the future.

Now it's down for about 3 days. What the heck is going on with the hosting server?
I've tried to contact their technical support for info, but for this 3 days i've been waiting none of them log in to their yahoo messenger to explain nor email their client to clean things a bit.

I was hoping they would email client to explain the problem so that we could know the situation better.

I will not turn to CGY Host again to host my web in the future. And I will never suggest anyone to host their web with CGY ... PERIOD!!

Compile Tarball (Beginner)

I've got a lot of question from new linux user on how to compile(install is the term for Windows user) a tarball/from source. I'm tired of telling each one of them how to compile. So here is the best way to make it simple. I wrote this base on Ubuntu(One of linux's famous distro nowadays) distro.

Basic thing to have before compiling the tarball is to prepare your system/kernel with all the dependencies. Here is the simple way to get all the dependencies:

• sudo apt-get install bcp build-essential libcegui-mk2-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dev
  

Just copy and paste the command line above into your terminal which can be access from Application>Accessories>terminal.

After finish installing the files/dependencies, you need to un"tar" the tarball by typing tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz (filename depends on the name of your source file/tarball)

then go to the "filename" directory by typing cd filename and configure the file. You can configure the files by using ./configure command. The kernel will configure the source to get ready for the next step which is 'make'.

after terminal finish configuring your source, type make in the terminal. Then the next step is sudo make install. After that the source is fully compile and ready to use. All you need to do is run the application by terminal, or Alt+F2.

Here is the summary for the step from beginning to the end:

1. sudo apt-get install bcp build-essential libcegui-mk2-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dev
2. tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz <----filename depends on your tarball name
3. cd filename
4. ./configure
5. make
6. sudo make install

Walla!! you've just finished compiling your first application from source.

My first Post

As I am new to this blogging world, so i hope people wont get bored with what i'm trying to post here. I'm not a perfect blogger as i'm not good in my english. So in this post I would like to introduce myself.

My name is Mohd Faizul and I'm from Malaysia(what a peaceful country). I am 24 years old and currently studying at Sultan Idris Shah Polytechnic at Sabak Bernam, Selangor. I would like to share my point of view on certain thing with people all around the globe on certain matters.

My wish list:

• Share my little knowledge on Ubuntu.
• Share my life experience.
• Share my projects developement.

As i'm still a student, so i wont get a lot of time to make a post when i'm in polytechnics due to lack of internet connection there. So I hope to post as many as I can where ever possible to make posts.

Therefore wait for my next post. May be a little bit about ubuntu.

Chiao!