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Easy firewall setup for Ubuntu.

Posted on 6:40 PM by syah nooraiman

This is the easy way to setup a firewall in linux, in case you afraid someone might hack into your computer. Well, unlike Mac OS X 10.5.2 which were hacked in 2 minute flat, ubuntu distribution are pretty secure out o the box. And if you wanna secure it more, just apply this firewall installation.


sudo apt-get install firestarter
Well, after installing, open it in Application > Internet > Firestarter. It got a nice GUI. And you can customize the connection that you desire.


Nice looking GUI

You can add some policy if you want to restrict connection

VirtualBox 2.2.4 Released

Posted on 8:08 AM by syah nooraiman

Guys, it looks like that the latest version of VirtualBox (2.2.4) has been released. Check it out. Download Now

Installing Gnome-Do in Jaunty -- Cool

Posted on 8:03 AM by syah nooraiman


1) firstly lets install the dependencies

sudo apt-get build-dep gnome-do
sudo apt-get install automake bzr mono-gmcs libmono-cairo2.0-cil ca-certificates libtool intltool libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil libndesk-dbus1.0-cil libgnome-vfs2.0-cil   gtk-sharp2-examples gnome-desktop-sharp2 libgconf2-dev build-essential

2) we have to remove any other instance of gnome-do installed in our system

sudo apt-get remove gnome-do gnome-do-plugins
3) let's get the newest Do's source

bzr branch lp:do
4) finally let's install it!

cd do
./autogen.sh
make
sudo make install
5) Enjoy