http://www.econowics.com Daily Hot News All Around the World Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:38:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   After several weeks using Ubuntu on my Thinkpad R400, there are several features which doesn't work out-of-the-box. One of them is Lenovo Thinkpad Active Protection System. Gladly, I found some nice article on the internet, then try to activate Active Protection System using those tutorial. It's a good tutorial, now ... http://www.econowics.com/linux/343/activate-thinkpad-r400-ibm-active-protection-system-on-ubuntu-karmic-koala/ At least once a year, I had to re-submit the W8-BEN form to some of ads network company in US, and sometimes I forgot which column or row I had to fill. Friends from Jisportal had a nice tutorial on it, just download this image file and fill the form. Credit ... http://www.econowics.com/tips-n-tricks/341/how-to-fill-the-w8-ben-form-for-non-us-residents/ A weeks a go, I just bought a new notebook for myself, Lenovo Thinkpad R400 RZ7 which comes with pre-installed Windows Vista (free upgrade to Windows 7 'til 31 Jan 2010), powered by Intel Core 2 Duo P7370 (2.0GHz, FSB 1066, Cache 3MB), Chipset Intel 45GM, 2GB DDR3 RAM, Intel ... http://www.econowics.com/intermezzo/339/finally-bought-thinkpad-r400/ Eventhough there are many gadget blog out there, I still interested to have my own gadget blog. Being brief and short, that's one of the main differentiation between my gadget blog and another blog. How about monetizing? Hmmm, I don't have any plan to monetize my gadget in near times. http://www.econowics.com/uncategorized/338/latest-project-on-our-network/ After upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala (9.10), I try to install Ubuntu Netbook Remix in my wife's HP MiniNote 1016. However since my wife doesn't like it (it's quite heavy in this machine), I decided to uninstall UNR and go back to the default GNOME. There are several packages have to ... http://www.econowics.com/linux/337/how-to-uninstall-ubuntu-netbook-remix-unr/ I have two hard drives, one is for daily use and another one is for backup needs. How to backup between those 2 hard drives in linux using command line (CLI) tools? Easy! Linux already have superb program called rsync, which can be used for backup or synchronize between two ... http://www.econowics.com/linux/336/rsync-command-line-tools-to-backup-filesdirectories-in-linux/ By default, Ubuntu disable X window reset feature by keyboard shortcut in Jaunty (9.04) and Karmic (9.10). However we can still enable this feature, here is how: 1. Go to System > Preferences > Keyboard 2. Choose Layout Options 3. Choose  Key Sequence to Kill X Server, make sure it's checked. http://www.econowics.com/linux/332/enabling-x-window-reset-ctrl-alt-backspace-in-ubuntu-910-karmic-koala/ In Jaunty and previous release of Ubuntu, I used to install my SMC 2862 G driver using ndiswrapper, it's a little bit annoying since sometimes it makes Ubuntu won't boot perfectly (I should unplug and plug it again). But it's just an old story, since now Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic can ... http://www.econowics.com/linux/330/smc-2862-usb-wireless-works-out-of-the-box-in-ubuntu-910-karmic-koala/ After success upgrading to Karmic on my PC, now it's turn to upgrade my wife's netbook which is HP Mininote 1016. Before upgrading, this netbook using Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex as it's OS, and everything work out of the box. However after upgrading to Karmic, I found problems related to ... http://www.econowics.com/linux/329/hp-mininote-broadcom-wireless-finally-working-on-ubuntu-910-karmic-koala/ Just upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala this morning, overall I'm quite happy with it's performance, it's faster than previous version (Jaunty, etc). However I'm still facing some minor problem that is not solved correctly until this Karmic release, that is when I play video on Totem or VLC, after ... http://www.econowics.com/linux/326/video-playback-freeze-every-few-seconds-minutes-on-ubuntu/