UBUNTU KBUNTU
On 6/13/06, Ryo Saeba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 6/13/06, Acho <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <acho.txweb%40gmail.com>> wrote: > > Saya tertarik dengan ucapan anda, kalau menurut mas ryo, untuk saat ini > distro linux apa yg cocok dipakai untuk para pengguna windows yang ingin > mulai "insyaf" dan beralih ke Linux?? > > khusus hal ini, saya tidak bisa menjawab. misalnya ubuntu, walaupun > ini merupakan distro yang sedang populer saat ini, tetap saja > penggunaannya tidak mudah untuk orang awam (bisa anda baca sendiri > dalam blog saya). ada script yang bisa membantu anda menentukan distro > mana yang cocok sesuai dengan kebutuhan anda: > > http://eedok.voidofmind.com/linux/chooser.html > > ada juga artikel yang mungkin bisa menjawab pertanyaan anda: > > Six Things You Didn't Know About Linux: A Beginners' Guide > By Alexander Wolfe, TechWeb.com > June 02, 2006 (10:25 AM EDT) > URL: http://techweb.com/wire/188701144 > > Love it, hate it, heard lots about it, but still don't have enough of > a handle to form a firm opinion? Then we must be talking about Linux, > the open-source operating system that's alluring because it's heavy > duty and it's free. Simultaneously, it's intimidating to newbies > because it's typically more difficult to install and configure than > Windows. > > However, now is an opportune time to get past those concerns. Interest > in Linux is expected to spike throughout the year, thanks to > Microsoft's delay of its consumer version of Windows Vista. The > hang-up could cast a pall on the year-end PC sales season. Perhaps > that's one reason the mainstream media is discovering this > "revolution" in software that's nearly 15 years old. > > So if you've ever planned on giving the open-source operating system a > whirl, but, like the Georgia bride-to-be, got cold feet at the last > minute, we've ferreted out six useful facts that'll ease your path > when you decide to take the plunge. > > 1) How many versions of Linux are there? > > Lots. At least 350, according to the list maintained by the enthusiast > site DistroWatch.com. The site skews toward smaller distributions, > with current flavor of the month Ubuntu listed as the most popular > among the site's readers. Ubuntu has gained traction recently, > garnering an endorsement from Sun Microsystems chief executive > Jonathan Schwartz. > > Ubuntu also appears to be gaining legitimacy via heavy grass-roots > support. User-spawned Web resources include a blog devoted to the > distro, a quick-start guide for dummies and a more advanced (how to > install anything!) manual. (However, as What PC? points out, despite > its funky name, Ubuntu is not noticeably simpler to get going than any > other implementation of the OS.) > > Ubuntu has a great back story: Its development was funded by South > African Internet entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth as an outgrowth of his > efforts to offer improved educational opportunities to his nation's > young people. > > Another distribution much in demand is SUSE, available for free under > the OpenSUSE.org program sponsored by Novell or in a for-pay version > that comes with end-user support from Novell. > > Originally developed by German vendor SUSE Linux, the software has > been heavily marketed to enterprise users ever since SUSE was acquired > by Novell in 2004. Since that time, Novell has positioned itself as > the main alternative to Red Hat, which is widely considered to be the > leader in the enterprise Linux market. (In that regard, Novell CEO > Jack Messman predicts that his company will emerge as one of the two > dominant corporate suppliers of Linux, alongside Red Hat, as the > market for paid open-source shakes out over the next two to five > years.) > > Other popular distros include Mandriva, Debian, and Fedora. (The > latter is a free offering spun out of Red Hat. Don't forget Slackware, > Knoppix, Gentoo, Mepis, and others too numerous to mention.) > > For those disinclined to deal with challenging installs, the easiest > path may be Linspire. The eponymous company was founded by billionaire > Michael Robertson, who made his money with the early Internet download > service MP3.com. Robertson has positioned Linspire as > consumer-friendly Windows alternative that costs a lot less -- it's > $50 -- and is bundled with many drivers and a bunch of applications. > > 2) What applications are available for Linux? And what the heck is LAMP? > > The open-source app that gave Linux PCs a raison d'etre -- and the one > you need to set yourself up with if you expect to do anything useful > -- is OpenOffice.org. > > Based on Sun's StarOffice, OpenOffice.org is a suite that's positioned > as a free alternative to Microsoft Office (indeed, a Windows version > is available). It's outfitted with word processing, spreadsheet, > presentation (i.e, Powerpoint-style slides), and graphics programs. > OpenOffice comes bundled with many Linux distros, including those from > Red Hat and Novell. For roll-your-own types, some CD-ROM versions are > available, but the easiest route is to just download the software. > > While OpenOffice is the single most important Linux productivity > package extant, the rap on the suite is that it has lingering issues > regarding compatibility with MS Office file formats. > > Other free, though far less popular, Linux office suites are GNOME > Office and KOffice. > > For the Web browser, Mozilla's Firefox and its companion Thunderbird > e-mail client are a safe -- and good -- choice. They're even available > on CD (for $6). Konqueror is another popular browser that's bundled > with many distros. > > The LAMP acronym that's kicked around so often refers to a "stack" of > packages. Along with Linux, LAMP encompasses the Apache Web server and > the MySQL database. The "P" is variously taken to refer to the PHP, > Perl, or Python scripting languages. However, with the exception of > the OS itself (and possibly MySQL), all those programs are of interest > to developers, not average desktop users. > > 3) How can I listen to some tunes? > > For many home users, once you get past word processing, the most > important app is a music player. RealPlayer, famous for burrowing its > way deep into Windows systems, is one of the few major players to > offer a version for Linux. (It would hardly be fair to expect the same > for programs named Windows Media Player and Winamp, though an > open-source clone of the former is in the works.) > > The Linux RealPlayer is based on the open-source Helix player, which > offers downloads here. (However, since the Helix page also points to > the Linux RealPlayer, it's easiest just to get that.) Another free > player is amaroK from the KDE group. > > Where to go to buy music is a tougher question. Neither iTunes, Yahoo > Music, nor Urge run under Linux. As for Rhapsody, users can get a > subset of the service (basically, online music playing) but you can't > buy songs online and you can't install the full version of Rhapsody on > a Linux box. Most vexing is that, without persistent searching, it's > hard to figure out precisely which pieces of the service work and > which don't. A Rhapsody customer service answer attempts to explain; > so does this Newsforge article. > > One of the few operations that is set up to run under Linux is > MP3tunes.com, the 88-cent-per-song online music store set up by the > aforementioned Michael Robertson. If you're into artists off the > beaten path, another service, called Mindawn, may be for you. While > Mindawn doesn't have much music you've heard of, it does eschew DRM > and offers its downloads in the FLAC format favored by PC audiophiles > in the know. > > Folks who store MP3s on their PCs are also often in charge of the > family's digital photos. For them, there's late word that Google's > Picasa image management and sharing software has just been released on > Linux. > > 4) What "desktop" environment should I use with my distro? > > It's important to understand that when Linux people say "desktop," > they don't mean your desktop. They're talking about your computer's > user interface (UI). Given Linux's historical do-it-yourself culture, > it's not surprising that the open-source UI was originally a separate > element from the basic operating system. Today, nearly all distros > come already packaged with one or both of the two main desktop > environments for Linux: Gnome or KDE. > > Conceptually, the desktops descended from the X Window system, a > 1980s-era GUI from the Unix world. > > At their current advanced stage of development, the differences > between Gnome and KDE may be more political than technical. KDE is > typically said to have more Windows-like bells and whistles, while > Gnome is said to run faster. (Here's one user's perspective.) > > Gnome benefits from its association with the Linux GNU Project, > founded in 1984 by free-software advocate Richard Stallman. KDE, short > for the K Desktop Environment, is considered a good choice for > beginners. > > Here's a list of distros that ship with KDE. Gnome is cagier and > doesn't seem to provide a consolidated list. Many Linux distributions > allow you to choose either one. That's the case for major Linux > vendors Red Hat and Novell, even though both are members of the Gnome > Foundation. Some distros do skew toward a single desktop. For example, > Ubuntu ships with Gnome; Slackware packages KDE. > > 5) Linux on the server, Linux on the desktop -- which is it? > > Honestly? The server. Linux on the desktop hasn't taken off to the > extent its adherents had hoped for. Perhaps it never will, according > to noted analyst Rob Enderle, who told ComputerWorld that it's hard to > out-compete Microsoft. > > According to most authoritative estimates, Linux usage on the desktop > hovers beneath 3 percent of all PCs. > > However, that hasn't dimmed the expectations of the faithful, who > predict wider desktop adoption is imminent. (Here are some > presentations from the recent Desktop Linux Summit, which puts some > technical meat on the bones of that optimism.) > > Apart from the fact that most vendors can make more money with > Windows, there are two major reasons more users haven't been convinced > to take the Linux plunge. Most importantly, Windows is a one-stop > operating system in a box. It ships complete with nearly all the > drivers any user could every need, and can be up and running with > several mouse clicks, a half-hour wait, and the entry of an annoying > license code (which then has to be verified again online within 30 > days to prove you didn't steal the thing). > > However, for all its "free-ness," installing Linux usually requires > more tweaking than most workaday PC users can handle. More of a > stumbling block is the fact that drivers in the Linux world still > aren't as widely available, nor are they as plug-and-play as their > Windows counterparts. However, that situation continues to improve, > which in turn accounts for the continued optimism of Linux pundits, > who mostly believe that, as the driver and application-availability > issues dissipate, users will come. > > Perhaps surprisingly, Linux is seriously gearing up in one arena that > usually escapes the attention of computer users. That's in the > embedded sphere, where Linux is being used to power everything from > smart phones to digital video recorders. > > "The most visible example of Linux design wins in this area is TiVo > and a range of television and video devices from Sony," said Bill > Weinberg, senior technology analyst at the Open Source Development > Labs (OSDL) in Beaverton, Ore. > > Linux is appearing on some surprisingly diverse embedded platforms. > For example, Sony's upcoming Playstation 3 will run Linux, in an > apparent bid to encourage youthful developers to create games for its > console. > > Linux is also firmly entrenched as the operating system for > point-of-sale terminals (aka cash registers). And here's a lightweight > Linux computer for the wrist. > > 6) You've given me lots of facts, but not much advice. How do I get > started? > > One pain free way to go (OK, it'll set you back $16, plus shipping) is > by reading Test Driving Linux. The book, by David Brickner, includes a > CD that allows you to boot Linux on a Windows computer without > destroying the Windows install. On the downside, the book's Linux is, > like the title says, a "test drive" that runs only off the CD; it > won't permanently install the OS to your hard drive. (A further caveat > is the CD is a bit fussy; it won't run if you can't get your PC to > boot first from the CD drive. It didn't like my old Compaq desktop, > for reasons unexplained, but it ran like a champ on an HP Pavilion > laptop.) > > If you're ready to give Linux a more permanent whirl, go back to > Question 1, above, or to this list of distros. (The Wikipedia offers a > "Which distro is right for you?" quiz.) > > Alas, picking a distribution is easy compared to getting hold of the > actual install. Parsing even the simplest Web page offering a free > download of Linux is a major pain. The most effective way to download > is to grab an ISO image, which is a file that you can burn directly > onto a CD-ROM; most disk-authoring programs have an option to handle > this. An ISO image to create an Ubuntu install CD is here. Scroll down > almost to the bottom of this page and you can get an ISO image of an > OpenSUSE boot CD. ISO images for 14 other distros, including Knoppix, > Red Hat, Fedora, FreeBSD, and Slackware, are available here. (Many > require multiple CDs.) > > You can download an evaluation copy of Novell Linux Desktop 9 here. > > If you want to avoid the download dance entirely, you can always > spring for hard media, though disks are surprisingly difficult to > find. A Debian distro is on CD for $10, here. The easiest route is to > stop in at LinuxWorld Expo, where a spin through the show floor will > net you dozens of free CD-ROMs. > > When you're ready to do your install, the most important piece of > advice I can provide -- and one that you're unlikely to read upfront > in most tutorials -- is DON'T install Linux on the same hard drive on > which your copy of Windows XP resides. Why? Because Windows is > notoriously fussy about living alongside another OS. It might decide > not to work. Plus, you risk erasing Windows entirely if your Linux CD > engages in a session of drive formatting gone wild. > > Better to dig up a second hard drive, and unplug the drive containing > Windows for the duration of your Linux experiment (and, conversely, > unplug the Linux drive when you're ready to return to Windows). Of > course, if you're firing up Linux on an old machine that comes to you > without an OS, this warning doesn't apply. > > The other suggestion for prospective new users is to connect with > others who are in the process of dipping their toes in the Linux > waters. That's not as easy as it sounds. For some reason, Linux > experts often can't seem to help themselves from adopting a > schoolmarmish tone. > > Of course, if you knew which darn distro to use, you wouldn't be > trolling a newbie forum, would you? > > > -- > I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good, http://data.startrek.or.id > things left unsaid, http://ryosaeba.wordpress.com > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- www.itcenter.or.id - Komunitas Teknologi Informasi Indonesia Info, Gabung, Keluar, Mode Kirim : [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: Hapus bagian yang tidak perlu (footer, dst) saat reply! :: ## Jobs: itcenter.or.id/jobs ## Bursa: itcenter.or.id/bursa ## $$ Iklan/promosi : www.itcenter.or.id/sponsorship $$ [@@] Jaket ITCENTER tersedia di http://shop.itcenter.or.id Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ITCENTER/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! 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