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August 1, 2009

Play Romance of The Three Kingdoms XI in Linux

Filed under: Experience — DakoChan @ 10:28 pm
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A few weeks ago I got a copy of “Romance of The Three Kingdoms XI” PC game. I tried install it on my Linux Mint Felicia machine, of course with Wine installed first. The installation process was fine. Nothing is unusual. But, when I tried to play the game, the 3D graphic was badly rendered. I barely saw any object in the game. Everything messed up. Although, the gameplay was working fine, because I was still able to move the army in the game and built city’s facilities.

Then, I searched in Google. I found out that the newer Wine version is able to solve this problem (check this link). I followed the instruction in the website to install the newer Wine version directly from Wine repository and not from Ubuntu repository. I ran these in the Terminal:

wget -q http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/intrepid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

I tried to run the game again, and this time the game display was better, actually it was perfect. :D The only problem is there is no sound in the game, but that’s secondary, I still can play without the sound. Upto today, I already played for more than 2 weeks, and I’ve never encountered any problem. And, you know what, it is a great game, I like this game so much… Thanks, Koei.

Screenshot-ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XI

June 24, 2009

Articles Collection of May’09

These are the collection of useful articles about Linux/Open source, that I collected in May 2009:

  1. 3 Ways to Record Your Linux Desktop
  2. How to set the date in Linux
  3. How to securely clean up data on a hard disk on Linux
  4. 20 Ubuntu Derivatives You Should Know About
  5. Store passwords with pwsafe
  6. Beyond Firefox: 10 Other Great Linux Browsers
  7. 7 E17 Linux & BSD Distributions
  8. 8 Beautiful Conky Desktop Monitor Setup
  9. 10 handy Firefox about:config hacks
  10. 10 Steps for Basic Linux Desktop Security
  11. 10 Free Linux Ebooks For Beginners
  12. Best Linux distros for power users, gamers, newbies and more
  13. 10 Awesome Icon Sets for Ubuntu/GNOME Desktop
  14. 10 Games That Will Turn your Linux into a WarMachine
  15. 5 Easy Wine Front-ends for Linux
  16. Nixie’s Linux Haxor Quickie: Setting up File Sharing in Linux with Samba!
  17. 12 Worthy Alternative Browsers for Linux
  18. Using the Bash complete Command
  19. 10 Free Apps that Turn your Ubuntu into Video Studio
  20. Ubuntu Softwares – Not Just Another Top 5 List
  21. How To Convert Any Video File Format Under Linux
  22. 8 Essential OpenOffice Extensions
  23. 9 Ways to Make Linux More Secure
  24. 15+ programs you don’t have to miss when you switch to Linux
  25. 100 open source gems – part 1
  26. 100 open source gems – part 2
  27. Access Remote GUI Programs Using SSH Forwarding
  28. EarCandy 0.4 rules !
  29. Install Windows Games in Linux with PlayOnLinux …
  30. Project that should be integrated into the Gnome Desktop
  31. How to Import Data From Spreadsheet into OpenOffice.org Database
  32. Portable VirtualBox
  33. Install any linux on USB flash drive
  34. Gnome desktop overhaul guide
  35. How to Create a Multi Part Tar File with Linux
  36. Use an ISO as if it were a real CD
  37. How to: add features to Firefox with Mozilla’s new Jetpack
  38. Getting to know Gnote
  39. 15 Beautiful KDM Themes
  40. Introduction to fstab
  41. Another superb collection of Linux games
  42. Top 10 Apps that Boosts Ubuntu’s User Experience

March 11, 2009

Articles Collection of Feb’09

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These are the collection of useful articles about Linux/Open source, that I collected in Feb 2009:

  1. 10 Songbird add-ons for a better audio player
  2. 12 of the best games for your Linux netbook
  3. Linux layout for Windows users
  4. 6 Free Blogging Clients for Linux Users
  5. How To Create A Great Window Maker Desktop
  6. Installing Windows XP As A KVM Guest On Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop
  7. 17 Awesome Linux Applicaitons to Improve your Productivity
  8. 10 free RAW image tools for Linux
  9. Free and Open Source Finance/Accounting Software for Linux
  10. A Unix Utility You Should Know About: Netcat
  11. Automate Tasks With Cron
  12. The Perfect Server – Debian Lenny (Debian 5.0) [ISPConfig 2]
  13. 25 Tutorials To Get You Started With Blender
  14. Easy Steps to Rip a DVD to ISO in Ubuntu 8.10
  15. Setting up UNIX file systems
  16. 10 iptables rules to help secure your Linux box
  17. How to Kill a Running Process in Ubuntu (or any Linux distro)
  18. Use netstat to See Internet Connections
  19. Connecting to Windows servers from GNU/Linux using pyNeighborhood
  20. Linux forensics – Part 1: Helix
  21. Linux forensics – Part 2: Protech
  22. Disable GNOME Automounting
  23. Eye Candy: Pimping the Gnome Desktop on Ubuntu
  24. Fictional Air Combat 0.1.3
  25. The Beginner’s Guide to Linux, Part 1: Finding the Right Distribution
  26. 15 Essential Ubuntu Productivity Apps
  27. The Adventures of Rick Rocket released for Linux!
  28. Giving kids a fresh start with Qimo Linux
  29. Things You Need To Know To Become An Apt Guru
  30. 8 Beautiful Themes For Enlightenment WM
  31. Basic Linux Security for Beginners
  32. Installing A “Full” Linux Distro On A USB Stick [How-To]
  33. Prevent Firefox from Hogging Memory When Minimized

March 7, 2009

March 1, 2009

Articles Collection of Oct’08

These are the collection of useful articles about Linux/Open source, that I collected in October 2008:

  1. Keep tabs on your finances with HomeBank
  2. Four Easy Fun Useful Things You Can Do With Linux
  3. Audio Rippers and Encoders in Ubuntu Linux
  4. 5 Best Free/Open-source Turn-based Strategy Games for Linux
  5. 10 must-have Linux office applications
  6. Six Free Online Storage Services
  7. 5 GIMP Tricks Everyone Should Know!
  8. Auto-Mount Hard Drives on Ubuntu
  9. Watch TV with Linux
  10. 8 Ways to Maintain a Clean, Lean Ubuntu Machine
  11. Installing Xbox Media Center (XBMC) On Ubuntu 8.04
  12. Free software tools for designing productive community sites
  13. 10 questions to ask before migrating to Linux
  14. Linux games – First Person Shooters
  15. Linux games – First Person Shooters – Part Deux
  16. Krusader: one file manager to rule them all
  17. Stupid Firefox Tricks, Part I
  18. Three Cool 3D Car Racing Games for Linux
  19. 10 Fun Firefox Add-ons
  20. Top Graphical Text Editors
  21. 15 Tips For a Better Linux Experience
  22. The State of Linux Docks
  23. Distro Girl Wallpapers
  24. 15 Beautiful Ubuntu Wallpapers for a Sleeker Intrepid Ibex
  25. Four password lockers that can help you keep your Web logins secure
  26. Sharpen Your Mind and Have Fun With Tux
  27. Using Your Linux Computer As A Media Center (Part 1)
  28. Six Experimental Firefox Extensions We Love
  29. 10 Finger Licking Linux Desktop Themes
  30. 10 features Ubuntu should implement
  31. 3 Notes Taking Applications for Linux
  32. 9 Must-Have OpenOffice Extensions
  33. Ubuntu’s Live USB Disk Creator
  34. 3 Classic First Person Shooter Games
  35. 5 Wallpaper Changer Apps For Linux
  36. 10 Cool and Funny Firefox Video Ads
  37. Reference for Ubuntu Starters
  38. rdiff-backup: Easy incremental backups from the command line

February 24, 2009

Articles Collection of Sep’08

These are the collection of useful articles about Linux/Open source, that I collected in September 2008:

  1. Setting up an iPod MA978 on Linux
  2. 10 amazingly alternative operating systems and what they could mean for the future
  3. 100+ Beautiful Free Fonts for Ubuntu
  4. 20 Linux apps you can’t live without
  5. 21 of the Best Free Linux Productivity Tools
  6. Top 40 open source content management systems (CMS)
  7. 5 Best HTML Editors for Linux
  8. 10 Beautiful Themes for Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex
  9. Playdeb – The Gaming Repository for Ubuntu
  10. Best GNU/Linux Desktops of 2008
  11. How to Setup a LAMP Server on Ubuntu – Locally run and test WordPress on LAMP Server
  12. Tweak Your Ubuntu The Easy Way
  13. 5 Best Free and Open-source Real-time Strategy Games for Linux
  14. Installing Games On Ubuntu With Playdeb
  15. Managing wireless connections seamlessly with wicd
  16. Live.Linux-Gamers.Net
  17. Top 20 Linux websites
  18. How I Became A Happy Ubuntu User
  19. Installing Joomla 1.5.6 On A Lighttpd Web Server (Debian Etch)
  20. Installing Drupal 6.4 On A Lighttpd Web Server (Debian Etch)
  21. Save time at the command line with shell aliases and functions
  22. 5 Cool Apps to Make the Linux Terminal More Productive
  23. My New Best Friend: Unetbootin
  24. 5 best-practices of a successful Linux user
  25. 5 Great iTunes Replacements for Managing iPod in Linux
  26. Getting the Ugly out of Ubuntu
  27. 8 hacks to make Firefox ridiculously fast
  28. 9 tips for Ubuntu notebook users
  29. Installing Linux apps: A few good tips
  30. The 14 best Linux distros
  31. How to make Ubuntu extremely fast
  32. Firefox 3: 8 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do
  33. The PC in a Console: Linux on the Sony PS3
  34. How Do Companies Make Money with Linux?
  35. Java Sound & Music Software for Linux, Part 1
  36. Java Sound & Music Software for Linux, Part 2
  37. Java Sound & Music Software for Linux, Part 3

February 20, 2009

Articles Collection of Aug’08

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February 8, 2009

Experience with LinuxMint 4

Filed under: Experience — DakoChan @ 8:43 am
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About last year I replaced my PCLinuxOS 2007 in my notebook with LinuxMint 4.0 (Daryna). So, I have used LinuxMint 4 more or less for 12 months. There are good and bad things with this LinuxMint.

The bad things first:

  1. Like all the other Ubuntu derivatives and the Ubuntu itself, the software inside the “Package Manager” or “Synaptic” is not updated to the newest version. It stuck at the version when the LinuxMint was released. I understand that I can install newest version of any software by installing it from binary that can I get from the software website. But, I just feel its not safe, and afraid it will break my system.
  2. Compiz Fusion is not so stable. Whether I used Normal or Extra Visual Effects, it was randomly hang my system. I really like Compiz Fusion, but the instability kept me a distance with it.
  3. Everytime I use Live CD to test a new linux OS, I lost my current OS sound. It’s weird, because when I used Live CD, the sound is fine. At the time I wrote this article, my system sound is still not working, and I have no idea how to fix this. Actually, this is the second time I experience this. At the first time, the system sound was fixed by itself after a few days…

The good things are:

  1. The ultimate reason I used LinuxMint was I could make my wireless working. My wireless hardware is Broadcom BCM4328. This hardware was known to be hard to make it working under linux. I ever failed to make it working in my previous OS, PCLinuxOS, that’s why I moved to LinuxMint. (See this article: Adventure with Linux).
  2. I also can watch and listen to music with any format. I also can watch new trailer movies from www.quicktime.com. That’s very good.
  3. LinuxMint has a good menu system, so it’s not so difficult to find any application as long as we know what is the purpose of the application.
  4. LinuxMint as Ubuntu derivatives has a lot of ready to install softwares. What I need to do is open the “Package Manager” and find the software that I want !
  5. One other good things as Ubuntu derivatives, when I have a problem with the LinuxMint, I can go to Ubuntu forum straight away. It has so many active users there who are willing to help us.

LinuxMint is the linux distro that I like the most for now. I also like PCLinuxOS, but the wireless problem make me thing twice to use it in my notebook. Thanks to LinuxMint and Clem team.

November 1, 2008

Articles Collection of Jul’08

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September 27, 2008

Articles Collection of Apr’08

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