Recently, after installing Ubuntu on my netbook I seem to have trouble connecting to the internet in campus because of the ‘wonderful’ IT facility provided by MMU Cyberjaya. I contacted a guy from the Network and Telecommunication Unit(NTU) to get the settings to connect but he didn’t even understand what I was asking and asking me to connect to the VPN and also refer to http://access.mmu.edu.my, but there is no Linux settings to connect to the ‘MMU’ server. Finally, I just went to the library, cracked my head and tried various combination’s of the settings one by one and got it to work.

I assume that you are able to connect to the ‘Public’ server in MMU. Sometimes the ‘Public’ server doesn’t seem to work, so I use to connect to the ‘MMU’ server so that I can surf the net. In Windows we can use SecureW2 and connect to the server but SecureW2 refuses to port this program to Linux. Good news is that Linux supports WPA/WPA2 without the need of SecureW2 which makes it easier for us to connect to the ‘MMU’ server.
OK, lets move on to the tutorial.

First you need to make sure that you are within the range of the ‘MMU’ server.
Then just click on it and you will see this :

Fill in the details as in the image.

1. Select Tunneled TLS.
2. Type ‘anonymous’ in the Anonymous Identity row.
3. Change the Inner authentication to PAP
4. Replace the xxxxxxxxxx with your student ID and don’t forget the ‘@student’ which is the domain.
5. Your webmail password. NOT YOUR ICEMS PASSWORD. (If you cannot remember your password, don’t worry, you can easily change it using your icems password. You can only change your password within the campus.)

And then click connect and you will be prompted with this screen.

Just click ignore.

That’s it !! You’re done !!
You will be able to see this in a few seconds.

It’s as easy as that ?
Who said Linux is not user friendly ??

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Recently, there was this new distribution called Ubuntu Netbook Remix(UNR) introduced and I was eager to try it but I didn’t have a netbook to try it. And if you have read my previous posts, you would know that I got a HP Mini 210 netbook from Streamyx. I didn’t immediately try the UNR since I had to get used to the netbook with Windows 7 itself. After getting to know that I need to be using Linux for this semester’s subjects, I thought of giving it a try. The latest version is 10.04, Lucid Lynx and they changed the name from UNR to Ubuntu Netbook Edition(UNE).

I was a little worried because UNR didn’t have support for Wubi(a software which allows you to install Ubuntu without the need of changing the file system) but I just found out that it was included in 10.04 so it made my life easier. I installed it and here you go, this is an image of my main/desktop screen.

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Default browser firefox with google homepage

Skype running on Ubuntu

Empathy Messenger, chat with your MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk, and
even your Facebook friends. All in just one messenger.

Audacity is an audio editing and mixing tool.
Its a very simple and easy software to edit or record your audio.

Now this is the part where you will be amazed. This is running on my simple netbook without any sophisticated graphic card. There are many more amazing stuffs but it’s a little hard to capture it as an image. So my suggestion is, try it out yourself and you may get to experience this ->

Multiple desktops running at one time. You can switch to any desktops you want at anytime.

How about this ? – >

Desktop Cube, to simply show off that you have a cool netbook.

Ubuntu Software Center, all the software you need is right here.
There is no need to go around the net to find for software’s anymore.
If you download through this, your software’s will be updated automatically when there is any updates through the Update Manager.

This is a screen where many don’t like to see.
It’s the terminal or we call it command promt in Windows.
It’s usually black and white or some static colors.
But just look at this, it has my image in it !! It’s transparent !!

Its just a simple review of what I have been testing for the past few days. I seem to like it and I guess I’m going to continue using it on my netbook.
Why don’t you guys give it a try too ?? Have fun !!

Just visit their official website and download it :
www.ubuntu.com

1. Asus Motherboard
2. LG LCD Screen
3. Nokia N85 ( Not by lightning,  but related to my post)

First my motherboard ethernet card, and the DVI port got spoilt. Most motherboards has 3 years or more warranty by manufacturer. So I went to lowyat and gave them my motherboard and told them something is wrong with it without mentioning about the lightning strike, cause you know Malaysians, never want to give customer support, they only want money support. So he was reluctant to take my motherboard since its like more than 2 years and he asked me RM30 for transport fees. I was like going to slap that guy, and tell that nut head, “You don’t need a car to send this motherboard to the next building.” ASUS was in the plaza next to lowyat. I gave him the RM30 and paid RM 5 for the parking and another RM 5 for the parking when I came to collect my motherboard.

Total : RM30 + RM5 + RM5 = RM40

Next, my LG LCD Screen. I thought it was only 1 year warranty and I got to pay to fix it. So I took it to LG, and parking was RM1.50. I haven’t went and get back this screen yet. The LG guys called me up and said the PCB is spoilt so he needs to wait for stock to repair it and it would be about a month. Currently using my netbook to blog. So I asked him if the motherboard is still under warranty and he said YES. It is 3 years warranty. Considering the next time I go there, I need to pay the parking fees again.

Total : RM1.50 + RM 1.50 = RM3

Finally Nokia N85, this is a little longer story…
I was using this phone like normal since the first day I bought it. Never knew it had any problems until one of my friend came and told me that sumthing wrong with the camera which I never realised at all all this while. After he showed me the problem, it was not comfortable to be using the phone. So I took it to Nokia Customer Centre in Sunway Pyramid. This is the worst customer centre I ever been to. Its like a small store room where guys are repairing stuff. I gave it and had to keep going and coming back since this guys never knew the problem until I fired them nicely. How many times they expect me to keep coming back and live without a phone. So the boss took me out so that he wouldnt get embarrassed in front of his other customers and told me:

Sir, the technicians here not so professional so they don’t know how to do. Can you go to Amcorp Mall ? There are more professional Nokia technicians there.

I was like, HAHAHAHA, this is why you brought me out ??

So I went to Amcorp Mall and parking was RM3 for open parking. So I went and gave my phone, they changed the camera to a new one. Even the back cover was changed. the camera was so much better. I wasn’t satisfied with the GPS and also told them about it, and the fixed it. I could connect to a satelite within a few seconds. I was totally satisfied with their service except they couldn’t back up my contacts. I had backup, so it doesn’t matter to me. I brought it back, and not even a few days I dropped the phone. The phone was ok but I felt it a little slow. Suddenly one day, I tried my GPS and it didn’t work. So I took back to them and told them that the GPS isnt working since the last time it was fixed. So they took my phone, and guess what. They changed my whole internal board. A new phone with a old casing. Since the day I dropped it, I wasn’t satisfied with the slide, it was a little lose. So when they gave me back my phone, i pretended like the problem just happened. They checked the work order and it wasn’t stated that at the time I gave the phone, there was such a problem. They took it in, and asked me to return in an hour and changed my slide. How cool is that ? Now I have a total new phone and guess how many more days for my warranty to end. 2 more days, and they told me since we just did your phone, you can come back anytime if there is any problem, we give you extra 2 months warranty.

Parking : RM2

Total : RM2 + RM2 + RM2 + RM 2 + RM2 = RM10

All of these plus some of my time and every thing is back to normal and NEW !!
So my suggestion, go for branded and officially supported things and with WARRANTY !!

Recently Facebook has implemented a new chat system which uses the same protocol as GoogleTalk which is XMPP protocol. Its just a protocol to enable real time communication technology. This means we are actually using this technology when we are chatting through Facebook. OK, lets not get down to much to the technical side and get moving to how to use this technology.
Now we can actually access this XMPP protocol by using any XMPP clients available.
A list of clients can be found at this site : http://xmpp.org/software/clients.shtml

I personally prefer Pidgin, because if supports Windows & Linux plus its quite stable and its light weight. Now lets begin with the tutorial.

First you need to access www.pidgin.im to download Pidgin.
Once you have downloaded it, follow the instruction’s in the installer and install the program.

After installing, run the program and you will see this. If you miss this screen or you want to add other Facebook accounts later on, click on accounts on the menu bar and select manage accounts and you will see this screen.

Click on the add button and on the next screen select XMPP and fill up the details.

Fill up the details required.

Username : Your profile name or your profile id
( e.g. http://www.facebook.com/andrewraj ) – Then ‘andrewraj’ is my username.

Domain : chat.facebook.com

Resource : Pidgin

Password : Your facebook password

Take a look of an example :

Then click on the ‘Advanced’ tab and adjust these details.

1. Untick the Require SSl/TLS checkbox.

Connect Port : 5222

Connect Server : chat.facebook.com

Don’t change the value of File transfer proxies.

Thats it !! You’re done !!
In a few seconds you will be able to see your contacts appear in Pidgin just like this.

Of course some might not like having your facebook chat at all time. Don’t worry since this thing doesn’t bug you as much the facebook chat does. You can disable the notifications and chat whenever you like to.

Its as simple as this. Have fun !!

Resource : Facebook Chat

Just thought of giving a review of the netbook given with the Streamyx Cool Uni Pack Promotion.
Basically this package is quite a good deal. The minimum package would be RM 38 where the speed will be 384kbps. For a normal single user, this package would be just nice and if you want to enjoy better speed, you can go for the higher packages. You get a free WiFI modem with this package as well.

Now what’s the big deal about this ?
You get a netbook when you apply for this package, and its a HP netbook plus officially supported by HP.
This normally wont sound normal if you’re staying in Malaysia. The first thing on mind, what’s the catch ?
I don’t think there is any catch in this, as this is partly a government project to ensure that all first and second year university student is equipped with a computer and an internet connection.

Let’s move on to the netbook. The model of this netbook is HP 210-1073TU.
After testing the netbook for quite sometime, I would say the netbook is worth it.
After all, its FREE.

- Intel Atom N450 ( A 1.66Ghz processor)
- 10.1″ screen size  (quite small)
- 1GB Ram (Fast enough for normal usage with Win7 starter, I changed to 2GB but its not much of a difference. You only have 1 slot for the ram, so you can’t add.)
- 250GB Hardisk
- Windows 7 Starter (You can basically do most of the things but certain features are blocked. The one I don’t really like about this is you can’t change your background, but no worries because we have a free software to overcome this problems legally.
- Other normal stuffs like WiFi, Bluetooth, WebCam and 2 years warranty from HP itself.

Its not really for heavy usage but its ok for all your basic internet activities and some other computer tools. Not only that, its quite handy to carry around compared to a notebook/laptop. So have fun and go grab it..

Don’t forget to download and enjoy the radio.

Starting today discussions, suggestions and any other Drewbuzz related stuff will be on the official Drewbuzz Radio Facebook page

I made some research and I was trying to look for a phone with the functions I need.
Was looking for a decent camera, GPS, 3G and something where I can get some cool apps.
I had a some liking towards slide phones and after some research, seems like Nokia phones has a lot of functions. Nokia’s operating system , Symbian is unique and caught my attention for some reason. I seriously dislike spending a lot on phones but i really like the functions in the phones. My dad agreed to get me one, so I was deciding and thought of giving it a try and decided on Nokia N85.

Now have a look on the phone I decided.(I was lazy to snap pictures of the real phone I bought, so I grabbed these pictures from the net)

I guess it looks better with these photo’s.
Now lets go to my review. So far, its been a good phone to me.
I like the design and the phone itself. This phone is a dual slide phone, the slide upwards is fine but the downwards a little bit hard. And as you can see, it has a navi wheel but I don’t really think its a very cool thing. It has a 5 MP camera with Carl Zeiss lens and the quality of the images are really nice. It even has an FM transmitter function, where we can transmit music to a FM radio within a range.
And as for me, since I still don’t have a good internet connection 3G works just fine for me. I can get a speed of 70kbps when downloading a file.
Other than that, the phone’s firmware can be upgraded easily. Just check for updates on the phone and it will inform you if there is an upgrade, just use 3G or WiFi and you’re done.

As I said, Symbian phones are unique and has many cool apps and its very flexible. I even used an application to take screen shot of my mobile. And now these are real photo’s of my mobile interface. Have a look on the apps I have on my phone :
(Not a Celcom user. Using Celcom, just for the 3G. Its a sad thing Maxis and DiGi got no 3G plan for a week or a day)

So these is my review on N85. I guess I’m more than satisfied with it.
Its a great phone and would recommend it to anyone and I thank God cause I have an opportunity to get such a phone.

Now, this is a tutorial on how to get your GPRS/MMS (Malaysia) to work on China phones.

1. Please make sure you have activated your GPRS & MMS.
If you haven’t, please do so. For DiGi press *128# and for Maxis press *100# and navigate the menu for GPRS & MMS activation and request for the activation first.

2. Then, navigate your phone to Services.
3. There you will find Data Account with certain default data accounts. Select one of those and click edit.

4. Now input these settings into the data account :-

DiGi GPRS

Account Name : DiGi GPRS
APN : digiwap
User : digi
Password : *Leave it empty
Auth. type : Normal

For DiGi, you need to set another data account for MMS with the settings below :

Account Name : DiGi MMS
APN : digimms
User : mms
Password : mms
Auth. type : Normal

Maxis GPRS

Account Name : Maxis WAP GPRS
APN : net
User : maxis
Password : net
Auth. type : Normal

5. Then save this setting and go back to the Services menu. There you will find WAP/Browser, enter it and select settings.
Click on edit profile and select edit profile and input these settings.

DiGi

Profile : DiGi GPRS
Homepage : http://www.google.com
Data account : DiGi GPRS (Just need to select)
User name : digi
Password : *Leave it empty

Maxis

Profile : Maxis WAP GPRS
Homepage : http://www.google.com
Data account : Maxis WAP GPRS (Just need to select)
User name : maxis
Password : wap

OK, now this is the tricky part in China phones. In that same menu you will see Connection Type which is originally set to HTTP. In our setting’s we also need to set it it HTTP but don’t just leave it like that.
6. Select HTTP and enter it and then you will find proxy address and proxy port. These are the most important part of setting up this GPRS/MMS.

Digi
Proxy address : 203.092.128.188
Proxy port : 80

Maxis
Proxy address : 202.075.133.049
Proxy Port : 80

7. Now for MMS, navigate to the MMS messaging area and you will find MMS Settings. Select Server Profile and edit any of those with these settings :

DiGi

Profile : DiGi MMS
Homepage : http://mms.digi.com.my/servlets/mms
Data Account : DiGi MMS
Connection Type : HTTP ( Please refer no. 6 to input the proxies)
Proxy address : 203.92.128.160
Proxy Port : 80
User : mms
Password : mms

Maxis

Profile : Maxis MMS GPRS
Homepage : http://172.16.74.100:10021/mmsc
Data Account : Maxis WAP GPRS
Connection Type : HTTP ( Please refer no. 6 to input the proxies)
Proxy address : 202.75.133.49
Proxy Port : 80
User : maxis
Password : wap

Thats all, its so easy. Just turn off your phone for 5 minutes and on it back and start enjoying GPRS & MMS in China mobiles. If you would like to place this tutorial elsewhere, please give credit and link back to me. Have fun !!

Today I have added an icon to their database. This is an image on how it looks like :

You can get RocketDock at :

www.rocketdock.com

and the icon for Drewbuzz Alarm at their official site :

http://www.rocketdock.com/addon/icons/15217

This video is a tutorial on how to install Windows Vista in 2 min…



So I guess you would have found a way to install Windows Vista in 2 min or even less ?
Please do try it at home. And by the way, if you still prefer the long installation type. You can try this :

You can get this from : www.ubuntu.com

Haha… Give a try on Ubuntu guys !! Don’t depend on Windows alone..