Saturday, December 31, 2016

Happy New Year Lubuntu users


2016 is amazing year, many great things happened in my personal life, this blog also part of my life, so i would like to say thank you for all readers of my blog, without your support, i am nothing.

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Merry Christmas Lubuntu users


I would like to say merry christmas to all lubuntu users and specially for all of my blog readers, merry christmas and happy holiday. This blog is nothing without you guys, thank you for your support.

Monday, December 19, 2016

How to create and delete user on Lubuntu


Creating, deleting and show list of users on lubuntu is very easy to do, there are command line tool for these purpose, and that's what i'm going to show you in this article.

How to install Ansible on Lubuntu


Ansible is an open source tool for automation and configuration management of server, ansible allows you to automate your server whether on local or on cloud, ansible is a popular tool used by devops.

How to install pip on Lubuntu


What is pip? pip is package installer for program that made using python, similar like apt-get, you need to have pip if you want to install program/package that based on python language.

Monday, December 5, 2016

How to install LXQT Desktop on Lubuntu 16.10


Even though lubuntu 16.10 is not using LXQt desktop, you still can have LXQt desktop if you want, and using LXQt desktop on lubuntu 16.10 is much simpler than using it on lubuntu 16.04.

Sunday, November 27, 2016

How to install LXQT desktop on Lubuntu 16.04

How to install LXQT desktop on Lubuntu 16.04

If you are excited about LXQt desktop, why not install it on your lubuntu 16.04? in this article i will show you how to install LXQt desktop on lubuntu 16.04.

What to do after installing Lubuntu 16.10


First things to do after installing Lubuntu 16.10 yakkety yak, these are common things that you should do after installing a brand new lubuntu 16.10. You might have spesific program to install for your system such as installing graphic card driver, but that's not included in this article because not everybody should do it.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

How to install audio equalizer on Lubuntu

pulse audio multiband equalizer on lubuntu

The ability to tune your audio output is a blessing for every music lovers in the world, the most common way of tuning the music/audio is to have an audio enhancer or audio equalizer, this can be done through software. In this article i will show you how to install sound enhancer/equalizer on lubuntu.

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Lubuntu 16.10 is not using LXQt desktop


Sadly, the switch from LXDE to LXQt desktop is not happening on lubuntu 16.10 as predicted before, The switch to LXQt as default desktop environment has been postponed until lubuntu 17.04.

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

How to install with dpkg and the dependency packages


On lubuntu/ubuntu world, when you have a debian package (.deb) and you want to install on your computer, normally you would use dpkg tool to install it, the problem is sometimes the debian package have dependency on other software package.

How to install Webmin on Lubuntu 16.04


In this article i'm going to show you how to install webmin on lubuntu 16.04, first of all what is webmin? webmin is a web based user interface for managing services on linux.

Monday, October 24, 2016

How to switch from oracle JDK to open JDK and vice versa

There are two kinds of java development kit or JDK exist in this world, the open source 'open JDK' and the proprietary 'oracle JDK'. You can install both on the same computer, but you can only use one at a time.

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Xtreme Download Manager on Lubuntu


In previous article i have been reviewing one of the best download manager on lubuntu and ubuntu in general, which is 'uget', today i'm going to introduce another download manager, this one called xtreme download manager (XDM).

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Colorful rainbow command line on Lubuntu


Normally the standard command line on lubuntu is only showing black and white color, but you can have a very colorful rainbow on your command line if you like, this article i'm going to show you how to make your command line colorful just like a rainbow.

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

How to show number of directories and files from command line


When working on the command line, sometimes you feel like need an information about how many directories and files is on certain location, it will be very handy if we can get such a information right on the command line itself.

Monday, October 17, 2016

How to remote desktop Lubuntu with android phone


Remote desktop is a way to control your desktop computer remotely using other machine or device, one of the most famous remote desktop protocol is vnc, you can install vnc server on your lubuntu, and then control it from other device such as your smartphone.

Friday, October 14, 2016

How to burn image to CD/DVD on Lubuntu


If your computer have CD or DVD writer drive, you can store your data into CD or DVD, this is called CD/DVD burning. Besides the CD/DVD writer drive, you will also need to have a CD/DVD burning software.

How to create and edit video on Lubuntu


If you are a former windows user, you must be familiar with 'windows movie maker', a program for creating and editing a simple video, and what about lubuntu? is there any similar program like 'movie maker' on lubuntu/ubuntu?

Monday, October 10, 2016

How to install and use Vagrant on Lubuntu


Vagrant is tool for creating virtual development environment, basically vagrant is a wrapper around virtual machine such as virtual box, VMware, KVM, AWS, Docker, etc.

If you are a devops or someone who responsible in operation of software development, you need to learn about vagrant, and this tutorial is about installing and learning vagrant.

Friday, September 23, 2016

10 Best music player on Lubuntu


There are so many music player program that you can use on lubuntu, but here's my top 10 list best music player application on lubuntu and ubuntu in general.

Monday, September 19, 2016

The best sound converter on Lubuntu 16.04


If you want to convert some video format like mp4 and turn it into audio format such as mp3, then you will need to have a converter, on lubuntu one of the best audio/sound converter software is the sound converter.

Friday, September 16, 2016

How to install Atom editor on Lubuntu 16.04


Besides sublime, atom text editor is also one of the most famous text editor for programmers specially web developer, in this post i will show you how to install atom text editor on lubuntu 16.04 xenial xerus.

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

How to install NodeJS on Lubuntu 16.04

How to install NodeJS on Lubuntu 16.04

If you are a javascript developer and you want to do some backend programming without having to learn other programming language then nodejs is the answer. This article i will show you how to install nodejs on lubuntu 16.04.

Saturday, August 27, 2016

5 things to do after installing Lubuntu 16.04


Some people just asked me what to do after installing a brand new lubuntu 16.04 (fresh install), so i decided to make this quick guide of things that you should do after installing lubuntu 16.04.

Friday, August 26, 2016

How to install QT SDK 5.7 on Lubuntu 16.04


If you are a C++ programmer and you want to build some graphical application your best choice is using QT framework, with QT you can develop desktop app for windows, linux and mac, you can also develop android app with QT.

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

How to install C/C++ compiler on Lubuntu 16.04


By default your lubuntu installation does not include C/C++ compiler, so if you want to write codes in C or C++ you need to install the compiler first, in this article i will show you how to install C/C++ compiler on lubuntu 16.04.

How to install multimedia codecs on Lubuntu


If you having difficulty or error when playback some video or audio on lubuntu, it's probably codec problem, you need to install the proper media codec to solve the issue, this article i will show you how to do it.

Monday, August 22, 2016

How to change computer hostname on Lubuntu


Hostname or computer name is something that can easily be changed, in this article i will show you how to change computer hostname on lubuntu.

Thursday, August 18, 2016

How to install Python on Lubuntu 16.04?


When learning python for the first time, you probably asking how to install python on lubuntu/ubuntu? the truth is python interpreter is already exist on your system.

Friday, August 12, 2016

How to install Live Wallpaper on Lubuntu 16.04


Are you bored with your static wallpaper? have you tried live wallpaper? it's a wallpaper that has animation, in this article i will show you how to install live wallpaper on lubuntu 16.04.

Thursday, August 11, 2016

How to create music server on Lubuntu


If you have a large collection of music files (.mp3) and you want to be able to play it on every computer or smartphone, why not create your own local music streaming server, in this article i will show you how to create music streaming server on lubuntu.

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Clementine music player on Lubuntu


Like the previous version of lubuntu, lubuntu 16.04 also comes with audacious for music player, audacious is good, simple and easy to use, but if you want something more, you should checkout clementine.

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

How to install Flash player on Lubuntu 16.04


If you are using mozilla firefox as your main web browser and if you like opening web pages that's still running adobe flash, then you will need to install flash player plugin.

Uget download manager for Lubuntu


Sometimes when you browse the internet and you find something interesting to download, you might want to use download manager to download the file, on lubuntu you can use uget download manager.

Monday, August 8, 2016

How to play MS-DOS game on Lubuntu


Do you know that you can run MS-DOS program under linux? that means you can also run MS-DOS games as well, in this article i will show you how to play MS-DOS games on lubuntu.

Sunday, August 7, 2016

How to install Wine on Lubuntu 16.04


If you want to run windows executable program (.exe) on lubuntu you are going to need wine to get the job done, in this article i will show you how to install wine on lubuntu 16.04.

Friday, August 5, 2016

How to install Sublime Text on Lubuntu 16.04


Sublime text is the most popular IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for web developer, and if you just fresh install lubuntu 16.04 you might want to get sublime on your lubuntu, in this article i will show you how to install sublime on lubuntu 16.04.

Thursday, August 4, 2016

How to install Kibana and Sense on Lubuntu 16.04


After installing elasticsearch you might want to add essential tools for elasticsearch such as kibana and sense, in this article i will show you how to install kibana and sense on lubuntu 16.04.

How to install ElasticSearch on Lubuntu 16.04


Elasticsearch is an open-source search engine built on top of Apache Lucene, a full-text search engine library. In this article i will show you how to install elasticsearch on lubuntu 16.04.

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

How to install Oracle JDK on Lubuntu 16.04


Java is one of the most important software on almost every platform, there are many important tools for developers that rely on java in order to run, such as android studio, netbeans, eclipse, jenkins, etc.

How to install Open JDK on Lubuntu 16.04


Sometimes you may find situation where you need to have java inside your computer, on lubuntu/ubuntu there are two kinds of java, open JDK and oracle JDK, in this article i will show you how to install open JDK on lubuntu 16.04.

Monday, August 1, 2016

How to install PHPMyAdmin on Lubuntu 16.04


Installing phpmyadmin on lubuntu 16.04 is not the same as the previous version of lubuntu, there are some part that's little bit different, but don't worry, in this article i will show you how to install phpmyadmin on lubuntu 16.04.

Sunday, July 17, 2016

How to install MySQL Workbench on Lubuntu 16.04


If you have mysql database running on your lubuntu, you might want to install mysql workbench for manage mysql database and creating query more easily.

Sunday, June 19, 2016

How to install PHP Mcrypt on Lubuntu 16.04


The php mcrypt module is one of the most important module on php for encryption, some of the major php framework are relying on this module, such as laravel.

How to install PHP MySQL on Lubuntu 16.04


The next thing to do after installing apache web server is to install php and mysql, so that you can start developing some web pages. To install php and mysql on lubuntu 16.04 is little bit different than the previous version of lubuntu.

Saturday, June 18, 2016

How to install Apache web server on Lubuntu 16.04


As web developer of course you will need to have a web server to work with, so in this article i will show you how to install apache web server on lubuntu 16.04 xenial xerus.

How to install Google Chrome on Lubuntu 16.04


Lubuntu 16.04 does comes with pre-installed web browser which is mozilla firefox, but if you prefer to use google chrome, you can install chrome on lubuntu 16.04.

Lubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus quick review


Okay, in this article i will do a quick review of the new lubuntu 16.04 xenial xerus, this is the first LTS version of lubuntu/ubuntu since 14.04, LTS stand for 'Long Term Support'.

Friday, June 17, 2016

Lubuntu 16.04 crash on the first boot


Two days ago i switch from lubuntu 15.10 wily to lubuntu 16.04 xenial, i did a fresh install from a usb stick, i was shocked that my lubuntu 16.04 just crash on the first time boot, right after the installation finish.