did you know that gnumeric can also open and save in excel format??
its great!!! now I am download and install the latest version.
(abiword is also can do same thing with ms. word documents .. now I am downloading it)

download OPERA 7 its free.. .fastest browser on earth and also can be use on linux, but for linux right now only available version 6.11 :(

install my vga driver nvidia geforce 256 from www.nvidia.com
now my tuxracer run smoothly :)

found my startoffice 5.1 cd
this app is still under gpl so i can use it freely

next will convert my email to evolution

next I will list my programs on linux as replacement to windows programs

will install samba server to share my folders with other users
install samba-swat to admin my samba server

will install mysql because there is no ms access on linux
install phpmyadmin to access mysql server

will install apache to be able install samba-swat and phpmyadmin

10/2/2003
mount my windows98 partition on linux
mount /dev/hdd1 /mnt/hd -o umask=0,uid=am3n,gid=am3n

on /etc/fstab
/dev/hdd1 /mnt/hd auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0,exec,uid=am3n,gid=am3n 0 0

8/2/2003
test penggunaan wine dengan windows 98 os dan segala aplikasi windows sudah terinstall
test menggunakan notepad=> oke
jalanin ie6 => oke
jalanin mirc for windows => oke
okeh.... sekarang cobain jalanin office2k
berhasil jalanin office 2000 dengan wine
word, excel, powerpoint => ok, bisa read dan write
outlook 2000 => ok bisa read and write, send and receive tapi ada bug pada saat tree nya di tutup ngga mau ke buka lagi....... :)

you must be wondering why i am trying to ms app (ms office on linux)
let see... i am succesfully access my data on ntfs and I need some program to edit my documents and keep their compatibility between other users which is still using windows and office
the following.. is my options:
1. migrate my data into linux apps (and forget compability with other users which using windows) let's start new life with linux
2. or run windows application on linux using wine (i'll give my result later when running office on linux via wine)
3. install (and buy) codeweavers crossover office which they can run ms office flawlesly on linux
4. install (and buy) Xandros or lindows (OS Linux) which they say can run many windows apps

my pc hardware spec
intel p3 1.1 ghz
mem 256mb
hdd 20gb and 4.3gb (linux installed on 4.3gb and 20gb for winxp)
3com and dlink network card
soundcard cmedia 8738
cdrom and floppy std key,mouse and monitor

forgot to tell when installing mandrake 9, it's automatic detect my network printer
HP Laserjet 2100N (using jetdirect) driver used pxlmono

install wine from codeweavers.com
the wine preview success
install ms office on linux succes
run excel read write ok
run powerpoint read write ok
run winword read ok write failed
run outlook failed need ie5
run ie5setup failed
run frontpage failed
run msaccess failed

found program to remote windows terminal service server
using rfbdrake /usr/X11R6/bin/rfbdrake or rdesktop

install x3270 IBM Mainframe emulation for Fedex System from rpmfind.net using rpm
how to use x3270 and connect to fedex system
x3270 192.189.184.199:2329

install XPde XP-like desktop environment

This little guide explains how you can install XPde on Mandrake Linux.

1. Get XPde: http://xpde.com/e/xpde-0.1.1.tar.gz
2. Unzip it to your home directory: tar xvfz xpde-0.1.1.tar.gz
3. Login as root: su
4. Edit your /etc/X11/Xsession: vi /etc/X11/Xsession

Between the lines

if [ -n "$DESKTOP" ]; then
case $DESKTOP in

and

failsafe)

insert the following lines:

XPde)
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/xpde
exec $SSH_AGENT ~/xpde/startXPde &
exec $SSH_AGENT ~/xpde/XPwm
;;

4. Edit your /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc: vi /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc

In the line beginning with SessionTypes= insert an entry XPde

That's it! ;)
Now you can select XPde in KDM to start it.

don't how to using XPde
nice looking window env. but still no use of it the version 0.1.1 is only the interface

install kvirc from rpmfind.net using rpm

6/2/2003
install winamp skin on xmms
Using Winamp Skins with XMMS

This article explains using XMMS player for mp3 playback under Linux. XMMS is
the default player that comes along with Redhat Linux. It is an excellent music
player. The article basically lets you know how to use Winamp Skins with XMMS.

Procedure :

1. To run this application all you have to do is type xmms at the prompt (bash).
Alternatively you could also use 'Run Program' option from Gnome Program Menu to
type this command.
There might be an entry for XMMS in the Gnome Program -> Multimedia Menu as
well.

2. XMMS creates a hidden directory in your account root folder. For the superuser
this would generally be /root/.xmms
For a normal user with a home directory /home/harry it would mostly be
/home/harry/.xmms

3. This folder in turn would have a folder called Skins ( /root/.xmms/Skins ).
Inside this folder you could copy all your Winamp skins and all of them would
work with XMMS.

Note : The skins have to be in .zip format. The newer Winamp skins are available
in .wsz format, rename these to .zip before using them with XMMS.

4. The best part about Linux is that most of the configuration data for
applications is stored in plain text format. Even for XMMS all the configuration
data is stored in a file named config ( /root/.xmms/config ). This file can be
viewed using any text editor such as vi or emacs or gnp. You can edit the values
directly in this file.
For example if you have a skin on some File System which is already mounted and
for some reason you cannot copy that skin to the XMMS Skins folder, directly
edit the line in this configuration file which points to the Current Skin being
used and make it point it to the skin on the other File System.

5/2/2003
found configuration to mount ntfs partition on linux
on console as root do this
#mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/nt3 -t ntfs -r -o umask=0222,uid=am3n,gid=am3n

on /etc/fstab add this
/dev/hda6 /mnt/nt3 ntfs ro,umask=0222,uid=am3n,gid=am3n 0 0

install linneighborhood from rpmfind.net
ok but failed on automatic search

install theme winxp from www.kdelook.org
just follow the readme

install java virtual machine
download from java.sun.com => j2re
done but still fail loading website with java (i.e. games.yahoo.com)

install shockwave
download from www.shockwave.com
read readme.txt
follow the procedure

4/2/2003
install linux mandrake 9 for desktop

Installation Guide
Choose Language English US
Add. Lang Indonesia
Installation Type Expert => Install
SCSI Int. => No
Mouse => PS/2 Std Wheelmouse
Keyboard => US Keyboard
Security Level => High
Setup FileSystem
auto allocate
choose simple
FS type reiserfs utk / dan /home
I hv 3 cd
Package
office
multimedia
game
internet
net. computer (client)
configuration

Documentation

server samba

graph. env. KDE

select individual package yes

Install system
fill root password
add user
configure network
configure service (oke aja deh)
bootloader
bootdisk => none
monitor 1024x768@70mhz
xserver Gforce 256
xfree ver 4.2.1
resolution 1024x768 24bit