i cant think A blog belong to Mohammad Azwan bin Ali. Most of his writings are about his real life story, ideas, thoughts, moderate political views, computer, programming, tips & tricks, particularly in Linux…. and of course it includes some random unspecified crappy stuffs too! Don't forget to check Movies and Junkyard pages out!
note: most of entries is not suitable for faint hearted person or anybody with iq below 100.

tips & tricks

setup ubuntu virtual resolution with panning

i need larger display but it’s not worth it (or let just say i cannot afford it hehe..) so there’s a trick to get larger display with our current monitor size which is by using virtual resolution with panning. this mean u can get higher “virtual resolution” which mean the screen will scroll when your [...]

fix default gnome terminal size in lucid lynx (10.04)

in previous versions of ubuntu, if we want to change default gnome-terminal window size we will need to modify the /usr/share/vte/termcap/xterm file. anyhow in ubuntu 10.04 the default size use setting from gconf profile. so, anyone that upgrade to 10.04 from previous version might have problem as default key wont be add automatically into your [...]

pidgin psychic mode plugins with auto messenger patch

pidgin’s psychic mode plugin is awesome. it detect the presence of incoming messages by sensing another person typing. if you fast enough to catch the disturbance notify, you might type “what??” first and that will surely make your friend stop for a second! haha  ~~ so, to enhance it awesomeness, i add a simple auto send message to them [...]

digital clock display on gnome panel

this is quickest & simplest hack to get a digital clock display on your gnome panel without installing any applet. all you need to do is add this code to your theme gtkrc file and install a digital font locate it in ~/.themes/yourthemename/gtk-2.0/gtkrc and then add this at the bottom of gtkrc file style “digital-clock” [...]

opencv 2.0 ppa for ubuntu

for those who want to use OpenCV version 2.0 for their project in ubuntu can use this ppa to update your opencv library. it support ubuntu karmic (9.10) too. add this line to your /etc/apt/source.list deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gijzelaar/opencv2-karmic/ubuntu karmic main sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com \ –recv-keys CAFC44EE7F39098CE6EC229CCA70E6A9087475A0 sudo apt-get && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade that’s all, [...]

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