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Changing Ubuntu Server Timezone by command line

When you install Ubuntu server distribution, you would got problem when choosing the time zone, especially for Indonesian time zone. Because I had install ubuntu server several times, but you can only choose US time.

So, the easiest way is trying to change the time zone after the installation process is completed. Here is that simple command


koro@kecapi:/etc$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
[sudo] password for koro:

Current default timezone: 'Asia/Jakarta'
Local time is now: Wed Apr 14 10:46:47 WIT 2010.
Universal Time is now: Wed Apr 14 03:46:47 UTC 2010.

koro@kecapi:/etc$ date
Wed Apr 14 10:52:47 WIT 2010

Do not forget to choose your time area according to your geographic region.

Flash player for Ubuntu 9.04

Well, it’s so simple if we want to run flash or even display flash using our favorite web browser.

May be the the title of this article is also too simple for most people around the globe, using Ubuntu. But I got problem with this.

Why? Because I’m using Ubuntu 9.04 on my powerpc processor aka ibook G4. And when I type some keywords on google, some pages hint me to use gnash and mozilla-plugin-gnash

So you can type

$ sudo apt-get install gnash

and don’t forget too

$ sudo apt-get install mozilla-plugin-gnash

But if you prefer to use the GUI based, just click System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager and then search the package above.

Of course your Ubuntu PowerPC box will be smile.

Problem installing Adobe Flash Player on Ubuntu 7.10

Today I decide to install just Ubuntu 7.10 on my laptop Compaq 3412. But I got a little problem when i tried to install Adobe Flash Player using Synaptic Package Manager.

The error message was like this:
Download done.
md5sum mismatch install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
The Flash plugin is NOT installed.

So I’m trying to googling to find out what the problem is.  And this is the solution.

1. First, you have to remove the current Adobe Flash Player. You can use this command:
koro@koro-compaq:~/sw$ sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree

2. Then running this command
koro@koro-compaq:~/sw$ wget -b -c –tries=0 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10761023/flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.115.0ubuntu2_i386.deb

3. Also give the third command
koro@koro-compaq:~/sw$ sudo dpkg -i flashplugin-nonfree_9.0.115.0ubuntu2_i386.deb

4. After you issued third command above, you will get this message from system:
Download done.
Flash Plugin installed.

Using these 4 steps, you can use flash player without any problem.

Waiting for Ubuntu 7.04 CD

I’m completely interested with Ubuntu’s cool desktop since it just has good navigation and of course because its simplicity. Right now I have 2 Ubuntu version. They are 6.06 and 6.10.

I already request original Ubuntu 7.04 from www.ubuntu.com for more than 1 month, but until now I still didn’t receive any CD from them. Perhaps I need to download it manually :-(

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