OOo 2.0 Delayed

OOo 2.0 final release should be released at 13 October, but due to last minute bugs, the developer decided to postponed the release and working with that bugs and also some minor bugs for Mac platform and some other patches and integrate it to the next RC3 release which should be available at the end of this week or next week. The final release will be a week later, so you can hope it will be released next week, but in worst case, it will be available at the end of this month. Just like any other Open Source project, the final product will not be delivered when it's not ready yet, mostly for OOo, since it will be used by many people and in production phase. I'm looking forward to see the final 2.0 release, even though it won't be too much different with the RC version.

Gift From Brussels

Today all of our development staffs got a gifts from Rudi Theunis straight from Brussels and it's quite unique. Unfortunately i don't have any digital camera to take the screenshots. Thanks Rudi :)

Backup is Important

I just find out that backup are really important, mostly when you are develop something big and many developers were involved. Most of our daily work must be well back-up in case something bad happened. You always have the backup and also you can revert back to your backup in case there were some corrupts or fatal errors like i did today :(

Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu

Right now, many people likes to use Ubuntu for their distro and it was a famous distro, since it inheritted many of Debian's powerfull tool, like apt-get, so if you need more packages that they provide, you can use Debian's repository. Ubuntu by default uses GNOME as their desktop manager, but if you prefer KDE, you can try Kubuntu, another project which is similar to Ubuntu, but with KDE shipped as their default desktop manager. You can also merge those two distro into one distro by installing the other CD's packages. If you want to use the Ubuntu for education, you should try Edubuntu, ubuntu version for Education. Right now, Ubuntu is finalizing their latest version, 5.10, codename "The Breezy Badger". Just wait for the final release date.

Getting Confused

Arghhh... i'm getting confused. After having a problem with a 'stop stop' sound, now i'm having problem with the database section. It is a simple task in PHP, but in C#, it's quite difficult to me, since it was a new language for me (i just learn it for about a week). Tonight, it seems that i had to read the C# book before i go to bed :(

OOo 2.0 RC2

Well Well Well... OOo 2.0 RC2 has been released and it has been put on the public mirrors and the official announcement has been updated as well. Go get them from the official download page of OOo or any public mirrors that has OOo's repository.

Meet Old Friend

Today i met Doddy, my old friend since we were in elementary school. He had been working in Jakarta for a few months. We went to Taman Anggrek to have a chat and also had launch on Mc Donalds. Most of our friends has been traveling to another city or perhaps country, so it's quite difficult to hang out together.

Mandriva 2006

The latest of Mandriva has arrived, Mandriva 2006 after some delay from their previous schedule. The newest updates from the 2006 version are :
* New installer feature
* New software: Graphical desktops: KDE 3.4 & GNOME 2.10, Core & main components: Kernel 2.6.12, gcc 4.0, X.org 6.9, glibc 2.3.5, OpenOffice.org 1.1.5, Kolab2 (groupware server), Akregator (RSS feed reader), Full version third-party products: Opera (web browser), Skype(TM) (Voice over IP with free calls), Mindawn (online music service), Adobe®Reader(TM)7.0, RealPlayer(TM) 10, Flash(TM)Player 7- Improved performance: Boot time reduction
* Better look-and-feel and ergonomics

Unfortunately, it's only downloadable for Mandriva's Club user

Another Testing

Today i conduct a lot of software testing. It was quite fun, but unfortunately, i don't have any access to public CVS server, since it was quite fun playing wit CVS, mostly when developing something that being worked together with all the developers, like most Open Source project. Well... today is the last day of this week, so it's holiday tommorrow :)

OOo 2.0 RC1

OOo 2.0 have reached the RC1 version and soon, it will be followed by another RC or perhaps directly to final release. Since beta 2, i don't see many major changes implemented on OOo 2.0. Mostly are typos and bug fixes that should be done earlier but it was skipped or missed. Well... let's hope the final version can be seen this months

Changing Email Address

Since i can't use my ISP's SMTP, so i need to change my primary email from willysr@jogja.citra.net.id into willysr@gmail.com. This way, i can receive or send emails from and to everybody. Please note that both emails address are still valid and i always checked them everyday (maybe not in Sunday). Please update your bookmark or address book.

Work Work Work

Let's get to work, after i received my new laptop, but before that, i have to install some of the development application needed and it's not even started yet, but i hope tommorrow i can start working as a software engineer to finish the project that has been assigned to me.

Not Sleeping Well

My first night wasn't so good at all. I woke up every few hours, but i thought i had slept for quite a long time. Finally i woke up at 6 AM and read a novel about "The Secret of Shambhala", written by James Redfield. It was his third book after "The Celestine Prophecy" and "The Tenth Insight". It was a good novel that talked about our life and there were some spiritual messages on it. You will learn a lot about our life and also interactions between you and other human beings.

Home Alone

Finally i start a new life being home alone. After unpacking all my stuffs, i went to my friend's place and we had dinner together (i have eaten at home, so i didn't eat again). After that, i went back to my place and do some self cleaning before i wrote this blog. Well.. it's a hard life and i had just started it in Jakarta. Tommorrow will be my first day at my new office (i have been there several times though). What's the assignment for me? I don't know yet, but i'm sure it will be great and i can't wait to see it tommorrow.

Another Bom in Bali

After three years suffering from Bali tragedy, Indonesia once again suffered the same tragedy in the same island, Bali, but in different location (this time in Jimbaran). Today, there were some explosions happened in Bali, which causes some people lost their relatives and friends. Some dead bodies hadn't been identified, but you can check from some local and (perhaps) foreign news. Until 11 PM, there were 17 dead people and some of them are tourists (news from TV7's Stop Press). Polices have found some active bomb and deactivate it, but they will search for more bombs in that area.

When will this suffering ends? No one can tell this for sure, but everybody surely wait for it to be happened as soon as possible. We can only pray for that, so let's pray for the true freedom of our nation, Indonesia.