MY WORLD , MY WAY !: 06/21/12

last day of semester

Today is my last day of this semester. Starting next week, it will be a final test and after that, it will be a long holiday until october. That also means that i'm going to have more time helping Slackware development by testing it and providing updates as much as i can to packages in Slackware which i posted on my SlackHacks repository.

I really wish that next Slackware is around the corner, but it seems that it's far far away from the final release. Usually XOrg inclusion is the sign for previous releases, but right now, XOrg stack has been included by Robby and i think there's still too much packages that needs to be upgraded and re-tested before releasing it.

Oh well, let's just enjoy the long holidays :)

Migrating Jogja LUG Website

Last week, i was notified that Jogja LUG's website was down because the account was suspended by their hosting provider. I don't know the reason why they got suspended this time (yes, they have been suspended before, but it was on different provider). The admin was out of reach, so the LUG member couldn't do anything about it.

So, i offered them an offer to host the web on a server that was donated by KavaLinux to me. I offered them to use PlanetPlanet instead of going back with WordPress and they agreed.

Next is my turn to work with the server. First, i changed the DNS entry to point to my server while i'm configuring it. Since it took some time to propagate, i can change the server's configuration to host the domain. At first, i had some problems, since the server is using nginx for the webserver, not Apache. Since it's my first time using nginx and also because it has unusual configuration provided by the provider, i need some time to adjust how it works. Luckily, it didn't took that long to complete.

Next is installing Planet Planet applications. Since it's an old application and not updated since 2006, it was dependent to an old Python. So far, i have managed to install PlanetPlanet on other server that uses Python 2.6 and it was working fine. On this server, which is running ArchLinux, the only Python available is 2.7 and 3.1. I tried compiling Python 2.6 using PKGBUILD, but i got the same error messages that i got from using Python 2.7.

Luckily, i found this article which solves my problem. So, right now the website is running on PlanetPlanet and so far, it's running just fine and i like it. It still need to be polished on many areas, but the good thing is that it's now running well and not just under construction message again.

It's been a while since i was working as the maintainer of the Jogja LUG and now it seems that that position is coming back at me :)

SiriPort Activated

Finally i have been able to activate SiriPort on my iPad 1 after some trial and error for 1 day. SiriPort is a porting of the famous Siri that was only available for iPhone 4S to other iDevices, including iPad. It was created by the Russian hacker.

Here's the short tutorial that i performed to install SiriPort :

Make sure you have iOS 5.1.1 and untethered jailbreak using the latest absinthe tool 2.0.2
Open up Cydia and add a new repo: http://repo.siriport.ru/
You can search for SiriPort in Search tab and install it.

If it failed, you can download the deb file manually and install it using iFile

Reboot your device
Open up Safari browser and visit http://siriport.ru/1.crt
Install the certificate
Reboot your device
Enable Location Services and Use Siri (or enable it on Settings > General > Siri)
Activate Siri by holding the HOME button for 2 seconds until the microphone icon showed up and say "Hi Siri". This process might not be successfull at first attempt due to heavy load on Apple Servers probably, so keep trying doing this until she replied back. I got mine activated after trying for one day.
Enjoy Siri :)

Installing Installous 5

If you have been using a jailbroken iDevices, then you might have been familiar with Installous, a great tool which offer applications outside the Apple AppStore. The reason why people would install Installous is that they can find a third party repository in which some of the applications can't be found on AppStore due to strict policy of Apple.

Other reason for using Installous is to have a trial version of a software without buying it first, something that it's not possible in AppStore. When you wanted to download an application (even for trial), if it's a commercial app, you would have to pay for it. Installous can solve that problem by enabling you to download the same software but from third party repositories.

Right now, Installous has been upgraded to Installous 5 and it brings some new features such as:

Added BitTorrent download support
Support for iOS 5 notifications
Better filehost compatibility
Bug-fixes and optimization

As usual, if you wanted to get Installous 5, you must have your devices untethered jailbroken first using Absinthe or any other jailbreaker tool available on the Internet. Next, you add this repository into Cydia : http://cydia.hackulo.us/. Let it download the list of packages and reload the list and then, you can start searching for Installous 5.

Here's some disclaimer about the use of Installous:
Downloading and installing cracked apps are illegal. We don’t support or promote piracy in anyway. This article is purely for informational purposes only. The whole purpose behind cracked apps is if you would like to try an app before purchasing from the App Store. It is expected that you either delete the app after testing it or purchase it from the App Store. Please give credit to the author of the apps who have spent hours, days, months making and testing the apps to make sure the users gets the best experience when using their applications.