Opportunities come when you least expect it...

It's been a while since my last post in this blog. I've been busy learning new stuff. Most of the time in my career life I've been doing a lot of programming. Started jumping into integration pool in 2004 with Microsoft Biztalk for a year and then back to programming business again. Sometimes opportunities come when you least expect it.

Who might have thought that now I'm back into integration pool, but with a different technology. SAP PI (Process Integration), a product from SAP for integration. It might not be as cool as Microsoft Biztalk, but when dealing with integration between third party systems and SAP it might be one of the best (for more complex type of integration SAP does have another product called Business Process Management if I'm not mistaken).

Initially when I started development in PI, it is really a pain in the a$$ process. Having Biztalk as my background knowledge, I tend to make a lot of comparison between the two products. It "helps" a lot when I need to deal with "import" players (those jerks really suck the money out of the place where I work). Thank God, I finally managed to overcome with the dissatisfaction of using PI and started to appreciate it. However, my personal opinion is still the same, SAP really needs to hire a good designer for it's product. The UI really sucks.

There's more things to come in future. Life started to get interesting everyday. Now I have a new target for my career. InsyaAllah.

Finally!!! An almost stable (96%) catalyst version 12.3 available for GNOME 3...

no more lagging during the transition between working and activity mode

windows 7 aero effect working perfectly under vmware

catalyst version 12.3

virtual desktop movement is quite smooth

Update (13/04/2012)
Solved laggs/slow windows movement in GNOME3 by adding this line

export CLUTTER_VBLANK=none

into ~/.profile or into /etc/profile file. Restart X server or reboot system.

ref: ATI Catalyst - ArchWiki.

How to always use a text-based location bar in nautilus 3...

Open terminal and type the command below

    $ gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences always-use-location-entry true

To switch back

    $ gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences always-use-location-entry false

Fixes for common issues on Linux Mint 12...

System: Dell Studio XPS 16 - 1647
OS: Linux Mint 12 - Lisa 64-bit

Problem 1:
Broadcom BCM43224 (0596) Wifi card not working out of box (bug #873511).

Solution:
Install driver from Jockey and then edit config file

    $ sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

to blacklist the drivers (for my case I need to blacklist both bcma and brcmsmac) by adding the text below at the end of the file

    blacklist bcma
    blacklist brcmsmac

and then reboot.

Problem 2:
Unable to pair devices, send, receive and browse files via bluetooth.

Solution:
System update fixed pair devices issue, however sending file only works one way (PC to device). Browsing files in device is still not working (bug #879923).

Problem 3:
No sound from headphone jack.

Solution:
An old issue since Julia.

Worth to highlight:

• ATI proprietary driver ver 11.12 performance still sluggish on GNOME 3
• A nice shell extensions from ppa:webupd8team/gnome3
  • gnome-shell-extensions-pidgin
  • gnome-shell-extensions-workspace-indicator
• AWN works great on GNOME 3

My Linux Mint 12 hiccup experienced...

Laptop Model: Dell Studio XPS 16 - 1647

1) Issues when using ATI proprietary FGLRX driver (via Additional Drivers or manual download)

• Sluggish performance on windows movement and mode switching between desktop and activity
• Windows 7 guest OS under VMWare with Aero effect enable crashed even when I'm not using a fullscreen mode

2) No sound from headphone jack (old issue since Julia)

3) Unable to pair, send file and browse other devices via bluetooth

4) Broadcom STA wireless driver not working, tried solutions found on forums yet I'm still stuck with it (working fine on Julia and openSUSE 12.1)

At the end of the day, I've revert back to Julia with ATI proprietary FGLRX driver version 10.10. A combination that works perfectly for my laptop. ATI sucks!!! I wish I could have change my graphic card to NVIDIA, unfortunately it's not easy and almost impossible for laptop.

Make the internet safer for your kids with ScrubIT...

This solution is suitable for parents who can't afford to buy the "net nanny" product. No installation is required.

What is ScrubIT?
ScrubIT is a FREE recursive DNS server that regulates what comes into your home or business. ScrubIT “scrubs” the internet so you don’t have to be concerned about what your family members or employees will be confronted with.

Who should use it?
ScrubIT is perfect for any home or business that is tired of the plague of pornographic and malicious websites.

Why is it FREE?
You're saying "Where's the catch?", good news, there is none! As far as we know, ScrubIT is the only public recursive DNS server to actively filter pornography. It’s a FREE service provided by people who care about the freedom found in the internet, but balance those sentiments with a desire to protect our children and employees.

*Summary were copied partially from ScrubIT website.

Installing LibreOffice on Linux Mint 10...

1) Remove OpenOffice

    $ sudo apt-get purge openoffice*.*

2) Installing via Ubuntu ppa

    $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
    $ sudo apt-get update
    $ sudo apt-get install libreoffice
    $ sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gnome
    $ sudo apt-get install language-support-en

3) Or installing via deb installers

• download the installer from here
• extract tarballs LibO_xxxx_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz
• go to folder LibO_xxxx_install-deb_en-US/DEBS and run

    $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb

• go to folder LibO_xxxx_install-deb_en-US/DEBS/desktop-integration and run

    $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb