LXDE - Installation to Sabily

So what is LXDE actually? It meant is Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment is an extremely fast-performing and energy-saving desktop environment. The most important is it uses less CPU and less RAM than other environments. This meant its good for computers with and old spec hardware. You can read more about LXDE here.

How to install LXDE inside Sabily?

On your Terminal, run this command.


LXDE installation in progress.


LXDE installation finish.

Now you have to log out or restart in able to select your log in session. Select LXDE session to start experience with it.

Sabily In LXDE Session - Introduction

Last week while I'm on facebook, I had asked by one friend from Indonesia about LXDE either it support for Sabily or not. Then I found that LXDE is support to Ubuntu so I guest it should support to Sabily too.

Today I try to install LXDE in Sabily and use it session to log in. Luckily it was support for Sabily log in session but some icon can't be load. Hopefully Sabily designer team will take attention for this matter. We will discuss more about LXDE later. I also post a screenshot of Sabily in LXDE session.

Sabily in LXDE session screenshot.


Log out screenshot.

We will share more deep about LXDE in my future article.

Ubuntu 10.04 Installation In VirtualBox

Already success download Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx from Korea server. It takes about two hour for my ADSL line to finished it. Before try to install it on my extra PC, I like to run it on my virtual machine Sun Microsystems Virtualbox. Of course it will run on my Sabily 9.10 Gaza. There are new interface, theme and colors that Ubuntu 10.04 added for their lovely user. Ubuntu font also had been changed from an old type to a new future looks. I like to share my experience installing Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx by using Virtualbox inside my Sabily.

After creating a virtual machine and modified some setting for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx, I start to run it.

Here is it new starting interface. Different font and color.


Installation welcome screen. I choose to Install Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.


Setting up the clock. If you are not online, just skip this stage.


Select your location.


Select your keyboard layout.


Prepare disk space. Click Forward.


Your name and password to log in.


Ready to install, click Install.


Installation starts with so nice appearance. Welcome screen.


Copying files for installation. Some information about Firefox while installing in progress.


Information about entertainment.


Installation Complete. Click Restart Now to start using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx.


Start with Login screen.

Default theme for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx. Dark Grey border with white font. Wallpaper looks violet abstract. Ubuntu logo also white color.

Change to another wallpaper that bundled with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx.

Next I will try to install it on my extra PC with Abit KG7 Mainboard, AMD Athlon XP 1600, 1GB DDR1 and Sapphire Ati Radeon X800GT AGP. Hopefully it can be install without any problem and then I can pass it to my son. Let him experience it.

Virtualbox - New Version Update

One thing that I like about Sabily or Ubuntu is new version of software detect. If we run any software while we are online, it will detect for a new version of the software and request us to update it. If we don't want to update, just ignore it. For example that I want to show here is Virtualbox software. After I run it, information about a new version appeared and suggest me a link to download it. When I click on the suggestion link it direct me to a download location at Sun Microsystems server. Then I accept to download update version of Virtualbox and install it after that. Below picture is some of the screenshot that I take while update my Sun Virtualbox software.

New version of Virtualbox detected after I run it.


After click on the link, it direct me to the download location.


Right click and choose Open with GDebi Package Installer to install it.


Click on Install Package to start install.


Installation in progress.


Installation completed. Just click Close to end it.

Now I had a new version of Virtualbox without I'm waste my time to search for it.

Full Circle Magazine - Issue 36

Full Circle Magazine now celebrating their third year anniversary. Congratulation to them.

Lets see what topic they have in this issue.

Cover Page of issue 36.



Issue 36 topics.

* Some thoughts on year three of FCM.
* Command and Conquer.
* How To: Program in Python – Part 10, Retouching in GIMP – Part 3, and Use Google Effectively.
* Book Review – Automating Linux and Unix System Administration.
* MOTU Interview – Jo Shields.
* Top 5 – Scanning Applications.
* Plus: Ubuntu Women, Ubuntu Games, My Opinion, My Story, and all the usual goodness!

You can download issue 36 English from here.