Linux users wanting to flex their legal MP3 buying muscles will be pleased to hear that Amazon has finally got around the finishing the Linux versions of its MP3 download software.
Like the Windows version, the Amazon MP3 Downloader allows you to purchase reasonably-priced MP3 tracks from selected albums and queue them up for download. The great news is that, unlike similar services such as Napster and iTunes, the songs are standard MP3 format and completely free from digital rights management: you can whack 'em straight on your favourite MP3 player and they'll run.
The Linux version of the software is available in a variety of packages for different distributions including a .deb for Ubuntu and Debian and a .rpm (Red-Hat Package Manager) for Fedora 8 and OpenSuSE 10.3. Sadly, the source is not available: if your open-source OS of choice isn't one of the aforementioned then you're out of luck.
Still, it shows a growing acceptance of desktop Linux in the mainstream, and demonstrates that Amazon at least believes there is enough of a market for Linux software that they would spend precious time and money developing for what many companies still see as a niche OS.
The software can be installed from the Amazon website, and the once-bookseller has even provided a small selection of freely downloadable music so you can test it out without spending any hard-earned.
sumber:http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/03/03/amazon_launches_mp3_downloader_for_linux/1
Amazon launches MP3 downloader for Linux
Instalasi Ubuntu 7.10 dengan Wubi
Persiapan
Sebelum step by step proses instalasi, ada beberapa yang perlu dipersiapkan sebelumnya, diantaranya:
- Harddisk di Windows minimal 4 Gb. Akan leb
ih baik jika space kosongnya sekitar 10 Gb agar proses berjalan normal. - File iso ubutu 7.10 versi Desktop.
- Program Wubi versi 7.10-alpha-rev386.exe yang bisa di unduh di http://wubi-installer.org/devel/minefield.
- Sebaiknya file iso ubuntu 7.10 sudah tersedia untuk mempercepat proses instalasi.
- Lakukan back-up data-data penting Anda untuk menghindari hal yang tidak diinginkan.
- Untuk yang sudah mempunyai file iso Ubuntu 7.10, silahkan membuat folder dengan nama Ubuntu di drive yang dipilih. Buat juga folder install di dalam folder Ubuntu. Copy-kan file iso Ubuntu 7.10 ke folder install.
- Jalankan Wubi, dan akan muncul Wubi setup
- Isikan konfigurasi sebagai berikut. a. Installation Drive, pilih drive dengan kapasitas minimal 4 Gb.
b. Installation Size, tentukan kapasitas yang ingin digunakan.
c. Desktop Environment, pilih Ubuntu 7.10 atau turunannya sesuai dengan file iso ada.
d. Language, pilih bahasa yang akan digunakan.
e. Username, Isikan username yang Anda inginkan.
f. Password, isikan password untuk user.
- Klik tombol Install, proses akan dimulai dari membuat folder ubuntu dab file-file pendukungnya.
- Jika file iso sudah tersedia, proses download akan diabaikan dan berubah jadi proses checksum file iso yang sudah ada di folder install.
- Jika proses checksum sukses, proses intalasi akan langsung me-restart komputer.
- masuk ke Boot Manager Windows, pilih Ubuntu lalu tekan enter.
- Proses instalasi akan berjalan otomatis.
- Jika proses instalasi tidak bermasalah, sistem akan mereset kembali komputer.
- Masuk ke Desktop Ubuntu dan siap menggunakan Ubuntu 7.10
WUBI
Mengenal Wubi
Wubi (Windows Ubuntu Installer) merupakan software free alias gratis yang memungkinkan user untuk menginstalasikan Ubuntu dari plattform Windows. Software Wubi ini berada dibawah lisensi GPL. Untuk mendapatkan software ini user bisa mengunduhnya di http://wubi-installer.org/devel/minefield. Meski dalam tahap pengembangan, tapi software ini layak untuk di coba.
Mengapa menggunakan Wubi?
Wubi digunakan untuk mensiasati ketika user akan mencoba install linux tetapi di komputer sudah terinstal dengan operating sistem Windows. Karena jika user menginstalasi linux di komputer ini maka ototmatis sistem operasi ini akan menghapus MBR windows dan akan menggantikannya dengan boot loader linux, baik itu Grub maupun Lilo. Ini tentunya akan merepotkan user apalagi yang masih pemula, ketika akan mengembalikan MBR Windows seperti semula. Wubi menggunakan Ubuntu Desktop yang notabene merupakan salah satu distro Linux terbesar yang ada sekarang ini. Untuk saat ini software Wubi sudah bisa digunakan untuk menginstall Ubuntu 7.10 dan kroninya seperti Kubuntu 7.10, Xubuntu 7.10 dan Edubuntu 7.10. Dengan menginstall Wubi, proses intalasi Linux Ubuntu ini akan memasukan Ubuntu pada MBR Windows. Sehingga MBR Windows tidak digantikan dengan bootloadernya Linux.
Cara Kerja Wubi
Software Wubi bekerja seperti layaknya software VMware. Wubi hanya akan membuat virtual disk untuk Ubuntu di windows user. Selain itu Wubi akan memasukan dirinya ke MBR Windows sehingga akan muncul pada Boot Managernya Windows. Sama seperti user menginstall beberapa versi Windows dalam satu komputer. Dengan Wubi proses instalasi ubuntu tidak lagi membutuhkan partisi kosong, proses instalasinya tergolong simpel dan otomatis. user tinggal melakukan setting manual sekali, dan selanjutnya proses instalasi bisa ditinggal karena akan dikerjakan otomatis oleh software Wubi. Yang lebih mengesankan lagi adalah ketika user akan menghapus ubuntu, user tinggal meng-uninstall software Wubi, maka otomatis Ubuntu akan terhapus dari harddisk komputer. Sehingga tidak perlu repot mempartisi ulang harddisk atau memperbaiki MBR Windows yang rusak akibat di libas sama bootloadernya Linux.
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