Wesam Alalem's Blog

If you ask me how many websites you visit that have Java applets, I tell you no one. They are few, few enough to make opening a page with Java applet a time consuming task! Yes, today I ran into one that uses Java applet for essential service, and I really need it.

After installing Kubuntu 11.10, uTorrent server won’t start. Whenever I start it I get this error: ./utserver: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.0.9.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory with a lot of Googling, I solved it by installing libssl0.9.8 package: sudo apt-get install libssl0.9.8 Hope it will save someone’s time

Sharing two folders between two computer is something that expected to work out of the box, but it seems that the new releases of Kubuntu needs extra work to add this functionality, I was surprised about how we still need command line to tackle this simple task, even after all this great Graphical User Interface [...]

In May 2010 I purchased Toshiba NB 305 Netbook, it comes with Windows 7 starter edition. Well, it was working just fine, light and speedy, until I decided to protect my Windows with AntiVirus and Firewall application, you know, Windows’ eternal companions! That’s where it started to be slow, slow enough to make me frustrated. [...]

Today, I re-formated my Toshiba laptop and installed KUbuntu 9.04. I was going to install Fedora 11 but I encountered some issues when I reach Disk Partitioning, and actually I was quite lazy to check the cause. I’ll stick with kubuntu for while and see! By the way, tomorrow supposed to be the release day [...]