Music Player at Bactrack

For those users who want a backtrack video player or music in Backtrack, there are little tricks that should be done to be able to use VLC Player on backtrack 5.

that step as follows :
1. install vlc
type the following command in the terminal
apt-get install vlc
2. if vlc directly executed, it will display an error because the defaut vlc can not be run on root privileges. then do the following:
3. install hexedit
apt-get install hexedit
4. edit the file using vlc with hexedit
type the following command in the terminal
hexedit /usr/bin/vlc
5. press tab to move to the mode string
6. press ctrl + s to perform a search geteuid
7. geteuid change with getppid
8. press crtl + x to exit
reboot yout Backtrack, then run vlc player.

Install Chromium at Backtrack

 
For those of you who missed the users web browser backtrack chromium, there is a little trick that should be done to be able to use chromium in backtrack 5.

Perform steps - steps as follows:
1. download chromium browser
type the following command in the termina
apt-get install chromium-browser
2. if chromium is directly executed, it will display an error because the defaut chromium should not be run on root privileges. then do the following:
3. go to the folder of chromium-browser
type the following command in the terminal
cd /usr/lib/chromium-browser
4. edit the file using hexedit chromium
type the following command in the terminal
hexedit chromium-browser
5. press tab to move to the mode string

6. press ctrl + s to perform a search geteuid

7. geteuid change with getppid
8. press crtl + x to exit

Install Virtualbox at Backtrack

In BackTrack 5 not yet installed virtualbox, below are the installation steps.

Backtrack 5 is not accompanied with the kernel headers already installed. So, we need to download and proceed with installing VirtualBox. steps as follows:


root @ bt # prepare-kernel-sources
root @ bt # cd /usr/src/linux
root @ bt # cp-rf include /generated/*include/linux/


After the above is completed, edit /etc/apt/ sources.list as enumerated below:

root @ bt # echo deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lucid contrib non-free>>/etc/apt/sources.list

donwload it:

root @ bt # wget-q http:// download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc-O-| sudoapt-key add -

root @ bt # apt-get update

root @ bt # apt-cache search virtualbox

root @ bt # apt-get install virtualbox-4.0
 

Beautify the Linux Terminal

Want to have your terminal word can you change what you like?

There is a way, first open a terminal and then type the command:

sudo apt-get install figlet

edit file  .bashrc

# root@BackTrick$ gedit .bashrc

PS1='\[\e[1m\][\u@\h][\W]\n\[\e[1m\][\$]\[\e[0m\] '
Columns=$(tput cols)
Startpoint=$(($Columns-22))
Color1=`tput setab 2`
Color2=`tput setab 5`
Normal=`tput sgr0`
Time=`date +%r`
Date=`date +"%d-%m-%Y"`
tput sc
tput cup 0 $Startpoint
echo -n $Color1$Time $Color2$Date$Normal

figlet "BackTrick"

script :
Columns=$(tput cols)
Startpoint=$(($Columns-22))
Color1=`tput setab 2`
Color2=`tput setab 5`
Normal=`tput sgr0`
Time=`date +%r`
Date=`date +"%d-%m-%Y"`
tput sc
tput cup 0 $Startpoint
echo -n $Color1$Time $Color2$Date$Normal
adalah :
11:24:16 PM 29-12-2010

You can change color according to your desired color .. by replacing the existing code in this lineColor1=`tput setab 2`
Color2=`tput setab 5`

0 black
1 red
2 green
3 yellow
4 blue
5 magenta
6 cyan
7 white

they are list code tput color .

eyeOS, cloud computing distro

eyeOS is an open source desktop operating system is web-based, where you can access the operating system through a network such as LAN or Internet from a web browser like Firefox, Chrome and others. Although the orientation distribution through the web, in many respects, eyeOS is a desktop operating system that features a fairly complete. Various applications such as calendar, RSS reader, email client, word processor, spreadsheets, contact managers have become the default application installed in the system. This is the concept of cloud computing system which aims to enable collaboration and communication between users, or it could be as personal protection when you're stuck using someone else's computer.


Most people would be wondering about the performance of eyeOS. When the authors tried to run an application in eyeOS, speed of execution is a bit slow compared to desktop operating systems that run through storage media, this is normal because eyeOS browser-based interface. However, although there are some compromises, the authors leave the impression that eyeOS is far from just a proof of concept demonstration, this is something that can be used for serious work. Broadly speaking eyeOS is a great breakthrough in the world of desktop operating systems, because it gives a unique color by presenting the concept of cloud computing.


To install eyeOS, you first need to set up a web server environment consists of Apache, PHP and some other elements.