Note: This works on Ubuntu 10.10 also This worked for me: # you may need to install the sun/oracle java first me@mybox:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre # if you have only just installed then locate won't work use find instead me@mybox:~$ find /usr/lib/jvm -name...
Create a WordPress Page Tab that leads to a non WordPress URL
I have my Wordpress setup to display all the blog posts on the front page and the Wordpress "Pages" as tabs on the navigation at the top of the page. However I also would like the navigation to point to other non Wordpress areas of my domain and go straight there. For...
Symantec Endpoint Protection SyLinkReplacer
Just a note to self. The Symantec Endpoint Protection SyLinkReplacer (a utility used to rehome clients) doesn't seem to work if your target client has a non-standard windows directory. e.g. all my clients with c:\windows as the %WINDIR% worked fine. But anything with...
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at…
I am trying to write Perl code which is warning free, unless there is a real problem. Some of the code I was using to create an XML file using the "XML::DOM" Perl Module was throwing a "Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at..." warning. The...
Insulation – DIY
Cold Floors We own an old timber cottage. It's sitting on concrete peers on a sloping block, so wind can get under the house and chill the floor boards down. Insulating under the floors To try and take the chill off the boards, we have put insulation under the floor...
What is iBus?
Just installed the Ubuntu 9.10 Beta and perusing the menus and I find under System ==> Preferences ==> IBus Preferences. Clicking on it causing a dialog: As far as I can tell IBus comes from here. From what I can tell it's an input framework that is probably some way...
Ubuntu Math
The version number of Ubuntu is 9.04 and is based on the year and month of release. So 9.04 means 2009 month 04 (April). Therefore given that Ubuntu maintains a 6 month release cycle we can postulate: 4 + 6 = 10 So the new release 9.10 is due this month (October). And...
Chromium Browser on Ubuntu 9.04
Installation Instructions for Ubuntu 9.04 Just installed Chromium (the Opensource browser Google Chrome is developed from). Very snappy. Seems reasonably stable for BETA software. So now we only have Chromium, Firefox, Konqueror, Lynx, w3m and other choices for Linux....
Accessing a Microsoft Clipart Download from Linux
If you go to http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/ Microsoft has a heap of images... If you read the service agreement you will probably find that you would be better off using services that publish their content via a creative commons license or another open license....
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