September 09, 2009 Archives
Wed Sep 9 23:04:41 EEST 2009
Safely upgrade Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) to 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)
I've used the following
Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 upgrade tutorial to safely upgrade ubuntu
to Intrepid Ibex (8.10). The only thing that seemed a bit broken on
the first view is splashy which seemed not to show up properly
anymore.
Wed Sep 9 16:43:21 EEST 2009
Group Windows on a Taskbar in Gnome (on Debian GNU/Linux) in Vista like fashion
I wanted to have my gnome windows be
handled in a Vista / XP like fashion in other words I wanted my
Gnome to Group Windows (that means if many Windows originating from
the same source program then let them be grouped in one Window so
any time you press that Window a menu pops up letting you choose
between the desired Window). This window management aproach has one
main advantage it saves space on your desktop and least but not
last makes it much more ordered.
Here are the steps you need to follow to achieve Gnome Group Windowing.
The same is also explained on on Lifehacker therefore credits go to the above article.
Here are the steps you need to follow to achieve Gnome Group Windowing.
1. Right click on the dotted section (that's just to the left of your windows list section) you should find that between "Show Desktop" button and the rest of the windows buttons. 2. Select "Preferences" there and then choose according to your preferences either: "Group windows when space is limited" or "Always group windows".
The same is also explained on on Lifehacker therefore credits go to the above article.
Wed Sep 9 16:25:52 EEST 2009
FreeBSD 7.2 java jdk16 bsd-jdk16-patches-4.tar.bz2 install problems fix
I needed to install jdk16 (e.g. java
on my FreeBSD) system, I had some struggles doing that. It's a real
pain in the ass everytime I have to install Java on FreeBSD. I have
to download a bunch of files, both from Sun's website and eyesbeyond's
website . Afterwards still the built failed due to failed MD5
and SHA265 checksum of bsd-jdk16-patches-4.tar.bz2. It took me some
time to notice the problem and the solution to the problem was
proposed by a guy in ##freebsd irc.freenode.net. The solution comes
to:
1. md5 /usr/ports/distfiles/bsd-jdk16-patches-4.tar.bz2; edit /usr/ports/java/jdk16/distinfo and replace the file MD5 checksum.
2. sha256 /usr/ports/distfiles/bsd-jdk16-patches-4.tar.bz2 and again edit /usr/ports/java/jdk16/distinfo replacing with the right SHA256 checksum.
Now Thank the Lord! And hopefully enjoy your build
1. md5 /usr/ports/distfiles/bsd-jdk16-patches-4.tar.bz2; edit /usr/ports/java/jdk16/distinfo and replace the file MD5 checksum.
2. sha256 /usr/ports/distfiles/bsd-jdk16-patches-4.tar.bz2 and again edit /usr/ports/java/jdk16/distinfo replacing with the right SHA256 checksum.
Now Thank the Lord! And hopefully enjoy your build