Enabling Java 6 on Mac OS X

This post helped me to switch to Java 6. It’s simple and easy.

Java SE 6 on Mac OS 10.5.x

In response to a comment in this post, Apple has Java SE 6 Developer Preview available for download at this web site for Mac OS 10.5.x. Hope this helps.

split files

I needed to split a file into a smaller size and refreshed my memory on using split and cat commands. Here are my notes: split –suffix-length=1 –bytes=1024m source_file prefix. After the split command run, you should get files with the following names:prefix.a, prefix.b, prefix.c, etc. To recreate the original file, just run the following command: […]

Java SE on MacOS X 10.4 and 10.5

A friend told me that SoyLatte can support Java SE 6 on Leopard. If you experienced a similar issue as Scott Looze described here perhaps you can try SoyLatte.

A second look at Ubuntu 7.10

I just installed Ubuntu 7.10 on another machine. I am disappointed to learn that RAID configuration was not available in the desktop installer. It was available in the earlier releases, specifically 7.04 server. Beyond that, I found this page useful for installing Google Earth and Skype, much easier than this way. I also found wine […]

First impression with Ubuntu 7.10

Yesterday, I installed Ubuntu 7.10. This time, I downloaded the desktop image instead of the server version, which I learned from my previous experience. I was a little disappointed that 7.10 didn’t resolve the kernel/acpi issue that I had on a machine that I use. It’s not a big deal, I’ll just need to continue […]

First impression on package mangement on Mac OS X

Ok. I’ve only used a Mac for a couple days, they were certainly long days with many steep learning experiences. Here are some of my comments: On Mac OS X, you have several options to install an application. You can use pre-packaged binaries such as Universal Binary or a platform specific installable binary for your […]

svn on Mac OS X

Thanks to Martin for the binary

Java SE 6 Mac OS X 10.4.5 binary (Intel)

For some reason, Apple pulled the binary. With some effort, I was able to find this thread, which points to this link.

Howto install Wine on Ubuntu 7.04

It’s weird that I actually find a need to run a Windows application. So, I found this howto and it worked perfectly for me. It didn’t occur to me that WINE does not exist in binary form on Ubuntu 7.04 for AMD64. I actually don’t mind compile from source. I wonder why is that?

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