Install Java 7 on Ubuntu 10.04 now that apt-get no longer works

Posted on Saturday, February 25, 2012


Installing Java 7 on Ubuntu 10.04

Looks like Oracle has finally pulled the plug on using apt-get to install Java6.  According to this site
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001554.html [1] the java package will no longer be available for easy apt-get downloads...

I used to be able to 


Edit /etc/apt/sources.list.


      > sudo pico /etc/apt/sources.list


Add the following at the bottom


deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner


Run this from the command line


      >    sudo apt-get update


      Run this from the command line to install Java


      >    sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk



But that no longer works...  Here are the steps I tool to install Java7 on my Ubuntu server.


Mounting Alfresco 4 as a CIFS/SMB Hard drive mount

Posted on Friday, February 10, 2012




 This notes show how to set up a SMB/CIFS server config to enable mounting the Alfresco system like a hard drive.   The alfresco 4.0 wiki page for CIFS set up is 


A web site I gleamed some information from http://www.davidbaker.cc/?q=node/3 [2] Although it cover alfresco 3.2 most of the information here is still valid.



Assumption:
  • You already have alfresco 4.0 running on a linux system
  • Ubuntu 10.04 server

QR codes for business cards

Posted on Friday, February 3, 2012









QR Codes



For those of you unfamiliar with them you can get some information at wikipedia about them http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code

QR codes are everywhere!   And they are starting to show up more and more on business cards.  Why?  Well it makes giving a quick link or phone number to a potential client much easier.  They can just point their smartphone at your QR Code and click and head to a web page you direct them to, no more need to type it all in by hand.