Once upon a time installing Java on Ubuntu was easy peasy. You allowed the third party repo in your /etc/apt/sources.list file and ran a few commands to install it after you updated apt. However.. That was from when Java was Sun, and not under the rampant douchbaggery that is Oracle. Ubuntu has lost it’s ability […]
I have had alot experience getting Sonicwall NetExtender to work in Linux.. sometimes it installs fine, sometimes it doesn’t. Typically the process is thus: #1 You visit the URL of your Sonicwall. #2 Login #3 Download the tar.gz file for NetExtender once it figures out you are using Linux. #4 Extract this file someplace. #5 […]
So.. Sun no longer has packages in the Partner Repository for Ubuntu.. I can’t really guess as to why, possibly because of all this Open Source dickery that Oracle did first with OpenSolaris, and then with OpenOffice.. but that is all speculation on my part. The fact remains however.. that some things you need may […]