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How to install java run time in ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Ubuntu

If you want to install Java run time in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick meerkat.   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sun-java-community-team/sun-java6sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install sun-java6

The OpenSolaris Board May Kill Itself Next Month

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in News

Oracle failed to deliver OpenSolaris 2010.1H and it’s now been thirteen months since the last official update (when Sun Microsystems still was under its own control) of the Open Solaris operating system. The next OpenSolaris update was supposed to come … Continue reading

How to install Java run time environment in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux tutorials

Java runtime environment JRE was moved to the partner repository in Ubuntu , so now if you want to install it you have to do it from the command line.  

Java History

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James Gosling initiated the Java language project in June 1991 for use in one of his many set-top box projects. The language, initially called Oak after an oak tree that stood outside Gosling’s office, also went by the name Green … Continue reading

OpenOffice boom in Belgium

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The number of public administrations in Belgium that use the open source office productivity suite OpenOffice is rising steadily. And with it the use of the open document format ODF. OVAM, Flanders’ Public Waste Agency, already adapted its back office … Continue reading

OpenOffice.org 3.2 will come with new chart features

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in News

Good news, openoffice 3.2 will have new chart features, the Chart module was exchanged completely on the way to OpenOffice.org 2.3 . Here are a list of new chart features in openoffice 3.2 Task Target Status Chart useability issues OOo … Continue reading

MySQL Forks

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Sun may have the MySQL name, but every one has its open-source code and MySQL co-founder Monty Widenius is taking the popular open-source DBMS (database management system) and forking it in a new directions.

Oracle bought Sun. MySQL future?

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Frequently Asked Questions

Is Oracle going to kill MySQL and integrate anything it can use from it into its DB? Or is it going to ask everyone to pay for MySQL?

Howto install Java Runtime Environment in fedora and Linpus

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linpus

To install Java runtime enverinment in fedora or Linpus, please folow the instructions below.

howto for Mandriva Beginners

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Mandriva

In this fast tutorial we will try to explain to Mandriva beginners users how to install softwares in Mandriva