Category Archives: linux

Radio interview with 666 ABC Canberra talking about open source software and Sakai

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Over the weekend I was invited onto the Sunday Brunch program of 666 ABC Canberra Radio to talk about open source software and the Sakai project. We talked about what open source software is, the motivations behind open source software, … Continue reading →

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JDBC connection to SQL Server hanging because of JDK 1.6.0_29

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

Lately I’ve been having an issue with one of my Sakai instances connecting to MS SQL Server[1]. The strange thing was that the exact same code and connection details were working on our test and prod boxes, just not on … Continue reading →

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How to install CentOS 6 via a remote Net Install

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

Last night I downloaded the latest CentOS 6 DVD ISO via bittorrent, but for some reason it was corrupted, so instead of redownloading the whole 4.3Gb image again, I thought I’d try out the net install as it’s only about … Continue reading →

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How to install a D-Link DWA-525 wireless network card in Ubuntu 10.04

Posted on March 12, 2011 by

I was having an issue with an old network card in my Ubuntu machine (x86 arch), so I went out and got a new one that supports 802.11n. It’s been some time since I swapped out hardware, and Linux has … Continue reading →

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Hibernate that doesn’t – Ubuntu 10.04

Posted on May 28, 2010 by

Last night I tried putting my Ubuntu 10.04 into hibernation. When that failed (apparently my system doesn’t support it) I was left with a machine in limbo, so the power button was all that could save me. This morning I … Continue reading →

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How to install Sun Java 1.5 on Ubuntu 10.04

Posted on May 22, 2010 by

I recently had to do some work on Sakai 2.4 but was having trouble building and running it in Java 1.6. This gave me the chance to blow away and re-install an old PC I had lying around, with the … Continue reading →

Posted in java, linux, sakai, ubuntu | 22 Comments