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How to install Netbeans IDE 7.0.1 on ubuntu 11.10

Post last modified:May 5, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

To install Netbeans IDE on Ubuntu 12.04 Click Here

NOTE: JDK 6 is required for installing and running the Java SE, Java EE and All NetBeans Bundles.

To install JDK on ubuntu click here

1.Go to Netbeans download page and download the netbeans Linux (x86/x64) .sh installer file (like netbeans-7.0.1-ml-linux.sh).

2.Copy your Netbeans installer file to your Desktop.

3.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field.And click Terminal.

4.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

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How to install jdk on ubuntu 11.10

Post last modified:May 5, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

The sun-java6 package (and also jdk7) is no longer available in the official Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot repositories due to the removal of the JDL license. To install sun jdk on ubuntu 11.10.

To install JDK7 click Here:

1.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field.And click Terminal

2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/java

Type your ubuntu password if needed and press enter.

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How to install vlc media player on ubuntu 11.10

Post last modified:October 23, 2011
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

To install vlc media player on ubuntu 11.10

1.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field.And click Terminal

2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

sudo apt-get update

Type your ubuntu password if needed and press enter.

3.And Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-pulse mozilla-plugin-vlc

Type y and hit enter to confirm the installation.
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS – 5 year support cycle

Post last modified:January 13, 2016
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Canonical announced that support and maintenance period for ubuntu 12.04 Long Term Support (LTS) release of Ubuntu for desktop users from three years to five years. The first two years of the LTS period will provide hardware updates and Maintenance updates will continue for a further three years.

Ubuntu 12.04 is scheduled for release in April 2012.

Support for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ends in April 2013.
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Youtube new features

Post last modified:October 22, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

1.Redesigned Video End-Screen – to make it easier for you to find the next video.
2.Enhanced Playlist Bar.
3.Updated YouTube.com/Charts page.
4.WeVideo Now on YouTube.
5.Smart Subscribe button.
6.Added Kenya, the Philippines and Singapore to the list of countries where YouTube is localized, bringing this total number to 35.

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ubuntu 12.04 – polish, performance and predictability

Post last modified:October 21, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Ubuntu’s founder Mark Shuttleworth says on his personal blog,

“we can focus on polish, performance and predictability. I’d like to improve the user experience around Workspaces for power users, and we’ll publish our design work for that, but I think it would be wisest for us to defer that unless we get an early and effective contribution of that code.”

“12.04 will be the first LTS to support the ARM architecture on selected ARM SoC parts.”
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Mary Blair’s 100th birthday google doodle

Post last modified:October 21, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

The search giant Google is celebrating the 100th birthday of mary blair with an google doodle on its homepage. Mary Blair (October 21, 1911 – July 26, 1978), born Mary Robinson in McAlester, Oklahoma was an American artist who was prominent in producing art and animation for The Walt Disney Company, drawing concept art for such films as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Song of the South and Cinderella.
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Google reader new look

Post last modified:October 21, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Next week Google Reader will get brand new design and integration with Google+ and share the best of your feeds with just the right circles.

And some other changes are

Many of Reader’s social features will soon be available via Google+.
retiring friending, following and shared link blogs inside of Reader.

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Opera 11.52 released

Post last modified:October 20, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Opera 11.52 is available for download.This release is a recommended upgrade offering security and stability enhancements.

Fixed:Adjusting volume on a YouTube HTML5 Video causes freeze
Fixed:a non-exploitable bug which allowed injection of untrusted markup into the X-Frame-Options error page.
Fixed:Crashes when downloading via BitTorrent
Fixed:an issue where manipulating fonts in SVG could allow execution of arbitrary code
Fixed:Installation of Opera in Ubuntu 11.10 by changing the compression method.
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WordPress 3.3 Beta 2 released

Post last modified:October 20, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Wordpress 3.3 beta 2 is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this version of wordpress?

Updated the Blue theme
Fixed IE7 and RTL support
Improved flyout menu styling and fixed several glitches
Finished the Pointers implementation
Landed the Welcome screen
Improved contextual help styling
Tweaked the admin bar a little more
Fixed a bunch of bugs
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