Archive | October 21st, 2009

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How to install the 64-bit Sun Java plugin on 64-bit firefox on 64-bit Fedora Core 11 Linux (which happens to use 64 bits)

TweetI’m giddy! I found this post on mozdev.org which was magical. [evan@ehoffman ~]$ java -version java version “1.6.0_17″ Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_17-b04) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.3-b01, mixed mode) [root@ehoffman plugins]# uname -a Linux ehoffman 2.6.30.8-64.fc11.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Sep 25 04:43:32 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [root@ehoffman plugins]# pwd [...]

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21 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

I put Fedora Core 11 on my work laptop

TweetMy work laptop, which I got around the end of 2006, was starting to run like crap. Pretty sure it started around the time I put antivirus on it, which reinforces my theory that antivirus is a virus itself. Anyway, being bored with Windows XP and having already played with Windows 7 at home, I [...]

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