Seems that there is an issue with VirtualBox Guest Addons and Jaunty. The VirtualBox video driver will not install with the latest release of X. So what I did was extract the .run file: # sh VBoxLinuxAdditions-*.run -target foo This will extract the binary file into the directory foo. Once that is done I go […]
It all started a couple of weeks ago, issues with getting Eclipse 3.4 installed on my machine that is. I am running Kubuntu Jaunty 64-bit and noticed that I was having issues with Eclipse 3.4. The issues seem to have stemmed from Xulrunner but the errors I located in /path/to/workspace/.metadata/.log said nothing about Xulrunner that […]
Well, here I am, fiddling with my email still! I have been using GMail with IMAP now for about a year because a) I was to lazy to setup my own IMAP server again and b) GMail has decent spam filtering, email filtering, and the labels stuff. Plus it is nice when I can’t get […]
My name is Richard A. Johnson. I am a professional developer, as well as an open source enthusiast, advocate, and author. I spend any free time I can get cycling.
Back in 1994 I was introduced to the world of open source software by installing Linux on a PC I had purchased from the Navy Exchange. At that time I had no idea what I was going up against, but never once did I let myself get frustrated, as Windows had already done that to me. Since then, I have completely immersed myself into the open source world and have been an active contributor.
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