"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." (Robert A. Heinlein)

Saturday, 19 April 2014

Happy Easter

To all my readers and visitors the most sincere ...

Happy Easter!
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Wednesday, 9 April 2014

Java JDK 8 and Netbeans 8 on the EEEPC


With the recent release of the long awaited Java 8 Oracle also released the latest version of its development environment Netbeans. JDK8 and Netbeans have been made available as single updates or together in a bundled package. Since I wasn't fully satisfied from my recent upgrade to Netbeans 7.4 I was more than willing to upgrade.

Installation

The bundled package is in the form of the usual self-executable file Oracle provides to distribute Netbeans installations, let me say the installation process couldn't be easier.
I executed the installation file from shell …
chmod +x jdk-8-nb-8-linux-i586.sh
sudo ./jdk-8-nb-8-linux-i586.sh
the installation wizard started
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