First, locate and download latest Java version from Java.com :

http://java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp?locale=en&host=java.com

1. Exit Firefox.

2. Uninstall any previous installations of Java Plugin.

Only one Java Plugin can be used at a time. When you want to use a different plugin, or version of a plugin, remove the symbolic links to any other versions and create a fresh symbolic link to the new one.

Remove the symbolic links (or move them to another directory) to javaplugin-oji.so and libnpjp2.so from the Firefox plugins directory /usr/lib64/browser-plugins

3. Install downloaded java plugin

4. Create a symbolic link to the Java Plugin in the Firefox plugins directory.

Create a symbolic link to the Java Plugin libnpjp2.so file in the Firefox plugins directory:

    cd /usr/lib64/browser-plugins
    ln -s /usr/java/jre1.6.0_23/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so

5. Start the Firefox browser .

Type about:plugins in the Location bar to confirm that the Java Plugin is loaded. You can also click the Tools menu to confirm that Java Console is there.

iFolder is a simple and secure storage solution that can increase your productivity by enabling you to back up, access and manage your personal files-from anywhere, at any time. Once you have installed iFolder, you simply save your files locally-as you have always done-and iFolder automatically updates the files on a network server and delivers them to the other machines you use.

Using iFolder, you can designate any network server as an iFolder server and publish information to a personal iFolder created on that server. Once your folder is established, you can install iFolder on the computers you regularly use and download information from your personal iFolder to any of those computers. Not only that, but using iFolder, you can also invite other iFolder users to share your files in the same safe and secure way so that your teams always have the most relevant copy of a document.

Below are installation instructions for openSuSE 10.3 server :

Download the following packages :

ifolder3 from http://www.kablink.org/index.php

http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/download/x86/mono/1.2.6-4/mono-core-1.2.6-4.novell.i586.rpm
http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/download/x86/mono/1.2.6-4/mono-data-1.2.6-4.novell.i586.rpm
http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/download/x86/mono/1.2.6-4/mono-data-sqlite-1.2.6-4.novell.i586.rpm
http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/download/x86/mono/1.2.6-4/mono-web-1.2.6-4.novell.i586.rpm
http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/download/x86/mono/1.2.6-4/mono-nunit-1.2.6-4.novell.i586.rpm
http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/download/x86/mono/1.2.6-4/mono-winforms-1.2.6-4.novell.i586.rpm
http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/download/noarch/xsp/1.2.6-2/xsp-1.2.6-2.novell.noarch.rpm
http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/download/suse-103-i586/mod_mono/1.2.6-1/apache2-mod_mono-1.2.6-1.suse103.novell.i586.rpm

Install as following :

rpm -i mono-core-1.2.6-4.novell.i586.rpm
rpm -i mono-data-1.2.6-4.novell.i586.rpm
rpm -i mono-data-sqlite-1.2.6-4.novell.i586.rpm
rpm -i mono-nunit-1.2.6-4.novell.i586.rpm
rpm -i mono-web-1.2.6-4.novell.i586.rpm –nodeps
rpm -i mono-winforms-1.2.6-4.novell.i586.rpm
rpm -i xsp-1.2.6-2.novell.noarch.rpm
rpm -i apache2-mod_mono-1.2.6-1.suse103.novell.i586.rpm

Then install iFolder server.

*Google has also released official builds of Google Chrome for Linux and Mac OS X (see update below). If you are looking to install Chrome on a USB stick, check out Portable Google Chrome.

The Google Browser port, known as Crossover Chromium, is available for download on Mac OS X as a native Mac .dmg file or on Ubuntu, RedHat, Suse, etc. as standard Linux packages.

Google Chrome for Mac OS X- Screenshot

Google Chrome on Linux – Screenshot

Google Chrome is built with open source code from Chromium.

How to Install Google Browser on Mac / Linux

Mac users can simply drag the Chromium .dmg file into their Applications folder. Linux users should use the appropriate tools for their respective Linux distributions to unpack the installer package. Google Chrome on Linux is available for both 32bit and 64bit versions.

If you installed Google Chrome on Linux using the .deb package, you can uninstall the Google Browser using the Synaptic package manager or via the following command – sudo aptitude purge cxchromium

Google Chrome for Mac & Linux – Official Builds

Update: The official builds of Google Chromium are now available for Linux and Mac here. The interface and features of Chromium for Mac OS X are similar to that of Chrome for Windows but it’s a developer release and not very stable yet.

Two New Gartner Linux Research Notes

Leading IT research and advisory company Gartner has published two new Linux research notes:

• Choosing a Linux Distributor When Linux Is Strategic
• Linux Is Not Linux—How Distribution Choice Matters

Moblin, short for mobile Linux, is an open source project focused on developing software for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and other new categories of devices such as netbooks and nettops. Intel launched the Moblin.org site in July 2007 and significantly updated the site in April 2008 with the launch of the Intel Atom processor family at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai. A custom SDK is also available on the site. The Moblin 2 OS was specifically designed to run on an Intel Atom processor in a netbook. In April 2009 Intel turned Moblin over to the Linux Foundation. Watch the below video for an introduction to the new beta version :

Find below bash script for openSuSE 11.0 and 11.1 that will install 64bit Flash Player :

You need to chmod +x then execute it. Remember to enable flash pluging in Firefox then restarting.