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Kubuntu Gutsy 7.10: Replicate the stock Ubuntu + Compiz window workspace drag behavior in KDE/Kubuntu quick reference guide Required: Compiz + Standard Desktop Cube + KDE Steps: CompizConfig Settings Manager >> General >> Desktop Size = 4 KPanel >> Desktop Preview and Pager >> Configure Desktops >> Size = 1 KMenu >> System Settings >> Window Behavior >> Advanced >> Active Desktop Borders = Only When Moving Windows -Tres

HLSW for Linux (Ubuntu) Quick answer: sudo apt-get install xqf *Note: You may have to enable extra repositories in Synaptic, Adept, or Aptitude. Fedora guys might be able to use "yum." HLSW (Half-Life Server Watcher) is a program for remotely managing a Half-Life game server using the Quake II rcon protocol/command set. This allows a server administrator to administer a Quake or Half-Life server without having Quake or Half-Life installed on a workstation. (useful on a laptop or non-gaming machine). XQF is a program that offers similar rcon control from Linux. The "apt-get" command above will automatically install XQF on Ubuntu. It will install two packages: > qstat > xqf The download is small (586kB, less than 1MB!). Once installed, a short-cut should appear under "Games" in your Linux desktop menu. Alternately, you can launch xqf by typing "xqf" at a command prompt or console window. Background of HLSW: So lets say for exampl...

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Scriptom + Netbeans Quickstart Guide Needed: (Download all of these before beginning) [ download ] [ site ] Netbeans -Java 6.0 Development (with Groovy support) ~50MB [ download ] [ site ] Groovy 1.1 or higher (zip file) ~20MB [ download ] [ site ] Scriptom 1.5 or higher ~3MB [ download ] [ site ] Jacob 1.14 or higher ~0.5MB Instructions: Download all files above. Extract Netbeans-Java to Deskop in a folder called "netbeans" Inside this folder (where LISCENSE.TXT is), create a new folder "lib" . Extract Groovy 1.X/ embeddable/ groovy-all-1.x.jar to Desktop\netbeans\lib. (the "lib" folder you just created) Open Scriptom-2.x.zip and extract Scriptom-2.X.jar to Desktop\netbeans\lib . Open jacob_1.x.zip and extract jacob.jar to Desktop\netbeans\lib . (When prompted to overwrite, click YES) Extract jacob.dll to Desktop . (Most people can use the version in the x86 folder) Navigate to Desktop\netbeans\bin, and right click netbeans.exe >> Send ...

Article Outdated, please see tutorial here Sciptom in Netbeans If at first you don't succeed... Since my home computer is 64-bit Windows, I'd like to try scriptom again with a fairly vanilla setup. I'm still trying to evaluate its usefulness in my application, but I can't get it to work! http://groovy.codehaus.org/NetBeans+Plugin The above link provides quick instructions to obtain a "Development Build" of Netbeans for working with Groovy. I downloaded it and extracted it to my desktop. It does not seem to conflict with my current Netbeans installation. So I can delete the folder when I'm done if I decide not to use it. Simply double click "netbeans.exe" in the "bin" folder, and Netbeans should launch. I already had Netbeans Beta 2 installed, so if there's extra steps I appologize! In Tools >> Plugins, simply type "groovy" in the search field (make sure you're on the "Available Plugins" tab). As lo...

Article Outdated, please see tutorial here Scriptom, where are you? Although yesterday, at home the Development Build of Netbeans grabbed the Groovy plugin module, I'm not having any luck at work. I checked the proxy settings, which seem to be ok, but the Groovy module doesn't even list. It appears because deadlock.netbeans.org is not responding... Hmm... -Tres

Article Outdated, please see tutorial here Scriptom Hell! Dear Scriptom, If you would like people to use your product, please make it possible. When you navigate to the Scriptom page, the first thing they offer is Scriptom 2.0. Unfortunately for the entire world, this (just below) doesn't work with the recommended download of Groovy 1.0. Groovy 1.0 comes bunded with Scriptom 2.0, but there's no "QuickStart" guide that I can find, and I get ANT_HOME errors, which neither Scriptom nor Groovy says anything about during install. Needless to say, after manually downloading Groovy + Scriptom, my efforts were unsuccessful. Since my last error messages were ANT related, and I can't seem to figure out why ANT refuses to work, I decided to switch to a Netbeans approach (ANT works great in Netbeans 6 Beta RC2) Unfortunately this requires Netbeans DEV 20071202, which has "Plugin" support for Groovy. Groovy plugin is version 1.0, which is confusing since Scriptom...

Article Outdated, please see tutorial here Note: My struggles are unsuccessful so far. Groovy has not been easy to get working. I'll update the post as I figure this stuff out... -Tres Groovy + Scriptom I'll start by saying I'm a beginner with Java. I've been learning it ass-backwards for a project at work, and it wasn't until recently I started stepping into the "code management" world, such as Netbeans , Eclipse , Groovy, etc. The most "English" way to put Groovy, from what I've read is, it's a tool for creating Java programs quickly, without being held victim to the very specific Java syntax (much like C or C++ if you're familiar with either). Essentially, forget putting a semicolon after every line, redundant casting , and squiggly brackets up the wazoo. Groovy claims to be as easy as some of the lazier, more popular and less respected languages, such as VB6 or VB.NET. Here's my struggles, as a beginner with Groovy in...