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FreeBSD OpenJDK6-b17 font issues

November 3, 2009 - 10:39 am

Posted in FreeBSD Tips & Tricks | 61,554 Comments

Quite simply. Fonts look terrible when using openjdk6 on FreeBSD. I’ve been spending quite a bit of time researching and fixing this issue.
This is a simple test program I put together for comparing fonts.
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class BasicDraw {
[...]

Upgrading FreeBSD port java/openjdk6 from b16 to b17

October 30, 2009 - 2:18 pm

Posted in FreeBSD Tips & Tricks | 9,942 Comments

Details about my recent upgrade of Openjdk for FreeBSD from Openjdk6 b16 to b17, including some tips on using the patch command.

openjdk6 b17 is right around the corner

September 29, 2009 - 8:50 am

Posted in FreeBSD Tips & Tricks | 15,582 Comments

The openjdk6 team has put in a ton of effort to merge in changes from jdk6 hs14 into the openjdk6 branch. They have also included some security related patches that were fixed in jdk6 hs15. The openjdk6 branch should now contain all security related patches as of jdk6 hs20. All of this [...]

Sharing files with other users in Mac OS X 10.4+

June 1, 2009 - 10:59 pm

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Posted in Mac OS X Tips & Tricks | 13,689 Comments

I’ve been wanting to share files between me and my wife’s account on the Mac, but have not been able to do so. I’ve finally found the answer using ACL’s. It’s very easy to do, just follow these steps for every account you want to make accessible by others.

Open up a Terminal [...]