How to install the ALEKS Java plugin in Firefox & Ubuntu 7.10 (Gusty Gibbons)

Written by Saman Sadeghi on April 20, 2008 and has been viewed 919 views times. 10 Comments »

University Of PhoenixThis tip is for those of us who attending the University of Phoenix and are running Linux: The ALEKS program in the Center for Mathematics Excellence does not support our OS! :shock: I tried installing the Java plugin while running Internet Explorer 6 through WINE, but it was not successful! Luckily, I was able to install the plugin and can now use ALEKS through Firefox, while in Ubuntu (I’m not sure if these instructions are distro specific, but they do work for Ubuntu 7.10).

ALEKS does have an article that covers Firefox 1.0 and Linux, though we need to change a few variables, here’s a step-by-step (if you need more detailed help, just post your question below):

  1. Make sure you have “Sun Java 6 Web Start” installed. Use apt-get or Synaptec to check.
  2. Download the ALEKS plugin: aleksPack10.jar (6.4M)
  3. Save the plugin into your Home directory:
    /home/{YOURUSERNAME}
  4. We need to find your Java plugin directory, open Terminal and type:
    locate /lib/ext/
  5. Note the plugin location. For me, the output was:
    /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.03/jre/lib/ext/
  6. In Terminal, type the following (if you’re output from Step 5 was different, supplement it in Step 6):
    cp aleksPack10.jar /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.03/jre/lib/ext/
  7. Restart Firefox

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    • Windows Tip: Start Your Day With A Fresh Computer, Step Five-A: Open Your Browser (Firefox)

    Written by Saman Sadeghi on September 14, 2007 and has been viewed 1,299 views times. 6 Comments »

    Now that your computer is fresh can clean, you can start your day! I’ll show you how to launch Firefox [for those of you who are using IE, check out Automatically Open Your Browser (Internet Explorer) from the Table Of Contents below].

    Table Of Contents

    This is the Fifth Step in the Fresh Computer Series.

    Schedule The Task

    1. Navigate to: Control Panel -> Scheduled Tasks -> Add Scheduled Task
      (Alternately, you run this from the Run dialog: control schedtasks)
      Control Panel -> Scheduled Tasks -> Add Scheduled Task
    2. Hit Next in the dialog box that opens.
    3. In the Scheduled Task Wizard, put this in the address bar [1]:
      C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
    4. Click Next. Set this to run Daily.
      Set The Task To Run Daily
    5. Click Next. Enter the time and date for the task. Set the Start time for 6:30 AM and Perform the task Every Day.
      Set The Time For The Task To Run
    6. In the next screen, enter in the username and the password for your Windows user account [2].
      Set Your Username And Password
    7. So far, the steps taken in this tutorial will only open your standard homepage. If you’d like to open any other sites, continue reading. If not, click the Finish button.
      Tick the “Open advanced properties for this task when I click Finish.” checkbox and click the Finish button.
      Open The Advanced Properties
    8. In the advanced settings, look for the Run text field. Add any sites you’d like to open, separating each with a space. each site will be opened in a new tab:
      C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe google.com samanathon.com digg.com
      Add The URL's as Swithes
    9. Click the Set password… button (right of the Run as textbox with your username) and add your Windows password [3]
      Enter Your Windows Password

    Next, we can proceed to Fresh Computer Series Step Five: Conclusion.

    [1] This will only open your standard homepage, but I’ll show you how to open any sites in step 7.[2] This user needs to be a System Administrator.

    [3]Even though you put in your password in the sixth step, you have to type it again.

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    • Samanathon.com’s RSS Feed Is Now Availible Via Google Toolbar!

    Written by Saman Sadeghi on August 6, 2007 and has been viewed 719 views times. 5 Comments »

    If you have installed (or Internet Explorer for that mater), you can now get the Samanathon.com RSS Feed delivered right to your toolbar (you also get a button that will bring you directly to the Samanathon.com hompage)!

    Install the Samanathon.com Google Toolbar button and get the latest Registry Hacks and Japanese Nonsense right you!

    If you don’t have Firefox installed (why don’t you?!), download and install !

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    • Hello, And Welcome To Samanathon.com - We leik j00!

    Written by Saman Sadeghi on July 9, 2007 and has been viewed 1,224 views times. 12 Comments »

    Welcome!

    First off, I wanted to extend a little “Hello!!” to all of the new RSS subscribers! Last Thursday (7/5/07) 330 people accessed the Samanathon.com feed - THAT’S A RECORD HIGH! I have noticed that there is a lot of traffic coming in from StumbleUpon, apparently a number of my articles have been submitted - Thank you to whoever is hooking me up! In the last seven days, the site has received 30,000 visitors and 60,000 page views! :shock:

    What Is This Site All About?

    Samanathon.com is all about making Windows XP and Vista work the way you want! We have a ton of article ranging from Hacking The Windows Registry to Writing A Batch File To Set Your IP Address to Funny Japanese Videos. We also encourage commenting: You Comment, I Follow! - Each comment gives you a free link from a PageRank 6 site, so comment away! Also, we do have forums on the site (just another way for you to get free linkbacks!).

    Each week we post a Speedy Links article featuring links to posts from the week’s top commentators and users from the boards so you get free, deep links just from participating on Samanathon.com!

    For those who are new, here is a very short list of a few of my favorite articles:

    Registry Hacks

    Tips And Tricks

    Browsers

    Windows Tips

    Stats

    For my regular readers out there, the site has had a huge jump in traffic, so much so that the site was down for an hour last week because my host told me that my site was consuming too much system resources on the server - not bandwidth, but actual CPU and memory! :lol:

    Here is an image of my latest stats:

    What’s Next?

    There are plenty of Registry Hacks and Japanese videos coming up - I love doing both of these and have strayed away from them lately! :smile:

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    • Firefox Tip: Stop Websites From Resizing Browser Windows

    Written by Saman Sadeghi on May 17, 2007 and has been viewed 1,772 views times. 20 Comments »

    Firefox

    I just started using StumbleUpon and I have a huge pet peeve with the was some sites resize my browser window - I hate it! If it bugs you too, here is a simple fix for this “problem”:

    1. On Firefox’s toolbar, click “Tools” then “Options”
    2. In the “Options” dialog, click the “Content” tab
    3. Next to the Enable JavaScript check box, click the “Advanced” button
      Firefox Options, Content Tab
    4. Uncheck the ‘Move or resize existing windows’ checkbox
      Enable JavaScript, Advanced Dialog
    5. Click “OK” in all dialogs

    You’re all done!

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