Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Getting exFAT To Work Under Linux Mint

exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) is a proprietary file system designed especially for flash drives developed by Microsoft, which has applied for patent protection. - See more at: http://rayslinux.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/how-to-mount-exfat-file-system-on.html#sthash.z5mH74rw.dpuf
exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) is a proprietary file system designed especially for flash drives developed by Micro$oft, which has applied for patent protection.  exFAT is used where the NTFS file system is not a feasible solution, due to data structure overhead, or where the file size limit of the standard FAT32 file system (without FAT+ extension) is unacceptable.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install exfat-utils

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Install Oracle Java 7 in Ubuntu or Linux Mint via PPA


If you need to use Java in Linux Mint you'll need to install it.  This is the easiest way I've found to install it.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer