JAD Java Decomplier

Marc Sturlese — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:23:45 +0000

Today I needed to check some old java source from wich only I just kept the class files.
Find a java decompiler for my Ubuntu was not as easy job as I tought. Couldn’t find one in the repositories and all what I found in the network was not updated at all.
JAD Java Decompiler is definitely not new stuff but it is really easy to use and did pretty good job for me. The problem was that almost all links guided me to http://www.kpdus.com but the software is not available in there anymore.
In the end I found it not just for Ubuntu but for other platforms aswell.
I leave here the JAD version for Ubuntu (and other linux distributions) that worked for me.

HD’s Load cycle count problem with Ubuntu fixed

Marc Sturlese — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:26:53 +0000

Today I read in SlashDot a remarcable pice of new. Ubuntu’s compatibility problem that was reducing some HD’s life time has been fixed. The problem appeared turning the powersaving mode on. Once it done, the HD’s load cycle count started increasing at giant steps (more…).
People are still arguing who’s fault was, if hardware manufacturers or software developers (the thing is it was just happening in some hard disks brands).
Long time ago I found a way to solve it, tunning hdparm:
hdparm -R 255 /dev/sdaX
255 is the maximum value it can have, would turn off completely APM.
Neighter that or couple more tricks I found googleing worked for me.
For users of Ubuntu 8.04 or higher, the problem seems to be definitely solved. To download the fix you must use the test repositries as it has just appeared and is not yet in the update repositories.

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JAD Java Decomplier

HD’s Load cycle count problem with Ubuntu fixed