Posted in Linux, tagged Linux, Notes, Sabayon on October 11, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Interestingly painless…
Download the .deb version of the Notes client from IBM
tar xfv <downloaded_archive>
unpack the Notes client and Sametime with ar x ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.deb and ar x ibm_lotus_sametime-8.5.i586.deb into separate directories
unpack data.tar.gz and control.tar.gz in both directories (tar xfvz <archive>)
elevate your ego to higher levels (aka become root)
move the files in opt from the respective Notes client [...]
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… for making Notes 8.5 Beta 1 available in .deb packages. Works beautifully (well, it’s still ye’olde sluggish Notes, but hey…), looks good, good font rendering, no ‘beta-related’ crashes so far. I love you for that. Srsly. No more using that broken crap installer.
… I still hate you for creating/buying Notes tho.
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Posted in KDE, Linux, tagged KDE, Linux, Notes on May 7, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Since I gave in and switched from Sidux to the new Kubuntu 8.04 – simply because Sidux just was too bleeding edge for my work rig, too many kernel switches and the new 2.6.25 totally borking my Cisco VPN Client – I had to install Lotus Notes 8.01 … Again. And it was horror again. [...]
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