Kerika on Linux: a step closer...

I was finally able to get Kerika running on Linux, albeit in an unusual way! First, I installed Parallels on my Mac. The new version of Parallels is excellent: I had tried an earlier version back in December and found it hard going, but the new build (3188) is very easy to use. Next, I installed Ubuntu's Feisty Fawn release of Linux. My first attempt ran into some problems, so I went online and found a very helpful article that walked me through every single step in a fairly idiot-proof way.

With Ubuntu Linux running as a virtual machine on my Mac, I was able to get Kerika up and running, as you can see:


I still don't have a good installation package sorted out; for this test I copied the jars over into a folder and started Kerika using a terminal window. Nonetheless, I am very pleased with the results: I know that Kerika basically works on Linux, so that gives me an incentive to push ahead with selecting an installation package. I didn't do a lot of testing, but I did notice that drag-and-drop didn't seem to work with documents: I had to use the Project Tools toolbar to add files to an Idea Page. (And I haven't tested yet whether drag-and-drop of Web links works or not.)