Repositories and keys for google earth and sun java

Google Earth

1. install the utility to make google earth package from the software center

2. at the command line
make-googleearth-package --force

3. at the command line
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

4. The first time I ran it it crashed
5. When it was done crashing, i ran it again and it worked

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1509055

Ubuntu repositories for sun java

Youtube advanced upload doesn't work with OpenJDK on Ubuntu so I have to uninstall OpenJDK and install the real Java from Sun. I always start by trying to download it from Sun which is a mistake.

Then it's always hell trying to figure out the right repository. For 10.10 beta I used the one below.

http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic-updates/ia32-sun-java6-bin

Asunder Cd-Rip

Asunder didn't show cd in drive or display CDDB information.

I tried RipOff which said /dev/cdrom not a valid device. There was no
link /dev/cdrom in /dev .

I created the /dev/cdrom to link to /dev/cdrom1

typed at the command line
sudo ln -s /dev/cdrom1 /dev/cdrom

I'm glad RipOff displays its error messages.