This is first step of migration for the software engineers from window platform to linux platform. I am Java Developer and doing my java development in windows platform. Here is my window development configurations: OS - windows 7 Java version - JDK 6 IDE - Netbeans 6.91 Application Server - Tomcat 7 Database Server - MySQL Version Control - tortoisesvn Ok. Lets assume you have successfully installed and setup the Ubuntu 10.10 and can access the internet. Step 1: Install Java It is obvious that most of linux dis have installed Open JDK at the os installation time. If you are new for java development go this Open JDK.(I never tested open Jdk with netbeans). But when you run your existing code, you might get errors and the only solution for that is use sun java jdk. In this step i am going to show you how to install sun jdk for ubuntu 10.10. Go to Ubuntu Software Center A pplications –> Ubuntu Software Center. Then click Edit –> Software Sources.. Next, se