1. System Info OS: Fedora Core 3 (2.6.11 kernel)
Processor/Memory: Pentium 4, 256 MB
Browser: Mozilla Firefox v1.0.3
uPortal Quick Start v2.4.2
JDK v1.4.2 & v1.5.0

2. Configuration Download zip file Extract
Set JAVA_HOME, PATH env variables
Start up HSQL server and Tomcat server
On browser,
Login as admin, developer, demo, student, faculty, staff

3. My Channel A campus news channel Weather channel
current happenings
discussion forums
student comments
Weather channel
Usage-tracking functionality (implement?!)

4. uPortal subtleties Environment variable setting Running uPortal
Set them once-and-for-all
Running uPortal
First time, start both servers as root user
Subsequent startup, no need to be root
Not mentioned in README!!
JDK 1.4 or higher....but JDK 1.5.0?
RSS Portlet example fails to render with 1.5.0