How to Install Adobe Acrobat reader 9.5 on Ubuntu 13.04
Quick tutorial on how to install Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.5.5 on Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) using apt-get
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Install and configure Apache and PHP with cgi on Ubuntu or Debian
Guide on how to setup apache and php using CGI (Common Gateway Interface) on Ubuntu
Install Quanta plus web editor on ubuntu 13.04
Quanta Plus Welcome to another great post on how to install quanta plus on ubuntu. Quanta plus is my favorite php web development tool simply because its too simple compared to all the alternatives out there. But most important is that its built with qt, which makes it a native, fast and efficient application on… Read More »
Setup Apache and Php with mod_fcgid on Ubuntu/Debian
Mod Fcgid Mod Fcgid is an apache module that enables it to talk to fastcgi enabled application. It can be used to setup with apache to run php over fastcgi. It is an alternative to the older mod_fastcgi and has some differences with it. In this post we shall be setting up apache with php… Read More »
Install and configure Apache and php with mod fastcgi on Ubuntu/Debian
This tutorials shows how to setup and configure Apache web server with Php using mod fastcgi as the handler, on Ubuntu or Debian based linux servers
How to Install SSH Server on Ubuntu / Debian with OpenSSH
Tutorial on how to install and enable ssh (secure shell) server OpenSSH on Ubuntu to get remote shell access.
Install quanta plus on ubuntu 12.10
Quanta Plus Quanta Plus is web development tool for the KDE desktop that resembles dreamweaver of windows. But it is a dead project now and is not being developed anymore for years. However it is still my favorite because it works very well. Remarkable features are : 1. Group files into projects. 2. Auto-suggestions for… Read More »
How to Play Music / MP3 from Command line on Ubuntu – Sox, Moc, Cmus, Vlc
Terminal If you are too addicted to the terminal/console and want to use it for every possible thing, then know that it can play music as well. There are many utilities for playing music files like mp3 directly from the commandline. They can be used to browse the file system, select music files and make… Read More »
Enable smooth scrolling in Google Chrome
Firefox by default has smooth scrolling enabled on Ubuntu. With smooth scrolling, if you turn the mouse wheel, the page scrolls by some percentage not in a single moment, but taking some time like an animation. It gives a similar effect as if the page is being scrolled by fingers on a touch device. Google… Read More »
How to get gorgeous looking fonts on Ubuntu / Linux Mint
How to optimise font rendering on Ubuntu/Debian based Linux systems for best appearance
Encfs – How to Encrypt and Password Protect Data on Ubuntu/Debian/Linux Mint
Encfs – Encrypted file system We often need to put some confidential data on the hard drive, in which case it becomes essential to have some kind of security mechanism to keep it hidden from unauthorised access of any kind. It could contain credit card numbers, bank statements and list of passwords for various online… Read More »
How to Create Password Protected ZIP Archives on Ubuntu
Password Protected Zip Files Often times we need to create secure zip files that cannot be opened by anyone other than the intended recipient. The simplest way to do this is by creating an encrypted zip file. On Linux systems the popular archive format “tar” does not support encryption natively. But “zip” format does support… Read More »
How to fix “error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0”
The following error came up when I tried to run Adobe Acrobat Reader on ubuntu 12.10 error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory To fix this, simple install the package ia32-libs-gtk $ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-gtk Now run the application again and the error should go… Read More »
Apt get command examples to manage packages on Ubuntu/Debian
Learn to use the aptitude, dpkg and apt-get commands to install,update and remove packages from the command line on ubuntu and debian based systems.
How to Enable Webgl in Google Chrome on Ubuntu 12.10
By default google chrome would keep webgl features disabled if your gpu driver does not support 3d acceleration. However there are options to force enable it. To enable webgl in Google Chrome launch it with the following flags –enable-webgl –ignore-gpu-blacklist Here is the command: $ google-chrome –enable-webgl –ignore-gpu-blacklist Now test webgl by opening the following… Read More »
How to enable Webgl in Firefox on Ubuntu
WebGL WebGL (Web Graphics Library) is a JavaScript API for rendering interactive 3D graphics and 2D graphics[2] within any compatible web browser without the use of plug-ins. It is analogous to a 3D graphics api like OpenGL but runs inside a web browser and programmed in javascript instead of C or C++. The important thing… Read More »
Convert mp3 audio files to ogg on ubuntu
I recently needed to convert some mp3 audio files to ogg format so that the html5 audio tag could play them in mozilla firefox. Had to search a bit to find out how to do this easily and here are the results. There is an excellent application called soundconverter ( soundkonverter for kde users )…. Read More »
How to Close open Ports manually in Ubuntu / Linux
Open ports When running any kind of server application like http or ftp server, or doing socket programming, it might so happen that a server program when recompiled/rerun fails to bind to a particular port number because that port number is already in use. In such a case, you can either restart the system or… Read More »
How to Get domain nameservers from commandline in Ubuntu Linux
Nameservers are special servers running a DNS service to provide the ip address of a particular domain name. Different domains have different nameservers. Usually the nameservers are hosted and managed by the hosting server provider. If you are hosting your website on Bluehost for instance, the nameservers would be those of bluehost. Whereas if you… Read More »
How to Install Dropdown Terminal in Ubuntu / Debian / Linux Mint – Yakuake, Guake, Tilda
Dropdown terminal is a very useful utility that shows a command line terminal in a dropdown popup on the screen just by pressing a button like F12. These provide easy access to the command line and enhance productivity on Linux Desktop. There are multiple packages available for Ubuntu and similar distros, that provide a dropdown… Read More »