I just got a new Matebook X Pro from Amazon (which was the best UK price I could find). The hardware is very nice indeed, excellent screen with super slim bezels, great keyboard, excellent general hardware quality, and a powerful cpu. The Matebook X Pro isn’t touted as a great laptop for no reason. Debian … Read more
I had the following issue when running sudo apt update to update my repositories in Debian Stretch W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://repository.spotify.com testing InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not … Read more
I’ve found the below combination to work well for any browser Java needs. Here’s how I got it working: Install OpenJDK sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre Install the IcedTea java browser plugin sudo apt-get install icedtea-8-plugin Navigate to your Chromium plugins folder cd /usr/lib/chromium/plugins Create a symbolic link to the IcedTea Plugin sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so … Read more
Just installed Mint 15 XFCE (very nice linux distro) however the desktop icon text can be hard to read on dark backgrounds. To change the desktop icon text do the following: cd /home/<youruser>/ nano .gtkrc-xfce change the below settings to whatever hex colour codes you want: fg[NORMAL] = "#FFFFFF" fg[SELECTED] = "#FFFFFF" fg[ACTIVE] = "#FFFFFF" … Read more
Ever have that problem where you’re running a large database mysql database dump through putty, and the connection to the server is somehow lost? I recently encountered this fairly unlikely situation occur and the below commands solve it. Command nohup command & Runs the process in the background and allows you continue using your ssh … Read more