Install Oracle java on Ubuntu 16.04
Compiling brewtarget 2.4.0 from source on Ubuntu
First install the prerequisites:
1 2 | sudo apt install libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5svg5 libqt5sql5-sqlite libqtgui4 libqtcore4 libqt4-xml libqt4-sql sudo apt install qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev qttools5... |
Installing emulationstation on Ubuntu 16.04
1 2 3 4 5 6 | sudo add-apt-repository ppa:emulationstation/ppa sudo apt update sudo apt install emulationstation emulationstation-theme-simple sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libretro/stable sudo apt update... |
Installing Windows 10 on a second ssd
For a while I’ve had an extra partition on my Samsung Evo 840 pro SSD with a Windows 10 installation on it. I’m not using it very often but when I need some windows-only software it comes in handy. I’ve used it for updating my TomTom rider and making...
Install Oracle java on Ubuntu 15.10
Visualising Vim startup time
I wanted to visualise Vim’s startup time because over time and with the constant triccle of new plugins Vim became slower and slower to start up. Opening vim with a local file wasn’t too slow (700ms) but when using Vim over sshfs it took seconds to...
Watching native Netflix on Ubuntu 14.04
As reported Netflix now works natively under Linux.
However, some people (including me) reported some troubles under Ubuntu 14.04. After following the described steps by Nathan VanCamp I got an error when opening a video: Error Code: M7063-1913
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Re-scheduling backup processes
On one of my machines the backup the backup process was disturbing running services. I didn’t want to stop the backup process so I decided to lower it’s priorities:
1 2 | for pid in `ps aux | grep backup... |
backporting packages for a different ARCH on Ubuntu
I wanted to backport mod_security from Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty) to 12.04 (Precise). And not only that, I also wanted to compile it for different ARCH’s. i386 in this example.
So I had to find out how to do that. It turned out that Ubuntu provides a nice...