Add Desktop Shortcut in Ubuntu
Here’s how to create a desktop shortcut in Ubuntu – Go to the location of the file you want to access from Desktop (using the file explorer). Right click => ...
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Installing Ubuntu on Alienware 17 R2
Heres how I could get my Alienware 17 working on Ubuntu – Connect the machine to Internet using a LAN cable. Change these after entering BIOS setup Set boot mod...
SreeVidya Sanskrit transliterator, a powerful tool for the bilingual Indians
I’m writing this article to introduce an interesting new tool – SreeVidya. What is SreeVidya ? SreeVidya is a software tool originally written to transliterate...
Ant-apt-repo : An ant task to create apt repository from .deb files
This is a simple Ant task (hosted here) to create an apt repository from within an Ant project. It is ported from the maven plugin – theoweiss/apt-repo. This ta...
How to use old an android phone as a wireless speaker ?
I recently converted an otherwise useless old android phone into wireless speakers (complementing an old wired 2.1 speaker-set I had). The setup needs two phone...
Run 32bit programs from command line on Windows 7
Run %windir%\SysWoW64\cmd.exe in the start search box. The launched command prompt can run scripts or programs that are 32bit (or uses libraries that are 32bit....
Fix: Control+Space does not work on Eclipse on Kubuntu 14.04
Problem : Ctrl+Space does not trigger auto-suggest in Eclipse, on Kubuntu 14.04. Reason: IBus captures ctrl+space keystroke. Fix: 1. Right click Ibus Icon from...
Bring Tab bar to top of terminal in Konsole
Tab selector (tab bar) can be made to appear on the top side of terminal in Konsole as follows – Menu Bar => Settings => Configure Konsole Select TabBar ...
Install Skype on Ubuntu 13.10
This is how I installed skype on my Kubuntu 13.10 system – Open bash/Konsole Run: sudo add-apt-repository “deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) ...
How to remove URL forwarding to Yahoo Search by or through Search.Conduit
Problem: The URLs including development/local ones are forwarded to Yahoo Search page by a Conduit plugin via their search.conduit portal (as seen from status b...