I am predominantly a Linux and MacOS in my home office and usually make use of Windows Virtual Machines for my Windows based development. I have always made use of...
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how to implement a dark theme for the thunderbird email client on ubuntu...
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The latest release of .net core CLI re-introduced Solution Files and .csproj files to the .net core framework. This post explores making use of these files to better organize...
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walk through the process of creating a new project and then create a build process using cake....
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I have to admit that this post is heavily influenced by OMG! Ubuntu! How to disable automatic updates on ubuntu. Therefore instead of me effectively reproducing the content here, I...
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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Why SSH Keys for Git Hub SSH keys provide a secure connection to Git Hub without the need to enter your username and password every time you...
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A quick tip to get pbcopy alias configured on your ubuntu in order to copy standard input from the terminal...
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In this post I will provide instructions to install WordPress on ubuntu server. This tutorial is aimed at those users who may want to install WordPress on a virtual server for development purposes.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I wanted to update my LibreOffice application suite on my Ubuntu desktop. The news on 5 August 2015 that The Document Foundation (TDF) announced the release...
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I needed to upgrade my existing desktop computer, I just needed a little more power than my faithful old Dell OPTIPLEX 745 was providing. Although it is still able to...
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I have recently purchased my new Viglen Desktop Computer from ebuyer. It has arrived with Ubuntu 14.04 pre-installed, which is just awesome. However, as with any new machine getting it set up just the way I want to be productive does take a bit of time. In order to speed up this process I have been developing a number of BASH scripts, that I repeatedly run to install skype on ubuntu desktop.
I have recently been engaged in a number of projects utilising nodejs and my primary development Operating System has been ubuntu Linux. I also have a number of laptops I use for software development purposes, which I frequently teardown and rebuild during the course of projects. I have a number of reasons for doing this, which relate to the fact that I treat my software development laptops or virtual machines like cattle rather than pets , although this phrase is usually associated with Cloud computing, I find it relates to a software developers laptop/workstation too, especially if you’re engaged in multiple projects.
Node.js Package Manager (NPM) , is an is an online repository for the publishing of open-source Node.js projects, and a command-line utility for interacting with said repository that aids in package installation, version management, and dependency management. Essentially what this tools enables you to do is easily and quickly make use of the plethora of nodejs packages being developed on a daily basis. NPM enables the community to share and contribute to reusable javascript code libraries to help others with common software development problems.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); You may on occassion feel the need to automate certain processes or proceudres on your linux based computer. These maybe simple processes like ensuring your packages...
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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); If you're trying to set up your ubuntu desktop in order to carry out some LAMP stack development , you'll need to install mySQL Relational Database...
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If you are constantly updating your linux installation you may find over time that your boot partition may be running out of space and if list the contents of your boot partition you may find several versions of the same files i.e. kernel versions listed.