Simply run the following three commands in your terminal: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer You will be asked to accept the terms and conditions, and…
Install Oracle Java 7 on Ubuntu 14.04 / 14.10
Install Oracle Java 8 on Ubuntu 16.04
Simply run the following three commands in your terminal: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer You will be asked to accept the terms and conditions, and…
Show disk space Linux terminal
To display the disk space available / used for each partition in Linux, execute the following command in your terminal: df -h The -h option lists the results in MB…
Restore toolbox in GIMP
Sometimes the little bugger hides itself ? To restore the toolbox in GIMP click on the main software window and press: CTRL + b
Combine / Merge / Split PDFs in Ubuntu
PDF Chain is a neat piece of software which allows you to merge and split PDF documents as well as add backgrounds to them. PDF Chain can be downloaded here:…
Install Wine 1.7 on Ubuntu 14.04
Step 1 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa Step 2 sudo apt-get update Step 3 sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks
Limit bandwidth per IP Pfsense
In a perfect world, all users on the network use the bandwidth fairly and everyone is happy. If there is a “PEST” on your network hogging all the bandwidth, then…
How to completely uninstall Intellij on Ubuntu 14.04
First delete the intellij folder you downloaded and extracted. e.g. ideaIC-14.1.2 Go in the home dir and hold CTRL + h – to show the hidden files. Then search for a folder…
Create CentOS 7 install disk on Ubuntu
The first step to creating a bootable CentOS USB disk is to insert the flash disk on which you'd like to install CentOS. Next, determine the mount point of the…
Allow VoIP phone system through Pfsense
I spent ages trying to figure out why our VoIP base station could not connect to the external PBX through Pfsense, only to find out that Pfsense works quite happily…
