Sometimes you need to install a specific version of gcc for some reasons, for example when you need to have the same compiler version as the one used by your team. In that, the package manager doesn’t help because not every version of gcc is packaged in every version of Ubuntu. So you must install [...]
How to solve scrolling problems in Kile when using Gnome
May 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
From this morning, I was encoutering problems when scrolling in Kile editor using Gnome. When I scrolled, not all the lines were moving and the text was only correct when I clicked on them… After some researches, I found that the solution was to use a different graphics system. You can do that in any [...]
Tip : Batch resize images on Ubuntu Linux
September 8, 2010 by 25 Comments
After needing to optimize a lot of images at once, this weekend I needed to resize a lot of images to the same size because they were too big. Like every other thing in Linux, there is a really simple tool to automate that. I used imagemagick to do that. Of course, there is certainly [...]
Tip : Optimize images on Ubuntu Linux
July 22, 2010 by 3 Comments
When working with a lot of images by example for galleries on a website, it could be really interesting to optimize the images to save a lot of space and directly improve the performances of the website and save some traffic if this is limited by your hosting. Optimize JPEG images with jpegoptim A great [...]
Tip : How to solve “agent admitted failure to sign using the key” error ?
July 4, 2010 by 48 Comments
A very simple tip that can save a lot of time. When i wanted to do a git clone, I had the given error : Agent admitted failure to sign using the key. Permission denied (publickey). I found that this is an SSH error. One of the readers, Leonardo Hessel, pointed that out that ssh-add [...]
Ubuntu Lucid Lynx Tip : Put the window buttons to the right
May 1, 2010 by 20 Comments
In Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx), the window buttons (minimize, maximize and close) are by default at the left of the window title like in Mac. This is really disappoiting when you upgrade from an older version of Ubuntu to this one. But it’s really simple to solve that problem. Open a terminal and type this [...]
Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04) is here !
April 29, 2010 by 4 Comments
Update 1 : Sadly, the released has been delayed due to a bug in the GRUB bootloader. With this Bug, Grub display only Ubuntu when you’re in a multi-boot system. To make the new release faster, they decided to respin only the Ubuntu 32/64 bit desktop CDs and the Ubuntu Netbook Edition. Normally these versions [...]
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