Monthly NO-IP Account Confirmation
Now the DNS-Hoster NO-IP follows the example of “DynDNS” who did this a couple years before. You have to confirm your account monthly – motivating […]
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Java’s Swing GTK LaF nice and pretty on Ubuntu
In Ubuntu Java apps which use Swing’s GTK Look and Feel (LaF) do not appear as native applications. The menus does not have borders and […]
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In wxMaxima 13 (Linux Mint 17, Ubuntu 14.04) it is not possible to type brackets as “[” or “]”. The ppa from István Blahota provides […]
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Octave’s GUI did not work after MacPorts-Update
After the last MacPorts update (v2.3.4), Octave’s GUI did not run anymore. The reason was the wrong gcc variant.
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Display Java’s Swing menus correctly in Linux Mint’s GTK LaF
Since GTK 3 has been introduced Java Swing applications have a bug in displaying their menus when using the GTK Look and Feel (LaF). At […]
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ShowAllPorts – RS-232 Portlister
GPS Logger, measuring devices and similar instruments are connected via serial cable to a computer. To find out the correct device name is cumbersome. ShowAllPorts […]
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EXE-files accidentally associated with an application
It is nearly impossible to associate a Windows EXE file to a normal application. The context command “Open with …” is not available for this […]
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Delete Parallels icons from Launchpad
If you activated the wrong option in your Parallels settings your Launchpad is flooded with icons of your virtual machine. In general you do not […]
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Lychee – Web-Photomangement
Lychee is not only a delicious fruit, it is a new photo-webapp for your own webspace, too. This field report tells you for what and […]
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qTranslate Successors – Which one is the best?
qTranslate, the multi-language plugin for WordPress-blogs, will not developed any further. Fortunately four successors (forks) are available. In alphabetical order: mqTranslate qTranslate-Plus qTranslate-X zTranslate Which […]
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