How to install Dropbox on Linux desktop

Setup a free Dropbox account for yourself at https://www.dropbox.com/login Download the deb file for your distribution from https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx and install, if you use Ubuntu, using: $ sudo dpkg -i dropbox* <enter> Start it from Applications Menu->Internet->Dropbox. Next up, will be a screen as follows. Click on the Start button displayed within the Dropbox Information Window. … Continue reading How to install Dropbox on Linux desktop →

Why Sony Xperia ZR Android 4.3 firmware upgrade is very slow

Sony Xperia ZR upgrade to Android 4.3 was rolled out recently. I decided to upgrade. First off, I am a Linux user, who was forcibly sold Windows 8 by Lenovo, when I bought their Z580 laptop. In hindsight, this was a good thing, as I find to my chagrin, that the Sony Xperia ZR Android … Continue reading Why Sony Xperia ZR Android 4.3 firmware upgrade is very slow →

How to use GIT to publish project / source code to github

Git is a very good tool that allows you to publish your project or source code to the github web repository. It allows others to view your code / project and make changes, with one of the best version control systems around. I will use the MumbaiStock project on github as an example to illustrate … Continue reading How to use GIT to publish project / source code to github →

Install Windows 8.1 Preview in VirtualBox

Windows 8.1 Preview cannot be installed and run directly in VirtualBox. It displays the following error message (some text like this): Error Code: 0x000000C4 Parameters: 0x0000000000000091 0x000000000000000F 0xFFFFF80238F5BA80 0x0000000000000000 After you have downloaded Windows 8.1 Preview from the Microsoft Website, set up a new Virtual Machine in VirtualBox. In my case, I named the machine … Continue reading Install Windows 8.1 Preview in VirtualBox →

Use VoIP on Linux and your Android Phone – linphone and sipdroid

Most of us use the popular solution to voice calling on the internet, called Skype. However, there are very good alternatives available that work more or less hassle-free. They use SIP to allow you to have a similar set up like Skype, but only over the SIP protocol. One the the good SIP services is … Continue reading Use VoIP on Linux and your Android Phone – linphone and sipdroid →

View DICOM medical images in Linux – use AMIDE

DICOM images are created by sophisticated medical scan equipment. These images are special formats that cannot be read by normal graphics viewers. Therefore, to read DICOM images in Linux, you can use a software called AMIDE in Ubuntu. AMIDE is open source and is available at http://amide.sourceforge.net/ You can install AMIDE to your computer in … Continue reading View DICOM medical images in Linux – use AMIDE →

Java compilation Error: no suitable constructor found for Box(int)

I spent a lot of time trying to figure out why my Java program was giving me a compilation error on the Box constructor that said Error: no suitable constructor found for Box(int). My attempt was to simply use the Box class in the Swing Library. I figured out why. It so happens that in … Continue reading Java compilation Error: no suitable constructor found for Box(int) →

Clonezilla – Clone your hard disk for free

Finally, I got down to save myself the pain of re-installing operating systems if my installation got corrupt. You can do so, by using any disk imaging or cloning tool like Ghost for Linux, Symantec/Norton Ghost or even a free tool like Clonezilla available at http://www.clonezilla.org. It is free Saves diskspace by compressing the images … Continue reading Clonezilla – Clone your hard disk for free →

Simple download manager for Ubuntu

If you are used to the Fedora Linux Operating System, you would miss gwget. gwget is a simple and easy to use download manager. On Ubuntu, unfortunately, gwget is not available. But nothing to worry about. Ubuntu also has a simple and easy to use download manager. It is called SteadyFlow and you can install … Continue reading Simple download manager for Ubuntu →

Install Oracle Java on Ubuntu

If you do not want to use the OpenJDK java software on your Ubuntu system, you can install Oracle Java, also known as Sun Java using the following commands in a terminal window: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java <enter> $ sudo apt-get update <enter> $ sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer <enter> After the installation is complete, you … Continue reading Install Oracle Java on Ubuntu →