There have been some changes to how things work since my last post on how to run an Android emulator on Ubuntu so here is an updated how-to that works with Ubuntu 12.04! One big change is that adb no longer is located in the "tools" folder on Android SDK, but has been moved to the "platform-tools" folder. Anyway, let's start! The Android SDK First you have to download the Read More ...
I use GIMP on daily basis and have been using GIMP 2.7.4 for quite a while now through Matt Walkers PPA. Recently I tried to upgrade to version 2.7.5, which removed the previous version but would not install the new one due to dependency issues. I've been looking for a solution for a while now and finally solved the problem this morning! I added these repositories to /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome3-team/gnome3/ubuntu Read More ...
Shutter has been updated today to version 0.88.
For those of you not familiar with Shutter, it is probably the best screenshot tool for Linux. Many new upload plugins have been added, for services such as ImageShack, Imgur, Minus, Dropbox, TwitPic, Omploader, UbuntuPics and more.
To upload an image to Dropbox, Imgur etc., right click an image and select "Export", then select the desired service. Once the image has been uploaded, Shutter will display a link for your image. In this new release of Shutter, the public links are saved when a screenshot is uploaded, and you can right click on an image (in Shutter of course) to see all the available links.
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I am struggling to create an animated and dynamic multi-page form, where the fields will be validated on the fly by using AJAX and each page will be shown with a transition effect using jQuery. To store the data between each page I am using PHP sessions and try to prevent SQL injections and malicious data inputs by sanitazing the data. Sounds simple in theory, right?
Anyway, being a fan of xkcd and following every issue, I could not stop thinking of issue #327 "Exploits of a Mom"!
GoAccess is an open source real-time Apache log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal in *nix systems. It provides fast and valuable HTTP statistics for system administrators that require a visual server report on the fly.
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In my previous post I guided you through the necessary steps to install the Android SDK on ubuntu and get an emulator running. Now it is time to go further and start writing our own applications using the Eclipse Platform. First we have to download the latest version of Eclipse from the Eclipse Downloads section. The "Eclipse Classic" version is recommended, but the Java or RCP versions might work as Read More ...
This article will guide you through the necessary steps to install an Android emulator on Ubuntu in order to test the Android platform. I have tested this on Ubuntu 10.04 - 11.10 but it might work on versions prior to 10.04 as well. We should start by downloading the Android SDK. I usually put every app/script I create on a dev folder inside my home directory so this is where Read More ...