Ubuntu

To install java and have it updated automatically just use the WebUpd8 PPA. sudo apt-add-repository ppa:webupd8team/java sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer After that you have java 8 installed and it is updated regularly.

In the latest ubuntu version (14.04) my keyboard layout changes regularly and I couldn’t figure out why. But a workaround to change it back is to use the following command: setxkbmap de  

To get rid of the guest session on the login screen you have to edit the file /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-ubuntu.conf and append the following: allow-guest=false

I needed the Oracle SQLPlus client. Here are the steps to get it running: Go to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/features/index.html. There you find a link named Database Instant Client. Follow that link and choose x86 or x86-64. Download the following 3 packages: basic, sqlplus, devel. The install these packages with alien: sudo alien -i oracle-*sqlplus*.rpm sudo alien -i

moving the window buttons to the right has changed a bit since 12.04. Now you are able to use the following command to have the good old school button layout: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout ‘menu:minimize,maximize,close’

I recently managed to connect to office communicator under linux. First I installed pidgin-sipe and configured my account. But something seemed to be wrong with the ssl communication. So I copied over all ssl certificates from pidgin: cd ~/.purple/certificates/x509/tls_peers && sudo find . -type f -exec cp {} /etc/ssl/certs/{}.pem ;; sudo chmod a+r /etc/ssl/certs/* Then

Some time ago I noticed that several programs have no icons in menus though they always had. I really didn’t like the lack of icons in eclipse so I was looking for a solution for this. I found two working solutions. Install dconf-tools and run dconf-editor to set two keys to true: org.gnome.desktop.interface.menus-have-icons org.gnome.desktop.interface.buttons-have-icons Install

Window borders are very thin (1px) since ubuntu 11.10. So here is how to make borders clickable again. I use the Radiance theme, so the file to edit is /usr/share/themes/Radiance/metacity-1/metacity-theme-1.xml. There you have the values left_width, right_width and bottom_height all with the value 1. Just edit the value to let’s say 3px to make it

If you don’t want a guest account just add allow-guest=false to /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

I don’t want my login screen to beep. So I looked for a way to mute it. I couldn’t find a way to do this over a menu or another configuration. After looking a while I decided to move the soundfile away by the following command sudo mv /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/system-ready.ogg /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/system-ready.ogg.old Now my login screen is