Category Archives: Computers
Solved: Java not running from Windows Command Prompt
I recently needed to run a java program from the command prompt, but kept getting a message saying “Java Is Not Recognized As An Internal Or External Command”. Needless to say, my program wasn’t running. A quick Google showed lots of people talking about PATHs and CLASSPATHs which I didn’t know anything about. Anyway, this is all you have […]
Installing Oracle Java JDK 7 in Ubuntu
A quick google showed that installing the Java JDK for programming in Ubuntu is nowhere near as simple as installing it in Windows. Fortunately, here is what I think is the easiest way to install Java JDK 7 in Ubuntu 11.10, especially for those new to Linux. Download the JDK for Linux from here Uncompress […]
New Ubuntu 11.10 Installation Ridiculously Slow – Solved … and some Gnome 3 tweaks
I finally decided to stop booting Ubutntu in a Virtual Machine (thanks to Virtual Box) and rather to dual-boot it along with my existing Windows 7. The reason for this being that Ubuntu now runs faster than in a virtual machine, and dual-booting would be the way to go if you consider using Ubuntu quite […]
Change Keyboard Shortcuts for Terminal and other settings
I was getting quite irritated that Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V do not work in the Linux terminal for copy and paste respectively. Instead, you are supposed to type Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V. Not being used to this, and knowing that Linux is highly customisable, I discovered an easy way of changing this setting along with many others. […]
Ubuntu 11.10 in VirtualBox 4.18 – Tips after installing
After freshly installing Ubuntu 11.10 as a virtual machine on my Windows 7 PC, these are some of the tricks I used to get it working well: Resolution: The first thing I noticed was that the resolution on Ubuntu was wrong, in fact, it only showed 1024×768 and 800×600 as options. To rectify this, you […]
Taking the Linux plunge
I finally installed Ubuntu on my desktop, although the reason being that Ubuntu is the operating system used by the Computer Science department this year. I was hesitant to partition my hard drive, particularly because it takes quite long and also that I would have to reparation the hard drive if I wanted to delete […]
