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Install Wine on Linux Mint/Ubuntu using WineHQ Repository

[code language=”js”]sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa[/code] [code language=”js”]sudo apt-get update[/code] [code language=”js”]sudo apt-get install wine1.6[/code] [code language=”js”]wine npp.6.5.3.Installer.exe[/code] [code language=”js”]Notepad++[/code] [code language=”js”]wine /home/sysadmin/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files\ (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe[/code]

Install Gnome 3.10 on Ubuntu 13.10

[code language=”js”]# sudo apt-get install gdm[/code] [code language=”js”]# sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-next[/code] [code language=”js”]# sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging[/code] [code language=”js”]# sudo apt-get update[/code] [code language=”js”]# sudo apt-get dist-upgrade[/code] [code language=”js”]# sudo apt-get install gnome-shell gnome-shell-extensions[/code] [code language=”js”]# sudo apt-get remove overlay-scrollbar[/code] [code language=”js”]# sudo reboot[/code]

Install Unity 8 on Ubuntu 13.10

[code language=”js”]# sudo apt-get update[/code] [code language=”js”]# sudo apt-get install unity8 unity8-fake-env unity8-private[/code] [code language=”js”]# export UBUNTU_ICON_THEME=ubuntu-mobile[/code] [code language=”js”]# unity8 -mousetouch[/code] <a href="http://www.sysads.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Unity8Ubuntu.mp4">http://www.sysads.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Unity8Ubuntu.mp4</a></video>

Install WordPress on Godaddy Subdomain

For some of us that host our websites with Godaddy, its always best practice to create a subdomain of your main site for development work. In this tutorial, I will demonstrate how I have gone about this. Step 1: Create Subdomain– Log into your Account – Click the plus (+) sign for WEB HOSTING to expand it. Then click on Launch – Next click on Hosted Domains – Under the domain you want to create a subdomain if you have more than one domain, click either Manage or Add under Subdomains column.

Install latest Firefox on CentOS 6.5

[code language=”js”]# yum list firefox[/code] [code language=”js”]# wget Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm # rpm -Uvh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm[/code] [code language=”js”]# wget http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm # rpm -Uvh remi-release-6.rpm[/code] [code language=”js”]# yum –enablerepo=remi list firefox[/code] [code language=”js”]# yum –enablerepo=remi install firefox[/code] [code language=”js”]# yum –enablerepo=remi update firefox[/code] [code language=”js”]# firefox[/code]