In linux mint you can change and install new themes. The current version that is Linux Mint 18 mate comes with 14 pre installed themes. You can set any one of these as a default theme in linux mint. Change…
Linux mint 18 mate comes with open JDk 8 by default. Open JDK and Oracle JDK both have almost the same code of the classes in the Java API. But OpenJDK tends to use open libraries and Oracle JDK tends to use closed ones. And if you want to install Oracle JDK 8 on Linux Mint, please follow the below steps.
Install Oracle JDK 8 on Linux Mint 18
Go to Oracle JDK8 download page. And download the latest linux jdk in .tar.gz format.
Here its (32 bit) jdk-8u102-linux-i586.tar.gz
Note:change the JDK version in the command according to your jdk version.
Copy your JDK .tar.gz file to your Desktop.
Open Terminal. To open terminal click the Main Linux Mint Menu, then go to system tools and select Terminal or type terminal in the search field or click the Terminal icon in taskbar.
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Bing Desktop Wallpaper Changer is a free python script from the developer Utkarsh Gupta. This script automatically updates your Ubuntu desktop wallpaper to the current bing.com image of the day background picture. This script will run automatically at the startup and works on Linux with Gnome.
To install Bing Desktop Wallpaper Changer on Ubuntu, Open your terminal. To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field. And click Terminal.
Type the below command in the terminal and hit enter.
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The default Apache2 web server document root is /etc/www/html. This can be sometimes annoying because of permission issues. You can change the default apache web server document root folder to a new folder in your Home folder.
Change apache web server document root in ubuntu
Here my Apache version: 2.4.18 (Ubuntu 16.04)
To change the default Apache2 web server document root ie: /etc/www/html/ to any other folder in Home folder ie: /home/manikandan/www/
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