• Linux

    Moving my server from Windows to Linux

    I have moved from Windows to Linux on my laptop and gaming PC (Elementary OS) to be more specific and have not looked back. My home server was running Windows Home Server 2011 and it seemed like I lost one of my disks with my music on. Windows could not see the disk at all but I could see the disk in the BIOS. I then booted into Linux using a USB thumb drive and managed to access the disk and it’s data so proceded to backup the data. I then decided to get rid of Windows on my server and move to CentOS 7. I chose CentOS 7 as…

  • Elementary OS,  Linux,  Ubuntu,  Uncategorized

    How to install PyQt4 on Elementary OS (Linux)

    In this video I show the steps on how to install PyQt 4 on Elementary OS which should work on all Ubuntu based Linux distributions. I already had PyQt 5 installed but my study guide requires PyQt 4 so I decided to install and run both on my system. Here’s the steps: Open a terminal and run the below to install PyQt 4 sudo apt-get install python3-pyqt4 sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev sudo apt-get install python-qt4 qt4-dev-tools python-qt4-dev pyqt4-dev-tools Here’s a video if that’s more to your liking:

  • Linux,  Python

    How to make another version of Python the default version in Linux

    In this post I show you how to make Python 3.7 the default version of Python on Linux. (This should work on all distributions of Linux). My default version of Python was Python 2 and I needed to change it to version 3.7. 1. Steps: Open your .bashrc file in your home directory using a text editor or the shell. Add alias python=’/usr/bin/pythonx.x’ to the file and save it. (x.x is your version that you want to be the default) Logout of your session or reboot your computer, then log back in. Open the terminal and then type in Python. It should now show you the version that you specified…

  • Linux,  Python,  Software Development

    Install Python 3.7 on Elementary OS

    In this article and the below video I show you how to install Python 3.7 the easy way on Elementary OS. This works on Pop_OS! and Ubuntu too. 1. Open a terminal 2. type and run: sudo apt update3. type and run: sudo apt install software-properties-common4. type and run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa5. Press Enter to add the above repository6. type and run: sudo apt update7. type and run: sudo apt install python3.7 You now have Python 3.7 installed

  • Linux,  Ubuntu,  Ubuntu Gnome 15.04

    How to install Skype in Ubuntu Gnome 15.04

    Today I will show you how easy it is to install Skype 4.3 in Ubuntu Gnome 15.04. This should also work in Ubuntu 15.04. All steps are below the video if you wish not to watch the video and just follow the step by step guide. 1. Open Software and Updates 2. Click on “Other Software” 3. Check the check boxes next to Canonocal Partners and Canonocal Partners (Source Code). Enter your password when prompted 4. Click on Close to close the Software and Updates window 5. Open your Terminal (ctrl + alt + T is the short cut to open the terminal) 6. It’s good practice to run sudo…

  • Linux,  Virtual Box,  Zentyal

    Installing Virtual Box Guest Additions in Zentyal

    I stumbled across Zentyal which seemed to be quite an interesting Linux distribution. I say that as they claim to be able to replace Microsoft’s Small Business Server (SBS) and co-exist with Active Directory and Exchange. Have a look at their website for all the features. I wanted to install the guest additions after installing Zentyal in Oracle’s Virtual Box to run the virtual machine in full screen mode. This was not as straight forward as I though it might be. Below is a video tutorial that I created to show how to install the guest additions in Zentyal. (Watch in HD and full screen) Also note: the links below the…