HP LaserJet Pro M1212nf MFP Scanner on Ubuntu

If you’re able to print using the HP Printer above but unable to use its scanner with your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, then you’d have to install hplip and run this command to install the latest proprietary software: $~ sudo apt-get install hplip hplip-gui -y $~ /usr/bin/hp-diagnose_plugin # Follow Instructions After that, reboot eventually and use

Huawei E3531s-2 on Ubuntu 14.04

The BroadBand modem Huawei E3531s-2 on Ubuntu 14.04 does not work out of the box. Let’s make it work. – Install supervisor: Add a supervisor configuration to a new program: A script we’ell shortly create, In /etc/supervisor/conf.d/broadband.conf Write a script in /usr/bin/broadband and make it executable. Change ‘localcon=”Meditel2″‘ to the name of your BroadBand Connection

Integration of Java Swing Applications with Unity Global Menu in Ubuntu 13.10

Due to recent changes and updates in Ubuntu 13.10, Version 1.x of Jayatana no longer works. A new version (2.0) of Java Ayatana is being tested to support java Application menu integration with UBuntu 13.10. Watch this post. Un update should land soon. ———————————————————————————————————— Hopefully, the new version 2.0 is released and you can get

QT Application with Java. Possible? Yes QT Jambi does it.

If you’ve never heard about it, you can build rich cross-platform GUIs with Qt Jambi., while coding in Java. What? Yes, QT Jambi is a QT Binding to Java, allowing you to develop QT GUI using Java instead of C++. It practically is the same thing as Java-Gnome library which is a GTK+ binding. QT

Take a screenshot while a menu is activated in Ubuntu

If you’re running Ubuntu and want to take a screenshot using the gnome-screenshot utility, you would notice that when you press the PRINT SCREEN keyboard key while a panel or launcher menu is activated, the screen shooter does not get executed. This is a known bug due to some old Xorg issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-utils/+bug/29894 Meanwhile, You