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Top 10 programming languages in 2014

A number of programming languages are available in the current programming arena  but all of them are not equally valuable to learn for living. According to my point of view, we do not need learn all programming languages. We just need to know which language has future and provides bread and butter for living. I have found an interesting site which is listed  top 10 programming languages in 2014. http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-the-top-programming-languages

Adjust brightness of Linux Mint 16

After installing Linux Mint 16 Cinnamon 64 bit, I noticed brightness of my Dell Inspiron 15R was always set to 100%. My brightness setting did not work at all. I searched few blogs and forums and tried a lot of suggestions. My Dell Inspiron 15R has Intel graphics card. However, I have tried the following suggestion and it has worked for me. http://itsfoss.com/fix-brightness-ubuntu-1310

Git ssh is hanged during cloning

I installed Git and NetExtender 7.5.758 client in my laptop (Linux Mint 16) to connect my office computer. NetExtender client was successfully connected to my office computer. Then, I tried to clone Git repository, it looked like Git ssh hanged. After few minutes later, I got the following error response: git clone ssh://user@server:port/mygitrepo Cloning into 'mygitrepo'... user@server's password: Connection closed by server fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. I tried several things. installed older version of NetExtender and Git but no luck. Then, I opened /etc/ssh/ssh_config file and found the following setting: " GSSAPIAuthentication yes ".  At first, I created a backup of original ssh_config and then change the GSSAPIAuthentication setting to " GSSAPIAuthentication no " Then I tried to clone Git repo. Wow... I surprised, Git repo was cloned ...

KDE 4.11 (Plasma) : How to change Wallpaper

Yesterday, I installed fresh Linux Mint 16 (KDE). At first, I was confused to change the wallpaper. After few experiments, I figured-out it. In the following way, we can change desktop wallpaper of KDE 4.11: Right click on the desktop (empty space) Click "Folder Settings" "Desktop Settings - Plasma Desktop Shell" window will be opened. "View" option should be selected. Otherwise select "View" option. Select your favorite wallpaper and click "Apply" button.