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Quick fix for netbeans update fail

If you are stuck with an old Java distribution (< 8) , you might see Netbeans fail when it tries to connect to its repositories with this message: Unable to connect to the Certified Plugins because of Received fatal alert: … Sigue leyendo

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Compile / install 4.3.2 nodejs

I had some trouble recently trying to compile nodejs under Slackware 14 and I would like to share some notes about it,  just in case someone gets stuck in the same situation. First of all: there is a precompiled package … Sigue leyendo

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Gimp plugin for BPG

The BPG image format, developed by Fabrice Bellard, is a good alternative to the ubiquitous but very old JPEG. Using the HEVC encoding/compression algorithm, it can store images with a better quality per byte than jpeg, webp or png.  It … Sigue leyendo

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extracting 3d meshes from ANZ files

This is a small C app that will extract static mesh 3d objects from an ANZ file to an OBJ. Wavefront OBJ is a well known file format, supported by all major 3d editors, but it lacks bone and animation … Sigue leyendo

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Renaming files with special characters

There are situations in wich a file containing special characters can be created in your file system, making it hard to remove or rename them as the file manager and even the console won’t escape the name correctly. If the … Sigue leyendo

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