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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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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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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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