During my master’s at the University of Twente and for the course Managing Big Data, I worked with three other students on a very interesting project in the field of big data. We measured global internet speed and latency changes between 2019 and 2022 (Covid period). The dataset we used for...
A fully automated Filezilla installer bash-script on Ubuntu Linux 20.04
Almost five years ago, I wrote this blog post Making an installer/updater for Filezilla on Ubuntu Linux Today in this blog post, I present a fully automated bash script based on my earlier script. This script automatically pulls the latest version of FileZilla tarball from Filezilla project website...
How to make Windows the default OS to boot into instead of Ubuntu Linux on a computer with dual-boot
Like many developers, I run Windows 10 alongside Ubuntu 20.04. I use both of them regularly, but I use Windows most of the time since I work with a couple of programs that are only available on Windows. When I boot up my computer, the following screen is being displayed on the monitor. As you can...
How to install TP-Link Archer T2U mini wireless adapter on Ubuntu 20.04
I haven’t had a PC for the last 10 years. I’ve always used laptops because it’s much easier and they give you freedom to work everywhere without almost no limitation except the battery life. Last week, I got a PC, and I have installed it in my workroom where I work, study and...
How to build Dlib on Linux Ubuntu 18.04 using cmake with AVX support and install its Python API
Dlib is a modern C++ toolkit containing machine learning algorithms and tools for creating complex software in C++ to solve real world problems. It is used in both industry and academia in a wide range of domains including robotics, embedded devices, mobile phones, and large high performance...
How to install LaTeX packages in Ubuntu 16.04
It’s quite frustrating when you want to work on a report using TexMaker on Ubuntu 16.04 and you get an error: LaTeX Error: file pgf-pie.sty not found. Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed, or enter new name Download the package from the website move the folder to ~/texmf/tex/latex/ or...
How to install CMake 3.11.0 on Ubuntu 16.04
Last week I got in touch with CMake because of my internship. I am doing now an internship in a company where I have to develop a Facial Recognition solution for children in the kindergarten. I had to build OpenCV 3.4.1 from source using CMake. To be honest, that was the first time in my life! I...
Ubuntu installation stuck on ‘Preparing to install Ubuntu’ screen
Almost two weeks ago I bought a new laptop. I bought an ASUS VivoBook Pro N580VD-E4556T, a decent laptop with great specs. Display: 15,6 inch (1920 x 1080) Processor: Intel Core i7-7700HQ Memory: 16 GB Storage: 256 GB SDD + 1 TB HDD Graphic card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 It came with a Windows 10...
How to enable HTTP2 on Ubuntu 16.04 server with Apache 2.4.27
Two days ago I wanted to enable HTTP2 my website because it’s faster, simpler, and more robust than HTTP1. Check this link to read more about it. I have searched online how to enable it and I have followed almost every tutorial to enable it, but I couldn’t get it working. Everything...
How to solve “http doesn’t redirect to https”
This website is running on VPS from Linode.com . I have configured every single detail about the site, and as you have noticed that the website has only one version with https. I have only peshmerge.io (non-www) version. This morning I have clicked on the link of my website on my twitter profile...