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Linux: Compress PDF – Reduce PDF Size

The large size of a PDF file won’t permit to send it by email because of the probable limitation on the maximum size of attachments. In Linux you can compress a PDF file from the command line without losing its quality, with the help of ps2pdf tool, that is a part of ghostscript suite .  From this article you will learn how to compress a PDF file and significantly reduce its size from the Linux command line.  First of all it is required to install the ghostscript suite that provides the ps2pdf utility . To get this open the linux terminal and execute the following command. sudo apt-get install ghostscript Compress PDF File In Linux Run the following command to compress and reduce the size of the BIG.pdf file and save the result to the SMALL.pdf file: ps2pdf BIG.pdf Small.pdf Results are pretty amazing:

Oracle JDK Installation

JDK Installation Installation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition Development Kit (JDK), allows you to run Java programs on your PC and as you browse in the Internet. To install Oracle JDK with web browser Java support, follow the steps below. Open the terminal windows. Add the software repository by entering the command below, press Enter to confirm.   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java   Download and update the package information from the software repositories. sudo apt-get update   Install Oracle JDK by entering the command below.   sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer   Configure the java command by entering the following command and enter the number representing the choice of Oracle JDK 8. If you only have one version of Java on your machine, you can skip this step.  sudo update-alternatives --config java  Configure the javac command by entering the following command and enter the number repr...

Best Free Tool for Creating Flowcharts

yEd Graph Editor yEd is a powerful desktop application that can be used to quickly and effectively generate high-quality diagrams. It is freely available and runs on all major platforms: Windows, Unix/Linux, and Mac OS X. Download

Text Editors for LINUX

Vim   http://www.vim.org/ Emacs   https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Sublime Text   https://www.sublimetext.com/ Atom   https://atom.io/ Gedit   https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit Geany   https://www.geany.org/ Brackets   http://brackets.io/ Vi   http://ex-vi.sourceforge.net/ GNU nano   https://www.nano-editor.org/ Bluefish   http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html Kate (text editor)   https://kate-editor.org/ Komodo Edit   https://www.activestate.com/komodo-ide/downloads/edit JEdit   http://www.jedit.org/ Pico (text editor)   http://www.washington.edu/pine/ SciTE   http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html KWrite   https://www.kde.org/applications/utilities/kwrite/ Spacemacs   http://spacemacs.org/ UltraEdit   https://www.ultraedit.com/ NEdit   https://sourceforge.net/projects/ned...

INSTAGRAM for the DESKTOP (MAC/LINUX/Windows)

Download The latest version of Ramme for macOS, Linux and Windows is available here . macOS 10.9+, Windows 7+ & Linux are supported. Features Photo upload Dark Theme Auto Update Keyboard shortcuts Background behavior OR Download the required file for your operating system from the following link: https://github.com/terkelg/ramme/releases

Fun commands in Linux

One should try the following linux command in the terminal sl - Steam Locomotive sudo apt-get install sl sl sl -help sl -man bb - High quality audio-visual in terminal sudo apt-get install bb   bb asciiview sudo apt-get install asciiview asciiview nature.jpg cmatrix - If you love MATRIX animation sudo apt-get install cmatrix cmatrix aafire - Burn your terminal sudo apt-get install aafire aafire cowsay sudo apt-get install cowsay cowsay "How are you friend?" toilet - Create your banner sudo apt-get install toilet tiolet Tom and Jerry figlet - Create your banner sudo apt-get install figlet  figlet Tom and Jerry fortune - Know your fortune sudo apt-get install fortune fortune rev - Reverse the text sudo apt-get install rev rev telnet - watch Star Wars sudo apt-get install telnet telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl telnet telehack.com  telnet aarmud....

Linux tips and commands

How to install a program on Ubuntu? For example: master pdf editor or any other program =>open terminal type the following command wget http://get.code-industry.net/public/master-pdf-editor-4.0.10_i386.deb Then use dpkg tool to install it. sudo dpkg -i master-pdf-editor-*.deb sudo dpkg -i master-pdf-editor-*.deb If there’s any dependency error, then simply run the command below to fix it. sudo apt -f install How to un-install a program on Ubuntu? For example: master pdf editor 4 or any other program you wish to un-install => open terminal type the following command sudo apt-get remove master-pdf-editor   [enter] it will ask for password: [enter password] Un-install starts ---------------------------------------------- OR---------------------------- =>open terminal type the following command sudo apt-get purge master-pdf-editor   [enter] it will ask for password: [enter password] Un-install starts =======...

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