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convert svg or ttf to otf, eot, woff

I'm looking for a command line software/script for linux/ubuntu that can help me convert svg or ttf to otf, eot and woff formats. I've tried fontmin,webify, fontforge, eot-utils, sfnt2woff, ttf2woff ...
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Ubuntu Huge Memory Use

I'm having some issue with Ubuntu. I am learning web developing and decided to use Ubuntu as my OS (on a different drive I have W10). I tried both Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.04 (although I just ...
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Font is rendered differently in browsers on Ubuntu and Win 7. Ubuntu displays the fonts larger

Faced with the problem of font rendering in browsers in Ubuntu 14.04. Ubuntu displays the fonts larger. Font Arial, size 16px appears as if he was in 17px in windows 7. Page in firefox Windows 7 (...
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Google Chrome "--allow-access-from-files" mode does not work

I need to run a javascript code which accesses the file system (with file:// protocol) from google chrome. I have seen it can be allowed with the so-called --allow-access-from-files option as ...
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A/B testing software

I am looking for A/B testing and optimization software for web-page development in ubuntu. Can I get some software recommendations?
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Why does Firefox ignore the `304 Not Modified` status sent by the webserver?

For my site, Firefox 32.0 seems not to cache a CSS file of my Nikola 7.1.0 installation and ignores the 304 Not Modified response by the webserver. What also puzzles me, is that it sends the 2nd ...
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Advice needed for running Linux distro for both server and desktop purposes

My environment: PC: CPU: Intel 2500K RAM: Corsair 16GB 1600Mhz (4x4GB) VGA: Sapphire ATI 5570 1GB DDR3 2 Monitors (Dell 24" & Samsung 26") Network: Static IP Net Down/Up speed: ~90Mbps/30Mbps ...
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Ubuntu web browsers doesn't show call back that came with error 500

I'm a software developer. I have the problem that my web browsers (chrome, firefox, firefox developers...) stopped show me error 500 call backs. Doesn't appear on my developer tools xhr network calls. ...
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photoshop alternative for front end developers on ubuntu

i am a front end developer and i just installed Ubuntu is there a Photoshop alternative for Ubuntu that has the CSS code feature that i can copy the css code right from the .PSD and i also need to ...
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Node monitors scripts doesn't work after edit files

I develop in Node.js and today I instaled nodemon to run a project that I doing. But It's doesn't works, I searched in many foruns about that but I'm not found solutions. So I tried another options ...
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Still not able to drag and drop files in my web file /var/www

I already tried Azendale's answer to Whats the simplest way to edit and add files to “/var/www”? question, unsuccessfully... I want to work with Symfony and downloaded symfony.phar. The file is now ...
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I'd like to open Gedit files in a web browser like Firefox

I'm a Drupal/WordPress developer, and I use Ubuntu for editing PHP, HTML, javascript and CSS files. I typically work with a local XAMPP stack with staging copies of my production environments. I'd ...
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Ubuntu-Server basic GUI installation

Can anyone offer suggestions on how I can build websites via the commandLine of my Linux VirtualBox and view my websites in browsers based in the Windows area? I installed Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop in a ...
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Taking out my Subdirectory from my URL

I am hosting my own site..... Lets call it www.mysite.com. It is an online store, and I am using Apache2, and the Magento Community 1.7 Platform. I had an "Under Construction" page set in usr/var/...
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Setting up Local web development environment/IDE for Drupal 8/9 in Ubuntu

What is the standard way to set up local web development environment/Integrated Development Environment for Drupal 8 or Drupal 9 with my newly installed Ubuntu 18.04LTS or with 20.04.1 LTS?
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Problem With the Digital Signature Very Important

We are using Ubuntu 10.04 and we have our internet portal that purpose we require digital certificate for authentication. We are using Firefox 24.0. The certificate shows in Firefox's preferences but ...
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Website Editor wanted

I'm asking what might on the surface look like a repeat question but it's not because no one has actually answered the question asked. I'm looking for the equivalent of FrontPage for Ubuntu. ...
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