Maven package org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods does not exist

Apache commons http client has two versions

https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient

https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-httpclient/commons-httpclient

From

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10986661/apache-httpclient-does-not-exist-error

Solution:

Use older version of the client

<dependency>
    <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
    <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
    <version>3.1</version>
</dependency>

Ubuntu 18.04 customizations

Ubuntu comes with lots of good options to configure the system.

Few of the things which I like are mentioned below.

Enable Gnome Shell extensions and Windows like themes

https://www.howtogeek.com/353819/how-to-make-ubuntu-look-more-like-windows/

sudo apt install gnome-shell-extensions gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-panel 

auso apt install gnome-tweaks adwaita-icon-theme-full

Install few good extensions

https://itsfoss.com/things-to-do-after-installing-ubuntu-18-04/

To use Gnome shell enable the browser extension and also the host extension.

Once you do that, you will see the toggle button for any gnome extension, right inside the browser Window.

You can also congfigure that in Tweaks application

Gradle Could not create service of type ScriptPluginFactory

Error

Could not create service of type ScriptPluginFactory using BuildScopeServices.createScriptPluginFactory().

Detailed exception

[jj@184fc3b978cc bigtop]$ ./gradlew clean

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Could not create service of type ScriptPluginFactory using BuildScopeServices.createScriptPluginFactory().
> Could not create service of type CrossBuildFileHashCache using BuildSessionScopeServices.createCrossBuildFileHashCache().

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 0s

Solution

The directory where code was there was owned by root:root

Change the ownership back to your user and it should work

Clevo P570WM Ubuntu freeze problem

TL;DR

To get Ubuntu running on a Clevo laptop get kernel version 5.6.15+. Here are the steps to upgrade Kernel.

7 years back in 2013, I bought a P570WM laptop from Metabox, I did one big mistake that I invested money on something which was brand new in the market. My goal was to get some good Ubuntu laptop. I thought to go ahead with Clevo based laptop.

Below were the specs, they might not look impressive, but if you think these are 7 years old, then you will feel they were really good back then.

• Screen type: 17.3" FHD 1920x1080 LED/LCD 
• Graphics: Nvidia GTX 780M 4GB GDDR5 video graphics
• Processor: i7-3970X 6-Core 3.5GHz - 4.0GHz 15MB Cache
• RAM memory: 32GB DDR3 1600Mhz RAM 
• Primary drive: 1TB 7200 rpm primary hard drive

I was very happy with the laptop arrived, but my nightmare began when I installed Ubuntu in it and it froze immediately on the boot.

Unfortunately, Metabox was of no help, they said they don't support Ubuntu and I was left alone with a massive waste of money of $5.5K machine of no use.

Fast forward 2020, that laptop was collecting dust in my cupboard and I thought to give it another shot and glad it worked. I am using Ubuntu 18.04 with Kernel 5.6.15 and no custom drivers for the Nvidia card.

The posts which gave me a hope to keep moving are mentioned below

https://edgcert.com/2019/06/03/ubuntu-on-clevo/
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/freezes-when-probing-system-on-clevo-n850hk1/60346
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1068161/clevo-n850el-crashes-freezes-ubuntu-18-04-1-frequently

Related Kernel bug
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109051