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How to exclude gnome-calculator from devilspie2 rules?
I'm trying to exclude Calculator (gnome-calculator) from being maximized by devilspie2 on Ubuntu 24.04.3. I've never used Lua before and tried in my rules.lua:
local appName = get_application_name()
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Does Apple's MDM prevent you from repurposing hardware?
I know Apple has an MDM system (Mobile Device Management) which can do things like
Lock out Recovery Mode (so you can't run csrutil disable)
Force enrollment when you install OSX
Stop you from ...
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Is there a way to tell if your Mac is DFU mode?
DFU mode is "Device Firmware Update". I'm wondering if there is an easy way to confirm your Mac is in DFU mode? The screen is black.
The first step to running the utility idevicerestore is ...
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idevicerestore: never completes "Sending filesystem now"
When I run idevicerestore -e I get this error,
Checkpoint started id: 0x6B4 (await_system_image_invert_retry)
About to send filesystem...
Connected to ASR
Validating the filesystem
Filesystem ...
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idevicerestore: "Device failed to enter restore mode"
When I run idevicerestore -e I get this error,
Waiting for device to enter restore mode...
ERROR: Device failed to enter restore mode.
Please make sure that usbmuxd is running.
How can I resolve it?
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Client machine randomly querying Multicast DNS instead of actual DNS server
I have an issue where my main desktop PC (running Fedora) is unable to resolve hostnames for machines on the LAN. These are normally provided by a DNS server running on Debian (using bind9/named). ...
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Debian preseed partman-auto: expert_recipe with dynamic early_command is ignored / rebalanced (swap grows to fill disk)
I am debugging a Debian automated installation using preseed + partman-auto and I am hitting a behavior that I cannot explain anymore.
The preseed is loaded and works (network, locale, user, etc are ...
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tmux-resurrect loses CWD and prints command prompts (often) when restoring sessions with pane contents
The problem
In tmux, I use the tmux-resurrect plugin with pane contents restore feature.
The plugin saves the state inc. the pane contents, but when I start the server again, two issues appear:
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Using Exclusive CPUSets does not work to remove cores from sibling cgroups
I have a CPU with two separate L3 cache components (The AMD 7900X3D in my case) and want to prevent processes other than the ones I choose from consuming any space in one particular cache.
As an ...
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If one of my monitors is bigger than the other on Wayland KDE, how can I stop my mouse getting stuck on corners?
The Question
I have multiple monitors, but one is much bigger than the other. I am always able to move my mouse from the small monitor to the big one. However, as the last screenshot below suggests, I ...
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Get user associated with a specific `vt` or `tty` in `kmscon`
When logging in to kmscon, it does not seem to set the tty of the user. I am trying to check if the current vt or tty is the same one the user originally logged in to, or if the user was switched to ...
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Problem with installing Void Linux as a second operating system [windows 11 + Void]
In short, I had already installed arch linux as my second operating system. I recently decided to upgrade to void linux. Here are my actions:
Cleared the memory allocated for arch
Using Rufus, I ...
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X11 forwarding cannot type single or double quotes
I have a Windows machine were I am using X11 forwarding over SSH to a local Debian 13 (Openbox) machine. It is working fine but in any application I cannot press the characters " (double quotes) ...
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What does Gnome notification that app is ready mean?
I installed Ubuntu 24.04.3 with Gnome 46.0, and occasionally I'm getting an annoying delay when switching between open app windows by clicking on the icon in the dock. Instead of the usual quick ...
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Strong host model caveats on a typical server
On a typical Linux server, is there any reason not to enforce the strong host model? As far as I know, it can be enforced with sysctls:
net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_filter = 1
net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_ignore = ...
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