Linux based Operating Systems
To stop Firefox moving Home Search Page text focus to the Address Bar enter about:config in the Address Bar to bring up the advanced configuration page.
Type awesomebar in the search filter box to bring up the following variable
browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.improvesearch.handoffToAwesomebar
Toggle the boolean value from True (default) to False
ref: https://www.askvg.com/fix-restore-real-working-search-box-on-new-tab-page-in-firefox-89-and-later/
Problem: When using Firefox or Chrome and File Open or File “Save As” the desktop (KDE) default file manager (Dolphin) is not used
Operating System: Kubuntu 18.04
Browsers: Firefox 94.0, Chrome 96.0.4664.45
Solution:
sudo apt install xdg-desktop-portal-kde sudo apt install xdg-desktop-portal
Notes:
If, for example, when installing dotnet40 via winetricks you get the following error:
$ winetricks dotnet45 Executing w_do_call dotnet45 ------------------------------------------------------ error: dotnet45 conflicts with dotnet40, which is already installed.
Run the following command to override and force through change
$ winetricks --force dotnet452
https://remotedesktop.google.com
In Chrome and New Edge install Custom Style Script add-on to override Google’s home page background colour
In Custom Style Script select Open options Page and add the following URL and CSS
URL: https://www.google.com/ or country of choice, e.g. google.co.uk, google.de
CSS: body { background-color: lightgray !important; } or colour of choice
In Firefox Install the Stylus extension
Go to the Google home page, click the toolbar icon and choose Manage >
These notes apply to Kubuntu 18.04 and Thunderbird 60.9.1.
After Google restricted access for LSA’s (Less Secure Apps) it was necessary to change the Gmail account authentication method from “Normal Password” to OAuth2. After this gcontactsync failed – after logging into Google and successfully allowing access to Contacts it was blocked. After extensively trawling the net for a solution one was found. This said the problem was due to Thunderbird being corrupted and the solution offered was a complete rebuild – drastic but it worked!
If audio output device set to Dummy Device reset audio as follows:
pulseaudio --kill; sleep 2s; sudo alsa force-reload ; pulseaudio --start
Restart audio application(s), e.g. Spotify
This works with Ubuntu 18.04 and may work for other versions too
To add the Suspend icon to the KDE Application Menu
Similarly you can add or remove other shutdown icons.
Use Catfish to find files and file content quickly – note content search only works for text type files. Use Recoll for other file types.
Install using Synaptic Package Manager or from Terminal as follows:
sudo apt install catfish
Run it by selecting it from from Utilities or use the Search function and enter Catfish to locate.
Once running you should see screen below.
To search for content first click the settings cog and check “Search File Contents”.
If you don’t have a spare Mac or your Mac is too old to download macOS from the Apple App Store then use the method below.
Create account on hackintosh.download
The download required macOS from https://www.hackintosh.download/category/3-macos/
Insert a usb (16GB+ recommended) into Linux PC usb port and run Terminal
Use fdisk to determine your usb dev name letter, e.g. /dev/sdc. double check the target device letter to avoid overwriting the wrong drive.