Our setup (in my opinion) is incredibly messy. I log in as marct.ipa@subdomain.domain.com to a host and, using just the basic git commands (clone, pull, diff, etc) I can edit and update the content via GitHub. All good and easy. However, our database guys do not want to use GitHub […]
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I need to share my personal Windows 11 laptop with peers for basic tasks (web browsing, MS Word, light coding). I have created a Standard User account, but I am struggling with two specific requirements: Privacy: I want to completely block this user from accessing my D: drive and specific […]
I believe the AppX component for Windows 11 search experience that is broken is the system-owned (un-alterable) thing C:WindowsSystemAppsMicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy It’s broken. And it’s unrepairable by any means known to the internet. Even after doing all of the usual “Google me…” things, search results stay empty forever. No error is shown: […]
In orbstack‘s Linux machine I can see the vdb disk: [mark@rocky ~]$ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT zram0 253:0 0 7.8G 0 disk [SWAP] vda 254:0 0 374.3M 1 disk vdb 254:16 0 8T 0 disk └─vdb1 254:17 0 460.4G 0 part /mnt/machines/rocky vdc 254:32 0 1G […]
I’m trying to lease static IPs to the 4 nodes (Ubuntu 24.03-based) of my cluster by using dnsmasq running on the (OpenWRT 23-based) control board. This works neatly with 3 of the nodes, which get the IPs 10.20.0.12, 10.20.0.13, and 10.20.0.14, respectively. Node #1 (blade3n1), unfortunately, gets the (wrong) IP […]
I am – unfortunately – using MS Edge. As I am switching accounts, I need to export all cookies saved by the MS Edge browser for my existing account. For the purposes of this question, never mind about other aspects of backup – just cookies. I’ve found extensions which save […]
I have a Framework 16 laptop running Ubuntu Desktop 25.10. I would like to change what the default system volume controls when using the builtin speakers. In alsamixer, I see this: The system volume controls the middle one (Speaker). This causes the volume to behave in a strange way, affecting […]
Not sure how long this has been going on for…but if I save an SVG file to my desktop, it first looks as expected, but then gets blacked out. This behavior is only hapening on desktop, not in File Explorer folder view. For example: But then some indeterminate time, but […]
Microsoft is no longer selling Windows 10 licenses on the official store. I have an old PC that doesn’t support Windows 11, so the most I can install is Windows 10. I’ve read different opinions on whether a Windows 11 product key would activate a copy of Windows 10. So […]