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I already have some hand-crafted desktop-entries under my ~/.local/share/applications and wanted to add another item (naming the new file userapp-VNC.desktop): [Desktop Entry] Comment=VNC Connection Name=MyVNC StartupNotify=false Terminal=0 TerminalOptions= Type=Application Actions=One;Two; [Desktop Action One] Exec=~/bin/myvnc one [Desktop Action Two] Exec=~/bin/myvnc two This seems correct, but the new entry does not appear […]

This question is related to MoCA networks (or even cable TV). I understand that an unamplified 2-way coax splitter only provides 50% of signal to each cable. What happens if I use a 3-way splitter, but only connect two output cables (the third output is for possible future expansion, but […]

I recently set up a new Ubuntu 24 computer with all latest software. Previously had Ubuntu 16. Now many programs are taking 25 seconds to start up. They all seem to be hanging while writing an 8-byte sequence to a pipe and waiting for an 8-byte response from another pipe. […]

Lately I’ve been running into an issue where I can’t control when Windows Defender scans run because every time I try and set a trigger for them, the tasks controlling when it runs get deleted and re-created with default settings, as well as a last run time of November 30, […]

When submitting an app to Apple’s App Store you must provide an icon to represent your app. At a minimum, you must have an icon (in PNG format) that is 1024 pixels x 1024 pixels. I designed my logo using the Keynote app. It was a surprise to find that […]