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I’m trying to display an image with my Conky set up and it just won’t display. There isn’t an error message and I’ve verified the image path several times over. What is going on?? This is the output if I run in term: [15:16:33] username@computername ~ > conky -c ~/.conky/.conkyrc1test […]

This is similar to this other Super User question and answer thread, however there is not a conclusive answer and it is quite old. OS: Windows 11 Pro Version: 25H2 (Build 26200.8875) I have auto hide taskbar enabled. Disabling then re-enabling has the same outcome as restarting explore.exe. When I […]

In the book “Operating System Concepts”, CPU is defined as hardware that executes instructions and Processor is defined as physical chip and Core is defined as basic computational unit of CPU. So, What is the difference between CPU and processor? Does core refer to an ALU? In what context can […]

I have a Windows 11 (25H2) notebook that is plugged in. I have this strange behavior that I can watch a youtube video without problems. I see in task manager that the notebook uses the dedicated GPU and the integrated GPU (Intel UHD) is hovering at around 5%. But then […]

I use a 27″ 4K monitor at 150% scaling on Windows 10. For DPI-aware applications (Visual Studio 2019, Office, modern browsers), text looks sharp. However, DPI-unaware applications are virtualized by Windows and appear blurred because they seem to be rendered at 96 DPI and then bitmap-scaled to the target size. […]

In LibreOffice Impress, when I am running the on-screen presentation: Is there a way to skip all animations and advance to the start of the next slide? I searched the net and Stack Exchange and also could not find a direct hit in the LibreOffice online help.

I was trying to install “Photoshop CC2017” on my system (Win10/Enterprise). To do this, I had to run CCMaker first. But even while connected to the Internet, the program (CCMaker) said it could not connect to the Internet! I turned off the antivirus (AVG), and Windows Firewall has no active […]

So on the Desktop site of Godaddy, Pulling down your username in the top right gives these options: ACCOUNT My Products Account Settings Renewals & Billing Where to find Order History?