Monthly Archives: January 2026

Why the duplicates and how to mitigate ? The output of flatpak list: org.fedoraproject.Platform 43 f43 org.fedoraproject.Platform.CL.default f43 org.fedoraproject.Platform.GL.default f43 org.freedesktop.Platform freedesktop-sdk-24.08.28 24.08 org.freedesktop.Platform freedesktop-sdk-25.08.6 25.08 org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 25.2.6 24.08 org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 25.2.6 24.08extra org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 25.2.6 25.08 org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 25.2.6 25.08-extra org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel 24.08 org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel 25.08 org.freedesktop.Platform.codecs-extra 25.08-extra org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264 2.5.1 2.5.1 org.gnome.Platform 48 org.gnome.Platform […]

I have a default Ubuntu installation used as a single-user system. It is not physically accessible to untrusted individuals. The machine is connected to the Internet, but no remote login services such as sshd are installed (default configuration). It becomes tempting to use a simple login password, or indeed completely […]

I have a weird behavior that I cannot understand. I am running on a Raspberry Pi OS (Debian Trixie). If I create a simple file /lib/systemd/system/foo.service without enabling it. [Unit] Description=Foo [Service] Type=oneshot ExecStart=/bin/echo FOO [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target It somehow gets started after I reboot even though I did not enable […]

I have a bad habit of ignoring reminders, but there was a time I had automatic shutdown active and the warning it sent was super effective at breaking my focus. The problem is I don’t know how to trigger just that style of warning on its own, as you only […]