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Setting the wallpaper background padding to black in Gnome Desktop

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background primary-color '#000000'

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Bring back the transparent top bar in GNOME Shell with adjustable transparency

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3960/transparent-top-bar-adjustable-transparency/

Extension Homepage https://github.com/lamarios/gnome-shell-extension-transparent-top-bar

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Multi Boot Linux repair/restore GRUB2 Bootloader Menu

If like me you have multiple Linux OS partitions on your computer/laptop hdd and you either update or reinstall one of the OS's, for some reason Grub may then boot using that OS's Grub Menu rather than the nice custom one you had configured under one of the other Linux OS's.

I have a lovely Custom Grub Menu - see first comment - which is installed under and managed by the Ubuntu OS Partition 'Grub Customizer', and when I installed the recently released Debian 13, it took over the Grub menu to it's own default/text based Grub Menu.

This was an easy fix, in the 'new' grub menu, I selected and booted to Ubuntu, then typed the following commands:

sudo grub-install

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Steps to change application icons in Cinnamon Desktop (Mint/LMDE/Debian)

1. Open a window and navigate to /usr/share/applicatons
2. Right-click inside that window and select "Open as Root"
3. In your "Elevated Privileges" window, right-click on "Chromium Web Browser" and select Properties
4. Click on the icon and select the new icon

Alternative Method

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
Author 2025 Matrix Theme by andrewpayne68 https://gist.github.com/andrewpayne68/
-->

<style-scheme id="matrix-black" name="Matrix Black" kind="dark">
	<_description>A dark theme for Gedit</_description>

	<!-- Matrix colors -->
	<color name="background" value="#000000"/>

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A bug in Debian 13 Trixie and LMDE 6 (plus other distributions using NetworkManager) can prevent the saving of usernames for OpenConnect VPN connections

This requires that the user to re-enter them each time. This is often due to a workflow issue within NetworkManager's GUI, specifically with how it handles OpenConnect's "form:main:username" secret.

Workaround

A workaround involves using the nmcli command to directly modify the VPN connection's settings and save the username.

Open a terminal: You can use Ctrl+Alt+T.

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Linux Mint 22.1 and LMDE 6 VM Guests Laggy when 3d graphics acceleration is enabled in VMware Workstation Pro 7.6 - Windows 11 Host / Nvidia GTX1080/RTX3070Ti GPU

For 3D Acceleration related issues the only solution for me was add the following lines to the Linux Mint/LMDE Guest's vmx (config) file:

    mks.vk.allowMultiGPU = "TRUE"
    
    mks.forceDiscreteGPU = "TRUE"

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Unfortunately, the Cisco AnyConnect client for Mac conflicts with Pow. And by "conflicts", I mean it causes a grey-screen-of-death kernel panic anytime you connect to the VPN and Pow is installed.

As an alternative, there is OpenConnect, a command-line client for Cisco's AnyConnect SSL VPN.

Here's how to get it set up on Mac OS X:

1. OpenConnect can be installed via homebrew:

    brew update
   

brew install openconnect

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pip install --user pipx

pipx ensurepath

pipx install sherlock-project

pipx run sherlock-project "johndoe"

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scp root@192.168.2.19:/root/*.sh ~