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Topic: Linux – Ctrl blog
Daniel Aleksandersen
https://www.daniel.priv.no/
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2022-05-04T16:24:00Z
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2022-05-04T16:24:00Z
2022-05-04T16:24:00Z
The auto-save feature in GEdit vs the new GNOME Text Editor
GNOME Text Editor, GEdit, and Kate all have a auto-saving feature designed to prevent dataloss. However, the implementations vary a lot with different trade-offs.
<p>I recently compared GEedit’s auto-save to Kate’s swap-save feature. Both features try to achieve the same goal — to protect your unsaved work from power failures and crashes — but through different means.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/gnome-text-editor-auto-save.html">Read more …</a></p>
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2022-04-27T04:01:00Z
2022-04-27T04:01:00Z
SELinux is unmanageable; just turn it off if it gets in your way
I’ve been an SELinux complexity apologist for years. Lately, I’ve concluded that every implementation with difficult-to-configure policies is just unmanageable.
<p>Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is a type of Mandatory Access Control (MAC) in the Linux kernel. It can prevent software from performing unexpected — such as abusive or malicious actions — on your Linux systems. However, … it’s also an unmanageable mess, and I have a much greater understanding of why people recommend that people disable it.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/selinux-unmanageable.html">Read more …</a></p>
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2022-03-31T02:00:00Z
2022-03-31T02:00:00Z
How to install additional spell check dictionaries for Flatpak apps
Flatpak apps are isolated from- and doesn’t use the system’s spell checker dictionaries. Here’s how to install more language options into the Flatpak runtime.
<p>Flatpak apps run inside a separate and isolated environment from your main system. This environment separation is what helps make apps portable between different Linux distributions. However, it also changes the approach required to complete tasks like installing multiple spell checker dictionaries for bilingual users.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/flatpak-locale-dictionaries.html">Read more …</a></p>
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2022-03-24T01:42:00Z
2022-03-24T01:42:00Z
How to run Windows 11 in GNOME Boxes (with UEFI and TPM2 emulation)
Windows 11 needs some extra config to run as a virtual machine in GNOME Boxes. Get it setup with UEFI secure boot, TPM 2.0 emulation, and accelerated drivers.
<p>My old tutorial for installing Windows 10 in GNOME Boxes doesn’t work with Windows 11. Here’s how to install Windows 11 as a virtual machine (VM) inside GNOME Boxes. (Some configuration file changes required.)</p> <p><a href="https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/how-to-win11-in-gnome-boxes.html">Read more …</a></p>
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2022-03-21T20:10:00Z
2022-03-21T20:10:00Z
Why it’s easier to recover unsaved documents in Kate than GEdit
The Kate Editor has a great feature that prevents data-loss if the text editor or the system crashes. It auto-saves “.kate-swp” files containing unsaved changes.
<p>A few years ago, I wrote about how I recovered a GEdit document from an unresponsive system. At the time, I couldn’t interact with the system using a keyboard and mouse. However, I could open a remote shell into the system and managed to retrieve and save the document.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/kate-swp.html">Read more …</a></p>