today's howtos
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How to Change the Notification Alert Sound in Ubuntu
Ubuntu’s classic alert sound is iconic, but you’re not alone if you’re sick of hearing it. Luckily, Ubuntu offers four other amazing alert sounds that you can choose from—and you can even replace the files for these sounds to add custom alert sounds if you’re feeling creative.
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FreeBSD brightness controls on Panasonic laptops
I have a longer post about my “new” Japanese Panasonic CF-SZ6 laptop pending. But in the meantime, you can enable Yamamoto Taku’s acpi_video(4) driver to get backlight controls on your function keys:
sysrc kld_list="i915kms acpi_video"
Older Japanese Panasonic laptops used Ogawa Takaya’s and Takahashi Yoshihiro’s acpi_panasonic(4), which I assumed was required but broken on these newer machines. I’d written my own devd wrapper scripts around intel_backlight, before realising they implement generic ACPI drivers. Whoops! -
Add custom text to terminal when you launch itIn this tutorial, you will learn how to add a custom text or function at the top of your terminal, everytime you launch terminal. For example, we are going to add a custom command that will show us the logged in users in our system whenever terminal is launched. -
Google Chrome & other Chromium browsers not loading properly (broken graphics) on Ubuntu & Fedora, workarounds insideGoogle Chrome, the world’s most popular browser, has revolutionized the way we access the internet. Its elegant interface and lightning-fast performance have earned it a reputation as a top choice for millions of users. -
When Should You Consider WSL vs. a Standard Linux Distro? [Ed: WSL is an ATTACK on GNU/Linux. Don't touch it. Microsoft may have already laid off the team behind it because it failed. You know it is an ATTACK on GNU/Linux based on who's promoting it and how.]