Scripts for ‘scrolling to an id’ (such as jQuery.scrollTo) have unnecessary customization options and do not handle all page links, pointing to anchors, on their own. (or is it just me?)
Minifying SVG and Embedding It Into HTML (a.k.a. Base64-encoding SVG)
Case: Assets such as PNG logos sometimes load shortly after the content, rendering their alt content visible for a moment, distorting page design.
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Router Cascading Not Working for TP-Link Router
Case: Whatever the settings scheme, using an old TP-Link TL-WR340G as a second/slave router doesn’t work, showing various symptoms.
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KDE Discover doesn’t return search results
Case: Searching for app on Discover, it returns results while “checking for updates” is running, but once the check is complete it no longer returns search results.
baloo_file error: KDE Baloo File Indexer has reached the inotify folder watch limit. File changes will be ignored.
Case: Ubuntu 18.04 (KDE), Baloo search index reached max inotify watchers: search in Dolphin (Ctrl+F) doesn’t return search results for new files and so does KRunner (Alt+F2).
Unable to install Brave browser on Ubuntu 18.04
Case: The list of commands, provided on the Brave website, is invalid for some reason. Ends up with ‘Unable to locate package’ error.
Doing an apt search brave doesn’t return anything either.
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Auto-Mount External HDD Partitions on Ubuntu 18.04
Process
- Identify/list partitions
- Get partition UUID
- Add partitions to fstab
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Running MS Office 2010 on Ubuntu 18.04 x64
Note: As of time of writing, PlayOnLinux requires Wine’s 32-bit package installed and runs only 32-bit MS Office 2010.
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Case: Optimizing Intel NUC with 16GB RAM, SSD, Xubuntu 18.04, for non-demanding usage (primarily web browsing and text-editing).
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