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How to reduce swap space in Debian with full disk encryption and BTRFS
My computer is running Debian 13. During installation of Debian 13, I chose to have full disk encryption and use the BTRFS filesystem (instead of the default ext4 filesystem). The Debian installer ...
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How to remove “zshJust now” title from notify-send notifications in GNOME 48 (Debian 13)?
When I run notify-send in Debian 13 (GNOME 48), my notification shows an unwanted title like this:
notify-sendJust now
Here’s a screenshot for reference:
I used the basic command:
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Restore official Debian package after having tested an altered, self compiled version
I've built a Debian package from source with dpkg-buildpackage according to helpful instructions found here to fix an issue that bugged me. I used dch -n to increase the version by a non-maintainer ...
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Debian: Gnome Apps: VSCode not showing up if .desktop file contains --force-user-env
I have VSCode installed using snap for a while, but since yesterday It's not showing up in apps/search.
I narrowed down the issue
/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/code_code.desktop contains
--force-...
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After upgrading to Debian 13, GNOME Shell 48.4 most Wayland automation and screenshot tools stopped working (wlrctl, wtype, grim, etc.)
I recently upgraded from Debian 12 to Debian 13 (Trixie) and now using GNOME Shell 48.4 on Wayland.
Before the upgrade, I knew that many classic X11 utilities wouldn’t work on Wayland, but I was ...
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Overlayroot behaving differently on Debian 13
I've got a problem with overlayroot in conjunction with Debian13
(everything was fine under Debian12)
The issue can be reproduced within a VM and a fresh installation of Debian12 or Debian13 ...
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Scheduling file permission changes
I'm new with Linux and I worked on permissions recently. I'd like to find out if it is possible to schedule permission changes and how can it be done?
I mean if I want to give say a group, access to ...
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Debian 13 - Crashing in applications when I try to select file location
My laptop and OS:
ThinkPad P14s Gen 4, 32GB Ram, NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU, 13th Gen Intel i7-1360P (16)
Debian 13, Plasma 6.3.6
Kernel: 6.12.48+deb13-amd64
Wayland
Dolphin (file manager)
So it is ...
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Android Studio emulator gamepad support
I've installed Android Studio using flatpak on Debian. I've tried connecting my gamepad both by bluetooth and USB, but the apps in the Android Studio emulator don't react to its buttons. Is there a ...
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Reducing Color Depth in GNOME Wayland on Debian
I need to reduce the color depth from the default 10-bit to 8-bit in GNOME Wayland on the latest Debian.
My inexpensive KVM flickers when using 10-bit color and prevents me from setting my dual ...
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How to easily install proprietary NVIDIA driver on LMDE 7?
In the following days, I intend to reinstall my Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon.
Originally, I have thought I would go for the newly released LMDE 7 (Linux Mint Debian Edition) based on Trixie.
I only have one ...
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ln fails to create link
I am running Raspberry Pi OS 64 bit (Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie))
I am attempting to create a hardlink to a python executable (which works).
When I run ln ~/bin/gpioreadall.py ~/bin/gpioreadall I ...
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How to add a Firefox context menu option/entry for "Profile Select", "Choose User Profile" on startup with KDE, XFCE or GNOME?
How can I add a separate context menu option/entry to start Firefox ESR with the "Choose User Profile" window dialog, in Debian with KDE, GNOME or XFCE?
This is a follow-up question/answer ...
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How can I change the rename text background color for nemo-desktop under GNOME?
I’m running GNOME, but I use nemo-desktop to manage the desktop.
Everything works fine except when I rename a file or folder on the desktop — the rename text background color and font color are the ...
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How to get bluetooth headsets working in Debian Trixie Mate Desktop
On a reasonably plain vanilla Debian 13 Mate install on two old laptops, how to use a bluetooth headset?
Laptop one is a Lenovo Thinkpad T440 laptop with a built-in bluetooth adapter
Laptop two is a ...
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