Stephan Sokolow @ssokolow@qoto.org

PSA: Accidentally running `systemd --user` instead of `systemctl --user` may render your D-Bus session bus unresponsive until you log out, breaking Pipewire, XDG portals, and a lot of other things.

(It's probably a good idea to add an alias or function to your bashrc or zshrc to block accidental invocation of it.)

#linux #ubuntu #kubuntu

I'm still waiting for my "in case I need to un-brick a BIOS/UEFI" hardware for use with flashrom, so I can't confirm, but it appears my specific motherboard is included in this set of third-party-fixed UEFI images → https://archive.org/details/gpu-fix-for-hp-ipisb-ch2-modified-bios-image

PSA: The installer for Alcohol 52% Free Edition 2.1.1.2201 attempts to install a piece of malware named BrightSDK. If you have a system which is giving you the "Loading Alcohol device drivers failed!" error after a system update, keep your old version and just extract the appropriate `SPTDinst.exe` or `SPTD2inst.exe` for your system from it using 7zip.

Tip: If your #firefox keyword search has been messing up recently, including your trigger keyword (eg. my `wp` for Wikipedia) in what's searched for or copy-pasting the search you just did instead of the retrieved URL, try toggling Settings > Search > Show search terms in the address bar on results pages.

If you're running into the same thing as me, the bug is a new feature that leaves the state of the address bar un-reset after you press Enter.

Tip: If #PipeWire / #WirePlumber keeps resetting #ALSA mixer settings on hotplug (eg. slamming "Line Boost" to 100% whenever you plug/unplug headphones or Ctrl+Alt+# switch virtual consoles), the "Pro Audio" profile (settable via the PulseAudio compatibility layer through KDE's System Settings → Audio or pavucontrol) will stop it from meddling in the ALSA mixer so you can fix things. #linux #audio #linuxaudio

Another petition that's specifically relevant to Canadians, in case anyone's not aware that our identity verification provider lobby is trying to sneak in its own version of the UK Online Safety Act that's been spiking searches for VPNs recently.
https://chng.it/SzSKm7K69h