Stephan Sokolow @ssokolow@qoto.org

Tip: Use this command to batch-set all your installed GNOME Runtime-based Flatpak apps which don't yet use portallized Open/Save dialogs to default to opening the dialog to $PWD instead of the Recent tab.

for X in $(flatpak list --app-runtime=org.gnome.Platform --columns=application | tail +1); do flatpak run --command="gsettings" "$X" set org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser startup-mode cwd; done

#gtk #gnome #flatpak

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.