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fcitx on debian 11/debian 12 missing tray icon solution:

This is because Debian 11/Debian 12 with Gnome does not ship with the packages to display tray icons. To install and enable the correct packages to display tray icons, run the following command:

sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

Then either reboot or log out and back in to Gnome, and run the following command:

gnome-extensions enable [email protected]

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Tailscale on Ubuntu put too many logs into /var/log/syslog

answer:

  1. Edit the file /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/tailscaled.service,
  2. Add the line "LogLevelMax=3" in the [Service] section.
  3. systemctl daemon-reload
  4. systemctl restart tailscaled

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Power shell: Start-Transcript and Stop-Transcript help you log a session.

Linux: How do I keep my laptop running when the lid is closed?

In short,

sudo vim /etc/systemd/logind.conf

Find and uncomment the following lines, and change the values

HandleLidSwitch=lock
HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=lock
HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore

Save and exit, and 

sudo systemctl restart systemd-logind

Fix Albert core dumping after the first request After the system upgrades

Steps:

rm ~/.config/albert/core.db 

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