Tag Archives: Devuan

How to set up default browser in LXQt?

Posted on September 26, 2022 by janpenguin

Click the application menu icon at the left bottom corner. Click the submenus in following order. Preferences > LXQt Settings > Session Settings Click Environment (Advanced) menu Set BROWSER variable to brave-browser (the execute file of Brave browser in my … Continue reading →

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How to turn off desktop switching by Alt + mouse wheel

Posted on September 25, 2022 by janpenguin

I’m running LXQt Desktop Environment. And I use openbox as the window manager. I ran into a problem. When I press Alt key and turning mouse wheel in Blender to execute a function of an addon, Alt + mouse wheel … Continue reading →

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Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: “pixmap”

Posted on January 18, 2022 by janpenguin

Gimp complains about missing pixmap as below. (file-jpeg:2725): Gtk-WARNING **: 18:02:52.746: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: “pixmap”, Install gtk2-engines-pixbuf package.

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Install Telegram Desktop Version 3.1.1

Posted on January 5, 2022 by janpenguin

Telegram Desktop in stable repository of Devuan is outdated. Add backports repository in /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-backports main contrib non-freedeb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-backports main contrib non-free $ sudo apt install -t chimaera-backports telegram-desktop

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How to remove downloaded package files of APT

Posted on January 5, 2022 by janpenguin

Debian package management system stores downloaded package files on /var/cache/apt directory. To remove all the package files, run the following commands.

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Install Libreoffice Writer from backports repository

Posted on December 19, 2021 by janpenguin

Add the backports repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-backports main contrib non-freedeb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera-backports main contrib non-free $ sudo apt install -t chimaera-backports libreoffice-writer

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Install Brave browser

Posted on January 11, 2021 by janpenguin

sudo apt install apt-transport-https curl gnupg curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc | sudo apt-key –keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/brave-browser-release.gpg add – echo “deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list sudo apt update sudo apt install brave-browser

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How To Use Jmtpfs tool To Transfer Files From Your Smartphone

Posted on June 30, 2020 by janpenguin

To copy files on my Samsung smartphone, I installed Samsung Smart Switch app on the smartphone, followed the instruction in the link. Accessing directories was extremely slow. USB C to Ethernet Adapter, uni RJ45 to USB C

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Setting up Korean, English, and Russian keyboard in Devuan Linux

Posted on June 22, 2019 by janpenguin

My desktop environment is Xfce. The keyboard layouts for the three languages are: Korean: 3-beol final English: Colemak Russian: typewriter To add Russian keyboard layout in Xfce, choose Settings / Keyboard / Layout menu, then Add and select Russian (typewriter). … Continue reading →

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Setting up transmission as the torrent client in Chrome

Posted on July 6, 2018 by janpenguin

I use Chrome Version 55.0.2883.87 (64-bit).  When I click a torrent link, it opens xdg-open dialog window and do nothing. If there is transmission-gtk.desktop file /usr/share/applications/transmission-gtk.desktop, run the following command. $  xdg-mime default transmission-gtk.desktop x-scheme-handler/magnet Restart Chrome.  

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