GUIDES
LINUX SYSTEM GUIDES & TROUBLESHOOTING
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SYSTEM & HARDWARE
GNOME Video Thumbnails
Fix slow or missing Nautilus thumbnails with ffmpegthumbnailer
Virtio-FS Directory Share
Share host folders with KVM guests in virt-manager
Predictable VM Hostnames
Set stable local VM hostnames using Avahi mDNS
Ubuntu LUKS Dual-Boot
Install encrypted Ubuntu alongside Windows 11
Battery Charge Limits
Keep battery thresholds active across reboots with systemd
ThinkPad Fan Control
Control ThinkPad fan speeds and curves with thinkfan
Thinkfan Wake Restart
Restart thinkfan automatically after system suspend
Verify Storage Capacity
Detect counterfeit flash drives and SSDs with f3probe
KDE Plasma Bluetooth Fix
Fix device pairing and reconnect drops in KDE Plasma
Bluetooth LE Accessories
Stop Bluetooth mice and keyboards from disconnecting
SECURITY & NETWORK
U of Guelph Eduroam *
Connect to UofG eduroam Wi-Fi with PEAP and DigiCert CA
Tar & GPG Encryption
Create and decrypt GPG-encrypted tarball archives
ISO Checksum & PGP Verify
Verify downloaded ISOs with SHA-256 and GPG signatures
Samba External Drive Share
Share USB drives across local networks with Samba
Firejail Browser Sandbox
Sandbox browsers with Firejail profiles and symlinks
SSH Local Forwarding
Configure persistent LocalForward and RemoteForward tunnels in ~/.ssh/config
AUDIO & MULTIMEDIA
Audio Mic Loopback
Monitor your microphone in real time with low latency
KDE Audio Controls
Restore missing volume sliders and outputs in KDE Plasma
USB DAC Crackling Fix
Stop audio crackling on external USB DACs under PipeWire
PipeWire Quantum Tuning
Tune buffer sizes and sample rates to fix audio underruns