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I've noticed a pattern over the years that I'm curious about.

A surprising number of Linux applications, especially smaller projects on GitHub, seem to ship with an incorrect or missing StartupWMClass value in their .desktop file. The result is that when I launch the application from a pinned icon, the running window does not associate with it. Instead, a second icon, often a generic one, appears in the dock or taskbar.

In all cases I can fix it by checking the application's actual WM_CLASS value with xprop and updating the .desktop file to match. Once StartupWMClass is correct, the launcher and running window consolidate into a single icon as expected.

At this point it only takes me a minute to fix, but when I was new to Linux it was incredibly confusing because I had no idea why it was happening or how to resolve it.

My question is whether this is simply something developers frequently overlook, or if there are legitimate reasons why it is often left out or ends up being incorrect. Is it harder to get right than it seems, or is it just an easy detail to miss during development and packaging?

I'm interested in hearing from people who package or develop Linux desktop applications. Is there more to this than meets the eye?

Hi,

Since v4 was released, pages always take about 2-3 mins average to actually complete publishing, but templates on the other hand publish within seconds. Is anyone else experiencing this? Is this a known bug or is it just me? It's driving me nuts trying to work. I'm using Astra Pro theme.

Is there a solution to this?

I just wanted to confirm the previous reports about echoing during screen sharing in Proton Meet. This is definitely happening.

I start a Meet call and everything is fine. Then a participant begins sharing their screen, and everything continues to work normally for a short while until the echoing suddenly starts.

We asked the participant who was sharing their screen to stop sharing, and the echoing disappeared immediately.

Just sharing this to confirm the issue. Hoping a solution is on the horizon.

Hi,

Does anyone know of a replacement for Cookie AutoDelete extension that is open source, actively maintained and supports MV3?

Hi,

I am running Debian Trixie with GNOME 48. I briefly installed Chromium from the Debian repositories through the Software app, but I decided to remove it and switch to the Flatpak version of Ungoogled Chromium instead.

After making the switch, I noticed that Ungoogled Chromium is no longer picking up my GNOME dark theme. I assume this is because the Flatpak is sandboxed.

I installed Flatseal, but I am not sure which permission or setting I need to change so the browser can detect and use my system theme.

If anyone has run into this before or knows the correct Flatseal setting, I would really appreciate the help. Thanks in advance!

Hi,

I've been using social login on my WordPress site for quite a while and it has always worked without any issues.

Recently, my site started getting hammered by bots trying to access the default login URL, so I changed the login URL from:

https://domain.com/wp-login.php

to something like:

https://domain.com/newlogin

After making that change, social login stopped working.

I went into the Google Cloud Console and updated the authorized redirect URI from:

https://domain.com/wp-login.php?loginSocial=google

to:

https://domain.com/newlogin?loginSocial=google

but it still doesn't work.

I'm guessing I've missed a step or misunderstood how the redirect URI is supposed to work. Is there something else I need to update or configure?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I've been running into a persistent issue with Zen Browser while editing content in the WordPress backend.

Very often, text entered into WordPress ends up containing non breaking spaces ( ) where they shouldn't be. This has been happening for a long time, so I'm not sure if it's already a known issue, but I still experience it regularly.

I'm a WordPress developer, and while I've seen it in the standard WordPress editor, it seems to happen especially often when Elementor is part of the workflow. It has become frustrating enough that I have to switch to Chromium on Linux whenever I'm publishing or editing content to avoid introducing these unwanted characters.

Has anyone else experienced this? If it's not already on the developers' radar, hopefully this report helps.

Hi,

Just find it odd that my Android node always says there is an update available unless I switch to using beta. What's the logic behind this? Since when does using a beta mean I am up to date?

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Hi,

I used to use flaresolverr without issue for years and then suddenly it stopped working for me and I wasn't sure why so I abandoned it.

Now I'm getting back to tweaking my setup and was reading reddit posts and it seems to be divided. Half of users seem to say it works and the other half say it doesn't.

So what's the truth? Are the users who say it doesnt work doing something wrong or is it more nuanced than that? I'm tired of using indexers without CF and would like to try it again but also have limited free time so I figured I'd ask here first before I give it another go.

Hi,

I separate each Docker service in its own unprivileged LXC and ever since I got to my setup now for the Arr stacks, I am wondering if it's actually better to have one LXC for example for qbittorent, radarr, sonarr, etc, all inside the same LXC so that it can use the automated import features? Or is it possible to allow these services to utilize the automated import feature even when they are in separate LXCs?

Hi,

Recently, version 10.9 introduced push notifications directly to the Woo Mobile app without the use of Jetpack plugin.

The problem is, even when trying to enable this via the Woo Mobile app, one of the steps continuously fails, and I'm just wondering if anybody else has been able to succeed with this, or if they're running into issues.

Hi,

I notice when I update my Unifi console from the dashboard, and maybe even reboots if I recall, for a few days some of the devices stay stuck in the orange. It usually will eventually resolve itself in a few more days or so but why is this even happening?

Am I doing something wrong?

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Anyone else using Lumo on GrapheneOS and experiencing inability to click anything in first launch?

It looks like the main interface keeps looping in refresh. Ive cleared cache and reinstalled etc with no success.

Hi,

This is something that I've been noticing recently since I switched to Debian and using Zen browser on here. For some reason, whenever I'm trying to click something, it's not clickable for like a couple seconds. And then suddenly it's clickable, which appears to be input lag from the mouse. It's not happening on other software on the operating system, but rather only Zen. And I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing this too, or knows how to resolve it.

I love this browser so much, but my God, this is driving me crazy, to be honest.

Hi,

Just learned that USB-C support is available in the fairydust kernel and I'm very curious if anyone here is bravely using it and if so, how is the experience so far?

I am so pumped for USB-C display. My Mac Mini M2 Pro is collecting dust for now but it definitely will be my main driver when this gets to stable. Something great to look forward to and very grateful for the devs working on it.

In the meantime. Any experiences anyone care to share?

Hi,

I'm running into an issue with GNOME that I have been unable to solve, and I'm hoping someone here can point me in the right direction.

Every time I lock my screen, the display manager crashes. The system itself does not freeze or hang. I can switch to a TTY with Ctrl+Alt+F3 and restart the display manager manually, which gets me back into GNOME.

What makes this particularly frustrating is that the exact same issue occurs across multiple distributions. I experienced it on Arch Linux and now on Debian. I also upgraded to a much newer kernel through Debian Backports, but the problem remains unchanged.

My hardware includes an Intel Arc A770M GPU, so I'm wondering if there could be some interaction between GNOME and the graphics stack, but I honestly do not know where to start looking.

At this point I would really like to get to the root cause instead of just switching desktop environments. It's been happening for several weeks, and I have not been able to identify what's actually failing.

Has anyone seen something similar before, or can anyone suggest logs, debugging steps, or components I should investigate?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi,

I was using 24gpd for about the last year and 16gpd for about 3-4 years before that.

Since quitting CT three weeks ago I've had an insanely debilitating lower back pain that shoots all the way up my back to my neck essentially. I don't remember having this issue before kratom and I'm wondering what the heck is this I'm experiencing? I feel on edge all day like I'm about to have a full blown panic attack.

Is this normal? Should I be worried?

Boosts is straight up one of the best baked in features in a browser I've ever witnessed.

Goodbye dark mode reader and stylus extensions.

Thank you Zen devs 😄

Hi,

I have a small issue that I'm not sure can be solved without using backports for a newer kernel.

I'm using a Logitech POP Keys keyboard with the USB Bolt dongle rather than Bluetooth because the signal is generally more reliable. Unfortunately, I'm experiencing an issue where keys will occasionally get stuck or repeat while typing.

For example, I'll press a key once and it will freeze on that character, spamming it dozens of times before eventually stopping. As you can imagine, it makes typing pretty frustrating.

Has anyone run into something similar on Debian? What would be the best way to troubleshoot this and determine whether it's a kernel, HID, USB, or hardware issue?

Is upgrading to a newer kernel from backports likely to help, or are there other things I should investigate first?

Thanks.