April 2025 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

IPv6, are you using it, should we be using it?
by steve＠patternsoft.net April 12, 2025

April 12, 2025

I’ve been adding more and more matter/thread devices to my home and since I’ve seen more local ipv6 addresses I’ve tried enabling Ipv6 fully. BUT, Ive had struggles adding matter devices. Is this just older hardware choices like we have to create a 2.4 GHz only network? Is the world of devices not yet ready for IPv6? What are your thoughts on it? Steve Thibault

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Reboot required questions
by The Hammer April 12, 2025

April 12, 2025

I usually run any updates on my Linux machine after I'm done using the machine for the day. Sometimes the update the system says "reboot required" At that point I close the active window. Hit restart, let the machine start up, reboot, and then I sign in again before shutting down for the night. My question is: can I instead just shut down and wait until the next day to start up the computer? (I've read on line that I need a "proper" shut down. With all the text flashing at hyper speed I wonder if I do shut down or even start up properly) Ron

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Meeting this Thursday!! April 10th 2025!
by Tim Keller April 11, 2025

April 11, 2025

Hey Everybody! We've got a meeting this week! Time: 7pm Date: April 10th 2025 Location: Technocopia 44 portland st. Worcester MA Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Topic: Oh.. so much to talk about! Kernel 6.14 and ntsync, gaming on linux, patch frequency, X11 vs Wayland, docker desktop, k3s! I expect we'll diverge into half a dozen other topics as well. Afterwards we'll head off for dinner and keep talking. Thanks, Tim. I'd also like to start a new trend and that's to spend a few minutes at the end of each meeting agreeing on a topic (or at least an idea) for a topic for next month. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Reminder!! We've got a meeting tonight!!
by Tim Keller April 10, 2025

April 10, 2025

We've got a meeting tonight!! Time: 7pm Date: April 10th 2025 Location: Technocopia 44 portland st. Worcester MA Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Topic: Oh.. so much to talk about! Kernel 6.14 and ntsync, gaming on linux, patch frequency, X11 vs Wayland, docker desktop, k3s! I expect we'll diverge into half a dozen other topics as well. Afterwards we'll head off for dinner and keep talking. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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x11 on ubunt24
by Kevin Stratton April 8, 2025

April 8, 2025

This might be old news, but Ubunt 24.0.X can still run X11 https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/how-to-switch-from-x11-to-wayland-on-live-ub… CodeLight is no longer seems to lock up and a Steam/wine game I play seems to start without errors. I have not spent much time testing this.

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Stuck in traffic
by Tim Keller April 6, 2025

April 6, 2025

According to Google Maps it says I'm going to get there for 7:15 but we are definitely having a meeting tonight I'm just trapped in traffic! Tim.

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pinning Icons in Gnome
by Kevin Stratton April 3, 2025

April 3, 2025

I am using Ubuntu 24.0.X, which uses Gnome by default. Whenever I pin a .desktop icon to the dashboard, it is no longer visible when I browse through the apps. Is there a way to have an icon "pinned" to the dashboard and be visible in "show apps"? (the bottom left icon with three dots and three arcs in a circle that shows the available apps) My workaround for this is to copy the .desktop file to the desktop folder for items that I want conveniently available. Obviously, this is not the ideal.

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