Chrome support for ftp sites
Posted: 2021-05-01 Filed under: network | Tags: flags, ftp, google chrome Leave a commentI’ve been updating my SlackBuilds for -current and noticed something quite strange. Whenever I needed to check for new sources, if the tarball was hosted on an ftp site, Chrome would refuse to open it. I searched a bit and it seems Chrome has dropped ftp support by default.
WPS Office v11.* dictionary
Posted: 2021-04-03 Filed under: office | Tags: dictionary, libreoffice, spellcheck, WPS Office 2 CommentsI noticed that an old post of mine about adding dictionaries to WPS Office, has been receiving some attention recently. I quickly checked the links and it seems they are dead, also the file paths listed there no longer apply for WPS Office v11. Therefore, I decided to check how to add dictionaries to version 11.
TeamViewer won’t start
Posted: 2021-03-19 Filed under: desktop, network, system | Tags: inittab, lxdm, rc.4, teamviewer Leave a commentI had to use TeamViewer. It is available from SBo, so I installed it (version 15.14.5). I am using -current, but the SlackBuild just repackages the binary provided from upstream, anyway. I followed the post-install instructions but the program won’t start.
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Seahorse keyring
Posted: 2021-03-14 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: keyring, seahorse, xfce Leave a commentI did a fresh install of -current couple of months ago and looked for a way to manage passwords. I looked around and it seems that Seahorse is a good choice for Xfce. There’s Seahorse available on SBo, so I installed it. Things did not work as expected out-of-the-box… for example Chrome kept prompting me for passwords that was driving me nuts.
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bioRxiv docx template
Posted: 2021-02-28 Filed under: academic, office | Tags: bioRxiv, doc, docx, template Leave a commentI’ve been working on a manuscript in the last couple of months (more, actually). I am not going to discuss whether pre-prints are cool or not, however, they sometimes are necessary. For example, when writing a grant application, it definitely looks better to show the actual work in progress, rather than just stating “manuscript in preparation”, “submitted” or “under revision”.
