Linux: use FreeRDP instead of rdesktop


rdesktop -u "domain\userID" -a 16 -z -g 1850x1080 -r sound:local:pulse -r disk:b=/mnt/b ip_addr


xfreerdp3 /u:userID /d:domain /v:ip_addr -themes /dynamic-resolution /drive:/mnt/b,b


gentoo: No icons font in distrobox

install `fontawesome-fonts-all` fonts.

sudo emerge -av media-fonts/fontawesome
Fedora:
sudo dnf install fontawesome-fonts-all Arch:
sudo pacman -S otf-font-awesome

Run KDE Menu Editor from a commandline

kmenuedit

Krusader: add user action to open distrobox terminal in the currently active folder

cd %aPath% && distrobox-host-exec bash -i

https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/krusader/krusader/useractions.html


cd %aPath% && distrobox-host-exec bash -i


podman: container cannot bind to priviliged port 631 (cups)

On the host, you can make 631 to be unproviliged
sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_unprivileged_port_start=631
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/413807/is-there-a-way-for-non-root-processes-to-bind-to-privileged-ports-on-linux/51439516#51439516

udisks2: manual mount and unmount hard drives

For example: udisksctl mount -b /dev/sdb1
udisksctl unmount -b /dev/sdb1


gentoo & xfce4: no authorized to mount hard drives

https://gist.github.com/Scrumplex/8f528c1f63b5f4bfabe14b0804adaba7

xfce by default uses https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/gnome-extra/polkit-gnome

If not automatically started, you can manually start it (as a user, not root):
/usr/libexec/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1

distrobox fedora

distrobox create --nvidia -i quay.io/fedora/fedora:42 -n fbox -H ~/home-fbox --init --additional-packages "systemd"
https://distrobox.it/compatibility/#Host-Distros

gentoo: reinstall packages after changing USE flags

emerge -avtDUu @world

distrobox: ublue-os/arch-distrobox

distrobox create --nvidia -i ghcr.io/ublue-os/arch-distrobox -n abox -H ~/home-abox --init --additional-packages "systemd"
https://github.com/ublue-os/arch-distrobox