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Saturday, April 25, 2026

Qwen-Code: Ollama Ignores num_ctx from settings.json

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If you're running Ollama behind an OpenAI-compatible endpoint and setting num_ctx in your client's config, you may notice Ollama sti...

LibreWolf: Claude.ai freezes

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If Claude streams responses fine in Firefox but randomly freezes in LibreWolf, you've hit a fingerprinting resistance quirk — not a Clau...

gentoo: mask the use of new nvidia drivers for legacy cards

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Latest nvidia drivers (595.58.03) will not work with old GPUs, e.g. (GTX 960), giving error: probe with driver nvidia failed In this ...

sudo: how to reset "too many failed attempts" lock

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Run as user: faillock --reset
Friday, April 24, 2026

Open WebUI: Run as a temprorary container with Ollama support

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docker run --rm --network=host -v open-webui:/app/backend/data -e OLLAMA_BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:11434 -e WEBUI_AUTH=False --name open-...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

Distrobox with systemd: "save as" does not work in chromium and brave

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If "save as" window does not work in chromium and brave executed in distrobox, this maybe because, container's systemd hijacke...
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Firefox: disable "Add appliction" notification for outlook and other email portals

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1. Open a new tab. 2. Enter about:config instead of an address. 3. Agree to the warning. 4. In the search bar, enter browser.mailto.dualP...
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Qwen-code CLI: Use Qwen 3.6 plus from OpenRouter

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I qwen code CLI you can use models from OpenRouter or other providers. For example, to use Qwen 3.6 plus modify your .qwen/settings.json as ...
Monday, April 13, 2026

fedora: web-ext keep changes in a profile for testing and use firefox developer edition

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web-ext run -f firefox-aurora --keep-profile-changes --firefox-profile=test

distrobox: firefox "Show in Folder" opens vscodium, not thunar or other file manager.

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Run in distrobox (make sure thunar is installed in distrobox first): xdg-mime default thunar.desktop inode/directory xdg-mime default...
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