I am using Debian on my laptop with XFCE. Thunar is the file manager that is included. I found I was unable to browse or view SMB network shares with Thunar. After digging around for a while, I found I needed to add gvfs-backends to my laptop along with cifs-utils. sudo apt install cifs-utilssudo apt… Read More: Unable to see SMB shares with Thunar »
I noticed that XFCE does not have the User details editor. It was just not missing on my Devuan install, my Debian install did not have it either. Never fear, there is a similar tool available and it is easy to add it in. Just install mugshot. sudo apt install mugshot
This is just a note really to myself as I always have to look this command up because I do not use it often. To add a user to the sudoers: I’m actually embarrassed I am posting this here to remember.
I came across an issue with trying to use the ping command after I installed the latest SparkyLinux (A Debian based distro). It would only work when run as sudo, but I got an error, “missing cap_net_raw+p” when run as a normal user. After some digging, I found the solution on a blog post at… Read More: Debian Ping not working »