Author: Alex

How to convert .webp images to GIMP

Posted by Alex On June 14, 2022

What are .webp files Files with the .webp extension are image files in a format developed by Google. To date, the WebP format has not been widely used, but it is supported by many web browsers and image viewers and editors. How to Open WebP in GIMP Recent versions of GIMP support WebP format (previously a special plug-in was required)....

Batch image processing in GIMP

Posted by Alex On June 14, 2022

In addition to creative work with images in GIMP, sometimes you need to do fairly simple things, but with a large number of files. Sometimes even with a very large number of files. Such actions are called “Batch File Processing” or “Batch Image Manipulation” when the same operation is performed on multiple images. Such an operation can be converting, resizing,...

Why computer can’t connect to Wi-Fi Hotspot on Android phone for a long time (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On June 12, 2022

Why my computer cannot connect to the Android mobile Wi-Fi hotspot for a long time After updating Android, I ran into a problem that the computer sees a mobile hotspot, but at the same time: 1. It does not try to connect to it automatically 2. When I select the Access Point manually, an attempt is made to connect, which...

How to make images on a site (including WordPress) maintain the correct aspect ratio

Posted by Alex On June 3, 2022

How to maintain aspect ratio with HTML IMG tag An image inserted into a page has the correct proportions by default unless you change it. When viewing images on a mobile phone, the images are scaled, that is, resized to fit completely on the screen. Web pages work in a similar way, including sites running WordPress. But I noticed one...

Errors “Incorrect definition of table mysql.event: expected column ‘definer’ at position 3 to have type varchar(, found type char(141)” and “Event Scheduler: An error occurred when initializing system tables. Disabling the Event Scheduler” (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On June 1, 2022

When upgrading mariadb to version 10.8.3, the following messages were shown: warning: directory permissions differ on /usr/lib/mysql/plugin/auth_pam_tool_dir/ filesystem: 700 package: 755 :: MariaDB was updated to a new feature release. To update the data run: systemctl restart mariadb.service && mariadb-upgrade -u root -p They contain information about two events that require the action of a system administrator or user. The...

How to download a package without installation in Arch Linux and Manjaro. How to download the AUR package source code

Posted by Alex On May 22, 2022

How to download a package with pacman (from standard repositories) To download a package without installing it, use the -w option: sudo pacman -Sw PACKAGE By default, the package will be downloaded to pacman's package cache directory, with the --cachedir option you can specify any other directory to save the package to: sudo pacman -Sw --cachedir DIRECTORY PACKAGE For example,...

How to change the country in the Play Store

Posted by Alex On May 7, 2022

Features of changing the country in the Play Store You can change the country in the phone in different ways, depending on the specific task. For example, to change the country for websites, it is enough to use a proxy or VPN. To change the country for applications using GPS, you can use one of the applications that fake GPS...

How to set up Favorites and add folders in Wine File Manager? (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On May 6, 2022

Wine File Manager is similar to Windows Explorer. It can be opened with the command winefile There you can see several labels and drives. Among the labels you will find: My Computer Documents Trash / (Linux filesystem root) My Computer contains all disks connected to Linux. The “C:” drive is what is located in the ~/.wine/drive_c/ folder. The “Z:” drive...

How to make VirtualBox virtual machines destroy on computer restart

Posted by Alex On May 4, 2022

How to use VirtualBox on Linux so that virtual machines and their settings are not saved The desire to completely destroy virtual machines is extraordinary and may be related to security and privacy. However, there are at least two ways to achieve the desired effect: the virtual machines will be destroyed as soon as the computer is turned off. 1....

Why doesn’t Linux with Persistence keep settings after reboot? (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On May 4, 2022

Persistence is a partition on a flash drive with a Live Linux system, thanks to which the programs and settings installed on the system are saved. A live image with a Linux distribution can be written to a USB flash drive. The result is a bootable USB flash drive with Linux. That is, you can boot into Linux and use...
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