Alright, it's Wednesday. What is something you have learned *new* about Linux within the past 7 days?
by KGIII from LinuxQuestions.org on (#573NF)
I opened the same thread 7 days ago. I said I'd try to do it again in 7 more days.
I learned how to make a Live instance of Ubuntu use Wayland so that the person could test Ubuntu on Wayland before installing.
I didn't actually want to learn that, but I did it because it seemed like a good question to answer on AskUbuntu. I had a hunch, but decided to test it. It turned out that it worked, but was a rather convoluted hack that was far more laborious than it needed to be.
First, you have to comment out a line in a config file, add a user, give the user a password, restart gdm3, log out, log partway back in, and at the password prompt you can then click a gear icon and select Wayland. All-in-all, it was a pain in the butt - but it worked. Even though it's a live instance, Ubuntu has a rather strict minimum password requirement for no real good reason.
So, what's something new that you learned in the past 7 days?
(I'd commit to making these threads weekly, but I suspect that I'm only active here until the pandemic ends. I'm normally pretty active.)
I learned how to make a Live instance of Ubuntu use Wayland so that the person could test Ubuntu on Wayland before installing.
I didn't actually want to learn that, but I did it because it seemed like a good question to answer on AskUbuntu. I had a hunch, but decided to test it. It turned out that it worked, but was a rather convoluted hack that was far more laborious than it needed to be.
First, you have to comment out a line in a config file, add a user, give the user a password, restart gdm3, log out, log partway back in, and at the password prompt you can then click a gear icon and select Wayland. All-in-all, it was a pain in the butt - but it worked. Even though it's a live instance, Ubuntu has a rather strict minimum password requirement for no real good reason.
So, what's something new that you learned in the past 7 days?
(I'd commit to making these threads weekly, but I suspect that I'm only active here until the pandemic ends. I'm normally pretty active.)