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Problem: You have a VeraCrypt volume you’d like to mount at boot under Ubuntu. You’d like to do this automatically – without providing credentials every time the disk actually mounts. The VeraCrypt GUI has options for mounting volumes at launch, but it still prompts for a password to finish mounting...
Problem: Under Ubuntu with GNOME your startup applications are not scaling properly, despite most other apps loading with proper scale. You have a high DPI / 4k screen and the applications you set to load on login appear tiny. Using these startup apps is frustrating unless you close and reload them…...
Problem: Ubuntu / GNOME Night Light comes configured with a very warm color temperature. Not only that, but, by default, it’s not as easy to enable and disable as it should be. Both issues are easily fixed…
If you are reading this it is probably because you have a laptop that keeps making a disconcerting clicking sound. You suspect that it may be the hard drive – and you are probably correct. It very well could be on its way out, and doing a full backup certainly can’t hurt...
There seems to be a bug in the newer Ubuntu releases where disabling your touchpad via the hardware toggle button disables it permanently for your user under the gnome desktop. It sometimes disables your ability to type, too. The mouse works at the log-in screen, but after you log in, it quits...
