Legal question on Bing Wallpapers
Is it legal to use Bing Wallpaper on Linux, using tools available there, like Gnome plugin "Bing Wallpaper" and such? Would it be legal for Ubuntu to add it directly in the distro (not images, those are obviously copyrighted by Getty et al, just the tool that downloads it daily) ? I tried to figure this from terms of use, but it is really hard to understand what is actually allowed.
Failed to enter windows
Hi everyone, After installing ubuntu, I can not get into the windows and struggle with a bios loop, and failed to repair it with iso or other startup disks. Gently ask if there is any possiblility I can repair the Windows reserving documents in C. System information : MB : B350M MORTAR (MS-7A37) CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1700X EIGHT CORE PROCESSOR RAM 32768MB BIOS E7A37AMS.170
[Wayland] PWAs no longer appear as separate app windows — all group under main Edge icon
Hi, Since around 2025-09-07 to 2025-09-10, I’ve noticed that on GNOME (Wayland) all installed PWAs (even across different profiles) now appear grouped under the main Edge browser icon in the GNOME Shell dash/taskbar. Previously, each PWA would open in its own window group with its own icon. This is still the behavior in Chromium/Brave/Chrome, and can be restored there by editing the PWA’s .desktop file to set: StartupWMClass=<same value as Icon> However, Edge now seems to ignore StartupWMClass completely on Wayland, breaking workspace separation and making task switching hard. Environment: Ubuntu 25.04 GNOME 48.0 / Mutter (Wayland) Kernel 6.14.0-29 Intel Iris Xe GPU Edge (latest stable, observed post 2025-09-13) Repro steps: Install any PWA (e.g. Outlook, Teams, Spotify) from Edge Launch it (from any profile) Observe that it appears grouped under the main Edge browser icon Expected: PWA shows under its own icon and window group like in Chromium-based browsers Actual: All PWAs are bundled into the main Edge window group Editing StartupWMClass in the .desktop file no longer helps This regression makes PWAs much harder to manage on Wayland. Please route to the Linux/Wayland team if possible. Thanks!PostgreSQL: Migrating Large Objects (LOBs) with Parallelism and PIPES
Why This Approach? Migrating large objects (LOBs) between PostgreSQL servers can be challenging due to size, performance, and complexity. Traditional methods often involve exporting to files and re-importing, which adds overhead and slows down the process. Also, there could be some Cloud restrictions that limit the usage of other tools like: Pgcopydb: Welcome to pgcopydb’s documentation! — pgcopydb 0.17~dev documentation Or other techniques like using RLS: SoporteDBA: PostgreSQL pg_dump filtering data by using Row Level Security (RLS) This solution introduces a parallelized migration script that: Reads directly from pg_largeobject. Splits work across multiple processes using the MOD() function on loid. Streams data via PIPES—no intermediate files. Scales easily by adjusting parallel degree. *Possible feature*: Commit size logic to supports resume logic by excluding already migrated LOBs. Key Benefits Direct streaming: No temporary files, reducing disk I/O. Parallel execution: Faster migration by leveraging multiple processes. Simple setup: Just two helper scripts for source and destination connections. Reference Scripts reference: Moving data with PostgreSQL COPY and \COPY commands | Microsoft Community Hub Source Connection -- pgsource.sh -- To connect to source database -- PLEASE REVIEW CAREFULLY THE CONNECTION STRINGS TO CONNECT TO SOURCE SERVER PGPASSWORD=<password> psql -t -h <sourceservername>.postgres.database.azure.com -U <username> <database> -- Permissions to execute chmod +x pgsource.sh Destination Connection -- pgdestination.sh -- To connect to target database -- PLEASE REVIEW CAREFULLY THE CONNECTION STRINGS TO CONNECT TO DESTINATION SERVER PGPASSWORD=<password> psql -t -h <destinationservername>.postgres.database.azure.com -U <username> <database> -- Permissions to execute chmod +x pgdestination.sh Parallel Migration Script -- transferlobparallel.sh -- To perform the parallel migrations of lobs echo > nohup.out echo 'ParallelDegree: '$1 'DateTime: '`date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S"` # Check if no large objects to migrate count=$(echo "select count(1) from pg_largeobject;"|./pgsource.sh) count=$(echo "$count" | xargs) if [ "$count" -eq 0 ]; then echo "There are no large objects to migrate. Stopping the script." exit 0 fi par=$1 for i in $(seq 1 $1); do nohup /bin/bash <<EOF & echo "\copy (select data from (select 0 as rowsort, 'begin;' as data union select 1, concat('SELECT pg_catalog.lo_create(', lo.loid, ');SELECT pg_catalog.lo_open(', lo.loid, ', 131072);SELECT pg_catalog.lowrite(0,''', string_agg(lo.data, '' ORDER BY pageno), ''');SELECT pg_catalog.lo_close(0);') from pg_largeobject lo where mod(lo.loid::BIGINT,$par)=$i-1 group by lo.loid union select 2, 'commit;') order by rowsort) to STDOUT;"|./pgsource.sh|sed 's/\\\\\\\/\\\\/g'|./pgdestination.sh; echo "Execution thread $i finished. DateTime: ";date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S"; EOF done tail -f nohup.out|grep Execution -- Permissions to execute chmod +x transferlobparallel.sh -- NOTE Please pay attention during the script execution, it will never finish as last line is “tail -f nohup…”, you need to monitor if all the threads already finished or checking in a different session the “psql” processes are still working or not. How to Run ./transferlobparallel.sh <ParallelDegree> Example: ./transferlobparallel.sh 3 Runs 3 parallel processes to migrate LOBs directly to the destination server. Performance Results Please find basic metrics taking into consideration that client linux VM with accelerated networking was co-located in same region/AZ than source and target Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible servers, servers and linux client based in Standard 4CPU SKUs, no other special configurations. 16 threads: ~11 seconds for 500MB. CPU usage: ~15% at 16 threads. Estimated migration for 80GB: ~30 minutes Key Takeaways This approach dramatically reduces migration time and complexity. By combining PostgreSQL’s pg_largeobject with parallelism and streaming, without intermediate storage, and using only psql client command as required client software. Disclaimer The script is provided as it is. Please review carefully when running/testing, the script is just a starting point to show how to migrate large objects in a parallelized way without intermediate storage, but it can be also implemented/improved using other methods as mentioned..NET MAUI on Linux with Visual Studio Code
Explore Cross-Platform Development with .NET MAUI on Linux! Dive into the latest release of the .NET MAUI extension for Visual Studio Code, enabling Linux users to develop apps for Android, Windows, iOS, and macOS. This guide offers a step-by-step tutorial on setting up your Linux system for .NET MAUI development, including installation of essential tools and leveraging the C# Dev Kit extension. Whether you're working on Ubuntu or another Linux distribution, this article, enriched with a video walkthrough by Gerald Versluis, simplifies the journey to creating powerful, versatile applications with .NET MAUI.
MS Edge - Sidebar and copilot not working on Linux Ubuntu v24 LTS
Sidebar not syncing or accepting new app additions (+). Copilot button is dead/inactive. Sidebar settings are well configured. Using the latest version of the Ubuntu OS and MS Edge. Functionality appears to be absent as product was released without full functionality....Lame!Microsoft Intune Company Portal for Linux and Conditional Access Issue
Greetings everyone, I have the following scenario implemented regarding conditional access: Rule#1: For pilotuser1, for all cloud apps, for all platforms --> require MFA Rule#2: For pilotuser1, for all cloud apps except Microsoft Intune Enrollment and Microsoft Intune, for all platforms --> Require Device marked as compliant This should allow me to enroll to Intune successfully a non-enrolled device and require the device compliance for the other workloads. For Windows it works just fine. The problem lies with Linux. Following the instructions on Enroll a Linux device in Intune | Microsoft Learn & Get the Microsoft Intune app for Linux | Microsoft Learn I installed Intune App and Edge (Version 109.0.1518.52 (Official build) (64-bit)) on a VM with Ubuntu 22.04. I open the Intune App and try to sign in: First step is to Register the Device on Azure AD, it goes without a problem --> On the next stage I get the following and press continue: At this stage Microsoft Edge opens and I sign in successfully but the Intune App throws an error: The sign in logs on Azure AD show that even though I excluded Intune Enrollment from the CA policy, it is not enough. Sign-in error code: 530003 Failure reason: Your device is required to be managed to access this resource. Additional Details: The requested resource can only be accessed using a compliant device. The user is either using a device not managed by a Mobile-Device-Management (MDM) agent like Intune, or it's using an application that doesn't support device authentication. The user could enroll their devices with an approved MDM provider, or use a different app to sign in, or find the app vendor and ask them to update their app. More details available at https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/active-directory-conditional-access-device-remediation Application: Microsoft Intune Company Portal for Linux Application ID: b743a22d-6705-4147-8670-d92fa515ee2b Resource : Microsoft Graph Resource ID: 00000003-0000-0000-c000-000000000000 Client app: Mobile Apps and Desktop clients Client credential type: None Resource service principal ID: 01989347-a263-48ef-a8d7-583ee83db9a2 Token issuer type: Azure AD Apparently something is different in the enrollment process of Linux because I had no issues with Windows 10 enrollment . Any thoughts on the subject would be appreciated. Kind Regards, PanosPWA shortcuts don't keep asociated with window - Linux
I recently upgraded to version140.0.3485.14 (Official build) beta (64-bit) and noticed that my PWA, even if they open correctly in a independent window, don't show the "running window counter" on the taskbar. So, for example, if a open Outlook, the window open and loads the app, but if a I click the icon again, it opens another window, wich is a little annoying. I tried removing the PWA from Edge, rebooting, and installing again, but didn't work. Because the only change I made is updating Edge, I think is related to this build. (too lazy to go back or install the stable release)
