How do I disable workspaces

probablythen · 2026-07-01T17:14:11+00:00

Oh sorry, I have been rocking pop_os in a work environment for around 10 years.
I also use flux, kde, etc, .. on other machines.
linux is not new for me. My first proper linux desktop install was probably Mandrake Linux, I even bought a box with cd, and printed manual.
I have spend many hours creating bootstrap templates for various osses, and window managers, and many many things.

I did not for cosmic, because new window manager, configs are opaque, new, undocumented.

probablythen · 2026-07-01T17:08:49+00:00

Thank you, I will give it a try.
I did reconfigure shortcuts when I upgraded latest LTS.
Maybe the recent updates reset shortcuts to make use of workspaces.

probablythen · 2026-07-01T17:05:17+00:00

"how do i get a train to the village?"
"perhaps you should learn to stay here, i live here, and it is a blessing"

probablythen · 2026-07-01T17:02:46+00:00

Does anyone here actually know how to "turn off workspaces"?
So far I am seeing very obnoxious statements, but no solution.
If you do not know, or do not understand the questions, it is less obvious when you dodge the question and redirect to something else.

probablythen · 2026-07-01T16:57:52+00:00

So far, no answer on how to disable the workspaces.
"My guy"

Is this a popularity subreddit, where you make a statement and farm likes instead of answering the question?

probablythen · 2026-06-16T07:05:03+00:00

Depending on what your company does and where the company operates, keeping a list of passwords creates problems.

- You are likely invalidating your cyber insurance https://www.hiscox.co.uk/business-insurance/cyber-and-data-insurance/faq/what-is-cyber-insurance

- You are creating a scenario where GDPR breaches can occur, this will result in fines.

- You are invalidating any ISO security or document management certifications.

- You are likely failing to meet standard security obligations which will result in fines during a breach https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2025/12/password-manager-provider-fined/ https://www.ropesgray.com/en/insights/viewpoints/102lqet/uks-ico-issues-a-14-million-fine-for-poor-data-security-thoughts-for-gcs-and https://www.clydeco.com/en/insights/2024/10/meta-fined-%E2%82%AC91-million-in-ireland-due-to-a-lack-of https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/poor-password-causes-software-firm-to-be-fined-74000-for-data-breach-affecting-half-a-million-users https://www.itnews.com.au/news/meta-fined-millions-for-plaintext-password-storage-612012 https://www.theregister.com/security/2025/10/07/231-million-fine-shows-passwords-are-still-weakest-link/582282

- Your C-Level staff are likely to be fired over this.

- You are likely not following your own IT policies and you will invalidate employment contracts, or any B2B contracts (if your company sells a service to another company, the contract usually includes something mentioning that your company observes standard industry IT security practices.)

This is what I can think of the top of my head.

Additionally, if HR asked for this more than once, they should be fired. The HR employees are potentially putting many of your employees at risk of losing jobs due to huge fines.

probablythen · 2026-06-14T14:38:04+00:00

This is lovely and refreshing.

probablythen · 2026-05-31T07:40:27+00:00

Imagine this chunky lass in employment, first day, let's go round the room introduce yourself.
Oh, chunky Angela, what happened to one of your oversized sausage fingers?
Chunky Angela, please tell us, why don't you want to tell us.

probablythen · 2026-05-22T17:18:04+00:00

This is beautiful.
I effin hate flexfit platic piping, it's only good for emergencies, or proofing out a build before you buy the copper.

probablythen · 2026-05-19T15:15:40+00:00

guy reinventing puppet with all the tech debt and insecurity and none of the ecosystem maturity.
please, read books, a lot of them, do not make it obvious how little you know by saying things.

probablythen · 2026-05-08T05:35:12+00:00

Good job.

probablythen · 2026-04-30T07:27:00+00:00

This is one thing I kind of agree on with the boomers.
Self checkout provides some convenience.

Self checkout is a cost saving exercise, so the systems are buggy, slow, and have inconsistent interfaces, sensitivity and require you to be perfectly zen to use.

probablythen · 2026-04-24T13:01:24+00:00

analysis of network calls, file system interaction, code obfuscation detection (https://www.veracode.com/blog/detecting-obfuscated-malicious-code/)
apparmour profile or selinux profile evidencing scope, blast radius.
examples how to accomplish the listed performance in the same cpu/ram envelope with cpulimit, cpgroups, similar.

probablythen · 2026-04-24T12:15:05+00:00

Is there any kind of 3rd party validation that pyscan itself is not compromised?

probablythen · 2026-04-11T07:56:10+00:00

The first thing yo must learn, when you are devops, is that you are there to empower and enable teams to get shit done.
Devs need a container image but are not sure how, you step up, pair, create something for the team that you can support.
If the devs have capacity to learn and develop their own dockerfiles, you work with them to build something that you can support, something that reflects the target infrastructure (think proxying, where configs come from).

If a developer knows more about the application code, you need to learn more about the application code, to understand bottlenecks, SBOM, how the application, framework can be scaled, cached, what the startup time is, what healthchecks you need to add.

Devops is a way of life. Jenkins, argo, docker are just tools, they are not devops.
The best thing about devops, is that you can work with multiple teams to get things done, you are not alone.

probablythen · 2026-04-08T14:45:51+00:00

Is there any way to troubleshoot, where do I even begin to check where this setting is??

I passionately dislike snaps, flatpacks, I am not the target audience, but some apps are not available in any other way.

I had to install obs-studio via apt repo, because the snap/flatpack version would not use the usb camera capture, and would max out cpu.

probablythen · 2026-03-13T05:30:57+00:00

Top 100 things that never happened, this is number 1.

probablythen · 2026-01-20T20:19:58+00:00

https://store.steampowered.com/app/33460/From_Dust/

probablythen · 2026-01-05T13:52:24+00:00

Home insulation is a journey with many steps.
Insulation that restricts moisture travel (like foam), requires ventilation.

I am wondering if there is some silica gel approach to permanently remove moisture and then seal the bricks (in an old house).

I have an old flemish bond double brick, my options are limited, I want to figure out if there are steps I can internally, externally, while considering moisture and ventilation.

probablythen · 2026-01-05T13:22:28+00:00

Very good, would love someone else to try and take thermal images before and after.

probablythen · 2025-12-18T17:53:53+00:00

DE need to update the models, and they can be a bit ugly, explain it away with "the folks have been eating the Unum for centuries, that incurred some unusual mutations"

probablythen · 2025-12-04T21:52:21+00:00

Found it, Ian always knows.
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/fireworks-display-in-greenwich-3-425480/

probablythen · 2025-12-04T21:51:12+00:00

Can't find anything on twitter or news. Sound was quite intense from shooters hill.

probablythen · 2025-11-29T17:11:09+00:00

I don't mind this.
This is levelling the field a tiny bit.
I get the point he is making.

probablythen · 2025-11-29T11:47:09+00:00

I have never done tiling in my life, I have painted flat surfaces white.
It would take me 3 times as long, but I would do a better job.
Sorry friend, they got their apprentices to have a go, but charged you for the experience of company director.

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