Opening msg Outlook files in Ubuntu or Linux Mint

Opening .msg Outlook files in Ubuntu or Linux Mint

Refer: https://freeelectron.ro/opening-msg-outlook-files-in-ubuntu-or-linux-mint/

Works okay, attachments are messed up.

Use this viewer instead and attachments might work.

To install msgconvert, open a shell, then type:

sudo apt-get install libemail-outlook-message-perl

Then cd to the folder where you have the .msg file or files, then type:

msgconvert *.msg

Remove PPA Files for Auto Update

Tailscale for example had issues updating on VPN. To remove the unwanted PPAs, such as Tailscale, follow these steps:

Get a list of installed PPAs

ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

It returns something like this

asbru-cm-release.list  proposed.list  sublime-text.list  tailscale.list  unit193-ubuntu-encryption-jammy.list  vscode.lis

To remove tailscale, use this command

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tailscale.list

Purge associated packages

sudo apt-get purge tailscale

Update the package list

sudo apt update

Menu Libre *.desktop to Prevent Duplicate Icons

Issues: See multiple icons when launching from favorites of icon created by menu-libre

The issue you're experiencing happens when an application is launched with a different WM_CLASS or StartupWMClass than what's specified in the .desktop entry, leading to a new icon being created instead of reusing the one in the favorites bar.

You can resolve this by adding the StartupWMClass entry to your .desktop file. Here's how you can do it:

Find the WM_CLASS of the Running Application:

Launch the Orca Slicer app.
Open a terminal and run:

xprop | grep WM_CLASS

Then, click on the Orca Slicer window. The output will show something like this:

WM_CLASS(STRING) = "orca-slicer", "OrcaSlicer"

The first string (e.g., "orca-slicer") is the one you need.

Edit the .desktop File:

gedit /home/mruckman/.local/share/applications/menulibre-orcaslicr.desktop

Put this at the end of the file, for example

StartupWMClass=orca-slicer