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Delish Mason Jar Ice Cream

Simple ice cream in a Mason jar

Refer: https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a53547/mason-jar-ice-cream-recipe/

Yields: 1
Prep Time: 0 hours 10 mins
Total Time: 3 hours 10 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 c. heavy cream
  • 1 1/2 tbsp. granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
  • Pinch of salt

Directions

Pour cream, sugar, vanilla and salt into a 16 ounce mason jar and secure tightly with a lid. Shake the mason jar until the cream thickens and almost doubles in size, 4 to 5 minutes. It should be opaque and easily coat the back of a wooden spoon.

Freeze for 3 hours, or until hardened. Scoop out ice cream with a spoon and serve with your favorite ice cream toppings.

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Install gTile and/or Gnome Extensions

Installing Gnome Extensions - Wanted for gTile

Usage Refer: https://github.com/gTile/gTile

Refer: https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-gnome-shell-extensions-on-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa-linux-desktop

$ sudo apt install gnome-shell-extensions
Logoff and Logon Again
Install Firefox extension: https://extensions.gnome.org/
Click on the gnome extension icond in Firefox
Search for gTile and install it

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Allow MP4 to Play in Ubuntu 20.04

Refer: https://linuxconfig.org/unable-to-play-the-file-missing-decoder-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts-focal-fossa

Error Message when trying to play MP4:
Video mp4 dvd subpicture decoder is required to play the file but is not installed

sudo apt install -y vlc
sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras
sudo apt install libdvdnav4 libdvd-pkg gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
sudo reboot

Older notes: Don't think these fixed anything; however, you do need to install VLC standard

Refer: https://itsfoss.com/play-dvd-ubuntu-1310/

These commands don't really do the trick:

sudo add-apt-repository multiverse
sudo apt install -y libdvd-pkg
sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg

Important: You need to install VLC from command line and NOT Snap version

sudo apt install -y vlc

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Ubuntu update error “waiting for unattended-upgr to exit”

Refer: https://techtips.easycloudsolutions.com/2018/05/15/ubuntu-update-error-waiting-for-unattended-upgr-to-exit/

Stop the automatic updater.

$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow unattended-upgrades

At the first prompt, choose not to download and install updates.

Make a reboot. Make sure any packages in an unclean state are installed correctly.

$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

Get your system up-top-date.

$ sudo apt update && sudo apt -f install && sudo apt full-upgrade

Turn the automatic updater back on, now that the blockage is cleared.

$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow unattended-upgrades

Select the package unattended-upgrades again.

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Remove favicon Requests

Refer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60237402/python-flask-application-duplicate-http-requests

Chrome sends an extra GET request for a favicon. Add this to the head of your html to stop this request:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="data:image/x-icon;," type="image/x-icon">

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MenuLibre Fails to Launch

Refer: https://askubuntu.com/questions/450382/xubuntu-menulibre-application-menu-editor-not-launching

Fix as follows, because of corrupted menus

mv ~/.config/menus/ ~/.config/menus.bak
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Disable unattended upgrades from being launched

Symptom: Unable to launch software updapter because of unattended upgrade

Refer: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/470709/how-do-i-stop-disable-unattended-upgrades-from-being-launched-automatically

Launch the following, and then choose "No":

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow unattended-upgrades