Head in the Cloud

 I installed the desktop version of Draw.io on my Ubuntu system using the Ubuntu Store (snap).  When trying to save files to my Windows partition (or mounted device other than / (root), a received the following error: After some digging, I found that the permission for the snap defaulted external devices as disallowed. Had to simply enable "Read/write files on removable storage devices", and viola! Hope this helps other seeing the same behave from this or other snaps. Cheers!

As much as I do like Windows 11, I don't like how Windows and Office are now filled with ads and privacy really isn't front and center. Yes, you can turn a lot of data sharing off, but not all of it. A couple years ago I test-drove Linux as a development rig and was very impressed with the experience. So, I decided to take another look at Linux for daily use. Linux was my primary OS for 5 years in the early 2000's. Distro The last time I did this, I was using Fedora. I still like RedHat and derivatives, but this time I decided to go with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. So far it works great on my Microsoft Surface Book 2 using the modifed linux-surface kernel . Even the pen works! So does detach. It plays nicer than Windows with my KVM. In Windows 11, if I undock and redock, I lose the external devices--e.g., monitor, mouse, and keyboard--and have to reboot the KVM. With Ubuntu, it's a seamless transition as expected. Dev Environment Nearly all my development work is in dotnet and ...