LM 19 Notes

Wifi driver for 0bda:f179 Realtek RTL8188FU

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelebek333/kablosuz
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install rtl8188fu-dkms

You can purge packages with following commands
sudo apt purge rtl8188fu-dkms

source:
https://github.com/kelebek333/rtl8188fu

How to easily grab edge of screen to resize windows

Alt-F8 will snap to lower right edge of window
Alt-mouse right button will resize immediately
Alt-space will show resizing options

Increase scrollbar size

gedit .config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

.scrollbar.vertical slider,
scrollbar.vertical slider {
min-width: 15px;
}

save the above in the empty file. disregard errors

source:
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=286908

Disable printer auto detect

OSC noticed extra printers keep auto detecting
below is untested yet

disable service
sudo systemctl mask cups-browsed
Then reboot. A "mask" will prevent the service from being started.

Should that not fix things unmask it:
sudo systemctl unmask cups-browsed
Followed by a:
sudo systemctl start cups-browsed

source:
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=294196