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My Visual Studio 2019 Tools and Extensions

Tools and Extensions that I normally use with my Visual Studio installation   DPack Major features can be found under Tools|DPack menu and include: Code Browser - used for individual file code members navigation File Browser - used for solution files navigation Solution Browser - used for the entire solution code members navigation Numbered Bookmarks Surround With Code Navigation Solution Statistics Solution Backup   Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects by Microsoft      Use it for authoring installer Power Commands for Visual Studio by Microsoft DevLabs      I mostly use the Copy/Paste References

Can't install Pop!_OS 20.10 without disk encryption

 This is my first time to install Pop!_OS (20.10) on VirtualBox (6.1.16). I tried to install 3 times but I can't find an option to install it without disk encryption. What was also confusing was that I am not seeing any option to go Back or Next or Confirm the options, see below. Figure 1. First Screen Figure 2. Encryption page - no option for no encryption Given the size of the window I was suspecting that there must be areas not shown on the screen. So, I killed (xkill) the installation then changed display settings to 1024x768 and behold - now I can see the install buttons! Figure 3. Change display settings to 1024x768 After changing screen resolution, buttons are now visible during installation.

Getting "Native error= Cannot find the specified file" when running a console app in MonoDevelop

On Ubuntu 20.10 with MonoDevelop 7.8.4 build (2), running a console application generates the following error message:  ApplicationName='/usr/lib/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-server', CommandLine='--app-id mono.develop.id5647740ca7f5455da9c27ab2c320a029', CurrentDirectory='', Native error= Cannot find the specified file   To fix this do: $: sudo mkdir /usr/lib/gnome-terminal $: cd /usr/lib/gnome-terminal $: sudo ln -s /usr/libexec/gnome-terminal-server   Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59336129/error-when-trying-to-run-code-debugger-operation-failed-native-error-cannot-f

Installing MonoDevelop on Ubuntu 20.04

 To install MonoDevelop on Ubuntu 20.04/20.10, do: $: sudo apt install apt-transport-https dirmngr $: sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF $: echo "deb https://download.mono-project.com/repo/ubuntu vs-bionic main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-official-vs.list $: sudo apt update $: sudo apt-get install monodevelop $: echo "deb https://download.mono-project.com/repo/ubuntu vs-focal main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-official-vs.list $: sudo apt update $: sudo apt upgrade Note that: As of this writing (12/22/2020) https://www.monodevelop.com/download/ only shows support for Ubuntu 18.04 I have only tested this on very simple application - console and Gtk2 dialog app You will notice that I started installing using Bionic (Ubuntu 18.04) and then changed to Focal (Ubuntu 20.04) to upgrade all the libraries This applies to Pop!_OS 20.10