remove snap

1. Run 'snap list', e.g.
   Name                 Version    Rev    Tracking       Publisher   Notes
   canonical-livepatch  9.5.5      95     latest/stable  canonical✓  -
   core                 16-2.47.1  10185  latest/stable  canonical✓  core
   core18               20200929   1932   latest/stable  canonical✓  base
   kde-frameworks-5     5.47.0     27     latest/stable  kde✓        -
   pdftk                2.02-4     9      latest/stable  smoser      -
2. sudo snap remove  canonical-livepatch
3. umount /snap/core/xxxxxx, e.g. df -h shows
   /dev/loop2       98M   98M     0  100% /snap/core/10577
   /dev/loop3       98M   98M     0  100% /snap/core/10583
   Then, issue the lines:
   sudo umount /snap/core/10577
   sudo umount /snap/core/10583
    
4. snap list --all
   Name  Version    Rev    Tracking       Publisher   Notes
   core             10577  latest/stable  canonical✓  disabled,broken
   core  16-2.48.2  10583  latest/stable  canonical✓  core
   sudo snap remove core --revision 10577
   If  sudo snap remove core --revision 10583 not work, then stop snap service by
   sudo systemctl stop snapd
   then
   sudo snap remove core --revision 10583
   should work.
   
5. sudo snap remove core
6. Run 'snap list' again to see if anything left. e.g.
   No snaps are installed yet. Try 'snap install hello-world'.

7. sudo apt purge snapd
8. done.
   

Select compiz profile unity

1. Run ccsm,click Preference, change Profile to unity. Then change some settings. If this not work, then follow the steps below.
   
2. Open dconf, go to /org/compiz/profiles/,
   
3.  To see what  the current-profile is. If the current-profile is Default, then
   
4.  run the command:
   dconf dump /org/compiz/profiles/Default/ > my-compiz_Default.ini
   less my-compiz_Default.ini
5. If the contents of  my-compiz_Default.ini are not the settings as used now, then run this command again:
   dconf dump /org/compiz/profiles/unity/ > my-compiz_unity.ini
   less my-compiz_unity.ini
6.  If the contents of  my-compiz_unity.ini are all the settings as used now, then go to dconf editor and change the current-profile to unity.
7. logout, then login.

mount hgfs under vmware for ubuntu with open-vm-tools

cf: https://ericsysmin.com/2017/05/24/allow-hgfs-mount-on-open-vm-tools/

 

sudo mount -t fuse.vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt/hgfs -o allow_other

 

Create Reference and citations in word

1. Use JabRef to export MS word xml from bib file, say 110year.xml
2. Inside word, click 參考資料 -> 管理來源 -> 瀏覽，select 110year.xml
   select all on the left, 複製 to the right panel
   
   click 關閉
   
3.  Click 書目，