Fix for Forticlient VPN client

The default DEB package from Fortinet's website doesn't support Ubuntu 24.04 or Linux Mint. Assuming you have downloaded the dependencies:

sudo apt-get install libayatana-appindicator3-1 libglib2.0-0t64 libgtk-3-0t64

you can modify the DEB package using the following commands:

mkdir deb_directory
dpkg-deb -R forticlient_vpn_7.4.0.1636_amd64.deb deb_directory
sed -i 's/libappindicator1 (>> 0) | libayatana-appindicator1 (>> 0)/libayatana-appindicator3-1/g' deb_directory/DEBIAN/control
sed -i 's/libglib2.0-0/libglib2.0-0t64/g' deb_directory/DEBIAN/control
sed -i 's/libgtk-3-0/libgtk-3-0t64/g' deb_directory/DEBIAN/control

and install the package then using the command:

dpkg-deb -b deb_directory forciclient_working.deb

This works with Forti client VPN 7.4.0.1636 (forticlient_vpn_7.4.0.1636_amd64.deb). (SOURCE)

Cinnamon's annoying message: "window is not responding"

I use the cinnamon desktop manager, and due to the nature of the things I do, I frequently get the error (window) "XXX is not responding.". Almost always, this is just the result of having a GUI that is only active at certain points in time, or the program being debugged.

I got the problem fixed following the instructions I found in this link. To disable the responsiveness check, you can run:

dconf write /org/cinnamon/muffin/check-alive-timeout "uint32 0"

To verify that it worked, you can run:

dconf read /org/cinnamon/muffin/check-alive-timeout