CHKBOOT-DESKTOPALERT(8)

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version 1.3 · 2 versions
, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing

💖 chkboot-desktopalert — the manual page, but make it slay 💖

okay so bestie, you know chkboot-desktopalert? it lives in section 8 of the System Manager's Manual, and it's literally the glow-up your boot files deserve. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

chkboot-desktopalert — notify changes detected in your boot files

like, it slides into your notifications and tells you when your boot files have been messed with. iconic behaviour honestly 👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

chkboot-desktopalert

that's it. no flags, no args, no drama. she just works 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the vibe: this little icon pops up a notification showing you a detailed diff of the added, changed and removed files that chkboot detected. yes bestie, the whole receipts. 📋✨

it will also throw you a notification when the MBR has been modified. MBR = master boot record, and if that thing gets touched, you want to know, fr fr 😭

okay important one: you will need to add this program to your desktop environment's autostart. it is NOT gonna just launch itself, no cap. go do it. right now. i'll wait 💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

  • man chkboot
  • man chkboot-check

go read those too, they're the rest of the lore 🧚

💜 AUTHOR 💜

  • Ju <ju@heisec.de>
  • Giancarlo Razzolini <grazzolini@gmail.com>
  • Chris Warner <inhies@gmail.com>
  • Kevin MacMartin <prurigro@gmail.com>

four absolute legends, we stan 🌈⭐

GPL-2 — that's the license, bestie. respect the license 💅

and that's the whole page!! this was version 1.3, dated 2019-04-17, straight outta the System Manager's Manual 🎀✨ mwah, go autostart her and stay safe out there 🫶💖

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