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I'm trying to use "xsetroot -bitmap <file>" to set the background in fluxbox to an image, but ever time I do it, with whatever bitmap, I get a "bad bitmap format ...

When you see the Photos can’t open this file because the format is unsupported or the file is corrupted, you can fix it in the following ways. Make sure the file format is supported Check if the file ...

Apple stealthily introduced Apple Sparse Image Format (ASIF), a new sparse disk image format for Apple Silicon, at WWDC; among other features, it might also help Macs remain the best PCs on which to ...