How to enlarge root (/) partition?
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How to enlarge root (/) partition?

If we're talking about bare metal and desktops/laptops then this might be the next impossible solution on a given Linux/Unix machine, but there are a few workarounds and the best one i feel is supposed to use Gparted tool. Now there are a few hiccups here and there. This tool may not permit to perform the above task. Here is a neat explanation below from one of the forums out there… gparted may not allow you to resize the mounted & active root / partition when you are logged into Ubuntu (i.e. mounted /). There are many solutions to resize the root partition depending on your knowledge and experience.
Fix Screen Share not working Ubuntu 20.04 + (all platforms Zoom, MS Teams, Skype, Anydesk, Google Meet)
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Fix Screen Share not working Ubuntu 20.04 + (all platforms Zoom, MS Teams, Skype, Anydesk, Google Meet)

This is a persistent issue and is faced on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and above till now at the time of writing except 22.04 LTS(being more rock solid). My attention was grabbed by my Linux savvy user Mandar stating it's a pain and the only solution working till that time was the GNOME fallback mode. That means if he wants to use Anydesk anytime he needs to logout of the current session and enter into the fallback mode and use this can be frustrating at times. A clear fix to this issue can be hidden under this settings where it is mentioned that Wayland display server is the root cause of this and the traditional X.org works simply fine. The settings can be appended using gedit the text editor and here