interesting stuff:
upon startup, the contents of /var/lib/openhab2/etc/org.eclipse.smarthome.links.cfg:
autoLinks = "false"
Items menu doesn’t appear
After switching it from PaperUI to Simple ON:
autoLinks = B"true"
After switching it from PaperUI to Simple OFF:
autoLinks = B"false"
Items menu appears
something is wrong? with the B being added there…