News, Tutorials, Howtos for Ubuntu Linux
Want to insert special characters (e.g., e.g., ©, ®, æ, ß, ¼, º) and/or diacritical characters (e.g., á, ä, é, ẽ) in your Ubuntu desktop?
Without coping from web or using an app (e.g., Gnome Characters), you can type them directly via your physical keyboard. And, below I’m going to show you how to do the job step by step.
Transmission, the default BitTorrent client does not work properly in Ubuntu 26.04. Here are a few workarounds.
Due to new version of the AppArmor security module, some features in the Transmission BitTorrent client do not work properly in Ubuntu since 25.04.
This is a step by step beginners guide shows how to install the most recent NVIDIA drivers in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
There are two official ways to install NVIDIA drivers in Ubuntu: one from Ubuntu developers, the other from NVIDIA website.
Chromium user but don’t like running app in sandbox environment? Here’s how to install the native DEB package for this popular web browser in Ubuntu 26.04 and 24.04 LTS.
Ubuntu since 20.04 has Chromium browser built as Snap package that runs in sandbox. It may be great for security and auto update, but lacks a choice for those who don’t like it.
This tutorial shows how to enhance the default GNOME’s built-in screenshot tool with on-screen editing (annotation), OCR (Optical Character Recognition), and other basic features in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
GNOME, the default Ubuntu desktop, introduced built-in screenshot/screencast tool since version 42. It’s great but lacks features such as changing saving directory and image file format.
Ubuntu 26.04 does no longer have the “Startup Applications” utility! Here are alternative ways to add startup programs, scripts, or commands that run automatically at login.
As you may know, the default Gnome Desktop (since v49) added the feature to enable auto-start applications by using toggle options in Settings -> Apps.
NVIDIA announced new 595.71.05 version of production branch driver for Linux yesterday.
This is the second stable release for the current 595 driver series, which however features only a single bug-fix.
This tutorial shows how to install the full mate desktop environment in Ubuntu 26.04 Resolute Raccoon.
Due to lack of maintainers, there’s no official MATE flavor (aka Ubuntu MATE) release for Ubuntu 26.04. If you want, it’s however easy to install this MATE desktop environment to turn your Ubuntu to “Ubuntu MATE 26.04”.
Ubuntu 26.04, code-name Resolute Raccoon, was finally released! Here are some top things to do after installed the new Ubuntu desktop to make it ready for use.
It’s been many years, GNOME still does NOT have a out-of-box graphical option to create new documents in file manager. Though, it’s easy to enable this feature by putting a file into user’s Template folder.
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This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install the current Ubuntu 26.04 LTS in your PC or laptop.
Ubuntu 26.04, code-name Resolute Raccoon, is a Long Term Support (LTS) release that features GNOME 50 desktop and Kernel 7.0 so far.
