Discover an eclectic mix of tutorials covering everything from ways to install neat apps, or enable new features, to workarounds for known issues, and configuring your Ubuntu system.
Just before Christmas I was introduced to a handy script that makes it easy to install the latest Enlightenment desktop release on Ubuntu 22.04. Emphasis on latest as (I’m sure you already know) you can […]
It’s time to deck the digital halls: Christmas is coming! By now you’ll have put your Xmas tree up (which the cat’s since stripped), wrapped a bunch of presents (impeccably well, I’m sure), and said […]
Upgrading to Ubuntu 23.10 from Ubuntu 23.04 is a breeze. If you’re fully up-to-date and have an active internet connection, you can upgrade directly. No need to download an ISO, flash it to a USB, […]
If you use Ubuntu on a laptop or tablet and you want to be able to see your remaining battery percentage in the top panel, you can — in this guide I show you how. […]
KDE Plasma 5.27 is now available for users of Kubuntu 22.04 LTS to upgrade to — if they want to. Kubuntu 22.04 LTS ships with KDE Plasma 5.24. That is a solid release that works […]
When you double click on a DEB package in Ubuntu 23.10 an error appears to say: “there is no app installed for ‘Debian package’ files”. In this post I show you a couple of ways […]
Do you use Ubuntu with an NVIDIA graphics card? If so, you may want to install GreenWithEnvy. And in this post I show you how. GreenWithEnvy is a free, open-source utility for Linux designed exclusively […]
Here’s a tip for those of you who want to use a custom icon for a specific folder in Ubuntu. — And no, you don’t need to install a new icon set to do it. […]
Want to change the Ubuntu lock screen background shown in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS through to the latest release, Ubuntu 23.10? If so, I’m about to show you how. Here’s the deal: out-of-the-box (this is the […]
Right now, when I run apt update on my Ubuntu laptop a stream of errors about W: target packages/repos/DEP-11 being ‘configured multiple times’ appear. These errors don’t prevent apt from working (so it’s not an […]
Do you want to reset the Ubuntu Dock to its default settings, with the same app shortcuts placed on it as if you had just installed Ubuntu? If so, you can get back to a […]
Here’s a tip for those of you who want for to see see remaining disk space in the file manager of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS without needing to change views or open dialogs, etc. Once upon […]