Topic: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

WebDAV in GNOME Online Accounts

WebDAV Fixes for Fastmail, Mailbox Coming to Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS users experiencing issues setting up Fastmail and mailbox.org providers in GNOME Online Accounts to access cloud files, calendars, and/or contacts will be pleased to hear a fix is inbound. Both aforementioned services […]

11 August 2024

Ubuntu Fast-Tracks AppArmor Fix for Flatpak Apps Failing to Start

The recent update to AppArmor to remedy issues with 3rd-party apps being unable to run on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (due to its security hardening) inadvertently prevents a fleet of popular Flatpak apps from running either. […]

16 July 2024
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Ubuntu’s App Center Updated, Can Now Open/Install DEBs

Ubuntu’s Flutter-based App Center can now open and install 3rd-party DEB installers. An App Center update that adds support for ‘side-loading’ DEB packages began rolling out to users on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS in the past […]

12 July 2024
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App Doesn’t Run in Ubuntu 24.04? New AppArmor Update May Fix It

If you’ve been experiencing issues getting some apps to run or work properly in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS it may be down to the distro using AppArmor to restrict the creation of user namespaces. This change […]

28 June 2024

Upgrades to Ubuntu 24.04 from 23.10 Now Enabled

You can now upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS from Ubuntu 23.10 using the standard GUI updater — no command-line developer flags required. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS released on April 25 but distro delayed in-place upgrades because […]

22 May 2024

Microsoft 365 Account Issues in Ubuntu 24.04? Here’s a Fix

Of the (many) handy new features in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is the ability to access OneDrive files through the Nautilus file manager as a remote mount. This is made possible by the msgraph package, a […]

20 May 2024

Ubuntu 24.04 Now Runs on the Nintendo Switch (Unofficially)

There are plenty of things you can do on a Nintendo Switch: you can throw your hat at sentient creatures in Super Mario Odyssey; plaster people in colourful ink in Splatoon 2; and lose your […]

20 May 2024
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Runs Brilliantly on the Raspberry Pi 5

The recent Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release has garnered plenty of praise for its great performance on Intel/AMD hardware, both does the latest version runs as well on the ARM-based Raspberry Pi? I’m pleased to say […]

11 May 2024

Ubuntu 24.04 Support WIP for Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Laptop

Canonical kernel engineer Juerg Haefliger has shared an exciting update on supporting Ubuntu on the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s (Gen 1) laptop. The 13-inch Lenovo ThinkPad X13s is an ARM laptop powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon […]

5 May 2024
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Add a Progress Bar to GNOME Shell Media Control Applet

Media Progress is a new GNOME Shell extension that adds a real-time progress bar to the MPRIS notification/sound control doohickey that shows in the notification area. This extension doesn’t do else bar (heh) that, but […]

2 May 2024

Ubuntu 24.04 Official Flavours Available to Download

Arriving alongside the main Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release are new versions of the official Ubuntu flavours, including Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and Ubuntu Cinnamon. What follows is a concise, top-level overview of the key new features and […]

26 April 2024
How to enable OneDrive in Ubuntu 24.04

How to Set Up OneDrive Access in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Among the (many) new features in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is the ability to access Microsoft OneDrive files using the Nautilus file manager. Yup, no 3rd-party app downloads, no dodgy scripts to run, and no paid […]

25 April 2024