Ive found myself using Ubuntu more and more over other distros these days, not because it does anything special that I really prefer over Debian or Fedora, no, its because I really like ubuntu's stock backgrounds and color scheme.
Hey,
first of all, I came back to Ubuntu from another Arch based distro because I wanted to test but there are a few things which are kinda meh.
So for example, when installing software over the CLI via apt, a lot of software is out of date. Is this supposed to be the case? One example is rclone. When I install rclone, an older version will be installed. This could cause issues because security wise this is not good. I remember, for example, older versions had issues with the RNG for password generation making passwords not completely random.
There are other apps which face the same issue. Is there a "workaround" or is this expected?
BTW: how old are Nvidia drivers on Ubuntu?
Ubuntu 25.10
After running sudo apt-get update I get this:
Get:1 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu jammy InRelease [8,910 B]
Err:1 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu jammy InRelease
The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 76F1A20FF987672F
Get:2 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu questing InRelease [5,719 B]
Err:2 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu questing InRelease
The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 76F1A20FF987672F
Being a noob I have no idea what I need to do and I afeared of damaging the system.
Could you advise?
In the process of making the switch to Ubuntu Desktop which involves a lot of learning how Ubuntu works. One thing that has struck me is the different approaches and options available for backing up these alternate OS
On Windows I use Macrium Refresh which give me one solution for various backup methods including a bare metal restore. This is, of course, enabled by Windows VSS
Linux (and Ubuntu therefore) doesn't look to have a VSS like service. In exploring how people go about backing up their Desktop the approach seems to involve a number of different tools (e.g. a combination of Clonezilla, Timeshift, Déjà vu).
In case I'm missing the trees due to the forest, is there a single approach akin to Reflect for Ubuntu?
I've never even looked into Linux at all but I decided to just take the plunge and install Ubuntu Budgie. What do I do here? The "next" button stays grayed out no matter what.
I'm considering 26.04 for my XPS13 9300. It's currently on 20.04 and still running great as the device was certified from Ubuntu (https://ubuntu.com/certified/201910-27449). If I upgrade to 26.04, will the current drivers on 20.04 still work as expected?
Hi,
I am running Ubuntu 24.04 RISC-V 64 on my DC Roma II as well as on QEMU (on ARM). Now I noticed that the Chromium version on the DC Roma II is severely outdated and the QEMU Ubuntu doesn't come with any browser at all. So I tried this:
lars@ubuntu-riscv64-QEMU-Virtual-Machine:~$ sudo apt update
[sudo] password for lars:
Hit:1 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports noble InRelease
Hit:2 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports noble-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports noble-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports noble-security InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
lars@ubuntu-riscv64-QEMU-Virtual-Machine:~$ sudo apt install firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Package firefox is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
gnome-browser-connector
E: Package 'firefox' has no installation candidate
lars@ubuntu-riscv64-QEMU-Virtual-Machine:~$ sudo apt install chromium-browser
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Package chromium-browser is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'chromium-browser' has no installation candidate
lars@ubuntu-riscv64-QEMU-Virtual-Machine:~$
So this didn't work. Is anyone here using Ubuntu 24.04 on RISC-V who has successfully installed any modern browser on it?
Thanks in advance!
So, since I've had my current install of Ubuntu (probably since 21.10?) I have been unable to install Flatpaks directly from the Flathub website. The URL correctly opens GNOME Software, but says that "it's not in a format supported by this system". Using the downloaded .flatpakref file, or installing through terminal works fine.
Upon further inspection, I realised that despite the Flathub repository being added and on, I see no Flathub applications in GNOME Software (and for years I wondered why the selection there is so bad!). I tried reinstalling both GNOME Software and the flatpak plugin, cleaning all the data and cache etc., but still nothing.
Any ideas?
Resident Evil 2 has been tested in Linux (Pop!_OS 24.04, COSMIC/Wayland) and Windows on my dual-boot machine:
RTX 5070 Ti
Ryzen 9 5900X,
RAM 32 GB
Each operating system has its own identical 1TB SSD drive.
The game was run at 1080p using the MAX settings, VSYNC OFF, FRAME LIMIT -OFF.
Game Mode -ON
NTsync - ON
Both systems Windows and Linux were set on Max Performance power plans available via OS GUI
Linux lags behind by about 30 - 40 FPS on average in this test, despite the fact that both platforms provide excellent performance, well above 200 FPS, with exceptional overall consistency.
The 1% LOWs shows opposite picture, with Linux winning by 10–15 FPS.
Linux GPU utilization is 3–5% lower than Windows.
On the Windows end, CPU utilization clearly shows greater and steady frequencies.
On the Linux end, GPU VMem use is greater for 1 GB, which can be explained by usage of Proton (compatibility layer).
Both systems are still perfectly playable and fluid over the whole benchmark.
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Disclaimer: Why I Test with Pop!_OS + NVIDIA
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Windows gamers
The whole point of these benchmarks is to show that Linux gaming exists, works well, and isn’t nearly as complicated as many Windows users think. I’m basically trying to show a realistic migration path from Windows to Linux, not build a perfect Linux-only lab.
NVIDIA dominates the gaming GPU market.
According to the Steam Hardware Survey, NVIDIA usually sits around ~75–80% of GPUs in gaming PCs. If I test on NVIDIA, I’m covering what most gamers actually use.
Pop!_OS is one of the easiest distros for NVIDIA users.
It ships with dedicated NVIDIA ISOs, drivers are integrated, and updates are straightforward. I run tests on official Pop!_OS drivers, so the setup reflects something an average user could realistically install.
If Linux gaming works on NVIDIA, it works for most gamers.
Yes, AMD often performs better on Linux. I’m aware of that. But testing only on AMD would shrink the scope from ~80% of the market to a much smaller slice. My goal is broader relevance, not best-case scenarios.
I've been using Linux for about 20 years, but mostly on used laptops and self-built desktops. Before I wipe the new laptop, is there anything I should be concerned with? Is there anything I should do before starting.
I know what I'm doing: I just want to make sure there's nothing I haven't run into before.
I tried to uninstall that but it seems it will also remove ubuntu essential packages.
Upgraded from 24.04 to 26.04 today and let me just say, this was the easiest setup I've ever done for an Ubuntu installation. Usually takes me a couple of hours to get everything working but this time I got it all done in like 45 minutes.
And sleep finally works!
Running on a Thinkpad P15 Gen 1
Edit: For those asking, Outlook and Teams are Chrome PWA's
Like a lot of GNOME on Wayland users, I've been frustrated by inconsistent touchpad scrolling. Chrome scrolls way too fast, GTK4 apps feel fine, Firefox is somewhere in between, and on a high-res display it's even worse. GNOME has no scroll speed setting at all.
WSF (Wayland Scroll Factor) helps by giving you a global multiplier, but that just trades one problem for another: you slow down Chrome and suddenly everything else that was fine now scrolls too slowly.
So I built a GNOME Shell extension that gives you per-application, per-axis scroll speed control. It detects which app you're interacting with (via focus changes and cursor tracking) and applies the right factor automatically. Vertical and horizontal are independent, so you can tune them separately.
Note: This extension depends on WSF (Wayland Scroll Factor), which provides the underlying scroll adjustment mechanism. You'll need to install WSF and run wsf enable first.
This is my first open source project. I built it because I needed it for myself, and I figured it might help someone else too. It's on GitHub, MIT licensed, and you can install it with one line:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ritesh-777/touchpad-speed-control/main/install.sh | bash
It's also submitted to the GNOME Extensions website (pending review).
I'd love any feedback — code review, bug reports, or just letting me know if it works for you (it is only tested with Gnome 50, but should work for version 47, 48, 49 as well).
is it good?
full res: https://ibb.co/TDMfG0wZ
I've been trying to get various arm ubuntu flavors to boot into the installer and have come up with nothing.
Does anyone have a HP Omni 3 w/ Snapdragon X1-26-100?
Would love to run any version of Linux on this device!
Thanks for any help!
Hello,
I upgraded from 25.10 to 26.04. My 25.10 was an upgrade from something like four prior releases, with numerous little hacks and fixes along the way. As a result, the upgrade to 26.04 was difficult. My graphics tablet was the wrong resolution and wouldn't recognise stylus touches, as well as numerous other things that I was not able to fix.
In the end I saved all of my local work to the cloud and formatted/reinstalled 26.04 from scratch.
I still encountered numerous issues even with a clean install. As such I thought it would be helpful to post here the fixes I found to those issues.
Blueman-applet would not open its window. The "Adaptors" window popped up just fine, but the main, most important window would never show. This turned out to be an issue with appmenu-gtk. Apps that use this library are borked now. Including Inkscape and Krita.
As a fix I installed dconf-editor
sudo apt install dconf-editor
run dconf and search for "appmenu" then navigate to org/appmenu/gtk-module and edit blacklist to include the title of the apps you wish to blacklist; in this case, Inkscape, Krita and blueman-applet:
['blueman-manager', 'inkscape', 'krita']
Now those apps work again. I still have an issue with Krita; artist mode stylus touches aren't recognised at all, even though they work fine in Inkscape as well as in my own javascript code, so I know the artist mode touches are working; just not being picked up by Krita.
The other issue that remains is that Brave browser doesn't run with hardware acceleration, nomatter what flags I use. Back to Chrome, for now, on that.
Hope this is helpful to any of youz.
Hello evryone,
I recently switch to Ubuntu and I have cuts of aproximatly half a second every 30 / 60s.
I've tried differents headphones and they all do that. I was on Win 11 before and It don-'t do that.
Here is a fastfetch if it can be useful:
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.',:clooo: .:looooo:. ---------------
.;looooooooc .oooooooooo' OS: Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS (Noble Numbat) x86_64
.;looooool:,''. :ooooooooooc Host: B550M DS3H (-CF)
;looool;. 'oooooooooo, Kernel: Linux 6.17.0-29-generic
;clool' .cooooooc. ,, Uptime: 3 days, 9 hours, 35 mins
... ...... .:oo, Packages: 2578 (dpkg), 19 (flatpak), 19 (snap)
.;clol:,. .loooo' Shell: bash 5.2.21
:ooooooooo, 'ooool Display (VG240Y): 1920x1080 in 24", 60 Hz [External]
'ooooooooooo. loooo. DE: GNOME 46.0
'ooooooooool coooo. WM: Mutter (X11)
,loooooooc. .loooo. WM Theme: Yaru-dark
.,;;;'. ;ooooc Theme: Yaru-dark [GTK2/3/4]
... ,ooool. Icons: Yaru-red [GTK2/3/4]
.cooooc. ..',,'. .cooo. Font: Ubuntu Sans (11pt) [GTK2/3/4]
;ooooo:. ;oooooooc. :l. Cursor: Yaru (24px)
.coooooc,.. coooooooooo. Terminal: GNOME Terminal 3.52.0
.:ooooooolc:. .ooooooooooo' Terminal Font: Ubuntu Sans Mono (13pt)
.':loooooo; ,oooooooooc CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 4500 (12) @ 3.60 GHz
..';::c' .;loooo:' GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6600 [Discrete]
Memory: 6.41 GiB / 15.49 GiB (41%)
Swap: 1.89 GiB / 4.00 GiB (47%)
Disk (/): 175.11 GiB / 914.78 GiB (19%) - ext4
Local IP (wlp6s0):
Locale: fr_FR.UTF-8
I can give you logs or anything else.
Both my work laptop and workstation run Ubuntu, and I would like to find a way to remotely (same LAN or using a VPN - GlobalProtect) access my workstation from the laptop. I tested NoMachine, Parsec and Remmina and apparently they don't work... Does any of you have suggestions on what I could use? Thanks!