How to Install PHPStorm in Ubuntu 24.04 & 24.10

PHPStorm is a popular integrated development environment (IDE) for the PHP programming language developed by JetBrains. The program gained such popularity due to its user-friendly interface, numerous built-in features, and automatic code refactoring capabilities that are not available in other IDEs. To use the program, … Read more

How to Install Telegram in Ubuntu 24.04

Telegram is a popular messaging application that can be used on various devices. It supports sending images, files, calls, group video calls, organizing topic-based groups and channels. All these features are available in the web version, as well as in applications for Android, iOS, Windows, … Read more

How to Fix SSH Too Many Authentication Failures

When connecting to a server via SSH, you may receive an error “Received disconnect from x.x.x.x port 22:2: too many authentication failures” or “ssh permission denied (publickey)”. In short, this means that your SSH client failed to authenticate on the remote server because the authentication … Read more

How to Configure Ubuntu 24.04 After Install

In this article, we will explore how to configure Ubuntu 24.04 after installation. Currently, this is the latest Long Term Support (LTS) distribution version. This release brings us a new App Center, a utility for updating proprietary firmware, GNOME 46 with all its improvements, such … Read more

How to Configure Fedora 41 After Install

A short while ago, Fedora 41 was released. This update brings GNOME 47 with the ability to customize the accent color, several useful features in the Nautilus file manager, a new terminal emulator, and improvements to Nvidia driver installation with Secure Boot. This article will … Read more

How to Enable Remote Desktop in Ubuntu 24.04 & 24.10

The remote desktop feature allows you to connect to a remote computer or virtual machine over a network. This is quite convenient, but until recently, Ubuntu had some issues with this. The built-in remote desktop program didn’t support creating new sessions, and most third-party programs … Read more

How to Install Nvidia Drivers in Ubuntu 24.04

If you have an Nvidia graphics card installed on your computer, it’s better to use official drivers. The quality of the open-source Nouveau driver has greatly improved over the years and is almost on par with the proprietary one in terms of performance, but you … Read more

Best GNOME Extensions in 2024

The GNOME desktop environment already looks quite decent and has virtually everything needed for comfortable work. However, with extensions, you can make it even better. You can more precisely configure the position of the panel, colors, and behavior of the environment. In this article, I … Read more

Snap vs Flatpak. What Difference?

Snap and Flatpak are software deployment and package management systems for Linux, that become very popular recent time. Both look pretty similar at the first glance. Both have some level of isolation, contain all dependencies of application, once packaged, application can be installed in any … Read more

How to Create a Desktop Shortcut in Ubuntu

In Windows, you can create shortcuts on your desktop to launch applications since the very first versions. A long time ago, Ubuntu and other distributions with GNOME had that ability too. However, after the GNOME 3 release, the desktop environment design was reworked, and all … Read more