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 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 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

Task Manager in Ubuntu

If you have switched from Windows, you know, that you can press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open task manager and get information about CPU or memory usage or kill unwanted applications. There is no direct equivalent for Linux, but you can use some applications and command-line tools … Read more

How to Enable Remote Desktop in Ubuntu 22.04

The remote desktop feature allows you to connect and control your PC remotely. For example, you can connect to your work PC when you are home, or you can connect to a remote work station that is available only in your work network. In this … Read more

How to Fix User is Not in the Sudoers File in Ubuntu

If you don’t turn on an “Administrator” switch when creating a user in Ubuntu, and then log in and try to run sudo, you will get an error: “user is not in the sudoers file this insident will be reported.” In this short tutorial we … Read more

How to Change Keyboard Layout Using Alt+Shift in Linux

In KDE, there is no issue configuring the hotkey you want to use for input switching. However, on the GNOME desktop, it is more complex. There the default keyboard shortcuts for switching layouts are Super+Space and Shift+Super+Space. The first switches to the next layout, and … Read more

How to Mount SMB Share on Linux or Windows

In the previous article, I explained how to mount a Windows shared folder in Linux. There were certain issues due to the fact that Microsoft uses the WS-Discovery protocol, and Linux still poorly supports this protocol. However, if you need to mount a Samba shared … Read more

How to Mount Windows Share in Linux

In the Windows operating system, there is a feature called file sharing. On one computer, you can set up windows-shared folder that will be accessible to all computers on the local network. This is done using the SMB protocol, which has several versions. In Linux, … Read more

How to Open Looking Glass in GNOME

Most browsers come equipped with developer tools that enable the inspection of page elements and execution of JavaScript code live on the page itself. Interestingly, parts of the GNOME desktop environment are also written in JavaScript, including the GNOME Shell and its extensions. Thus, there … Read more