This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install (or uninstall) Flatpak App Package, including local .flatpakref file, in Ubuntu 24.04. Flatpak is an universal package format that can be installed in most Linux with a sandbox ...

This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install and use TeamViewer in Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop. TeamViewer is a popular German remote desktop access and remote control software that works in Linux, Windows, MacOS, Android, and iOS/iPadOS. ...

Want to play some soothing sounds in your Linux Desktop? Here are 2 applications can do the job in current Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 24.04. To improve focus and increase your productivity, or easy to fall asleep, there are a ...

When using pip command to install a Python package in Ubuntu 24.04 will output “error: externally-managed-environment“. Here are a few workarounds to ‘fix’ the issue. As the terminal output shows you, it’s the change due to PEP 668. Since Ubuntu ...

After installed Enlightenment desktop in Ubuntu 24.04, the classic Xorg session is missing from the login screen. And, here’s a quick fix for it. Enlightenment released version 0.26.0 last year with experimental Wayland session support. Which is however missing the ...

For Thunderbird users, there will be a thunderbird.tmp sub-folder in Downloads in Ubuntu 24.04. Here are the workarounds to get rid of it! As you may know, the Thunderbird package in Ubuntu 24.04 is a Snap package that runs in ...

For Thunderbird users who don’t like Snap package, here’s step by step guide shows how to replace the pre-installed snap version of the mail client with classic Deb package in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Like Firefox, the Thunderbird Email Client in ...

This tutorial shows how to install and setup Veyon for classroom management in Ubuntu 22.04/20.04 and Debian 12, though it should also works in Windows 10 & 11. Veyon is a free and open-source software for monitoring and controlling computers ...

This tutorial shows how to disable USB, either the full sub-system or for certain USB ports, in Ubuntu. For server or production machines, disable USB can be useful for data privacy, virus protection, and other security reasons. For Ubuntu and ...

This simple tutorial shows how to install 7-Zip file archiver in Ubuntu Desktop. 7-Zip is a popular free open-source file archiver with a high compression ratio. Ubuntu Linux can get it in few different packages: p7zip – a command line ...

GNU Octave, the free open-source application for numerical computations, released new major 9.1.0 version! Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.10, and Ubuntu 24.04. The GNU website has not yet announced the new release, but ...

This simple tutorial shows how to install Beta version of your Flatpak app package from Flathub Beta repository in Ubuntu Linux. Flatpak now is one of the top popular package formats for Linux. It runs in sandbox, allowing to easily ...

For those who prefer the native .deb app packages, here’s new unofficial PPA for installing the most recent Kdenlive video editor 24.02.0 in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.10, and Ubuntu 24.04. Kdenlive announced new 24.02 release series few days ago. One ...

This tutorial shows how to turn off your laptop’s built-in display for using external monitors in Ubuntu Desktop. When working with multiple monitors, it can be useful to disable the built-in screen for saving power. You can set lid close ...

For Ubuntu, Fedora Workstation, and other Linux with GNOME Desktop, there’s an extension to help you focus on reading on the screen. It’s Reading Strip, a free and open-source app written in JavaScript. With it, a horizontal (and/or vertical) strip ...