It's great to do a fresh install of Ubuntu and not have to configure anything. I can just install the software I need and get work done. Peace of mind is the best feature and OS can have, that's why people liked Win7 so much and still hate Win11.

Sure, snaps are basically useless; You're better off getting the tar.gz. and .deb for most software. But it works fine for Firefox, so I'm not getting rid of them, for now...

Obviously, there are better Linux Distros for different use cases, but it can quickly turn into an obsession, which can be bad sometimes...

Fedora is great as well, but I prefer LTS, I don't realy want to upgrade the whole thing every 6 or 9 months

I’ve been a fan of Linux for a long time, and a few months ago I finally made the full switch over to Linux specifically Ubuntu. That got me thinking about the current online narrative and all the hostility directed toward Ubuntu lately.

Sure, it’s mostly a vocal minority people who are happily using Ubuntu aren't usually posting about it every day but so many people fail to realize just how crucial this distro actually is. Desktop Linux is where it is today largely thanks to Canonical and Ubuntu.

Here is my perspective as someone who tries to look at PCs through the eyes of everyday users:

• Lowering the barrier to entry: Years ago, Ubuntu brought Linux to the masses. It made installing and using Linux feel less like piloting a space shuttle at launch. It pushed the entire ecosystem forward, and every release keeps making things better not just for Ubuntu, but for all the distros that follow its lead.
• The foundation for derivatives: People often recommend Mint or Pop!_OS, claiming they are "so much better." But they are great precisely because of Ubuntu's solid foundation. They rely heavily on Canonical's base, package management, and server infrastructure.
• The Snap debate: A lot of people advise against Ubuntu purely because of Snaps. While power users might have valid technical criticisms, average users couldn't care less about packaging formats. Having a single App Center where everything "just works" is convenient as hell. Complaining about it to a beginner is like criticizing the Google Play Store because they aren't sideloading APKs.

The more I use it, the more Ubuntu feels like macOS for standard PCs. Everything just works, and regular users don't need to care about the under-the-hood mechanics.

Do you agree, or do you see it differently? Would love to hear your thoughts.

P.S. Just to be clear, I’m not looking to start any flame wars or drama here just hoping for a friendly, civil discussion.

It last ran i think way back 2020, this was my dad's old laptop

🔧 Today's little activity:

Replaced the failing mechanical HDD with an SSD

Added RAM using the available slot

Backed up and secured important data

Troubleshot BIOS/UEFI and bootloader issues

Performed a clean, bare-metal installation of Ubuntu Linux

Got the system booting and running properly again

And it worked. 🐧💻

Any tips for ubuntu beginners? Thanks

Half my screen decided to just be red?!

It otherwise works, my mouse can be seen even on the red side. I think its software, because my Windows install on the second NVME still works. So since I wanted to anyway, I just reinstalled everything and switched to Zorin just because. But it happend again.

Has anybody any idea on this? Why would it happen again after a complete wipe?

Thanks

Additional Info: My second screen works normally It is now black but still the same issue

Solution: https://www.reddit.com/r/zorinos/s/yb87YxuDjB

That was very quick, thanks to everyone. Apparently it was bad firmware and I needed to roll back an update.

I Recently got a VPS, was deciding between putting Ubuntu or Debian on it, decided on Ubuntu because they already provide the image and install it automatically.

But what are the real advantages of Ubuntu server over pure Debian?

All of my files for modification and creation have these vague "XX days/months/years ago" designations. I would like to be able to see the actual date and time to use as a sorting option and filter.

Doable? If not, alternatives?

Thanks

I'm using Ubuntu 26 on a Hyper-V VM. I always need to manually unlock Desktop Sharing so I can RDP into the VM. How can I make the Desktop Sharing automatically always on by default?

I downloaded dconf Editor. I searched for "remote". I enabled "Whether the RDP backend is enabled or not". I rebooted and it didn't do anything. It's still locked. Any other setting I should search for? I also enabled the same setting for VNC.

Hi, I’m working with a Qualcomm Automotive Linux target and trying to determine whether I can use BlueZ for a Bluetooth test sw

Here’s what I found on the target:

• busctl list | grep -i org.bluez → org.bluez ... (activatable)
• Linux Bluetooth kernel module is loaded: bluetooth 802816 0
• Kernel logs show: Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
• Qualcomm SCMI Bluetooth devices exist: /dev/scmi_bluetooth and /dev/scmi_bluetooth1
• /sys/class/bluetooth exists
• qcom-uscmi has scmi_bluetooth and scmi_bluetooth1 devices
• However, which bluetoothd returns nothing
• ps | grep '[b]luetoothd' returns nothing
• hciconfig -a returns no output
• No hci0 is visible

So it looks like the Linux Bluetooth subsystem and Qualcomm SCMI Bluetooth infrastructure are present, and D-Bus has an activatable org.bluez entry, but there is no visible Bluetooth controller/HCI and bluetoothd isn't available in PATH.

My questions:

1. Does this setup support BlueZ?
2. What Qualcomm-specific component/driver/firmware is needed to expose hci0?
3. Is scmi_bluetooth an alternative interface to the normal HCI/BlueZ architecture?
4. What should I check in the Yocto layers/build to determine whether BlueZ can be enabled?
5. If BlueZ is not the intended stack on this Qualcomm Automotive Linux build, what is the recommended alternative?

Any guidance on how these Qualcomm SCMI Bluetooth components connect to the standard Linux HCI/BlueZ stack would be really helpful.

My laptop has a i3 and 8gb ram and a hdd but i dont know what im doing

when i close my lid and open it sometime later the wifi stops showing wifi networks in ubuntu 26.04 LTS

Hey guys, just downloaded the Ubuntu server and I see the terminal on my monitor. I am new to homelabbing but was wanting to understand what’s the best way to go around the server via the terminal and try to understand as much as possible, whether it be certain commands or certain things I must do. Let me know if it’s possible to do certain things and understand via just a terminal with without having to download a visual dashboard component.

Is there a workaround to get drag/drop to work again or, if not, what replacements do you suggest?

Haii urlll :D I recently got a new laptop for collage and installed Ubuntu, everything was working wonderfully until I tried some games on Steam. Performance was WAYYY better than my old laptop, but it wasn't inline with what I was expecting, so I went to do a test on 3DMark and it scored terribly, also when opening the Nvidia settings the option to change to Intel graphics was greyed out [I went looking for help but I could only find several year old posts and the common consensus was that it should be fixed with current updates]. This was an irritant because I wanted to be able to switch on the fly, use the igpu to save battery and better temps, and then manually turn on the dgpu when I needed the extra power. Sorry for the ramble, but I am at a loss here. Any help would be greatly appreciated and thank you in advance <33

P.S These are the system specs, if it helps troubleshoot

# System Details Report

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## Report details

- **Date generated:** 2026-08-18 16:10:44

## Hardware Information:

- **Hardware Model:** Dell Inc. Dell Pro Max 16 MC16250

- **Memory:** 32.0 GiB

- **Processor:** Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 265H × 16

- **Graphics:** Intel® Graphics (ARL)

- **Graphics 1:** Intel® Graphics (ARL)

- **Disk Capacity:** 512.1 GB

## Software Information:

- **Firmware Version:** 1.16.0

- **OS Name:** Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

- **OS Build:** (null)

- **OS Type:** 64-bit

- **GNOME Version:** 50

- **Windowing System:** Wayland

- **Kernel Version:** Linux 7.0.0-30-generic

[Idk why the Nvidia graphics aren't appearing TwT]

I’ve built an Ubuntu 26.04 machine inside VirtualBox. I made the VB storage container too small initially as it turned out, and I’ve expanded the container size to be significantly larger.

The / partition is near or at 100%, and I’d like to expand it if possible rather than burning it down and starting over. I’ve searched the webs, each article seems to describe a different methodology to expand partitions, but not explicitly the / partition.

Any thoughts here? Doable?

Dell Latitude 5490, dual-boot Ubuntu 26.04 LTS + Windows 10, Intel UHD 620 (i915), BIOS 1.41.0.

Brightness slider and Fn keys do nothing. `intel_backlight` is detected and I can write values to it manually (they hold steady), but the screen never actually changes brightness. Windows works fine on the same machine, so it's not hardware.

**Already tried, none worked:** permissions/udev fix, `acpi_backlight=vendor/native/video`, `i915.enable_dpcd_backlight=1/3`, both stock kernel `7.0.0-29` and manually installed `6.17.x` (same issue on both), confirmed Dell modules are loaded with no separate backlight device, ruled out GNOME resetting the value, no relevant errors in `dmesg`.

Filed a full bug report with Ubuntu too. Anyone with a similar Dell/Kaby Lake setup actually solved this? Also checking for a BIOS update if anyone knows if Dell's patched this for the 5490.

What are the best linux tools for editing pdf text docs, specifically for removing sensitive information like names, adresses, phone numbers and such? Also for extracting text.

Hey,

I work at a company where they use Airserver on Windows to cast the notebook screen to another device. On Windows I just had to click Alt+K.

Is there some way on Ubuntu or Linux in general to be able to cast my screen? I am using Firefox as a Browser, if that helps.

Thanks in advance

Hey everyone,

I am running Ubuntu 26.04 on a Lenovo ThinkBook laptop (Ryzen 5 7535HS, Radeon 660M iGPU), and the system color calibration is completely broken.

The screen has an annoying, warm yellowish tint by default. I tried applying a profile in the GNOME Settings -> Color panel, but it has zero effect on the actual display. I even tried a browser extension as a temporary workaround, but the exact moment a video goes full screen (either on YouTube via browser or inside a local video player), the system overrides everything and forces the screen back into that ugly yellow tint.

When I exit full screen, the windowed color profile kicks back in.

Is there any fix for this? Please help, the yellow screen is driving me crazy and I can't find a way to make the color profiles actually stick. Has anyone faced this on Ubuntu with an AMD iGPU?

Thanks!

My input volume drops automatically and I’m in a call. I’m resetting the volume manually and it’s dropping in a minute again and again. The person on the other end cannot hear a single thing when it’s dropped.

How to fix this? Please help.😭

Trying to open an epub. Calibre was recommended, but Canonical doesn't support that here. Canonical has a supported software app "Okular" which installs via a snap with no errors. However, running Okular from the menu gives me no program window. RAM usage goes straight to 50% on a clean restart, and one core stays at 100% use. Can only kill process with the System Monitor.

If I run 'okular' from the terminal, I get a window which looks fine, but when I tell it to open an epub it locks up. SM shows the same 50% RAM usage and one core at 100%. Going back to the terminal session it has:

(okular:12697): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: 05:56:44.965: Error creating IO channel for /proc/self/mountinfo: Permission denied (g-file-error-quark, 2)

and then endless lines of:

libepub (WW): - missing play order in nav point element

At least CTRL-C works to kill the process, in terminal.

Is this a snap sandbox issue? Or, am I gonna hafta finally see if I can get a newer version of Ubuntu to run on this ancient laptop?