30 Days of Linux (and Beyond)

A devoted MS Windows user gives up all his Windows machines to explore Ubuntu 6.1 Linux for 30 days. If I can't figure out how to do it with Linux I just won't do it. (This was from Nov 1 to Dec 1, 2006, I have continued to use Ubuntu beyond those 30 days and now will try to post how-to's, help, and other Linux (Ubuntu) thoughts here)

Monday, December 26, 2022

Mouse/Keyboard Battery Levels Displayed in Panel

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 A Gnome Shell Extension for Ubuntu 22.04 that displays the battery level of your wireless mouse and /or keyboard in your upper panel;   Bat...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Install Dropbox on Ubuntu 22.04

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Step 1.  Get the Ubuntu Dropbox installer. Navigate to Dropbox's Linux software download site at https://www.dropbox.com/install-linux ....
Sunday, December 11, 2022

Ubuntu 22.04 Stuttering Video Chrome/Firefox/Totem

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I was having trouble with YouTube videos stuttering.  They were NOT dropping frames , but about every 5 seconds they would freezing for 1/2 ...
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Installing Wine 7.01 on Ubuntu 22.04

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I used Wine to run Photoshop CS2 on my Ubuntu 20.04 box ( Intel Core I5 ).  It worked without issue. I've upgraded that box to 22.04 ...
Friday, November 25, 2022

Openshot AppImage is not working on Ubuntu 22.04

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Openshot AppImage version 2.6.1 is NOT working on Ubuntu 22.04.1.  The app starts and allows you to import video/audio/image file into yo...
Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Replace GNOME's Next to Useless File Manager

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The default Gnome File Manager is next to useless for anything other than basic file moving.  Over the last few years the entire Gnome Desk...
Monday, November 14, 2022

Installing psensor Graphical Temperature Monitoring App

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psensor is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) temperature and hardware monitoring software for Linux.  Since I just build this Linux box a fe...
Sunday, November 06, 2022

Configure Geany for Python Programming

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I use the GEANY text editor/IDE when I need a quick light weight versatile text editor.  I also use it for writing programming code ( Pytho...
Wednesday, November 02, 2022

Installing QT5 for Python 3.x Ubuntu 20.04

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I built a new Ubuntu box and needed to install Qt5 to go along with Python 3.10.6.   After some googling I found a discussion at GITHUB  wh...
Monday, September 19, 2022

SNAP Store Won't Update

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If you are getting either of these errors  Unable to update "Snap Store": (null): cannot refresh "snap-store": snap ...
Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Firefox Audio Low Ubuntu 20.04

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 About two week ago my Firefox audio was playing but very low or no sound at all.  This was happening on anything with video (Youtube, local...
Saturday, June 18, 2022

Ubuntu 22.04 "After Install" Fixes

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Some Ubuntu 22.04 "After Install" things that I did.  1. Install restricted media codecs to play various kinds of audio/video medi...
Saturday, June 04, 2022

Adding AppImage Apps to a Files "File Association" List

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Some AppImage programs don't create file association or don't add themselves as an "Open With" option (in the list when ri...
Wednesday, May 25, 2022

AppImage Apps not working on Ubuntu 22.04 (fix)

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Ubuntu 22.04 does not included the libfuse2 package by default. The AppImage distribution and most AppImage Apps need the libfuse2 pack...

New Build and Extra Internal Hard Drives - Ubuntu 22.04

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 I'm building a new system for Ubuntu 22.04 .  My old system is a Core I5 4th Gen. Intel CPU with 16gb ram and an Nvidia Gtx 950. I upgr...
Sunday, February 06, 2022

Adding or Changing Default Aliases

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 I wanted to add a shorter ls command to use in the Terminal that showed directories and their contents in the format I wanted to see them ...
Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Installing and Updating ClamAV & ClamTK

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Virus are becoming more common on Linux Systems.  Why take a chance when there is a nice free antivirus option with little overhead availabl...
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

My-Weather-Indicator (Panel and Desktop Widget Options)

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My Weather Indicator is my go to weather app.  It shows current weather conditions for your area on the Panel or on a nice Desktop Widget ( ...
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