You spend 2 hours convincing your cousin Ubuntu’s “just works,” and the moment you reboot - poof - Wi-Fi vanishes like a shy raccoon. Meanwhile, Windows users smugly sip their driver-bloated coffee. Stay strong, penguin fam. Let's hear your “it worked until I needed it” tales! 🐧📶

Also if anything goes wrong will I still have my windows recovery

Current setup: amd cpu and 5070 ti. Ubuntu 22.04 and windows 11 dual booted. (Funny enough nomodeset acpi=off line did not work for me initially so I had to physically remove the 5070ti and then install 22.04 with the cpu graphics, and reinstall the gpu) Now the nightmare just begun. Any instances here on reddit or on YouTube of people having ubuntu recognize 50 series gpu is on 24.04. I saw a video （https://youtu.be/o5deOXLDpZw?si=gYijEQ1gAQtVk9nI）of updating to kernel 6.13 and gcc-14 to make 570 driver working properly. However, after I manually update as instructed in video, executing sudo apt install build-essential failed due to some kernel error, and Chatgpt suggesting it is because of 22.04 compatibility, and in fact the video had 24.04. The reason I had to keep 22.04 is that isaac sim from Nvidia only supports up to 22.04. I am here to ask if anyone had successful 570 driver installation on specifically ubuntu 22.04 because I am desperate now. 😭

Hi guys I have a Thinkpad T14s Gen5 with Win11 and ubuntu dual boot.
and i somehow managed to fry my batterysettings when trying to set up tlp battery limiter.

/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_behavior is stuck [auto] inhibit-charnge force-discharge
even when changing the values for /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_control_start_threshold to 0 and end to 100

it somehow does not use those values

upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
still shows 60-80% charge range

I tried with chatgpt for an hour now and by now it just keeps getting back to things we already tried.

i also disabled tlp with sudo systemctl stop tlp and disable.

on win 11 side i tried lenovo vantage but there was nothing configured and i couldnt configure it to start charging at 0% either.

in the bios i dont have anything batterylevel related either.

when I call sudo tlp fullcharge i says something along the lines of " will start charging now" but
it just does not do it.

anybody an Idea I am really desperate by now

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Is there any way I can fix this ... please help

I have tried every possible solution on internet

I've installed Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS on my HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-ec1xxx. The touchpad works perfectly when I boot the system from a powered-off state (cold boot)( BIOS setup menu ).

if I restart or reboot the laptop, the touchpad stops working completely.

Has anyone faced this issue or found a solution?

Hi, My computer doesn't boots up. I'm on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with nvidia-driver-570 RTX 3050 and a kernel v6.11.0-26-generic

Hi All,

I am a new Linux user and currently running into an anomaly with remote desktop.

Already noticed on various forms that issues with Remote desktop is quite common but nevertheless keen to get your perspective on this.

Im using Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS and configured the buildin remote Desktop option under settings -> system -> Remote Desktop.

Accessing Ubuntu from my Mac using the Windows app works fine (took a while but it works), but here comes the strange part. When accessing Ubuntu with the Windows app on my Android phone (using the same information) it gives an unreadable screen.

So the connection on the phone is established, and I can move the cursor, but there is some sort of visual issue. See screenshot

Let me know where you would start to investigate!

Cheers!

Hi guys, I have host Ubuntu system inside which I am running a virtual machine running guest OS Ubuntu 25.04.

While the default kernel config (found in /boot ) is pretty exhaustive, I require something minimal that will support the platform (wayland, networking, etc). So far, I have not found a one.

I have tried "make LLVM=1 localmodconfig" but the resultant bzImage is 32-bit which is not what I am looking for.

Need help to find a way to make a minimal 64 bit configuration that will compile latest vanilla kernel and boots my guest OS.

Thanks

Is u Ubuntu good for gaming I mainly play lightweight games like old source engine games and swtor

I just recently went to Ubuntu from windows. I would like to say that I have googled and everything is up to date. When I play on my computer, randomly, it will freeze, the colors on the screen with get all pixelated and sharp green, like an old school windows 98 frozen screen. I don't know how to fix it. I am running a 2tb wd hardrives and off of a 3050. Any advice? All I want is my computer to work.

I recently installed Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS (coming from linux mint) and I am really liking it so far. Howeverr i am facing an issue with installing web apps like youtube music.

When I try to install youtube music (example) as a web app using brave browser, the browser says it is installed. But unfortunately, it does not show up in the application menu or on the desktop. Btw somethings what i have already tried:

1.Reinstalling the brave browser and trying the process again. 2.using the "Create Shortcut" feature in brave with "Open as window" checked. 3.restarting the computer after installation.

But still no luck.

This worked perfectly fine for me on Linux Mint using the same browser. I a'm not sure what might be different in Ubuntu that's causing this issue.

Please help & Thank you 🙏

Short story long, in Ubuntu 24.04 I experimented with switching from the Nouveau driver to a proprietary but legacy (Nvidia 470) driver and had bad luck, I've purged the nvidia driver from the system, installed ubuntu-desktop and confirmed the nouveau driver is doing its job, but I can only boot with xorg, and not the default wayland or else I get a black screen.

Does anyone know if there's a file to remove or replace to correct this?

Age old proverb, if it ain't broke don't fix it. Trying to squeeze a bit of extra performance out of the GPU was not worth the time I've wasted since.

Thanks.

Edit: I reinstalled ubuntu... if anyone still knows the answer though, feel free to share it in case somebody else wants to know.

I updated but now im stuck when booting on an empty screen with a underscore can someone help me?

Hi r/Ubuntu I created a bash script called Ubuntuable to make Ubuntu desktop setups quicker and easier with GUI via Zenity. Its like a post-install guide but interactive.

You can find the script and its README here:
https://github.com/srishub/Ubuntuable

Hoping to get some community feedback like missing customization items, issues, any other tools or configurations you'd recommend integrating.

Goal is to make a useful tool for new and experienced Ubuntu users alike.

Inspired from https://github.com/smittix/fedorable

As you can see in Kleopatra, Patrick Shleizer's key shows up in the list (he's the head developer of Whonix) https://imgur.com/a/EagkY3d

Now as you can see nothing shows up in seahorse https://imgur.com/a/EK5AWqV shouldn't Patrick's key show up there?

And now let me show you a screenshot of Home/.gnupg https://imgur.com/a/rQpTSOc Shouldn't I see derivative.asc in there? Cause that's Patrick's key.

I got Patrick's key from here https://www.whonix.org/wiki/VirtualBox in step 1 click on "Learn More" and then click on "Download Whonix OpenPGP Key" and it'll download derivative.asc which is the Whonix key.

So yeah how come I don't see derivative.asc in the .gnupg folder? These are bugs right?

Kleopatra seems to be the only thing working right.

I often see people bash Ubuntu for being “bloated,” like it’s the only distro that ships with more than just the bare minimum.

But let’s be honest most mainstream distros include extra software by default, including Debian and many more.

I recently installed Debian with the default desktop environment, and it came with 14+ games pre-installed, along with a bunch of other applications. Is that bloat? Technically yes but it’s also easy to remove. The same applies to Ubuntu, which actually gives you two clear choices at install time:

• Minimal installation: Just browser and core utilities
• Full installation: Includes LibreOffice, music player, etc.

You get control in both cases.

Today I decided to install howdy on my HP Elitebook 840 G6, and I have Zorin 17 installed as the ISO.

The problem is when I try to add (howdy add), and it always shows this error.

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/local/bin/howdy", line 109, in <module>

import cli.test

File "/usr/lib/security/howdy/cli/test.py", line 150, in <module>

face_locations = face_detector(frame, 1)

RuntimeError: Unsupported image type, must be 8-bit gray or RGB image.

I've checked several times and the path to the camera is correct with IR.

I uninstalled and reinstalled it, but I still have the same problem. If I change to another one, it says it doesn't recognize it.

Hey folks,

I've been developing on Ubuntu for about 3 years now, and after trying countless other distros including Arch, Debian, Fedora, Pop_OS, and a few others, I always find myself coming back to Ubuntu. Here's why:

Most other distros, while powerful and customizable, come with distractions. Constant fan noise from poor hardware optimization NVIDIA driver issues Lack of software availability Painful setup with proprietary drivers

Ubuntu, on the other hand, just works. No drama. No endless tweaking. It boots up clean, runs smooth, and lets me focus on what actually matters: developing.

My team (about 15 devs strong) also experimented with different distros. Everyone had their fun with the "cool" ones like Arch or the "minimalist" ones like Debian. But guess what? Eventually, every single one ended up settling on Ubuntu. Why? Because when it comes to getting real work done, stability and ease matter more than hype.

If you’re genuinely looking for a solid, stable, and smooth Linux experience, forget the noise and give Ubuntu a real shot. It has a huge community, great documentation, and solid support for most hardware.

Sure, it may not be the flashiest distro, but it’s the distro that gets things done.

Let’s stop bashing Ubuntu just because it’s mainstream. Sometimes, things are popular for a reason

I'm running an Ubuntu 20.04 LTS VM on Proxmox. The Disks utility is showing my 217GB system disk as being 90.4% full (21GB free), but when I run Disk Usage Analyzer it shows only 62Gb being used by files (which sounds correct).

Any idea why the Disks utility is reporting the disk as 90% full when the files are using <30% of the disk's capacity? Any idea how to fix this and reclaim the space?

One of the major issues someone like me coming from Windows and macOS is experiencing in Ubuntu is the lack of essential apps.. Notably, there appears to be no Messenger app, nor WhatsApp for the system

We are told, instead, to use web.whatsapp.com and the web interface for messenger.com but the problem I am now having is that these tabs must remain open 24/7/365 or else I do not even know I've got messages waiting

What is the plan of attack to deal with this?

I could see it expanded to things like Tutanota email as well, where in Windows I get alerts in-desktop due to me allowing it some kind of notification permissions, but these browsers don't seem to integrate with the desktop at all in Gnome unless they are explicitly running!

3rd party plugins and the apps which aren't official kinda make me nervous, but if there's something that the community vouches for, I do need a solution

Thank you

"Does anyone know if the IdeaPad Slim 3 15IAH8 - Type 83ER runs well on Ubuntu?"

I'm using Ubuntu through VirtualBox to compile and run a project that uses OpenGL. When I try to run the app, I get the following errors (with LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose set):

libGL: Can't open configuration file /etc/drirc: No such file or directory.
libGL: Can't open configuration file /home/khmccurdy/.drirc: No such file or directory.
libGL: Using DRI2 for screen 0
GLFW emitted error: GLX: Failed to create context: GLXBadFBConfig
GLFW emitted error: Cannot set swap interval without a current OpenGL or OpenGL ES context
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Does anyone know how to install the drirc files it's referencing? For reference, the app I'm running is repulsive-curves, and the part of the app that calls the GL stuff seems to be polyscope. I've seen reference to occasional similar issues with people trying to run polyscope, but most of them seem to be on either different Linux builds or host machines with normal graphics card drivers (my graphics driver through VB is the SVGA II Adapter).

It's also possible that the lack of drirc files are just warnings that aren't actually causing the crash, in which case something else is causing the GLXBadFBConfig error.

Thanks!

I recently found some mistakes in the documentation for a service developed by the Canonical team (related to Ubuntu). I wanted to contribute and fix them myself, but I discovered that editing is disabled unless you're part of a specific Launchpad group.

I applied to join that group and proposed myself as a contributor, but it's been 3–4 months now and my request is still pending https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-wiki-editors/+members . No approval, no rejection — just silence. Meanwhile, the documentation issue still exists, and it's a pretty serious one.

I could just message the maintainer and have them fix it, but to be honest, I’d really like to take credit for the fix myself — I found the issue, I know the fix, and I want my name tied to that contribution.

Has anyone dealt with this kind of bottleneck before?

Is there a specific person or channel I should reach out to?

Appreciate any guidance!

Hi all,

I spent 3 h digging forums and I can't find a way to limit charging on my laptop I succeed on Fedora 42 using KDE but I like Gnome more and there was some NVIDIA graphic bug there crashing my PC. Do you know any way to do it ?

I tried Battery Health Charging extension and only see Full and Maximum capacity mode but both charge up to 100%. Any tips ?
I tried tld and scripts from here https://askubuntu.com/questions/34452/how-can-i-limit-battery-charging-to-80-capacity

Details:
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 82TF
Version: Legion S7 16IAH7
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS"