Category: Ubuntu

When you use a keyboard shortcut, the image is automatically saved in your Pictures folder in your home folder with a file name that begins with Screenshot and includes the date and time it was taken. If you do not have a Pictures folder, the images will be saved in your home folder instead. Sometimes, […]

If you want to detect your graphic card from Ubuntu Desktop, try this: Click on User menu at the top right corner on the top Menu bar Select System Settings Click on Details. By default you should see your graphic information. Take look at this example image. Let me show you a couple of commands […]

You can find the contents of the Ubuntu operating system under your user profile in the App, and data folder. Any of the Linux distributions that you install via the subsystem will also appear under App. Data with the distro name in the folder. The Ubuntu files themselves are located under the rootfs folder. Linux […]

You can find images using the docker search command: Once you figure out which image you would like to work with, you can run the docker pull command and download the image: For example, following command will download the Ubuntu image to the local system:. For example, following command will download the Ubuntu image to […]

You can install applications from the Ubuntu Software application present in your launcher: Here you can search for applications which are present in Ubuntu’s repository. Sometimes it is easy to install a software directly from the terminal. There’s still a set of ‘standard’ locations that programs are put into. For example, binaries (in windows parlance […]

You can quickly identify the Ubuntu version running on your system through the graphical interface. First, select Activities in the top left corner. In the search bar, enter Settings and click on the icon once it appears in the results. So, what version of Linux Am I running? The version of the distribution you are […]

Accordingly, Ubuntu 18.04 has a couple of more years of community support, as its EOL is scheduled for April 2023. Below you will find three ways to deal with Ubuntu 16.04’s end of life. Another frequently asked query is “When is Ubuntu end of life (EOL) 2021?”. Well, ubuntu 16.04 End of Life (EOL) is […]

Encrypting with Ubuntu is best done at the OS level right when the installation starts. It isn’t feasible to encrypt an active Ubuntu installation, so back up all your important files to Dropbox, Google Drive (or even to extra hard drives) and prepare to reinstall Ubuntu. 1) Encrypt the new Ubuntu installation for security (you […]

The equivalent of Ubuntu’s ~/ (a. k. a. /home/ yourusername /) in Windows 10 is C: Users yourusername. So for you, your home directory would be here: Windows can’t read Linux partitions. That is why you couldn’t find the home directory of Ubuntu. For WSL2 you can access to home directory from windows (Windows 10 […]

Forgot Ubuntu Password Reboot your computer, and then as soon as you see the GRUB Loading screen, make sure to hit the ESC key so that you can get to the menu. Use the Up /Down arrow keys to select “Recovery Mode”, which is usually the second boot option. Wait for all the boot-up processes […]