Below is list of useful
tips and tricks for new Ubuntu 20.10. If you have purchased a new
Ubuntu laptop or installed it by yourself to computer, this article
is for you. This list has apps recommendation, fonts and wallpapers
stuffs, amusement and also things
for your health. Enjoy latest computing technology comfortably on
Ubuntu!
(Ubuntu 20.10 with wide screen resolution & dark theme over its Yellow wallpaper)
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Desktop
Fonts: there’s Libertine fonts you can obtain with free
license. Not recognizing it? It is the font of Wikipedia logo. For Arabic, I recommend Amiri
Quran font. Find more fonts at Dafont.com.
Wallpapers: go to Unsplash.com
they serve thousands of free public domains photos.
Health: enable Night Light feature on System Settings to
combat sleeplessness and eyestrain.
Battery: prolong your battery duration by adjusting things on Power section under Settings. For example, reduce the Blank Screen time and enable Automatic Suspend.
Automount: make all disk partitions active every time just like
Windows. Learn here.
Touchpad: enable Tap To Click and disable Natural
Scrolling on System Settings.
Put icons on desktop: here’s how to do it on Ubuntu.
Tweaks: several mostly demanded changes are Autohide, Icon Size,
Panel Position, and Dark Theme (System Settings > Appearance).
For
Apps and Games
Password manager: get KeePassXC. It helps store all your
difficult-to-remember credentials so you can securely peek at them
at any time.
Android phone pairing: get GSConnect.
YouTube desktop: run FreeTube. A convenient YouTube client.
Chatting: Telegram is
available for you.
School: there are StarDict desktop dictionary with handy
features, Zotero references & bibliography manager, and
also EtherCalc to make simple online attendances.
Video games: you
can find strategy games 0.A.D. (like Age of Empires),
OpenRA (like Command & Conquer: Red Alert), or
Warzone 2100 (like Starcraft); and also shooting games
OpenArena (like Quake) and Red Eclipse (multiplayer
FPS) or simply the 2D ones MARS.
Miscellaneous
Login with password: enable it on Users section under Settings.
Save internet bandwidth: perhaps you use limited or expensive
internet access, so you can turn on Metered Connection under
System Settings to disable automatic upgrades including Snap
updates. You can use apt-get to update or install applications
instead.
Explore AppImages: there are portable apps for Ubuntu! See for
example FreeTube above, and see beyond Inkscape, Krita,
Kdenlive available as click and run applications.
Afterword
That's all. I hope you find computing fun with Ubuntu Groovy. See you next time!
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