This is the second compilation of our Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat tutorials which have been published here at The Ubuntu Buzz since 2024. In last compilation, we talked about downloading Ubuntu up to selecting our repository server among others. In this episode, we will remind you about CHM ebooks, AppImages, Telegram Desktop as well as the classic but powerful Synaptic Package Manager with a short review for each. We hope this compilation series will be useful to you and everyone. This marks our last article of that year in the month May. Please enjoy!

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In this compilation:

1. How To Read CHM E-Books

2. How To Run AppImages with Examples

3. How To Install Telegram Desktop - The New Era of Messaging

4. How To Install Synaptic - The Classic but More Detailed Graphical Package Manager 

5. How To Use Synaptic to Search, View, Install, Remove, Update Apps on Ubuntu

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How To Read CHM (Compiled HTML) eBooks

Let us introduce you xCHM: a free software for viewing Compiled HTML aka CHM electronic books. If you have a file with a .chm format, you can view its content with it. This beneficial and useful is available on Ubuntu 24.04. 

 

 

How To Run AppImages

AppImage is an executable software format for GNU/Linux (similar to EXE is an executable format for Microsoft Windows) which fortunately today got many support from free software developers around GNU/Linux community. For example, today almost all of our daily applications are already available in AppImage format such as GIMP (recently), Inkscape, and LibreOffice among many others (and still increasing!). This means we can, let's say, visit GIMP official website to download its AppImage file then run it on Ubuntu in an instant way similar to those applications on Windows or macOS. 

Telegram Desktop

This will help you install the full-featured, fast messenger Telegram Desktop. Enjoy the new era of messaging on Ubuntu! 

Synaptic Package Manager

Once upon a time, Ubuntu had a very powerful, highly-detailed graphical package manager called Synaptic as one of its preinstalled applications. Its purpose is to search, view categorized & detailed info, install, reinstall, remove, update packages and the whole system on Ubuntu. It was able to show all Ubuntu packages at once, both installed and not, with more detailed info or specific filters can be applied/viewed simply by near clicks. However, Synaptic had been removed from Ubuntu preinstalled in favor of App Store. To get Synaptic back, we can install it again. 

Using Synaptic: Install, Remove and Update Your Applications with More Details

In this tutorial, we explain how you can use Synaptic to do package management in a short step by step manner with practical examples and exercises. This marks the end of Part II. Please go read it!   

We wish you the best for your computing with Ubuntu.