This is the third compilation of our Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat tutorials, which have been published here at The Ubuntu Buzz since 2024. In the last compilation, we talked about useful things like Telegram and Synaptic, among others. In this episode, we will remind you The List of Ubuntu Default Apps, Adjusting Cursor Size, as well as Thunderbird Setup, each with a brief description. We hope this compilation series will be useful to you and everyone. This marks our last article of that year in June. Please enjoy!

 

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This is our recommended stuffs for you after finished Parabola GNU/Linux installation with either GNOME or KDE Desktop. Let's start it!

 

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This is an introduction & collection of tips of Ubuntu for first time users who just had new computer with 21.04 codenamed Hirsute Hippo. This article is for you to help knowing the most basic things of Ubuntu, like the versions & names, the desktop and apps you are using, and learning about everything else. This is also for those who meet Ubuntu after switching from other operating systems like Windows or MacOS. Lastly, I hope you will like it and enjoy your computing happily with Ubuntu!

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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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For 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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Here you find summary all our works on Ubuntu 20.04 from Download Links to Installation Guide from Reviews to Apps Recommendations plus Beginner's Guide in one place. For us facing pandemic right now, there is even Corona Kit to help remote works with only Free Software. This summary also covers six Official Flavors from Kubuntu to Ubuntu Budgie. For everyone who wants to know Focal Fossa this summary is really for you. Enjoy!

Debian GNU/Linux 10 codenamed Buster released this July. I have collected all necessary download links here, install guide to USB here, and this is the time for the traditional post-installation tips. I mentioned 10 tips and tricks below to help you familiarize yourself with Debian 10 GNOME Edition including how to bring back tray icon & desktop shortcuts, change repository mirror location, switch between Wayland and Xorg, take care of Nautilus and other built-in programs, and more. I also mentioned two bonuses in the end so I hope you could learn more about Debian. Enjoy Debian Buster!

After installing a Chromium-based browser, you might want to block ads, enlarge font, change default download location, and put the icon on desktop. Among others, I suggest you uBlock Origin and HTTPS Everywhere extensions below. I use Iridium Browser (libre version of Chromium) here as example, so you can apply the same to Chrome as well as other Chromium-based browsers. I hope this article helps you. Enjoy!

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This is (again) the traditional article containing suggestions once a beginner finished installing Ubuntu and this time it's for 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish". In this article you'll not only find some usual things like enabling normal touchpad scrolling & privacy addons, but also some new things like Snappy intro, Hide Top Bar, and Android integration (with GS Connect)! Have nice days with Ubuntu Cosmic an GNOME 3.30!

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