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There are spreadsheets, docs and a few other things I use often throughout each day.

In Windows I could keep them fairly close, either by pinning them to the taskbar (dock), or on the desktop,...

And there it is. Thank you!

I installed Adobe Acrobat Reader with this command:


wget ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/9.x/9.5.5/enu/AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i386linux_enu.deb
--2024-04-28 11:09:39-- ...

I'm on Gnome currently.

If I want to try KDE or something else, what kind of damage (if any) will I do to my current setup?

firefox:
Installed: 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2
Candidate: 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 500
500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages
...

Sorry, I mistyped. I'm using 22.04. Corrected in my original post.

One thing I never thought to check: screen resolution.

My 17" screen resolution defaulted to 1920x1080 (16:9) when I installed 22.04.
My Windows laptop, also 17", is set to 1600x900 (16:9), the...

Aha, okay. That makes sense. Just seeing this now by chance, sorry I didn't respond before now. Thanks!

Very small font SYSTEM WIDE.

I know I focused on browsers, but that was one example.

Text is small everywhere. Toolbars, menus, everywhere. Even if it was only browsers, why is it only...

I noticed after installing Ubuntu (22.04) that the font size on all browsers is very small. In fact, a few websites also display a serif font instead of sans serif, and that's only in Firefox.

Is...

Does anyone know how to get Dropbox installed on Ubuntu?

Instead of the above method, I tried installing the .deb file in terminal, and got dependency errors.

Any help would be greatly...

That's a good disappointment to have.

Thank you for explaining things more clearly.

Perhaps I'm still not understanding something....

Is FAT32 not a Windows thing?

Also, when I boot up I get a screen offering a choice to boot Ubuntu or "Advanced options for Ubuntu", as if I'm...

Okay, so what do I do? I'm not knowledgeable enough to know what to do. I could Google, but I was hoping a support forum would be faster.

I want pure Linux with no traces of Windows.

Do I need...

This is what I get when I do that:

BOOT ubuntu

But it's FAT32, which is Windows related, or not?
I can't do without it?

I've reinstalled 5 times because of problems with getting the passphrase to unlock the volume.
Is there an option I'm...

I did a new install of 22.04 on my Windows 11 laptop. I did not dual boot, I just installed right over Windows.
But it appears there is still a Windows partition on my machine. You can see the...

EDIT: This thread can be ignored or even deleted. I discovered something about it that I need help with, so I'm starting a new thread.


During installation of 22.04, I chose to include some...

During my migration to Ubuntu from Windows, I notice that the font of some websites are a serif font like Times New Roman. I use these sites often, and they've always been sans-serif (Arial or...

I'm in the process of completely switching. I've been in & out of Linux for more than ten years, but after being forced to use Windows 11 last year, and what MS is now doing to their users, and what...

I ended up doing this:

sudo killall snap-store
sudo snap refresh snap-store

And it worked.

Running Ubuntu 22.04, fully updated

Trying to install the Dropbox app via terminal, using these instructions on the Dropbox site itself:

- - - - - - - - - -

cd ~ && wget -O -...

How can anything else at all be running after a reboot?

Running Ubuntu 22.04, fully updated (except Snap Store of course)

Why won't Snap Store update?
I tried some terminal commands.
Tried clicking Quit in Ubuntu Software.

Rebooted, but no change....

EDIT: I reinstalled. Too much was going wrong.

I installed Ubuntu months ago but did nothing with it until the past couple days as I've started transitioning from Windows. It is fully updated at...