Hello, I need some help installing some software. It’s called grub-customizer 5.2.8 on Ubuntu. I’ll try to give you the short version of the story: I tried to clone my Windows partition from one drive to another because it was failing on the other drive that I bought. But I ran into some problems because Ubuntu wasn’t cloning over, and it was because of Ubuntu, so 2 repair shop visits later and still nothing. So, I decided to try something myself: remove Ubuntu (on the failing drive) and try to fix the boot process to Windows 10 so I can clone it to the new drive, which in turn was successful; I was able to clone the disk that was failing to the brand-new one. After shrinking the drive (the new one), I was able to reinstall Ubuntu on it, but now I have a different problem. You see, I’m trying to install grub-customizer 5.2.8 on it, and I’m having a little bit of trouble with it. Do you think someone on here can actually help me (or should I say walk me through) the process of doing so? I’m not new to Ubuntu, but I have used various versions of the OS in the past; it's just the fact that now everything is different, you know. Before you ask, yes, I am trying to dual-boot Ubuntu with Windows 10, which in turn has a dual-boot with Windows 8.1 Professional.

I hope I didn't confuse you or anyone else.

iPhone can be server now!

Hey everyone! LinuxRunner 1.1.2 is out, and this is one of our biggest updates yet!

We’ve made some major performance improvements, bringing Linux much closer to native speeds without requiring JIT even 10-15x faster than UTM! Graphics are now rendered through Apple’s Metal GPU fully, with multi-core CPU support, configurable RAM and smoother desktop performance.

And there’s a lot more!

- 10 Linux distros — Including the new Zorin OS 18, Ubuntu, Pop!_OS 24.04 and Void Linux, alongside Debian, Arch, Fedora, Kali, Alpine and experimental SteamOS.

- Full Linux desktops — GNOME, KDE Plasma, Hyprland, Xfce, Cinnamon, MATE, Budgie and more.

- Agent Mode — Run Claude Code, Codex CLI and OpenCode right on your iPhone.

- SSH & RDP — Remote access to your Linux environment and desktop.

- Liftoff & Pocket Cloud — Build websites, share them with a QR code or turn your iPhone or old one into a Wi-Fi file server.

- Arcadia — Retro gaming with RetroArch.

- More improvements — Up to 120 Hz external display support, better GPU performance, CPU/RAM controls, a built-in Task Manager and plenty of fixes.

All of this without a jailbreak, and JIT remains optional!

It’s pretty exciting seeing how close we’re getting to a real Linux workstation in your pocket. There’s still more to improve, but this release is a huge step forward.

Feel free to try it out and share your feedback!

GitHub: https://github.com/mxhm11cr/LinuxRunner

Download: https://github.com/mxhm11cr/LinuxRunner/releases/tag/v1.1.2

So I was using Keyd to use wasd for Undertale by writing this in default.conf:

[main]

f16=toggle(undertale)

[undertale]

a=left

w=up

d=right

s=down

but today I realised its not working anymore and keyd monitor doesn't detect f16, now when I press it it tries scrolling down on the page I'm on, does anyone knows why this is happening? The f16 key is what is normally detected from this key which is the special key for my Nitro V 15 Acer computer.

You can download this mod pack from GitHub

https://github.com/w1nyear/macW1Y-GTK-Theme/

More than 5 hour for to complete this partition. I waited this long, i will wait another 1 hour.

No SSD no party, but i have 1 TB HDD oooh yaaa😅

Average download speed was 200 KB/s. Is it please usual ?

There was no info about what package was being downloaded.

Average download speed of

snap refresh

was 2MB/s.

So i just moved from Windows to Ubuntu. I've got an AMD GPU and CPU, my question is whether there are any specifics to drivers and support when it comes to Linux (Adrenaline is a Windows-only software).

How can I make sure my drivers are up to date, are there any specific tools? Could I see a drop in performance if I miss something?

If you've ever used a Mac, you know the trick: hold e, a little popup shows é è ê ë, you pick one, done. GNOME never had that, so I built it.

Accent Hold replaces the macOS press-and-hold feature on GNOME:

Hold a letter and the variants appear right under your text cursor

Pick with the number key, the arrows or the mouse (number keys follow the key position, so AZERTY and QWERTZ work)

A quick tap still types the plain letter, and the held key doesn't repeat

Works in GTK apps, terminals and Electron apps on Wayland

Presets for French, Spanish, German, Polish, Czech and more, or edit your own table; import/export as JSON

No daemon, no root, no IBus engine to set up. One click on extensions.gnome.org (GNOME 45 to 51)

Install: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/10265/accent-hold/ https://github.com/d101c/accent-hold

How it works, for the curious: a Wayland extension can't see a key held in another window, so the first versions used a shortcut, then an IBus engine. The current version found a simpler path: GNOME Shell's input method already receives every key typed in a text field, so the extension wraps that call, lets everything through, and only keeps back the digits, arrows and Enter while the popup is open. Credit to Manuele Conti's gnome-accent-hold for the original idea.

Feedback welcome, especially apps where it misbehaves (Firefox, Qt apps and X11-only apps are the known rough spots).

I kept getting confused about when to use snap and when to use apt on my Ubuntu servers, so I wrote down what I do now. Sharing in case it helps someone.

The thing that bit me: snap checks for updates about 4 times a day and refreshes by itself. When it refreshes, the service restarts. APT only updates when you run it, or through unattended-upgrades (which does security fixes only by default).

My rule: APT by default, snap only when there’s a reason.

Use APT (or the vendor’s APT repo) for:

• Nginx, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis

• Core system tools

• Docker (use Docker’s own repo, since the snap version restricts file access)

Use snap for:

• Tools where the publisher recommends it (Certbot, LXD)

• Cases where you need a newer version and there’s no APT option

Other quick differences:

• APT keeps the major version fixed for the whole Ubuntu release and only adds security patches. Snap versions come from the publisher and are often newer.

• Snaps bundle their own libraries and keep old revisions, so they use more disk. That’s also why df -h suddenly shows lots of loop devices.

• Snap has built-in rollback (sudo snap revert certbot). With APT you pin or reinstall an older version.

• Snap config lives in /var/snap, not /etc, which confuses people.

Commands I actually use:

# only let snap refresh on Saturday nights
sudo snap set system refresh.timer=sat,03:00-05:00

# pause snap refreshes for 3 days
sudo snap refresh --hold=72h

# keep fewer old revisions (saves disk)
sudo snap set system refresh.retain=2

# freeze an apt package
sudo apt-mark hold nginx

# check which copy of a tool is active
which -a toolname

Also, don’t install the same tool twice, once from APT and once from snap. It causes confusing problems later.

I wrote a longer version with more detail here, if anyone wants it: https://www.geekdas.in/blog/snap-vs-apt-on-ubuntu-server-which-to-use

Curious what others do. Do you avoid snap completely on servers, or use it for a few tools?

Shouldn't it disable animations? Yet, when I turn it on, the animations are still there. Ever since I started using Ubuntu 26.04 (back in the beta phase), this button hasn't worked—or at least, that’s what I think. My confusion grew even further today when I installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu 26.04.1 on a different laptop, and the button still does absolutely nothing. Thanks for your replies!

I am an absolute beginner and am really only using ubuntu because my dad told me to. I have Ubuntu and windows 11 on my pc, and the audio is working perfectly fine on the windows side. I am connected to the same default speaker (build into my monitor). My audio was working perfectly fine until a couple days ago. The speaker is still shown as an output device and when I test the speakers the little volume bar thing goes up and down

How does Ubuntu, Mint and whatever else distro work on old hardware so well? Linux has a huge reputation for it as well. It's usually one of the first things that people say about linux.

Technical question though, how does linux work so well on old hardware?

The other day I discovered that I have less than 1 GB of hard drive space remaining. I already used

sudo truncate -s 0 /var/log/syslog

to reduce the file size. After further inspection using

sudo tail -n 100 /var/log/syslog

the programs yt-dlp was filling syslog with continuous logs causing the file size increase. I deleted the program but syslog is still slowly increasing in size with the same log messages as before. Is there a way to stop this?

I have a laptop that I use while I'm out and about. I haven't booted it up in a minute and I was met with this screen instead of my login screen. What's going on?

i just wanna add shimeji's too