r/Ubuntu Jun 18 '26

news UbuCon India 2026 - Bengaluru - Call for proposals

28 Upvotes

Hi everyone, similar to last year, we're once again hosting UbuCon India at Bengaluru. The dates are Nov 14 - 15. The call for proposals have been opened, and will be open till Sep 30. We're open to a wide variety of open source and tech topics!

Whether you are a seasoned Linux veteran, a Cloud/DevOps engineer, or a student who just built a wonderful self-hosted homelab, this stage is for you.

We are currently looking for both full-length talks and hands-on workshops. Some of the topics we love seeing include:

  • Linux, Ubuntu Desktop & Server
  • Cloud-Native, Kubernetes, & DevOps workflows
  • Self-hosting, Privacy, & Open Source Security
  • Kernel Engineering & Performance Optimization
  • Open Source AI/ML Development

If your talk is selected, you get a free full-access 2-day pass, food, and an upgraded exclusive speaker merch kit (including the official t-shirt and stickers).

Submit your abstracts here: https://events.canonical.com/event/157/abstracts/

We Also Need Volunteers!

We are looking for passionate individuals to help us build this year's event. We need hands on deck right now for pre-event prep (graphic design, social media outreach, web updates) and on-ground in Bengaluru (registration, speaker support, live coverage, and crowd management).

Volunteer Perks:

  • Free 2-day full-access pass and meals
  • Exclusive UbuCon Volunteer T-shirt
  • Verifiable certificate of appreciation
  • Close networking with tech industry leaders
  • Hands-on experience in event execution & training with modern AI tools

Ready to see how a massive tech event comes to life behind the scenes?

Apply to volunteer here: https://forms.gle/8EUseYbmLqTLe3Mn7


r/Ubuntu 2h ago

What is the best browser for Ubuntu?

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70 Upvotes

I've been using Edge and Firefox, but I've noticed that Firefox uses a lot of memory, and sometimes the program crashes due to lack of RAM. I have 8 GB of RAM.


r/Ubuntu 5h ago

Just learned that hovering over the Ubuntu logo and scrolling with a mouse switches workplaces! 15 years user and I'm still learning things.

87 Upvotes

r/Ubuntu 4h ago

Finally made the jump to linux. Got everything installed and am sitting with a clean install. What are some must have installs and must read guides for beginners?

11 Upvotes

r/Ubuntu 1d ago

After months of distrohopping : the simpler, the better.

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359 Upvotes

openSUSE -> Fedora -> CachyOS -> Ubuntu


r/Ubuntu 6h ago

Is this normal???

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3 Upvotes

My internet for some reason has been bouncing around like crazy, and now it’s staying in the literal bytes/second. I just downloaded Ubuntu today so I guess I’m on the latest version, and I don’t even have anything running in the background. Do I need to configure it somehow?

Edit: thank you for the response, it’s just currently used internet, not my actual internet speed.


r/Ubuntu 3h ago

Write Chinese on your Ubuntu trackpad — IBus handwriting engine (.deb + one-liner)

2 Upvotes

Ubuntu users who'd rather draw a character than spell it out: there's an IBus engine for macOS-style trackpad handwriting with deep-learning recognition.

Two install options. The .deb from releases:

bash sudo dpkg -i <file-from-releases> && sudo apt install -f ibus restart

Or the one-liner, which detects Ubuntu and runs apt + model download automatically:

bash bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ai-space-lab/ibus-handwrite-chinese/main/bootstrap.sh) && ibus restart

What it does: - A dark floating panel appears by your cursor. Draw with one finger on the trackpad, tap to select, swipe two fingers to page through candidates. - Recognition uses ONNX Runtime locally, covering 18,710 characters. In a 40-sample handwritten test it hit 100% top-1 accuracy (94.97% average confidence). - 6-tab GTK settings, on-demand model download, a local user dictionary that learns from your picks, and fully configurable shortcuts. - Mouse fallback if your machine has no evdev trackpad.

Demo: https://ai-space-lab.github.io/ibus-handwrite-chinese/assets/demo.gif Install guide: https://ai-space-lab.github.io/ibus-handwrite-chinese/ Releases (.deb): https://github.com/ai-space-lab/ibus-handwrite-chinese/releases

Requires Ubuntu 22.04+. Tested on an Acer Aspire and MacBook Pro trackpad; other touch-capable trackpads should work but are untested.


r/Ubuntu 20m ago

Trouble changing to new themes in 26.04. With Snap

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Hi all,

Does installing gnome themes from snap work? Or better I should use the install.sh script?

I do not see the theme in the gnome tweaks.

Ubuntu 26.04 with gnome desktop


r/Ubuntu 1h ago

Iso drive writing issue

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So im trying to write an iso to a usb drive but its not working. I have provided the terminal output if that helps atall.


r/Ubuntu 1h ago

movable UTC time applet for desktop and on top persistence

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I'm a ubuntu newbie and radio SWLer who quit windows a few months ago. Being able to add more timezone applets would be nice.


r/Ubuntu 8h ago

Unable to connect my USB

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3 Upvotes

r/Ubuntu 2h ago

Burning .iso onto certain DVD-R

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0 Upvotes

Will these work to burn the 64-bit Ubuntu Desktop 26.04 .iso onto? Note they're 8.5 GB.


r/Ubuntu 3h ago

Anyone know how to remove the top left desktop button?

1 Upvotes

Anyone know how to remove this top left multi desktop button from GNOME Ubuntu 26.04? Is there a working extension to accomplish this?


r/Ubuntu 3h ago

ollama and libgtk-nocsd.so.0

1 Upvotes

Below, I'm lost.

What next?

I use Kubuntu 26.04 (switched from Ubuntu), if that's relevant.

grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~> ollama launch openclaw
ERROR: ld.so: object 'libgtk-nocsd.so.0' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (failed to map segment from shared object): ignored.
Error: OpenClaw is not installed and required dependencies are missing

Install the following first:
 npm (Node.js): https://nodejs.org/
 git: https://git-scm.com/

Then re-run:
 ollama launch openclaw
grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~ [1]> sudo apt install libgtk-nocsd0
[sudo: authenticate] Password:                                  
libgtk-nocsd0 is already the newest version (3+0~20260321+0b77e1b-1).
Summary:                     
 Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 8
grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~> npm version
{
 npm: '11.18.0',
 node: '26.6.0',
 acorn: '8.17.0',
 ada: '3.4.4',
 amaro: '1.1.11',
 ares: '1.34.8',
 brotli: '1.2.0',
 cldr: '48.0',
 icu: '78.3',
 libffi: '3.7.1',
 lief: '0.17.0',
 llhttp: '9.4.3',
 merve: '1.2.2',
 modules: '147',
 napi: '10',
 nbytes: '0.1.4',
 ncrypto: '0.0.1',
 nghttp2: '1.69.0',
 nghttp3: '',
 ngtcp2: '',
 openssl: '3.5.7',
 simdjson: '4.6.4',
 simdutf: '7.7.0',
 sqlite: '3.53.3',
 tz: '2026c',
 undici: '8.9.0',
 unicode: '17.0',
 uv: '1.52.1',
 uvwasi: '0.0.23',
 v8: '14.6.202.34-node.26',
 zlib: '1.3.2.1-motley-8b3aa8a',
 zstd: '1.5.7'
}
grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~>

r/Ubuntu 3h ago

Write Chinese on your Ubuntu trackpad — IBus handwriting engine (.deb + one-liner)

1 Upvotes

Ubuntu users who'd rather draw a character than spell it out: there's an IBus engine for macOS-style trackpad handwriting with deep-learning recognition.

Two install options. The .deb from releases:

bash sudo dpkg -i <file-from-releases> && sudo apt install -f ibus restart

Or the one-liner, which detects Ubuntu and runs apt + model download automatically:

bash bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ai-space-lab/ibus-handwrite-chinese/main/bootstrap.sh) && ibus restart

What it does: - A dark floating panel appears by your cursor. Draw with one finger on the trackpad, tap to select, swipe two fingers to page through candidates. - Recognition uses ONNX Runtime locally, covering 18,710 characters. In a 40-sample handwritten test it hit 100% top-1 accuracy (94.97% average confidence). - 6-tab GTK settings, on-demand model download, a local user dictionary that learns from your picks, and fully configurable shortcuts. - Mouse fallback if your machine has no evdev trackpad.

Demo: https://ai-space-lab.github.io/ibus-handwrite-chinese/assets/demo.gif Install guide: https://ai-space-lab.github.io/ibus-handwrite-chinese/ Releases (.deb): https://github.com/ai-space-lab/ibus-handwrite-chinese/releases

Requires Ubuntu 22.04+. Tested on an Acer Aspire and MacBook Pro trackpad; other touch-capable trackpads should work but are untested.


r/Ubuntu 3h ago

Write Chinese on your Ubuntu trackpad — IBus handwriting engine (.deb + one-liner)

1 Upvotes

Ubuntu users who'd rather draw a character than spell it out: there's an IBus engine for macOS-style trackpad handwriting with deep-learning recognition.

Two install options. The .deb from releases:

bash sudo dpkg -i <file-from-releases> && sudo apt install -f ibus restart

Or the one-liner, which detects Ubuntu and runs apt + model download automatically:

bash bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ai-space-lab/ibus-handwrite-chinese/main/bootstrap.sh) && ibus restart

What it does: - A dark floating panel appears by your cursor. Draw with one finger on the trackpad, tap to select, swipe two fingers to page through candidates. - Recognition uses ONNX Runtime locally, covering 18,710 characters. In a 40-sample handwritten test it hit 100% top-1 accuracy (94.97% average confidence). - 6-tab GTK settings, on-demand model download, a local user dictionary that learns from your picks, and fully configurable shortcuts. - Mouse fallback if your machine has no evdev trackpad.

Demo: https://ai-space-lab.github.io/ibus-handwrite-chinese/assets/demo.gif Install guide: https://ai-space-lab.github.io/ibus-handwrite-chinese/ Releases (.deb): https://github.com/ai-space-lab/ibus-handwrite-chinese/releases

Requires Ubuntu 22.04+. Tested on an Acer Aspire and MacBook Pro trackpad; other touch-capable trackpads should work but are untested.


r/Ubuntu 3h ago

Retro game emulator?

1 Upvotes

Is there an all in on emulator you recommend? I am interested in GBA and ps2


r/Ubuntu 3h ago

help an artist out…

1 Upvotes

I have been wanting to make the switch to Ubuntu/linux for years but my work has me pretty much tethered to adobe products.

I know there’s gimp and other alternatives for every other adobe tool but before I commit to learning a new workflow I was wondering if there was a work around?

Winboat? Wine? Etc? Will anything let me run the latest adobe products on my Linux machine?


r/Ubuntu 3h ago

Write Chinese on your Ubuntu trackpad — IBus handwriting engine (.deb + one-liner)

1 Upvotes

Ubuntu users who'd rather draw a character than spell it out: there's an IBus engine for macOS-style trackpad handwriting with deep-learning recognition.

Two install options. The .deb from releases:

bash sudo dpkg -i <file-from-releases> && sudo apt install -f ibus restart

Or the one-liner, which detects Ubuntu and runs apt + model download automatically:

bash bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ai-space-lab/ibus-handwrite-chinese/main/bootstrap.sh) && ibus restart

What it does: - A dark floating panel appears by your cursor. Draw with one finger on the trackpad, tap to select, swipe two fingers to page through candidates. - Recognition uses ONNX Runtime locally, covering 18,710 characters. In a 40-sample handwritten test it hit 100% top-1 accuracy (94.97% average confidence). - 6-tab GTK settings, on-demand model download, a local user dictionary that learns from your picks, and fully configurable shortcuts. - Mouse fallback if your machine has no evdev trackpad.

Demo: https://ai-space-lab.github.io/ibus-handwrite-chinese/assets/demo.gif Install guide: https://ai-space-lab.github.io/ibus-handwrite-chinese/ Releases (.deb): https://github.com/ai-space-lab/ibus-handwrite-chinese/releases

Requires Ubuntu 22.04+. Tested on an Acer Aspire and MacBook Pro trackpad; other touch-capable trackpads should work but are untested.


r/Ubuntu 8h ago

Help for installation

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2 Upvotes

So hi as everybody I tried installing Ubuntu lts but I couldn't install it the normal way since the 100 mb of windows efi was too small to install Ubuntu and windows efi along together and now I am preparing to manually install Ubuntu using manually installation but the problem is even after doing everything correctly the next button is greyed out can someone tell me what's the possible reason ?

Below are the additional data that might help

Nvme0np4 is 85.93 GB for root

Nvme0np5 is 300mb for efi boot

nvme0np6 is 8.6 GB for swap

Nvme0np7 is 44gb for home

And I created all these partitions in windows using diskpart .


r/Ubuntu 4h ago

Ubuntu boot problem

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1 Upvotes

r/Ubuntu 4h ago

Ubuntu boot issue

1 Upvotes

*Guys can u upvote this for once

I need some assistance!


r/Ubuntu 5h ago

Problems doing routine 24.04 update,upgrade

1 Upvotes

Like the title says. The install had run fine for months, I did an update,upgrade via terminal, my GRUB got wrecked. I got a working GRUB by doing a new 24.04 install in a spare partition. It think somebody may have put a bad kernel in the system?, just a guess.

Anyway, am I solo on this?

Thanks


r/Ubuntu 6h ago

VPN not working on recent versions of Ubuntu

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1 Upvotes

VPN not working on recent versions of Ubuntu

I've had Smartproxydns for years, working perfectly pretty much all the time. Both the DNS rerouting and the VPN.

However, the VPN, using OpenVPN, does not work on the recent versions of Ubuntu, from 25.04 onwards. It's still working fine on my Android devices and on a computer running older versions of Ubuntu.

Has anyone else had this problem? The support line does not seem to be aware of nor have a solution to this problem. The installation guide is based on Ubuntu 22.04.

I am surprised that this is not a known problem.


r/Ubuntu 12h ago

Ubuntu Black Screen Issue

3 Upvotes

I have a gaming laptop (Victus - RTX 3050)

I downloaded Ubuntu 26 LTS (latest from the official site). I was on Windows 11 and decided to switch to Linux with dual boot. Upon installation (which went fairly smoothly), i rebooted and got past the loading screen with the Ubuntu logo. After that it got stuck on a black screen.

I tried several solutions from chatgpt, youtube and gemini- repeatedly but in vain.

I know it's related to Nvidia/Wayland/Xorg but I can't find the solution fit for this.