When installed as a snap package in Ubuntu 24.04, Gedit displays wrong colours and some menus freeze. The solution is to disable the opengl permission. Either through Settings -> Apps -> Permissions: or on the command line: snap connect gedit:opengl
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Ubuntu on the Acer Nitro ANV15-41
Updated 2025-07-28 This is a short post about running Ubuntu 24.04 on the Acer nitro ANV15-41 aka Nitro V15. If you are interested in previous post about installing Ubuntu on various laptops, maybe check out Acer Nitro 5, HP ProBook, Asus VivoBook, Lenovo Thinkpad and HP Victus. Installation Installation from an USB SSD worked fine … Continue reading Ubuntu on the Acer Nitro ANV15-41
Ubuntu 24.04 on the HP Victus
This is a short follow-up on Ubuntu 22.04 on the HP Victus [UVC] Hardware support is just as good/bad as with Ubuntu 22.04, so all findings from [UVC] apply here, too. The display manager is still X11, I have not tried Wayland. Video hardware acceleration with VLC and SMPlayer snap installations now works, but requires … Continue reading Ubuntu 24.04 on the HP Victus
Toggling keyboard languages in Ubuntu 24.04 with Alt + Shift
Windows introduced [citation missing] the Alt + Left Shift key combination for switching between keyboard languages and ever since I tried to configure that combination for every setup I've worked with. Ubuntu, unfortunately, made it harder and harder over time to do that. User Raffa on askubuntu has the solution [KL]: Open a terminal and … Continue reading Toggling keyboard languages in Ubuntu 24.04 with Alt + Shift
Elgato Camlink and Linux
An Elgato Camlink 4K wouldn't work under Ubuntu 22.04. It would show up with lsusb, but Cheese wouldn't list it as a device and OBS studio would show it as a disabled device. A little stream conversion magic [RED] #!/usr/bin/env bash # You need to run # sudo apt install v4l2loopback-utils v4l2loopback-dkms # once and … Continue reading Elgato Camlink and Linux



