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That sounds like exactly what happened. Most of the other filters and tools that I use were unchanged. It just happened by chance that one of the few changes took place within my usual workflow, so I...

Thanks for the link to that GIMP forum. I tried that and it worked. That is a life saver. I like GIMP, but I am not a power-user and my usual workflow is pretty limited. I don't venture outside my...

One weird side-effect of my recent upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04 is that it tampered with my GIMP installation. It has a different splash screen when it loads and the menus and tools are slightly...

Thanks! I removed Snap completely and my boot-time went from 1min-47sec to about 56sec - an improvement of almost one full minute!

I want to completely remove and disable Snapd from my system. I don't have many and my list of Snaps is :


I see that Gnome is a Snap. Will removing it break my system? Should I Install a...

When I tried that, it said it was already installed. So I tried running it from the command line and the same thing happened - software opened as normal, but wouldn't show what's installed.

Here's...

Where do I find that version of Software? I tried apt-get and nothing came back. I looked in the default Software/Snap store and it didn't show up as a search result. Can I find it with Synaptic?

Nevermind. It's still an issue. I just checked again and now the screen is blank. It's no longer showing my installed software. Weird.

I'm trying to find the button to mark this thread as "solved", but I don't see it now.

I can confirm this. I just checked again and now my installed apps are showing. Must have been fixed by the latest update. :)

Me too. I don't use Software that much either, but I wanted to check it out after a fresh upgrade, just to see if anything interesting had changed. It works fine for browsing apps to install, but it...

Just curious, what extensions app is that?

I can't get mine to show either - apps or extensions.

My system stats (basic)

Hi Folks,

I just upgraded from 18.04.5 to 20.04.2 - the upgrade went smoothly for the most part.

However, when I open Ubuntu Software, it no longers shows what I have installed. Everything else...

Ubuntu 18.04.3 on a Lenovo Ideapad laptop.

Photo is the Andromeda galaxy.

Hi Folks,

I switched over to LXDE for a lighter desktop (I don't use many of Gnome's bells and whistles), and my installation of VLC does not show up anywhere. I can run it from the command line,...

Update :

I got in through the grub menu and edited the boot options to include a single boot to root. Once I had root, I reinstalled the gnome shell and rebooted. Works fine now and back to...

Hi Folks,

I messed up. I was trying to change the image on my login screen (which I had done previously without a problem). I copied the image file to the proper directory (/usr/share/backgrounds)...

Hi Folks,

Quick question.

I used Gnome Flashback when I had 16.04 installed and I liked it.

I tried using it with 18.04 and it didn't seem any quicker or much lighter on resources than the...

I ran system-md analyze blame to try to figure out what's going on with my seemingly-random slow-boot issue. Sometimes things will boot or reboot normally. Other times, for no apparent reason, the...

Back in early 2008, I purchased an Acer Aspire One netbook which was manufactured in Taiwan. I used it for 8 years - heavy daily use. Eventually, the LCD screen had dead pixels on it. One of the USB...

Even though I am not an active coder, this development troubles me. For one, I am not entirely convinced of Microsoft's apparent reversal of attitude towards open source.

Secondly, Microsoft has...

It's always been my understanding that those rankings are strictly page hits. Many of these hits could be bots or spiders. There is no way of knowing for sure. Also, for all we know, the rankings are...

A little update....

I was like a kid in a candy store. For weeks, I installed and uninstalled packages. I tinkered with several different desktops - Xfce, LXDE, Unity, Gnome, MATE, Cinnamon, and...

Just the regular default calendar. :)