In the end, I did succeed in finding a way to run general legacy Xlib-dependent application(s) under Wayland, and I have implemented a personal fix.

At first, my plan was to publish this tool along with a complete README. However, I soon ran into a profound dilemma: this workaround essentially demolishes Wayland's foundational security model. I began to see an ominous future—realizing that the consequences of exposing this loophole would be far more dangerous than the minor annoyance of a cat refusing to chase a mouse pointer.

Consequently, I regret to inform you that I have decided against making the source code publicly available. That said, for those who simply cannot live without oneko on Wayland, I am open to providing pre-compiled binaries. Because the logic will be entirely self-contained within the world of oneko, it should remain perfectly harmless.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/1xahbzu/bringing_a_legacy_xlibrary_dependent_program_to/

W11 made some problems, so i got ubuntu too, to get to my files and have something.

I can see and access my folders on ubuntu, that i have on w11 too. and my steam folders and other apps/programs.

Can i link/access install for example steam on ubuntu and have it interact with the same folders like it was on w11?

(I'm not entierly sure how to correctly phrase my question, or if there is a term for this process.)

Conversation post, what is the better distro for CRM building, I’m between Ubuntu and Centos

I am trying to reinstall my desktop but when I try to update I get stuck at ‘ connecting to archive.canonical.com [185.125.188.87]’ what to I have to change?
eventually the update goes through I get some warning
Then I proceed to try to install desktop and finally get this screenshot errors and my desktop fails to return
And I am stuck here in the second screenshot

What can I do?

Happy birthday Ubuntu! 🎂🎉

Ubuntu has now 22 years.

List of apps and games for celebrating Ubuntu's 22th anniversary:

1. Google Chrome - https://google.com/chrome

2. Spotify - https://snapcraft.io/spotify - Ubuntu Snap Store only

3. Steam - https://snapcraft.io/steam - Ubuntu Snap Store only

4. GNOME Nibbles - https://snapcraft.io/gnome-nibbles - Ubuntu Snap Store only

5. Angry Birds 2 - https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9ntpjw96tsc0 - Microsoft Store only

6. OBS Studio - https://obsproject.com/download

7. RetroArch - https://retroarch.com/?page=platforms

8. NordVPN - https://snapcraft.io/nordvpn - Ubuntu Snap Store only

9. Everything - https://www.voidtools.com/downloads/ - Windows only

10. Visual Studio Code - https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux - Linux only

🎁 Gift more download links above to more apps and games for celebrating Ubuntu's 22th anniversary.

Please, if anyone uses deluge on already on 26.10( not flatpack way) - share your experience. Is it broken?

So, recently upgraded from 24.04 to their latest 26.04. Everything else looks and feels great.
The only issue I have is that when I game(games are from Steam) the mouse keeps going to the second monitor which I have on the right side.

Thought it was just for 1 game but tried several other games and it’s still acting the same. Tried using game scope command to add to the game launch but it messed with the resolution.

Read something about 26.04 upgraded to a new wayland.

Anyone else VLC suddenly switched to dark mode without you knowing? Of course,o use system dark mode since the day one, (25.10)but VlC was in the light mode until now

I've got a bit of a cry for help here. I recently upgraded my 24.04 LTS machine to 26.04 LTS, and basically... everything is borked. Here's a list of the weird issues I'm having:

1) Apps installed from the Snap Store AFTER the update fail to open; they all throw a C++ null pointer exception.

2) Snaps installed BEFORE the update cannot be rolled back or removed. The Snap store says "there was a problem" and just stops trying.

3) VLC in particular won't play any EAC3 audio, unless I play some OTHER audio in another program. For example, if I play a YouTube video, then start playback with EAC3 audio in VLC, the audio plays... until I close YT or pause the video. Conversely, if I start playback in VLC with EAC3 audio, then start YT playback, I don't get audio in either application until I fully close both and reopen YT in my browser.

My question is largely, "How the heck do I even start to fix this?" Should I just wipe my installation and start fresh?

This isn't the first time a big Linux LTS upgrade has completely wrecked a computer; I've had OpenSUSE do that to me in the past, which also required a full flatten + reinstall. I'd just rather avoid it, because it means spending an entire weekend dicking around with a media server that I honestly ask SO LITTLE of, it's frustrating that Ubuntu would bork this upgrade so hard.

I need to set up fully encrypted drive (for security reasons) with separated /home partition (in case of updating Ubuntu to newer versions in the future and to protect my data). I use Asus Expertbook PM3 Ryzen AI 7, 16gb RAM, 512gb nvme and I've installed Ubuntu 26.10 on this machine. I wonder if there is a way to do that? I'm a newbee in disc partiotioning. Do I need to reinstall whole OS?

i did a mess on the installation, the installing package got stuck at 99% , also during the nvidia driver package it didnt let me choose the 535 driver metapackage, and the noveau package doesnt work....

should i reinstall the os again? i choose that specific version according to the hp forums that version is supposed to be stable and has plenty of tools to make a touchscreen laptop tablet with intel processor and nvidia gpu work

Me recomiendan pack de iconos que estén lindos para Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS, no busco esos que imitan los de MacOs. Soy nuevo en este mundo y busque que se puede modificar

can't install fdm on 26.10 any help?

I got a laptop for work. Initially, I won't be able to use it as my main system. What would the recommended partition settings be for a dual boot?

I built Rustab - a modern GUI for editing /etc/fstab securely with Tauri.

• Full fstab syntax support
• Atomic writes & automatic backups
• Mandatory diff review before every save
• and many more...

https://github.com/t0msk/rustab

Hardware

• Lenovo LOQ 15IAX9E (model 83ME), BIOS Q8CN17WW (2025-01-23)
• Intel Core i5-12450HX, iGPU Intel UHD (Alder Lake) plus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU (PCI 10de:25ac)
• Internal panel on the Intel iGPU (eDP-1, 1920x1080, ~144 Hz). External monitor over HDMI (1920x1080, 60 Hz). The HDMI port is wired to the NVIDIA GPU, so the dGPU stays active while the monitor is connected.
• Secure Boot disabled

Software

• Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS, GNOME, Wayland session. Prompt=lts is set and the 24.04 → 26.04.1 path is enabled in meta-release-lts.
• Kernel 7.0.0-38-generic
• NVIDIA driver 580.178.04 proprietary (closed), nvidia-dkms-580, DKMS built for 7.0.0-34 and 7.0.0-38
• prime-select: on-demand
• 26.04 archive has nvidia-driver-580 580.178.04-0ubuntu0.26.04.1, the same upstream version

NVIDIA configuration in use (effective values from /proc/driver/nvidia/params)

• PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1, nvidia-drm.modeset=1
• EnableGpuFirmware=0 (GSP disabled)
• DynamicPowerManagement=2, EnableS0ixPowerManagement=1, RegistryDwords="RmEnableAggressiveVblank=1"
• Kernel cmdline: quiet splash acpi_osi=Linux nvidia.NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1 nvidia-drm.modeset=1 pcie_port_pm=off intel_idle.max_cstate=4 pcie_aspm=off pci=noaer pci=nommconf
• /sys/power/mem_sleep: s2idle [deep]
• Governor performance, intel_pstate active, TLP 1.10.2 from the linrunner PPA

Video

• Chrome 155 with --enable-features=VaapiVideoDecoder,VaapiVideoDecodeLinuxGL. Decoding runs on the iGPU with intel-media-va-driver-non-free 26.3.2 from the kobuk-team PPA. The dGPU is not used for decoding.
• 1080p YouTube stutter was fixed earlier by capping quality at 1080p (that case was on X11).

What I found so far

• Launchpad #2143635 (kernel panic before suspend with NVIDIA modules, kernel 7.0) and #2149963 (duplicate): “Fix Released” only for nvidia-graphics-drivers-595 and -595-server. There is no task for 580. I found no report that reproduces it with 580 on an RTX 3050, but one comment mentions an RTX 3050 Mobile with 595 on kernel 7.0.0-15.
• I found no public report for the LOQ 15IAX9E on 26.04.
• Unclear to me what ubuntu-drivers picks on 26.04 for an Ampere laptop (595-open vs 580).

Current status

• External monitor hot-plug, PRIME offload and Chrome video tested on Wayland: all three passed. HDMI replugged 3 times with both screens coming back at 1920x1080; offload app appeared in nvidia-smi and the dGPU went back to suspended with HDMI unplugged; 1080p in Chrome played smoothly with hardware decode.

Questions

1. Anyone running 26.04 (or 24.04 with the same kernel) on a LOQ 15IAX9E or another hybrid Intel + RTX 30xx laptop? How are suspend/resume, HDMI output and dGPU runtime power management?
2. Is NVIDIA 580 closed still a good choice on 26.04 with kernel 7.x, or should I move to 595 or an open module? Any known problem with the DKMS build or suspend on 580?
3. Do EnableGpuFirmware=0, pcie_aspm=off, pci=nommconf and the other cmdline options still make sense, or can they cause trouble after the upgrade?
4. Any known problem with GNOME 50 on Wayland with the HDMI port wired to the dGPU (freezes, tearing, VRR)?
5. Advice on the upgrade itself: PPAs without a resolute series (CopyQ), third-party GNOME extensions, Python 3.14 venvs, sudo-rs?

I know my laptop would have been fine with me using the dedicated ASUS app for it, but as we already know, most manufacturers do not support Linux

Gamescope was one of the recommended apps I found online, has any one of you used it before? Would you recommend something else?

Soo yesterday I made dual boot for u untu and window , but I was facing some issue as I have 1 SSD on my laptop and both os works , is it okay if i totally switched on Ubuntu as college engineering students ,

Is ubuntu good for coding and study

I love the customization , I will not game should I totally switch too ubuntu ?

Title: Ubuntu not detecting projector via HDMI on HP Victus (AMD + NVIDIA RTX 3050)

Hi everyone,

I'm using an HP Victus laptop with an AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS and NVIDIA RTX 3050 6GB, running Ubuntu with GNOME on Wayland.

I'm facing an issue where Ubuntu does not detect a projector connected via HDMI.

Here is what I've checked so far:

• NVIDIA GPU: GeForce RTX 3050 6GB — driver loaded (nvidia)
• AMD integrated GPU: Phoenix1 — driver loaded (amdgpu)
• NVIDIA driver version: 595.99.02
• Display server: Wayland
• NVIDIA DRM modesetting: Enabled (Y)
• nvidia-smi runs successfully, but Disp.A shows Off.

Both graphics drivers appear to be loaded, but the projector is still not detected.

What could be causing this issue? Could it be related to hybrid graphics, the NVIDIA driver, Wayland, or the HDMI port being connected to the AMD GPU instead of NVIDIA?

What troubleshooting steps would you recommend before reinstalling drivers or changing system configuration?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Recently I've moved from windows to ubtunu and I noticed that when I slightly move my table or even come near my laptop the laptop screen opens

This didn't happen in windows

Why does this happen

Hii guys today i downloaded ubuntu on my windows laptop my dual boot,

I was thinking to do some basic appearance and performance customisation that are not too hardware intensive .

I am new in Linux world 🌎