I'm using Openoffice since about 30 years. At the time it was called Staroffice. As my Laptop is not able to run win11, Finaly I took the opportunity to replace win10 with ubuntu 24.04.04. Libreoffice is included with this version. But I don't like the user interface of Libreoffice. It's very scattered. I really prefer Openoffice, because it's simple and clear. Question one: Is there a possibility with Libreoffice to select a kind of simpler user interface as OpenOffice is using. In this case I would mind to change, even than I think Libreoffice is suffering of code bleeding in an unsane manner! Question 2 if Q1 is not possible, I will stick to Openoffice. I feel confortable with it. There is only one strange behavior. OpenOffice is 32 bit. And until now for this it required 32 bit Java as JRE 8. Hence I installed the jre 8 version for linux. It is there, and being in the jre/bin directory I get the rigth version. But, for development I use Java 26! normal 64bit version. So if I try to select java within Openoffice it recognize only this version 26 or 17 which is also still on the computer. But what ever I try to make Openoffice understand to select the Version 1.8 JRE, it tells me. No valid java found in the given directory! Even if I delete any selection, 26 or 17 is offered to select automatically and immediately! The question is would OpenOffice nevertheless work with one of those 64bit version, why OpenOffice tells me so stubborn no valid Java program found? I set it within /etc/alternatives, and in the path, and in the path of Openoffice, etc.! always no java shown, and not possible to select, apart the 64bit versions of course!

Booted from USB drive, selected "Try Kubuntu", ran the installer, chose "Normal Installation", selected SSD, chose "Erase disk", checked "Encrypt system", entered encryption password, and continued with the rest of the installation process.

Towards the end of the installation (feels like towards the end, although I'm not sure if it leaves something out), the installer shows an error message "could not close encrypted partition on the target system". However, after closing the installer and manually rebooting, the system seems to be working. But I can't be sure if something is broken somewhere.

I later tried the same installation steps inside VirtualBox, and it works just fine. It's only on my laptop where this error shows. What should I do? Is it safe to continue using it despite the error and "failed" installation?

I had installed Jellyfin and tvheadend to set up a media server on my Ubuntu Server. They are taking up too much CPU resources and want to go a different direction. I cannot get them uninstalled, it looks like a s6 tree is starting them every time I reboot. I need some guidelines how to stop this

I recently upgraded to Déjà Dup 49 and noticed that the restore workflow seems to have changed compared to older versions.

In previous versions, I could navigate to a specific folder path and then browse the available backup versions while remaining in that folder. This made it easy to inspect multiple snapshots and find the version I wanted.

In Déjà Dup 49, the workflow appears to be reversed:

First select a backup date. Then navigate through the folder hierarchy to the desired path.

The problem is that if I want to inspect a folder across many backup dates (for example, 10 different snapshots), I have to repeatedly:

go back, select another date, navigate through the same folder tree again.

This feels much less efficient than the previous workflow where I could stay in the folder and move between backup versions.

My questions are:

1. Is there an option in Déjà Dup 49 to restore the old browsing behavior?
2. Is there another way to efficiently browse multiple versions of a specific folder without repeatedly navigating the directory tree?
3. Was this change intentional, and if so, what was the rationale behind it?

In addition, I have a large collection of existing backups that were created by Déjà Dup using Duplicity. If the old behavior is no longer available, are there any alternative GUI front-ends that can browse and restore existing Duplicity backup archives?

I'm specifically looking for a graphical application that is backward-compatible with existing Duplicity backup repositories, since I do not want to recreate years of backups from scratch.

I'm using Ubuntu and Déjà Dup 49.0.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I use MystIQ to convert videos to MP4. It works great most of the time, but on some videos (usually .mkv format) it doesn't convert the sound correctly. It gets the video with the music track, but it doesn't get the voice track. Is there some setting that I need to change, or maybe there's another app that works better?

working with any kind of external device (usb drive, monitors, hubs, keyboards, mouse, cameras, anytthing at all, apparently ubuntu cannot handle things that need to connect to any laptop port) etc) is unreliable, unstable, and downright useless

USB drives randomly unmount/ straight up don't mount for no good reason. and randomly decide to stop working altogether

external monotirs rarely work, are never (re)detected reliably, and randomly stop working.

even when they work, unplugging the laptop means that it will never work again with anything else until force restarted, and even then there is a 80% chance that the whatever external device is connected will never work without apparently reinstalling the whole OS, which is ridiculous

devices rarely work, and when they do, is never consistently, or reliably. connecting a keyboard means that it takes at least 2 seconds for it ty type a single character, assuming it does not freeze altogether and crash.

Installing/reinstalling/updating/upgrading is useless, trying any of these things just means that the whole setup becomes even worse, it is nothing but a waste e of time.

This renders ubuntu useless to me, is there a way to fix all these bugs and constant malfunctions? Any single walthrough/troubleshooting guide i have followed has proven useless. I have always known that ubuntu is terrible with external devices, but this the worst I have ever experienced.

Sinds kort staan de letters van sommige websites in witte vlakken. Ik gebruik Waterfox versie 6.6.14. (64bits) als standaardbrowser. Ik heb updates doorgevoerd, maar hielp niet. Daarna de browser verwijderd en opnieuw geïnstalleerd, vandaag, 8 juni 2026, hielp ook niet. In andere browsers worden deze websites normaal weergegeven zonder witte vlakken. Zie foto's voor voorbeelden. Ik gebruik een MacBook Air met MacOS Montery met veel plezier. Hoe kan ik dit veranderen naar normale weergave?

I could install on Ubuntu Server Cubic for creating personalized ISOs, but when trying to do the same in another machine just with Ubuntu, an error says: problem with dependencies of the deb package systemd-container.

The main error appears when trying on the bash:

sudo apt install cubic:   Error:"cubic depends on systemd-container (>=237)

I downloaded a deb package (systemd-container) and installed it with Gdebi manager on Ubuntu Server. It worked well.

On Ubuntu, the Gdebi manager shows:

Error: it is not able to satisfy the dependency: 
  libsystemd-shared (=255.4-1Ubuntu8.15)

• I run on bash the most common commands to fix it with no positive results.

• I also tried with Synaptic Manager. An error says: "You have retained broken packages".

• I also tried with Snap Store and the app can not be installed.

versions 20+ hardware needed? I've been trying to install via a USB for hours, and it just locks up at a black screen with a blinking underscore character. It never goes anywhere. How do I know if a Rufus USB stick will work and if the machine just isn't going to do an Ubuntu live USB install?

I just installed Ubuntu 26.04. I am new to all this. I have tried two different tablets, and both had the same issue. When I tried it shows the pointer moving, but I can't click on icons or draw. This is for both Krita and Open Toonz. I hadedownloaded the driver for my Huion Kamvas pro 16. (I also tried my Wacom Intuos pro too). I searched and people blamed a new xwayland update, a few people said it broke it, they rolled back the update. I only have the newest edition. Is there something I can do? Or just wait until they do a new update to resolve the issue?

When I test the tablet and pen in the test area on Ubuntu desktop tablet area properties, it works, the pressure sensitive also works.

Some apps, notably the LibreOffice suite and Firefox, seem to be unable to access files in my .local folder. Other apps, such as Image Viewer, Obsidian, and Vim are able to open them without issue.

This is particularly strange since, as of just over a month ago, I was able to access them without difficulty. I'm not sure when the changeover happened since I wasn't accessing the files in that time. I have also changed internet (provider, router, etc.) since then, but the files that I am looking at are stored on pCloud's servers (and then encrypted by Cryptomator) so I don't know if that factors in.

I wonder if it has something to do with permissions as the applications that I think of as more baked-in (e.g. Text Editor and Vim) seem to be capable of opening the files whereas my additions (e.g. LibreOffice Writer) cannot (as tested on the same .txt file), but I really don't know enough to be confident.

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I tried to replace my windows system with Ubuntu. I booted a USB stick (using Rufus) to do it.

I go through the process to load Ubuntu, just Ubuntu, not a dual load. It "appears" to load, but when it tells me to restart the computer, I have to do the booting again.

It does allow me to "test" Ubuntu and play around, but once the computer resets or is shut down, I have to reboot.

Closest answer I've been able to find is that this is some kind of live version, but won't be saved on the computer.

Asking as a newbie, as I'm lost.

I am currently unable to connect to any Canonical name server from a server that has been running and regularly installing updates for over a year.

$ dig canonical.com
;; communications error to 127.0.0.1#53: timed out

; <<>> DiG 9.18.39-0ubuntu0.22.04.3-Ubuntu <<>> canonical.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 63336
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
; COOKIE: bf985d2b0d9a5dc2010000006a2561614f29acbfa3607ed5 (good)
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;canonical.com.         IN  A

;; Query time: 4992 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Sun Jun 07 05:17:37 PDT 2026
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 70

dig ubuntu.com
;; communications error to 127.0.0.1#53: timed out

; <<>> DiG 9.18.39-0ubuntu0.22.04.3-Ubuntu <<>> ubuntu.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 50583
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
; COOKIE: 84ddd6bff6324a85010000006a256152cb1a1628a3bb7127 (good)
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ubuntu.com.            IN  A

;; Query time: 4996 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Sun Jun 07 05:17:22 PDT 2026
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 67

$ dig ppa.launchpad.net
;; communications error to 127.0.0.1#53: timed out

; <<>> DiG 9.18.39-0ubuntu0.22.04.3-Ubuntu <<>> ppa.launchpad.net
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 22613
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
; COOKIE: fb7e9b492b13c8f3010000006a2561fc0a1aadf66f6769da (good)
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ppa.launchpad.net.     IN  A

;; Query time: 4996 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Sun Jun 07 05:20:12 PDT 2026
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 74

Just for reference:

dig askubuntu.com

; <<>> DiG 9.18.39-0ubuntu0.22.04.3-Ubuntu <<>> askubuntu.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 63171
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
; COOKIE: c734f19287eea80a010000006a25613ef05f7ff9ad6a7c55 (good)
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;askubuntu.com.         IN  A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
askubuntu.com.      277 IN  A   198.252.206.1

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Sun Jun 07 05:17:02 PDT 2026
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 86

$ ping -c 10 198.252.206.1
PING 198.252.206.1 (198.252.206.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 198.252.206.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=61 time=0.263 ms
64 bytes from 198.252.206.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=61 time=0.317 ms
64 bytes from 198.252.206.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=61 time=0.266 ms
64 bytes from 198.252.206.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=61 time=0.306 ms
64 bytes from 198.252.206.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=61 time=0.295 ms
64 bytes from 198.252.206.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=61 time=0.294 ms
64 bytes from 198.252.206.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=61 time=0.366 ms
64 bytes from 198.252.206.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=61 time=0.297 ms
64 bytes from 198.252.206.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=61 time=0.264 ms
64 bytes from 198.252.206.1: icmp_seq=10 ttl=61 time=0.289 ms

--- 198.252.206.1 ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9197ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.263/0.295/0.366/0.029 ms

It seems to be specific to one server. The server does not exhibit any signs of having been compromised and is updated regularly, though currently it is impossible to update because, by all outward appearances, Canonical has blocked my IP address from accessing their name server.

$ dig ns1.canonical.com
;; communications error to 127.0.0.1#53: timed out

; <<>> DiG 9.18.39-0ubuntu0.22.04.3-Ubuntu <<>> ns1.canonical.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 44028
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
; COOKIE: 67b8ecec6a690c94010000006a2563010c14125b277b79a9 (good)
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ns1.canonical.com.     IN  A

;; Query time: 4992 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Sun Jun 07 05:24:33 PDT 2026
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 74

$ ping -c 10 185.125.190.65
PING 185.125.190.65 (185.125.190.65) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- 185.125.190.65 ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 9202ms

$ tracepath 185.125.190.65
 1?: [LOCALHOST]                      pmtu 1500
 1:  [redacted ISP address]                                0.183ms 
 1:  [redacted ISP address]                                1.537ms 
 2:  172.18.0.29                                           1.138ms 
 3:  no reply
 4:  104.23.203.14                                         0.326ms 
 5:  162.158.244.69                                        0.467ms 
 6:  no reply
 7:  no reply
 8:  no reply
 9:  no reply
10:  no reply
11:  no reply
12:  no reply
13:  no reply
14:  no reply
15:  no reply
16:  no reply
17:  no reply
18:  no reply
19:  no reply
20:  no reply
21:  no reply
22:  no reply
23:  no reply
24:  no reply
25:  no reply
26:  no reply
27:  no reply
28:  no reply
29:  no reply
30:  no reply
     Too many hops: pmtu 1500
     Resume: pmtu 1500

Note that other servers using the same redacted ISP address and the ISP tech support successfully connect to the Canonical IP addresses and name servers.

Are there any options for me here?

I have other Ubuntu Servers that do not have this problem.

I am trying to RDC in Ubuntu 24.04 through a Windows 10 machine and a Windows 11 machine from the same home network, using Windows' RDC .

The strange thing I found is from Windows 11 pro machine to Ubuntu machine everything goes smoothly at beginning, but after some time, i.e. while I am writing this, the remote desktop connection (in desktop sharing mode) drops and trying to restore it gives a message of error STATE_RUN_FAILED (meanwhile the Ubuntu screen blanked but not logged off and if reactivated the screen again remote connection goes through well).

(Windows 11 remote desktop connection is mstsc.exe ver 10.0.26)

From Windows 10 home (build 1709 - not updated because of touchscreen drivers limitation or something - but still working fine) and mstsc.exe ver 10.0.16 the windows OS cannot neither retrieve the Ubuntu machine via the Computer Name /Host name BUT when pointed to the internal IP address it gets to the login credential screen but don't accept the login credential (which are the correct ones as in the other try) AND it neither receive the Gnome certificate as in the Windows 11 try. (I have tried to export from one pc to the other but it doesn't change a thing.)

Should I try to do something about fixing the Windows environments somehow, maybe installing a new version of mstsc.exe or else OR should I try to install XRDP (which I have read of in internet searches) on Ubuntu environment and try to configure it according to windows (BTW can you have in place either XRDP connection and gnome-remote-desktop in the same machine or is something not very advisable

I have output files from systemctl --user status gnome-remote-desktop, This from Windows 11 machine:

 ● gnome-remote-desktop.service - GNOME Remote Desktop
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/gnome-remote-desktop.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2026-06-06 14:48:02 CEST; 8min ago
   Main PID: 20579 (gnome-remote-de)
      Tasks: 21 (limit: 4461)
     Memory: 60.7M (peak: 61.2M)
        CPU: 1.605s
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/gnome-remote-desktop.service
             └─20579 /usr/libexec/gnome-remote-desktop-daemon

Jun 06 14:56:32 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:56:32:873] [20579:000054c0] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.peer] - [peer_recv_callback_internal]: CONNECTION_STATE_NEGO - rdp_server_accept_nego() fail
Jun 06 14:56:32 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:56:32:873] [20579:000054c0] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_check_fds]: transport_check_fds: transport->ReceiveCallback() - STATE_RUN_FAILED [-1]
Jun 06 14:56:32 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:56:32:873] [20579:00005063] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_default_write]: BIO_should_retry returned a system error 32: Broken pipe
Jun 06 14:56:32 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: [RDP] Network or intentional disconnect, stopping session
Jun 06 14:56:34 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:56:34:649] [20579:000054d2] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_read_layer]: BIO_read retries exceeded
Jun 06 14:56:34 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:56:34:649] [20579:000054d2] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.peer] - [transport_read_layer]: ERRCONNECT_CONNECT_TRANSPORT_FAILED [0x0002000D]
Jun 06 14:56:34 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: [RDP] Network or intentional disconnect, stopping session
Jun 06 14:56:34 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: [RDP.CLIPRDR] Client capabilities: long format names, stream file clip, file clip no file paths, can lock clip data, huge file support
Jun 06 14:56:34 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: [RDP.AUDIO_PLAYBACK] Client Formats: [AAC: false, Opus: false, PCM: true]
Jun 06 14:56:35 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: [RDP.RDPGFX] CapsAdvertise: Accepting capability set with version RDPGFX_CAPVERSION_106, Client cap flags: H264 (AVC444): true, H264 (AVC420): true

This is from Windows 10 machine > ERRORS

    ● gnome-remote-desktop.service - GNOME Remote Desktop
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/gnome-remote-desktop.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2026-06-06 14:48:02 CEST; 7min ago
   Main PID: 20579 (gnome-remote-de)
      Tasks: 8 (limit: 4461)
     Memory: 15.9M (peak: 19.2M)
        CPU: 402ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/gnome-remote-desktop.service
             └─20579 /usr/libexec/gnome-remote-desktop-daemon

Jun 06 14:48:08 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: Cannot load libnvidia-encode.so.1
Jun 06 14:48:08 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: RDP server started
Jun 06 14:49:21 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:49:21:64] [20579:000053e0] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_read_layer]: BIO_read returned a system error 104: Connection reset by peer
Jun 06 14:49:21 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:49:21:64] [20579:000053e0] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.peer] - [transport_read_layer]: ERRCONNECT_CONNECT_TRANSPORT_FAILED [0x0002000D]
Jun 06 14:49:21 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:49:21:64] [20579:000053e0] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.nla] - [nla_server_recv_stream]: nla_recv() error: -1
Jun 06 14:49:21 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:49:21:64] [20579:000053e0] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_accept_nla]: client authentication failure
Jun 06 14:49:21 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:49:21:64] [20579:000053e0] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.peer] - [peer_recv_callback_internal]: CONNECTION_STATE_NEGO - rdp_server_accept_nego() fail
Jun 06 14:49:21 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:49:21:64] [20579:000053e0] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_check_fds]: transport_check_fds: transport->ReceiveCallback() - STATE_RUN_FAILED [-1]
Jun 06 14:49:21 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [14:49:21:65] [20579:00005063] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_default_write]: BIO_should_retry returned a system error 32: Broken pipe
Jun 06 14:49:21 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: [RDP] Network or intentional disconnect, stopping session

This is another attempt with Windows 7 machine > DIFFERENT Errors

● gnome-remote-desktop.service - GNOME Remote Desktop
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/gnome-remote-desktop.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2026-06-06 14:48:02 CEST; 1h 22min ago
   Main PID: 20579 (gnome-remote-de)
      Tasks: 8 (limit: 4461)
     Memory: 59.6M (peak: 74.0M)
        CPU: 33.669s
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/gnome-remote-desktop.service
             └─20579 /usr/libexec/gnome-remote-desktop-daemon

Jun 06 16:09:12 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [16:09:12:350] [20579:0000594b] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_check_fds]: transport_check_fds: transport->ReceiveCallback() - STATE_RUN_FAILED [-1]
Jun 06 16:09:12 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: [RDP] Network or intentional disconnect, stopping session
Jun 06 16:09:37 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [16:09:37:549] [20579:00005951] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.peer] - [peer_recv_callback_internal]: CONNECTION_STATE_NEGO - rdp_server_accept_nego() fail
Jun 06 16:09:37 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [16:09:37:549] [20579:00005951] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_check_fds]: transport_check_fds: transport->ReceiveCallback() - STATE_RUN_FAILED [-1]
Jun 06 16:09:37 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: [RDP] Network or intentional disconnect, stopping session
Jun 06 16:09:37 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [16:09:37:566] [20579:00005957] [WARN][com.freerdp.core.connection] - [rdp_server_accept_nego]: server supports only NLA Security
Jun 06 16:09:37 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [16:09:37:566] [20579:00005957] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.connection] - [rdp_server_accept_nego]: Protocol security negotiation failure
Jun 06 16:09:37 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [16:09:37:568] [20579:00005957] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.peer] - [peer_recv_callback_internal]: CONNECTION_STATE_NEGO - rdp_server_accept_nego() fail
Jun 06 16:09:37 ASUB46 gnome-remote-desktop-daemon[20579]: [16:09:37:568] [20579:00005957] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] - [transport_check_fds]: transport_check_fds: transport->ReceiveCallback() - STATE_RUN_FAILED [-1]
Jun 06 16:09:37 ASUB46 gnome-remote-de[20579]: [RDP] Network or intentional disconnect, stopping sessio

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Thanks for suggesting one or the other way (gnome-remote-desktop or Xrdp).

I am very confident in potential of Ubuntu, but when it comes to talk about it I am always in the situation I didn't finish to configure it :( my fault indeed and I am trying to overcome it if I can.)

In Ubuntu versions previous to 26.04 the default mount point for automatically mounted removable media (by GNOME?), like USB drives, external HDDs, SD cards, etc., was something like /media/<username>/<disk_id>/. Now, after upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04, it seems that the location /run/media/<username>/<disk_id>/ is used instead.

The top-level /media/ directory still exists and it is still populated with user directories from past mounts.

Update: There is a short explanation for the "why" this change has happened at the Release Notes for Ubuntu 26.04 and in some answers given below.

My question is: What will happen to the /media/ directory? Is the /media/ directory still created in fresh Ubuntu 26.04 installs? I had upgraded my system to 26.04 from 25.10 and I don't know whether it is still an essential directory or can be safely deleted.

I use a Canon printer. It was detected and installed automatically, but when I tried to print it didn't work.

I'm on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and have my Canon LBP2900 printer connected through a USB port. I first installed the driver after getting it from: https://printerdrivers.com/canon-lbp2900b-driver/ The printer performs well on my Ubuntu system. Now I want to share it with other computers in my local network, even those running Windows. What is the best approach to share a Canon LBP2900 from Ubuntu so that other devices can print to it?

I'm on Ubuntu 24.04 and I have the 9.something version of Wine installed. I have a few games which require running a .bat file (since it wasn't made for Linux) in order to work. When I try to right-click -> Open with wine installer, nothing happens. Then I tried this:

~$ wine cmd.exe /c home/myself/Downloads/thegamefiles/Start—thegame.bat

I got this result:

007c:err:ntoskrnl:ZwLoadDriver failed to create driver L"\\Registry\\Machine\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\winebth": c0000135
Can't recognize '/home/myself/Downloads/thegamefiles/Start—thegame.bat' as 
an internal or external command, or batch script.

What is the problem and how can I get this to work?

I also tried to make a .sh copy of the file (with #!/bin/bash instead of @echo off), but the terminal tells me command not found for every line. edit: As asked I made this output on the terminal

~$ ls -l /home/myself/Downloads/thegamefiles/Start—thegame.bat

And I got this:

ls: cannot access '/home/myself/Downloads/thegamefiles/Start—thegame.bat': No such file or driectory

And I can also give the code inside the bat file :

@echo off
title title of the game
echo.
echo   ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
echo          title of the game
echo         the game
echo   ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
echo.
echo   Opening browser...
START http://127.0.0.1:29595/
echo   Starting server...
echo.
echo   Closing this window will stop the server
"server/miniweb.exe" -p 29595 -i 127.0.0.1 -r game/thegame >nul 2>&1
echo.
echo   Shutting down...
echo.

another edit: the game's folder is organised this way => there's the Start-thegame.bat file and two additional folders named "Server" (where there's just the "miniweb.exe file) and "Game" which contains another folder which in turn has a html file,and dozens of folders with pretty names such as "d5dc1e3202d89e15b3f5675fab7b1c86" with a binary file inside every single one of them.

new edit: I tried to do as told in here with this command:

wine cmd c/ /home/myself/.wine/drive_c/users/myself/Downloads/thegamefiles/Start-thegame.bat
0080:err:ntoskrnl:ZwLoadDriver failed to create driver L"\\Registry\\Machine\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\winebth": c0000135
Microsoft Windows 10.0.7601

I am unable to run Ubuntu properly with my NVIDIA RTX 5050 GPU. Both Ubuntu 24.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 result in a black screen when the NVIDIA driver is enabled. The system only works using nomodeset, but then GPU acceleration is unavailable and resolution is limited (around 720p).

I can only install and boot the system using GRUB modification (nomodeset), but enabling NVIDIA drivers causes a black screen after boot.

I have tested multiple NVIDIA driver versions (570, 580, 595), but all result in the same issue.

System information

• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 5050

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500

• RAM: 8GB DDR4 3200MHz

• Storage: 256GB NVMe SSD

• Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M-K

Steps already tried

1. Boot with nomodeset (only working method)

At GRUB:

• Press e

• Add:

nomodeset

Then boot with Ctrl + X

2. Install NVIDIA drivers

sudo apt update
sudo apt install nvidia-driver-580

Also tested:

sudo apt install nvidia-driver-570
sudo apt install nvidia-driver-595

3. Remove broken NVIDIA installation (via chroot / recovery)

sudo apt purge '^nvidia'
sudo apt autoremove --purge
sudo rm -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf
sudo rm -f /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia*
sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo update-grub

4. Update kernel / system packages

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-24.04

Current result

• System boots only with nomodeset

• Without nomodeset, black screen occurs immediately after GRUB

• NVIDIA drivers install successfully but break display on reboot

• No GPU acceleration is working

Request

Looking for a stable solution to run RTX 5050 properly on Ubuntu (kernel/driver configuration fix or compatibility workaround).

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403 Forbidden [IP: 202.79.184.254 80]
Err:2 http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
403 Forbidden [IP: 202.79.184.254 80]
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N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
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E: Failed to fetch http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-backports/InRelease 403 Forbidden [IP: 202.79.184.254 80]
E: The repository 'http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease' is no longer signed.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: Failed to fetch http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-security/InRelease 403 Forbidden [IP: 202.79.184.254 80]
E: The repository 'http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease' is no longer signed.
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Update

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