Welcome To My Computer Tips

My Computer Tips was launched in 2015 to document my computing issues, and also add instructions to common tasks in various Linux distributions should I ever encounter the same problem twice.

My Computer tips has grown in popularity and now has over 250 tutorials and tips, covering many areas of computing from programming and retro computing to Linux Distributions.

Ubuntu

My Computer Tips Ubuntu

Ubuntu

Open and edit files using Visual Studio Code from FIlezilla FTP Client on Linux

Date Posted: 27th of October 2020

Number of Views: 29,390

Ubuntu

View hard disk information in Ubuntu, sudo fdisk -l

Date Posted: 17th of December 2015

Number of Views: 10,348

Ubuntu

PulseAudio, Pavucontrol not saving settings after reboot on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 11th of November 2020

Number of Views: 8,785

Ubuntu

Convert .mkv video to .png images using ffmpeg

Date Posted: 24th of May 2018

Number of Views: 7,085

Ubuntu

Running Sketchup 8 in Wine. Sketchup was unable to initialize OpenGL, Linux

Date Posted: 29th of May 2016

Number of Views: 6,668

Ubuntu

Install dosbox in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 18th of September 2015

Number of Views: 6,344

Ubuntu

Install Perl in Ubuntu, and create a perl script

Date Posted: 17th of December 2015

Number of Views: 6,178

Ubuntu

Ubuntu 4.10, Warty Warthog. The first Ubuntu Linux Distribution

Date Posted: 6th of October 2019

Number of Views: 4,051

Ubuntu

Enable ufw, uncomplicated firewall in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 26th of December 2015

Number of Views: 3,754

Ubuntu

Unable to set the correct time in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 17th of March 2016

Number of Views: 3,549

Ubuntu

How do I install a .deb package using the terminal

Date Posted: 17th of April 2016

Number of Views: 3,522

Ubuntu

Unable to access files on external drive on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distribution, change ownership and group using chown -R

Date Posted: 23rd of March 2016

Number of Views: 3,461

Ubuntu

Install a very basic LAMP server using Ubuntu 15.10

Date Posted: 21st of December 2015

Number of Views: 3,351

Ubuntu

Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition Install Wine Linux. Trouble installing from CD/Disk 2

Date Posted: 19th of May 2019

Number of Views: 3,250

Ubuntu

Install Redshift to automatically adjust the colour of your screen depending on time of day on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 26th of November 2020

Number of Views: 2,939

Ubuntu

Install MariaDB Database in Ubuntu and other Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 26th of May 2018

Number of Views: 2,701

Ubuntu

Where are the fonts located in Ubuntu and other Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 3rd of June 2018

Number of Views: 2,606

Ubuntu

Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla installation error, installer crashed

Date Posted: 3rd of February 2021

Number of Views: 2,533

Ubuntu

Shutdown Ubuntu using the terminal

Date Posted: 20th of May 2018

Number of Views: 2,437

Ubuntu

Create a multiboot USB for your .iso images, using Ventoy on Linux

Date Posted: 25th of August 2021

Number of Views: 2,260

Ubuntu

Create a really simple banner using GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) in Linux

Date Posted: 7th of August 2020

Number of Views: 2,071

Ubuntu

Shutdown Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions at a specific time or within (x) minutes

Date Posted: 30th of October 2020

Number of Views: 1,968

Ubuntu

No sound after installation of Ubuntu or Ubuntu based distribution, install pavucontrol

Date Posted: 9th of November 2020

Number of Views: 1,943

Ubuntu

Install bashtop in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions. Monitor your cpu, memory, disks, network and other processes

Date Posted: 21st of February 2021

Number of Views: 1,930

Ubuntu

Install the tree package to list folders and files in a tree like format inside the terminal on Linux

Date Posted: 22nd of July 2020

Number of Views: 1,919

Ubuntu

How to find out what date you installed Linux on your machine

Date Posted: 13th of April 2021

Number of Views: 1,806

Ubuntu

Find out what version of Ubuntu you are running, using the terminal

Date Posted: 29th of January 2021

Number of Views: 1,714

Ubuntu

Download Microsoft Edge preview version for Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 22nd of October 2020

Number of Views: 1,626

Ubuntu

How do I upgrade a single package in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 12th of September 2021

Number of Views: 1,592

Ubuntu

Install Apache2 on Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions in 2022

Date Posted: 26th of June 2022

Number of Views: 1,132

Ubuntu

Install SQLite DB Browser, Create a new table, Insert and query data in Ubuntu and Ubuntu based distributions

Date Posted: 9th of December 2022

Number of Views: 825

Ubuntu

Virtualbox, how do I start, shutdown and save a machine state using the terminal in Linux

Date Posted: 28th of July 2023

Number of Views: 432