The following a list of articles written about Lubuntu (or GNU/Linux) that users may find helpful for various issues.
Contributing to Ubuntu/Lubuntu’s wiki pages
Graham Morrison reminds us “documentation is a community effort”, and with this thread we’re invited to help and tells us how we can update the docs kept on Ubuntu’s discourse (which will work here too on Lubuntu’s discourse).
LXQt Desktop Customization: A step-by-step guide to personalizing your Linux Experience
“In this video, you will learn how to customize your LXQt desktop environment on Lubuntu 22.04. LXQt is a lightweight and customizable desktop environment for Linux that is perfect for low-end systems or users who prefer a minimalist interface.”
Disable Window Grouping in Lubuntu
David (@KGIII) firstly reminds us what Window Grouping is, giving us an example so we understand, and telling he doesn’t like this feature in modern desktops. We are then walked through how to disable this on all supported Lubuntu releases using LXQt.
Change Snap Application Privileges In Lubuntu
In this article, David (@KGIII) writes about changing snap application privileges in Lubuntu. With a link to another article where David wrote about snap packages (including how to disable snaps completely) we are walked though how to change snap application privileges within plasma-discover, with many screenshots helping us to better appreciate how.
How To: Zip Files In Lubuntu
In this article David walks us through zipping files in Lubuntu. We’re told it’s a “relatively short and fairly easy” too, using zip from the terminal.
Change your DNS Servers to Google’s
A brief introduction to DNS is provided, including a common reason why some users want to change their DNS. Users are briefly walked through how to change their DNS from their usual default (ISP) to google’s using the default Lubuntu LXQt desktop. Both IPv4 & IPv6 are covered.
Timeshift GUI issues in Lubuntu/Ubuntu 22.10 kinetic
Chris or wizardfromoz writes a post on this thread outlining what fix was required to get timeshift GUI working on Lubuntu 22.10. This is a detailed thread on what is required, with a summary given at the end of the post (that maybe worth reading first!)
Grub on high-resolution displays
Installing proprietary drivers on Ubuntu systems
As Lubuntu media contains few proprietary drivers (Nvidia etc), you’ll need to install them yourself manually with a single command. This post touches on the *pros & cons of it, the setup required & single command to have them autoinstall.
Ubuntu wakes up immediately after suspend - how to fix it
If you’re suspending your machine, only to find it wakes up almost immediately, this maybe helpful.