Tips, Tricks and Tutorials

Raspberry Pi Topics sharing tips and tricks specifically for the Raspberry Pi port. Tips & Tricks Got something cool to share that will make Ubuntu MATE even more enjoyable and productive? This is the place to leave them. Tutorials & Guides Tutorials, guidance and how-to's for Ubuntu MATE that will help other users belong here. Tried & Tested Have you discovered something that works perfectly, or maybe nearly perfectly with some adjustments? This is the place to share them.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Tips, Tricks and Tutorials category Tips, Tricks and Tutorials	0	4081	4 January 2015
Completely remove snap (and prevent it from ever installing) Tutorials & Guides software , snaps	8	1063	2 May 2025
Making Plex Backups Easier Tips & Tricks	4	65	16 April 2025
Tip: To fix un-clickable "Menu" and "Show Desktop" buttons Tips & Tricks	3	772	24 March 2025
GUI to Change Background Arctica Greeter (Login Screen) on Ubuntu-MATE 22.04 Tips & Tricks 22-04-jammy-LTS	17	4746	22 March 2025
Changing wallpaper login screen Tips & Tricks	0	94	21 March 2025
Sorting favorites of Brisk Menu Tips & Tricks	0	63	16 March 2025
Simple desktop monitor brightness toggle for unwilling monitors Tips & Tricks	2	59	8 March 2025
How to Hide ‘snap’ sub-folder in Home folder in Ubuntu 24.04 Tips & Tricks	2	69	6 March 2025
Sharing my Noble setup script Tried & Tested	0	71	28 February 2025
Ubuntu Mate 22.04, Meteo-QT Weather, Great App Tried & Tested desktop , 22-04-jammy-LTS	0	62	15 February 2025
One Way to Fix Freezing Upon Resume from Suspend Tried & Tested networking , 22-04-jammy-LTS , power-management	6	147	15 February 2025
Install Waterfox On Linux Tutorials & Guides	0	115	15 February 2025
The Beginners’ Guide to Using the Linux Terminal Tips & Tricks	3	135	20 January 2025
Brother Scanner problems and my fix Tips & Tricks scanner , Brother , 24-04-noble-LTS	3	202	19 January 2025
Historical example of code for managing job geared for dumping data to 9-track magnetic tape drive for backup Tried & Tested	0	27	17 January 2025
My first panel applet Tips & Tricks panel	6	4713	9 January 2025
Styling 'inxi' to suit your Destop Manager's colour theme Tips & Tricks	9	103	26 December 2024
Ubuntu Mate version info one-liner Tips & Tricks	6	132	18 December 2024
Script to report script functions defined and where called Tried & Tested	0	41	15 December 2024
Random flickering on displayoutput? Tips & Tricks 24-04-noble-LTS	9	578	11 December 2024
Useful sed command example Tutorials & Guides	3	110	3 December 2024
Lock screen on suspend Tried & Tested	10	3642	21 November 2024
Use "extrepo" to add 3rd party repositories Tips & Tricks	2	484	20 November 2024
Ubuntu Mate panel custom applet in Python revisited Tutorials & Guides	1	103	5 November 2024
Itemize what I would expect someone to provide me to solve their problem Tips & Tricks	0	32	28 October 2024
Block undesirables with host files Tips & Tricks	1	46	28 October 2024
How to backup/clone hard drive without much ado Tips & Tricks	12	466	27 October 2024
Blueman's Devices panel 'Unknown action' error Tried & Tested bluetooth , 24-04-noble-LTS	1	155	24 October 2024
[20.04 Mate] Add Hidden Extras to Top Panel Tips & Tricks 20-04-focal-LTS	36	8386	20 October 2024