Installing Atom on Ubuntu 18.04

Get the package

Get the latest deb package of Atom at:

$ wget  https://atom.io/download/deb

Install Atom Deb Package

To install the debian package:

$ [sudo] dpkg -i [atom-amd64.deb]

Start Atom

To start Atom:

$ atom

Skype Audio not working on Ubuntu

If you are having audio problems while using Skype on Ubuntu, first check to ensure that sound is working on your system and that your microphone and speaker volume levels are high enough. If you cannot hear yourself using the Skype Echo Sound Test, its possible that pavucontrol is not installed on your system. To install it, use the command :

sudo apt-get install pavucontrol

Restart Skype. Now the audio should work fine.

Changing computer name on Ubuntu

To change the computer name on Ubuntu, you need to do the following :

First, you need to edit /etc/hostname file. To do this, run the following command :

sudo vim /etc/hostname

Change the name as required. After that save and exit ( Use :x to save and exit).

Now, you need to edit /etc/hosts file. To do this, run the following command :

sudo vim /etc/hosts

In the file, you might see something like :

127.0.0.1       localhost

127.0.1.1       "your computer name"

Change the text next to 127.0.1.1 to the name you like. Save and exit.

To apply the changes, restart the hostname, and log out and log in again.

sudo service hostname restart

Ubuntu 13.10 crashes after Suspend

Firstly, make sure you have installed the proprietary drivers for your graphics card. For installing Nvidia drivers for Ubuntu, check out this post. If you continue to have problems even after this, then follow these steps.

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

Find the line :

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

and replace it with :

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_aspm=force"

And run the command :

sudo update-grub

Can't detect Android phone on Ubuntu 12.10

Apparently, this is a common problem in Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu 12.10.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:langdalepl/gvfs-mtp
sudo apt-get update

After running these commands, restart the system. After restart, your Android phone internal data storage will be listed in the devices automatically.

Installing Skype on Ubuntu

To install Skype on Ubuntu, follow these steps :

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install skype

After the installation, type skype in the terminal to open it.

Installing Nvidia Drivers on Ubuntu

Without installing the display drivers, you will notice that the performance is the system is pretty poor, which becomes clearly visible while watching videos. So here's how you install the Nvidia drivers on Ubuntu :

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-source linux-headers

After running this command, you might get an error saying : Package 'linux-headers' has no installation candidate. Ignore the error and continue to the next step.

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` 

sudo apt-get install nvidia-current 

Tap Clicking Not Working on Linux

This has happened quite a few time for me. No matter how much I fiddled with the system settings I couldn't get it working. There's a simple command which you need t run and it will work.

synclient tapbutton1=1