Questions tagged [20.10]

Questions about 20.10 are off-topic on Ask Ubuntu. Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) was a non-LTS version released on October 22, 2020. It became End Of Life (EOL) on July 22, 2021.

Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) was released on October 22, 2020 and became EOL (End Of Life) on July 22, 2021. Questions about 20.10 are off-topic on Ask Ubuntu.

Notable features include:

  • Linux kernel 5.8
  • Gnome 3.38, including:
    • BlueZ 5.55
    • NetworkManager 1.26.2
  • nftables is now the default backend for the firewall.
  • Ubuntu 20.10 is the first Ubuntu release to feature desktop images for the Raspberry Pi 4

Release notes

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How to add shortcut to .appimage program to the launcher?

This has been asked before but the answer provided isn't valid anymore.
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Disabling snapd with systemctl

snapd is enabled by default in Ubuntu as doing a systemctl status snapd quickly reveals which is of course expected. So I tried the following: $ sudo systemctl disable --now snapd $ sudo systemctl disable --now snapd.socket The first command warns…
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sssd.service failed in Ubuntu 20.10

I installed the stable version of Ubuntu 20.10 as soon as it released, but there is this error I'm getting after installing it. Should it bother?
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RStudio 1.4 knitting to PDF with bash script gives error: LaTeX Error: File `framed.sty' not found

I have installed RStudio 1.4 on my Ubuntu 20.10 machine. I have also installed texlive: sudo apt-get install texlive I can now create PDF files with RStudio. However if I add a bash script to my RStudio RMarkdown file I get error: running: bash -c…
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configure: error: gdal-config not found or not executable. Ubuntu 20.10 & R 3.6.3

I had problems installing gdal in R v 3.6.3, showing the message on R terminal: configure: error: gdal-config not found or not executable
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Why is Snap and Apparmor not friends?

Ubuntu 20.10 Snap and Apparmor is cluttering up dmesg. This looks unnecessary: audit: type=1400 audit(1616045514.211:73): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="snap.snap-store.ubuntu-software"…
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Installing dotnet-sdk-5.0 on ubuntu 20.10

So I followed the instructions from microsoft but I can't install dotnet-sdk-5.0 on my ubuntu 20.10 server. I keep getting this: Does anybody know what can I do?
skrat
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Change caret blinking speed in whole system Ubuntu 20.10

Is there any way to change the speed of caret blinking, not only in particular application, but for whole system. For example in macOS it's possible with this command. defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriod -float 1000 Maybe there's some…
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CS:GO Stucks at Loading Screen

Whenever I am opening CS:GO, then it launches in Windowed mode (I also tried changing the Set Launch options, but still opens on Windowed) then the intro comes and it stucks at this page where Operation Broken Fang image comes!
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Ubuntu 20.10 Upgrade - Terminal Stutter

I have upgraded from 20.04 to 20.10 and ever since the Gnome Terminal stutters randomly. The terminal generally feels slower than normal, but the main annoyance is when I run a command and the screen does not update. To force a update to the screen…
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Can't find syncthing-gtk in Ubuntu 20.10

I've just upgraded from 20.04 to 20.10. I had syncthing and syncthing-gtk installed before the upgrade. syncthing is still there, but syncthing-gtk has been removed, and neither apt nor flatpak can find it to reinstall it. Anyone know what happened…
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How do I hide the Workplaces and Applications buttons in the top bar of Dash to Panel?

guys! I think the title is pretty telling. How do I do it? Thanks.
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Accidentally hit ctrl+alt+f12 and then ctrl+alt+f2 and rebooted

This is my first time asking help on this forum. I was messing around with keyboard shortcuts and accidentally hit ctrl+alt+f12. My screen turned black. Then i hit ctrl+alt+f2 to get to shell mode and rebooted the system. When the computer turned…
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My ubuntu default permissions suddenly changed from 644 to 664?

My ubuntu default permissions suddenly changed from 644 to 664? Usually, I am familiar with the permissions 644 and 755 for files and directories respectively. But now when I create a new dir or a new file, the permissions are 664 and 775. Is 664…
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"Unable to read server configuration" RealVNC setup

I was following these instructions as closely as possible, when at the very end, after signing into RealVNC , I would click "Apply" to confirm changes and it would fail. The RealVNC window tells me that it "Failed to read configuration" while my…
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