If you've adopted Ubuntu Server 18.04, and you want to add a desktop environment, Jack Wallen shows you how with a couple of easy commands. How to install Ubuntu Server 18.04 (TechRepublic.

Possible Duplicate: I have an older HP laptop that came with Vista. Instead of installing Win8, I installed Ubuntu as an application where it prompts for Windows or Ubuntu during the boot process. Well, Windows has not been booting for a year. I think it was crushed by a virus. I'm happily using Ubuntu but I'm wondering if there's a way to do a fresh install of just Ubuntu and wipe the hard drive completely with this unique setup where Ubuntu is attached to Windows but I can't get into Windows? Yes, you can do a fresh install. My preferred way to do this is to from Ubuntu website, and while in your 'old' Ubuntu environment.

For example, open the 'Dash' (hit the 'Windows' button if you have it on your keyboard) and type 'Startup Disk Creator', and you should see a program icon below for the utility to upload the downloaded image to the flash drive. You may also make a bootable USB. This helps with computers that do not have a CD or DVD drive, and also appears to be a faster installation. As a bonus, you will have the USB stick as a live Ubuntu to go and boot any other computer from it.

In this very short article I’m about to show you how to install a custom font by name Kavivanar in Ubuntu and Linux Mint to use it in Libre Office, GIMP, Inkscape and others application. First thing we need to do is to download this font (or any custom fonts) on-line via Google Fonts or other font’s repositories available on-line such as urbanfonts, fontsquirrel.

In this article we will get our font via. Once our font is downloaded we need to install it so that we can use it. I’m using Ubuntu and I’m gonna demonstrate how to install this font via terminal. Since we have download it inside our Downloads directory, we can install it.

Add Custom Fonts in Ubuntu There you go, we have successfully installed Kavivanar font into Ubuntu Linux distribution and Kavivanar is ready for use in LibreOffice, GIMP, Inkscape. You can use it in writing quick essays instead of Times New Roman font, creating GIMP posters for your school or university and much more. On the technical side, you have learn how to use terminal to accomplish your daily tasks without GUI on much faster way.

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