Questions tagged [pop-os]

These question are about the Pop!_OS Linux distribution. Do not use this tag just because the your system is running Pop!_OS, use it if your question is somehow related to Pop_!OS.

 should be used for questions related to the Pop_!OS Linux distribution. Do not use it just because your system is running Pop!_OS. Use this tag for question about installing, configuring or operating Pop!_OS.

Pop_OS! is a Linux distribution based upon Ubuntu and developed by the American Linux computer manufacturer System76. It features a custom GNOME desktop and provides out-of-the-box support for both AMD and Nvidia GPUs.

Pop!_OS uses the APT package manager, one can install software from the command line using

sudo apt install <package_name>

and installing updates using

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Since Pop!_OS is based on Ubuntu, a great source of information is the Ubuntu Wiki. You may also check the  tag and the askubuntu.com.

External links

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Getting rid of "The following packages will be DOWNGRADED"

I'll start by stating, I'm pretty sure this is a unique mess of my own design, but I hope someone encountered this and might be able to help. The Setup My laptop runs Pop!_OS 22.04 (Based on Ubuntu Jammy). I really like the xscreensaver packages,…
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Enable Wayland in PopOS 22.04

I Upgraded to PopOS 22.04 and it is supposed to have Wayland Support, but it isn't working. I tried the following things: Enabled Wayland in /etc/gdm3/custom.conf by setting WaylandEnable=true Installed latest NVIDIA driver 510 (I'm using a GTX…
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How do I cycle through windows with alt+tab on Pop!_OS?

So, I want to cycle through previews of windows, not applications with Alt-Tab. I tried setting Alt+Tab to switch windows in settings, but this made it seemingly do nothing. I did notice that if I were in Firefox with this setting on, when I held…
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Pop OS: systemd-boot can't detect Windows

I've followed the classic procedure to install Windows and Linux in dual boot. First I installed Windows in UEFI mode, then I use a bootable PopOS key to resize the main Windows partition; I created a Linux partition as well as a 500MB /boot/efi…
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GRUB not showing up in Pop!_OS

I recently installed Pop!_OS on my laptop and I couldn't get grub to show up in the boot screen. My laptop just keeps showing me a black screen at startup and then boots directly into Pop. I've tried editing my grub config file to show the menu for…
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1.2 million lines written every hour of the day in my system's log

Something is eating my disk space and I'm distinctly annoyed by it. This morning I woke up to the "No space remaining" notification, and I realized that it wasn't my torrenting what had beed steadily eating my disk space these last few weeks. I du'd…
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How do I bypass "This operation is not permitted because it will break the system. Abort." on Pop!_OS?

On Pop!_OS, I'm trying to remove an apt package that's marked as "essential". I understand the consequences and know how to make sure I'll still be able to use my system afterward. In examples and documentation about this online, it says all I'd…
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Unable to disable wakeup devices on PopOS/Ubuntu 22.04 on Dell Latitude 7390 touchscreen

I have a Dell Latitude 7390 2-in-1 touchscreen laptop. I have installed PopOS 22.04 on it (based on Ubuntu 22.04 but with a higher kernel: 5.19.0). Now, whenever I put the laptop on suspend (say if I close the lid), then it randomly comes out of the…
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Diagnosing absurdly long boot time on Pop!_OS 21.10

Recently switched my computer from Win10 to Pop OS. Noticed that it takes significantly longer to reach the login screen: before it felt pretty much instant and now it takes >1 minute. It's booting off a fast NVME M.2 and with a Ryzen 7-5800h, so I…
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Pop!_OS can't upgrade packages due to unconfigured zlib1g

Whenever opening the Pop Shop, it freezes and crashes. Updating packages through aptitude works, but upgrading fails with dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:i386: libglib2.0-0:i386 depends on zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.2);…
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What is the notify-send alternative command in Pop! OS

I use notify-send in Manjaro Linux to send notifications, as follows: notify-send [OPTIONS] [Message Summary] [Message Body] However, I moved to Pop! OS and I found that command not found: notify-send I heard that notify-send is dead, so I am…
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Apt fails with "The repository does not have a Release File"

I recently tried installing surfshark-vpn and openvpn3 using the following guides. https://surfshark.com/blog/how-to-set-up-a-vpn-on-linux https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/openvpn-3-client-for-linux/ (I feel like something in this guide might be the…
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systemd-timesyncd: Timed out

I'm struggling to synchronize my system clock on Pop OS 21.04. I've read a lot of posts on the subject but it doesn't seem to help. my system clock are not synchronized, which caused issues with loading some resources (e.g. gitlab) $ timedatectl …
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Can you navigate GNOME Google Drive with terminal?

I'm setting up my new System76 machine with Pop!_OS, which allowed me to login with Google Drive with GNOME, however (as mentioned here), if you navigate through the GUI file browser to terminal, they're all nonsense…
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Ethernet-Speed only 100 Mbps

I'm currently using Pop!_OS and unfortunately I've encountered an issue with my Ethernet-Connection: My Internet-Speed on Pop!_OS is capped at 100 Mbit/s. My Internet-Speed from my ISP is 200 Mbps in Downstream and 8 Mbps Upstream so that is not the…
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