install Skype on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

How to install Skype on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

Objective

The objective of this guide is to install Skype, the video chat and voice calls application on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

Operating System and Software Versions

  • Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver 64-bit

Requirements

Privileged administrator/root access is required to install this software.

Conventions

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How to install Mate desktop on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

Objective

The objective is to install Mate desktop environment as an alternative desktop environment.

See also our article: The 8 Best Ubuntu Desktop Environments (18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux) for more desktop environment choices.

Operating System and Software Versions

  • Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver

Requirements

Administrative root/sudo permissions.

Conventions

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How to Install Latest Adobe Acrobat Reader DC on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux with Wine

Objective

The objective is to install the latest version of Adobe Reader on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux desktop using Wine.

Operating System and Software Versions

  • Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
  • Software: – wine-3.0, Acrobat Reader DC 2018

Requirements

Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.

Conventions

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Create Desktop Shortcut launcher - Ubuntu 18.04 - use text editor to enter shortcut code

How to create desktop shortcut launcher on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

Objective

The objective is to show how to create desktop shortcut launcher on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver using the default GNOME user interface.

Operating System and Software Versions

  • Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
  • Software: – GNOME Shell 3.26.2 or higher

Requirements

Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command will be required to install new software.

Conventions

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Nautilus - ubuntu ftp client

How to install FTP client for Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

Objective

The following article will provide a list of FTP clients for Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux as well as installation and basic usage instructions.

Operating System and Software Versions

  • Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

Requirements

Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.

Conventions

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Configure Firefox with Tor - Ubuntu 18.04

Install Tor on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

Objective

The objective is to install Tor on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver. This guide will also provide you with some basic configuration and usage of Tor network in order to conceal your identity.

Operating System and Software Versions

  • Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
  • Software: – Tor version 0.3.2.9

Requirements

Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.

Conventions

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Install Lutris On Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

Objective

Install Lutris on Ubuntu 18.04 and use it to install games.

Distributions

Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver

Requirements

A working install of Ubuntu 18.04 with root privileges

Conventions

  • # – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command
  • $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

Other Versions of this Tutorial

Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa)

Introduction

Lutris is probably the best thing to happen to Linux gaming since Steam. That’s no small assertion, but it’s true. Lutris is awesome. It makes installing and managing games on Linux a whole lot easier than ever before, and it works with Wine.

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Enable Digital Rights Management on Ubuntu 18.04

Watch Netflix on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

Objective

The objective is to prepare Ubuntu 18.04 system for watching Netflix streaming service.

Operating System and Software Versions

  • Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
  • Software: – Mozilla Firefox 59.0.2

Requirements

Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.

Conventions

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