Update to Ubuntu 24.04
After years running Ubuntu 20.04, I recently (January 2025) installed Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat. This cames with few improvements and a couple of disappointments, mainly the lost of my dual-screen: my graphic card, Nvidia Quadro FX3700, is not supported anymore by the latest driver. The result is: when the computer boots up, it does on output 0 (right screen). But as soon as Wayland starts, it switches to output 1 (left screen), ignoring the other output; my right screen remains black. This is a new behavior, it works fine on 20.04.
Keyboard
I write mainly in French and English. My keyboard is US Qwerty with US International layout.
In English, what I see on keyboard is what I get on screen. In French, the diacritics are obtained with compositional keys:
| To get | Ubuntu 20 | Ubuntu 24 |
|---|---|---|
| á é í ó ú ý Á É Í Ó Ú Ý |
' e (Quote letter) ' E (Quote shift+letter) | |
| à è ì ò ù À È Ì Ò Ù | ` e (Backquote letter) ` E (Backquote shift+letter) | |
| â ê î ô û ŷ Â Ê Î Ô Û Ŷ | ^ e (Caret letter) ^ E (Caret shift+letter) | |
| ä ë ï ö ü ÿ Ä Ë Ï Ö Ü Ÿ | " e (Double quote letter) " E (Double quote shift+letter) | |
| ç Ç | ' c (Quote c) ' C (Quote C) | , c (Alt+Comma c) , C (Alt+Comma C) |
Terminal
I use the terminal a lot. However, I noticed it doesn't behave as on previous versions.
Copy and paste shortcuts
I'm used to the old shortcuts Ctrl+Insert for copy, and Shift+Insert for paste. By default, it is not configured but hopefully, this is configurable:
- Open the terminal: Ctrl+Shift+T
- In terminal, open the hamburger menu (3 stacked lines) and go to Preferences
- Click on Shortcuts on the left pane; ensure the Enable shortcuts box is checked
- Click on Edit → Copy, press Enter (the shortcuts changes for New accelerator...) and then press on the Ctrl and Insert keys
- Define all your favorite shortcuts: Paste/li>, Select all
- Close the menu for saving
Mouse wheel for scrolling
By default, the mouse wheel scrolls into my command history instead of scrolling the screen.
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