Install Ubuntu 22.04

20 Mar 2022

That old ThinkPad X250 I installed Arch linux on became my testbed for a nightly release of Ubuntu 22.04. The installation went really well! I'm excited to put this on my primary laptop.

I already have Ubuntu 20.04 on my primary laptop, so I downloaded the Jammy Jellyfish nightly from here and burned it to a thumb drive.

Press [Enter] on ThinkPad Startup.

Press F12 to choose boot device. Choose thumb drive

Install

• Press "Install Ubuntu" button

Keyboard Layout

• English (US) / English (US)
• Press "Continue" button

Wireless

• Pick your wireless network
• Press "Connect" button
• Enter password and press "Connect" button
• Press "Continue" button

Updates and other software

• What apps would you like to install to start with?
• Pick "Normal Installation"
• Other options
• Pick "Download updates while installing Ubuntu"
• Press "Continue" button

Installation type

• Pick Erase disk and install Ubuntu
• Press "Advanced features..."
• Pick "Use LVM with the new Ubuntu installation"
• Pick "Encrypt the new Ubuntu Installation for security"
• Press "OK"
• Press "Install Now" button
• Press "Continue" button

Choose a security key:

• Type a security key twice.
• (Do not bother enabling a recovery key.)
• (Do not bother overwriting empty disk space.)
• Press "Install Now" button

Where are you?

• Stay with New York
• Press "Continue" button

Who are you?

• Pick usename and password.
• Require password to log in.
• Press "Continue" button

Installation Complete

• Press "Restart Now" button

"Please remove the installation medium, then press ENTER"

Post installation...

Enable root user:

$ sudo su -
# passwd

Remove Snap

su -
snap list
snap remove snap-store
snap remove firefox
snap remove gnome-3-38-2004
snap remove gtk-common-themes
snap remove core20
snap remove bare
snap remove snapd
apt remove snapd
rm -rf /snap
rm -rf /var/snap
rm -rf /var/lib/snapd
rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/snap*
rm -rf /root/snap /home/*/snap
apt purge snapd
apt-mark hold snapd

now reboot

su -
apt remove firefox
apt install firefox

re-add firefox to favorites

Map caps lock to ctrl

dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/input-sources/xkb-options "['caps:ctrl_modifier']"

If you need to, you can check the setting like so:

gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options

Bring startup menu and messages back

su -
apt install vim
vim /etc/default/grub

  GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden                  ==> GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu
  GRUB_TIMEOUT=0                             ==> GRUB_TIMEOUT=-1
  GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"  ==> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""

update-grub