Ubuntu - Tips and Tricks

Remove the “System Program Problem Detected” popup

The crash reports are in /var/crash - these can safely be removed

Disable Ubuntu Apport for crash reports completely can be done by setting enabled=0 in /etc/default/apport

Change the System Locale

# show current settings
localectl

# list locales
localectl list-locales

# set locale to en_DK
localectl set-locale LANG=en_DK.UTF-8

Slack - Disable Notifications

Slack app on Linux: How to disable the “blue circle” icon on channel activity?

cd /usr/lib/slack/resources/app.asar.unpacked/dist/resources
sudo cp slack-taskbar-unread.ico{,.ori}
sudo cp slack-taskbar-{rest,unread}.ico