Xubuntu On Framework Desktop

26 May 2026

Before Install

Windows Configuration

To dual boot with Windows the following change is recommended

Control Panel > Power Options > Choose what the power buttons do > Change settings that are currently unavailable > Uncheck Turn on fast startup

After Install

Fix WiFi

I have an Intel 9260 WiFi card and had to do the following

(Not sure if the iwlwifi.conf change is necessary, but the grub change definitely is)

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf

Add the following

options iwlwifi enable_ini=0
options iwlwifi power_save=0
options iwlmvm power_scheme=1
sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo nano /etc/default/grub

Modify the line starting with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT to the following

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_port_pm=off"
sudo update-grub

Reboot

Remove Snap

Credit Pjotr

Remove the Snap infrastructure

sudo apt purge snapd

Create a preferences file to prevent future Snaps

sudo touch /etc/apt/preferences.d/nosnap.pref
sudo nano /etc/apt/preferences.d/nosnap.pref

Populate it with the following

Package: snapd
Pin: release a=*
Pin-Priority: -10

Install Firefox

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install firefox-esr

Install OBS

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio
sudo apt update
sudo apt install obs-studio

Allow SMB Access Through Thunar

sudo apt install gvfs-backends smbclient