Don’t start clicking around, just click on the magnifying lens on the very top left corner. The cool kids know the secret of navigating Settings. You can see that the last setting I modified was my Background. Just like Windows and MacOS X, Linux drops you into a big complicated world of settings and preferences that can be rather overwhelming: Okay, time to go straight to Settings instead. Maybe it won’t go straight to settings, but a tiny ‘settings’ icon isn’t too much to ask for, is it?Īpparently, it is. To start out, here’s what Ubuntu is showing me along the top of my screen:Īll well and good, except it’s actually 8:04am as I check my system.Ī logical place to look for settings to change this would be to simply click on the date and time. Will the change stick? Well, let’s have a look… Ubuntu, however, has a nice graphical user interface to these type of system settings which makes it something even your grandma can manage (assuming she’s not a hacker maven, in which case she’s just going to scoff at me for that comment!).
Other times the OS simply guesses wrong and you’re stuck in the wrong location!įortunately it’s easy to fix on an Ubuntu Linux system, as it is for any flavor of Linux.
Sometimes, however, use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and other software that helps with privacy can get in the way of location identification with odd results. Whether it’s Google Maps knowing your exact location within a Web browser or your computer clock changing timezones automatically as you travel, usually it’s something you don’t need to pay much attention to on a daily basis. Modern computers are pretty darn good at figuring out where you are when you’re online.
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