Drawing is a simple raster image editor for Linux systems that is similar to Microsoft Paint. The program is free and open-source software (FOSS) released under the GNU General Public License, version 3. It is available as a Snap package for the GNOME desktop on Ubuntu and other Linux systems and on Ubuntu systems can be installed by opening the App Center and searcing for Drawing.

To create an arrow in the Drawing application, take the following steps:

1. With the file containing the image you wish to edit open, click on the line tool on the menu bar on the left side of the Drawing window.

   

2. Click on Line options, which you will find at the bottom of the window, and select simple arrow.

   

3. You can adjust the width of the line and arrowhead by changing the value of the number you see to the left of Line options by clicking on the plus or minus buttons (the value is in pixels) or you can type the number you want in the field. With the color you wish for the arrow selected (you will see the color in a square near the lower, left-corner of the window, click at a point where you wish the back end of the arrow to be located and, while holding down the left mouse button, move the mouse pointer upwards to where you wish the arrow to end. Then release the mouse button. You should then have a line with an arrowhead at the end.

   

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A user reported that she could not access her email from her Windows 11 system, which she normally would do by clicking on a shortcut on her desktop which would open the Microsoft Edge browser to the webpage where she could log into her email account on outlook.com. When I clicked on the shortcut, I saw a blank, white area appear above the taskbar. I found statements online about opening Microsoft Edge in a restricted "Safe Mode" that disables extensions and custom settings, by starting it in InPrivate mode by openng the Windows Run dialog, which you can do by pressing the Windows key and the "R" key. Then type msedge --inprivate in the Run dialog window and then pressng Enter (I wasn't certain whether there should be one dash or two before "inprivate" since I found both listed when I searched online for a method to open the browser in safe mode). However, with either option, Edge still crashed shortly after opening with a blank, white window. I was able to correct the problem by repairing the application, which can be done through the following steps:

1. Type settings in the Windows "Type here to search" field and press Enter.
2. When you see Settings returned, click on it.
3. Select Apps.
4. Select Apps & features.
5. Scroll down through the list of applications until you see Microsoft Edge and then select it and click on Modify.

   

6. Provide the credentials for an administrator account when prompted for a userid and password.
7. Click on Repair.

   

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My wife had been playing Disney Dreamlight Valley under Windows 11. When I installed Ubuntu 25.10, I installed Wine, then Steam as a Snap package, and then installed Disney Dreamlight Valley under Steam. She was able to use the Cloud Save option to log into the game with all of the progress she had made under Windows. She needed to switch back to Windows for a while and didn't switch back to Ubuntu for several weeks. When I started Steam and Disney Dreamlight Valley again under Ubuntu and then tried the Cloud Save option, it did not work with the message below displayed when I was prompted to provide login credentials:

Login Error

Cannot connect to online services. Continue playing in offline mode

If I entered the wrong password, I got a response indicating that the system was able to check the credentials, which I presumed were being checked on a remote server. And I was able to successfully use the change password option, which sent a password reset code to my wife's email address. I was able to resolve the problem by uninstalling Disney Dreamlight Valley under Steam and then reinstalling it.

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