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Those using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS you can see a number of new emoji in desktop apps, web browsers and command-line clients. This week, Ubuntu issued an updated version of the Noto Color Emoji font. This font is maintained by Google and is regularly updated to …
This post won’t change your life but it might make moving files and folders a little quicker — though, no promises! On Fedora I can drag a file over a folder in Nautilus in icon view and, if I don’t let go, the folder I …
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Ever wanted to change the battery icon shown in the top bar of Ubuntu 22.10 – or any Linux distro using GNOME 43? If so, a new GNOME extension — of course! — lets you do it. When you install and enable the Battery Indicator …
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Bing Wallpaper of the day on Ubuntu 22.10 Scores of wallpaper downloader apps exist for Linux, with most able to fetch high-quality backgrounds from a myriad of online sources and set them as your desktop wallpaper. Damask is another such app making its debut on …
‘Damask’ is a New Wallpaper App for Linux Desktops Read More »
Those of you who like to keep an eye fixed on the fancier side of Linux desktop will be interested to know that the Burn My Windows extension and Desktop Clock GNOME extension both received updates this weekend. Rather than write separate posts about them …
‘Burn My Windows’ & ‘Desktop Clock’ GNOME Extensions Updated Read More »
Want to schedule a system restart on Ubuntu? There are plenty of ways to do it, with cron probably the most well-known method. For a more intuitive, user-friendly way to schedule a reboot on Ubuntu check out Time Switch. Time Switch is nimble desktop app …
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Pop quiz: what as the name of the education-focused flavour of Ubuntu that was tailored towards students, teachers, and schools? Answer: Edubuntu — and guess what? It’s coming back to class. Edubuntu arrived on the scene in 2005 when it debuted as part of the …
Ubuntu’s Education-Focused Flavour is Heading Back to Class Read More »
A portal effect inspired by the terrifically over-the-top cartoon Ricky & Morty is the latest addition to the terrifically-over-the-top Burn My Windows extension. As with other animations available through this add-on, you can assign the new portal effect to play when closing app windows and/or …
Rick & Morty Window Closing Effect for Linux (Because LOL) Read More »
Want to upgrade to Xfce 4.18 on Ubuntu 22.04 or 22.10? Packages added to the Xubuntu QA Staging PPA mean you can now do exactly that. Not that you’re supposed to, though ?. See, while the Xubuntu QA Staging PPA does enable you to upgrade …
Want to Upgrade to Xfce 4.18 on Xubuntu 22.04? Here’s How Read More »
Linus Torvalds is giving Santa Claus competition as the FOSS-lovin’ Finn is putting the best possible present under the tree this festive season: a brand new Linux kernel. Yes, Linux kernel 6.1 is here, ready to power the world’s servers, desktops, smartphones, switches, routers, and …
A brand new beta build of Linux Mint 21.1 “Vera” is available to download. Linux Mint 21.1 beta builds are up on the Linux Mint servers for download, though the milestone is yet to be “officially” announced. This beta is in advance of a planned …
Ever looked at the GNOME Calendar and Clock app icons and thought: “hmm, they’d look much cooler if they showed the current date and the actual time”? Well, a brand new GNOME extension allows them to EXACTLY that! It’s called ‘Dynamic Calendar and Clocks Icons’ …
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I don’t have data to back it up, but anecdotally it seems GNOME 43‘s new Quick Settings menu is a massive hit. People dig the improved look, layout, and functionality the new pod-based menu provides. But hey: not everyone. There are those who prefer the …
‘Compact Quick Settings’ Puts GNOME’s New Menu on a Size Diet Read More »
Satisfied users of the Firefox Snap on Ubuntu — hey, if Big Foot can exist, so can they — will be stoked to hear they can FINALLY take advantage of native messaging support without needing to get dicey with dev builds. Got a sense of …
Native Messaging Support Arrives in Stable Version of Firefox Snap Read More »
Linux users are experiencing issues when attempting to stream content from Disney+, despite the video-streaming service explicitly adding Linux support a few years back. So what’s up? Well, some diligent debugging by YouTuber gnifs-tech detects that that cause of the issue is a bug in …
It’s Not Just You: Disney+ Doesn’t Work on Linux ATM Read More »
A new GNOME extension allows you to tweak the layout, appearance, and functionality of the new Quick Settings menu in GNOME 43. I wrote about a similar-ish GNOME extension last week that let you remove buttons from showing up in Quick Settings. The author of …
Add Notifications, Media Controls & Audio Streams to GNOME Quick Settings Read More »
