Papers gains new PDF annotation tools, including ink, text boxes and improved form support, now available in GNOME Nightly builds.
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Want to add custom ON/OFF toggle buttons to the top-right system menu (aka Quick Settings) in Ubuntu, Fedora Workstation and other Linux with recent GNOME desktop? Here’s an extension can do the job! GNOME since 43 introduced a redesigned system status menu called Quick Settings, allowing to quickly change commonly used settings via ON/OFF toggle […]
Read MoreGNOME 50, the default desktop for next Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora Workstation 44, is going to add more feature options for parental controls. As you may know, GNOME has a built-in “Parental Controls” application, allowing parents to restrict their children’s activity on computer or laptop screen. The app however moves slowly, and the latest […]
Read MoreGNOME 50, the default desktop for Ubuntu 26.04 and Fedora Workstation 44, is now in alpha testing stage. This development version is postponed by more than one week according to the release calendar. Features include entirely removed X11 support, week-start-day setting, and more. GNOME on Xorg was removed since version 49. The new version continues […]
Read MoreThis is the fourth compilation of our tutorials and other related articles on Ubuntu 24.04 “Noble Numbat,” which have been published here at The Ubuntu Buzz since 2024. In the last compilation, we talked from the List of Ubuntu Default Apps t…
Read MoreDocument Viewer or Evince is the default PDF reader application on Ubuntu. It originates from GNOME and its real name is evince. As its name suggests, Document Viewer’s purpose is to display various digital documents and electronic books, like PDF and …
Read MoreDisks, or GNOME Disk Utility, is the Ubuntu default disk storage management application. Its purpose is to manage everything about hard disk drives and other storage on your Ubuntu computer — including optical discs (CDs, DVDs) and USB flash drives. T…
Read MoreThis is the third compilation of our Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat tutorials, which have been published here at The Ubuntu Buzz since 2024. In the last compilation, we talked about useful things like Telegram and Synaptic, among others. In this episode, we…
Read MoreTransmission is a download and upload manager application or technically called a BitTorrent client preinstalled on Ubuntu. It is one among a few Ubuntu default applications with a longest history and never had been replaced with any other along with F…
Read MoreI been doing a lot of work with AI recently, both as part of a couple of projects I am part of at work, but I have also taken a personal interest in understanding the current state and what is … Continue reading
Read MoreThe release candidate (RC) of GNOME Desktop 49 is out for testing purpose! This is the final development release for GNOME 49, while the stable release is planned for September 17th. It added some new features, various bug-fixes, and improvements. As you may know, GNOME 49 removed the ‘Gnome on Xorg’ session since the alpha […]
Read MoreOne of the kindest and gentlest appeals for a donation we’ve ever seen. It’s almost shy, actually.
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As GNOME swaps executive directors faster than Linux users swap desktops, we ask what’s really happening behind the scenes.
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Just Perfection, the popular tool to configure Gnome Shell behavior and UI elements, release new 35.0 version few days ago. In case you don’t know about it, it’s an extension for GNOME desktop that provides a graphical interface to toggle visibility of the desktop elements, and change the common desktop behavior. The extension provides pre-defined […]
Read MoreModern GNOME apps do NOT support traditional themes, but you may change the look with custom color schemes! As you know, GNOME has moved to use GTK4 + LibAdwaita for its applications and desktop components. And, so many apps use the LibAwaita library for their modern UI, which however do not support theming (see this […]
Read MoreGNOME 49, the default desktop environment for next Ubuntu 25.10 and Fedora Workstation 43, is available for Beta testing. This Beta is available more than a month after the first Alpha. There will also be a RC release, while, the final of GNOME 49 is planned for September 17. In last Alpha, the desktop added […]
Read MoreThis listing collects desktop notes applications including sticky notes that we recommend for Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat. We included here KNotes, which are well-known and full-featured, and also Affiche.app which just works but less-known, among others…
Read MoreSince last year, we have written many articles about Ubuntu 24.04 “Noble Numbat” (click to view them all). Now, we planned to make a compilation of those in a periodical way i.e. tri-monthly like this. We hope this helps you to learn using Ubuntu for y…
Read MoreCamera (GNOME Camera) is the default Ubuntu application for taking photos as well as recording videos. In other words, it is the application used to access webcam device in laptop or PC. It is useful i.e. in live streaming and video conferencing (for s…
Read MoreGNOME 48.3 is now available as the third maintenance update to the GNOME 48.3 desktop environment with various enhancements and bug fixes. Here’s what’s changed!
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