The 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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The first alpha release of GNOME Desktop 49 is out for testing purpose! The developer team announced the release of this alpha one day ago. And, if everything goes well, GNOME 49 will be default in Ubuntu 25.10 and Fedora Workstation 43. First, GNOME 49 introduced new core apps Showtime video player and Papers document […]
Read MoreGNOME 49 Alpha desktop environment is now available for public testing with support for the X11 (GNOME on Xorg) session disabled by default and many other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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Why is this GNOME fundraiser suggesting you donate less? Because steady beats flashy—and sometimes less means more.
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Karton is a new, still-in-development KDE-native virtual machine manager using libvirt, aiming to bring VM tools closer to the Plasma desktop experience.
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Packet, free open-source Android Quick Share app for Linux, updated with GNOME Files (aka Nautilus) context menu option support! For those who don’t know about Packet, it’s new Linux file transferring application written in Rust programming language, and uses GTK4 + LibAwaita for its modern interface designed for GNOME. The app has partial implementation of […]
Read MoreCalendar is the default calendar application on Ubuntu. Its main purpose is to show date, day, month and year. It also has features like scheduling, making appointments, reminders, synchronizing with your online calendars and so on. Now let’s start rea…
Read MoreCalendar is the default calendar application on Ubuntu. Its main purpose is to show date, day, month and year. It also has features like scheduling, making appointments, reminders, synchronizing with your online calendars and so on. Now let’s start rea…
Read MoreNeed to use your Linux laptop, desktop PC, or mobile screen as a second monitor for another Linux device? Here’s an application that can do the job easily. As you may know, GNOME since v41 added support Remote Desktop (RDP) protocol support with ability to create virtual monitors. And, I’ve written about how to manually […]
Read MoreLast month I reported that GNOME’s plans to drop X11 support as soon as this year would have a major impact on Ubuntu, as it plans its next LTS release — today, Ubuntu confirmed as much. Ubuntu 25.10 ‘Questing Quokka’ will not include…
Read MoreTo follow the upstream GNOME’s road-map, Ubuntu confirmed to remove the classic X11/Xorg session in the next Ubuntu 25.10 release! GNOME development team is planning to disable X11 session by default in next GNOME 49 and remove the code in v50. TLDR: The X11 session for GNOME 49 will be disabled by default and it’s […]
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