Flatpak App of the Week: Extension Manager – Browse and Install GNOME Shell Extensions

Extension Manager is a very simple app that does one thing and does it well: mirroring the content of the GNOME Extensions website at extensions.gnome.org. The application lets you easily manage your installed GNOME Shell extensions, similar to what the official GNOME Extensions app does, but it also lets you browse the extensions.gnome.org website straight […]

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10 Great Apps to Improve Your GNOME Experience [Part 3]

Presenting the next set of great GNOME Apps that brings multitude of productivity boost while using your favorite GNOME desktop.
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How to Install LXQt Desktop Environment on Fedora 35

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install LXQt Desktop Environment as an alternative desktop environment to GNOME on Fedora 35 Workstation.
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What If You Could Fully Customize Your Ubuntu Desktop Experience?

It turns out a college student frustrated by the limited customization options available on the latest Ubuntu Linux releases, and inspired by the settings offered by Linux hardware vendor System76 in their Ubuntu-based Pop!_OS Linux distribution, created an alternate version of the Ubuntu/GNOME settings app with new features. He managed to modify GNOME Control Center […]

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GNOME Mulls ‘Cleanup’ of Background Settings in Pursuit of New Features

GNOME devs plan a ‘big cleanup’ of code related to background wallpaper handling in GNOME Shell, which would result in the removal of several features.
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How to Cinnamon Desktop Environment on Debian 11 Bullseye

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install this alternative desktop environment on your Debian 11 Bullseye Desktop as an optional choice to switch from GNOME.
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Ubuntu 22.04 May Feature GNOME 42, But Few GTK4 Apps

Ubuntu 22.04 may ship with GNOME 42 if all goes to plan, but it won’t be carrying many GTK4 apps by default. Ubuntu dev Sebastien Bacher details why.
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First Look at Some of the GTK4 Apps in GNOME 42

For this first look, I want to focus on three important apps, namely the Nautilus (Files) file manager, GNOME Text Editor (a.k.a. the Gedit replacement), and the GNOME Software graphical package manager. Nautilus 42, which is probably the most important app in the GNOME desktop environment, is shaping up to be one of the best […]

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10 Perfect Apps to Improve Your GNOME Experience [Part 2]

A set of 10 GNOME Apps from games, utilities and productivity to extend your GNOME desktop experience.
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postmarketOS 21.12 Brings Support for More Devices, GNOME 41 Apps, and Sxmo on Wayland

Probably the main attraction is PINE64’s PineBook Pro ARM laptop, which now has official postmarketOS images with different interfaces, including the KDE Plasma and GNOME desktops, as well as Sway, Phosh, and Console interfaces. postmarketOS 21.12 ships with the usual mobile-optimized Phosh (GNOME), KDE Plasma Mobile, and Sxmo interfaces. As expected, these have been updated […]

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Libadwaita 1.0 Arrives to Kickstart a New Era of GTK App Development

Libadwaita 1.0 has been released, kickstarting a new era in GTK app development. Now, there’s been a fair bit of controversy and misunderstanding over what libadwaita is and isn’t. It’s pitched as a library that implements the (new) G…

GNOME is Exploring a New ‘Quick Settings’ Feature

I’d wager that most people find GNOME Shell easy to use out-of-the-box — after all, simplicity its part of GNOME’s calling card. But is there room for improvement? Always, and GNOME’s design team think so too. They’re exploring …

10 Best Apps to Improve Your GNOME Experience [Part 1]

We give you details about the 10 best GNOME Apps that can help you work seamlessly in this amazing desktop.
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Manjaro Linux 21.2 “Qonos” Released with Linux Kernel 5.15 LTS, GNOME 41, and More

Dubbed “Qonos” and powered by the latest long-term supported Linux 5.15 LTS kernel series, Manjaro Linux 21.2 is here four months after Manjaro Linux 21.1 “Pahvo” to give you up-to-date live and installable ISO images with all the latest and greatest GNU/Linux technologies and Open Source software. Manjaro Linux 21.2 “Qonos” ships with the usual […]

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Manjaro Linux 21.2 “Qonos” Released with Linux Kernel 5.15 LTS, GNOME 41, and More

Dubbed “Qonos” and powered by the latest long-term supported Linux 5.15 LTS kernel series, Manjaro Linux 21.2 is here four months after Manjaro Linux 21.1 “Pahvo” to give you up-to-date live and installable ISO images with all the latest and greatest GNU/Linux technologies and Open Source software. Manjaro Linux 21.2 “Qonos” ships with the usual […]

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Set The Currently Playing Spotify Song Title And Album Cover As Your GNOME Wallpaper With This Script

Blueberry is a new Python scripts that sets your currently playing Spotify song title and album cover as your GNOME desktop wallpaper. To use it, you need Spotify Premium. The wallpaper includes the album cover in the center, while also using the 2 main colors from the cover to paint the rest of the wallpaper. […]

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Pop!_OS 21.10 Release with Linux 5.15 LTS, New Application Library

Coming almost six months after Pop!_OS 21.04, the Pop!_OS 21.10 release introduces a new Application Library feature for its GNOME-based desktop environment. This feature replaces the big Application Wall window that opened in full-screen when you want…

GNOME 41.2 Is Here to Improve Software, Boxes, Orca, Calendar, and Other Apps

GNOME 41.2 is here five weeks after GNOME 41.1 to update the Orca screen reader accessibility tool with improved behavior when the focused back/forward button is pressed, improved presentation of subscript and superscript elements, the ability to identify and present custom-element images, improved speech generator for browser alerts, support for handling name/description change floods in […]

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Fly Pie Is A GNOME Shell Launcher For Users With One Hand On The Mouse Most Of The Time

Fly Pie is a GNOME Shell launcher (available as an extension) designed for users who have one hand on the mouse most of the time. It can be used to launch applications, URLs, recent files, simulate hotkeys, access the clipboard, and more. It works unde…

GNOME’s Text Editor to Get Recoloring Support, Revamped “Open” Popover in GNOME 42

Earlier this year, GNOME Builder creator Christian Hergert started working on a new Text Editor app for the GNOME desktop. In a recent blog post he talks about some of the major changes coming to the next major release of his Text Editor app, which will probably replace Gedit in the upcoming GNOME 42 release. […]

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