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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How to Use Guake Terminal under Wayland (GNOME)

This article explains how to get Guake drop-down terminal to work properly under Wayland (GNOME). Guake is a Python-based drop-down terminal for the GNOME desktop that includes split terminal functionality, session save/restore, support for transparenc…

NixOS 21.11 “Porcupine” Released with GNOME 41

Dubbed “Porcupine” and coming six months after the NixOS 21.05 release, NixOS 21.11 is here with a lot of goodies, starting with the GNOME 41.1 desktop environment for its dedicated GNOME edition. It also offers continuing Wayland support for the KDE Plasma 5.23 edition, as well as version 6 of elementary OS’ Pantheon desktop. This […]

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KDE Plasma Introduces GNOME-like Overview. Is it Good?

We give you a preview of the new KDE Plasma Overview Effect. Here’s how it looks, and our opinion around it.
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15 Best GNOME Extensions for Ubuntu (2021 Edition)

GNOME extensions are an easy way to add new features to the Ubuntu desktop, but with hundreds of add-ons to choose from, where do you begin? Make your Ubuntu experience faster, easier, and prettier with GNOME extensions Well, how about here, with this …

Clapper – GNOME Media Player Built Using GJS with GTK4 Toolkit

Clapper is a GNOME media player. It’s built using GJS (GNOME JavaScript bindings) with the GTK4 toolkit, so you’ll see some of the new GTK4 features in action. The media player uses GStreamer as a media backend and renders everything via OpenGL. GTK is a free and open-source cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user […]

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Just Perfection GNOME Shell Extension v16 Released

The popular GNOME Shell extension Just Perfection celebrates one year of success with a brand new version, GNOME Shell Extension v16. With Just Perfection, you can change the visibility of almost all components of GNOME Shell, make behavior tweaks, and…

Fix Dock Not Showing in Gnome

In this article, you will see how to fix the dock not showing in the newer version of the Gnome desktop environment, particularly starting from Gnome 40. This guide works for all the Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora, Manjaro, Pop OS, MX, etc. Just like me and many other Linux users who have switched to […]

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How to Install GNOME Shell Extensions Easily and Quickly

By default, GNOME Shell has a set of features that are determined by the developers. GNOME Shell extensions are tiny pieces of software code, written by third-party developers, that enhance or add functionality to a GNOME desktop. Learn to install GNOM…

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: November 7th, 2021

This week has been great for fans of the Fedora Linux distribution (yes, that includes me) and the GNOME desktop environment (that also includes me) as we saw the release of Fedora Linux 35 with the latest GNOME 41.1 desktop environment, and GNOME 40 folks were also updated to the 40.5 point release. But there […]

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Is System76 Going to Drop Gnome for a Home Brewed Desktop?

System76 CEO recently told FOSS Force that the company is in the early stages of putting a desktop project together, and cited 2023 as a potential release date. How could this potentially affect the future of Gnome? Learn more here.
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GNOME 41.1 Improves the New Calls and Connections Apps, Nautilus, Software, and More

GNOME 41.1 is the first point release of the GNOME 41 desktop environment, which introduced a new Calls and Connections apps, a redesigned Software app, new multitasking and mobile connection settings, and enhanced power management features. Now, GNOME 41.1 builds on these changes and brings a first batch of improvements that update the GNOME Software […]

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How to Install Fedora 35 with GNOME 41: Step by Step with Screenshots

Fedora 35 stable version has finally arrived! The most notable of the improvements is the inclusion of the recently-released GNOME 41. You can get Fedora Workstation 35 now from the official website, or upgrade your existing install using GNOME Software or through the terminal with dnf system-upgrade. This article describes how to install Fedora 35 Workstation […]

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How To Create GUI Dialog Boxes In Bash Scripts With Zenity

Zenity is a rewrite of gdialog, the GNOME port of dialog which allows you to create GUI dialog boxes in Bash scripts in Linux, BSD, and Windows.
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Manual Installation of GNOME Extension from ZIP File [Easy Steps]

You can not install GNOME Extensions via Snap Firefox in Ubuntu 21.10. This tutorial explains the steps for manual installation of GNOME Extension from its ZIP files in Ubuntu, Fedora and other related distributions.
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