This tutorial will help ypu installing software required to develop desktop Ubuntu applications with C++ language and GTKmm library version 4. You might want to do so following examples of the excellent programs created with GTKmm like Ardour, Inkscap…
Want to measure your application launch time in Linux? There’s an extension can do the job for GNOME desktop. Meaning Ubuntu, Fedora workstation, and other Linux with GNOME desktop can easily tell how much time it takes for launching an application, which is useful for benchmark and/or software developing purpose. With the extension enabled, every […]
Use Gnome Tweak tool and/or Extensions app frequently? You can add them into top-right corner system menu in Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 22.04. Meaning you don’t have to search for and launch it every time from ‘Activities’ overview or ‘Show Applications’ screen. Like the built-in ‘Settings’ (Gnome Control Center), just click on top-right corner menu […]
For Ubuntu 22.10 and upcoming Fedora 37 with default GNOME 43 desktop, there’s now an extension to add user’s icon or figure (aka avatar) to the top-right corner system tray menu, which is also known as quick settings. With it, the ‘Quick Settings’ menu will look like the screenshot below shows you. The avatar can […]
Want to display digital clock, system memory and CPU load in your Desktop? There’s new circular widget for Ubuntu 22.10, Fedora 37, and other Linux with GNOME 43. There are quite a few tools to display system load widget in desktop. Here I’m going to introduce the one that has a Conky look alike circular […]
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 introduces native support for Mozilla Firefox on the GNOME desktop environment using Wayland sessions. Learn more here.
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As you may know, icons on Ubuntu desktop is handled by an extension called “Desktop Icons NG”. While GNOME has been moving to GTK4, the extension so far still uses GTK3 toolkit to implement all the functions. A GTK4 port of this extension now is in development, with all previous functions, bug-fixes, as well new […]
There are quite a few weather applications for Linux desktop. GNOME, the default desktop environment for Ubuntu, Fedora, and some other Linux, also has a core weather application. With the core weather app, user can either open the app window to get current weather condition, hourly and daily forecast, or open the clock menu to […]
For Ubuntu 22.10 and other Linux with GNOME 43, it’s now easy to add Media Control, Notifications, or Volume Mixer to the top-right corner system status menu (aka Quick Settings), or remove useless buttons. It’s ‘Quick Settings Tweaker‘, an extension for the new GNOME desktop. With it, your system menu can be configured to look […]
Vanilla OS is Ubuntu on stock GNOME, with on-demand immutability and package selection freedom. Sound fun? Read more here.
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A simple guide to demonstrate how easily you can open files and directories as root in GNOME Files (aka Nautilus) with examples.
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This tutorial will help you install Ubuntu 22.10 operating system into your computer explained with pictures step by step. Codenamed Kinetic Kudu, it is the latest version of Ubuntu, the world most popular OS from the FOSS community. By reading this …
GNOME Web is now ported to GTK4 and is merged in the main branch. Here’s how it looks with its new features.
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The triple buffering code developed by Ubuntu, now lands in Debian 12 Bookworm unstable for GNOME and planned to release in 2023.
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Release highlights of GNOME 43 bring revamped quick settings, improved Files, updated Web, Software and much more.
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Don’t you feel you should give some extra space around the terminal border? If yes, check how it looks after adding padding to the GNOME terminal.
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After nearly six months of development, the GNOME 43 “Guadalajara” desktop is finally here and introduces a few interesting changes, the most prominent one being the Quick Settings menu that can be accessed from the system top bar, very similar to those you probably saw on Android devices or the latest Windows 11 and macOS […]
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Whether you’re an eager GNOME acolyte or just a casual admirer, there is a lot to enjoy in the latest version of the GNOME desktop environment. GNOME 43 arrives six months after the (rather) substantial GNOME 42 release. In many respects it’…
The “new file” feature in GNOME Files gives you a new, easier way of creating documents and files.
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For Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 22.10, Fedora 36/37 & other Linux with GNOME 42/43, there’s a new extension to enable more useful gadgets into top panel. It’s “Aylur’s Widgets” extension that adds Dash, Workspace dots, Media playback control, Battery bar, Power menu in top-bar. All of them have ON/OFF switches, position option (left, center, right) as […]