For users of Music Player Daemon (MPD in short)? Here’s cool new client app in development for Linux desktop! It’s euphonica, a free open-source app written Rust programming language and uses GTK4 + LibAwaita for modern user interface that’s well integrated with GNOME desktop. Meaning, the app window is adaptive and changes automatically according to […]
Read MoreLooking for an app to watch live TV, movies, or other video contents through IPTV channels? Here I’m going to introduce some for you. IPTV, Internet Protocol television, is a service to deliver television content over the internet. There are quite a few applications support iptv playback. And, here I’m going to introduce some that […]
Read MoreFor beginners who want to install (or already have) Windows apps / games through wine, here’s a new graphical app to make things stupid simple! It’s WineCharm, a free open-source Python written application that uses GTK4 + LibAwaita for a modern UI well integrated with GNOME Desktop. Wine is a popular free open-source software for […]
Read MoreWant to try out different wallpapers, icons, and/or app themes in Linux? There’s new app lets you browse tons of wallpapers, icons, GTK and Gnome Shell themes, and install any one with single click. It’s Linux Theme Store, a free open-source Rust written application that features GTK4 user interface designed for GNOME. Besides browsing or […]
Read MorePacket, 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 MoreFoobar2000 fans? Here’s a similar music player designed for Linux with KDE Plasma, LxQt, etc Qt based desktop environments. As you may know, Foobar2000 does not support Linux, but it can be installed through Wine. And, Ubuntu users can search & install the wine based version of the music player (unofficial) in App Center (or […]
Read MoreLooking for an app to quickly edit your images or screenshots for social media, blog posts, or websites? Here’s a new app to do the job in Linux Desktop. It’s Gradia, a free and open-source tool written mostly in Python programming language, and uses GTK4 and LibAdwaita for its modern user interface that well integrated […]
Read MoreLooking for an application to play and organize classical music in Linux? Here’s one working in process. It’s Musicus, a free open-source application written in Rust programming language, and uses GTK4 plus LibAdwaita for modern user interface that’s designed for GNOME Desktop. This is a local-first application. No cloud, no account required. And, it comes […]
Read MoreLooking for a graphical interface to manager Distrobox containers? Here’s modern new GTK4 client DistroShelf in development. There are many popular containers, such as Docker, Podman, and LXC, allowing to run applications in isolated environments. And, Distrobox is the one that can run any Linux distribution inside terminal. Most Linux containers run in terminal, that’s […]
Read MoreGNOME 48 introduced “Wellbeing” settings panel, allowing to monitor and limit screen time usage. It also has Break Reminders options that can remind user to take a break in given time interval. If you like this feature, but running on old GNOME (e.g., Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 24.04) or other desktop environments, then there’s a […]
Read MoreWant to benchmark or do stress test on your Linux PC or laptop? The all-in-one solution OCCT can now do the job for you! OCCT, stands for Overclock Checking Tool, is a popular computer hardware stability testing, benchmark, and monitoring tool. It offers pro, enterprise, and command line versions that need to pay for use, […]
Read MoreFor Linux, there’s now new “Clipboard Pinner” app called Serigy for GNOME desktop. It’s NOT a clipboard manager that can save and manage clipboard history. It works by selectively pinning (copy) clipboard content (text, image, URL, etc) into app window, then easily copy back to clipboard when needed with one click. As the app does […]
Read MoreWant to get refresh of your desktop background with new wallpapers every day? Here’s a new app to do the job for Linux with GNOME Desktop! It’s Picture of The Day, a GTK4 application written in Rust programming language. With it, you may get wallpaper images from the following sources: NASA Astronomy Picture Of The […]
Read MoreRemember ‘Typhoon’, the stylish desktop weather widget? It’s revived and works in all current Ubuntu and other recent Linux Distributions! Typhoon is a free open-source application forked from Stormcloud (no long under active development). It displays current weather conditions and weather forecast in next few days on desktop with widget in custom color background. The […]
Read MoreLooking for a stateless password manager? There’s now a new LessPass compatible password manager designed for GNOME, though of course works in other Linux desktops. It’s LPTK, a free open-source application written in Rust and use GTK4 for its user interface. With the app, you can generate and access your passwords, and optionally connect to […]
Read MoreLooking for a Cheat Engine like application to search and edit memory in Linux Desktop? Here’s a free open-source app work in process! It’s MemSed (MEMory Search and EDit), an open-source tool written in C programming language. If you have ever used Cheat Engine to scan & edit memory for computer games, you’ll find that […]
Read MoreLooking for a digital pet application for your computer? Here’s one that works natively in Linux Desktop. It’s Shijima, a cross-platform shimeji simulation, desktop pets app works on any device, including Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, iOS, and Nintendo Wii. The app is free to use but sadly NOT open-sourced so far. The PC/laptop edition uses […]
Read MoreRemember Plank, the simplest dock on the planet? There’s now a free open-source fork to make it fully functional in recent Linux Distributions. Plank is a 14 years old application that provides an iOS bottom bar style dock app launcher, that’s great for lightweight Linux Desktops. The goal is to provide just what a dock […]
Read MoreFor Linux with GNOME, there’s now new configuration tool to tweak advanced settings in this desktop environment. It’s Refine, a free open-source tool that uses GTK4 + LibAdwaita for a modern UI to tweak desktop settings in Fedora Workstation, Arch, Manjaro Linux, etc with vanilla GNOME Desktop. Sadly, this app so far does NOT work […]
Read MoreRemember GNOME Pie or Fly-Pie? There’s now a similar pie menu launcher for most Linux desktops as well as Windows and macOS. It’s Kando, a free open-source application written mostly in TypeScript programming language. With it, user can trigger a circular application launcher on desktop, then either use mouse clicks or draw gesture to launch […]
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