Some see the emergence of libadwaita as an intentional roadblock designed to get in the way of end-user customisation — but a new app added to Flathub this week proves otherwise. Gradience is a nimble desktop app written in Python, GTK4, and libadwaita…
One of Linux desktop’s most prolific — not to mention best, imo — theme makers has released a brand new GTK theme for us all to go gaga over: Nephrite.
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Paprius icon gets a summer refresh adding more than 45 new app icons to the popular icon pack, plus redesigned icons. Find more details inside this post.
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Want all your apps to have nicely rounded bottom window corners like GTK4/libadwaita apps have? There’s — what else? — a GNOME Shell extension that can do it. Apply titled, the Rounded Window Corners GNOME extension was created to “try to a…
Material You on Android is a very popular personalisation trick, and now an enterprising developer brings it to Linux desktops via a new GNOME extension.
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I usually use Conky to show ‘Now Playing’ info from music players on my desktop. I recently switched to Sunamu and in this post I share it with you!
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Papirus icon theme just got an update adding over 60 new icons, as well revised versions of many existing icons. More details on what’s changed, inside.
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Adwaita stans listen up: that exceptionally sweet theme pack you can use to make Firefox look like GNOME Web has been updated. And I don’t mean ‘updated’ in the sense it just supports the latest Firefox 102 release – that’s a gi…
Why settle for burning app windows when you close them now you can incinerate them instead? Yes, everyone’s1 favourite over-the-top desktop effect extension is back with an update, and it adds yet another excessive window closing animation to its…
When I began writing his post I thought it’d take 10 mins: show a conky, give the download link, walk through the installation. Two hours later, this post.
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Want to make Ubuntu’s calendar app icon show the current date? Well take a look in here cos we’ve come across an open source script that does just that.
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Ubuntu 22.04 just bagged a major new feature: UI accent colours. This personalisation staple is found in many other desktop environments and operating systems out there, including macOS and Windows 11. But a similar feature had, until now, not been off…
Workspace switching just a whole look cooler with the addition of background panoramas to the Compiz-inspired Desktop Cube GNOME extension.
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I wrote about a patched version of Mutter that delivers one of the Linux desktop’s most-desired effects: translucent app windows with frosted blur effect, similar to the sort found on macOS and Windows 11. That method uses a project called Mutter…
That Desktop Cube GNOME extension now supports click & drag directly on the desktop, just like the original Compiz Cube effect that inspired its creation.
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A choice of system accent colour could be on offer in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Devs have already created a working demo to pick an accent colour for Yaru.
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I’m writing about a cursor theme cos I never write about cursor themes! Phinger Cursors is a high-quality pointer pack suitable for light and dark desktops.
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‘Burn My Windows’ is the GNOME Shell extension that just keeps on giving. New effect and a much-request option included in its latest update.
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Glance at Windows 11, macOS, or even customised KDE Plasma desktops, and you’ll quickly learn that blurred window effects are a real vibe. But did you know that you can get a similar look on your GNOME-based Ubuntu desktop? Oh yes, all thanks to …
Want to change Ubuntu’s login screen background? I walk through the steps for changing GDM background to a solid colour, gradient, or custom image.
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