Linux Mint 21 Beta is Available to Download
Linux Mint 21 beta is available to download. The milestone is here to help intrepid bug hunters stress-test the next version of the hugely popular Linux distro, which is based on the latest Ubuntu 22.04 LTS release. Linux Mint 21 includes a swathe of refreshed components throughout its stack (mostly inherited from Ubuntu) including the Linux kernel 5.15 point release, refreshed graphics drivers, and lower-level tooling and developer library updates. Cinnamon 5.4 is installed as the default desktop environment. This revision includes a couple of significant changes including an updated Javascript interpreter and a reworking of Mint’s Muffin window manager 
#Dev #Download #News #Beta #Distros #LinuxMint #LinuxMint21
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/07/linux-mint-21-beta-released-this-is-whats-new
Gotop is a Cool CLI System Monitor Tool for Linux
I’m a ‘fessed up fan of btop, a colossally cool looking and comprehensive system monitoring utility accessed from the command line. I included it in my list of the best command line tools because I genuinely think it’s one of the best command line tools available. It’s flashy, it’s fast, it’s interactive, you can customise the appearance, disable sections, filter processes speedily, and so on. Thing is this: while all of those bells and whistles are music to my ears they are a bit ‘too much’ for other. So I want(ed an excuse) to highlight another command line system monitor
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/07/gotop-is-a-neat-command-line-system-monitor-for-linux
Tidal-HiFi is the Best App for Streaming Tidal Music on Linux
Let me preface this post by stating, somewhat cheekily, that I would rather not use Electron apps where possible. But, in the face of no alternative I can suck it up and make use of ’em 😉. And so it is with Tidal-hifi, an Electron-based (I know, I know) app that is, to my knowledge, the easiest way to stream music from TIDAL on Linux in the service’s Hi-Fi quality (hence the hi-fi name – and TIDAL? That’s the last time I’m capitalising you). Now, ‘easiest’ is an important qualifier in the sentence you just read as there are other
#Apps #News #Appimages #Electron #MusicPlayers #Streaming #Tidal
Papirus Icon Set Updated with 60+ New Icons
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.
#Download #News #Themes #EyeCandy #Icons #Papirus
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/07/papirus-icon-theme-update-july-2022
‘Significant Improvements’ Made to Ubuntu Firefox Snap
Canonical has often talked about how it has improved the startup time of Snap apps yet, for many of us, the improvements remained theoretical.
#Dev #News #Canonical #Firefox #SnapApps #Snaps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/07/firefox-snap-significant-startup-improvements
Firefox GNOME Theme Now Follows GTK4/libadwaita Styling
Adwaita stans listen up: that exceptional 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 given. Rather, the Firefox GNOME theme has been updated to follow GTK4/libadwaita styling. Something I know I’ve been waiting for. It means you can very easily make the latest version of the Firefox web browser looks über integrated and ingratiated on the GNOME 42 desktop (well, those GNOME 42 desktops where the default Adwaita theme is in use). Once
#News #Themes #Adwaita #EyeCandy #Firefox #Libadwaita
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/07/firefox-gnome-theme-libadwaita-update
Check Your Battery’s Health from the Command Line with Battop
I recently came across a cool terminal app that help you check your battery health from the command line. It’s called Battop and it’s open source software written in Rust. I ran into it after I went looking for a GUI battery status tool for Linux similar to CoconutBattery for macOS (it’s a menu-bar app that shows battery health, condition, capacity, temperature, voltage and so on). A lot of the guides and tutorials that walk through how to check battery info on Linux all agree on one thing: use upower. It is a solid recommendation. Not only is upower very
#Apps #HowTo #Battery #Battop #CommandLine #Rust #TerminalApps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/07/battop-command-line-battery-info-health
Star Labs Tease StarFighter, a Linux Laptop with 4K Display
Linux laptops with 4K screens aren't exactly common, which makes Star Labs' upcoming StarFighter laptop all the more exciting. We share what we know inside.
#Hardware #News #LinuxLaptops #Starfighter #Starlabs
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/07/starfighter-15-6-4k-linux-laptop-from-star-labs
Black Box is a GTK4 Terminal App With Unique Look
Black Box is a GTK4 terminal emulator for Linux desktops. It boasts innovative UI features, 12 terminal themes, and is easy to install from Flathub.
#Apps #News #Blackbox #Console #Dracula #Gtk4 #Libadwaita #TerminalApps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/07/blackbox-gtk4-terminal-emulator-for-gnome
Linux Mint 21 Won’t Use Ubuntu’s Killer Memory Feature
Linux Mint 21 won’t use the controversial memory management feature currently affecting users of Ubuntu’s latest LTS release. Although Linux Mint 21 will still be based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS it eschews systemd-oom, despite on-going efforts by Ubuntu developers to “tame” the bolshy behaviour of the daemon. To recap, systemd-oom is a user-space “killer” that force-quits apps with high memory usage if/when overall system memory is getting low. The feature is designed to intervene early to prevent the infamous system lockups that occur on Linux when memory is maxed out. However, some Ubuntu users have found the daemon is killing
#Dev #News #LinuxMint #LinuxMint21 #Systemd
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/07/linux-mint-21-systemd-oom
Open Source FPS Game ‘Xonotic’ Just Got a Huge Update
A new version of open source arena shooter game Xonotic is out and it's pretty sizeable. Eery area of the game gains improvement, from graphics to AI.
#Gaming #News #LinuxGaming #Xonotic
New Effect Added to ‘Burn My Windows’ GNOME Extension
Why settle for merely burning application windows on close when you could totally incinerate them instead? Yes, everyone’s1 favourite over-the-top desktop effect extension is back with an update, and it adds yet another epically excessive window closing animation to its pool: Incinerate. As you can probably imagine the new Incinerate effect takes your app windows and… What’s great is that this new effect is compatible with GNOME 3.36 and above. Ergo, you don’t need to be running the very latest GNOME desktop to enjoy it (though be aware that this new effect is a little more resource hungry than others
#News #EyeCandy #GnomeExtensions
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/06/burn-my-windows-gnome-extension-incinerate-effect
Ubuntu 22.10 (Finally) Gets an Updated Settings App
Development builds of Ubuntu 22.10 just received an updated version of the GNOME Control Center (aka settings) app, which includes Ubuntu-specific options.
#Dev #News #AccentColours #Gnome42 #Ubuntu22_10
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/06/ubuntu-22-10-gets-updated-desktop-settings-app
Thunderbird 102 is Out — And It Looks Amazing!
A new version of Thunderbird, the popular free, open source e-mail client, is available to download for Windows, macOS, and Linux. And from the off the update makes a great first impression thanks to refreshed app icons and colourful new mail folders. I know, I know: “new icons” sounds a bit fluffy on paper, but their reality is more impactful. In an app like Thunderbird icons are used everywhere. They’re not there to (just) look good but also convey purpose/intent as clearly and concisely as possible. They’re how people understand the app. And to my eyes the thinner, colourful icons
#Download #News #EmailClient #Thunderbird
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/06/thunderbird-102-is-out-and-it-looks-amazing
Terminal Tip: ‘duf’ is Prettier Alternative to the ‘df’ Command
I wouldn’t call myself a command line ninja but I do have a soft spot for getting things done using a CLI. At the end of 2021 I wrote a list of the best command line apps I use on the regular. In that rundown I spotlighted btop, a powerful and engaging alternative to top, and intro’d ncdu, an awesome, interactive replacement for the regular du command, written in Ncurses. This week I came across a similarly flashy “replacement” for another command that I use from time to time: df. Df is a command line basic that relays file system
#Apps #Cli #Duf #Terminal #TerminalApps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/06/duf-alternative-to-df-command
BlueMail Mail Client Gets a Makeover, Support for Wayland
The cross-platform BlueMail email client from Blix recently got a redesign and I have to say it’s quite the improvement. So if you (as I) haven’t checked in with the free (but not open source) e-mail client since it launched on Linux back in 2019 now is a pretty good time to do so. For those not already familiar with it, BlueMail is a cross-platform free email app compatible with multiple mail accounts, including those from web-mail providers like Google, Yahoo, FastMail, et al plus IMAP, SMTP, Exchange ActiveSync, EWS and POP3. As the BlueMail app connects directly to a
#Apps #News #Bluemail #EmailClient #SnapApps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/06/bluemail-email-client-gets-visual-revamp
Pitivi Video Editor Adds Beat Detection, Object Tracking + More
A new development version of Pitivi video editor is out and it boasts some major new features. The GTK-based video editor is currently in the midst of a GTK4 port as part of this year’s Google Summer of Code but, happening alongside that work, is work on adding a slew of other features that would-be content creators will be keen to try. Following OpenShot’s lead, the Pitivi 2022.06 milestone introduces object tracking. I had a bit of a play with this prior to writing this article. To track and object you click “cover object” in the clip options panel then
#Dev #News #GtkApps #Pitivi #VideoEditors
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/06/pitivi-video-editor-beat-detection-object-tracking
Firefox 102 Adds GeoClue Support on Linux, Improves PDF Viewer
A new version of Mozilla Firefox is available to download, ahead of its form release on June 28. Mozilla Firefox 102 sees the browser bake-in support for GeoClue on Linux desktops, improve PDF appearance when using high contrast mode, and gain the ability display subtitles and captions in the Picture-in-Picture window when playing content from HBO Max, DailyMotion, Funimation, and a number of other video streaming sites. Among a clutch of Linux-specific bug fixes is a patch to resolve issues with Amazon password length appearance, plus work to reduce PDF rendering artefacts, and video distortion with H.264 when using VAAPI.
#Download #News #AppUpdates #Firefox #Geolocation #WebBrowsers
Nautilus Gains New List View with Rubber Banding, Animations + More
Nautilus gained an improved list view this weekend, as code implementing GtkColumnView was merged in to the latest development builds of the file manager. Switching from GtkTreeView (which remains available in GTK4) to the new version is said to offer a number of advantages and offer ‘full feature parity’ with two (temporary) exceptions (these being worked on in separate branches). So what are the benefits? Well, say hello to rubber banding — at long last you can now select multiple files/folders in list view simply by dragging out with your mouse, just like you can in the icon view: There’s
#Dev #News #Gnome #Gnome43 #Nautilus
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/06/new-nautilus-list-view-changes-gnome-43
New Version of ArcMenu GNOME Extension Released
Various enhancements are on offer in the latest version of ArcMenu, a popular GNOME Shell extension that adds a traditional app menu to the GNOME desktop.
#Dev #News #ArcMenu #GnomeExtensions
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/06/new-version-of-arc-menu-gnome-extension-released
