You Can Install GNOME’s New Terminal and Text Editor Apps on Ubuntu 22.04
GNOME 42‘s new Console and Text Editor apps are available to install in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Don’t get too excited by that sentence, mind. Neither Console nor Text Editor have bagged themselves a spot on Ubuntu’s (increasingly engorged) .iso. But both tools are, along with a bevvy of other GTK4/libadwaita ports, available in the Ubuntu 22.04 repo. All you have to do to try them out is run sudo apt install gnome-console gnome-text-editor (or take the scenic route by way of the Ubuntu Software app) and you’re away. But are they actually any good? Well, yes — but you have 
#Dev #News #Console #Gnome42 #Libadwaita #Ubuntu22_04Lts
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/03/install-gnome-console-text-editor-on-ubuntu-22-04
The Best New Features in GNOME 42
We look at GNOME 42's new features in this run-down, including a new GNOME Shell theme, screenshot experience, libadwaita ports, and much, much more.
#Feature #Gnome42
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/03/gnome-42-best-new-features
Linux Mint is Making a Major Bluetooth Change
A better Bluetooth experience is likely to feature in the next major release of Linux Mint. Current versions of the Linux distro ship with Blueberry (which uses the gnome-bluetooth backend). This is used to handle connections to Bluetooth devices like headphones, headsets, games controllers, smartphones, etc, and integrate these devices within the Cinnamon desktop. But Linux Mint 21, due for release later this year, is likely to use Blueman and the bluez backend. Why the change? Well, the short answer is that Blueman works better. Testing within Mint reveals it successfully connects to a wider range of devices, audio equipment
#Dev #News #Blueman #Bluetooth #Bluez #LinuxMint #LinuxMint21
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/03/linux-mint-is-making-a-major-bluetooth-change
‘UpNote’ Note-Taking App is Now Available on Linux
If you’re yet to settle on a note-taking service that works across platforms you may want to check out a new option now available for Linux: UpNote. Now, I will mention upfront that the UpNote Linux client is Electron-based, and it is closed-source, proprietary software. The service does offer a free tier that lets you create “up to” 50 notes using basic features but you will need to shell out $0.99/month subscription (or pay a $19.99 one off fee) to create more than this, and unlock advanced options like tables, attachments, and extra export options. If you’ve read all of
#Apps #News #Electron #NoteTakingApps #SnapApps #Upnote
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/03/upnote-note-taking-app-available-for-linux
This GNOME Extension Puts Dock Items Back in the App Grid
GNOME 40 users: do you want to see your favourite apps in the application grid again? Well, you can! There is (naturally) a GNOME extension that brings back shortcuts for apps added to the dock back in the app grid, similar to how things were in GNOME 3.38 and earlier. Admittedly if you’re yet to try GNOME 40/Ubuntu 21.10 you’ll be wondering what the heck I’m on about, so I’ll explain. In GNOME 40 and above, applications that are “pinned” to the Ubuntu Dock (or added as a favourite in the vanilla Dash, which is what GNOME calls the dock)
#Download #GnomeExtensions
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/03/this-gnome-extension-puts-dock-items-back-in-the-app-grid
A Promising New GNOME Login Screen Tweak Tool Appears
GDM Settings is a new GTK app for configuring the GNOME login screen from a simple GUI, with options to change background, font, top bar items, and more.
#Apps #News #Gdm #Gnome #GtkApps #Libadwaita
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/02/gdm-settings-app-to-tweak-gnome-login-screen
‘Desktop Cube’ GNOME Extension Now Supports Click & Drag Deform
That ace Desktop Cube GNOME extension we wrote about a few months ago? It now supports click & drag directly on the desktop, just like the original Compiz Cube effect that inspired it. On Ubuntu you do need to disable the DING extension for the drag feature to work, but once you have you can click, hold and then pull the desktop in any direction to ‘deform’ it in to the rotating 3D cube switcher: If you don’t fancy disabling DING you can also click and drag from any empty part of the top bar. You can also tap super
#Download #News #Compiz #Cube #EyeCandy #GnomeExtensions
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/02/desktop-cube-gnome-extension-click-drag-explode
Xubuntu 22.04 Wallpaper Contest is Open For Entries
Submissions are now open for the Xubuntu 22.04 LTS wallpaper contest. Artists, photographers, and digital designers have until March 12th to submit up to 5 pieces of original work for potential inclusion in the Xubuntu 22.04 LTS release in April. The Xubuntu team plan to pick 6 winners from those submitted (which means there’s more chance of being picked than in regular Ubuntu’s wallpaper contest which is only going to select 2 winners). The usual sort of rules apply: no brand names or trademarks; nothing saucy, salacious, or subversive; nothing political, religious, or nationalistic; and, perhaps most importantly of all,
#Community #News #WallpaperContest #Xubuntu
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/02/xubuntu-22-04-wallpaper-contest-is-open
Ubuntu 22.04 Just Got a BIG Design Update (Spoiler: Looks Awesome)
Ubuntu 22.04 is looking on fire, my friends. With feature freeze now in effect (and UI freeze creeping up) a huge drop of changes just hit the daily builds, including GNOME Shell 42 and new versions of the default Yaru GTK, Shell and icon themes. The newest version of the Yaru GTK theme doesn’t deviate too far from what we’re used to but it does clearly echo the look of libadwaita with its circular window controls, increased border radius, and soft grey header bars. The slew of orange accents we previously reported on are present but, I have to say:
#News #Gnome42 #Ubuntu22_04Lts #Yaru
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/02/ubuntu-22-04-big-theme-drop
‘Clipboard History’ is Searchable Clipboard Extension for GNOME Desktops
Clipboard managers are handy, and there are plenty to choose from. A new contender is the performance-minded 'Clipboard History' GNOME extension.
#Apps #Download #Clipboard #GnomeExtensions
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/02/clipboard-history-gnome-extension
Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS Released, Available to Download
The fourth point release of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is available to download. Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS is a newly-spun installer image that contains all core security patches, bug fixes, and app updates released to Ubuntu 21.04 since the release of Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS back in August of last year. Periodic refreshes to the install media is a necessary task for a long-term support release as it cuts down on the number of post-install updates a user needs to install. If you use Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and you install all issues updates as and when they’re releases you do not need to
#Download #News #Ubuntu20_04Lts
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/02/download-ubuntu-20-04-4-point-release
GNOME 42 Features a Subtle, Yet Classy Touch
Being ill for much of the last week or two I missed some last-minute additions to GNOME 42 as it readied its formal beta — but belated or not, I want to spotlight one of those changes in particular. In GNOME 42 switching between the (all-new) light and dark preference in the Settings app makes the entire desktop, windows, widgets, and wallpaper, gracefully transition between states. There’s no blink, hiccup, or stutter but a smooth, seamless fade. And it looks classy as heck: Will this woo anyone weirded out by non-Windows systems? It won’t. But as frivolous as this fluid
#News #Gnome42
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/02/gnome-42-subtle-transition-effect
Hands on with the latest version of DahliaOS
I hadn’t heard of DahliaOS until about 20 minutes ago when a tweet talking up the latest development release flew past my eyes. Naturally I was intrigued. DahliaOS has nothing to do with Ubuntu of course and thus no real tangible reason to be featured on this blog. But hey: new Linux distros and desktop environments are interesting, and unless I want to kick the bees nest that is the Firefox deb to Snap transition (the package hit Jammy today) I’ve not got much else to talk about. So what is dahliaOS? It describes itself as “a modern, secure, lightweight
#Download #News #DahliaOs #Distros #Flutter #Fuchsia #Google #Zircon
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/02/a-quick-look-at-dahliaos-pangolin-desktop
Nautilus 42 Arrives in Ubuntu 22.04 Daily Builds
Those currently testing the upcoming Ubuntu 22.04 release can take the latest version of Nautilus, the default file manager in Ubuntu, for a spin. Nautilus 42 was released as part of the recent GNOME 42 beta and it’s making the jump to the Jammy Jellyfish, albeit in a version that lacks the libadwaita redressing offered in the GTK4 port. Ubuntu 21.10 shipped with Nautilus 41, so Ubuntu 22.04 shipping with Nautilus 42 means there’s a larger change log than usual, with an improved file conflict UI, improved file renaming UI, and support for file search based on creation time included.
#Dev #News #Gnome42 #Nautilus #Ubuntu22_04Lts
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/02/nautilus-42-arrives-in-ubuntu-22-04-daily-builds
Check Battery Status on Ubuntu Using This GNOME Extension
Looking for an easy way to get a top-level overview of your laptop’s battery health on Ubuntu? If so, check out Battery Status by Spanish blog Atareao. They’ve created a GNOME extension that reminds me a lot of the fancy menu bar apps available for macOS. Y’know, the ones that convey laptop battery health via a well designed panel applet replete with colourful graphs and reams of info. Battery Status provides something similar for the Ubuntu desktop (though it works wherever GNOME Shell does). While it’s not quite as detailed as, say, something like Coconut Battery its still a solid
#Download #Atareao #Battery #GnomeExtensions
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/02/battery-status-health-applet-for-ubuntu
An App to Control Your Elgato Key Lights on Linux
I have a set of Elgato lights that I use for filming and they’re very nice. The only problem is that I can only control the brightness and colour temperature on Windows or macOS (or Android and iOS) as those are the only platforms the official Elgato Control Centre software supports. But open source software to the rescue. Keylight Control is billed as “a Linux compatible application for controlling the Elgato Key Lights” and—shock—that’s exactly what it is. As it’s distributed as an .appimage it will (in theory) work on pretty much any Linux distro out there. I took it
#Apps #Appimages #Elgato #Iot
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/02/elgato-key-light-control-linux
GNOME 42 Adds Support for ‘Dark Wallpapers’
Among the (many) new features in GNOME 42 is an interesting one related to wallpapers (or desktop backgrounds, if you rather). Simply put: when the new standardised dark mode setting is enabled in GNOME 42 a ‘dark’ version of the default wallpaper is applied. When light mode is enabled, a ‘light’ version of the wallpaper is applied. If this all sounds a bit familiar it’s probably because I mentioned this was on the way last month when I wrote about the streamlining of wallpaper options in GNOME 42. Naturally, you are free to override this behaviour and set any image
#News #Wallpaper #Gnome42
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/02/gnomr-42-dark-background-preference
Firefox 97 Released with Modest Collection of Changes
Mozilla Firefox 97 is now available to download. There aren’t many “big” changes in this release (well, unless you count support for Windows 11 scrollbars) but there is, as always, a healthy chunk of under-the-hood enhancements aimed at improving the performance, security, and privacy. Those loving Firefox’s ongoing obsession with “colour ways” will be delighted to hear six new colour way themes are present in this update, once again for a limited time only. Firefox will likely tell you about the new schemes after you install the update, but you can access them at any time from the “Manage Themes”
#Apps #News #AppUpdates #Firefox #Mozilla
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/02/whats-new-in-mozilla-firefox-97
KDE Plasma 5.24 Released, This is What’s New
KDE Plasma 5.24 is out and as you'd expect it is chock full of performance improvements, user interface refinements, and even some handy new features.
#News #DesktopEnvironments #Kde #KdePlasma
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/02/kde-plasma-5-24-released-this-is-whats-new
Use ‘TextSnatcher’ to Copy Text from Images to Your Clipboard on Linux
This nifty utility makes it easy to copy test from anything you see on your screen straight to your clipboard, ready to paste someplace else — nice!
#Apps #Elementary #FlathubApps #FlatpakApps #Ocr #TextSnatcher
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/02/textsnatcher-copy-text-from-images-linux
