‘Converter’ is a Slick Image Conversion Tool for Linux
Using this free, open source app you can convert an image into another image format on Linux, including converting an image to a PDF. Learn more inside.
#Apps #Converter #GtkApps #ImageEditors #MediaConverter
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/gtk-image-converter-app-for-linux
Easily Monitor Stock Prices with these GNOME Extensions
Here are two GNOME extensions you can use to keep an eye on stock prices from your Linux desktop without needing to open a web browser or a dedicated app. In a fast-paced world folks want quick and easy access to real-time stock market data. While there are websites that let you view stock prices online, it’s often more convenient to get the information through the OS itself. Both of the GNOME extensions in this post will satisfy those who spend a lot of time at their computer and want to see the latest stock prices for specific companies/stocks. There’s 
#HowTo #GnomeExtensions #Stocks
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/stock-tracker-linux-gnome-extensions
Ubuntu’s Education-Focused Flavour is Making a Comeback
Pop quiz: what is the name of the education-focused flavour of Ubuntu tailored towards students, teachers, and schools? Answer: Edubuntu — and it’s hoping to make a comeback. Edubuntu arrived on the scene in 2005 when it debuted as part of the Ubuntu 5.10 “Breezy Badger” series. The scholastic spin kept issuing new releases until Edubuntu 14.04 LTS which, due to a lack of contributors, wound up being the final release an official favour. Fast forward to 2023 and this forgotten flavour is looking to the future. Ubuntu Studio’s Erich Eickmeyer and his wife Amy, whose background is in education,
#Community #News #Edubuntu #Flavors
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/edubuntu-flavour-revival
The 5 Best Linux Distros of 2022
I look back at the best Linux distro releases of 2022. Ubuntu is (obviously) included, but so are non-Ubuntu based Linux distros like Fedora and Manjaro.
#List #BestOf2022 #Distros #Fedora #KineticKudu #Manjaro #Ubuntu22_04Lts
How to Disable Ubuntu’s (Rather Annoying) “Apt News” Feature
Are you a fan of Ubuntu’s (semi-controversial) apt “awareness” feature? You won’t have failed to notice it by now if you use Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and you regularly use apt to check for and install system updates. For me, the awareness messages appears each time I run apt upgrade or apt dist-upgrade on my Jammy Jellyfish install (thankfully it no longer appears on Ubuntu 22.10, which makes sense: it’s not an LTS release). Canonical added the feature to enable it to ‘raise awareness’ of critical security issues, and to instruct users on how to mitigate the impact of them (most
#HowTo #News #Apt #Canonical
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/12/disable-ubuntu-apt-news-annoyance
CoverflowAltTab Extension for GNOME Shell Gets a Major Update
The latest CoverflowAltTab extension update intros a redesigned settings panel and improves multi-monitor support to deliver a slick way to switch apps.
#News
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/12/coverflow-alt-tab-update
Ear Tag, a GTK Audio Tag Editor, Gains New Features, Performance Boost
Significant performance improvements as well as more editing capabilities feature in the latest version of Ear Tag. Ear Tag is GTK4/libadwaita app designed for basic metadata editing of single audio files (though you can use it to edit fields of multiple audio files at the same time). A new version slipped out during the festive period that enhances the focused feature-set further. The Github description for the Ear Tag 0.3.0 release touts “greatly improved performance“, with faster loading times when working with and/or switching between audio files and, for the impatient, a loading indicator to reassure you the app is
#News
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/12/open-source-audio-tag-editor-ear-tag-gains-new-features
There’s Now a Rick & Morty Window Closing Effect for Linux
A portal effect inspired by the terrifically over-the-top cartoon Ricky & Morty is the latest addition to the terrifically-over-the-top Burn My Windows extension. As with other animations available through this add-on, you can assign the new portal effect to play when closing app windows and/or opening windows too: You can also apply this (and any of the 17 other effects) to play when closing modal dialogs too. While a few of Burn My Windows’ animations are limited to more recent versions of GNOME Shell, the Rick & Morty portal effect supports GNOME 3.36 and above. This means the effect is
#News #BurnMyWindows #GnomeExtensions
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/12/rick-morty-portal-window-closing-effect
‘Kora’ Icon Set Gives Your Linux Desktop a Classy New Look
Folks, I think Kora might be one of the best icon themes for Ubuntu (and other Linux distros) I’ve seen in a long, long time. Certainly this year. Now, Kora isn’t super new — I bet some of you reading this very post are already be using it (why didn’t you tell me about it?! 😭). I’m late to the love-in as I only discovered Kora today via Reddit. But no lie: I’m impressed. I particularly like that on a stock Ubuntu install nearly every (non-branded) icon gets a Kora revamp. This comprehensive coverage means that even on a (somewhat)
#Download #Themes #EyeCandy #IconTheme #Kora
Annotate Files & Folders in Nautilus with this New Extension
Ever wanted to annotate files and/or folders inside of Nautilus? There’s a third-party Nautilus extension that allows you to do exactly that. Nautilus (also known as GNOME Files these days) used to have a built-in “notes” feature. This allows you to attach short written annotations to files and directories on your system, and view/edit/access them at a later date. This (admittedly little-known) feature seems to have been removed in Nautilus 3.2 back in 2011. Well, this week I found a new Nautilus extension that brings this (admittedly niche) feature back, and it works with the latest versions of GNOME’s famed
#Dev #News #Gnome #Nautilus #NautilusExtensions
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/12/nautilus-annotations-extension
‘Haruna’ is a Slick Qt-Based Video Player with YouTube Support
Are you a KDE Plasma user looking for a flashy yet featured video player? If so, check out Haruna. I tried it this week and was really impressed by its design, its feature-set, and its ease of use. I’ve written a fair bit about fancy GTK media players like Clapper and Celluloid in the past. But Qt apps? Those not so much. And yet Haruna, an open source video player built using Qt/QML and libmpv, is every inch a match for those (and other) players. And naturally it looks fab on the KDE Plasma desktop: Obviously I’m aware that caring
#Apps #Haruna #Kde #Mediaplayers #QtApps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/12/haruna-slick-video-player-for-kde-plasma
A Simple Desktop Clock GNOME Extension You Can Use on Ubuntu
Desktop Clock is a GNOME extension that …I'm sure you can guess! Ubuntu-friendly, the timepiece is highly customisable, and also displays the current date.
#News #Clock&TimerApps #EyeCandy #GnomeExtensions
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/12/desktop-clock-gnome-extension
Use ‘Corluma’ to Control Hue, LIFX & Nanoleaf Lights on Ubuntu
If you’re rocking some luscious LED smart lights in your home and you want to be able to control them from your Ubuntu desktop, check out Corluma. Corluma is a cross-platform light controller app available for macOS, iOS, Android, and — of interest to those of you reading this — Ubuntu-based Linux distributions. While the mobile and Mac versions of the app are paid software the Ubuntu version is free (as in beer). The aim of the app is to allow you to control all your lights from one app, without having to configure IFTT, smart assistant integrations, etc. For
#Apps #News #Corluma #Iot #PhilipsHue #SmartLights
Linux Mint 21.1 Released, Available to Download
Linux Mint 21.1 ‘Vera’ is now officially available to download. This point release of Linux Mint is built atop of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and includes a variety of user-interface and performance improvements. Nothing much has changed since the Linux Mint 21.1 beta (side note: if you use the beta you can upgrade to final stable release by applying all pending updates). Linux Mint 21.1 ships with the Cinnamon 5.6 desktops environment by default. This version of Cinnamon offers a couple of new features, including a new Corner Bar applet comes enabled by default. Using Corner Bar you can it click the very
#News
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/12/linux-mint-21-1-released-available-to-download
Want to Upgrade to Xfce 4.18 on Xubuntu 22.04? Here’s How
Want to upgrade to Xfce 4.18 on Ubuntu 22.04 or 22.10? Packages added to the Xubuntu QA Staging PPA mean you can now do exactly that. Not that you’re supposed to, though 😅. See, while the Xubuntu QA Staging PPA does enable you to upgrade to Xfce 4.18 it’s not a repo meant for regular folks, and usage of it is at users’ own risk. Packages distributed through this PPA have no guarantees or promise of stability, and they may be removed or replaced at any moment, without warning. That said, you can choose to use this PPA to install
#HowTo #News #DesktopEnvironments #Ppas #Xfce #Xfce4_18 #Xubuntu
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/12/how-to-install-xfce-4-18-on-ubuntu-22-04-22-10
Ubuntu Considers Removing ‘Archive Manager’ from Default Install
Should Ubuntu drop the Archive Manager app from the default install? That’s the suggestion put forward for community discussion by a prominent Ubuntu developer. The reasoning is that since Nautilus lets us create/extract commonly-compressed formats (including the ubiquitous .zip and tarballs) shipping a separate app that does the same thing (albeit with more formats) is unnecessary. There’s precedent for such a move: GNOME 41 dropped the the Archive Manager app (often referred to by the package name file-roller) from GNOME Core. Their reasoning was similar: Nautilus now does it, so why duplicate functionality in the standard seed? Users with advanced
#Dev #News #Development #FileRoller #LunarLobster #Ubuntu23_04
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/12/ubuntu-23-04-archive-manager-remove
Ubuntu 23.04 Dev Builds Now Look a Pinch More Appealing…
The latest daily builds of Ubuntu 23.04 have a distinctly new vibe thanks to a unique development update that is something of a first for Ubuntu.
#News #Defaultwallpaper #LunarLobster #Ubuntu23_04
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/12/ubuntu-lunar-lobster-development-wallpaper
4 Alternative Clock Layouts You Can Use in Xfce 4.18
Today’s Xfce 4.18 release includes an improved clock applet that, among other things, now lets you display the date on a different line to the time. That is pretty neat, and new preset options included make it simple to switch up the arrangement of the date and time to creation some interesting and dynamic layouts. But I’m not here to talk about those. See, I like using a custom layout. Custom layouts let you do more. You can set the order and arrangement of the date and time you want; you can insert separators, emoji, or special characters; and you
#HowTo #Clockapplet #EyeCandy #Tips #Xfce
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/12/alternative-clock-format-layouts-for-xfce
This GTK4 Fork of Ubuntu’s Desktop Icons Extension is Pretty Neat
If you’re an avid user of Ubuntu’s desktop icons extension but you wish it did a little bit more there’s an enhanced GTK4 version you need to check out. The perfunctorily-titled ‘Gtk4 Desktop Icons NG’ extension is a direct fork of the regular Desktop Icons NG extension that Ubuntu has shipped with since Ubuntu 21.04 (trivia: that extension is itself a fork of the original desktop icons extension created by GNOME developers). So what’s special about it? For many, the most compelling “feature” of GTK4 Desktop Icons NG is that it — at last! — does what many have longed
#News #DesktopIcons #GnomeExtensions #Gtk4 #UbuntuDock
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/12/gtk4-ding-desktop-icons-gnome-extension
Kdenlive 22.12 Released with “Major Overhaul” of Edit Markers
A new version of Kdenlive, a Qt-based open source video editor for Windows, macOS, and Linux is out. I run through what's new and where to download it.
#News #AppUpdates #Kdenlive #QtApps #VideoEditors
