Want to Add App Shortcuts to the Desktop in Ubuntu? Use This Extension
Looking for an easy way to add application shortcuts to the desktop on Ubuntu? If so, the ably named Add to Desktop GNOME extension is what you need. This simple, straight-forward add-ons makes creating desktop shortcut for your favourite apps a total cinch. How cinch-y? You just have to right-click on an any application shortcut in the Applications grid and select the “Add to Desktop”, as this GIF demonstrates: Now, you don’t need a GNOME extension to do this. You can put app shortcuts on the desktop in Ubuntu manually. Just open the Nautilus file manager, navigate to ~/usr/share/applications (or 
#HowTo #DesktopIcons #GnomeExtensions #Shortcuts
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/add-app-shortcut-desktop-ubuntu
Ubuntu Cinnamon is Now an Official Ubuntu Flavour
What’s the best way to sample the Cinnamon desktop on top of an Ubuntu base? You may be minded to answer Linux Mint (and that wouldn’t be a wrong answer) but with the upcoming release of Ubuntu 23.04 there’ll be a new choice to consider. The Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix team have been coaching for official status among Ubuntu’s family of flavours for a while. This week they achieved it. Following a vote of Ubuntu’s Technical Board, Ubuntu Cinnamon 23.04 is going to the first official release of this spicy new flavour. As you can probably guess, Ubuntu Cinnamon is a
#News #LinuxMint #Ubuntu23_04 #UbuntuCinnamon
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-cinnamon-new-official-flavor
Bored of Slow Ubuntu Shutdowns (Thanks Snap) I Went In Search of a Solution…
Sometimes when I shutdown Ubuntu …it takes ages to actually power off. Am I alone? Am I unreasonable? I hit shutdown (or run sudo shutdown now in a terminal) and expect Ubuntu to do the whole “going… to gone” process in around 5-10 seconds, max. I want to be able to close my laptop’s lid, stuff it in my bag, and go buy bread because I’m half pigeon. And, to be fair, most of the time Ubuntu does do that. But sometimes …It doesn’t. Sometimes it hangs. For ages. The loading dots on the shutdown screen just keep… dotting. Like
#HowTo #Snaps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/fix-ubuntu-slow-shutdowns-snap-daemon
Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS Released with Major Secure Boot Fix
Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS is now available to download. A point-six release?! They’re a bit unusual. Long-term support releases typically only receive five point releases during their support cycle so what’s going on? I’ll quote Ubuntu’s Graham Inggs. They explained why this exceptional release was required in a mailing list post sent earlier today (March 23): “Unlike previous point releases, 20.04.6 is a refresh of the amd64 installer media after recent key revocations, re-enabling their usage on Secure Boot enabled systems.” You can read more about the issue on Launchpad (not that you need to – it’s now fixed, after all). :sys_more_orange:
#News #PointRelease #Secureboot #Ubuntu20_04Lts
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-20-04-6-lts-released
Help Test a New Version of the Iconic Ubuntu Font
An updated version of the Ubuntu font boasting better support for non-latin languages is nearing release. Ubuntu developers want to ship a new revision of its iconic typeface in next month’s Ubuntu 23.04 release but aren’t 100% certain if it is 100% ready for mainstream deployment yet. Hence the need for community feedback. Since its introduction back in 2010 the Ubuntu font has taken on a life of its own, extending far beyond the confines of the desktop it was made for. I regularly see the Ubuntu font being used in all kinds of content, from magazine ads to bus
#News #Fonts
GNOME 44 Released, This is What’s New
The GNOME project has announced the release of a new version of their hugely popular open-source desktop environment. GNOME 44 includes a number of core improvements spanning eye-catching new features through to more subtle enhancements and lower-level buffs. Last year’s GNOME 43 release was quite the instalment and everything shipping here, in GNOME 44 continue steadfast in the same direction. I took readers through the best GNOME 44 features on my other Linux blog a couple of weeks ago. If you read that post — thank you 🙏 — you’ll be clued up on the core changes. If you haven’t
#News #DesktopEnvironments #Gnome #Gnome44
Ubuntu 23.04: The Best New Features
Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar Lobster” is released on Thursday April 20, 2023. As a short-term release, Lunar gets 9 months of ongoing updates, security patches, and critical fixes. That might not sound very long but Ubuntu 23.10 arrives 6 months after and users will be encouraged to upgrade to that. Details out of the way. In this post I take a closer look at the Ubuntu 23.04’s new features, changes, and enhancements – though keep in mind that everything you read about below is still (somewhat) subject to change until April 20. Let’s dive in 🦞. New Features in Ubuntu 23.04
#News #LunarLobster #Ubuntu23_04
Ubuntu Wants You to Test its Steam Snap
Remember when Ubuntu said it was getting serious about gaming? Well, it hasn’t forgotten entirely — it’s once again asking gamers to take part in a fresh bout of testing for its Steam snap. Steam is available on Ubuntu through traditional packaging methods but Canonical sees its Steam snap as the real future of the games platform on Ubuntu. That kinda of makes sense: it’s a tad easier to cater for the tangle of 32-bit libraries older games require using a sandboxed, separated Snap file system. “Since publishing steam as a snap under the “Early Access” banner, we’ve been working
#Community #News #Snaps #SteamForLinux
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-steam-snap-candidate-testing
Ubuntu 23.04 Default Wallpaper Revealed
Ready for your first look at the new default wallpaper for Ubuntu 23.04? Course you are! And with a codename like the “Lunar Lobster” it’s only natural that the designers of the official Ubuntu 23.04 background have leaned lovingly into this ludicrous label with lascivious zeal. So here, in all its compressed JPEG glory, is Ubuntu’s luxe new lead: All things said, this lusciously illustrated lobster should help to liven up Ubuntu’s latest release. Ubuntu’s designers had an unenviable task in translating such a wacky codename into a well considered graphic. There are stars! A moon! And… whatever those triangles
#News #Defaultwallpaper #EyeCandy #LunarLobster #Ubuntu23_04
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-23-04-default-wallpaper
Firefox 111 Released with Minor Improvements, Updated PDF.js
Mozilla Firefox 111 is available to download. Shocked? Course you’re not! The latest release arrives bang on schedule, one month to the day of the Firefox 110 release (which was notable for featuring WebGL improvements on Linux). Alas, the change-log this time around is a little (perceptually) leaner. Mozilla say Windows users will find that native notifications are enabled by default (which is great for them, I guess), and that users of Firefox Relay can ‘opt-in to create Relay email masks directly from the Firefox credential manager’ (which is great for them too, I guess). Elsewhere, web apps used in
#News #AppUpdates #Firefox
Ubuntu 23.04 Will Ship with Linux Kernel 6.2
When Ubuntu 23.04 arrives in April it will be using Linux kernel 6.2, the most recent kernel version ahead of the distro's next release – nice!
#Dev #News #LinuxKernel #Ubuntu23_04
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-23-04-will-ship-with-linux-kernel-6-2
MusicPod is a New Music, Podcast, and Radio Player for Ubuntu
A new all-in-one music, radio and podcast player is in development for Ubuntu, called MusicPod. Though MusicPod not an “official” Ubuntu app it is being developed under the umbrella of the Ubuntu Flutter Community, who also maintain that Fluter-based software app we previewed last summer which Ubuntu may use in a future release. The app is built in Flutter and uses Flutter’s “Yaru” design elements to effect a look that’s similar to the GTK theme of the same name but, y’know, without being an actual GTK app. So what can it do? MusicPod Fluter App MusicPod can play local audio
#Dev #News #Flutter #MusicPlayers #Musicpod #SnapApps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-musicpod-flutter-app
Ubuntu to Offer Better Window Tiling Experience by Default?
Are Ubuntu devs finally going to something about the Ubuntu desktop’s relatively lacklustre window tiling experience? Word on the street is yes, they are! I’m told that there are plans to ship Leleat’s Tiling Assistant GNOME extension as part of the default install in Ubuntu 23.04 or Ubuntu 23.10, with the extension being renamed to ‘Ubuntu Tiling Assistant’ in the process. In recent versions of Ubuntu you can drag an app window to the sides of the screen to snap it to 50% vertically, or drag a window to the top of the screen to maximise it. You can’t presently
#News #Development #GnomeExtensions #Ubuntu23_04
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-tiling-assistant-gnome-extenson
Flathub’s Got Big Plans for 2023
With more than 2,000 apps available and daily downloads of over 700,000 (!) it’s fair to say Flathub is now the de-facto ‘app store’ for Linux, not just for Flatpak apps. And things show no signs of slowing down. Endless CEO and GNOME board president Rob McQueen has shared a new blog post to bring the Linux community bang up-to-date on the effort going on behind the scenes to get Flathub here, and what will be required to get Flathub to where it wants to go next. The key aims for this year are: Awesomely, Flathub has already secured $100k
#News #Flathub
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/flathub-has-big-plans-for-2023
Pano Clipboard Manager for GNOME Shell Updated
Remember that slick clipboard manager for GNOME Shell I wrote about last year? Well, it just got a sizeable update. We’re talking improved UI, new user-requested features, and a ton of additional configuration options. Oh yeah, and it supports GNOME 44 nice and early so you can upgrade to Ubuntu 23.04 this April without worrying about breakage. For those unfamiliar with it, Pano is a clipboard manager for GNOME Shell that uses rich previews for copied content type (e.g., image, links, images, hex codes, text, etc) in a pop-up bar at the bottom of the screen. This lets you see
#News #AppUpdates #Clipboard #GnomeExtensions
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/pano-clipboard-manager-updated
How to Upgrade to KDE Plasma 5.27 on Kubuntu 22.10
Kubuntu 22.10 users can now upgrade to the latest KDE Plasma 5.27 release thanks to the ever-dependable Kubuntu backports PPA. As expected, Kubuntu developers put in the effort necessary to package the latest Plasma release for use atop Kubuntu 22.10. As the backports PPA is entirely opt-in (i.e. it’s not enabled by default) users must go out of their way to add it in order to receive the update. KDE Plasma 5.27 features a variety of cool things, the most notable being a(n incredibly cool) new window tiling experience, and major improvements to multi-monitor handling. There are also Flatpak setting
#HowTo #News #Backports #KdePlasma #Kubuntu #Ubuntu22_10
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/install-kde-plasma-5-27-on-kubuntu-22-10
Want to Create a Custom Ubuntu ISO? Try Cubic
I’ve never needed to create a custom Ubuntu ISO but if it’s something you want to do, check out Cubic. Cubic (which stands for “Custom Ubuntu ISO Creator”) describes itself as a “GUI wizard” to create customised Live ISO images for Ubuntu (and Debian-based Linux) distributions. To quote the project’s homepage: “Cubic permits effortless navigation through the ISO customization steps and features an integrated virtual command line environment to customize the Linux file system. You can create new customization projects or modify existing projects. Important parameters are dynamically populated with intelligent defaults to simplify the customization process.” Why would you
#Apps #Cubic #Customization #GtkApps
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/cubic-is-a-custom-ubuntu-iso-creator
Ubuntu Devs Working on New ‘Mini’ ISO (
Ubuntu plan to release a new minimal ISO as part of the upcoming Ubuntu 23.04 release. While there’s nothing to download or test (yet – that I’m aware of) a good overview of the project was shared on the Ubuntu developer mailing list at the weekend. Interestingly, the effort is being headed up by Dan Bungert, the maintainer of Subiquity, which is the tech underpinning Ubuntu’s new Flutter-based installer). “The ubuntu-mini-iso is a small bootable iso that can be either downloaded and used on a CD/USB-drive or even via UEFI HTTP that brings up a dynamic TUI menu of what
#News #Development #LunarLobster #Ubuntu23_04
Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS is Available to Download
Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS has been released, and is available to download. The 2nd point release adds a new Linux kernel & updated graphics drivers.
#News #JammyJellyfish #PointRelease #Ubuntu22_04Lts
