Switch Workspaces in Ubuntu 22.04 Using Buttons with This Extension
Looking for a quick way to switch workspaces in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS using your mouse? You’ll already known you can click on the Activities button in the top bar. That opens the overview screen which shows all active workspaces. You click on a workspace to go straight to it. Not a hardship, granted, but a bit more effort than just switching instantly. So can hold the super key and scroll on your mouse scroll wheel to cycle between workspaces too. But that assumes you’re using a mouse with a scroll wheel (and still involves keyboard shortcuts; you can press super […] You’re reading Switch Workspaces in Ubuntu 22.04 Using Buttons with This Extension, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. …

Ayaneo Retro PC: Inspired by Mac, Runs Windows, Supports Ubuntu
Apart from the likes of the Raspberry Pi, casual computer users don’t tend to buy mini desktop PCs – that could change thanks to gaming hardware company Ayaneo’s latest creation. The newly announced Ayaneo Retro Mini PC AM01 is a compact desktop computer powered by AMD processors. It’s housed inside of a 5-inch case designed to look as much like a beige Macintosh from the 1980s as it can, without attracting the ire of Apple. The front even flaunts a brazen six-colour rainbow logo (magnetic, and removable), while the faux display bears a phoney Finder-esque face on it. As Ayaneo […] You’re reading Ayaneo Retro PC: Inspired by Mac, Runs Windows, Supports Ubuntu, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. …

Varia is a Brand New Download Manager for Linux
Varia is a new, open-source download manager for Linux based on Aria2, a powerful command-line download utility. As the user interface is built with GTK 4 and libadwaita, Varia looks perfectly in-keeping with other modern GTK apps Ubuntu offers: Of course, it’s 2023 and we all (apparently) live in a world of blazing fast internet connections, where giant files download via web browsers in seconds, and anything else we need can be streamed or accessed on-demand. Are dedicated desktop download managers still useful? Say you need to download a large file over an unreliable internet connection, or your computer dies […] You’re reading Varia is a Brand New Download Manager for Linux, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. …

Notepad++ Marks 20th Anniversary with New Release
The open-source text editor Notepad++ is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a new release filled with some neat new features. In Notepad++ 8.6 (the 238th release since 2003, for those keeping count) the Windows-based code tool adds to its extensive feature set with an improved multi-edit feature. Now, I’m not a developer. I do a bit of basic PHP tweaking for the omg! sites, but that doesn’t require a bespoke coding environment or any advanced feature. So I don’t know how multi-edit adds to or adjust what was (apparently) available in earlier builds of this app. A do know a […] You’re reading Notepad++ Marks 20th Anniversary with New Release, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. …

Blue Recorder, Linux Screencast App, Ported to GTK4
GNOME Shell’s built-in screen recording feature is perfect at capturing short clips but when you need to record longer sessions you should use a dedicated screen recording app. Such tools give you greater control over video quality, output format, sound capture, frame rate, and so on — all vitally important if you’re looking to create high-quality screencast content for videos, social media, or really helpful bug reports. Amongst the surfeit of Linux screen recording software that’s readily available is Blue Recorder. Blue Recorder is an improved, Rust-based rewrite of Green Recorder, which was an open-source screen recording tool leveraging FFMPEG […] You’re reading Blue Recorder, Linux Screencast App, Ported to GTK4, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. …

Musique Music Player Ported to Qt 6, Refreshes UI
It’s been a while since I last wrote about Musique, an open-source desktop music player for Windows, macOS, and Linux (I first featured it in 2010, back when it was called MiniTunes). Amazingly, the app is still going, and it just received its first major update in almost 3 years. “This Musique update is the first Qt 6-based release I do. The main effort has been modernizing the look of the app: a more flat and clean style, with rounded artist pics and a nicer toolbar,” writes its developer, Flavio Tordini, on the project website. Musique is a music player […] You’re reading Musique Music Player Ported to Qt 6, Refreshes UI, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. …

GNOME Shell 45.1 Update Arrives in Ubuntu 23.10
The recent GNOME Shell 45.1 update has begun rolling out to users of Ubuntu 23.10. As the first point release issued to GNOME Shell since the GNOME 45 release in September, the update ships with an miscellaneous assortment of bug fixes, code cleanups, and crash remedies. Specific fixes mentioned in the official upstream changelog include: The calendar pop fix addresses the following quirk, where if you click on a date in the bottom row the entire applet contracts. Weirdly, this doesn’t happen if you click on a date that’s not in the final row first: Ubuntu ships a customised version […] You’re reading GNOME Shell 45.1 Update Arrives in Ubuntu 23.10, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. …

Pano Clipboard Manager Now Supports GNOME 45
In the world of Linux clipboard managers few can match the panache of Pano, a GNOME Shell extension I first wrote about last year. Pano offers an interactive, visually-rich dashboard from which to store, search, and organise your clipboard history. It’s similar to the popular macOS app Paste but arguably better since it’s free, open-source software and works on Linux. Well, I’m pleased to report that this flashy productivity aid (which can be navigated entirely from the keyboard, if you want) now supports GNOME 45 and Ubuntu 23.10. Better yet, the add-on now lets you choose where on screen it […] You’re reading Pano Clipboard Manager Now Supports GNOME 45, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. …

Firefox 120 Adds New Privacy Options, PIP Snapping + More
Mozilla Firefox 120 has landed, bringing with it a flurry of new features and improvements. Firefox 120 now supports corner snapping for Picture-in-Picture (PIP) mode on Windows and Linux. This puts a PIP window back in a corner once it’s been moved elsewhere. To try it, hold the ctrl key and drag a PIP window in the direction of a screen corner, and bam—it’ll snap. Firefox also adds a ‘Copy Link Without Site Tracking’ open to the context menu when right-clicking on links. This option ensures links copied to your clipboard do not contain any tracking information, source tags, or […] You’re reading Firefox 120 Adds New Privacy Options, PIP Snapping + More, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. …

See Real-Time System Resource Usage in Ubuntu’s Top Panel
We’re not short of system monitoring tools for Ubuntu, with an array of desktop apps, extensions, widgets, Conky scripts, and command-line tools readily available to us. But if you’re keen to keep an eye firmly fixed on system resource usage the newly launched SystemStatsPlus GNOME extension will appeal (though only if you use Ubuntu 23.10, as this only supports GNOME 45 atm). SystemStatsPlus provides “real-time visualization of key system resources”, and described itself as “an essential tool for anyone looking to keep a close eye on their system’s performance”. Once installed, this extension embeds live, updating resource graphs in the […] You’re reading See Real-Time System Resource Usage in Ubuntu’s Top Panel, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. …

Inkscape 1.3.1 Released as ‘Biggest Bug Fix’ Update Ever
Inkscape, a free and open-source vector graphics editor, has released a new version which its developers say is the ‘biggest bug fix’ update they’ve ever shared! Alongside 40 bug fixes there are over 30 crash/freeze fixes included in Inkscape 1.3.1, with remedies to address workflow-wrecking behaviour during PDF import, or while using the the Live Path effect. Other changes in Inkscape 1.3.1: Two nifty new features have also been added: In all, a decent uplift to this design essential. For an avalanche more detail on every bug fixes and feature buff this update offers I highly recommend reading the Inkscape […] You’re reading Inkscape 1.3.1 Released as ‘Biggest Bug Fix’ Update Ever, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. …

Use GDM Settings to Customise Ubuntu’s Login Screen
Ubuntu, like other Linux distributions uses the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) as its, well, display manager, though most of us tend to think of or refer to it as the login screen. To customise the Ubuntu login screen, such as setting a different theme or icon set, changing the login screen background image or colour, or getting night light to apply when viewing it, you can use a 3rd-party tool called GDM Settings. The app is written in Python and uses libadwaita for its UI, so it looks great on the modern Ubuntu desktop and adapts gracefully when resizing the […] You’re reading Use GDM Settings to Customise Ubuntu’s Login Screen, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. …