This simple tutorial shows how to hide user list and/or enable touchpad tap clicking in login screen of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. GNOME, the default desktop environment, has some hidden keys to configure the login screen options. However, you need gdm ...
Want to open folder or edit file as administrator (aka root in Linux)? Here’s how to do the trick by adding menu option in Ubuntu 22.04 file manager. The ‘Files’ (aka nautilus) has an extension called nautilus-admin to do administrative ...
This simple tutorial shows how to install the tiny sound recording app “Audio Recorder” in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. “Audio Recorder” is a little open-source app that can record audio from your system’s sound card, microphone, browsers, webcams and any sound ...
Ubuntu 22.04 finally removed the .deb package for Firefox web browser from it’s repository! Here’s how to install it back. As you may know, Firefox in Ubuntu 22.04 is a Snap package that runs in sandbox. It’s easy to remove ...
Ubuntu 22.04 has a new in-shell screenshot UI for taking screenshots and recording desktop. The old default screenshot app (GNOME Screenshot) is no longer available out-of-the-box. For those somehow sticking to the old screenshot tool, here’s how to install it ...
Looking for a secure instant messaging app? Speek.Chat is a free open-source messenger based on Tor hidden network services. No server, no metadata, no ID or phone number! With it, users are only identified via public keys. By sharing the ...
Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish now is in final beta stage! Here’s how you can upgrade to the new LTS from Ubuntu 20.04! NOTE: the steps below now will upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04 Beta at the moment. Though, the beta will ...
Running Ubuntu laptop without power supply? It’s wise to keep an eye on the battery percentage. And, here’s how to make Ubuntu 22.04 display the info in top-right corner just besides the battery icon. Method 1: Single command toggle display ...
There are quite a few weather apps for Ubuntu Linux. Here’s a new one for GNOME desktop 40+. Different to other apps, the extension show a little icon in system tray area for current weather condition. By clicking on it ...
Oracle announced Java 18 a few days ago. Here’s how to install the programming language in Ubuntu Linux. What’s New in Java 18: New Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) native service to help manage Java runtimes and applications on-premises or on ...
Stellarium 0.22.0 released! Here’s how to install and keep it up to date in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04 via PPA. Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for Linux, Windows, and macOS. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just ...
There are quite a few image editing tools for Linux desktop. ‘Drawing’ is the one that promoted itself a Microsoft Paint alternative for Linux. The app provides basic editing features, including crop, resize, skew and rotate images, apply simple filters, ...
For those sticking to the old Ubuntu 18.04, but need higher Linux kernel version for specific hardware support, here’s how to install the Linux Kernel 5.13 from Ubuntu 20.04 repository. NOTE: Ubuntu 20.04’s kernel package does install and seems running ...
GNOME 42 is out! The upcoming Ubuntu 22.04 LTS will take use it as the default desktop environment. If you’ve tried out the latest update of Ubuntu 22.04 development build, you should already see the brand new appearance of the ...
This tutorial shows how to install the latest version of KeePassXC password manager (v2.7 so far) and keep it up-to-date via the official PPA in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The popular KeePassXC password manager released version 2.7.0 few days ago with ...