This quick tutorial shows how to enable the fractional scaling in Ubuntu 19.10 for both default X and wayland sessions. The Display settings only offer two scaling values (100% and 200%) by default. For HiDPI displays, you may want fractional ...
This quick tutorial shows how to install Gnome Shell themes in Ubuntu 19.10 / Ubuntu 18.04, which change the appearance of Gnome panel, system tray menu, notification pops, etc. In the default Gnome desktop, you can easily change the themes ...
Gscan2pdf 2.5.7, GTK tool to produce PDF / DjVu from scanned document, was released today. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04. Changes in Gscan2pdf 2.5.7 include: Recognise “Document Table” as flatbed for imagescan backend. ...
This quick tutorial shows how to move Application Menu button from bottom to the top on the left panel (dock launcher) in Ubuntu 19.10 Gnome Desktop. Ubuntu Dock (the left panel) now is more customizable in Ubuntu 19.10. It finally ...
Now it’s easy to move the Trash Can icon from the desktop to the left panel (dock app launcher) in Ubuntu 19.10 with Gnome 3.34. The default left panel with favorite application launcher icons in Ubuntu 19.10 is handled by ...
This is another tutorial shows how to send the application launcher icons to the Desktop in Ubuntu 19.10. Where Ubuntu stores the application icons: Ubuntu stores the application shortcut icons as .desktop files. Most of them are available in /usr/share/applications ...
This quick tutorial shows how to restore the type-to-seek (type-ahead) functionality in Ubuntu 18.04 Nautilus file browser. The type ahead functionality is removed in upstream Nautilus and unavailable in Ubuntu since Ubuntu 17.10 Artful. For those sticking to the search ...
Opera web browser 64 stable was released today. The new release features more accessible privacy and security functionality, and enhanced snapshot tool. According to the release note, Opera 64 includes following changes: Add “Block Trackers” to EasySetup Count blocked trackers ...
RetroArch, free open-source front-end for emulators, game engines, released version 1.7.9 a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and higher. RetroArch 1.7.9 includes big QoL (Quality of Life) improvements for mobile users. Features ...
Oracle Java 13 was released a few weeks ago. Here’s how to easily install it in Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Linux Mint 18.x, 19.x, and higher. To check out new features and enhancements in Java 13, see the ...
The sixth bug fix release of Krita 4.2 was released a day ago. There are a lot of bug-fixes in Krita 4.2.7 including: Improve the layout and functionality of the color selector dialog Make it possible again to run the ...
This quick tutorial shows how to install the latest Gthumb image viewer and organizer 3.8.1 in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04, and Ubuntu 19.10. Gthumb is a free open-source image viewer and organizer with editing options for the Gnome desktop. The ...
Due to legal reason, Ubuntu does not have multimedia codec installed out of the box, though they are available in the universe repositories. When you’re going to play music or video via the default media players (Rhythmbox and Totem), it ...
Now it’s easy to disable overlay scrollbars in Ubuntu 19.10, since Gnome 3.34 added the key to toggle overlay scrolling. Disable the overlay scrollbars makes GTK+ application windows always have the scrollbar visible when continuous text, pictures, or any other ...
The second bugfix release for the free open-source planetarium Stellarium 0.19 series was released today. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and higher. Changes in Stellarium 0.19.2 release include: Added support DMS and DD formats for ...