Tag Archives: Gnome 3

How to Record Your Gnome Desktop Instantly in Ubuntu 18.04

Without installing any screen recording software, you can capture your Gnome desktop instantly in Ubuntu 18.04 with a built-in tool. No app launcher, no command line option, and no quick option to start or stop it. Gnome’s built-in screen recorder only offers a keyboard shortcut to start and stop recording the full-screen of your Gnome desktop. The built-in screen recorder ...

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Shotwell 0.27.2 Released with Improvements (PPA)

Shotwell Photo Manager

Gnome photo manager shotwell 0.27.2 was released a day ago with performance improvements and some bug-fixes. Changes in Shotwell 0.27.2 includes: Use meson for building the debian package Improve the wording for the “Width or Height” scaling constraint Fix unmounting the camera when it is mounted via mtp, not gphoto2 Speed up color transformations Refactor Tumblr and Flickr code to ...

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Quick Tip: Remove Trash Icon from Ubuntu 17.10 Desktop

For a neat and tidy desktop interface, some users even want to remove the ‘Trash’ desktop shortcut icon in Ubuntu 17.10. And this quick tutorial is going to show you how to do it in the default Ubuntu 17.10 (Gnome) desktop. 1. Open Ubuntu Software app, search for and install Gnome Tweaks, a simple graphical tool for configuring Gnome 3 ...

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How to Install Gnome Desktop in Ubuntu 17.04

Ubuntu 18.04 will use GNOME to replace Unity as its default Desktop environment. Though Unity 7 will remain supported until 2021, you can now install Gnome Shell alongside in Ubuntu 17.04. Mark Shuttleworth, Founder of Ubuntu and Canonical, wrote on this blog post: As we head into the new fiscal year, it’s appropriate to reassess each of our initiatives. I’m ...

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Ubuntu 16.04: Enable GTK3 Header Bar in Nautilus File Browser

Do you like Client-Side Decorations, the GNOME 3 GTK header bars? Well, here’s how to enable GTK header bar in Nautilus file browser in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, and higher. GtkHeaderBar is similar to a horizontal GtkBox. It allows children to be placed at the start or the end. In addition, it allows a title and subtitle to be displayed. ...

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