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Prefer single bottom panel to the default Gnome desktop panels? You can get a Windows or KDE Plasma like panel by Gnome Shell extension Dash to Panel. Dash to Panel merges the top panel and the left dock into a single panel at bottom. And offers a settings dialog to tweak the panel position, auto-hide, and other appearance. 1. Open ...

When searching for non-snap applications (applications from universe repository) in Ubuntu 20.04 Software utility, it always says ‘No Application Found’. Ubuntu Software in Ubuntu 20.04 is actually Snap Store. At the moment, you can not search for and install any application other than Snap packages via the utility. A workaround is to install back the old Gnome Software, which is ...

Running with Ubuntu 20.04 desktop on your machine now? You may often get error or crash report popups when launching an application or doing some configuration. If you’ve send most crash reports and don’t want to see any error popup again, disable it via following steps. 1. Open terminal either from application menu or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. 2. ...

This quick tutorial shows how to add the ‘New Document’ option in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS default Gnome desktop. It has been a long time that Ubuntu desktop missing the ‘New Document’ menu option. I don’t know why, but it’s easy to add the feature back. 1. Open terminal either by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard or by searching for ‘terminal’ from ...

This quick tutorial shows how to install Shutter, one of the most popular screenshot applications for Linux desktop, in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Shutter is removed from the main Ubuntu repositories since Ubuntu 18.10, along with some old Gnome libraries required by the screenshot tool. It is however can be easily installed via the community maintained PPA repository in Ubuntu 19.10, ...

Want to remove the trash icon from your Ubuntu 20.04 Gnome desktop, and put it onto the left dock launcher? This quick tutorial is going to show you how to do the job by either running 2 commands or using a graphical configuration tool. In Ubuntu 20.04 Gnome Shell 3.36, both desktop icons and left dock launcher handled by extensions. ...

Since Ubuntu 19.10, the default Gnome desktop shows mounted device icons on the left dock panel. When you plug in an USB flash drive, or browse over another disk partition, you’ll see matched device icons showing on the dock panel. For those don’t like the feature, here’s how to remove (hide) these icons. Single command to remove mounted device icons ...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Beta has been released. Though touchpad tap clicking does not work in the Gnome login screen as usual in my laptop. If you have the same problem, try following steps to enable the tap to click feature. Works only for the default Ubuntu Gnome desktop. 1. Open terminal either from application menu, or by simply pressing Ctrl+Alt+T ...

Many applications are available to install in Linux desktop via Flatpak packages nowadays. If you’re sticking to flatpak applications, then Flatseal may be useful for you. Flatseal is a graphical utility to review and modify basic permissions for all your installed Flatpak applications. Simply launch Flatseal, select or search for an application from left pane and modify its permissions. Restart ...

This simply tutorial shows how to install the latest version of Battle for Wesnoth in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.10, and Ubuntu 20.04. The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. While the stock version of Wesnoth in Ubuntu main repositories is always old, you can install the latest release via the Flatpak ...