The GNOME Foundation is facing a lawsuit from Rothschild Patent Imaging, LLC. Rothschild allege that Shotwell, a free and open source personal photo manager infringes its patent. Neil McGovern, Executive Director for the GNOME Foundation says “We have retained legal counsel and intend to vigorously defend against this baseless suit. Due to the ongoing litigation, we … [Read more...] about GNOME Foundation is Being Sued Because of Shotwell Photo Manager
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GNOME Has a Hidden Classic Mode, Here’s How to Unlock it on Ubuntu
Let’s say you dig the modern tech that the GNOME Shell stack is built with, but you’d rather that the desktop itself looked a bit more traditional — what to do? Well, try the GNOME Classic session. GNOME Classic mode shouldn’t be mistaken for the similarly named but technically different GNOME Flashback session. Flashback makes use of the gnome-panel package and a stack of … [Read more...] about GNOME Has a Hidden Classic Mode, Here’s How to Unlock it on Ubuntu
Why Ubuntu MATE 19.10 Is Ditching VLC for GNOME MPV
The distro’s GNOME MPV (now known as Celluloid) will be the default media player in Ubuntu MATE 19.10. The app supplants the versatile VLC meda player, which the MATE desktop-toting distro has shipped with following the results of a community poll back in 2017. So why the change now? Better desktop integration. That’s according to Ubuntu MATE’s Martin Wimpress who revealed … [Read more...] about Why Ubuntu MATE 19.10 Is Ditching VLC for GNOME MPV
GNOME 3.34 Revamps the Wallpaper Picker (And Fixes a Longstanding Issue Too)
The upcoming release of GNOME 3.34 will finally solve a long standing deficiency in the desktop’s background wallpaper management. Now, I’ve written about various quirks in GNOME wallpaper handling before, but it’s the lack of option to pick a random wallpaper from a random directory via the Settings > Background panel that is, by far, my biggest bug bear. Ubuntu 19.04 … [Read more...] about GNOME 3.34 Revamps the Wallpaper Picker (And Fixes a Longstanding Issue Too)
Geary 3.32 Released with New App Icon, GNOME 3.32 Support
A major new version of the Geary e-mail client is now available for Linux users to download. Now, you’ll forgiven for feeling a sense of deja vu upon reading that as it’s only been a couple of weeks since the release of Geary 0.13 (itself the first update to the email app this year). But there’s a reason why a new release has appeared so soon after the last… Upstream … [Read more...] about Geary 3.32 Released with New App Icon, GNOME 3.32 Support
Geary Email Client 0.13 Released with Gnome Online Accounts Support
Geary email client 0.13 was released today with great new features, performance improvements, and numerous bug fixes. The key feature in Geary 0.13 is that email accounts added via GNOME Online Accounts now is supported. Other changes in the new release include: Unread email count now is updated correctly. Conversations load faster, smoother with better feedback Reduce … [Read more...] about Geary Email Client 0.13 Released with Gnome Online Accounts Support
Customize Time & Date Format in Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome Panel
This quick tutorial shows how to change the time and date clock format in Ubuntu 18.04’s default Gnome desktop panel. Since Ubuntu switched to Gnome 3 desktop, you can no longer use dconf editor to customize clock format. Instead, a Gnome Shell extension can do the job. 1. Open Ubuntu Software, search for and install Clock Override extension. 2. Once installed, either … [Read more...] about Customize Time & Date Format in Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome Panel
Gnome Twitch 0.4.2 Available to Install via Snap in Ubuntu
Gnome Twitch 0.4.2, GTK+3 Twitch app for Linux desktop, now is finally available as Snap package in the stable channel. While Ubuntu offers an old version of Gnome Twitch .deb package in its official repositories, and there’s no stable PPA repository provides the latest updates, Daniel Llewellyn finally made the snap package for Gnome Twitch 0.4.2 into stable channel. For … [Read more...] about Gnome Twitch 0.4.2 Available to Install via Snap in Ubuntu
How to Install Gnome MPV 0.16 via PPA in Ubuntu 18.04
For those prefer .deb package to the containerized flatpak package, the latest Gnome MPV 0.16 now is available to install via PPA in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, Linux Mint 19.x, and higher. Gnome MPV 0.16 was released a few days ago with some changes on preferences dialog and app menu, improvements to MPRIS DBus connection, playlist, etc. Xu Zhen, one of the software … [Read more...] about How to Install Gnome MPV 0.16 via PPA in Ubuntu 18.04
GNOME Shell Gets a Major Speed Boost
GNOME 3.32 is due for release next month, and the biggest change will be its performance. See, the GNOME Shell desktop is often criticised as being a bit on the ‘heavy’ side. Folks blast it for having comparatively high memory usage on start-up, for being taxing on the CPU, and for having a UI that often stutters or drops frames during usage. GNOME Shell is often criticised … [Read more...] about GNOME Shell Gets a Major Speed Boost