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Picture in Picture for any app in Gnome Shell.

July 3, 2019 FYD 947 Views 0 Comments gnome, Gnome Shell Extensions, MiniView, PIP

Netflix recently announced they are testing a Picture-In-Picture mode for their Windows desktop application. Linux users although have no official

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Easy desktop theming with the OCS-Store
Themeing 

Easy desktop theming with the OCS-Store

July 2, 2019 FYD 842 Views 0 Comments Cursors, How to, Icons, Install Linux Themes, OCS-Store, Themes

OCS-Store is an electron application to download and install Icons, themes, wallpapers. By browsing and clicking to install, it provides

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Change the hostname in Ubuntu
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Changing the default hostname in Ubuntu

June 14, 2019June 14, 2019 FYD 276 Views Hostname, Networking, Ubuntu

Whenever Ubuntu is installed, unless specified by the user, The machine is given a hostname related to the machine. As

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Disable notifications in gnome lockscreen
Tips 

Disable notifications on the Gnome Lockscreen

June 14, 2019 FYD 457 Views gnome, Lockscreen, Notifications

Notifications are a fantastic tool to get you to notice when something needs actioning. Android devices have long had the

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Ubuntu with Cinnamon
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How to install Cinnamon Desktop in Ubuntu

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 FYD 1400 Views 0 Comments Cinnamon, Ubuntu

Are you a Ubuntu user fed up with Gnome? or just fancy a change? Thankfully you can install the Cinnamon

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Themeing 

8 Extensions for the Gnome Shell Top Panel

June 4, 2019 FYD 1408 Views 0 Comments 3.32, Gnome Shell, Gnome Shell Extensions, Panel

The default panel in gnome-shell isn’t very configurable in its natural state. Thankfully with extensions, it’s possible to have some of the functionality that is lacking in the vanilla design

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Pulseeffects
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PulseEffects Audio Tools – How to Install

March 22, 2019March 25, 2019 FYD 1697 Views 0 Comments equalizer, Pulseaudio, PulseEffects, sound

PulseEffects is an advanced audio manipulation tool. It includes an equalizer, limiter, compressor and a reverberation tool, just to mention

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Synaptic Package Manager
Apps 

Synaptic Package Manager, a GUI to manage .deb

March 21, 2019April 30, 2019 FYD 1843 Views 0 Comments .deb, Apt, package manager, Ubuntu

The Ubuntu Software Center and other similar app managers, provide a great way for users to search for applications through

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Mate Desktop Environment 1.22
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Mate Desktop Environment 1.22 released.

March 20, 2019April 30, 2019 FYD 1229 Views 0 Comments DE, Desktop Environment, Mate

After over a year of development. The Mate desktop environment version 1.22 has been released bringing with it over 1000+

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FYD Terminal 

Find your internet speed with this linux command.

March 13, 2019March 14, 2019 FYD 789 Views 0 Comments Command Line, Internet Speed, Linux, Python, Speedtest, terminal

If you need to test your connection speed without opening a browser or for example from a headless server. Then you can check your internet speed from the Linux command line with speedtest-cli

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