![]() ![]() sudo apt install gnome-weather gnome-clocksĪfter you install one of these (or both) open the message tray/calendar and follow on the on-screen prompts to set things up! 10. You don’t need to do anything exotic to see weather and world clock widgets in the notification tray, either: you just have to install the Weather and/or Clocks apps. We wrote about this little-known but hugely-useful earlier in the year. You use it to keep tabs on what apps are doing, what the date is, and any upcoming improvements.īut it can also show you a five hour weather forecast for a location of your choice, and as many world clocks as you like. The message tray/notification is designed to be an activity hub. But be sure to file bug reports to the developer on Gitlab. If you encounter any issues while using DING you can open the Extensions manager app (see tip #3) and turn it off. If you set up GNOME extensions (see Step 3) you’ll be ready to go ahead and install it (just remember to disable the old version first): It’s called ‘desktop-icons-ng’ (or DING for short) and its free, works great, and-hurrah-lets you drag and drop things to your hearts’ content. Thankfully a better version of this extension exists, maintained by the community. You can’t, for instance, drag and drop files from Nautilus on to the desktop, or vice versa. Those icons you see on your desktop? They’re handled by a GNOME Shell extension that isn’t, er, very capable. Why do I recommend doing it just after you install Ubuntu? So that the second you see a cool new app on this blog you can go ahead and try it out! 8. Our guide on how install Flatpak on Ubuntu also walks through the steps you need to follow to enable Flathub on Ubuntu. Lots of top-tier software we write about on this blog each week is made available through Flathub and, increasingly, only there. Ubuntu doesn’t support Flathub (or Flatpak, the format the store uses) by default so you need to enable it yourself - and it’s well worth doing. ![]() Nifty new Linux apps are being created all the time, many of which are made available to install on Ubuntu (and other distros) as Flatpak apps through the Flathub store. Run the following command in a new terminal window to turn “minimise on click” on: gsettings set .dash-to-dock click-action 'minimize' Thankfully the option is available, it’s just hidden. If you’re familiar with Microsoft Windows you will be used to clicking on an app in the taskbar to restore it (or being it in to focus) and clicking it again to minimise (hide) it.Įven the notoriously strict macOS makes it easy to enable this behaviour. My biggest pet peeve in Ubuntu is that minimise to click is not enabled. If you want to hide the battery percentage you can repeat the steps above, but slide the setting from ‘on’ -> ‘off’. Slide “Battery Percentage” setting to ‘on’.Ubuntu 20.10 makes it easier to see remaining battery percentage in the top bar with a new setting: If you use Ubuntu on a laptop you’ll want to keep an eye on battery life. The Extensions app makes it much easier to enable and disable GNOME extensions, access their settings panels (if available), and check for updates. Search this out in the Ubuntu Software app by name or, to save time (Ubuntu Software is bit slow) open a terminal and run: sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-prefs To get the most from GNOME Extensions on Ubuntu I recommend you install the Extensions app. It’s an easy process: install the browser extension, install the connector app, start using them! Our guide on how to install GNOME extensions on Ubuntu walks you through the full set-up process step, by step. From subtle enhancements (like making wifi, bluetooth, power, etc use separate menus) to dramatic changes (like combining the top bar and dock in to one panel), extensions are as versatile as they are diverse. GNOME extensions give you an easy way to add to and extend the functionality of the Ubuntu desktop. You can grab it from the Ubuntu Software app, or by running sudo apt install gnome-tweaks in a new Terminal window.Īll of the settings available in Tweaks can be accessed using the command-line too or using the (scary looking) dconf-editor tool should you prefer. Switch between Dynamic and Static workspaces.It let you (easily) access hidden settings so you can your fine-tune the desktop to suit your needs, wants, and whims. Tweaks can be thought of as a Swiss-army knife for the Ubuntu desktop. If you like the video above and want us to make more please do subscribe to our YouTube channel, and drop your video ideas down in the comments. So before you scroll on to fine-tune dials and play with settings be sure to take a moment - 3 minutes and 7 seconds, specifically - to bring yourself up-to-speed on what’s new in Groovy Gorilla. Each version of Ubuntu is different to the last, and the latest offering is no exception.
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