Looking for a mastodon client for Linux? Tootle is a simple free and open-source GTK-based Mastodon client with dark mode support.
NOTE: The Tootle project has discontinued! There will be no security updates and bug-fixes!
Tootle is a client for the world’s largest free, open-source, decentralized microblogging network with real-time notifications and multiple accounts support.
Mastodon is lovely crafted with power and speed in mind, resulting in a free, independent and popular alternative to the centralized social networks.
Anyone can run a server of Mastodon. Each server hosts individual user accounts, the content they produce, and the content they are subscribed. Every user can follow each other and share their posts regardless of their server.
Tootle is available in Ubuntu universe repositories since Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. You can simply open terminal and run command to install it:
sudo apt install tootle
You can also search for and install the client in Ubuntu Software. You’ll see two Tootle packages as it also available via containerized SNAP package.
Go check the package details via “source” section before installing the package.
CPUPower-GUI is a simple graphical utility allows to change the frequency limits of your cpu and its governor.
With the tool, you can easily change the frequency settings on per CPU core basis. Just choose a profile you want to configure, then highlight each cpu core, and set its minimize and maximize frequency using the slider-bars. By default, it has only built-in “Balanced” and “Performance” profiles, but you can create your own in “Profiles” tab and set its frequency for each core as you prefer.
You can also change the cpu governor profiles, Performance and Balanced. And the profiles can be selected easily from the system tray indicator menu.
After setup your profiles, you can configure which to use on startup along with a few other options in the second Preference tab.
How to Install cpupower-gui in Ubuntu:
The software is available in Ubuntu universe repositories since Ubuntu 20.04. The package however is always old.
UPDATE: the 1.0.0 release do NOT work in Ubuntu 22.04 and higher !!
The software developer now offers the official .deb packages for downloading in the Github releases page:
This is a beginner’s guide shows how to remove the ‘Show Applications’ app menu icon from the dock in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04
Why to remove the icon:
The default ‘Show Applications’ app launcher is always a bit slow when I clicking on the 9 dots icon on left dock to show the app menu, even after disabled animation and changed privacy settings.
And I only use it to search for and open applications, which can be done alternatively via the top-left Activities button.
In brief, it’s slow and I use Activities button to search for and open applications.
How to Remove it:
If you’re familiar with Linux command, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal and run command:
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock show-show-apps-button false
That’s it.
You can alternatively open Dconf Editor (install via Ubuntu Software if you don’t have it) and navigate to “org/gnome/shell/extensions/dash-to-dock”.
Then turn off the toggle for the key ‘show-show-apps-button’.
(Optional) To restore the change, either use Dconf Editor or run command:
Blender 2.91 was released on Wednesday as the fourth major release in 2020. It features the user experience improvements, powerful new booleans, better cloth sculpting with support for collisions, volume objects modifiers, improved animation tools and more.
Changes in Blender 2.91 include:
Introduce collision support for the sculpt cloth brush and filter.
New Sculpt Trim tool.
Curve and text objects now support for custom bevel profiles
New modifier for volume objects allows to dynamically convert them into a mesh, ideal for stylized fluids.
Convert any mesh into a volume and combine it with the new Volume Displace modifier.
Convert images into Grease Pencil objects with just one click!
New Holdout option in materials allows to paint holes in strokes and filled areas.
Property search, Fuzzy search support.
Colors, drag & drop supports in outliner.
Animation curves can now become much snappier.
Once click to convert proxy objects into overrides.
And much more other changes, see the release note.
How to Install Blender 2.91 in Ubuntu:
Blender offers official Ubuntu binary via Snap package, which can be installed directly from Ubuntu Software.
Blender also available as universal Flatpak package, which can be installed from flathub.org repository.
For those prefer installing .deb package via apt, there’s a well trusted Ubuntu PPA available though it’s not updated to v2.91 at the moment of writing.
WEBUI: Fix the issue that IPv6 address can’t be banned.
Update dutch.nsi for Windows.
Update .desktop shortcut file translations for Linux.
And various bug-fixes.
How to Install qBittorrent via PPA:
The official qBittorrent PPA has built the new release packages for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, and derivatives.
1. To add the PPA, open terminal by either pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard or searching for “Terminal” from application menu. When it opens, run command:
Editing files regularly with the default text editor in Ubuntu? Without looking your documents through Files (Nautilus file browser), gedit offers a built-in file browser mode to make life easy.
And this is the beginner’s guide shows you how to enable this built-in file browser mode in Gedit text editor.
1. First open the text editor either from system applications menu or by click opening a document file.
2. When the editor opens, go to menu (the icon after Save button) -> View, and enable Side Panel. You can alternatively press F9 on keyboard to toggle ‘Side Panel’ on / off.
3. After enabled ‘Side Panel’, click on the ‘Documents’ button in window’s header and select ‘File Browser’.
4. That’s it. You now have a file tree in the left panel of the text editor window, allows to easy access user files / folders, bookmarks, and full file system.
Syncthing-gtk, GTK3-based GUI and indicator for Syncthing, was removed from Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy’s main repository due to old Python library dependencies.
For those sticking to this program, the Python 3 port now works in progress. It has been made into main repository for the next Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute Hippo. And you can download & install the package in Ubuntu 20.10.
1. First download the .deb package from the link below:
As Ubuntu 21.04 still in active development, the package is being updated (might be). Check the package building page if the previous button does not work.
2. Once you get the package, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and install it by running command:
Gmusicbrowser, an open-source jukebox for large music collections, released version 1.1.16 a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 20.10, Linux Mint 20.
Gmusicbrowser 1.1.16 is the first release in over 5 years. And now it’s working on GTK3 port.
Changes in version 1.1.16 include:
Fix not working with perl >=5.24
Add support for .opus files
Add option to simplify tree in folder pane
Add option to ignore articles when sorting
Add has_picture and has_lyrics optional fields
Add artist_has_picture and album_has_picture virtual fields
PictureBrowser: add embedded picture mode (+ all files mode)
PictureBrowser: add “Reset view position when file changes” option
Add option to some fields to show a “find songs with same …” menu item
Add support for mp2 extension and change mp3 filetype
Update AppStream metadata
Update picture sources for picture finder plugin
Add musixmatch.com for lyrics plugin
Various bug-fixes and translation updates
How to Install gmusicbrowser 1.1.16 in Ubuntu:
The software offers official .deb binary package available to download at the link below:
Just grab the package and click install either via Gdebi package installer or “Software Install” context menu.
Install gmusicbrower via its official apt repository.
The software has an official apt repository for Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint based systems. You can add the repository then install the software and receive future package updates via Software Updater utility.
1. Add gmusicbrowser apt repository:
Run command in terminal to add its official repository:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://gmusicbrowser.org/deb ./" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gmusicbrowser.list'
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks for sudo prompt and hit Enter.
A new update for Opera web browser 72 was released a day ago, which introduced a built-in music player for Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.
In the browser’s sidebar beneath the messengers section, a “Player” icon is there allows you to login and enable music playback with Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music.
The playback can be controlled via the standard playback buttons on your keyboard or by hovering over the Player icon in the sidebar, where a mini playback control menu will appear.
And the Player pauses whenever you start streaming a video or an audio file in a tab, and automatically resumes music playback once it’s over.
How to install the latest Opera 72 in Ubuntu:
The official Ubuntu binary package is available for downloading at the link below:
Grab the .deb package, and double-click to install it.
You may also add the official apt repository via following steps to receive future software updates.
1. Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to add the opera repository:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera.list'
