This quick tutorial shows how to install ‘Yaru-Colors’, default Yaru theme in different colors in Ubuntu 19.04.
Since Ubuntu’s Yaru theme is available only in light and dark, an open-source fork called Yaru-colors makes the default Gnome desktop theme available in different colors: Aqua, Blue, Brown, Deepblue, Green, Grey, MATE, Pink, Purple, Red, Yellow. All colors in light and dark!
To install the theme:
1. First grab the source tarball from the them project page:
2. Extract the tarball, right-click source folder and select ‘Open in Terminal‘
It will open a terminal window and automatically navigate to the theme source folder.
3. Paste below command and hit enter to installer script:
sudo ./install.sh
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.
Answer some questions (type number 1, 2, 3, etc.) to select which to install, theme folder (leave blank and hit Enter for default).
4. Once installed, launch Gnome Tweaks (install it via Ubuntu Software) and navigate to Appearance.
There change the values of applications and icons to apply new themes as you want.
Uninstall:
To remove the themes, re-do steps 2 to open the source folder in terminal and run command:
sudo ./uninstall.sh
It runs the uninstall script to remove the icons and themes from your system.
Eric, a full featured python editor and IDE, now can be easily installed in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and higher via Snap package.
“Eric is a full featured Python editor and IDE, written in Python. It is based on the cross platform Qt UI toolkit, integrating the highly flexible Scintilla editor control. It is designed to be usable as everdays’ quick and dirty editor as well as being usable as a professional project management tool integrating many advanced features Python offers the professional coder. eric includes a plug-in system, which allows easy extension of the IDE functionality with plug-ins downloadable from the net.”
While Eric is always old in the Ubuntu official repositories, Eric snap package is made to easily install the updated version of the IDE in Ubuntu.
For Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, simply open Ubuntu Software, search for and install Eric.
NOTE there are multi Eric packages in Ubuntu Software, select install the one from Snap Store.
Since snap bundles most required runtime libraries, you’ll find it’s kinda large in download size.
For Ubuntu 16.04, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) from app launcher and install snapd first via command:
sudo apt-get install snapd
Then install the snap via command:
sudo snap install eric-ide --classic
Uninstall Eric snap package:
To remove the snap package, either use Ubuntu Software or run command in terminal:
Razer Chroma integration, enables lighting effects on Chroma-enabled devices.
Option to resize the thumbnails on Speed Dials.
Select the previous, next and related tabs using Quick Commands, keyboard shortcuts, or Gestures.
And improvements, bug-fixes to bookmarks, addressbar, quick commands, tab, etc.
How to Install Vivaldi 2.5 in Ubuntu:
The official Ubuntu .DEB packages are available for download at the link below:
Grab the deb matches your OS, then install it via Ubuntu Software or Gdebi package manager. Or run command in terminal:
sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/vivaldi-stable_2.5*.deb
In addition, after installed the .deb package, you can enable Vivaldi apt repository (Softare & Updates -> Other Software) to receive future updates through Software Updater:
The latest stable Linux Kernel 5.1 was released. Linus Torvalds announced last night:
So it’s a bit later in the day than I usually do this, just because I was waffling about the release. Partly because I got some small pull requests today, but mostly just because I wasn’t looking forward to the timing of this upcoming 5.2 merge window.
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On the whole, 5.1 looks very normal with just over 13k commits (plus another 1k+ if you count merges). Which is pretty much our normal size these days. No way to boil that down to a sane shortlog, with work all over.
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Linux 5.1 brings many exciting changes including improved support for Intel Fastbook (enabled by default), Intel 22260 WiFi support, new I/O interface, new ACPI support, Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ support by mainline, and a lot of new hardware support.
How to Install Linux Kernel 5.1 in Ubuntu:
The mainline kernel packages for Linux 5.1 are available for download at the link below:
Depends on your OS type, download and install the packages in turns:
Select generic for common system, and lowlatency for a low latency system (e.g. for recording audio), amd64 for 64bit system, i386 for 32bit system, or armhf, arm64, etc for other OS types.
Alternatively you can download and install the kernel binaries via terminal commands (Ctrl+Alt+T):
Restart your machine and select boot with the previous kernel in boot menu ‘Grub2 -> Advanced Option for Ubuntu’. Then run command to remove Linux Kernel 5.1:
added feature to play track on double click in the history plugin;
enabled mpg123 decoder for Windows;
using album cover from file by default;
fixed lyrics plugin;
fixed API documentation;
fixed issue with read-only mode for FLAC files;
fixed issue with missing properties for some CUE tracks;
fixed shortcuts displaying in context menus under Qt 5.10 or higher (1.3.2 only);
fixed Qt 5.13 support (1.3.2 only);
fixed crash under Wayland session (1.3.2 only);
fixed freezing on some corrupted files in the ffmpeg plugin;
fixed crash on some streams in the ffmpeg plugin;
fixed file type determination by content in the mpeg plugin.
How to Install Qmmp 1.3.2 in Ubuntu:
Qmmp 1.3.2 (and 0.12.2 for qt4) are available to install via its official PPA, for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, Ubuntu 19.04, Linux Mint 18.x and 19.x.
1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or from app launcher, and then run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:forkotov02/ppa
Input your password (no asterisks feedback while typing) and hit Enter to continue.
2. If a previous version exists, upgrade Qmmp using Software Updater:
Or run commands to install or upgrade Qmmp and its plugins:
Slimbook battery is a battery optimization tool that works on Gnome, KDE, Unity, Cinnamon, and MATE desktop.
The software offers a system tray application indicator with three energy modes: Energy Saving, Balanced, and Maximum Performance. Also an ‘Off‘ menu option is available to turn off the optimization.
Each energy mode comes with default values. User is allowed to change the most important values via the Preferences (Advanced mode).
How to Install Slimbook battery in Ubuntu:
Slimbook’s official PPA contains the latest packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, Ubuntu 19.04, and their derivatives.
1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or from application menu. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:slimbook/slimbook
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue adding PPA.
2. Then refresh system package cache and install the tool:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install slimbookbattery
Once installed, launch it from application menu and enjoy!
Uninstall:
To remove the tool, open terminal and run command:
sudo apt remove --auto-remove slimbookbattery
And remove the PPA either via Software & Updates-> Other Software, or by running command:
FreeCAD, free and open-source 3D parametric modeler, released version 0.18 recently with Python 3 and Qt 5 support. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 19.04.