Many people find it useful to organize some of their most frequented applications as shortcuts on their desktop. This allows for quick launching of programs or custom shortcuts. Although most Linux systems rely on a sidebar app launcher or start menu, desktop shortcut launchers can allow you to open applications or websites super fast, since they live right on your desktop and make the targets only a click away.
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GNOME not loading solution
The GNOME desktop environment is a popular graphical interface for just about any Linux system. When using GNOME, you may run into an error where it does not load. There can be many causes for this, such as a bad desktop extension, conflicting package or software update, etc.
GNOME login as root
In this tutorial, you will see how to enable root login for the GNOME desktop environment on a Linux system. By default, users are expected to log in to the GNOME desktop environment using a normal account. This is a recommended practice due to security concerns. If you wish to ignore this recommendation and log in to GNOME with the root account, keep reading below.
How to install Tweak Tool on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa Linux
The GNOME Tweaks tool allows users to configure a bunch of cosmetic and behavior in the GNOME desktop environment. It can be installed on Ubuntu 20.04 and used to customize things like the top bar, quick launch toolbar, etc.
How to install Gnome on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa
GNOME is the default desktop environment for Ubuntu 20.04. If you don’t yet have a desktop environment installed, or have a different environment and would like to switch to GNOME, it’s very easy to do.
Ubuntu 22.04 Change login screen background
If you are like most users, you will want to customize your Ubuntu 22.04 system to make it feel more personalized. One of the most obvious ways to do this is to change your desktop wallpaper. You can also take it one step further and change the background of your login screen.
Top 10 Best Gnome extensions for Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop
GNOME extensions are small plugins created by the community to add extra features to and extend the functionality of the GNOME desktop environment. There are over 1,000 available for free download on GNOME’s extension page.
Disable / Turn Off Lock Screen on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish Linux
The objective of this tutorial is to show the reader how to disable an automatic screen lock on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish Linux GNOME desktop. This will prevent your screen from locking up due to inactivity, which can be annoying when you need to constantly type your password to unlock the system every time you are idle or away from keyboard.
How to autostart applications on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish Linux
The purpose of this tutorial is to show how to configure one or more applications to start up automatically upon system boot in Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish, specifically on the GNOME desktop environment. Follow our step by step instructions below as we set an application to autostart.
How to allow GUI root login on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish Linux
By default, the root user is not able to log in to the GUI on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish. This is a security feature and it is common convention to only start a desktop environment as an unprivileged user. However, on test systems and in edge scenarios, it can be useful to log in to the GUI as the root user.
How to add and switch keyboard layout on Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop
In this guide, we are going to show you how to change your keyboard layout in Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish. This will allow you to access the characters of another language and enable switching between multiple keyboards if you would like.
How to restart GUI on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish
Occasionally the need to restart the GUI (desktop environment) on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish arise. This usually happens whenever you encounter an unexpected error or your GUI gets “hung up”.