GNOME Shell bug report Some good news: the (rather large) GNOME Shell memory leak we spotlighted last week is in the process of being fixed. GNOME developers have spent the past week or so trying to identify the root of the issue, which causes system memory …
squish da bug And here I was thinking it was just me — it turns out there’s a rather annoying memory leak in GNOME Shell, a leak which is unlikely to be fixed in time for the release of Ubuntu 18.04 next month. I use a …
Microsoft recently confirmed that they will be switching Fast Ring to the active development branch (called “RS_PRERELEASE”). This means that Windows Insiders on Fast Ring will receive new features which are not necessarily tied to a specific Windows 10 update bi-yearly update. Now, Walking Cat has …
The Fledging Shell is a small but solidly engineered enclosure that lets you leverage M.2 NVMe SSDs for increased performance. USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps) is capable of more speed than SSDs such as Samsung’s T5, Sandisk’s Extreme SSD and others deliver. Internally, those drives still …
The developers behind the fish shell announced the release of version 3.0.0. Let’s take a look at the new features in this major release. What is the fish Shell, again? The fish Shell is “a smart and user-friendly command-line shell for Linux, macOS, and the rest …
GNOME 3.32 is due for release next month, and the biggest change will be its performance. See, the GNOME Shell desktop is often criticised as being a bit on the ‘heavy’ side. Folks blast it for having comparatively high memory usage on start-up, for being taxing …
GNOME shell top bar translucency Prepare to bid bye-bye to the fancy translucent top panel in the GNOME Shell desktop environment. GNOME developers have removed the eye-candy see-through panel effect from the default Shell theme’s code, citing outstanding (and unaddressed) issues with text legibility. “Nobody stepped …
Looking for a Linux distro with a bit of the wow factor? If so keep an eye on Ubuntu Kylin 20.04, which is currently in beta. The upcoming release of Ubuntu Kylin 20.04 features a fancy looking new desktop environment, the Qt-based UKUI 3.0. UKUI 3.0 …
Ubuntu 20.04 introduces new dark mode in the Settings utility. It is however not full dark when you turn it on in Gnome Shell. System tray menu, top-bar calendar, notification popups, and desktop context menu are not dark but always light when you switching between light, …
