I first installed Ubuntu when Ubuntu 6.06 LTS “Dapper Drake” was released. I was brand new to Linux. This was Ubuntu’s first LTS release; the very first release of Ubuntu was only a year and a half before. I was…

How to easily download and install many Ubuntu/Debian deb packages using ubuntu-dev-tools and apt. Discusses downgrading, upgrading, and returning to a supported version.

There is an interesting hidden feature available in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and newer. To enable this feature, first install cpdb-backend-gcp. Make sure you are signed in to Google with GNOME Online Accounts. Open the Settings app to the Online Accounts…

This week, the popular screenshot app Shutter was removed from Debian Unstable & Ubuntu 18.10. (It had already been removed from Debian “Buster” 6 months ago and some of its “optional” dependencies had already been removed from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS).…

GNOME 3.30 will be released within a few days. That makes this a good time to showcase the improvements in GNOME Tweaks 3.30. One problem with moving power settings from Tweaks into Settings a year ago was that the Power…

Congratulations to Ubuntu and Fedora on their latest releases. This Fedora 28 release is special because it is believed to be the first release in their long history to release exactly when it was originally scheduled. The Ubuntu 18.04 LTS…

Today, gksu was removed from Ubuntu 18.04, four weeks after it was removed from Debian.

Today, gksu was removed from Debian unstable. It was already removed 2 months ago from Debian Testing (which will eventually be released as Debian 10 “Buster”). It’s not been decided yet if gksu will be removed from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.…

webkitgtk is the GTK+ port of WebKit. webkitgtk provides web functionality for many things including GNOME Online Accounts’ login panels; Evolution’s HTML email editor and viewer; and the engine for the Epiphany web browser (also known as GNOME Web). Last…

GNOME 3.28 has reached its 3.27.90 milestone. This milestone is important because it means that GNOME is now at API Freeze, Feature Freeze, and UI Freeze. From this point on, GNOME shouldn’t change much, but that’s good because it allows…