Different people have different sets of eyes. Some can work long hours looking at high-brightness screens while some want the brightness set to as low as possible. Chances are, the latter group would find even the external monitor brightness set to zero too bright for their eyes. They would want to get the brightness reduced even further. If you use Ubuntu 23.10 or later ( future versions like Ubuntu 24.04 ), you can easily adjust the brightness of the laptop screen, but there is no built-in setting that lets you control the brightness of the external monitor display. However, in …
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System Monitor Gnome Extension for Ubuntu 23.10: A Must-Have for Tech Enthusiasts
Are you running Ubuntu 23.10 and looking for a sleek, minimalist system monitor for your GNOME environment? Look no further than the System Monitor Tray Indicator GNOME extension by Michael Knap. This extension is a gem for tech enthusiasts who want to keep a close eye on their system’s performance without the clutter of traditional system monitoring tools. What is the System Monitor Tray Indicator? The System Monitor Tray Indicator is a GNOME extension that provides real-time data about your computer’s CPU, memory, and swap usage. Its design philosophy is all about minimalism and efficiency. It integrates seamlessly into your …
Continue readingEasy upgrade your computer to Ubuntu 23.04 Linux
Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster will be officially released by Canonical on April 20, 2023. You can upgrade your current Ubuntu 22.10 system to the latest 23.04 easily and enjoy the new features and improved UI. First, you need to Open the Software updater and install all the updates currently available for your existing system. After that Open the Software update settings and change ‘Notify me of a new Ubuntu version’ to ‘For any new version’. Next, Open a Terminal and type in the command ‘update manager -d‘. This should show Ubuntu 23.04 is available. Click on the Upgrade button and …
Continue reading[ FIX ] Mouse Pointer Blinking Flickering Issue on Ubuntu
Mouse Pointer Blinking / Flickering issues can be caused by a wide range of reasons. According to askubuntu.com, fractional scaling on the external monitors, graphics driver misbehavior, etc can cause the issue. If you have enabled Cursor Blinking from Gnome Accessibility Settings, this can also happen. I have started facing the Mouse Pointer Blinking / Flickering issue on my Ubuntu Desktop (Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu ) from last week onwards. I don’t have an Nvidia graphics driver installed as I don’t have an Nvidia Graphics. The fix mentioned on askubuntu and other forums revolved around fractional scaling, which is off …
Continue readingTop 10 Gnome Extensions to Install on your Ubuntu Desktop
Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu) was launched in October 20, 2022. Users running older versions like 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish), 21.10 (Impish Indri) etc can upgrade to the newer version via the update manager app. Even though the new Ubuntu 22.10 is a great operating system, there are certain features and functionalities we wish it had out of the box. Since Ubuntu no longer runs Unity Desktop and comes with Gnome, you can make use of Gnome Extensions to add a few tweaks to the overall experience, and also add some features to enhance the usability. Below are some of the …
Continue readingHow to Hide Desktop Icons in Ubuntu 22.10
A lot of Ubuntu Users prefer a clean desktop without icons displayed. Historically, people used to disable desktop icons easily with gconf-editor or dconf-editor and by entering commands like gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false in the terminal. However, these commands and workarounds do not work well in newer Ubuntu Linux operating system versions like Ubuntu 22.10. In Ubuntu 22.10, you can easily disable/hide Desktop icons using a Gnome Shell Extension. What is a Gnome Shell Extension ?The official description reads ‘GNOME Shell extensions are small pieces of code written by third party developers that modify the way GNOME works. Since …
Continue readingMy Experience with installing Ubuntu on Acer Iris Xe Max Laptop
I recently bought an Acer Swift 3X SF314-510G renewed laptop from Amazon.in as a backup laptop to test out Windows 11 Insider Edition. Since I use Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) with GNOME 3.38.4 on my regular laptop, I was curious to see how it will work on this new hardware. Acer Swift 3X SF314-510G is not just another Intel-powered laptop. This model is unique as it comes with Intel Iris Xe Max GPU ( Intel DG1 ). As of this writing, the Ubuntu official kernel doesn’t have support for this GPU. However, since the 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 also …
Continue readingHow to Reduce External Monitor Brightness in Ubuntu 21.04 [ Solved ]
Prior to Ubuntu 21.04 update, we could easily reduce the brightness of an external monitor using commands like xrandr or using the brightness-controller app. However, the new Ubuntu 21.04 switched to Wayland, resulting in xrandr and brightness-controller app non-functional. I did some research on how to reduce external brightness in Wayland and the many ‘solutions’ and suggestions online seem not to work on my laptop. The brightness of my monitor even at its lowest setting is a bit too bright for my eyes. So I had to find a way. Just Disable Wayland and switch back to Xorg. This lazy …
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