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Cover Thumbnailer Shows Folder Thumbnails For Image And Music Directories (Nautilus, Nemo, Caja, Thunar)

Logix July 13, 2020

Cover Thumbnailer is a tool to get Nautilus, Nemo, Caja and Thunar file managers to show folder thumbnails for music and image folders. ...

How To Restart GNOME Shell From Command Line Without Closing Any Applications (X11 Only)

Logix July 08, 2020

This article explains how to restart GNOME Shell from the command line, without closing any applications (X11 only). GNOME Shell can be r...

KeePassXC 2.6.0 Free Password Manager Released With New Light And Dark Themes, Password Checks

Logix July 08, 2020

KeePassXC 2.6.0 was released recently with improvements like an overhauled user interface with new light and dark themes, new offline pass...

Ubuntu: How To Free Up Port 53, Used By systemd-resolved

Logix July 06, 2020

Ubuntu has systemd-resolved listening on port 53 by default. In case you want to run your own DNS server, you can't because port 53 is ...

Zettlr Markdown Editor 1.7 Adds Vim And Emacs Input Modes, Tabs Support, Faster Startup Time

Logix July 06, 2020

Zettlr , a free and open source Markdown editor for personal knowledge management and publishing, had a new release recently (1.7.0, follow...

qrcp: Transfer Files Between Desktop And Mobile Devices Over Wi-Fi By Scanning A QR Code

Logix July 02, 2020

qrcp is a command line tool to transfer files from a desktop to a mobile device (and the other way around) over Wi-Fi, by scanning a QR co...

Unblock Websites Restricted By ISPs In Some Countries With GreenTunnel

Logix July 01, 2020

GreenTunnel is a free and open source anti-censorship tool that bypasses deep packet inspection (DPI) used by many Internet Service Provide...

To-Do App With Built In Timer "Go For It!" Updated With Pomodoro Timer, Configurable Shortcuts

Logix June 30, 2020

Go For It! productivity application has been updated to version 1.8.0. The new release adds Pomodoro timer mode, configurable keyboard sho...

sndcpy Forwards Audio From Android 10 To Linux, Windows Or macOS Desktop (Like scrcpy But For Audio)

Logix June 17, 2020

sndcpy is like scrcpy , but for audio. This new tool forwards audio from an Android 10 device to a desktop computer running Linux, Windows ...

How To Install Nautilus With "Type-Ahead Find" Patches On Ubuntu 20.04, 19.10 Or 18.04

Logix June 16, 2020

Nautilus type-ahead search functionality For many versions now, Nautilus (Files) , the default GNOME file manager, has been using a recu...

Shutter Encoder Is A Feature-Packed Audio / Video Transcoder

Logix June 10, 2020

Shutter Encoder is a free and open source media transcoder for Windows and macOS, which was recently made available for Linux. The tool ...

Use Espanso Text Expander To Save Time And Increase Productivity (Linux, Windows, macOS)

Logix June 09, 2020

Espanso is a free and open source text expander written in Rust, available for Linux, Windows and macOS. It uses a file-based configuratio...