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How To Use pulseaudio-dlna To Stream Audio To Chromecast Devices On Ubuntu 20.10 / Ubuntu 20.04 / Linux Mint 20.x

Logix October 29, 2020

pulseaudio-dlna is a streaming server which allows streaming audio from your Linux computer to a Chromecast or DLNA / UPNP device in the sa...

Identify Songs On Your Linux Desktop Using SongRec, A Shazam Client For Linux

Logix October 22, 2020

SongRec is an open source Shazam client for Linux. It's written in Rust, with the GUI using Gtk3. Using the Shazam audio fingerprinting...

Auto-Suspend Inactive X11 Applications To Reduce CPU And Battery Usage With XSuspender

Logix October 21, 2020

XSuspender is a tool to suspend X11 applications when they are inactive. Its purpose is to reduce CPU usage, which in turn reduces the batt...

Note-Taking App Simplenote 2.0 Released With Support For Internal Links, More

Logix October 21, 2020

The Simplenote Electron desktop application has received a major update yesterday. The new 2.0.0 version includes a rewrite "of some k...

Change CPU Governor And Frequencies On Linux With cpupower-gui (New Release)

Logix October 19, 2020

cpupower-gui is a tool that makes it easy to change the CPU governor as well as the CPU frequency limits on Linux. Besides changing the CPU...

How To Make A Bootable Windows 10 USB On Linux Using The New WoeUSB

Logix October 14, 2020

WoeUSB is no more. At least in its original form. The tool that's used to create bootable Windows USB drives from Linux has been split ...

Schedule Commands And Scripts In Linux With Zeit (GUI For Cron And At)

Logix October 13, 2020

Zeit is a Qt GUI for cron and at , allowing you to schedule recurring or one time tasks. The application also allows setting an alarm and ...

WhiteSur: macOS Big Sur Like Gtk, Gnome Shell And Icon Themes For Your Linux Desktop

Logix October 08, 2020

WhiteSur Gtk Theme is a macOS Big Sur like theme for Gnome-based desktops, supporting Gnome Shell, Cinnamon, Xfce, Pantheon, Budgie and Mat...

Terminator Terminal Emulator 2.0 Released, Completes Migration To Gtk3 And Python3

Logix October 07, 2020

Terminator , a feature-packed terminal emulator for Linux, has reached version 2.0 stable. The application includes features such as split t...

Shutter Screenshot Tool PPA Updated For Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla

Logix October 07, 2020

I have updated the Shutter (screenshot tool) Ubuntu PPA I maintain to support the latest Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla, which will be release...

How To Enable Predictive Typing On Your Linux Desktop With ibus-typing-booster

Logix October 05, 2020

ibus-typing-booster is an IBus plugin that adds offline predictive typing to the Linux desktop, to speed up typing. It's useful when t...

Pop Shell Gets New Window Stacking Feature

Logix October 02, 2020

Pop Shell , the window tiling GNOME Shell extension used by default with Pop!_OS 20.04, has recently received support for window stacking. ...

KDiskMark Is A GUI HDD / SSD Benchmark Tool For Linux (Similar To CrystalDiskMark)

Logix October 01, 2020

KDiskMark is a free and open source alternative to CrystalDiskMark (which is Windows only) for Linux, a GUI HDD / SSD benchmarking software...