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Alternative Global Menu For MATE And Xfce: Vala Panel AppMenu [PPA]

| Date: February 16, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: customization, global menu, linux, mate, tweaks, ubuntu mate, vala panel appmenu, xfce, xubuntu

A while back I wrote about TopMenu, a panel plugin that provides global menu (AppMenu) support for MATE, then also included support for Xfce and LXDE.

The problem with TopMenu is that it only partially supports GTK3, it doesn't support LibreOffice, and with Ubuntu 16.04, it doesn't support Qt (4 or 5) applications.

Here's where Vala Panel AppMenu comes in.

Vala Panel AppMenu is a global menu panel applet for Xfce, MATE and Vala panels, which uses unity-gtk-module as its backend, and it works with all the applications supported by Unity's AppMenu.


Screenlets (Desktop Widgets) Fixed For Ubuntu 16.04, Available In PPA

| Date: February 06, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: customization, eye candy, linux, screenlets, ubuntu, widgets


Screenlets, a widget framework for Linux, was updated to work with Ubuntu 16.04 recently, and new packages are available in its official PPA.

The Screenlets package was removed from the official Ubuntu 16.04 (and newer) repositories because it no longer worked, however, Hrotkó Gábor fixed various issues that prevented the application and some of its widgets from working, and uploaded a new version to the official Screenlets PPA, for Ubuntu 16.04.

While the PPA doesn't officially support it, you can also use it in Ubuntu 16.10.

Apt Update Indicator For GNOME Shell Keeps You Informed About Available Updates [Ubuntu GNOME / Debian]

| Date: February 06, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: customization


Apt Update Indicator is a GNOME Shell extension that keeps you informed about available updates in Ubuntu GNOME / Debian.

Using it, you get a new icon on the GNOME Shell Top Bar which displays the number of package updates, while from its menu you can see exactly which updates are pending, apply the updates, and more.

`Dash To Panel` Is A Cool Icon Taskbar For GNOME Shell

| Date: January 27, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: customization, dock, extensions, featured, gnome, gnome shell, linux, tweaks, ubuntu

Dash to Panel is a fairly new GNOME Shell extension that moves the dash into the top bar, to achieve a single panel (combined app launchers and system tray) design similar to that of KDE Plasma or Windows 7+.


The extension provides numerous features, including the ability to move the panel to the top or bottom, change the panel size, live window previews, and more.

MATE Dock Applet Sees New Release

| Date: January 26, 2017 | View Comments | Tags: applets, customization, linux, mate, ubuntu, ubuntu mate

MATE Dock Applet 0.76 was released today, bringing support for startup notifications when launching application, as well as some new cosmetic options.


MATE Dock Applet is a MATE Panel applet that displays running application windows as icons, which features option to pin applications to the dock, supports multiple workspaces, allows changing the MATE panel icon to the dominant desktop wallpaper color, and more.

Nemo 3.4 With Unity Patches And Without Cinnamon Dependencies Available In New PPA For Ubuntu

| Date: November 29, 2016 | View Comments | Tags: customization, file manager, linux, nemo, ubuntu, unity

Update: the article initially mentioned Nemo 3.2. The PPA now provides Nemo 3.4 for Ubuntu 17.04 and 16.04 (Ubuntu 16.10 is no longer supported by Canonical, so Launchpad doesn't allow uploading new packages for it).

To make it easy to go back to Nemo 2.8.0 for Ubuntu 16.04 users in case something doesn't work properly (because there were quite a few under the hood changes in Nemo), I decided to upload the latest Nemo 3.4 to a new PPA.


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