Category: Eye Candy
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Bring Holiday Cheer to Your Ubuntu Desktop: Add a Pixel Santa for Christmas!
The holiday season brings a unique opportunity to add festive cheer to your desktop, and if you’ve been thinking about how to spice up your Ubuntu experience this Christmas, there’s a delightful solution. This year, you can introduce a collection of pixel art Santas that leap and roam across your screen, thanks to the latest…
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Achieving Blurred Windows on GNOME: A Simple Guide to Faux Effects
Window transparency with blur is a popular aesthetic among Linux users but often comes with performance drawbacks. A new approach offers a clever workaround to achieve a similar look without the associated resource costs by using the 2 Wallpapers GNOME extension. Instead of making application windows translucent and relying on dynamic blurring—both of which can…
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Enhance Your Browsing Experience with the Firefox Colour Theme Adapt Add-On
Firefox’s default appearance may not be particularly vibrant on Ubuntu, but there are ways to add some flair. One such method is through an intriguing open-source Firefox add-on called Ambient Theme by Site Colour, which dynamically adjusts the colors of the tab bar and toolbar based on the dominant color of the webpage you are…
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Google Unveils Google Sans Flex: A New Open Source Font
Google has recently released its new typeface, Google Sans Flex, as an open-source font, which is exciting news for developers and designers alike. This modern sans serif font is designed for screens and operating systems, providing a fresh take on the previous proprietary Google Sans font. The designer, David Berlow from Font Bureau, has rebuilt…
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Enhance Your Ubuntu Experience: Live Calendar and Clock Icons Now Available in the Dock
You can now enhance the visual appeal of your Ubuntu dock with a new GNOME Shell extension that transforms static clock, calendar, and weather app icons into dynamic ones that display real-time information. With this extension, the pinned icons on your dock, whether it’s in the Ubuntu Dock or alternatives like Dash to Panel, can…
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Elevate Your Ubuntu Experience with a Sleek Desktop Weather Widget
Checking the weather on Ubuntu is made easy with a new Desktop Weather Widget that acts as a simple, unobtrusive solution without the need for multiple applications or browser tabs. This widget is a GNOME Shell extension that places weather information directly on your desktop, making it particularly beneficial for users with external monitors. Originally…
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Exciting Updates: New Icons and Theme Tweaks in Ubuntu 25.10!
Ubuntu 25.10 recently entered its user-interface freeze, but not before significant updates were introduced to the Yaru theme, which serves as the default theme for the OS. Yaru is a community-driven project, though it receives guidance from Canonical’s engineering and design teams, allowing anyone to contribute. Key Theme Changes in Ubuntu 25.10 The latest Yaru…
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Revitalize Your Ubuntu Desktop: A Guide to the Hatter Icon Set
Ubuntu’s default Yaru icon set is functional, but if you’re looking for a more vibrant and engaging appearance for your desktop, consider trying the Hatter icon set. This colorful alternative, recently brought to attention by a reader, offers a refreshing twist to the standard look. About Hatter Icon Set The Hatter icon set is designed…
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Enhance Your Workspace with the Floating Mini Panel GNOME Extension
GNOME Shell extensions offer users the ability to customize their desktop environments, and one of the latest additions is the Floating Mini Panel. This extension transforms the standard GNOME Shell Top Bar into a compact, always-on-top panel that can be activated via a toggle in the Quick Settings menu. When activated, the Floating Mini Panel…
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Paprius Icon Set Update: New Icons and Plasma 6 Support Enhance Your Desktop Experience
The Papirus icon theme, a popular choice for Ubuntu users, has received an exciting update. This new version adds 69 new icons and updates 18 existing ones, significantly increasing its app coverage. Continuous updates are essential for an icon set to remain appealing, and Papirus consistently meets this need. This update also introduces some packaging…
