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Get your Desktop Icons BACK on Ubuntu 19.04 with Nemo

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Ahmed Tawfik

Gnome disabled OOTB support for managing Desktop icons, and is now handled via a gnome shell extension that is missing many features and not quite usable. The best solution I found so far was to install nemo (file manager on … Continue reading →

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Reset your Ubuntu Desktop to its default settings

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Ahmed Tawfik

dconf reset -f / Sources: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/10/how-to-reset-ubuntu-desktop-to-default

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Print a batch of files on Ubuntu 18.10

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Ahmed Tawfik

Here we will send a batch of files inside a directory to the default printer in Ubuntu. First of all, you’d better define a default printer in your system by going to Printers and then select Use Printer by Default: … Continue reading →

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Touchpad enable/disable script and shortcut on Ubuntu 18.10

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Ahmed Tawfik

If your laptop doesn’t have a working switch for turning on/off your touchpad, then this post is for you. Create a script called disenable_touchpad.sh and add the following code to it: !/bin/bash state=$( gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad send-events ) if [ … Continue reading →

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How to fix Ubuntu dock still visible while screen is locked on 18.04 and 18.10

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Ahmed Tawfik

A very stupid bug that has been there for quite a while! Luckilly the fix has been released recently into the proposed repository for both Bionic & Cosmic (Disco as well). Just enable the proposed updates from Software & Updates … Continue reading →

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