Neofetch, the favorite tool for displaying system information in ASCII format in the terminal, is no longer being developed. Its GitHub repository is now archived. It didn't see any development for the past three years anyway. Neofetch developer Dylan's GitHub page says he has "taken up farming". Developer says he has taken up farming When I asked for proof, he sent me this photo. Is that a farm in ASCII format? Okay, I just made up the last part for humor purposes ? So, here's the deal. Neofetch is not being developed anymore. Although it is still available in the repositories of many distri ..read more

It seems my rant on Ubuntu 24.04's handling of third-party deb files rattled many in the community. While many people agreed with me, some think it's a non-issue. A few crass comments are there telling me 'to just use the command line'. I believe they missed the point I was trying to raise. Yes, it can be done by other means but no, the functionality should not have been removed as it leaves a bad first experience for users who think Ubuntu provides an 'out of the box' experience. ? Let's see what else you get in this edition: Big tech being prioritized, again. Ubuntu MATE fading away slowly ..read more

VS Code is one of the most popular code editors out there, and it is only natural that you look for it after a fresh installation of Fedora. Now, there are two ways to get VS Code on Fedora: Unofficial Flatpak package: Easy to install from the software center. However, Flatpak apps run in sandboxed containers. So, you'll have to make additional effort to access SDKs on your actual system. Official RPM package: VS Code offers a YUM repository for Fedora and Red Hat systems. The application is installed on the system and is well integrated. It requires running a few commands in the terminal, t ..read more

One of the annoying issues I encountered in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is with updating the App Store. It gives the following error: Unknown Snapd Exception cannot refresh "snap-store": snap "snap-store" has running apps (snap-store), pids:5263 And the way to get rid of this error and update the snap store is close it first and then manually update it from the terminal: killall snap-store && sudo snap refresh snap-store Let me discuss it in a bit more detail. What happens here This app store, which is actually Snap Store, shows the updates available for all the snap packages installed on your ..read more

I've been using Pop!_OS since my college days, so whenever I distro hop, the first thing that I miss are the benefits of the Pop!_OS Shell. Especially the ability to get tilting ability without much configuration is a must for someone like me. So in this tutorial, I will walk you through how you can install the Pop Shell extension on the GNOME desktop. And yes, it will cover most Linux distros so you can get the most out of this. Installing Pop Shell in GNOME Desktop Unlike most installation methods, installing the Pop!_OS Shell is a little different. For example, if you're an Ubuntu user, y ..read more

The two big releases of the year are here; Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Fedora 40. I deferred sending the newsletter by a day so that I could provide you with all the coverage. Although, Ubuntu 24.04 comes with several new features and changes, I am unhappy with a change they introduced. I shared my frustration in this article. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED WITH UBUNTU 24.04 ? The sheer audacity of not caring for its users reeks of Microsoft-esque arrogance. It's FOSS NewsAbhishek ? Let's see what else you get in this edition: Ubuntu 24.04 and Fedora 40 articles Gentoo saying no to AI generated code. FOS ..read more

When it comes to Ubuntu, most of the users wait for the LTS versions. It is because a lot of quality of life improvements come along with the stability it offers. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is no different. It comes packed with visual changes, refinements, and new features. You can check out all the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS features if you're curious. I have been using it for a while before the stable release hit. Let me tell you about my experience with it. There's a video about it as a desktop tour, you can choose to watch that as well. A Hassle-free On-boarding Experience Ubuntu 24.04 LTS features a Flutter ..read more

In Ubuntu, I use the update-grub command to update grub. Recently, I made a switch to Arch Linux for new adventures and there I encountered the error saying "sudo: update-grub: command not found": I remember choosing GRUB while installing Arch and the GRUB screen appeared too while booting the system. This is why I got confused when I saw the above error. If you are in the same situation, let me share my findings with you. Why do you see 'update-grub' command not found error? You see the error because update-grub is not a standard command like ls, cd etc. It's not even a standard command tha ..read more

If you have prior experience of programming and you are just getting started with bash, there's one thing that you may find a little odd. Unlike other programming languages, functions in bash do not return any value. Instead, it returns exit status or a numeric value indicating the success or failure of execution. But the question here is how you make the function return value in bash. Sure, if I'm writing this tutorial, I must have a solution (read workaround) to tackle this issue but before that, let's understand the problem first. The problem we're dealing with First, let me share a simple ..read more

VLC is an awesome video player for Linux. However, there is a problem with it if you are a fan of dark mode. I have noticed that when I am using Ubuntu in dark mode, VLC doesn't adhere to the dark theme. It keeps a white menu bar and control bar at the bottom. VLC default mode does not fully support dark mode automatically I can guess that it probably will be the case in other distributions as well. Allow me to share a few methods to achieve dark mode with VLC on Ubuntu. ? You may try the same methods in other distributions but the package management commands may differ. Also, some methods a ..read more