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OBS Studio 27 has been released, native support for Wayland, new PipeWire capture source, browser dock on macOS and Linux, etc. OBS Studio is a free and open source Qt application for live streaming and screen recording. It runs on Linux, macOS and Windows. The tool can be broadcast to any destination that supports RTMP,… read more »
bat Is a simple command line tool to easily set and check the ASUS battery charge stop threshold (for laptops that support this feature) to help extend battery life. According to its wiki, bat aims to “copy the function ASUS battery healthy charging A utility program for ASUS laptops on Windows designed to extend battery… read more »
GNOME Desktop: This article explains how to automatically disable the laptop touchpad when an external mouse is plugged in, and how to disable the touchpad while typing. The GNOME settings application provides various options for the mouse and touchpad, including setting speed, natural scrolling, etc. You can even disable the touchpad permanently from there. However,… read more »
PDF Blending Tool, A Qt application for processing PDF files, has reached a stable version 1.0 (closely followed by version 1.0.1). The new version includes a comprehensively improved user interface, support for editing PDF metadata, Qt6 support, and more. PDF Mix Tool is a graphical tool used to perform some common PDF editing operations. It… read more »
By me It is a command line tool used to send messages or alerts from Linux, Windows or macOS to various messaging platforms (such as Discord, Slack, Telegram, Microsoft Teams, Twillio, Mastodon, etc.). The developer documents the reasons behind creating PingMe: I need a small application that I can call from my backup script, cron… read more »
Dash to panelIt is the icon taskbar of Gnome Shell, which has been updated to version 43, which brings initial support for GNOME 40. The Gnome Shell Dash to Panel extension combines Dash with the top Gnome panel. The result is a panel that provides iconic taskbars, trays, system menus, and date/time indicators. This is… read more »
Ghostwriter, Qt5 Markdown editor, has been updated to version 2.0.0. The new version comes with improved themes, the HUD has been replaced by the sidebar, and there is a new default Markdown processor. Ghostwriter is a free and open source Markdown editor for Linux and Windows (macOS is not officially supported, but as long as… read more »
F2 It is a command line file and folder batch renaming tool written in Go. The tool is fast, safe (runs multiple verifications before renaming, and allows batch renaming to be undone), and it runs on Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows. The batch renaming command line tool is quite new. The first stable version was… read more »
Nautilus Pier, A plug-in that embeds the terminal into the Nautilus file manager, recently updated to support the latest Nautilus (Files) 40. Using the Nautilus terminal plug-in, you can embed the terminal in the Nautilus (file) file manager window, you can use F4 Key (this is configurable).The terminal follows the file manager navigation, use cd… read more »
A small keyboard (numeric keypad) is embedded in the touchpad of some Asus laptops. You can switch between the touchpad and the keypad using the button located in the upper right corner of the touchpad. In other words, after following the instructions below, this function is not available by default on Linux. You can embed… read more »