Applies to: Gnome (I’m on Fedora but Gnome is Gnome so this probably works on anything running Gnome.) While everyone knows you can use the command line to run sudo commands, did you know you can also gain sudo access in a Nautilus Files window? Sometimes that can be handy. I’ll share how to set… Read More »
The default file explorer in Gnome is called Nautilus. While it’s beautiful with it’s lovely simplicity, squishy rounded corners, and clean looks, it’s just not functional enough for me. I don’t do that much with my file explorer, but the few things I do do (ha ha) should be easy. That is why I have… Read More »
In Linux (Fedora with Gnome 42, and any other OS that uses “Document Scanner”), when you scan your documents, you can run an OCR (optical character recognition) process on the document to make the text searchable and copy-able. You’ll need a couple of tools installed first, which is easy enough. Just run this: And then… Read More »
This may apply to many setups, but my specifics are: Fedora (Linux), Gnome desktop running Wayland. I have a self-hosted Matrix server and connect with an Element client from my Fedora machine. The Element client would work when it first opened but after sitting idle for a while, when I’d pull it up again, the… Read More »
In Gnome, the default Alt+Tab switcher groups windows by application: You can switch it so that they are ungrouped: Go to:Settings > Keyboard > View and Customize Shortcuts Go toNavigation Instead of Alt + Tab switching applications You can set Alt + Tab to “Switch windows” Click the Switch windows row and enter the keyboard… Read More »