GNOME Tips
Switch Audio Outputs
Section titled “Switch Audio Outputs”- Open pavucontrol-qt, GUI for Pulse Audio
Nautilus File Manager Tips
Section titled “Nautilus File Manager Tips”Source: 13 Quick Tips to Make Linux File Manager Nautilus Even Better - It’s FOSS
- Recent files are accessible from top item of left menu
- Open terminal in folder with context menu
# Configure Nautilus to create new documents in right click menu# Add files in the `~/templates` folder and Nautilus will automatically read themcd ~/Templatestouch "New Text Document.txt"# Add any other file templates you want to add to the menu
# Preview files with spacebar, requires:sudo apt install gnome-sushi -yOther tips:
# Resize images from context menu, requires:sudo apt install imagemagick nautilus-image-converter -y
# Change colours of folders, then choose colours you wantsudo apt install folder-color -y
# Open files as administrator in context menu, requires:sudo apt install nautilus-admin -y
# Check hashs with context menu, requires:sudo apt install nautilus-gtkhash -y- Bookmark files and folders in the left menu
Desktop Entries
Section titled “Desktop Entries”Like application shortcuts and binaries
Desktop entries for applications, or .desktop files, are generally a combination of meta information resources and a shortcut of an application. These files usually reside in usr/share/applications or usr/local/share/applications for applications installed system-wide, or ~/.local/share/applications/ for user-specific applications. User entries take precedence over system entries.
Keyboard
Section titled “Keyboard”The key combination for ç in US international with dead keys layout was there all along, but unlike the other Latin diacritics it does not involve a dead key:
AltGr+,+c=ç
AltGr+Shift+,+C=Ç
AltGr is simply right alt
PDF Reader
Section titled “PDF Reader”In GNOME, use Evince (default) and use settings to choose night mode