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Ade Malsasa Akbar Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 09:41

File Searching on elementary OS

This simple tutorial explains how to search files and folders on elementary OS. This uses Files, the default file manager of elementary OS, also known as Pantheon Files and io.elementary.files. It is not to be confused with Files, the file manager of Ubuntu also known as Nautilus. This is based on today's latest elementary OS 6 codenamed Odin and in the future it might change like any other software.

Ade Malsasa Akbar Saturday, September 18, 2021 at 21:27

Missing Standard Apps on elementary OS and Guide To Install Them

elementary OS is a fast replacement to Windows or macOS. It comes with basic apps you need without ones you don't. Because of that, several standard apps like LibreOffice not included by default. This article presents you the apps and guide to install them to help you every time you have new elementary OS. We hope this would be useful to you!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 23:16

Let's Try elementary OS 6 Beta

Elementary OS launched version 6 Beta a while ago so everybody can download, try, test and report issues to get involved in its public software development. Through this article, I invite dear Ubuntu Buzz readers to test this Beta version too. Most notable changes in this Beta version are Dark Theme, the new installer, a new app called Tasks, and the major shift to Flatpak for the App Center. Special for application developers, you are now advised to learn packaging your app as a Flatpak. However, this Beta version is still in rapid development and you are advised not to install it on your main computers as there are still issues and possibility to loss data. Finally, we are waiting for the next Release Candidate before the Stable Release. Let's try it together!

Announcement:

https://blog.elementary.io/elementary-os-6-odin-beta

Distrowatch:

https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=11234

Download:

https://builds.elementary.io

Join the development:

https://github.com/orgs/elementary/projects/55

Join users discussions:

Mastodon | Twitter | Reddit | Facebook

This article is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ade Malsasa Akbar Friday, October 16, 2020 at 10:17

Dell Ubuntu, Lenovo Fedora, and Slimbook Elementary OS

This year good news coming one after another. Everything starts with Fedora announcing Fedora on Lenovo ThinkPad laptops, then Ubuntu announcing Dell XPS Focal Fossa, and now elementary OS announcing both Slimbook and Pine64 PineBook laptops. Now everybody globally can find Ubuntu, Fedora, and elementary OS preloaded on branded laptops and PCs. This means GNU/Linux desktop goes mainstream. I am happy to see this. I really want to sum them up in one article so everybody sees these great moment. For everyone who loves Free Software community here's the news for you!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Monday, June 22, 2020 at 00:58

Let's Compare Zorin OS and elementary OS

After writing Zorin for Windows Users, I realized how strong it intended for new comers that it might be more user friendly than Ubuntu, Fedora, or openSUSE. One closest operating system came in my mind is elementary OS. I think it would be nice to compare both in brief. Now I present you my comparison so you grasp more information from both. Enjoy fun computing!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 20:00

How To Install Connecto on elementary OS

Conecto is a fork of KDE Connect for elementary OS. It is rewritten in Vala programming language and now still in an early development phase. This article explains step by step installation of it from source code with pictures to make iteasier for everyone. This article tries to make Conecto's developer-friendly compilation guide user-friendly. If you want how to in using Conecto, read my tutorial. Enjoy synchronization!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Monday, February 10, 2020 at 22:59

Sync elementary OS and Android Phone

Once you picked up elementary as your computer operating system, you will work with its desktop, file manager, and in modern days, need to synchronize it to your Android phone to transfer files and so on. There is an awesome software called Conecto, a modified KDE Connect, that can help you sync between both devices. This article explains how to pair and transfer files, however the installation guide is published in a separate article. not installing the software itself. This will make your life easier with GNU/Linux. Enjoy!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Friday, February 7, 2020 at 14:28

Complete Guide to elementary OS File Manager

After knowing elementary OS, downloading and installing it, now we learn to use its File Manager that is called Files. With file manager we access files, folders, documents, disk partitions, external drives, by browsing, creating, copying/moving, renaming, and deleting files. By this guide you learn how to do those things with Files. More that that, there are also Open In Terminal and Color Folders which are important to learn. I wish this guide will be useful for everybody getting started with elementary OS. Enjoy!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 22:51

How To Download elementary OS for Beginners

elementary is a very popular modern operating system even non-technical people want to use it. It's not strange if some of them felt difficulty in downloading the OS. But it is highly beneficial to help them because by doing so we have more people using it and big chance also more donations can go to empower the development. Beyond that, I saw the internet at the moment lacks step-by-step tutorial to do this important thing. For that reason, I make this simple guide in how to download elementary OS for new users by using standard and alternative methods everyone may choose. I hope this article helps you a lot and let's go use elementary!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 20:58

Guide to Install and Use LibreOffice on elementary OS

LibreOffice is not included by default in elementary OS unlike in other distros. But because you will need it, and many Windows users switching will also need it, I write this tutorial to install and to use it. LibreOffice is free (as in freedom) software, it fulfills rights of all users and community, so it's better than MSO or WPS/Kingsoft and that's why most GNU/Linux distros include it by default and I present it to you here. Enjoy!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Monday, January 20, 2020 at 23:46

User Guide to Pantheon Desktop of elementary OS

Unlike Windows, user interface in elementary OS has a name, and it is Pantheon Desktop. It is a beautifully designed and easy to use desktop environment. This article wants to be a user guide to Pantheon Desktop that is simple to read and practice. You will learn about basic concepts of Pantheon and then practice to use it for daily tasks. You will see here how to use Wingpanel (top panel), Slingshot (start menu), Plank (taskbar), Switchboard (system settings), plus understand Headerbars and Multitasking mode. Of course I also include frequently used Keyboard Shortcuts so you can work more quickly. For your information, I use elementary OS 5.0 Juno as basis of this tutorial. I hope everybody could take benefit from this article and next time I could refer here if I write again about elementary. Enjoy!

(This beautiful desktop is Pantheon)

Ade Malsasa Akbar Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at 13:53

New elementary OS 5.1 Changes

elementary OS 5.1 is a "service pack" update of 5.0 released recently at 3 December 2019. It brings really a lot of new features and redesigns. This article tries to cover 6 things from the beginning to the end including the new redesigns, its ISO contents, and Flatpak support. Enjoy the new elementary OS!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Friday, January 3, 2020 at 17:38

Take Screenshot of LightDM Login Screen in 2020

There are not many clear tutorials available in taking picture of the login screen of latest Ubuntu, Mint, and elementary OS. Their login screen technology is called LightDM. You cannot simply press Printscreen key in the login screen to create its screenshot. Instead, you need a complicated way with superuser access to do so. This might give you frustration if you do not know the way especially if you are a writer like me. Fortunately, it is easy and everybody can do it like my explanations below. You can do this both in LiveCD session and in an installed system. I write this tutorial by testing it first on elementary OS 5.1 Hera that released recently at the end of 2019. After a long time, I am happy to finally figure out this method. Enjoy!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Sunday, September 1, 2019 at 22:16

How To Edit Start Menu Items on Elementary OS

(Customizing start menu items of elementary OS is easy)

On GNOME we use Alacarte, on KDE we use KDE Menu Editor, on XFCE we use MenuLibre, but how to edit Applications Menu on elementary OS? For example, you run LibreOffice AppImage, but you cannot add it to start menu by drag-and-drop nor right-click on it. Then how to do that? It is easy, you may use either mentioned MenuLibre, or the native AppEditor. Finally I practiced this on version 5.0 Juno and it works. Try it and let's see if you love it. Enjoy!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 23:09

LibreOffice AppImage Version Looks Great on Elementary OS

(LibreOffice 6.2 running flawlessly on elementary OS without installation using its AppImage version)

LibreOffice is a really great free software project which provides its product in all formats possible, whether it is DEB or RPM, Snap, Flatpak, or even AppImage. If you don't know, AppImage is just like DMG on MacOS, it's application in single file format just click to run it. However, if you see closer, LibreOffice AppImage looks good on elementary OS 5.0. That's why it's very interesting to use on elementary OS. In this article I just want to report screenshots and my short comments about it. I hope you are interested to run LibreOffice AppImage version on elementary OS too. Enjoy!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Saturday, August 24, 2019 at 13:48

Writing Arabic and Latin on Ubuntu, Trisquel, and Elementary OS

﴾!السَلامُ علَيكُم﴿

(May peace be upon you!)

This tutorial will show you how to write Arabic & Latin on GNU/Linux especially Ubuntu, Trisquel, and elementary OS so you can switch between them easily at any time. In particular, we will use built-in keyboard layout called Arabic Buckwalter beside the English US one here. They will appear as selections on system tray on your desktop panel. This way, you can write documents and have chat on the net with both Latin and Arabic letters. I take these 3 distros as example means you can practice this on any other GNU/Linux systems that also use GNOME3, MATE, and Pantheon desktops. Let's go!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Friday, August 9, 2019 at 13:58

A Quick Comparison between Deepin, Mint, and Elementary

I tried to make this article to help everybody find a desktop choice among Deepin, Mint, and Elementary operating systems. I select them because they are solely focused on desktop and have developed their own user interface. They are all GNU/Linux systems from Debian family, but with several distinctions you may love to see. For example, they differ on their own file managers, user interface layouts and built-in apps and several more things.

(Deepin 15.10, Mint 19, and Elementary 5.0 showing their desktops with start menu opened)

You will also find which one still supports 32-bit PC nowadays, which one supports Flatpak by default, and more. Finally, I wish you can empower your PC and laptop with one of them. Enjoy!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Sunday, June 9, 2019 at 23:03

Enable Dark Theme on elementary OS

To enable dark theme on elementary OS 5.0 "Juno", simply use Elementary Tweaks and set Prefer Dark Variant on. But there are more ways, using command line instead or install new dark themes. And the is one more thing, that is giving the Plank Dock dark theme as well.

(Dark user interface on elementary OS)

I use here themes like Elementary X, Deepin Dark, Flat Remix Yellow to show you several options we have today. Try it and happy working!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 16:53

Pantheon Desktop on Fedora GNU/Linux

(Pantheon Desktop from elementary OS running on Fedora 29 Live Session)

Right now, we can install the elementary OS desktop environment, Pantheon, on Fedora GNU/Linux. It is a new thing on Fedora as so far it, as RPM distro, does not have Pantheon in its repository. If you know Fedora now has Spins ("Flavors"), you know that up to today there is no Fedora Pantheon among those Live Systems available. It is planned to be added into Fedora 30 this year and fortunately we can test it now on Fedora 28 and 29. Why Fedora? Because the fact that Fedora still supports 32-bit, if Fedora supports Pantheon, then this solves problem that elementary OS only supports 64-bit computers. You who still have 32-bit laptops can run latest Pantheon desktop using Fedora. I use Fedora Live KDE 29 in this test. You can use this to help testing Pantheon desktop to work on Fedora. Happy testing!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Monday, October 29, 2018 at 21:31

My Top 5 Apps from elementary OS 5.0 AppCenter

After using it for a week, here's intro to 5 of my favorite apps from AppCenter on elementary OS 5.0 I've tried. So far it's Torrential (BitTorrent client), Spice-Up (presentation editor), DesktopFolder (icons on desktop), Notes-Up (document editor & notetaking program), and Screencast (desktop recorder). Four of them are paid apps, while still free/libre open source software, as I humbly support this approach of selling free software. I hope this article encourages more developers to join this elementary LLC's software publishing platform and encourages more users to appreciate paid free software and support them. Enjoy them, try them, and please share with your friend!