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Screenshot by Jack Wallen\/ZDNET<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nUnderneath the desktop and the apps is Linux kernel 6.3.8-240, so it includes plenty of support for all the hardware you need.<\/p>\n
Also:<\/strong> Linux has over 3% of the desktop market? It's more complicated than that<\/strong><\/p>\nI also found (and I'm not sure if this was an anomaly) that snapd.apparmor was not enabled, which meant that some snap applications wouldn't start. To mitigate that, I had to run the command:<\/p>\n
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After running that command, all Snap applications ran fine.<\/p>\n
An interesting take on notifications<\/h2>\n Given that Ubuntu Budgie is my daily Linux distribution, I'm used to everything the Budgie desktop has to offer. But for some, the Budgie take on notifications might come as a surprise. That take is called Raven.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Also:<\/strong> How to easily install a cloud service at home in an hour or less<\/strong><\/p>\nIf you click the bell icon in the system tray, the Raven sidebar animates out to not only display your notifications but also to present widgets you can interact with, such as a calendar and sound controller.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
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Screenshot by Jack Wallen\/ZDNET<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nYou can add new widgets but not from within Raven. To do that, open the Budgie Desktop Settings app (from within the desktop menu) and click Raven in the left navigation. There, you can click the Widgets tab, click +, and add from the included widgets. At the moment, there are only five built-in widgets to choose from:<\/p>\n
\nCalendar<\/li>\n Media Controls<\/li>\n Sound Input<\/li>\n Sound Output<\/li>\n Usage Monitor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe Panel<\/h2>\n Out of the box, you'll find a traditional panel at the bottom of the display. Since this is Linux, you can bet it's configurable. Go back to BudgieDesktop\u00a0 Settings and click Bottom Dock. In that section, you'll find you can configure a number of options, such as position, size, spacing, auto-hide, transparency, shadow, stylized regions, and Dock mode.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Also:<\/strong> What's new and cool in the 6.4 Linux kernel<\/strong><\/p>\nI prefer to have my panel in Dock mode, with transparency set to always, and in auto-hide mode. In no time, I can have the Budgie desktop looking exactly how I need it.<\/p>\n\n\n
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