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elementary OS application development databases?
Check out the developer section of elementary's website. They offer advice on many components you can use to build elementary-style applications. Specifically, they recommend GDA for managing ...
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How can I get AppImages to show up in the Applications Menu?
AppImages are not automatically integrated in elementary. I faced the same problem for an application I needed. (I second the suggestion from @cassidy-james-blaede, use Flatpak if possible, in my case ...
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How to solve equations in Calculator?
You can use NaSC, an application made by Peter A for elementary OS.
More info at NaSC webpage
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Run AppImage on Startup
Got it working by copying the relevant .desktop file from ~/.local/share/applications/ to ~/.config/autostart.
The AppImage I downloaded, when run the first time, gave an option to add shortcut file,...
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AppCenter Payments after reinstall
There is a Github issue concerning this that's marked as resolved, but their use case doesn't cover reinstalls, which is a little curious given that ElementaryOS hasn't actually supported upgrades at ...
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What is the best torrent client on elementary OS?
I'm going to preface this with a nod to the fact that I work on elementary.io, and thanks to that have access to lots of lovely metrics mere mortals are not normally privy to.
Transmission (38%)
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Calendar-App shows events incorrectly (with googlecalendar)
I have the same issue. I have reported it as bug in Launchpad:
Calendar bugs page
You can mark that it affect to you, to bring devs attention to it.
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Installing/configuring telegram
If you downloaded Telegram from Telegram's website, it should be safe to run from anywhere on your system, including the home folder.
When you open Telegram, an icon should appear in the dock. You ...
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Screen mess up - VMware Workstation on Elementary OS
vmware-workstation works without problems with the root user, however, it is very annoying to open the terminal to open the program and believe that the icon is useless. I found a way to bypass the ...
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Very strange double titlebar
This is a known issue. It only occurs with applications that request legacy window decorations (titlebars, borders, etc...). I'm part of the elementary team and I'm looking into a fix, but it's not a ...
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How can I get AppImages to show up in the Applications Menu?
AppImages don't automatically add .desktop files to the appropriate FreeDesktop standard place needed to show up in the Applications Menu. There is a daemon you can install to automatically manage ...
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Does Franz (multi messenger) work on elementary freya?
Franz works perfect in Loki, should't be a Problem in Freya. Do the following in terminal:
sudo mkdir -p /opt/franz
wget -qO- https://github.com/meetfranz/franz-app/releases/download/4.0.4/Franz-...
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Using Granite with a different language besides Vala
Granite is written in Vala, so it provides a C API which you can use from C++. Using it should be fairly straightforward; just #include <granite.h> in your code, and build with something like
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Certain application icons does not show up in dock when opened
Same issue. Currently I go to dock preference (ctrl + Right Click), comportment, and I disable/enable Show unpinned.
But it's not a solution of course.
It's boring but it's work (or Alt+Tab)
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Is there an epub reader that integrates well with elementary OS?
I'm working in my free time to build a eBook reader for elementary OS - Bookworm.
Currently it's in a very early stage and very much work in progress. However, currently it can open eBooks and ...
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Screensaver installation
I'm not aware of a screensaver package that works well with elementary OS.
Other popular screensaver options include XScreensaver and GNOME Screensaver, but I wasn't able to find much information ...
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App Center stuck on 'waiting'
I had the same issue yesterday. I tried the update and upgrade as you said, rebooting and nothing happened. Then I followed these steps to remove and install again the AppCenter and now it's fixed. I ...
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My laptop screen has gone red even after I installed redshift and it's not going away
Even though you've removed Redshift, it seems it has "permanently" altered your display settings. Try running:
xrandr --output eDP-1 --gamma 0.9:0.9:0.9
eDP-1 is the name of my monitor, yours may ...
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how to fix bug in the windows of elementary os
This is a known issue in Elementary OS due to their somewhat non-standard way of applying window decorations. Fortunately, there is a fix, but it must be applied on a per-application basis. In fact on ...
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pycharm is not showing in app launcher and anywhere in elementary juno
There is a menu option in Pycharm to create a shortcut in the App Launcher.
1) Start PyCharm...
sudo ./pycharm.sh
...like you mentioned above.
2) Once PyCharm is up and running, go to the Tools ...
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How do I manage iPhone on elementary os
If you don't find a solution on the Linux side, consider an IOS app called Phone Drive.
The app will start web and FTP servers on the phone providing direct upload/download access to your Camera ...
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Need help to delete icons from Applications Menu
These are stored under ~/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs. Go and delete 'em.
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(Solved) How to uninstall default apps in Hera?
Go to the Appcenter, open the Installed tab, and scroll down to the app you want to uninstall, click on it, then hit uninstall.
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Chrome apps as default applications
You can, as in the example below (I used Google Docs as I do not have the other app but it should work exactly in the same way).
Install the chrome app in question in the application menu (right-...
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Is there any Photo Editing Software for elementary?
I recommend Darktable. It is available in AppCenter, or a newer version is available on Flathub.
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Have applications dock close with Windows key
Please, use my updated answer:
gsettings set org.gnome.mutter overlay-key "'Super_L'"
gsettings set org.pantheon.desktop.gala.behavior overlay-action "'wingpanel --toggle-indicator=app-launcher'"
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Master PDF Editor installs correctly, but won't start
There is a bug in the dependencies so there is a library missing (you can see this in the system log):
gnome-session[1630]: /opt/master-pdf-editor-3/masterpdfeditor3:
error while loading shared ...
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Software in AppCenter aren't up to date
Approach 1)
You could add some "custom" Repositories which contain the latest versions of you desired programs. The Ubuntu/ElementaryOS repos sometimes are out of date
Approach 2)
You could Download ...
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Installing elementary (replacing ubuntu) without having to reinstall applications
You should reinstall elementary to ensure that you get a fully functional system.
However, you can keep a list of the packages installed with
dpkg --get-selections > package-list-file
and backup ...
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