cm0002Mar 28

After a Long Time, Ubuntu Shows Some Respect to Deb Packages

https://europe.pub/post/10823035

After a Long Time, Ubuntu Shows Some Respect to Deb Packages - Europe Pub

>For years, many Ubuntu users have felt that traditional .deb packages were being gradually sidelined in favor of the Snap ecosystem. > >It started quietly. Double-clicking a downloaded .deb file would open it in Archive Manager instead of the installer. Then came controversial changes. Apps like Chromium, Thunderbolt and Firefox began defaulting to Snap packages, even when users tried installing them via the apt command in the terminal. > >It continued further as Ubuntu introduced its new Snap Store. In Ubuntu 24.04, it ignored .deb packages completely. Double-clicking a .deb file would open the App Center, but wouldn’t actually install the package and just hang there. That behavior was later reverted after I highlighted it through It’s FOSS.

Show threadTuuktuuk

I haven’t really found a DE that I like more than Unity. Basic Gnome gets close, but the ability to separate switch between programs and their windows is a big thing for me.

But, because of snap packages being annoying, I would really like to migrate away from Ubuntu. Meh.

Mar 28 at 4:13pmWeb
Show threadMrSoupMar 28

the ability to separate switch between programs and their windows

What do you mean?

Show threadTuuktuukMar 28

I mean that if I have four Firefox windows open, three file manager windows open, GIMP open and Steam open and press alt+tab, I get cycled through four things: Firefox, File manager, Gimp and Steam. If I want a specific Firefox window, I first Alt+Tab to Firefox and then use Meta+Tab to cycle between the different windows of Firefox. That is incredibly convenient!

On my other computer I’m currently trying OpenSUSE, and its version of Gnome does not have the option for enabling this in the keyboard shortcuts. Not really sure if my Ubuntu really uses Unity or something else, but anyway it’s something that has a feature that makes the workflow much better.

Show threadMrSoupMar 28
If I’m not wrong the default shortcut to cycle between app’s windows is Alt + the_key_above_tab.
Currently I’m not in front of my computer, afterwards I’ll check shortcut name and tell you.
Show threadFishFaceMar 29
That has been the default behaviour of GNOME for a while. I think the default keys are Alt+Tab (for applications) and Alt+` or Alt+~ (keyboard layout depending) for windows within applications.
Show threadBananaTrifleViolinMar 28
On KDE the key combination Alt+Tilde tabs between the windows open for one program. E.g. if I have 4 firefox windows and 2 Konsole windows, if a Firefox window is active Alt+Tilde will tab through only the 4 Firefox windows.
Show threadTuuktuukMar 29

What I was missing on KDE was a way to switch between programs without going through a bazillion windows. At one point I had five Firefox windows open, plus four file managers, and getting to GIMP ended up requiring a lot of keypresses: Firefox -> Firefox -> File manager -> Firefox -> File manager -> GIMP. I would have much preferred just Firefox -> File Manager -> GIMP. Is there a way to switch directly between programs and not between individual windows until I happen to land upon a window belonging to the program I actually need and can then Alt+Tilde to the correct program?

(Also, I think “Tilde” here does not really mean “AltGr+^ followed by space”, but instead some other button; probably the one overneath Tab?)

Show threadTruls (Klarname)Mar 29

@Tuuktuuk The Plasma application switcher can be configured to only show a single Window per application when using Alt-Tab ("Only one window per program" - or something similar, I don't have an Englisch KDE).

At the same location you can also configure the shortcut to cycle through windows of the current application (The Alt+~ is only useful/reachable) on "English" keyboard.

Show threadSlurpingPusMar 29
Mint’s Cinnamon might get app grouping in the switcher if the author of this PR changes it according to the feedback. Or, you can try their solution by replacing the js files of the switcher widget.
appSwitcher: Add option to group windows by application by b3rs3rk1ng · Pull Request #13498 · linuxmint/cinnamon

This adds a new configurable setting alttab-switcher-group-by-app that allows users to group windows by application in the Alt+Tab switcher. What this does When enabled: Alt+Tab shows one icon per...

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