TTT 51: Save Your Desktop & More

TTT 51.1 – Ever wanted to save and apply your desktop settings easily?
Now you can, with SaveDesktop. This only works for GNOME forked desktop environments, though, as KDE is a bit more involved than a 5 step process. It is quite easy and simple for the GNOME family of desktops, from GNOME, Xfce, Cinnamon, OG Cosmic, Pantheon, and MATE, to Budgie, with this easy, GUI based tool.
Step 1: install SaveDesktop to your machine
Step 2: open app
Step 3: save your desktop config
Step 4: import saved archive
Step 5: Restored desktop settings
https://news.itsfoss.com/savedesktop/
With KDE, it is more involved, unfortunately, though if you choose to use an app like DejaDup, you can do a similar process, as long as you make sure to back up the hidden .config file in your home directory. If you follow the directions shown in the article below, you should be home free, so to speak.
1. Install DejaDup
2. Open DejaDup
3. Click the plus sign to add a backup
4. Navigate to your home/user/.config directory
5. Tell it how often to back it up, and where to put the backup
When you want to restore those settings, say after a clean install, here’s what you do:
1. Open DejaDup
2. Click Storage Location
3. Let DejaDup search for the files wherever you saved them (could even *ideally* be on a network storage drive)
4. Select the backed up files you want to restore
5. Click Restore
6. Restart your computer
7. All should be as you desire, at least according to the backup you picked
https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/backup-kde-plasma-5-desktop-linux/
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TTT 51.2 – UB Touch 25 OTA Out Now for you Linux Mobile Devotees
What is Ubuntu Touch? It is a project that was originally set up by Cannonical about 12 years ago, just as Android was really taking off. This was in the heady days when the industry as a whole dreamed big, and the dream they dreamed was one of convergence between mobile and desktop computing experiences, and Unity was the way forward for Ubuntu as a whole. Ubuntu Touch is the grandaddy of Linux mobile. It still uses Lomiri (a descendant of Unity) as its UI of choice. It has been on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for over 5 years, and this release will be their last on that version. Starting in OTA 26 (due out in a couple of months), they will move onto 20.04 LTS. Hopefully that will help it to shake many of its nagging problems as well, and bring it closer to being daily driver ready. What is new in this release, though?
· Notifications fixes:
o emblem counters for the Dialer and Messaging apps
o persistent notifications when the urgency status is set to critical
o other improvements to notifications
· on-screen keyboard vibration optimization on Volla Phone devices
· Random bugs squished:
o race condition in the XdgWatcher component
o an indefinitely discoverable bluebinder issue
o a bug with favorites in the Dialer app
o an issue with Pickers not visible when using the Suru Dark theme
· Under-the-hood stuff:
o QtWebEngine 5.15.12
o Code cleanup was done by moving qtbase’s Jenkinsfile and ubports.source_location file to the debian/ directory.
· Improved system-update to show series in the channel selector
· And more

https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-touch-ota-25-arrives-on-march-24th-as-the-last-one-based-on-ubuntu-16-04
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TTT 51.3 – NordVPN App Now Fully FOSS
The folks at Nord have chosen to really commit to transparency, and have open-sourced the Linux version of two of their key features/apps. Wow. That is a pretty big deal now you could fork their apps and have a fly front-end for your personal VPN, along with the community being able to help them make it better as a whole. That is huge. IF they are truly as no-log as they say, then this is even bigger, and I might even suggest you use them. It would be interesting to have one of my buddies comb through those codebases then have him tell us about it, wouldn’t it? Let’s see, shall we? Do you guys think this is a good move? Does it help you have a bit more peace? Is Nord as good as they try to say they are? I have never tried them, so I cannot speak from experience, here, and the reviews seem mixed at best. Do your research, and just because something is FOSS doesn’t mean that the service you connect to with it is worth your money. Be careful.

https://news.itsfoss.com/nordvpn-linux-open-source/
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