Linux Desktop Amenities

At work I have recently started using an Ubuntu Linux desktop for dev work sometimes, and so I've needed to find Linux equivalents for some tools I use on macOS.

Clipboard History

I wanted a clipboard history tool that works well under X or Wayland, and provides a minimal equivalent to Pastebot. I have been happy with Ringboard.

The README covers installation from source. I wish some sort of package was available, but I can deal with this.

After installation, I mapped a global keyboard shortcut in Gnome's Settings, under Keyboard > Custom Shortcuts, as documented here.

Remapping Caps Lock to Control + Escape

As with clipboard history, I wanted a solution that works cleanly on Wayland. keyd appears to be a popular solution, and it works well.

The README covers installation; a PPA is available for Ubuntu versions that don't have a keyd package in the default repositories.

My /etc/keyd/default.conf is as follows. This remaps Caps Lock to Control when used as part of a combination, or Escape when used alone; it also remaps Escape to Caps Lock:

Quick Look

GNOME Sushi provides file previews in the GNOME file browser, similar to QuickLook on macOS. It's installable on Ubuntu via:

sudo apt install gnome-sushi