I just upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04, and when I touch the screen, the mouse pointer disappears until I use the trackpad to move it outside the current window. I'd prefer to have the pointer visible at all times, even while using the touchscreen. Is there a setting that would force the mouse cursor to always show?
There are several Gnome Shell extensions, but how do they work? Can I do what they do? I want to use a customized date/time format string myself, without requiring a shell extension. Is there documentation for whatever top-bar APIs the shell extensions are using? Ubuntu 21.10, Gnome 40.5.
In Ubuntu 20.10, it's hard to read the names of items on my desktop when I use a busy wallpaper background image. Can I change a setting or something to make the text blocks have an opaque background?
I can mute and unmute the microphone just fine, but the white light on the mic mute button (F4) is on at all times. How can I make it respond to the muted/unmuted state of the microphone, or even just turn it off completely? It's very bright.