What an incredible week! Shell notification grouping, Mutter triple buffering - and so much more! 🥳
Check out the latest issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME!
#187 Triple Buffered Notifications
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/02/twig-187/
One detail I love about the #GNOME Terminal: when I ssh to a remote machine, the window's decoration changes color.
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#188 Software Fixes
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/02/twig-188
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#188 Software Fixes
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/02/twig-188
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#188 Software Fixes
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/02/twig-188
Sparse sketch Friday.
now that I've had my Framework 13 for a couple days, I have to say that trackpad gestures in GNOME are every bit as nice to use as I imagined they'd be
I did of course make use of them back with my Pinebook Pro, but the PBP's trackpad doesn't hold up against the Framework 13's at all. the latter's is definitely the nicest trackpad I've used on a laptop
(the bar _is_ pretty low as far as what I've actually used myself, but, still)
Sparse sketch Friday.
Sparse sketch Friday.
People complaining about the GNOME logo being a foot, I have the perfect solution. Make it a paw obviously. 
People complaining about the GNOME logo being a foot, I have the perfect solution. Make it a paw obviously.
now that I've had my Framework 13 for a couple days, I have to say that trackpad gestures in GNOME are every bit as nice to use as I imagined they'd be
I did of course make use of them back with my Pinebook Pro, but the PBP's trackpad doesn't hold up against the Framework 13's at all. the latter's is definitely the nicest trackpad I've used on a laptop
(the bar _is_ pretty low as far as what I've actually used myself, but, still)
Just merged a newcomer's contribution to enhance GNOME Calendar's ability to fit on medium-sized window widths, by rounding the approximate weather forecasts' temperature values to integers: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/issues/982 (fractions of degrees didn't make sense in this context)
Yahoo! 
Now can we get some additional eyeballs to collectively review this related bugfix? https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/merge_requests/523
That way more of you can have working forecasts again.
Just merged a newcomer's contribution to enhance GNOME Calendar's ability to fit on medium-sized window widths, by rounding the approximate weather forecasts' temperature values to integers: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/issues/982 (fractions of degrees didn't make sense in this context)
Yahoo!
Now can we get some additional eyeballs to collectively review this related bugfix? https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/merge_requests/523
That way more of you can have working forecasts again.
@[email protected] · Reply to Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh:'s post
I’ll happily design it, write Blueprint UI files, and contribute to the code… but it just seems annoying to have to do it all from scratch…
I’m probably just being lazy. I’ll start mocking a UI up and see how far I get, anyway.
I kind of want to put together a collection of wallpapers that work well with the GNOME/elementary OS light/dark style. The GNOME ones are excellent, but I have a handful I’ve made or compiled over the years that could make a nice set.
The obvious way to me to do this is to make an app for Flathub, so you can get them on any distro—but I kind of don’t want to have to figure out the actual app logic. Anyone want to help me? 🥺
What GNU/Linux distribution would you recommend where it is easy to use a well integrated, up-to-date GNOME Desktop environment with the applications listed in https://apps.gnome.org/?
With easy to use I think I mean not requiring the user to use terminals to install, configure and start applications.
I remembered GNOME Web has had web extensions support in development for some time, and enabled it…
Unfortunately the two extensions I’d most love (Bitwarden and Dark Reader) are not working for me in stable, tech preview, or canary. :( It seems like the feature where an extension embeds a web view in the popover is broken. Still, it’s exciting to see this nearly there—does anyone know if it’s actively being worked on, or sort of stuck in its current state?
I tried the @tuxedocomputers InfinityFlex 14, and took the opportunity to look at how well, or badly, major #Linux desktops ran on touchscreens.
I tested #KDE and #GNOME, and well, let's say the one that looks the most touch friendly, really wasn't...
The laptop is really nice, though!
I tried the @tuxedocomputers InfinityFlex 14, and took the opportunity to look at how well, or badly, major #Linux desktops ran on touchscreens.
I tested #KDE and #GNOME, and well, let's say the one that looks the most touch friendly, really wasn't...
The laptop is really nice, though!
@[email protected] · Reply to Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh:'s post
![What you think 10 year old GNOME looks like [screenshot of GNOME 2.10, March 2005]
What 10 year old GNOME actually looks like [screenshot of GNOME 3.16, March 2015]](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/999/592/969/829/169/original/4163edb01059242d.png)
@[email protected] · Reply to Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh:'s post
@cassidy I wonder what #GNOME's name and logo would look like if we were making them afresh, following the guidelines we use now for apps.
https://developer.gnome.org/hig/guidelines/app-naming.html
https://developer.gnome.org/hig/guidelines/app-icons.html
phosh 0.45.0 is out 🚀📱:
There's 🐛 fixes and improvements, check out the full release notes at https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.45.0/ for details or see 👇 for a short 🧵
🙏 to everyone who contributed to this release.
#phosh #librem5 #pinephone #gtk #wlroots #gnome #linux #mobile #LinuxMobile
1/N
this nearly 15-year-old macbook air is still a perfectly good computer but apple forbids upgrades. a colossal waste of electronics, at scale.
#debian installed like a champ. #gnome is delightful. #flatpak is easy and keeps apps up-to-date. everything works perfectly.
i’m just… so grateful. 🙏❤️
this nearly 15-year-old macbook air is still a perfectly good computer but apple forbids upgrades. a colossal waste of electronics, at scale.
#debian installed like a champ. #gnome is delightful. #flatpak is easy and keeps apps up-to-date. everything works perfectly.
i’m just… so grateful. 🙏❤️
My take on the foot (#GNOME):
What is its value, why should it stay?
1. long established logo, recognizable etc
2. It gives personality
I say:
1. To whom is it established? To current gnome users? No, users know distros. To future users? No, even less likely. Really only people in the industry and open source community, and gnome developers and contributors know about it.
2. Who is perceiving that personality? Users? No, same thing again.
(1/2)...
The foot is back!
@[email protected] · Reply to Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh:'s post
As a result, I'm revising this post a bit to try to be more nuanced and balanced.
And I hope we (as in, the GNOME community, myself absolutely included) can take a step back and try to be a bit more objective and productive. That includes being a little less quick to die on certain hills, less likely to make assumptions and generalizations about groups of contributors, and more willing to listen and think about what our community members are saying.
Friday night?
Perfect time to drop a blog post that might sound like clickbait, but that I genuinely hope can help forge a path forward while making everyone happy—or at least pissing everyone off equally (sometimes the best you can ask for!)
https://cassidyjames.com/blog/gnome-foot-logo-rebrand/?1==
Edit: lol it’s Thursday night. I should go to bed.
Edit ×2: comments enabled; reply publicly here and it’ll show on the post as well. ✨
Edit ×3: I’ve revised the post based on feedback
@[email protected] · Reply to Jakub Steiner ⭐'s post
Bottom of the barrel for this week's sketch Friday. Only fans of Elektron boxes will enjoy ;)
Debate over the new #gnome website in the last couple of days be like:
Defenders of the foot logo:
"People that want to DROP the gnome foot logo are obsessed by little gnome feet"
Attackers of the foot logo:
"People that want to KEEP the gnome foot logo are obsessed by little gnome feet"
---
Everybody take a few minutes AFK and drink some tea.
Low quality fact:
The #gnome logo is a shark with a mohawk.
@[email protected] · Reply to Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh:'s post
@cassidy I agree with you about that logo, I have always found it off-putting. I would also point out that in some cultures and even for some Western people (such as germophobes) feet are considered "dirty", so for those people it's kind of like using a toilet or a garbage dumpster as a logo, not in any way appealing.
Haven't posted any updates on my software projects in a while so here you go:
I've been working on a periodic table app lately and it's working out fine so far :p
There are still issues to fix and more things to add before I make a first release tho, but there are some screenshots ^^
What an incredible week! Shell notification grouping, Mutter triple buffering - and so much more! 🥳
Check out the latest issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME!
#187 Triple Buffered Notifications
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/02/twig-187/
Low quality fact:
The #gnome logo is a shark with a mohawk.
I really don't get why it's appropriate to comment on people sharing work they're happy with "but what about MY pet issue?"
A lot of the time the difference isn't between whether someone contributes something to fix your pet issue or something else, it's the difference between them contributing anything at all or nothing. Either it's a volunteer working on something for fun, or it's someone working for a company working on issues for that company.
Attitudes like this are part what leads to burnout.
What an incredible week! Shell notification grouping, Mutter triple buffering - and so much more! 🥳
Check out the latest issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME!
#187 Triple Buffered Notifications
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/02/twig-187/
What an incredible week! Shell notification grouping, Mutter triple buffering - and so much more! 🥳
Check out the latest issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME!
#187 Triple Buffered Notifications
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/02/twig-187/
Haven't posted any updates on my software projects in a while so here you go:
I've been working on a periodic table app lately and it's working out fine so far :p
There are still issues to fix and more things to add before I make a first release tho, but there are some screenshots ^^
Friday night?
Perfect time to drop a blog post that might sound like clickbait, but that I genuinely hope can help forge a path forward while making everyone happy—or at least pissing everyone off equally (sometimes the best you can ask for!)
https://cassidyjames.com/blog/gnome-foot-logo-rebrand/?1==
Edit: lol it’s Thursday night. I should go to bed.
Edit ×2: comments enabled; reply publicly here and it’ll show on the post as well. ✨
Edit ×3: I’ve revised the post based on feedback
Debate over the new #gnome website in the last couple of days be like:
Defenders of the foot logo:
"People that want to DROP the gnome foot logo are obsessed by little gnome feet"
Attackers of the foot logo:
"People that want to KEEP the gnome foot logo are obsessed by little gnome feet"
---
Everybody take a few minutes AFK and drink some tea.
Another banger of an MR finally merged after years of work! Really looking forward to a smoother #GNOME experience on my laptop.
Another banger of an MR finally merged after years of work! Really looking forward to a smoother #GNOME experience on my laptop.
Quien use #Gnome con un "Dock" es un parguela.
@[email protected] · Reply to Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh:'s post
@cassidy I agree with you about that logo, I have always found it off-putting. I would also point out that in some cultures and even for some Western people (such as germophobes) feet are considered "dirty", so for those people it's kind of like using a toilet or a garbage dumpster as a logo, not in any way appealing.
@[email protected] · Reply to Jakub Steiner ⭐'s post
Bottom of the barrel for this week's sketch Friday. Only fans of Elektron boxes will enjoy ;)
@[email protected] · Reply to Danielle Foré's post
What my #Gnome desktop looked like 15 years ago. The icons enlarged based on mouse position (cairo-dock).
Are people really that surprised that #gnome software wants to move away from traditional package management? We've been doing it for three years and it's great, people love it. 😈
My take on the foot (#GNOME):
What is its value, why should it stay?
1. long established logo, recognizable etc
2. It gives personality
I say:
1. To whom is it established? To current gnome users? No, users know distros. To future users? No, even less likely. Really only people in the industry and open source community, and gnome developers and contributors know about it.
2. Who is perceiving that personality? Users? No, same thing again.
(1/2)...
@[email protected] · Reply to Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh:'s post
Average #GNOME developer or smth..
Average #GNOME developer or smth..
Average #GNOME developer or smth..
Friday night?
Perfect time to drop a blog post that might sound like clickbait, but that I genuinely hope can help forge a path forward while making everyone happy—or at least pissing everyone off equally (sometimes the best you can ask for!)
https://cassidyjames.com/blog/gnome-foot-logo-rebrand/?1==
Edit: lol it’s Thursday night. I should go to bed.
Edit ×2: comments enabled; reply publicly here and it’ll show on the post as well. ✨
Edit ×3: I’ve revised the post based on feedback
The new #gnome site redesign is so nice. I can see people thinking they could "buy it." 😅
Though you can. By the donate button. 😁
@[email protected] · Reply to Adrien Plazas's post
@KekunPlazas @garrett @cassidy @federicomena @ebassi
If there is no foot in the logo, and if we're leaning into the pointy hats aesthetic instead, I believe we will need to uphold the brand through this specific dress code at conferences:
The new #gnome site redesign is so nice. I can see people thinking they could "buy it." 😅
Though you can. By the donate button. 😁
38C3 DECT 3456my brain:
Czech Translators for foot fetish software needed #gnome
The new #gnome website is online, and I absolutely love that gnome invites not only developers to collaborate but also provides concrete contact possibilities for designers, translators, and people for testing. I think this should be more common to make the collaboration about people, not only code. #floss
GNOME's website redesign is a massive improvement, it looks really nice!
Also as a longtime hater of the foot logo I am glad they chose to make that less prominent
GNOME's website redesign is a massive improvement, it looks really nice!
Also as a longtime hater of the foot logo I am glad they chose to make that less prominent
When will Gnome officially switch from Cantarell to Adwaita Sans + Mono?
I would love to find the sans and mono version in .woff2 — tried to convert them myself but it didn't work.
The new #gnome website is online, and I absolutely love that gnome invites not only developers to collaborate but also provides concrete contact possibilities for designers, translators, and people for testing. I think this should be more common to make the collaboration about people, not only code. #floss
I love #gnome, it’s great and my fave DE. But how on earth has this design-centric project got this far without a name and logo change?!
A porcelain, novelty garden ornament and a foot. Literally a foot.
38C3 DECT 3456my brain:
Czech Translators for foot fetish software needed #gnome
For at least the last 15 years, the translations of GNOME into Czech have been in excellent condition. With each release, I would only report that everything was translated, and for the last few years, this was also true the vast majority of the documentation. However, last year things started to falter. Contributors who had been carrying this for many years left, and there is no one to take over after them. Therefore, we have decided to admit it publicly: GNOME currently has no Czech translators, and unless someone new takes over, the translations will gradually decline.
Personally, I started working on GNOME translations in 2008 when I began translating my favorite groupware client – Evolution. At that time, the leadership of the translation team was taken over by Petr Kovář, who was later joined by Marek Černocký who maintained the translations for many years and did an enormous amount of work. Thanks to him, GNOME was almost 100% translated into Czech, including the documentation. However, both have completely withdrawn from the translations. For a while, they were replaced by Vojtěch Perník and Daniel Rusek, but the former has also left, and Dan has now come to the conclusion that he can no longer carry on the translations alone.
I suggested to Dan that instead of trying to appeal to those who the GNOME translations have relied on for nearly two decades—who have already contributed a lot and are probably facing some form of burnout or have simply moved on to something else after so many years—it would be better to reach out to the broader community to see if there is someone from a new generation who would be willing and energetic enough to take over the translations. Just as we did nearly two decades ago.
It may turn out that an essential part of this process will be that the GNOME translations into Czech will decline for some time.Because the same people have been doing the job for so many years, the community has gotten used to taking excellent translations for granted. But it is not. Someone has to do the work. As more and more English terms appear in the GNOME interface, perhaps dissatisfaction will motivate someone to do something about it. After all, that was the motivation for the previous generation to get involved.
If someone like that comes forward, Dan and I are willing to help them with training and gradually hand over the project. We may both continue to contribute in a limited capacity, but the project needs someone new, ideally not just one person, but several, because carrying it alone is a path to burnout. Interested parties can contact us in the mailing list of the Czech translation team at [email protected].
For at least the last 15 years, the translations of GNOME into Czech have been in excellent condition. With each release, I would only report that everything was translated, and for the last few years, this was also true the vast majority of the documentation. However, last year things started to falter. Contributors who had been carrying this for many years left, and there is no one to take over after them. Therefore, we have decided to admit it publicly: GNOME currently has no Czech translators, and unless someone new takes over, the translations will gradually decline.
Personally, I started working on GNOME translations in 2008 when I began translating my favorite groupware client – Evolution. At that time, the leadership of the translation team was taken over by Petr Kovář, who was later joined by Marek Černocký who maintained the translations for many years and did an enormous amount of work. Thanks to him, GNOME was almost 100% translated into Czech, including the documentation. However, both have completely withdrawn from the translations. For a while, they were replaced by Vojtěch Perník and Daniel Rusek, but the former has also left, and Dan has now come to the conclusion that he can no longer carry on the translations alone.
I suggested to Dan that instead of trying to appeal to those who the GNOME translations have relied on for nearly two decades—who have already contributed a lot and are probably facing some form of burnout or have simply moved on to something else after so many years—it would be better to reach out to the broader community to see if there is someone from a new generation who would be willing and energetic enough to take over the translations. Just as we did nearly two decades ago.
It may turn out that an essential part of this process will be that the GNOME translations into Czech will decline for some time.Because the same people have been doing the job for so many years, the community has gotten used to taking excellent translations for granted. But it is not. Someone has to do the work. As more and more English terms appear in the GNOME interface, perhaps dissatisfaction will motivate someone to do something about it. After all, that was the motivation for the previous generation to get involved.
If someone like that comes forward, Dan and I are willing to help them with training and gradually hand over the project. We may both continue to contribute in a limited capacity, but the project needs someone new, ideally not just one person, but several, because carrying it alone is a path to burnout. Interested parties can contact us in the mailing list of the Czech translation team at [email protected].
In Android you can long press app icons to open the apps in different states. For example with an ebook reader you can directly open the latest file, in a notes app you can create a new note, in a podcast app you can tell it to immediately check for new episodes upon opening, in many apps you can go directly to a specific part of it, etc.
#Gnome has some sort of support for this, but I've only seen LibreOffice using it? And not for recent documents. Should this feature be expanded on/used more?
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#186 Media Parsing
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/02/twig-186/
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#186 Media Parsing
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/02/twig-186/
Been using Text Editor for adjusting what I paste, but Buffer seems like a better tool for that. Tried it for a couple of days and it's dandy.
@[email protected] · Reply to Jakub Steiner ⭐'s post
Another Friday flies by. Another app icon sketch batch it is!
#procreate #app #icon #sketch #design #gnome #flathub #circle
@[email protected] · Reply to Jakub Steiner ⭐'s post
Another Friday flies by. Another app icon sketch batch it is!
#procreate #app #icon #sketch #design #gnome #flathub #circle
@[email protected] · Reply to Jakub Steiner ⭐'s post
Another Friday flies by. Another app icon sketch batch it is!
#procreate #app #icon #sketch #design #gnome #flathub #circle
Been using Text Editor for adjusting what I paste, but Buffer seems like a better tool for that. Tried it for a couple of days and it's dandy.
📣 Shortwave 5.0 is now available, bringing background playback and completely revamped stream recording!
https://blogs.gnome.org/haeckerfelix/2025/02/05/shortwave-5-0/
📣 Shortwave 5.0 is now available, bringing background playback and completely revamped stream recording!
https://blogs.gnome.org/haeckerfelix/2025/02/05/shortwave-5-0/
We are hiring to the Red Hat Desktop Team! Read my latest blog post about Fedora Workstation and our two new job openings! #linux #fedora #gnome
https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2025/02/03/looking-ahead-at-2025-and-fedora-workstation-and-jobs-on-offer/
I'm not a font expert, but I like #GNOME replacing Cantarell with Adwaita Sans. Cantarell is more distinctive, but I find it distracting. It feels of a time, specifically the 2000s decade, along with Microsoft's Verdana and Tahoma. The new one seems more timeless and utilitarian.
No thanks. This might be what pushes me off both #Fedora and #Gnome.
This is awesome, how did I never see this before? #gnome add-on for #linux to control battery charge levels and preserve your battery. Too late for this computer. 🙄
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/5724/battery-health-charging/
h/t @bjoern - see: https://mastodon.social/@bjoern/113947905129289658 @bjoern
I'm not a font expert, but I like #GNOME replacing Cantarell with Adwaita Sans. Cantarell is more distinctive, but I find it distracting. It feels of a time, specifically the 2000s decade, along with Microsoft's Verdana and Tahoma. The new one seems more timeless and utilitarian.
I've seen so many good screenshots of #KDE that I had to try it. #Neon didn't work in raw QEMU for some reason, but it works fine in #GNOME boxes.
Friday sketches!
We are hiring to the Red Hat Desktop Team! Read my latest blog post about Fedora Workstation and our two new job openings! #linux #fedora #gnome
https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2025/02/03/looking-ahead-at-2025-and-fedora-workstation-and-jobs-on-offer/
Friday sketches!
We are hiring to the Red Hat Desktop Team! Read my latest blog post about Fedora Workstation and our two new job openings! #linux #fedora #gnome
https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2025/02/03/looking-ahead-at-2025-and-fedora-workstation-and-jobs-on-offer/
Well, this is cool - my #GNOME extension for The Indie Beat transparently loaded the new @mixtape NHAM playlists, because I built it on the Azuracast API instead of a static list of .m3u URLs. I may need to re-think the menu UI though ☺️ nice “problem” to have, more great #fediverse music arriving! #TheIndieBeat
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#185 Adwaita Sans
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-185/
Have you already followed the #GNOME Mastodon-Starterpack? We are included as well! Share to everyone who wants to get more into the GNOME community!
Have you already followed the #GNOME Mastodon-Starterpack? We are included as well! Share to everyone who wants to get more into the GNOME community!
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#185 Adwaita Sans
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-185/
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#185 Adwaita Sans
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-185/
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#185 Adwaita Sans
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-185/
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#185 Adwaita Sans
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-185/
Friday sketches!
We're starting off the new year with an exciting new edition of Unboiling The Ocean! Join us for a discussion about peer-to-peer UX and threat models.
We have some special guests and questions to discuss, but mostly the plan is to have an open discussion around these topics to inform the design and development of the Aardvark text editor project.
Join us on Monday January 27 at 19:00 at @offline in Neukölln!
Time to write proposals for GSoC 2025 with GNOME!
It is that time of the year again when we start gathering ideas and mentors for Google Summer Code.
@Mentors, please submit new proposals in our Project ideas GitLab repository before the end of January.
Proposals will be reviewed by the GNOME GSoC Admins and posted in https://gsoc.gnome.org/2025 when approved.
If you have any doubts, please don’t hesitate to contact the GNOME Internship Committee.
https://feborg.es/time-to-write-proposals-for-gsoc-2025-with-gnome/
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#184 Upcoming Freeze
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-184/
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#184 Upcoming Freeze
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-184/
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#184 Upcoming Freeze
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-184/
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#184 Upcoming Freeze
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-184/
Time to write proposals for GSoC 2025 with GNOME!
It is that time of the year again when we start gathering ideas and mentors for Google Summer Code.
@Mentors, please submit new proposals in our Project ideas GitLab repository before the end of January.
Proposals will be reviewed by the GNOME GSoC Admins and posted in https://gsoc.gnome.org/2025 when approved.
If you have any doubts, please don’t hesitate to contact the GNOME Internship Committee.
https://feborg.es/time-to-write-proposals-for-gsoc-2025-with-gnome/
Refine is an app that lets you find and tweak advanced or otherwise hidden features within GNOME. Mess about with your desktop's theme: it's cursor, icons and fonts. Then, edit the behaviour of your mouse and it's buttons! It lets you change window behaviour, and lets you optimise their functionality for your workflow. To tinker with GNOME, download Refine!
You can follow the app's author here: @TheEvilSkeleton
You can get the app on Flathub here: https://flathub.org/apps/page.tesk.Refine
I did a new release of #GNOME #Crosswords. Almost all the changes were in the underlying code and the editor. It's the first version that I'm not embarrassed putting in front of crossword authors. You can read more in the release notes: https://blogs.gnome.org/jrb/2025/01/22/crosswords-0-3-14/
Are you @vala_lang or the Vala community aware of any #Vala + #GTK applications that are missing from the list [1]?
(#GTK4 or #GTK3, active projects, open source, in a working state)
#Refine (Advanced #GNOME Settings Apps) Adds More Options
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/refine-advanced-gnome-settings-apps-adds-more-options/
#Refine (Advanced #GNOME Settings Apps) Adds More Options
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/refine-advanced-gnome-settings-apps-adds-more-options/
Enjoy music from the #fediverse right on your #GNOME desktop via artists on The Indie Beat @indiebeat and Bandwagon @service ... blog post and video coming, but here's a little GNOME Shell extension I made. 🤘🏻 https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/7822/the-indie-beat-fediverse-radio/
Enjoy music from the #fediverse right on your #GNOME desktop via artists on The Indie Beat @indiebeat and Bandwagon @service ... blog post and video coming, but here's a little GNOME Shell extension I made. 🤘🏻 https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/7822/the-indie-beat-fediverse-radio/
Enjoy music from the #fediverse right on your #GNOME desktop via artists on The Indie Beat @indiebeat and Bandwagon @service ... blog post and video coming, but here's a little GNOME Shell extension I made. 🤘🏻 https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/7822/the-indie-beat-fediverse-radio/
Are you @vala_lang or the Vala community aware of any #Vala + #GTK applications that are missing from the list [1]?
(#GTK4 or #GTK3, active projects, open source, in a working state)
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#183 Updated Flatpak
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-183/
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#183 Updated Flatpak
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-183/
GNOME needs a Smart TV environment project to complete my dream of a GNOME household. With a the phone, desktop, and TV I could drop everything else.
Side note: why does it seem no one cares about TV remote style input on Linux? Kodi seems to be the only recommendation on the internet and it's a very dated experience in my opinion.
If I could get remote input support on the OS level I'd just start Jellyfin in full screen and use that but no luck.
#GNOME #SmartTV #Jellyfin #Linux #LinuxTV
Things I learned last year:
- PHP and JavaScript for web applications
- Python for AI and Machine Learning
- Rust for very performant software
- Go for networking software
- Vala for GNOME apps
- C is still relevant as long you keep it simple
- C++ is slowly becoming the FORTRAN of our age.
#Programming #WebDevelopment #SoftwareDevelopment #Software #PHP #Pyrhon #AI #ML #MachineLearning #Rust #Golang #Vala #GNOME #C #CPlusPlus
Things I learned last year:
- PHP and JavaScript for web applications
- Python for AI and Machine Learning
- Rust for very performant software
- Go for networking software
- Vala for GNOME apps
- C is still relevant as long you keep it simple
- C++ is slowly becoming the FORTRAN of our age.
#Programming #WebDevelopment #SoftwareDevelopment #Software #PHP #Pyrhon #AI #ML #MachineLearning #Rust #Golang #Vala #GNOME #C #CPlusPlus
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#183 Updated Flatpak
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-183/
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#183 Updated Flatpak
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-183/
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#183 Updated Flatpak
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-183/
@[email protected] · Reply to Jakub Steiner ⭐'s post
Somehow I blinked a few times and it's Friday again. App icon sketches time!
@[email protected] · Reply to Jakub Steiner ⭐'s post
Somehow I blinked a few times and it's Friday again. App icon sketches time!
@[email protected] · Reply to Jakub Steiner ⭐'s post
Somehow I blinked a few times and it's Friday again. App icon sketches time!
Using Tuba for the first time with my GoToSocial account and this is a good app. I love that the GNOME ecosystem has grown so much and is now honestly much more enjoyable than my Mac. The number of quality native apps has reached a point that I think for the things I use and want to use there is just as good a selection if not better. And everything feels so good to use. I have missed using Linux and specifically GNOME so much. It feels like home again.
#GNOME #Linux #Tuba #GoToSocial #FedoraSilverblue
Using Tuba for the first time with my GoToSocial account and this is a good app. I love that the GNOME ecosystem has grown so much and is now honestly much more enjoyable than my Mac. The number of quality native apps has reached a point that I think for the things I use and want to use there is just as good a selection if not better. And everything feels so good to use. I have missed using Linux and specifically GNOME so much. It feels like home again.
#GNOME #Linux #Tuba #GoToSocial #FedoraSilverblue
Local-first peer-to-peer GNOME people… if I wanted to make a GNOME app similar to those party games where you enter a code and then all join one host's game, then compete for trivia questions or something, is that relatively straightforward to do with our current tech stack? What would I use to do that?
I'm tempted to make a FOSS Kahoot-alike game in Godot, but it could be fun as a GNOME app, instead.
https://claudio.uk/posts/epub-to-audiobook.html
Gosh I wish we could use a modern text-to-voice model like this for the screen reader in #GNOME
https://claudio.uk/posts/epub-to-audiobook.html
Gosh I wish we could use a modern text-to-voice model like this for the screen reader in #GNOME
Flatpak 1.16 just dropped. https://feaneron.com/2025/01/14/flatpak-1-16-is-out/
#gnome #linux
Flatpak 1.16 just dropped. https://feaneron.com/2025/01/14/flatpak-1-16-is-out/
#gnome #linux
We're starting off the new year with an exciting new edition of Unboiling The Ocean! Join us for a discussion about peer-to-peer UX and threat models.
We have some special guests and questions to discuss, but mostly the plan is to have an open discussion around these topics to inform the design and development of the Aardvark text editor project.
Join us on Monday January 27 at 19:00 at @offline in Neukölln!
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#182 Updated Crypto
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-182/
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#182 Updated Crypto
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-182/
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#182 Updated Crypto
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-182/
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#182 Updated Crypto
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-182/
Someone can push the limits with #Vala more than this?
https://www.datatable.online
A proprietary "SQL client and admin tool", using #GTK, #LibAdwaita, #libpanel, and many more software from the #GNOME platform, and it is written mainly in #Vala!
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#181 Happy New Year!
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-181/
@[email protected] · Reply to Jakub Steiner ⭐'s post
Starting a new year by almost forgetting to do a Friday sketch. New year resolution is obvious -- skip as few of these as possible!
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#181 Happy New Year!
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-181/
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#181 Happy New Year!
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/01/twig-181/
@[email protected] · Reply to Jakub Steiner ⭐'s post
Starting a new year by almost forgetting to do a Friday sketch. New year resolution is obvious -- skip as few of these as possible!
@[email protected] · Reply to Jakub Steiner ⭐'s post
Starting a new year by almost forgetting to do a Friday sketch. New year resolution is obvious -- skip as few of these as possible!
@[email protected] · Reply to Jakub Steiner ⭐'s post
Starting a new year by almost forgetting to do a Friday sketch. New year resolution is obvious -- skip as few of these as possible!
The document lookup / autodoc feature of the builder is now finally beginning to work - context gives you the property types, and clicking on the top pulls out the documentation (read from GIR/VAPI) - imported into SQLITE, then rendered via Javascript.
Documents the project on the fly - let's see how much more I bother doing.. - getting this far gives the biggest productivity boost - further changes are probably not going to get as good a return #vala #gtk #gnome
phosh 0.44.0 is out 🚀📱:
🙏 to everyone who contributed to this release.
There's 🐛 fixes and improvements, check out the full release notes at https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.44.0/ for details or see 👇 for a short 🧵
#phosh #librem5 #pinephone #gtk #wlroots #gnome #linux #mobile #LinuxMobile
The document lookup / autodoc feature of the builder is now finally beginning to work - context gives you the property types, and clicking on the top pulls out the documentation (read from GIR/VAPI) - imported into SQLITE, then rendered via Javascript.
Documents the project on the fly - let's see how much more I bother doing.. - getting this far gives the biggest productivity boost - further changes are probably not going to get as good a return #vala #gtk #gnome
@[email protected] · Reply to Guido Günther's post
…and here's my #FreeSoftware status update for December 24: https://honk.sigxcpu.org/con/Free_Software_Activities_December_2024.html
phosh 0.44.0 is out 🚀📱:
🙏 to everyone who contributed to this release.
There's 🐛 fixes and improvements, check out the full release notes at https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.44.0/ for details or see 👇 for a short 🧵
#phosh #librem5 #pinephone #gtk #wlroots #gnome #linux #mobile #LinuxMobile
#Vala code can be written in many different editors or IDEs, but what are you actually using? Here are the (probably?) most popular that also support vala's language server! If you use others feel free to comment! (btw apologies for not including vim(derivatives), only 4 options are possible..😩)
| Option | Voters |
|---|---|
| VSCode (VSCodium) | 44 (51%) |
| GNOME Builder | 19 (22%) |
| Zed | 14 (16%) |
| Elementary Code | 9 (10%) |
#Vala code can be written in many different editors or IDEs, but what are you actually using? Here are the (probably?) most popular that also support vala's language server! If you use others feel free to comment! (btw apologies for not including vim(derivatives), only 4 options are possible..😩)
| Option | Voters |
|---|---|
| VSCode (VSCodium) | 44 (51%) |
| GNOME Builder | 19 (22%) |
| Zed | 14 (16%) |
| Elementary Code | 9 (10%) |
#Vala code can be written in many different editors or IDEs, but what are you actually using? Here are the (probably?) most popular that also support vala's language server! If you use others feel free to comment! (btw apologies for not including vim(derivatives), only 4 options are possible..😩)
| Option | Voters |
|---|---|
| VSCode (VSCodium) | 44 (51%) |
| GNOME Builder | 19 (22%) |
| Zed | 14 (16%) |
| Elementary Code | 9 (10%) |
Wow, #GNOMEPapers Nightly now has luminosity-based colour inversion for its night mode, preserving the general hue of colours!
Now comes the tricky part: having the ability to not invert images at all, particularly for photographic content: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/Incubator/papers/-/issues/319
GNOME needs a Smart TV environment project to complete my dream of a GNOME household. With a the phone, desktop, and TV I could drop everything else.
Side note: why does it seem no one cares about TV remote style input on Linux? Kodi seems to be the only recommendation on the internet and it's a very dated experience in my opinion.
If I could get remote input support on the OS level I'd just start Jellyfin in full screen and use that but no luck.
#GNOME #SmartTV #Jellyfin #Linux #LinuxTV
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#180 Image Editing
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/12/twig-180/
A short look back on what happened around #phosh (
) in 2024 :
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#180 Image Editing
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/12/twig-180/
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#180 Image Editing
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/12/twig-180/
Wow, #GNOMEPapers Nightly now has luminosity-based colour inversion for its night mode, preserving the general hue of colours!
Now comes the tricky part: having the ability to not invert images at all, particularly for photographic content: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/Incubator/papers/-/issues/319
My husband, @jbqueru requires saved sessions for his multiple dev apps under Linux. We found that NONE of the DEs are saving sessions *properly*. #Gnome & #Cinnamon don't at all, #Mate has bugs, #XFce only saves its own apps, and #KDE only saves 1 workspace, with no positioning, and only when saving the session manually. #Wayland or #X11, same abysmal behavior.
You might hate on #MacOS, but that's one thing it does well.
Oh thats cool, the Nautilus file picker is finally adaptive on the @postmarketOS #Linux phone with the latest #Gnome release 😲
As someone who frequently makes small contributions to many different repositories, Builder's git clone workflow is soooo nicely executed. It's super satisfying to just paste a link, click a button, wait a few seconds, and boom, have Builder open my local clone on the spot, ready to be worked on.
@chergert
As someone who frequently makes small contributions to many different repositories, Builder's git clone workflow is soooo nicely executed. It's super satisfying to just paste a link, click a button, wait a few seconds, and boom, have Builder open my local clone on the spot, ready to be worked on.
@chergert
My husband, @jbqueru requires saved sessions for his multiple dev apps under Linux. We found that NONE of the DEs are saving sessions *properly*. #Gnome & #Cinnamon don't at all, #Mate has bugs, #XFce only saves its own apps, and #KDE only saves 1 workspace, with no positioning, and only when saving the session manually. #Wayland or #X11, same abysmal behavior.
You might hate on #MacOS, but that's one thing it does well.
Oh thats cool, the Nautilus file picker is finally adaptive on the @postmarketOS #Linux phone with the latest #Gnome release 😲
GNOME Calls works perfectly with @eventphone accounts. 🤗 Simply enter Server, User ID and Password.
Keypunch 5.0 is out! This update brings:
- A system warning displayed when attempting to log out in the middle of a typing session
- Integration with your Discord status when using it alongside Keypunch
- Better utilization of available screen space on small sizes
- Text generation for Basque, Finnish, Romanian, and Vietnamese
- Arabic, Basque, Kabyle, Romanian, Russian, and Swedish user interface translations, making Keypunch available in a total of 23 languages
@[email protected] · Reply to laurent's post
XDG Desktop Portal 1.19.1 released, with Notifications v2, new USB portal and URI scheme support system
https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/discussions/1543
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/discussions/1543
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#179 Reduced Memory Usage
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/12/twig-179
Libadwaita's new adaptive testing feature has motivated me to finally fix Keypunch's mobile layout! The configuration dropdowns are now moved down to the text view on narrow screen sizes. It was pretty easy to accomplish with the new multi-layout widgetry. Amazing how far we've come on the adaptivity road now.
@[email protected] · Reply to Jakub Steiner ⭐'s post
Should have done these as a thread long time ago. I'm new to this fediverse thing!
It's time for the traditional yearly wrap-up blog post!
https://ml4711.blogspot.com/2024/12/christmas-winter-end-of-year-holidays.html
🎄🎅🗺️
I blogged about our recent Aardvark hackfest with the @p2panda crew!
Often a new microphone isn't just plug-and-play. Sometimes it's settings or even positioning needs to be changed, and for that we have Whisper. The app takes your mic audio, and plays it directly back through your speakers, so you can listen and adjust as needed. Just choose your input, select your output, and make a connection. Test how you sound with Whisper!
You can follow the app's author here: @mijorus
You can get the app on Flathub here: https://flathub.org/apps/it.mijorus.whisper
#archlinux gets $600K in funding (from the usual German foundation, of course), #Firefox drops Do Not Track and #Flathub is being separated from the #GNOME foundation into its own entity: time for the #linux and #OpenSource News video!
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#178 Fuzz Testing
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/12/twig-178/
When I browse my raw files in Nautilus, I do not get a preview of the selected file when I press the space bar. This works for many other file types.
Does anyone know if there is a plugin for Nautilus to show a preview for raw files like CR2, DNG or ARW when pressing the space bar? #gnome #linux #photography
My low-hanging fruit enhancement request for #GNOME to not use a colored microphone icon when the microphone is actually muted, to distinguish more easily when the microphone is actually "live"... if you'd like to get started contributing to #GNOMEShell, this might be a good opportunity: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/8077
@[email protected] · Reply to Guido Günther's post
…and here's my #FreeSoftware status update for November 24: https://honk.sigxcpu.org/con/Free_Software_Activities_November_2024.html
hot take: the fact that #GNOME apps are adopting responsive design and adding mobile UI features when running in a small window is good
even if you're never gonna use GNOME on a mobile device
it's nice when i can use the same app in a small window or maximized without having to manually change settings
🎅🐼 Save the date 🐼🎅
We're having a release event for the new @p2panda stack, and a hackfest to start working on a new native GTK local-first collaborative text editor!
Join us December 7-8 in Berlin (location and details TBA)
#GNOME Papers finally becomes a PDF viewer that can digitally sign documents and verify signatures.
The latter was implemented by Marek Kašík from our team. It was several years in the making. He originally implemented it for Evince, but Evince is pretty much dead and it's been waiting to be merged upstream for 1.5 years. When Papers were forked from Evince, Marek rewrote it in #Rust and implemented it there. It's currently under review and should be merged soon. ✌️
Here is this week’s #Linux and #OpenSource News video!
In this one, we have efforts to build a #GNOME user focused distro from GNOME OS, and a #KDE distro that’s not KDE Neon, we have Manjaro adding telemetry as an opt-out, and #Mozilla laying off the team in charge of their core values: decentralization, advocacy and privacy.
The gnome-control-center panel I’ve been working on for the last many weeks is now ready for review, including a new chart widget for showing time spent using the computer screen (so you have some visibility into your compute use habits).
Glad to finally have this off my plate and on its way to being reviewed and hopefully merged.
New video posted yesterday!
I am an enjoyer of Shortwave, the IP/internet/streaming radio app that's part of the GNOME Circle. Maybe you would like it?
PeerTube: https://tinkerbetter.tube/w/2mwjFhu3tE7NAFKnFR7wYg
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Fnei-yR44UM
@[email protected] · Reply to Guido Günther's post
…and here are my #FreeSoftware bits for October 24:
https://honk.sigxcpu.org/con/Free_Software_Activities_October_2024.html
My family is a Linux family: both my parents and my wife use Linux, and so will the kids once they have their own computers. Apart from my Dad, they're all non-enthusiasts.
Yet, none of them use a beginner-friendly distribution. My Wife, who's by far the least technologically inclined of them all, is a very happy and satisfied NixOS user. A distribution that's the exact opposite of beginner-friendly.
How is that possible? None of them maintain their systems. I do that for them. In the past two decades, what I learned from helping friends and family with their computers is that the vast majority of non-enthusiasts have absolutely no desire to install and maintain an operating system, or even programs. They're much happier if someone else does that for them.
Therefore, while I see value in distributions aimed at beginner enthusiasts, I see very little value in distributions aimed at non-enthusiasts.
I wrote a few more words about this topic on my blog too.
Time to make it official! I want to turn #GNOME OS, GNOME's home-grown distro for testing and development of the GNOME Desktop, into a real production-ready general purpose OS. I finally blogged about it: https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2024/10/25/a-desktop-for-all/
oh, right #gnome needs gnome-tweaks in order to toggle the minimize and full-screen buttons on windows.
Since everybody seems to use #spotify #deezer or #youtubemusic for their #music consumption, people like me, who still have their own music library are more or less left behind.
I still copy files from my laptop to my smartphone and #gnome 's #rhythmbox did exactly that quite nicely. But it's retired for a long time. #gapless is a quite nice alternative, but missing sorting "by date added to music library" and the ability to copy the files directly from the interface to the filemanager. #linux
The fact that the general consensus on #GNOME among Linux users seems to be hatred or distrust based on blind misinformation is unsettling. We really can’t just dismiss everyone as “trolls”. We absolutely need better public relations and coordination with the Foundation, because right now, we are letting bad faith actors dictate the direction of all discussions of the project.
Pet peeve with calendar and #dav clients:
If I give you the creds to the dav user, take that opportunity to load /all the calendars and address books you can see/.
Don't make users redo it. Surprise them with extra intelligence.
You might have only done onboarding once, but your newbie users see that as the general difficulty of using your app.
Just saying #evolution #gnome #thunderbird #davx5
@[email protected] · Reply to {Insert Pasta Pun}'s post
@risottobias I agree with you. All I really want is a simple way to display an image (NOT put my computer to sleep pr into hibernation) if there is no activity for two or three minutes, until I touch a key or move the mouse. But it has to continue to send a signal to my display during that period, hence the desire to display an image. In researching this I discovered that this is called a "screensaver" and the #Gnome developers don't like them for some reason, so when you ask about such a thing you get told to just turn off the display using its power button (which is NOT the functionality I am seeking). I HATE being told I don't need what I asked for, and that I should just use some inferior solution.
If #PopOS and the #Cosmic desktop are half as good as they are aiming for whenever they finally make an actual release, I am switching over and the Gnome developers and their precious DE can rot as far as I am concerned.
Huh, it turns out #gnome has a dismissiveness problem on their forums whenever users explain their use cases. Like "how often do you really need to get to /?" Level annoying.
Fancy UI things continue to get worse. Maybe there needs to be extensions such that it undoes most of the holier than thou designer's decisions.
Technically gnome has had a dismissive problem for a while, but it seems to be getting worse.
I don't know who needs to hear this but, while I enjoy much of the work done by gnome foundation, gnome foundation is a failed democracy.
It is frustrating and sad. I really hope this changes in the future but I have no hope for this change.
@[email protected] · Reply to Guido Günther's post
…and here are my #FreeSoftware bits for September 24:
https://honk.sigxcpu.org/con/Free_Software_Activities_September_2024.html
Let's do an updated #introduction! :ablobcatattention:
In my free time I work on a mix of #FOSS video-game-related projects (#speedrun and #TAS tools for #HalfLife) and #GNOME stack (Mutter, Shell, #GTK). #Rust is my favorite language and ecosystem.
I like #rhythmgames, especially Quaver (7K LN) and Chunithm. :ablobcatbongo: I also enjoyed Celeste, The Witness, The Talos Principle.
By day I'm doing a PhD in computer vision and deep learning.
Kirin are the best Equestrian creatures :blobcat:
Time for this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News recap!
In this one, we have Linus Torvalds dismissing most concerns about #Rust in the kernel, we have #Mozilla killing their mastodon instance, the release of #GNOME 47 and the kernel 6.11, or #Microsoft adopting #Vulkan's shader model!
🪞 Introducing Mirror Hall, an app to turn any Linux devices into a second wireless monitor!
We use semi-custom P2P screen sharing optimized for low latency. Only Mutter-based DEs are currently supported as *senders*, whereas all DEs work as receivers.
This is our first unstable release, sp please be kind and report issues. If you are an #ARM user, we would love your help testing the gstreamer pipeline on new phones!
maybe it's time for a new #introduction post
I'm Sky (ae/aer pronouns)! I'm a #bisexual #nonbinary #transfem living in rural Virginia with my two partners and my kiddo
I'm a strong #foss advocate, a #digimon and #pokemon fan, and a #programmer
I'm both white and #indigenous (white-passing though)
I'm diagnosed with #adhd, #bipolar, and #ptsd
strongly suspected of #autism (especially since my kiddo has it too)
plus how relatable all the #audhd memes are for me lol
devout #linux user, rolling releases are the future
love both #gnome and #kde though philosophically I lean more towards #kde
#punk, #breakcore, #pop, and woman-led #metal are my jam
#trans and #lgbt activist, #mutualaid is life
anyway, love y'all #fediverse
@[email protected] · Reply to Guido Günther's post
…and here are my #FreeSoftware bits for August:
https://honk.sigxcpu.org/con/Free_Software_Activities_August_2024.html
Hello, could you give me a simple programming challenge that could be done in an evening?
#gnome #kde #linux #programming #linustorvalds #scheme #lisp #opensource #community #coding
🏴☠️It is so frustrating how some developers simply will not listen to user feedback.
I want to use Fractal but it seems the developers of Fractal don't want me to. The issue is the chat width: it is uncomfortably narrow to use. The supposed reason for this is that it helps readability (or something along those lines). It doesn't. Quite the opposite.
People have been opening issues about this for years. It's not a hard change to make. They just don't want to.
As I said: I want to use Fractal, I'm not just writing this to aimlessly hate on GNOME or FOSS developers. I enjoy using GNOME every day and I would like to also use a Matrix client that fits in with the GNOME Desktop instead of using Element.
Please, if you are developing user-facing software, actually listen to user feedback instead of mindlessly (mis)applying some "UX principles".
#GNOME #Matrix #Linux #FOSS #Fractal #UX
We're happy to announce that @Tuba has been accepted into GNOME Circle. Tuba lets you explore the federated social web. With its extensive support for popular Fediverse platforms like Mastodon, GoToSocial, Akkoma, and more, it makes it easy to stay connected to your favorite communities, family, and friends. Congratulations!
Get Tuba on Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/dev.geopjr.Tuba
Follow its maintainer: @GeopJr
Learn more about GNOME Circle: https://circle.gnome.org
Say hello to Resources by @nokyan, the latest addition to GNOME Circle! This app lets you keep an extra eye on system resources with style.
Resources is available on Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/net.nokyan.Resources
A new release of #Multiplex, the app that lets you watch torrents together in a way similar to Apple's SharePlay and Amazon's Prime Video Watch Party, is out!
This brings the latest and greatest #GNOME and #libadwaita technologies, modernizes the underlying dependencies, enhances accessibility, and makes it easier to contribute to the project with improved contributor documentation and a rewrite of the UI markup!
And more is to come soon-ish, so stay tuned 🥳
Time to let the cat out of the bag.
I've been working on a new app to use your #Linux phones and tablets as secondary wireless "side displays" (not mirrors). This is based on #GStreamer, x264, #Mutter APIs, and low-latency UDP streaming, and will be designed to work on both ARM and Intel, regardless of hardware acceleration support. (Testing on a #librem5)
This is still at an early stage, and will take some time to become usable. Thoughts and feedback?
🎙️ talked to @gnome Shell on Mobile main developer @verdre, who told us some crazy stories:
* How GNOME Shell on Mobile got started as @PrototypeFund project
* Relation to Phosh
* Enabling USB host mode on OP6 while hanging out in a bar in Berlin
* Running SailfishOS Aliendalvik on other Linux Mobile distros
* Finding an important security vulnerability in Apple's AirPods
* Mini GUADEC in Berlin
https://cast.postmarketos.org/episode/42-Interview-verdre-GNOME-Shell-on-Mobile/
#linuxmobile #gnome #gnomemobile #sailfishos #aliendalvik #airpods #guadec
I thought that Chats (GNOME Chatty) is an SMS app, but it actually supports Matrix and XMPP too. So I can join discussions on the postmarketOS Matrix server from postmarketOS devices. Cool.
I just saw that Mozilla is retiring the Mozilla Location Service which provides an open, crowdsourced alternative to proprietary location services from Google and other vendors. 😰
https://github.com/mozilla/ichnaea/issues/2065
This is used by GNOME and thus Fedora, Ubuntu, Endless OS, etc. to help provide OS-level location services without requiring every app to implement its own. And apparently a patent troll is part of the reason Mozilla stopped investing in it. 🙃
Time for this week's #Linux and #OpenSource news video!
In this one, #Nvidia (allegedly) stole content from millions of youtube videos to train its AI tools (who is surprised?), we have a potential release date for elementary OS 8, we have the release of the #CosmicDesktop alpha, more HDR work in #GNOME, and a lot more!
Finally!
Finally I've found a Linux application to see my photos on a map! And it's beautiful, and simple, and under active development.
And it's even supposed to be able to detect faces, but that process is so slow, and can't be paused and restarted later, so I'm not sure how well it works yet.
But oh my, so far I'm very happy with #Fotema. https://github.com/blissd/fotema
I've proposed a merge request to GNOME's likely new Video Player app codenamed Showtime. The feature? Toggling between video duration and time remaining by clicking the end timestamp. :)
It's the little things!
I think this might be my first contribution to a GNOME Python app. It was a bit of a trip coming from Vala and JavaScript land, but I _think_ I did okay for a first pass.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/Incubator/showtime/-/merge_requests/13
💬 Fractal 8 Released: The Linux Matrix Messaging App Gets Better!
NGL it feels real good when someone digs the https://projectbluefin.io #gnome experience.
We're like that gen-x GNOME from back in the day. Tossing in a bit of Ubuntu and Ximian inspired flavor.
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…and here are my #FreeSoftware bits for July:
https://honk.sigxcpu.org/con/Free_Software_Activities_July_2024.html
phosh 0.40.0 is out 🚀📱:
- #phosh: more quick toggles (dark style, mobile data). Allow suspend when device is locked. 🐛 fixes. Tweaks for #Rust binding generation
- #phoc fling gesture for phosh's top and home bar. 🐛 fixes.
- #mobilesettings: allow to tweak shell layout, lock delay and plugin ordering via ☝️
Check out the full release notes at https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.40.0/
🙏 to everyone who contributed to this release.
#phosh #librem5 #pinephone #gtk #wlroots #gnome #linux #mobile #LinuxMobile
This week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video is coming early!
In this one, I talk about the #GNOME Foundation's Executive Director leaving after just 10 months, about Fedora 41 dropping X11 from the install media, some Cosmic news and the alpha looking extremely close, plus a big class action lawsuit against #Github Copilot being partly dismissed, with the more important part being allowed to proceed:
#pinephone pro running #gnome #mobile (v46, compiled by yours truly) on #mobian unstable; #linux on mobile is getting to be viable imo
Remember to share positive posts, memes, etc. about open source things you use and like. A simple “I like this” or “thanks for working on this” can go a long way!
Happy people carry on using things quietly while negativity gets shared, memed, and shoved in front of folks who work on your favorite projects. One negative comment too often outweighs ten positive ones, because human brains are dumb.
Spread positivity, save someone from burnout.
Are you coming to GUADEC in Denver, CO, USA next month? I’m putting together a curated list of locations and notes… my goal is to move this over to the GUADEC site itself or at least something powered by OpenStreetMap, but here it is on Google Maps in the meantime:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/U2njgXW5DtsNwF4o6
Bookmark this if you’re coming so you make sure to visit all the cool spots. :)
#GUADEC #GUADEC2024 #GNOME #Denver #DenverOpenSource #DenverCO #Colorado #Linux #OpenSource
I finally published my app to Flathub!
Echo is a GUI ping utility. Give it a try, but go easy on me as it's my first real project :))
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…and here are my #FreeSoftware bits for June:
https://honk.sigxcpu.org/con/Free_Software_Activities_June_2024.html
Checking the Builder app in #gnome and putting aside the fact that it lets one get from new project to running within seconds (and no bs like accounts, provisioning, entitlements etc.) but the actual apps that ship with the desktop environment are right there as examples you can open and run directly! The Builder app itself is one of the examples even 🤯 .
Remember Neo asking Morpheus why his eyes hurt when he was using them for the first time?
PSA: I may disagree with you on one thing, but that does not mean I won't agree with you on another
Please calm down, we can still be friends.
xx
#Rust #Wayland #Docker #Ubuntu #JavaScript #Windows #MacOS #footTerminal #KDE #Gnome #Sway #XFS #NotPuttingAltTextOnImages #ExcessiveUseOfHashTags #CallingHashtagsHashtags
I think it’s time for a proper #introduction.
Hey, I am Jan, I am 22 years old and moved from another instance.
I love to play the bass and skateboard, when the weather allows for it.
My favorite songs are ICE579 by Temmis, Edward 40Hands by Mom Jeans. and Wellblech by Nils Keppel.
Like many others on this instance, I am a programmer. I have an interest in #Swift and #Golang development on Linux and I am trying to get more active in the #GNOME community.
Looking forward to meeting you all 🫶
"Get your pencil ready!"
I could have done so many useful things on a Sunday. But instead I've finished these 100 audio cassette designs using the GNOME color palette.
#PicPlanner Version 0.5.0 is out now on #Flathub.
The experience on the #Librem5 or in general on touch devices should be much better now.
What is new:
- Using #GNOME runtime 45
- The UI is much cleaner
- French language support is added
- The app should be recognized as mobile friendly
- A lot of bug fixes and improvements
Big thanks to @devrtz for a lot of code improvements and to @ireneethirion for the French translation
I'm excessively proud of this pun:
Standing on the shoulders of a giant @gnome
Session #AutoPromo (pour réduire le nombre de pouets épinglés) 😊
Alors dernièrement, j'ai :
Traduit en français #GNOME Text Editor (42.2)
› https://apps.gnome.org/fr/app/org.gnome.TextEditor/
› https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-text-editor
Simplifié mon site en descendant sous 1Mo
› https://dansleru.sh
Vu mon thème sombre pour Notepad++ inclus officiellement
› https://codeberg.org/DansLeRuSH/notepad-plus-plus-dark-theme
Fait une version perso de Tux (.svg dispo dessous)
› https://codeberg.org/DansLeRuSH/no-icon/src/branch/master/Cartoon%20Tux
Fait d'autres choses pour #GIMP
› https://www.opendesktop.org/u/danslerush/
Okay, let me do a better #introduction now that there's a bajillion more people here. I'm a former hacker, worked in #infosec, still into #programming and #electronics, currently more interested in #nature, both being in it and studying it.
#philosophy #pragmatism #science #physics #chemistry #biology #geography #astronomy #mathematics #algebra #geometry #analysis #politics #anarchism #economics #socialism #language #english #svenska #português #deutsch #hacking #foss #gnu #linux #gnome #c
My last #introduction was in 2018, so let's update it:
- I'm a free and open source software developer, mainly contributing to the #GNOME ecosystem and software development platform
- I am, through no fault of my own, the maintainer of the GNOME developer documentation website
- I write the occasional app, like Amberol
- I stream my work on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/ebassi
- I still plan on finishing the History of GNOME podcast
- I build #gundam plastic models
- trans rights are human rights
