because I keep biting off more than I can chew. I wanted to release a small utility first to get familiar again with #GNOME / #GTK / #Flatpak development.

also something that I need myself. a week worth of hacking.

introducing Bobby: a SQLite file viewer.

github.com/hbons/Bobby

#rust

FLOSS #MaintainerLife public service advisory:
If you're filing a potential bug upstream in #GNOME, particularly on rapidly-improving apps like GNOME Calendar, please test the latest version, unmodified by third-parties. #Flatpak helps.

Don't come at me with a 4-years-old version cowboy-patched against our will by #Linux distros like Mint; I will send you downstream, like this: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-c…

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #QA #bugreporting #LinuxMint #Debian #Ubuntu #LTS #GNOMECalendar

Problems showing CalDAV event series with a modification with THISANDFUTURE set (#1526) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-calendar · GitLab

Affected version: 41.2 on Linux Mint 22 (Wilma) Bug summary A calendar event with...

^GitLab

In OS 8.1, you can now directly deny access for apps to send notification bubbles in System Settings → Applications alongside other app permissions

#Flatpak #elementaryOS

In AppCenter we now show a simple percentage-based app rating when ratings are available from ODRS—the same ratings server used by apps like GNOME Software. When developers provide screenshots for multiple platforms, we now show you the ones intended for elementary OS. We’ve added support for app addons, and we now show when a game supports playing with controllers

#AppCenter #Flatpak

When we ran our desktop survey 75% of you told us that you expected to see background apps in the Dock, so we now have support for the Background Portal!

You can always manage app permissions in System Settings → Applications and choose which apps are allowed to run in the background

#flatpak #linux

DeltaTouch is finally available on Flathub, made possible by @ell1e and @d2weber. Thank you very much 🥰

Thanks also to the folks at @flathub for the excellent review and for providing this wonderful platform.

flathub.org/en/apps/page.codeb…

Please check it out and let us know if you run into issues, preferably by reporting it in this forum thread: support.delta.chat/t/feedback-…

#DeltaTouch #DeltaChat #Flathub #flatpak

Install DeltaTouch on Linux | Flathub

Decentralized, secure messenger app, powered by the chatmail core library

^Flathub

An update to the #Flatpak packages in #Forgejo: I have now a working basic UI together with an flatpak+https link. I will probably open a PR today or tomorrow.

The Link is currently only working in #GNOME Software. It looks like #KDE Discover is just bugged and spits out meaningless errors. The flatpakref works with the official flatpak cli, so it's valid. If I get something easy reproducible, I will open a KDE bug.

If you like and are excited about Bazaar, consider donating to support Kolunmi! it would help them a lot!

github.com/sponsors/kolunmi

flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.…

#gnome #linux #gtk #flatpak #flathub

Install Bazaar on Linux | Flathub

Discover and install applications

^Flathub

Taking the liberty to cross-post my involvement with Fedora Flatpaks; originally posted on Fedora Discourse.

4 years ago, I discovered Fedora Flatpaks, and developed a strong interest with the tech and approach behind it. After having a thorough understanding of it, I wrote two detailed articles about Fedora Flatpaks:

• fedoramagazine.org/an-introduc… (2021/12/22)
• fedoramagazine.org/comparison-… (2022/02/09)

Mind you, I also designed the banners (just highlighting how much I cared about promoting it back then).

I also asked to open a Matrix room (2022/01/01), which was rejected:

discussion.fedoraproject.org/t…

As time went by, I started losing interest, because there wasn’t much progress with the project, and it was duplicating effort that could have otherwise heavily benefited Flathub and every party involved (GNOME, KDE, elementary, freedesktop.org, Endless Foundation, etc.), which would have benefited Fedora, too.

This realization led me to write “Where Fedora Linux Could Improve § Only Ship Unfiltered Flathub by Default”, which criticized the lack of progress with it, as well as addressing one of the “legal concerns” (2022/12/06):

tesk.page/2022/12/06/where-fed…

(Side note: I’ve also heard from Flathub folks that they received legal advice in regards to these issues.)

This led to some community members to react and start the Flatpak SIG project, to accelerate development — 2 days after my blog post (2022/12/08):

fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?…

Then, a Matrix room was (finally) created and publicly available (2022/12/10):

fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?…

By the way, I was never reached out or invited to join the SIG, despite putting in so much effort and time to accelerate development.

However, despite that, I still tried to participate in the project, and added myself to the SIG as well:

fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?…

Any of my suggestions then were either rejected with no proper explanation, shrugged off, or sent to /dev/null. And whenever I asked for source for obvious misinformation, it would be dismissed.

I tried to push Fedora Flatpaks in a direction that would have been less controversial and more productive by limiting its scope, which would also enable us to allocate more resources on other stuff. However, once again, I wasn’t really taken seriously; at least I personally don’t feel like so.

Eventually, I lost every last bit of interest and removed myself from the SIG (2023/02/20):

fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?…

All this to say, I tried really hard to keep my opinions to myself, and communicate diplomatically with them; I even wrote articles after doing several hours of researches in the span of weeks to show my interest, but I was treated extremely unfairly in return. So this naturally led me to one conclusion which I still hold today: they’re not looking for diplomacy; they just want to do whatever they want, even if it ends up upsetting/hurting people and projects’ image — I have the same sentiment with RPM packagers, too.

#Fedora #Flatpak #Flathub #Flatpaks

Where Fedora Linux Could Improve

The Fedora Project is a great organization to gain experience no matter the team you are in. I am currently a part of the Fedora Websites & Apps team improving my technical writing, communication and design skills.

^{TheEvilSkeleton}

If you are not yet convinced that Fedora Flatpaks is a hostile 'alternative' to Flathub, here's a good one for you:

An indeterminate amount of their packages are, in fact, directly based on existing manifests from Flathub. Not by manually inspecting code themselves; rather, by running a script which goes through Flathub's APIs and parses the respective apps' manifest to generate manifests for Fedora Flatpaks: pagure.io/flatpak-module-tools…

All this, without crediting the original authors.

#Flatpak #Flathub #Fedora

Refine, an app to tweak advanced and experimental features in GNOME, has reached 100,000 downloads on Flathub!!

flathub.org/en/apps/page.tesk.…

Refine is an alternative (not replacement!) to GNOME Tweaks, designed to be data-driven and take advantage of the composition paradigm.

If you appreciate Refine and have the means to help a developer out, please consider donating to support my work: tesk.page/#donate

#GNOME #GTK #GTK4 #Libadwaita #FOSS #OpenSource #Flathub #Flatpak #Refine

It's concerning to me that arguably *the* way to get Linux apps, Flathub, has all of its packaging data hosted on GitHub, with seemingly no plans to move away from it. With the direction GitHub is going, I am worried that Flathub will want to move and it'll be too late to do it cleanly.

Update: With the way the United States is going.

#Flatpak #Flathub #Linux

My article about the @gnome conference #GUADEC was translated to English (thanks God not by me 😜 ).

Linux desktop Gnome: Between financial difficulties and technical progress

heise.de/en/news/Linux-desktop…

#Flatpak #Gnome #Guadec2025 #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #LinuxDesktop

Linux desktop Gnome: Between financial difficulties and technical progress

Despite the precarious financial situation, the Gnome Foundation organized a meeting of developers in Italy to discuss the future of the project.

^{Keywan Tonekaboni (heise online)}

I have finally released the first version of Nucleus, an app for browsing the periodic table of the chemical elements!

Check it out on Flathub: flathub.org/apps/page.codeberg…

#gnome #flatpak #linux

🛡️ "Stop Subverting Sandboxes"
with Michael Catanzaro at #GUADEC2025
📅 25 July 🕒 13:40 CEST 📍 Brescia

🔒 Flatpak can protect users—but not if we keep bypassing it. Michael calls for stronger sandboxing, better portals, and shares GNOME’s new security bounty program.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#Flatpak #GNOME #Sandboxing #Security #FOSS

🛡️ "State of Portals"
with Georges Stavracas at #GUADEC2025
📅 25 July 🕒 11:40 CEST 📍 Brescia

🚪 Georges covers the current state and future of XDG Desktop Portals—essential for modern app developers.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#GNOME #XDG #Flatpak #Portals #Linux #FOSS

Not sure we should block on all the @flathub requirements listed here, but I agree the current Fedora Flatpak model is hurting Fedora Workstation more than helping.

"Fedora Must (Carefully) Embrace Flathub" by Michael Catanzaro blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/202… #Flatpak #Fedora #Flathub

Fedora Must (Carefully) Embrace Flathub

Motivation Opportunity is upon us! For the past few years, the desktop Linux user base has been growing at a historically high rate. StatCounter currently has us at 4.14% desktop OS market share...

^{Michael Catanzaro (Michael Catanzaro's Blog)}

I’m continuing to accidentally become a Godot to Flathub pipeline expert, stumbling through GitHub Actions on the way. Chaining all of this stuff together is actually pretty fun and powerful. :D

If you have a free¹ Godot game you want help getting onto the biggest Linux app store, let me know! I wrote a blog post² but could probably update it with what else I’ve learned.

¹Free because Flathub doesn’t support payments… yet

²cassidyjames.com/blog/publish-…

#GodotEngine #Flatpak #Flathub #LinuxGaming

Publish Your Godot Engine Game to Flathub

Reach millions of users on the Linux app store with Flatpak

^{Cassidy James Blaede}

Hiring for Flatpak Automation

The desktop team in Red Hat has another open position. We’re looking for someone to work on Flatpak automation, for someone who enjoys working on infrastructure. Although the job description states 2+ years of experience, it’s suitable for juniors. Formal experience can be replaced by relevant open source contributions. Being onsite in Brno, Czech Republic is preferred, but not required. We’re open to hiring good candidates elsewhere, too.

If you’d like to know more about the job before formally applying, don’t hesitate to contact me on Mastodon, Signal, Matrix (@eischmann at fedora.im), or email.

#Flatpak #job #redHat

Here's why @UniversalBlue is all in on Flathub.

#flathub #flatpak

universal-blue.discourse.group…

Flatpak hell, or, overprotection makes my system useless

Ok I think I figured out a better way to say this since we may not make whatsapp but we are trying to make them care about us.

^{Universal Blue}

Ever wonder how we help keep millions of users safe while delivering thousands of apps and their updates?

We’ve written up a bit about the journey an app takes behind the scenes from its source code all the way to running on your device—with all of the safety nets along the way. 🔒

docs.flathub.org/blog/app-safe…

#Flathub #Flatpak #LinuxApps #OpenSource #Linux

Flathub Safety: A Layered Approach from Source to User

With thousands of apps and billions of downloads, Flathub has a responsibility to help ensure the safety of our millions of active users.

^{Cassidy James Blaede (docs.flathub.org)}

Eloquent proofreading assistant 1.1 is out with improved language detection and support for running LanguageTool server in the background 👻

This allows 3rd parties such as LibreOffice and Firefox to connect to a local and offline instance of the LanguageTool server.

flathub.org/apps/re.sonny.Eloq…

#GNOME #grammar #Flatpak #Flathub #privacy #offline #Linux

Finally took some time to polish and publish Eloquent.

It's a proofreading assistant, that works fully offline; powered by LanguageTool.

blog.sonny.re/eloquent-proofre…

#GNOME #Flatpak #Flathub #grammar #Linux

Besides the AMD crasher, I wondered why the dev version of Showtime, #GNOME's power-efficient video player in incubation, sometimes still refused to launch; turns out it's randomly crashing with a segfault on startup for another reason.

After jumping through hoops to get a backtrace (#Python in #Flatpak makes things somewhat harder to debug), it turns out that #GStreamer is not the culprit. Presumably, it may be a bug in #GTK or somewhere else in the stack. Details here: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/Incubat…

Showtime Nightly randomly segfaults on startup (even with no video) (#158) · Issues · GNOME / Incubator / Showtime · GitLab

Testing the latest nightly flatpak version on my desktop workstation with discrete open source AMD graphics (and another testbench with onboard AMD graphics), I realized one of the...

^GitLab

Fresh off the press: what's next for Flathub build infrastructure

docs.flathub.org/blog/flathub-…

#flathub #flatpak

What's next for Flathub build infrastructure

There is a storm coming and we are re-architecting our build infrastructure.

^{Bart Piotrowski (docs.flathub.org)}

For those encountering random video playback application crash heisenbugs on the open source #AMDgpu #Mesa drivers on #Linux (thankfully, with #Wayland this no longer crashes the entire system), with the suspicious "CS has been rejected" error, here is the bug I reported upstream: gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/me…

The theory is that the DRM's implementation of AMD's Unified Video Decoder does not properly keep track of #Flatpak process IDs. A patch is underway.

#opensource #AMD #Radeon #GStreamer

AMD Radeon R9 270 randomly causes video playback applications to crash with "amdgpu: The CS has been rejected" (#12575) · Issues · Mesa / mesa · GitLab

Brief summary of the problem: This has been an unpredictable, somewhat random occurrence for me on Fedora 40 and Fedora 41....

^GitLab

🕹️ Title: The Battle for Wesnoth
🦊️ What's: A libre high fantasy TBS game
🏡️ wesnoth.org
🐣️ github.com/wesnoth
🦉️ fosstodon.org/@wesnoth
🔖 #LinuxGaming #ShareYourGames #Flagship #Strategy #Wargame
📦️ #Libre #Arch #RPM #Deb #Flatpak
📖 Our entry: 🛒️Homeless

🥁️ Update: 1.19.8
⚗️ Consistent version 🦍️
📌️ Changes: github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/blo…
🦣️ From: 🛜️ github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/rel…

🏝️ youtube.com/embed/4Ebww6utt9I
🎲️ youtube.com/embed/zEXjOg6fQhY?…
🎲️[fr] youtube.com/embed/?list=PLAn12…

Hey Fedora users, tired of Fedora Flatpaks? Yes? There's an issue about deprioritizing Fedora Flatpaks in GNOME Software if anybody is interested: pagure.io/fedora-workstation/i…

#Fedora #Flatpak #Flatpaks #GNOME #Flathub

A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!

#183 Updated Flatpak
thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/…

#GNOME #TWIG #Flatpak

Introducing Refine, an app to tweak advanced and experimental settings in GNOME. It is an alternative to GNOME Tweaks, and is a pet project I'm currently working to experiment with PyGObject and dconf, while following the data-driven, object-oriented, and composition paradigms.

The entire codebase is made up of widgets that provide all the functionality needed to add an option. For example, instead of adding each option programmatically in Refine, the ultimate goal is to have it all done in the UI file.

For example, if we want to add an option to enable or disable middle click paste, all we need is the following code in the UI file:

$RefineSwitchRow {<br>  title: _('Middle Click Paste');<br>  schema-id: 'org.gnome.desktop.interface';<br>  key: 'gtk-enable-primary-paste';<br>}<br>

You can get Refine on Flathub: flathub.org/apps/page.tesk.Ref…

Everything else (source code, screenshot, etc.) is in the project website: tesk.page/refine/, as well as the Flathub link.

#GNOME #Flatpak #Flathub #FOSS #OpenSource #GTK #Libadwaita

Install Refine on Linux | Flathub

Tweak various aspects of GNOME

^Flathub

Should have done these as a thread long time ago. I'm new to this fediverse thing!

#procreate #sketch #gnome #flathub #flatpak #sketchfriday

Have experience in open source program management, especially within the US legislative landscape? We’re seeking a contractor to help bootstrap Flathub into a self-sustaining entity.

Help us:

• Launch payment & donation systems
• Establish operational governance
• Coordinate financial & legal operations
• Ensure community engagement & transparency
discourse.flathub.org/t/reques…

#Flathub #FediHire #GetFediHired #Flatpak #job #JobAlert #OpenSource #Flatpak #Linux

Request for Proposals: Flathub Program Management

The GNOME Foundation is seeking a contractor to help with program management, financial/legal setup, and public outreach to bootstrap Flathub LLC. This work is funded by Endless. Project Overview The GNOME Foundation, in partnership with KDE e.V.

^{Flathub Discourse}

At last, the USB portal originally authored by @refi64 in 2021, later continued by Georges Stavracas in 2023, and finalized by @hub, has been merged!

The USB portal allows sandboxed formats like Flatpak to access USB devices without poking holes in the sandbox. This is great for security, as accessing USB devices will now need to be explicitly granted by the user.

Now we just need to wait for implementers to implement them in their respective portal implementations, starting with GNOME: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/xdg-des…

The documentation for the USB portal is available on the xdg-desktop-portal website: flatpak.github.io/xdg-desktop-…

#Flatpak #Security #GNOME

Usb

Description: Portal for USB device access This interface lets sandboxed applications monitor and request access to connected USB devices. Applications should prefer specialized portals for specific...

^{XDG Desktop Portal}

It’s been just over a week and we’ve gotten lots of great feedback so far.

If you’re an app developer and haven’t had a chance to chime in, check out @cassidy’s summary of the current points, and leave a comment on the forum if you have anything important that hasn’t been mentioned:

discourse.flathub.org/t/app-de…

We look forward to continued feedback, and are excited to get more apps featured on Flathub!

#Flathub #Linux #LinuxApps #OpenSource #Flatpak #FOSS

App developer feedback about quality guidelines

Hey everyone, checking back in after a bit over a week of feedback and discussion. Thank you so much to everyone who has chimed in so far! This sort of conversation is enlightening and healthy.

^{Flathub Discourse}