This application is crazy good, it has helped me go from Windows to Linux at least on the laptop. It's black magic what it does xD
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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.
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 90 apps installed!! Fills almost 3 and a half pages of GNOME's app list.
These are apps that create desktop icons. If I count all the Libreoffice icons then it comes to 96 apps. 82 of them are Flatpaks, the rest came preinstalled with Fedora Silverblue.
And to think many moons ago I used to dislike GUI applications so much. Now I can't live without them.
Massive respect for all the people making Linux system more user friendly!
Weird request: Does anyone know how to turn off the bubblewrap sandbox for a specific #flatpak app, or even better on how to allow CAP_SYS_RAWIO in the flatpak manifest?
I'm trying to get flashrom working in the fwupd flathub package which is a pretty weird set up already... Thanks!
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…
🛡️ "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
GUADEC 2025
Welcome to GUADEC 2025 GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and workshops.GNOME Events (Indico)
🛡️ "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
GUADEC 2025
Welcome to GUADEC 2025 GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and workshops.GNOME Events (Indico)
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 FlatpakCassidy 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.
Software Engineer - Enterprise Linux Workstation (Brno Office, Czech Republic)
Company Description At Red Hat, we connect an innovative community of customers, partners, and contributors to deliver an open source stack of trusted, high-performing solutions.redhat.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
Here's why @UniversalBlue is all in on Flathub.
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
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-…
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…
Battle for Wesnoth
Free, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme, featuring both singleplayer and online/hotseat multiplayer combat. - Battle for WesnothGitHub
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…
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#183 Updated Flatpak
thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/…
#183 Updated Flatpak
Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from January 10 to January 17.thisweek.gnome.org
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>That's it. The
RefineSwitchRow widget will do whatever it needs to do to ensure the option is available, grab the setting if it's available, and display it to the user. Many of these widgets provide extra functionality, such as a Reset button.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
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-…
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
Linux app developers, we want your feedback!
If you have an app on Flathub (or are planning to), please share your thoughts on the optional quality guidelines—especially if your app doesn't currently meet the guidelines.
discourse.flathub.org/t/app-de…
#Flathub #Flatpak #LinuxApps #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux
App developer feedback about quality guidelines
Hey app developers! I’m a volunteer working with Flathub, and I’d like to open up a discussion to better understand some things around the Flathub Quality Guidelines.Flathub Discourse
Qtractor is a free, open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) designed for multi-track audio and MIDI recording, editing, and mixing. Qtractor version 1.4.0 was released on November 01, 2024 and is available to download from the Flathub website.
qtractor.org/
flathub.org/apps/org.rncbc.qtr…
#Linux #Qtractor #DAW #Flathub #Flatpak
Speech to Text on Linux?!?!
I just found "Speech Note" when searching the Software app.
Installed it via flatpak.
flathub.org/apps/net.mkiol.Spe…
Used the "English (Vosk Large)" and "English (Vosk Small)" language model with very decent results. There are loads of models to choose from.
All processed locally. No network needed!
This is great!
#accessibility #SpeechToText #Linux #debian #flatpak #flathub #SpeechNote
Rejoice! GNOME 47.Beta is released!
discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-47…
GNOME 47.beta Released
Hello, GNOME 47.beta is now available. It also marks the start of the UI, feature and API freezes (collectively known as The Freeze).GNOME Discourse
Some eagle-eyed folks noticed Flathub recently passed 2 billion downloads, but here are some more interesting milestones from 2024 so far:
• 70% of the most popular apps are verified
• Over 100 curated quality apps
• 4 million active installs (up 4× in the past 6 months!)
Read more about it on the blog: docs.flathub.org/blog/2-billio…
#Flathub #Flatpak #Linux #OpenSource
2 Billion Downloads & Other Milestones from 2024 So Far
It's been a busy year, and our platform and developer community-building efforts are paying off. Let's take a look at what we've been up to over the last six months, and measure its effect.Cassidy James Blaede (docs.flathub.org)
Resources 1.5 has landed on Flathub yesterday with battery monitoring along with other bug fixes and improvements! 🥳
Check it out! :)
Update on Newton, the Wayland-native accessibility project ✨
blogs.gnome.org/a11y/2024/06/1…
Great work @matt !
Looking forward to work with you again next year and ship this!
Thank you @sovtechfund ❤️
#Wayland #freedesk #Linux #GNOME #GTK #Flatpak #accessibility #a11y
Here's my latest update on Newton, the #Wayland-native, #Flatpak-friendly #accessibility project for the modern #FreeDesktop ecosystem, developed as part of @gnome and funded by @sovtechfund. It's not ready for production yet, but this blog post includes a demo video and links to GNOME OS and Flatpak runtime builds you can try. As a bonus, because I'm integrating #AccessKit into #GTK, GTK apps will finally have #a11y on Windows and macOS. blogs.gnome.org/a11y/2024/06/1…