Interesting behaviour: When downloading and opening a .flatpakref file in GNOME Software, it offers to install the flatpak from the remote fedora instead of the one referenced in the .flatpakref file. I could just observe it with the org.gimp.GIMP which is 3.0.0 in flathub but 3.0.0RC3 in fedora.
If someone reads this and can tell me where to report this I'd report it as a bug as it's unexpected behaviour.
Here's why @UniversalBlue is all in on Flathub.
universal-blue.discourse.group…
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
It's live! Feedback still welcome, of course. :)
docs.flathub.org/blog/app-safe…
#Flathub #Flatpak #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxApps
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)
Fun fact: if my process and math is correct, Flathub is down to <5% of apps being built from other packaging formats as extra-data sources.
205/4101
Thanks to @wjt's blog post¹ for pointing me in the right direction and gasinvein’s Flatpak Remote Metadata Fetcher² for the handy tool.
¹blogs.gnome.org/wjjt/2022/06/1…
²github.com/gasinvein/flatpak-r…
#Flatpak #Flathub #OpenSource #Linux #LinuxApps
A script to dump metadata from a flatpak repository - gasinvein/flatpak-remote-metadataGitHub
wtf is up with Flathub calling X11 "legacy windowing system" and marking apps with X11 support as "unsafe".
I know GNOME likes role-playing as the sole owners of the Linux ecosystem, but it's not a good look to push their opinions on an otherwise neutral marketplace.
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
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…
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-…
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
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…
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/…
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>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
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-…
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
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
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…
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
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
Technik-Blog für Linux, Unix, Open Source, Cloud Computing, Nachhaltigkeit und Co.MK (MichlFranken)
Shout out to Text Pieces! I needed to URL-encode a big ugly string (creating a template form from URL parameters, yay!) and yep, sure enough, it made it stupidly easy.
The next time you need to encode, transform, or convert some text on Linux, reach for this pretty little offline app instead of pasting your data into some random website. 👍
flathub.org/apps/io.gitlab.lif…
#Flathub #GNOME #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxApps #GNOMECircle #Flatpak
After 2 days of cursing, @alatiera got graphics driver working with Flatpak apps in Asahi 
#Linux #Asahi #AsahiLinux #Flatpak #GTK #Qt #freedesktop
Ptyxis, a toolbox/distrobox container aware terminal from Christian Hergert is now available on Flathub!
Christian Hergert just published a massive PDF document named "Builder, A Developers Notebook", where he documents over the technical details of GNOME Builder.
Document: gitlab.gnome.org/chergert/buil…
Article: blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2024/…
#GNOME #GNOMEBuilder #GTK #IDE #Development #OpenSource #FOSS #Flatpak
As part of the GNOME @sovtechfund project we've been working on improving notifications in GNOME (and the wider free desktop) 🔔✨
In this blog post @jsparber gives an update on the current state, what's already landed in 46, and what's coming in the near future!
blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2024…
#gnome #stf #freedesktop #flatpak
Today's the day 🥳✨🌈
The new home page layout is live on flathub.org now, including:
- Banner with 5 featured apps (updated weekly)
- App of the day
- New group for trending apps
- Tabbed section with trending, popular, new and updated apps
This has been almost a year in the making, including tons of work on documentation, backend, frontend, and the actual metadata in apps. Special thanks to @razze and @tbernard!
Find and install hundreds of apps and games for Linux. Enjoy Firefox, Telegram, RetroArch, GIMP and many more!Flathub
Retro; the customizable clock widget is now available on Flathub in v2
What's new:
• 24/12h support (follows GNOME Settings)
• Energy usage optimizations
• Better support for round clocks
• Controls moved out of the way
What do you think of the floating header bar?
flathub.org/apps/re.sonny.Retr…
#GNOME #GTK #CSS #Flathub #Flatpak #Linux
Thanks to all you developers out there adding brand colors to your apps over the past months we're almost ready to launch featured banners ✨
If you're an app maintainer and haven't done this yet for your app, here are the docs: docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-…
To make it more interesting we're setting a deadline! We will be launching the new banners on April 20th, so for the possibility to be featured during the first week, update your apps today :)
#flathub #flatpak #gnome #kde #linux
