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Sune Stolborg VuorelaAfter mostly lurking in <a href="https://floss.social/tags/gitlab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gitlab</a> administration channels of <a href="https://floss.social/tags/kde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kde</a>, <a href="https://floss.social/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#debian</a> and <a href="https://floss.social/tags/freedesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedesktop</a> I really want to bring them all into a room filled with snacks 1) to thank them for their work and 2) to hope that they would start chatting a bit with each other.And let's also invite the gitlab administrators from <a href="https://floss.social/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gnome</a> and maybe others.

BørgeWhat Linux applications has implemented the FreeDesktop/XDG background portal feature?Any torrent clients? Any apps at all actually fully supports it yet?<a href="https://tutoteket.no/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://tutoteket.no/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDesktop</a> <a href="https://tutoteket.no/tags/XDG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XDG</a> <a href="https://tutoteket.no/tags/XDGportal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XDGportal</a> <a href="https://tutoteket.no/tags/BackgroundPortal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BackgroundPortal</a>

Jeff Fortin T.As courtesy, after I was recently made to comment on qBittorrent's ticket about supporting the XDG background application status APIs (i.e. the replacement for traditional system tray icons, and more), I have now provided that kind of information to the Transmission project as well: <a href="https://github.com/transmission/transmission/issues/5484#issuecomment-2709060231" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/transmission/transmission/issues/5484#issuecomment-2709060231</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDesktop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wayland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Flatpak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flatpak</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a>

Thor A. Hopland<a href="https://tutoteket.no/@forteller" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@forteller</a> <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/AppImage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AppImage</a> support is still done on a per-distro basis, and it really isn't much more than setting permission and executing certain environment variables... I think. But mayhaps this is a job for ... <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/FREEDESKTOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FREEDESKTOP</a>Hello. I'm free desktop... gief money, We craves it, WE NEEDS IT!!But yeah, maybe xdg-open should handle that problem. Then distros wouldn't need to do anything to get first rate AppImage support by removing those annoyances.One can only hope.

Xe :verified:<a href="https://chaos.social/@karolherbst" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@karolherbst</a> I just joined <a href="https://pony.social/tags/freedesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedesktop</a> on OFTC!

The New OilPopular <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> orgs <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Freedesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Freedesktop</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Alpine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alpine</a> Linux are scrambling for new web hosting<a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/popular-linux-orgs-freedesktop-and-alpine-linux-are-scrambling-for-new-web-hosting/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/popular-linux-orgs-freedesktop-and-alpine-linux-are-scrambling-for-new-web-hosting/</a><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a>

razzeI've added a new card to the landing page of flathub.org yesterday, focused on games. We have been trying to do this for quiet some time and I know that the results (as in what is in which category) are not perfect, but putting this out there hopefully helps us move things.<a href="https://osna.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://osna.social/tags/flatpak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flatpak</a> <a href="https://osna.social/tags/Flathub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flathub</a> <a href="https://osna.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#web</a> <a href="https://osna.social/tags/nextjs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nextjs</a> <a href="https://osna.social/tags/tailwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tailwind</a> <a href="https://osna.social/tags/xdg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#xdg</a> <a href="https://osna.social/tags/freedesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedesktop</a>

Lawrence MurrayI'm still tweaking, but if you want in early, Linux packages and website are now available for Mending Wall, a new app to let you install and hop between multiple desktop environments without them interfering with each others' themes and menus, supporting KDE Plasma, GNOME, Xfce and Cinnamon initially. Seeking testers for feedback.<a href="https://mendingwall.indii.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mendingwall.indii.org</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/release" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#release</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linuxdesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linuxdesktop</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/freedesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedesktop</a>

SylvhemAlright, I have a question for the people who know how FreeDesktop icons work. What is generating the icon-theme.cache in ~./local/share/icons/hicolor/ ? I want to regenerate it, but I can’t because there is no index.theme in that directory. If you don’t have the answer, feel free to boost this post.<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDesktop</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a>

AtemuTIL someone is building a lightweight <a href="https://darmstadt.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Android</a> translation layer for <a href="https://darmstadt.social/tags/freedesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedesktop</a> and it actually works with some apps already.It translates Android views into native <a href="https://darmstadt.social/tags/GTK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GTK</a> widgets. Wild.This makes it function quite similarly to <a href="https://darmstadt.social/tags/winehq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#winehq</a> rather than <a href="https://darmstadt.social/tags/waydroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#waydroid</a>.<a href="https://gitlab.com/android_translation_layer/android_translation_layer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gitlab.com/android_translation_layer/android_translation_layer</a>

smxi<a href="https://floss.social/@alcinnz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@alcinnz</a> big software uses focus groups and really big software like microsoft have on site representatives in the campus who Impact design. But corporate stuff tends towards mediocrity since endless pressure to boost sales by expanding possible consumer base by dumbing it down. Even worse is when free software projects like gnome try to copy bad corporate design decisions from Apple or MS. Then you get a mediocre implementation of bad design. Though with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDesktop</a> can just pick another one.

Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh:I maintain that we need a "fall guy" group in the Linux desktop space to fund, develop, and openly release stuff that would get the Internet mad at existing players, so they typically avoid doing them. Keeping in mind the intent is to push things forward while not caring about peoples' gut reactions (because technology is more nuanced than a gut reaction!), this could include…<a href="https://mastodon.blaede.family/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.blaede.family/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://mastodon.blaede.family/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDesktop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.blaede.family/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GNOME</a> <a href="https://mastodon.blaede.family/tags/FDo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.blaede.family/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KDE</a>

Matthias KlumppI updated the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Freedesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Freedesktop</a> specifications website, to build it with some more modern tools - please let me know if you notice any issues! 🙂 <a href="https://blog.tenstral.net/2024/08/freedesktop-specs-website-update.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.tenstral.net/2024/08/freedesktop-specs-website-update.html</a>

Bahman M.My fellow software engineer,It's the year 2024. Please store your <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#desktop</a> application configurations ONLY in `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME`. NOT in `$HOME` or other non-standard or obsolete places.May <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDesktop</a> be your guide.<a href="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DevOps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DevOps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SysAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SysAdmin</a>

SonnyHow do I debug libinput --list-devices not recognizing touchpad and touch screen on a laptop?<a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/freedesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedesktop</a>

SonnyNow that the storm has passed — I can share an update on screen reader support under Wayland.As part of STF; GNOME has been working since the end of last year on resolving the matter.The main issue is that we currently lack a way to “snoop on” or “grab” key events from the compositor.We now have a draft protocol and implementation in Orca and Mutter thanks to <a href="https://toot.cafe/@matt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@matt</a> We are doing our best to get it ready for GNOME 47.<a href="https://floss.social/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GNOME</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a11y</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/freedesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedesktop</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wayland</a>

Matt CampbellHere's my latest update on Newton, the <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/Wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wayland</a>-native, <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/Flatpak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flatpak</a>-friendly <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessibility</a> project for the modern <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDesktop</a> ecosystem, developed as part of <a href="https://floss.social/@gnome" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gnome</a> and funded by <a href="https://mastodon.social/@sovtechfund" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sovtechfund</a>. 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 <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/AccessKit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AccessKit</a> into <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/GTK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GTK</a>, GTK apps will finally have <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a11y</a> on Windows and macOS. <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/a11y/2024/06/18/update-on-newton-the-wayland-native-accessibility-project/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blogs.gnome.org/a11y/2024/06/18/update-on-newton-the-wayland-native-accessibility-project/</a>

Jeff Fortin T.Me: "Obi Wan never told you why <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GNOMEShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GNOMEShell</a> still uses the VP8 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/codec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#codec</a> to record screencasts, instead of newer codecs…"Them: "He told me enough! He told me <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GNOME</a> hates its users!"Me: "No. It's mostly a temporary performance tradeoff around a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> middleware & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwarepatents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#softwarepatents</a> problem."Them: "No… No… It's not true… That's impossible!"Me: "Search the commits log. You KNOW it to be true."Them: "DO NOT WANT"Source: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@nekohayo/112615135771775130" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@nekohayo/112615135771775130</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedesktop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwarefreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#softwarefreedom</a>

Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh:We should be able to make desktop Linux the *more* interoperable choice that respects you and your devices. Being able to opt in to these features would bring some of the very real benefits of other ecosystems (e.g. what Apple users love to tout!) to Linux—and I want that!<a href="https://mastodon.blaede.family/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDesktop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.blaede.family/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Android</a> <a href="https://mastodon.blaede.family/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://mastodon.blaede.family/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GNOME</a> <a href="https://mastodon.blaede.family/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://mastodon.blaede.family/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a>

Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh:If these can be implemented in a fully <a href="https://mastodon.blaede.family/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> way and just require <a href="https://mastodon.blaede.family/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Google</a> signing off, it seems like someone at Valve, <a href="https://mastodon.blaede.family/tags/Canonical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canonical</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.blaede.family/tags/RedHat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RedHat</a>, etc. could champion/sponsor a <a href="https://mastodon.blaede.family/tags/FreeDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeDesktop</a> implementation of this tech and liaise between Google and the FD.o community? As much as I love <a href="https://mastodon.blaede.family/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> phones efforts (and hope to be able to use a great Linux phone full time some day!), there are billions of <a href="https://mastodon.blaede.family/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Android</a> devices out there interoperating with each other, ChromeOS, and now Windows to an extent.

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