Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from June 20 to June 27.
ranfdev says
DistroShelf now makes it even easier to run your favorite distro:
Support for more terminals have been added, plus the ability to use a custom terminal command
A command log has been added: you can now view precisely each command that’s been executed by DistroShelf and copy it to your clipboard. You can use this for learning how the app interacts with distrobox or debugging why a command failed.
A bug affecting the Assemble from File and Assemble from URL functionality has been fixed. You can finally point DistroShelf to a .ini file containing a set of containers you want to be created, along with the initial packages you need and all the GUI apps you want to export and use from your desktop. More info on this feature from the distrobox documentation documentation.
Automatic host path resolution: when selecting a file/folder from a flatpak portal, the portal returns a dummy path, representing a capability to access the file you want, but not the absolute path you selected. We now use
getfattrto resolve the dummy path to the real host path you selected. If you encounter any problem with this solution, notify us by opening an issue
Follow your favorite video creators.
schmiddi announces
Pipeline version 2.6.0 was released. This release adds more keyboard shortcuts to the video player, like changing the volume or playback speed, as well as seeking in the video. Furthermore, you can now hide the sidebar when viewing a video. Pipeline now also displays a setup window on first startup, allowing the user to import their subscriptions from YouTube or NewPipe, as well as informing the user about privacy implications when using Pipeline. This release also fixes a few minor errors, as well as minor UI issues. For details about those fixes, refer to the changelog.
Matrix messaging app for GNOME written in Rust.
Kévin Commaille says
Hot! Hot! Hot! No, we are not talking about the summer weather in the northern hemisphere, but about the brand new release of Fractal 12.beta! Coming soon to your device:
- The safety setting to hide media previews in rooms is now synced between Matrix clients.
- We added another safety setting (which is also synced) to hide avatars in invites.
- A room can be marked as unread via the context menu in the sidebar.
- We changed the UX a little for tombstoned rooms. Instead of showing a banner at the top of the history, it now replaces the composer at the bottom of the history.
- You can now see if a section in the sidebar has any notifications or activity when it is collapsed.
As usual, this release includes other improvements, fixes and new translations thanks to all our contributors, and our upstream projects.
It is available to install via Flathub Beta, see the instructions in our README.
As the version implies, there might be a slight risk of regressions, but it should be mostly stable. If all goes well the next step is the release candidate!
If you are wondering how to lower the temperature in your house, there is nothing cooler than fixing one of our newcomers issues!
steven reports
The June 27th Foundation Report is out! This week:
- In dev research/funding news: Flathub/Flatpak, libxml2, and Digital Wellbeing
- In best friends news: GIMP, KDE, Framework Computer, and the Python Foundation
- In money news: new treasurers, OSU-OSL fundraising, and GNOME fundraising
https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/06/27/2025-06-27-foundation-report/
steven reports
… and last week:
https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/06/20/2025-06-20-foundation-report/
See you next week, and be sure to stop by #thisweek:gnome.org with updates on your own projects!
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