#236 New Library

February 13, 2026 • 7 Notes • Curated by Felix

Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from February 06 to February 13.

Third Party Projects

Alexander Vanhee says

This week, the Bazaar app store received two major new features. The first is the new Library page, which combines the Installed page, Update dialog, and Transaction sidebar into a single view. It should make managing installed apps much more intuitive.

The second feature is support for user scope Flatpaks. Flatpaks installed in user scope are now listed in the Installed Apps list, where you can view or uninstall them just like other apps. Installing new user-scope Flatpaks is still not possible in the Flatpak version of the app due to an unresolved issue.

Install the app via Flathub

Arnis (kem-a) reports

AppManager v3.2.0 just got released

AppManager is a GTK/Libadwaita developed desktop utility in Vala that makes installing and uninstalling AppImages on Linux desktop painless. It supports both SquashFS and DwarFS AppImage formats, features a seamless background auto-update process, and leverages zsync delta updates for efficient bandwidth usage. Double-click any .AppImage to open a macOS-style drag-and-drop window, just drag to install and AppManager will move the app, wire up desktop entries, and copy icons.

Since last week release many suggestions and feature requests where implemented and bugs fixed. Here are some changes highlights:

  • Now app runs on any Linux, yes that’s right, even as old as Debian Bookworm or Bullseye and of course Ubuntu LTS. Big thanks to AppImage community devs who made it possible
  • Added grid view in app list
  • GitHub token support to significantly increase update requests
  • and many more …

Hit your in-app update button or Get it on Github

Anton Isaiev reports

I’d like to introduce RustConn, a modern connection manager for Linux with a GTK4/Wayland-native interface. Manage SSH, RDP, VNC, SPICE, Telnet, and Zero Trust connections from a single application. All core protocols use embedded Rust implementations — no external dependencies required. Supports import from Remmina, Asbru-CM, SSH config, Ansible, Royal TS, and MobaXterm. Credentials are stored securely via KeePassXC, GNOME Keyring, Bitwarden CLI, or 1Password CLI. Available on Flathub, Snap, AppImage, and OBS (deb/rpm).

https://github.com/totoshko88/RustConn https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.totoshko88.RustConn

bjawebos reports

Version 0.2.1 of Filmbook was released this week. This app helps you see which film you have loaded into which camera. That means you can concentrate fully on taking photos. The view of your exposed films has been optimised and Nido has contributed a new icon. I was particularly pleased about that. You can install Filmbook via Flathub: https://flathub.org/de/apps/page.codeberg.bjawebos.Filmbook

Shell Extensions

Anton Isaiev says

I released two GNOME Shell extensions:

  1. Browser Switcher — one-click default browser switching from the GNOME Shell panel. Auto-detects installed browsers, zero configuration, fully async. Useful when you need separate browsers for work and personal SSO. https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/8836/browser-switcher/ https://github.com/totoshko88/browser-switcher
  2. gp-gnome — GlobalProtect VPN integration for GNOME Shell. System tray indicator with connect/disconnect, MFA support, gateway selection, real-time status monitoring, and HIP resubmission. Designed for the official Palo Alto Networks Linux CLI (PanGPLinux). https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/8899/gp-gnome/ https://github.com/totoshko88/gp-gnome

Miscellaneous

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Ada Magicat ❤️🧡🤍🩷💜 reports

Valentin also created an extension for patented codecs that can not be shipped with the base system. With the extension enabled, the system video player can play formats that it couldn’t before (like mp4/h264) while nautilus will show thumbnails for those files. It also enables hardware-acceleration on screen recordings with gnome-shell.

Enable the feature by running:

updatectl enable codecs-extra --now

Ada Magicat ❤️🧡🤍🩷💜 reports

Valentin changed the way we handle system configuration in /etc, moving it to systemd-confext. This makes the configuration less fragile and easier to update - a huge improvement to the atomicity of GNOME OS and an important step towards our goal of a stable system everyone can use.

That’s all for this week!

See you next week, and be sure to stop by #thisweek:gnome.org with updates on your own projects!