GNOME 50 has been released! 🥳

Here’s a quick summary of the improvements which gnome-software 50 contains:

- Reduce CPU priority when running in the background
- Remember window size between restarts
- Improved error reporting in the repositories dialogue
- Improved notifications for trivial flatpak app updates
- Lots of UI papercuts fixed
- Improved question about deleting data when uninstalling an app
- More safety reporting for uncommon flatpak app permissions

#GNOME #GnomeSoftware

Fico meio indignado como tudo o que envolve o Gnome Shell é meio podre. A interface quer ser a cara do Linux e concordo que o trabalho de padronização de design dos softwares que fazem parte do Gnome Circle está indo muito bem, porém no que diz respeito à funcionalidade... p*ta que pariu.

Primeiro que é impossível ser produtivo sem usar extensões criadas pelos usuários. Tente usar o Gnome "vanilla", sem nenhum extra instalado. Deus me livre.

Depois temos alguns programas oficiais que não cumprem a tarefa pela qual foram concebidos. Veja por exemplo a loja de software oficial: a semanas não aparecem os ícones dos aplicativos. Tive que instalar o excelente aplicativo Bazaar, que dá um pau em todos os sentidos na loja do Gnome.

Ir pra o KDE (aquela interface "bloated")? Jamais. Usuários Linux fazem questão demais de customizar suas áreas de trabalho ao invés de utilizar como vem por padrão. Não vemos usuários de Mac ou Windows perdendo tempo com isso. Outro ponto que me fez sair do KDE é a incapacidade dos aplicativos oficiais de agenda de conectarem à conta do Google. Testei em 2025 com o Debian 13 e o KDE Neon, e nada de funcionar.

É pra acabar...

#gnome #software #gnomesoftware #bug #bazaar #kde

I have two questions...

1) Why is GNOME Software on Fedora trying to reach some .moe site

2) Why does that site being down mean that Software doesn't work

#fedora #fedora43 #linux #gnomesoftware #gnome

This time the upgrade was successful. Note to me: don’t trust GNOME software to do the upgrade correctly.

#linux #fedora #upgrade #gnomesoftware

Pro Tip™ from @pwithnall for #FreeDesktop app developers: if you want your application to be easily found in the GNOME Software app center store, you need to add "keyword" metadata fields to complement your app's name and tagline. The "description" metadata field is not used for searching!

Some examples:
* https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/merge_requests/665
* https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/merge_requests/205
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/homebank/+bug/2132224
* https://github.com/flathub/org.libreoffice.LibreOffice/issues/355

#Linux #GNOMESoftware #GNOME #freesoftware #opensource

appdata: Add keywords to improve discoverability in GNOME Software center search (!665) · Merge requests · GNOME / gnome-calendar · GitLab

This adds some keywords explicitly to make the app show up for more potential search queries, as the description is not used for searching by some software center...

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So, what's going on when Gnome Software says there's 2 runtime-thingies available for update, while Bazaar says there's 5? And when I do the 2 in Software, Bazaar says there's now suddenly just 1?

#Gnome #bazaar #GnomeSoftware

"This is not happening, please stop demanding my time to re-explain decisions which have already been made."

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/issues/2909#note_2589143

@gnome @gnomeapps

Where is that explained?

Not here:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/issues/1817#note_1494467

For my understanding that is not a real explanation.

#GNOME #GNOMEsupport #GNOMEsoftware

Improve usability for uninstalling apps (#2909) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-software · GitLab

I uninstall a lot of apps from the tab installed (apps). The problem is that after every uninstall GNOME-Software reloads / updates which makes it frustating if you...

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Hey, seems to me like someone has done some great work on Gnome Software lately!

On my 49.beta-42 now, I'm actually able to launch a newly installed app before the screen reloads! And it reloads much faster than before!

No idea why it still reloads at all, though, but hey, I appreciate the improvement! Thanks, hackers!

#gnome #GnomeSoftware

I was hoping to see that sort of functionality directly in #GNOMESoftware when applying system updates that don't touch the kernel, but it seems some piece of the puzzle is missing here (maybe a hybrid of #systemd's "soft-reboot" and #DNF's "system-upgrade"): https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/issues/2427
Support systemd userspace soft reboots (instead of only full cold boots) when applying distro package updates other than the kernel (#2427) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-software · GitLab

Historical context / problem statement Currently, GNOME Software forces users to do a full reboot to apply any package updates other...

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@razze If you have #gnomeos, can you please try adding the #flathub repo with the #floss subset using a #flatpakrepo file?

On fedora 42 with #gnomesoftware 48.3, it adds the entire unfiltered repo, while adding it on the command line works.

The point is to create an easy way for nontechies to add flathub-floss by just opening a flatpakrepo file in gnome software, without using the terminal.