I had installed some gtk4 apps with flatpak just out of curiosity to make sure it's not my customization that is causing gtk4 apps to render the fonts unreadable and in some cases there's no text at all. There are missing images, thumbnails for the videos.
Some gtk4 apps installed with flatpak are looking exactly how they should, but there's still some which are having the same problem as they were installed natively.
But at least I can use some of them in this way. 😃

#gtk4 #GtkApps #flatpaks

@Demo318 you don't need anything for command line applications with #CrystalLang.
Or are you referring to desktop apps with a #GUI?

If you are referring to @CrystalLanguage GUI applications then @GeopJr has you covered if #Gtk is something that you'd fancy:

https://ultimate-gtk4-crystal-guide.geopjr.dev/en/

There are also other possibilities and libraries but the #gtk4 guide is really nice.

Have fun writing #GtkApps. 😉

Varia is a Brand New Download Manager for Linux

Varia is a new, open-source download manager for Linux based on Aria2, a powerful command-line download utility. As the user interface is built with GTK 4 and libadwaita, Varia looks perfectly in-keeping with other modern GTK apps Ubuntu offers: Of course, it’s 2023 and we all (apparently) live in a world of blazing fast internet connections, where giant files download in seconds, and everything else gets streamed or accessed on-demand. Are dedicated desktop download managers still useful? If you need to download a large file over an unreliable internet connection (or if your computer dies mid-way through said transfer) most 
#Apps #News #DownloadManager #GtkApps #Varia

 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/11/varia-new-download-manager-for-linux

NewsFlash 3.0 Released with Slick New Look

A new version of Linux RSS client NewsFlash is out – and newsflash: it’s looking good! I’ve written about this app in more detail in the past so I’m going to skim over what it does suffice to say: it’s a desktop RSS reader that can connect to a number of cloud services (including Miniflux, FreshRSS, NewsBlur, and CommaFeed (new in this release) or function entirely locally. Like a great many GTK apps of late, the latest edition of NewsFlash takes full advantage of the adaptive awesome-sauce added in libadwaita 1.4 – the version at the heart of the recent 
#News #AppUpdates #GtkApps #Newsflash #Rss

 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/09/newsflash-linux-rss-reader-updated

Tube Converter Gets New Backend for Improved Stability

A major update to Tube Converter is now available. If you’re not familiar with this GTK4/libadwaita app, it’s a GUI tool that makes it easy to download videos from YouTube (assuming you have permission, etc) and a number of other popular video streaming sites. Tube Converter is powered by the popular yt-dlp engine, providing a sleek, user-friendly front-end to many of that tool’s features. It lets you download multiple videos at a time in a variety of formats, including MP4 and WEBM, and audio-only MP3, FLAC, and WAV. Latest Tube Converter Features There have been a couple of sizeable updates 
#News #AppUpdates #GtkApps #TubeConverter #Youtube

 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/05/tube-converter-linux-app-new-features

NewsFlash: a recommended GTK app to collect and fetch all the RSS feeds about any topic about your interest, from local sources or third-party web apps: 👇 💡 📰

https://apps.gnome.org/app/com.gitlab.newsflash/

#software #opensourceapps #gtkapps #newsapps #rssfeeds

Want to Create a Custom Ubuntu ISO? Try Cubic

I’ve never needed to create a custom Ubuntu ISO but if it’s something you want to do, check out Cubic. Cubic (which stands for “Custom Ubuntu ISO Creator”) describes itself as a “GUI wizard” to create customised Live ISO images for Ubuntu (and Debian-based Linux) distributions. To quote the project’s homepage: “Cubic permits effortless navigation through the ISO customization steps and features an integrated virtual command line environment to customize the Linux file system. You can create new customization projects or modify existing projects. Important parameters are dynamically populated with intelligent defaults to simplify the customization process.” Why would you 
#Apps #Cubic #Customization #GtkApps

 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/cubic-is-a-custom-ubuntu-iso-creator

‘Damask’ is a New Wallpaper App for Linux Desktops

Scores of wallpaper downloader apps exist for Linux, with most able to fetch high-quality backgrounds from a myriad of online sources and set them as your desktop wallpaper. Damask is another such app making its debut on Flathub this weekend. Built using GTK4 and following the GNOME HIG, Damask fits in perfectly on the modern Ubuntu desktop. It is able to source backgrounds from a range of popular sites, including: The rub is that can only have one of these sources enabled at any one time (i.e. so you can’t have Bing and NASA enabled, and refresh images between them). 
#Apps #News #GtkApps #Wallpapers

 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/damask-gtk-wallpaper-app-for-linux

TimeSwitch Lets Uno Schedule Restart, Shutdowns, or Commands

Want to schedule a system restart on Ubuntu? There are plenty of ways to do it, with cron probably the most well-known method. But for a more intuitive way to schedule restarts on Ubuntu check out TimeSwitch. TimeSwitch is nimble desktop app built using Python and GTK4/libadwaita. It enables you to reboot, shutdown, or suspend Ubuntu at a set date/time of your choosing. You can also use TimeSwitch to run a command(s) to schedule, or display a desktop notification. Whether you need to reboot your computer for updates or make sure it shuts down after a task has run, this 
#Apps #GtkApps

 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/schedule-restart-shutdown-ubuntu-timeswitch-app