Readers who have been following this site for a few weeks will already know some of the new features. If you want to follow the development of GNOME 42 (March 2022), keep an eye on this page - we’ll be posting exciting news every week!
libadwaita and libhandy now have API for interacting with the upcoming cross-desktop dark style preference. If you’re maintaining an app using libadwaita, make sure it works with it
This week Commit entered GNOME Circle. Commit helps you write better Git and Mercurial commit messages. Congratulations!
As another addition to GNOME Circle, we welcome Metronome this week. Metronome does not only allow to keep the tempo, but it also serves as a beat counter. Congratulations!
I released v2.0.0 of Metadata Cleaner! This is a major upgrade featuring a brand new user interface built with GTK4 and libadwaita, a new help system and a whole set of new and updated translations.
Kooha version 2.0.0 is now available at Flathub. It comes with many new bug fixes and features, such as GIF format and opt-in hardware accelerated encoding. For full changelog, see the release page.
Déjà Dup 43.alpha has been released! It adds support for Microsoft OneDrive, experimental opt-in support for the Restic backup tool, and a general UI refresh. See the call-for-testing forum post if any of that interests you.
I released Audio Sharing! It’s a small tool which allows you to stream your current computer audio over the network as a RTSP stream.
By sharing the audio as a network stream, you can use devices that are not intended to be used as audio sinks (eg. smartphones) to receive it. For example, there are audio accessories that are not compatible with desktop computers (e.g. because the computer does not have a Bluetooth module installed). With the help of this small tool, the computer audio can be played back on a smartphone, which is then connected to the Bluetooth accessory.
My randomization app, Random, has version 0.9 up on Flathub. This release brings working translations to 2 languages, along with the features from older releases.
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!
