🐚 Shelly-ALPM v3.3.0 — A Little More Pearl
Shelly v3.3.0 brings a fresh default look inspired by Pearl DE. Rounded surfaces, softer colors, clearer navigation, and redesigned update progress bring Shelly closer to the rest of the Seafoam desktop.
🎨 Pearl style, out of the box
A new built-in theme introduces rounded windows, circular window controls, accent-colored selections, card-style toolbars, and larger page titles.
The expanded sidebar groups your destinations, with Settings and Utilities under System.
🌓 Your colors, your choice
Shelly follows your desktop’s light or dark preference by default. Under Settings → Look & Feel, you can choose:
- Follow system to track your desktop’s color preference.
- Light for a lighter appearance.
- Dark for a darker appearance.
Theme changes apply immediately. System GTK remains available for anyone who prefers their desktop’s GTK styling.
📦 A clearer view of your updates
The redesigned Updates page makes it easier to see what’s available and what you’re about to install:
- Source filters with package counts for System, AUR, and Flatpak.
- An included-update summary and total download size.
- Individual selection for AUR and Flatpak updates.
- Native system updates kept together as one complete upgrade.
- Upgrade buttons that reflect your selection.
⏳ Progress you can follow
A new overall progress card shows download and installation stages, with transfer details when available.
Compact package rows distinguish pending, downloading, building, completed, and failed operations. Terminal output starts collapsed and is one click away when you need the details.
🔧 A few fixes beneath the polish
- Update checks now recover from temporary contention with the tray after an upgrade.
- Restart handling recognizes display-manager aliases, including Plasma Login Manager, so session-critical services are reported instead of automatically restarted.
❤️ Thank you to everyone contributing code, testing changes, and reporting the details that make Shelly better.