github psygreg/linuxtoys 7.0.1

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Hotfix 7.0.1

7.0

  • Now compatible with SteamOS! It can be installed as usual in any other distro: the installer script will use the new official appimage package
  • Official appimage release returns: built using quick-sharun, thanks @Samueru-sama !

Features

  • added Amethyst Mod Manager to Gaming
  • added OpenBoardView and Thunderbird to Office
  • added Zotero, Texmaker and ZenNotes to Education
  • added Save Desktop to Theming
  • added Hardinfo2 to System Administration
  • replaced broken Minecraft Bedrock Launcher with BedrockOnLinux, which uses the Windows Store version of Minecraft: Bedrock Edition
  • HTTPie and Rclone UI now installed through their official appimages
  • discontinued scripted rclone setups in favour of Rclone UI, which now has a better short description
  • Postman, Android Studio and Zed now installed through their official tarballs
  • added x86_64v3 repositories for Ubuntu to Optimized Defaults
  • several features changed categories to better reflect their main use cases

UI/UX

  • new Media & Streaming category: some stuff in Utilities and Office was feeling out of place
  • new App Pages: learn about the apps before installing them, with screenshots, longer descriptions and even donation, purchase and subscription options! only available for a few apps for now
  • featured apps section now has animations and a reworked timer that suspends on hover and is set dynamically to amount of items/window size
  • updated footer

Backend

  • System Update now handles git repository packages obtained through LinuxToys
  • feature repository cache sync on startup for GUI now performed asynchronously
  • optimized and reworked cache building and GTK rendering call procedures
  • linuxtoys now automatically updates itself in the background by default
  • improved compatibility with supported distributions under Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

Developers

For more information on new features and how to use them, refer to the [docs](https://dev.linux.toys/repositorylists.html)

  • added single binary and tarball installation support: as types for git-like behavior, or as urls
  • added LinuxToys URI protocol, linking directly to an app to be installed
  • added os-keyed types support
  • added GitLab support for git-type repository list entries
  • added git-type entry database builder to automatically fetch and list available packages from latest release (at dev/git_db.py)
  • added .desktop app menu shortcut generator function desktop_shortcut
  • added PATH linking function path_link
  • repository cleanup

Fixes

  • fixed featured scripts not following window size
  • fixed a version mismatch causing the photogimp patch to fail
  • fixed update dialog version label always in english
  • fixed uninstallation not working as intended for repository list apps
  • fixed unwanted sudo request after removal of user-level flatpaks
  • pkg_fromurl can now fetch filenames correctly after redirects
  • fixed #1220, #1222, #1224, #1231, #1232, #1236, #1237, #1241, #1242, #1250, #1252, #1255, #1259, #1260, #1267

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