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
rclonesetups 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 asurls - 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 (atdev/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_fromurlcan now fetch filenames correctly after redirects- fixed #1220, #1222, #1224, #1231, #1232, #1236, #1237, #1241, #1242, #1250, #1252, #1255, #1259, #1260, #1267