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Every decade or so (first with YUM, then DNF, then DNF5) I end up filing roughly the same set of issues around RPM packages cache management vs GNOME Software and PackageKit (i.e.: caches don't keep themselves tidy enough and my operating system partition fills up), but I think this time there is probably just one remaining issue I encountered and reported: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf5/issues/2831
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Every decade or so (first with YUM, then DNF, then DNF5) I end up filing roughly the same set of issues around RPM packages cache management vs GNOME Software and PackageKit (i.e.: caches don't keep themselves tidy enough and my operating system partition fills up), but I think this time there is probably just one remaining issue I encountered and reported: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf5/issues/2831
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Après une installation toute propre de #Fedora, si vous voulez utiliser #LibreOffice, n'oubliez surtout pas d'installer le pack d'internationalisation français (en fait la langue par défaut de votre session) avant ou ça risque de partir en cacahuètes 😃
sudo dnf install libreoffice-langpack-fr
(En fait, si #GnomeSoftware fonctionne bien, il vous le proposera, mais là comme j'ai le bug décrit dans le pouet précédent...)
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Si, comme moi, vous avez #GnomeSoftware qui prend 5 min à charger les données, où si l'extinction du pc met elle aussi 5 min, c'est sans doute à cause de dnf5daemon-server.
En l'occurrence dans mon cas c'est la vérification gpg d'un des 2 repos tiers que j'ai déclaré : #vscodium ou #librewolf (très certainement ce dernier vu les alertes lors de la mise à jour)
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Fico meio indignado como tudo o que envolve o Gnome Shell é meio podre. A interface quer ser a cara do Linux e concordo que o trabalho de padronização de design dos softwares que fazem parte do Gnome Circle está indo muito bem, porém no que diz respeito à funcionalidade... p*ta que pariu.
Primeiro que é impossível ser produtivo sem usar extensões criadas pelos usuários. Tente usar o Gnome "vanilla", sem nenhum extra instalado. Deus me livre.
Depois temos alguns programas oficiais que não cumprem a tarefa pela qual foram concebidos. Veja por exemplo a loja de software oficial: a semanas não aparecem os ícones dos aplicativos. Tive que instalar o excelente aplicativo Bazaar, que dá um pau em todos os sentidos na loja do Gnome.
Ir pra o KDE (aquela interface "bloated")? Jamais. Usuários Linux fazem questão demais de customizar suas áreas de trabalho ao invés de utilizar como vem por padrão. Não vemos usuários de Mac ou Windows perdendo tempo com isso. Outro ponto que me fez sair do KDE é a incapacidade dos aplicativos oficiais de agenda de conectarem à conta do Google. Testei em 2025 com o Debian 13 e o KDE Neon, e nada de funcionar.
É pra acabar...
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Fico meio indignado como tudo o que envolve o Gnome Shell é meio podre. A interface quer ser a cara do Linux e concordo que o trabalho de padronização de design dos softwares que fazem parte do Gnome Circle está indo muito bem, porém no que diz respeito à funcionalidade... p*ta que pariu.
Primeiro que é impossível ser produtivo sem usar extensões criadas pelos usuários. Tente usar o Gnome "vanilla", sem nenhum extra instalado. Deus me livre.
Depois temos alguns programas oficiais que não cumprem a tarefa pela qual foram concebidos. Veja por exemplo a loja de software oficial: a semanas não aparecem os ícones dos aplicativos. Tive que instalar o excelente aplicativo Bazaar, que dá um pau em todos os sentidos na loja do Gnome.
Ir pra o KDE (aquela interface "bloated")? Jamais. Usuários Linux fazem questão demais de customizar suas áreas de trabalho ao invés de utilizar como vem por padrão. Não vemos usuários de Mac ou Windows perdendo tempo com isso. Outro ponto que me fez sair do KDE é a incapacidade dos aplicativos oficiais de agenda de conectarem à conta do Google. Testei em 2025 com o Debian 13 e o KDE Neon, e nada de funcionar.
É pra acabar...
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This time the upgrade was successful. Note to me: don’t trust GNOME software to do the upgrade correctly.
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This time the upgrade was successful. Note to me: don’t trust GNOME software to do the upgrade correctly.
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Pro Tip™ from @pwithnall for #FreeDesktop app developers: if you want your application to be easily found in the GNOME Software app center store, you need to add "keyword" metadata fields to complement your app's name and tagline. The "description" metadata field is not used for searching!
Some examples:
* https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/merge_requests/665
* https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/merge_requests/205
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/homebank/+bug/2132224
* https://github.com/flathub/org.libreoffice.LibreOffice/issues/355 -
Pro Tip™ from @pwithnall for #FreeDesktop app developers: if you want your application to be easily found in the GNOME Software app center store, you need to add "keyword" metadata fields to complement your app's name and tagline. The "description" metadata field is not used for searching!
Some examples:
* https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/merge_requests/665
* https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/merge_requests/205
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/homebank/+bug/2132224
* https://github.com/flathub/org.libreoffice.LibreOffice/issues/355 -
So, what's going on when Gnome Software says there's 2 runtime-thingies available for update, while Bazaar says there's 5? And when I do the 2 in Software, Bazaar says there's now suddenly just 1?
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So, what's going on when Gnome Software says there's 2 runtime-thingies available for update, while Bazaar says there's 5? And when I do the 2 in Software, Bazaar says there's now suddenly just 1?
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"This is not happening, please stop demanding my time to re-explain decisions which have already been made."
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/issues/2909#note_2589143
Where is that explained?
Not here:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/issues/1817#note_1494467
For my understanding that is not a real explanation.
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"This is not happening, please stop demanding my time to re-explain decisions which have already been made."
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/issues/2909#note_2589143
Where is that explained?
Not here:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/issues/1817#note_1494467
For my understanding that is not a real explanation.
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@VildaVedo AFAIK, this is not specific to fedora, but the way #GnomeSoftware handle system updates. I have the same behavior if I update system packages via Gnome Software in #debian, and it’s also the behaviour in #SolusLinux since they migrated to Gnome Software.
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Hey, seems to me like someone has done some great work on Gnome Software lately!
On my 49.beta-42 now, I'm actually able to launch a newly installed app before the screen reloads! And it reloads much faster than before!
No idea why it still reloads at all, though, but hey, I appreciate the improvement! Thanks, hackers!
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Hey, seems to me like someone has done some great work on Gnome Software lately!
On my 49.beta-42 now, I'm actually able to launch a newly installed app before the screen reloads! And it reloads much faster than before!
No idea why it still reloads at all, though, but hey, I appreciate the improvement! Thanks, hackers!
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I was hoping to see that sort of functionality directly in #GNOMESoftware when applying system updates that don't touch the kernel, but it seems some piece of the puzzle is missing here (maybe a hybrid of #systemd's "soft-reboot" and #DNF's "system-upgrade"): https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/issues/2427
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I was hoping to see that sort of functionality directly in #GNOMESoftware when applying system updates that don't touch the kernel, but it seems some piece of the puzzle is missing here (maybe a hybrid of #systemd's "soft-reboot" and #DNF's "system-upgrade"): https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/issues/2427
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@razze If you have #gnomeos, can you please try adding the #flathub repo with the #floss subset using a #flatpakrepo file?
On fedora 42 with #gnomesoftware 48.3, it adds the entire unfiltered repo, while adding it on the command line works.
The point is to create an easy way for nontechies to add flathub-floss by just opening a flatpakrepo file in gnome software, without using the terminal.
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@razze If you have #gnomeos, can you please try adding the #flathub repo with the #floss subset using a #flatpakrepo file?
On fedora 42 with #gnomesoftware 48.3, it adds the entire unfiltered repo, while adding it on the command line works.
The point is to create an easy way for nontechies to add flathub-floss by just opening a flatpakrepo file in gnome software, without using the terminal.
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Nothing personally against #Bazaar, but it needs lot of work on the UX side of things.
Feature parity doesn't mean nothing if when I install an app from search the app disrupts the search.
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Nothing personally against #Bazaar, but it needs lot of work on the UX side of things.
Feature parity doesn't mean nothing if when I install an app from search the app disrupts the search.
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Very excited by the upcoming #GNOMESoftware release, as it solves the high RAM usage issue that occurred while in the background (it will now shrink back to ~100 MB instead of growing to multiple hundreds of MBs of RAM due to memory heap fragmentation): https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/issues/941#note_2417546
Coming to you in #GNOME 48.2 near the end of May! 😎
Thanks to Owen Chiaventone (a total newcomer to @gnome !) for profiling and providing a patch to solve the issue, & @pabloyoyoista + @pwithnall for reviewing & merging!
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Very excited by the upcoming #GNOMESoftware release, as it solves the high RAM usage issue that occurred while in the background (it will now shrink back to ~100 MB instead of growing to multiple hundreds of MBs of RAM due to memory heap fragmentation): https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/issues/941#note_2417546
Coming to you in #GNOME 48.2 near the end of May! 😎
Thanks to Owen Chiaventone (a total newcomer to @gnome !) for profiling and providing a patch to solve the issue, & @pabloyoyoista + @pwithnall for reviewing & merging!
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@alextecplayz @cassidy
- In my usage #DejaVuBackup & #PikaBackups both work very well. #Celeste too for syncing files with #Nextcloud- Everything #AppManager does is possible w/ #Flatseal, #GnomeSoftware, & opening #flatpak manifests or specific to #Android activities, which are loosely analogous to #DBus services, which #DSpy works well for.
- Never used #Gemini, but #Alpaca works super well with communicating w/ #LLMs via #Ollama. Would make for an awesome #GNOME #SearchProvider
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@alextecplayz @cassidy
- In my usage #DejaVuBackup & #PikaBackups both work very well. #Celeste too for syncing files with #Nextcloud- Everything #AppManager does is possible w/ #Flatseal, #GnomeSoftware, & opening #flatpak manifests or specific to #Android activities, which are loosely analogous to #DBus services, which #DSpy works well for.
- Never used #Gemini, but #Alpaca works super well with communicating w/ #LLMs via #Ollama. Would make for an awesome #GNOME #SearchProvider
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Finally, an explanation for #GNOMESoftware's slow scrolling when browsing apps! Thanks to @kdwk for finding out that it only happens when the mouse is over the items instead of "in the margin on the side"…
The fact that it is hundreds of times slower, however, was a rather unexpected finding :blobsweats:
I added some #Sysprof performance profiles to this ticket: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/issues/2172
I wonder whether it's #GTK, the pixbufs, or something else in the #GNOME graphics stack 🤔
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Finally, an explanation for #GNOMESoftware's slow scrolling when browsing apps! Thanks to @kdwk for finding out that it only happens when the mouse is over the items instead of "in the margin on the side"…
The fact that it is hundreds of times slower, however, was a rather unexpected finding :blobsweats:
I added some #Sysprof performance profiles to this ticket: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/issues/2172
I wonder whether it's #GTK, the pixbufs, or something else in the #GNOME graphics stack 🤔
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There's been recently some confusion in #postmarketOS as GNOME Software is still on version 45. The main reason is that the simple plugin: https://github.com/Cogitri/gnome-software-plugin-apk we use for APK has not been updated to follow GNOME Software's library changes. If anybody is interested in helping with maintenance for that project, I can provide guidance and reviews, and we will all be very pleased!
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There's been recently some confusion in #postmarketOS as GNOME Software is still on version 45. The main reason is that the simple plugin: https://github.com/Cogitri/gnome-software-plugin-apk we use for APK has not been updated to follow GNOME Software's library changes. If anybody is interested in helping with maintenance for that project, I can provide guidance and reviews, and we will all be very pleased!
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@thomholwerda @tbernard @matt @allanday
For what it's worth, I have now filed a feature suggestion in the "Warehouse" #flatpak management app regarding the ability to manage extra languages for spellchecking & dictionaries, for those who use Warehouse as their primary tool: https://github.com/flattool/warehouse/issues/120I still think it would make sense to also have this in #GNOMESoftware and #KDEDiscover for the majority of people who use those.
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@thomholwerda @tbernard @matt @allanday
For what it's worth, I have now filed a feature suggestion in the "Warehouse" #flatpak management app regarding the ability to manage extra languages for spellchecking & dictionaries, for those who use Warehouse as their primary tool: https://github.com/flattool/warehouse/issues/120I still think it would make sense to also have this in #GNOMESoftware and #KDEDiscover for the majority of people who use those.
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On top of the performance optimizations that Milan has done in #GNOMESoftware some months ago, I'm proposing my one-liner search performance trick for the #GNOME software center app store thingy that people love to hate on #Linux, to reduce the jankiness and improve performance further for most practical purposes.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/merge_requests/2032 -
On top of the performance optimizations that Milan has done in #GNOMESoftware some months ago, I'm proposing my one-liner search performance trick for the #GNOME software center app store thingy that people love to hate on #Linux, to reduce the jankiness and improve performance further for most practical purposes.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/merge_requests/2032 -
CW: Heavily WIP Flatpak Shenanigans
#GNOME #Software #Flatpak shenanigans because I'm bored and the existing manifest (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/blob/main/contrib/org.gnome.SoftwareDevel.json) hasn't been touched in a year...
Things I wanna test (right now):
- System Updates/Offline UpdateSome things I have tested:
- Installing Flatpaks (desktop entries don't link to` /usr/bin/flatpak` or `/app/bin/flatpak`, just `flatpak`)
- Enabling/Disabling Fedora/DNF reposIssues noticed:
- You can't open Flatpak apps from Software
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Im just trying out @gnome 46 on #Fedora #Silverblue #Rawhide and I really like how the performance improved for #GnomeSoftware. The speed improvement for loading categories is massive.
Thanks for the work, #GNOME devs!
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Im just trying out @gnome 46 on #Fedora #Silverblue #Rawhide and I really like how the performance improved for #GnomeSoftware. The speed improvement for loading categories is massive.
Thanks for the work, #GNOME devs!
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First time I tried updating my #Debian system via #GnomeSoftware and oh wow, I really need to set up #Plymouth so the progress report will look halfway decent
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First time I tried updating my #Debian system via #GnomeSoftware and oh wow, I really need to set up #Plymouth so the progress report will look halfway decent
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How To Fix ‘Failed To Update Metadata For Lvfs’ Error In Linux #Gnomesoftware #Debian #Linux #Linuxtroubleshooting #Linuxhowto
https://ostechnix.com/failed-to-update-metadata-for-lvfs/ -
How To Fix ‘Failed To Update Metadata For Lvfs’ Error In Linux #Gnomesoftware #Debian #Linux #Linuxtroubleshooting #Linuxhowto
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@gnome Software is one of the best #Linux software centers in terms of UI and features. It has the option to choose package format, view app screenshots, description, ratings, download size, permissions, whether the app is open source or not and many more. The only drawback is the long (re)loading time which can be quite annoying sometimes.
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@gnome Software is one of the best #Linux software centers in terms of UI and features. It has the option to choose package format, view app screenshots, description, ratings, download size, permissions, whether the app is open source or not and many more. The only drawback is the long (re)loading time which can be quite annoying sometimes.
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@abstrm Good point, I did notice #GnomeSoftware being really slow from time to time. I'm curious if the efforts in profiling and fixing threading will make it more usable in the future.
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I look forward to seeing the completed PR for Gnome Software with the Open Source software only filter. 😁
It will be a big improvement brought by Gnome 44 and going back to promoting all the great Free Software available instead of the often insecure and buggy closed source alternatives. 💪
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/merge_requests/1515
#gnome #gnome44 #opensource #freesoftware #foss #license #gnomesoftware
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I look forward to seeing the completed PR for Gnome Software with the Open Source software only filter. 😁
It will be a big improvement brought by Gnome 44 and going back to promoting all the great Free Software available instead of the often insecure and buggy closed source alternatives. 💪
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/merge_requests/1515
#gnome #gnome44 #opensource #freesoftware #foss #license #gnomesoftware
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If you’re seeing apps in the Updates tab of GNOME Software in Fedora Silverblue and a Download button that does nothing; it’s a known issue and a fix has been submitted for it.
https://github.com/fedora-silverblue/issue-tracker/issues/358
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/merge_requests/1502
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Also, excellent first-run GNOME Software experience on Fedora Silverblue 37. Had about 28 updates listed, everything installed beautifully (with lovely row slide/disappear animations for installed apps).
(There were first-run issues with GNOME Software on Fedora Silverblue 36.)
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That ‘Unofficial’ Snap Store Could Become More Official
If you read my post about the ‘unofficial’ Snap Store for Ubuntu (and why I think it’s better than the actual Snap Store for Ubuntu) I’ve got an interesting update. Switching to the preview/edge channel for the official Ubuntu Snap Store — Snap Store is the GNOME Software fork Ubuntu ships with, with the Flatpak goodness stripped out and Snap stuff bolted on — now installs the unofficial without-a-name Flutter-based store. It seems the unofficial Snap Store is set to become the official Snap Store! Is that surprising? As noted on Reddit, the community-based, Flutter-built, PackageKit-leveraging Snap Store looks, feels, :sys_more_orange:
#Dev #News #Flutter #GnomeSoftware #SnapStore:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/09/that-unofficial-snap-store-could-become-more-official