Software: IG:dm, GRV, Home Assistant, KEXI, Karton, GNOME 3.28 Imminent
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IG:dm – A Desktop Client for Sending Instagram Direct Messages
Not too long ago we released an article on an unofficial Instagram desktop app for Linux, Ramme. Awesome app; except that you are still limited to sending direct messages with your phone’s Instagramm app. Today, we bring good news to you in the form of IG:dm.
IG:dm is a free, unofficial Instagram desktop client with which you can send direct Instagram messages from your desktop.
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GRV – A Tool for Viewing Git Repositories in Linux Terminal
GRV (Git Repository Viewer) is a free open-source and simple terminal-based interface for viewing git repositories. It provides a way to view and search refs, commits, branches and diffs using Vi/Vim like key bindings. It’s behavior and style can be easily customized through a configuration file.
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Home Assistant 0.65: Rename entities, new filter sensor, UpCloud and Channels
Release 0.65 has arrived and oh boy, is it awesome. First off, in case you have missed the previous release notes and announcements: Starting with this release, Home Assistant has dropped support for Python 3.4. The minimum supported version is now Python 3.5.3. If you are on Hass.io or Docker, you’ll automatically be running the latest and greatest. If you’re on an older Hassbian installation or did your own Linux setup you’ll need to upgrade to at least Python 3.5.3.
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KEXI 3.1 Released As Open-Source/Free Alternative To Microsoft Access
...over 200 bug fixes and more comprising this new KDE software package release.
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Karton 1.0 Released For Running Linux Programs on macOS & Other Distros/Architectures
Karton is a Docker-based solution for running Linux programs on macOS or other Linux distributions as well as different architectures.
Karton makes use of Docker in making it easy to deploy a Linux distribution and then what package(s) to install and then what directories to make available to the host operating system. Karton makes the containers semi-persistent and easy to handle for a smooth experience short of configuring Docker yourself.
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Karton 1.0
By using Docker, Karton manages semi-persistent containers with easy to use automatic folder sharing and lots of small details which make the experience smooth. You shouldn’t notice you are using command line programs from a different OS or distro.
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GNOME 3.28 Is Being Released This Next Week With Many Features & Improvements
Assuming no last minute snafu, the GNOME 3.28 desktop environment will see its official release happen on 14 March, incorporating the past six months worth of improvements to this open-source desktop stack.
There have been many improvements to GNOME 3.28, many of the changes we find most exciting have been outlined below.
- Improvements to the Wayland support have continued with the Mutter compositor becoming quite solid with its Wayland support with additions this cycle like the GTK text input protocol and XWayland keyboard grabbing. When Mutter is acting as a Wayland compositor, among other changes, it now supports GBM with modifiers to support tiling and compression of scanout surfaces.
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