juillet 2017

juillet 05, 2017

It’s now even easier to find Snap apps in Ubuntu Software.
The latest stable update to Ubuntu Software in Ubuntu 17.04 (and up) ships with a number of Snap friendly improvements, including spotlighting a selection of Snap apps under the ‘Editor’s Picks‘ section on the home page of the software store app.
‘Featured Snaps’ are mixed in with regular upstream GNOME recommendations. The exact metric(s) that determines which apps snag a spot here isn’t one I know, so if you do please sate my curiosity in the comments!
Not that you’ll be able to tell the Snap apps from the regular archive suggestions — but that’s by design as the backend is not the sell, the app is.
These are the Snap apps listed under editor’s picks

Aside from making it easier for popular Snap apps to be discovered by users launching the Ubuntu Software app the latest stable update also improves the presentation of some Snap app listings in the store itself.
Specifically, Snaps without icons (including CLI tools like Emoj) don’t show up in the ‘Installed‘ section of the app store but do show up in search, creating confusion and making it a little harder to perform software management tasks.
Not so as in the latest release; Snap apps now show up reliably in the appropriate places, as intended.
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juillet 05, 2017

A new version of KeePassXC, the community-driven fork of password manager KeePassX is out, and it unlocks a boatload of new features.
Janek Bevendorff, announcing the release of KeePassXC 2.2.0, says the update has “lots of new features and bug fixes in a well-rounded release.”
Among those new features you’ll find:
  • Time-based one-time passwords (TOTP) generator
  • Diceware password generator
  • YubiKey challenge-response/2FA support
  • CSV database import
  • Command Line Interface (CLI)
  • Portable mode with the config file residing in the same directory as the application
  • Single-instance mode
  • Extended ascii support in password generator
  • Automatic database locking when you lock your desktop session
  • New welcome screen when no database is loaded
“[KeePassXC] 2.2.0 is by far the biggest KeePassXC release so far and we thank all contributors who have made this amazing release possible,” Bevendorff adds.
KeePassXC is a fork of the password manager app KeePassX, which is itself is a port of the Windows-specific KeePass.

Download & Install KeePassXC on Ubuntu


KeePassXC is available to download and install on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions using a variety of different methods, including an AppImage and Snap app.
The latter of these is the recommended way to install KeePassXC on Ubuntu. You can install the KeePassXC 2.2.0 Snap app through the command line or through Ubuntu Software:

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juillet 05, 2017 ,

KDE users keen wanting to get a taste of GNOME Shell’s Activities Overview can now do so thanks to a new project.
qOverview is a dashboard “inspired by” GNOME’s Activities. It’s written in QML and has a Python backend, which means it should be able to run on pretty much any modern desktop environment, including KDE Plasma.
Writing on Reddit the project dev, Bharadwaj Raju, explains: “apparently quite a lot of people miss GNOME’s Activities overview in Plasma. I thought I could have a try at making a replacement.”
The Github page for the project says that “every feature of GNOME Activities is provided except drag-and-drop windows to workspaces [and] a more natural layout for the windows”.
A keyboard shortcut can be assigned to trigger qOverview, as can a screen ‘hot corner’, to further emulate the UX model of GNOME Shell.
Want to try it?
It’s still very much early days for the project. To try it out you’ll need to install a stack of dependencies and be comfortable running and configuring the app from the command line.
Regardless of whether you appreciate the intent or not qOverView is nonetheless a great demonstration of the versatility and adaptability of various open-source technologies and desktop environments.
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