When I moved to Linux, the 2006 Ubuntu aesthetic I used wasn't the best, but it did have visuals that I loved. For example, the jelly effect that made the windows shake or the Compiz Fusion, with which you could switch from one desktop to another in a very showy way, among other functions. All that was lost over the years, but lately GNOME is recovering much of what many liked so much.
It is the first thing they have mentioned in entry of This week in GNOME, specifically a update in Desktop-Cube extension with which we can now add background images and drag windows to adjacent workspaces. In fact, it draws so much attention that in the end I have decided to change the header capture of this post, so that the effect can be seen. Who would have said years ago that GNOME 3 would bring back these visual effects.
This week in GNOME
In addition to that update to the Desktop-Cube extension, this week we've also heard about:
- Audio Sharing has become part of the GNOME Circle.
- Pika Backup has improved the feeling of what is happening with your backup processes. The mechanism also provides the basis for implementing missing features, such as stopping scheduled backups if the connection in use becomes a counter or the computer runs on battery power for a while. Some of these features are already implemented.
- New SDK extension in the Vala compiler.
And that would be all this week in GNOME, if it weren't for the fact that they also told us that registration for the Linux App Summit that will take place at the end of April has already opened and because they have advanced that GNOME will participate again in the Google Summer of code. With the novelty in the Desktop Cube extension, I think we can leave it saying that "The good thing if brief twice good«.