The system monitor is updated to GTK4, the most notable news this week in GNOME

GTK4 and Qt6 have been available in the form of a stable version for some time, but different projects, such as GNOME and KDE, do not usually risk getting their fingers caught and give the libraries leeway before implementing it in their desktops and software. It is now, or for a few months now, that everyone (except GIMP...) is uploading the software to new versions, both main projects and third-party developers, and there are more and more applications that use GTK4.

This week, GNOME has uploaded its system monitor to use the fourth version of GTK (header capture). An important part of his effort was focused on not touching anything that worked, and making the design look as similar as possible to what we had been using until now. There are improvements that are visible, but everything will be familiar to us. This has arrived with enough time so that it can be tested and find possible bugs before releasing the stable version.

This week in GNOME

• Webfont Kit Generator 1.1.0 has been released. It includes some improvements to its design and has been updated to use the GNOME 45 style. The application is in maintenance mode, but this version brings some small additions. Their Google Fonts importer now allows the use of CSS API v1 urls, which means that if you have an old url, you can import it without having to go back to Google Fonts. Base64 support has also been added, so you can now embed the fonts in the generated CSS file.

• Warp 0.6 has arrived with a redesigned QR code view and updated to use GNOME 45 styling and widgets.

• Share Preview 0.4.0 has arrived with two new services for previewing, Discourse and LinkedIn. The ability to open multiple instances of the app has also been added and minor cosmetic improvements have been made.

• Eyedropper 1.0.0 is the largest release to date, including:
  • Visual feedback when entering a color format.
  • Possibility of entering all formats.
  • Ability to search for colors in the summary of activities.
  • Choice of file format when exporting palettes.
  • Export of palettes for LibreOffice.
  • Updated design.
  • Show only unique colors.
  • Fixed bugs.
• EarTag 0.5.0 has introduced:
  • The cover button has been expanded to allow changing both the front and back covers. You now also have an option to remove the file cover art.
  • The “Identify Selected Files” dialog has been redesigned and now pulls data from MusicBrainz based on the tags present, not just AcoustID fingerprints. Also try to find the right version of a track instead of selecting the first best one.
  • The user interface now uses the new libadwaita 1.4 widgets, thus adapting to the new style of the application.

• Commit 4.1 has brought back spell checking thanks to libspelling.

• Chess Clock 0.6.0:
  • New alert sounds when a player's timer runs out. If desired, they can be silenced through the menu.
  • The window better accommodates vertical aspect ratios and large screen sizes, allowing for better compatibility with tablets.

• Apostrophe was uploaded to GTK4 weeks ago, and in the process a complete toolbar was implemented. Allows you to format text and enter common markup elements.
• Cambalache 0.16.0 has focused on using GNOME 45 with all the good things about GTK and Adwaita 1.4.
• GstPipelineStudio 0.3.4 has arrived fixing bugs.
• Language Dictionary has received an update with aesthetic tweaks.

• The Cairo 2D rendering library has released its first stable version after five years of development. Among the new features of version 1.8, the following stand out:
  • Support for COLR fonts and the DWrite backend on Windows.
  • Performance improvements in macOS.
  • Blur options for image surfaces.
  • A completely new build system, using Meson, for increased portability and speed, plus many, many bug fixes, documentation and compilation. You can get the new version on the Cairo website.
• Upscaler 1.2 has arrived with a new icon, drag and drop support, new keyboard shortcuts, labels for assistive technologies, improved support for high contrast and support for WebP, among other new features.

• Bavarder 1.0 has arrived with a totally new interface with a multichat mode that works on desktop and mobile.

• Ticket Booth is a new application to control the tracking of the movies and series that we want to see. More information.

• Initial release of Snoop, a user interface tool for searching through our files. It also offers an extension for Nautilus to launch it directly from a folder and search it.

• Parabolic v2023.9.1 has arrived with this list of new features:
  • Added an option to disable embedding subtitles in a file and instead download them in a separate file.
  • Added the ability to specify “all” in the subtitle language list to download all available languages.
  • Fixed an issue where empty subtitles were sometimes embedded.
  • Fixed an issue where arte.tv links were not being validated due to a yt-dlp update.
  • If subtitle embedding fails, Parabolic will automatically save them to separate files.
  • Improved the display of Parabolic progress in the taskbar (dock).
  • Translations updated.
• GDM Settings v4-beta0:
  • New UI style.
  • Support for GNOME 45.
  • Option to adjust the background image.
  • Support for high contrast mode in GDM.
  • The application window can now be dragged from anywhere now.
  • New graphical error message.
• Flat Seal 2.1.0 arrives with visual tweaks, improved performance, support for a new permission, and fixes.
• Extensions: Transmission Daemon Indicator NG and default workspaces have been updated to GNOME 45. extensions.gnome.org now supports donation keys liberapay y opencollective.

And that, not a little, has been all this week in GNOME

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