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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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The GNOME Foundation is thrilled to announce the GNOME project is receiving €1M from the Sovereign Tech Fund to modernize the platform, improve tooling and accessibility, and support features that are in the public interest.

This investment will fund the following projects until the end of 2024:

Improve the current state of accessibility

Design and prototype a new accessibility stack

Encrypt user home directories individually

Modernize secrets storage

Increase the range and quality of hardware support

Invest in Quality Assurance and Developer Experience

Expand and broaden freedesktop APIs

Consolidate and improve platform components

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Cool. Now how about image thumbnail in the file picker. I mean seriously...

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't this fixed finally a while ago? I swear i read somewhere it was.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Already done like a couple of releases ago.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Btw, why is filepicker a toolkit thing and not something the user can choose or switch out?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If the program uses xdg-desktop-portal, the file picker isn't provided by the toolkit but by your desktop / portal implementation.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, i mean outside of that. General Gtk and Qt applications.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Outside of that the toolkit's file picker is used, as the system doesn't seem to provide one (via the portal), so the only reasonable fallback is to show the file picker that you know is there, which is the one of the application's toolkit.