GTK

Yeah.

So yeah, I, I was just thinking, uh, um, as far as Butterbean is concerned, you know, I have Timeshift, and you can use Timeshift GTK or you can use Timeshift CLI, both of which will work fine and both, uh, serve a purpose.

But I probably use the GTK application more than I use the CLI.

Yeah, I mean, I, I do that.

The other thing that I, uh, have scripted out is, um, do I use the nmcli for network ma- uh, or the NM-TUI, and I usually use something like more graphic for, uh, network management, you know, uh, a network connection editor of some kind.

The macOS version... stays, it will stay under their control, that's the one they're focusing their efforts on, they already distributed it and they already made some money with it.

Now it is a bit disappointing, I had some hopes for that browser because it was the only one that looked like a Linux application using GTK and Libidwaiter and that was cool that we're stuck with browsers that look nothing like our desktops which is a bit annoying Hopefully in that code there are some things that could be useful as a building block maybe for Epiphany, GNOME web or other webkit based browsers.

I do think we need more engines than Gecko and Blink so having something working on that would be neat.

I'll be looking at Servo then I guess.

That's cool.

Last on my library watch, there was a really interesting library that just dropped called GTKX that lets you build Linux desktop applications using React, which kind of is like a vibe, kind of like a React native vibe.

But yeah, it's maybe something to go check out.

Yeah, that's fun.

up.

It showed up a year with GTK3 as its base after GTK4 was released.

So about GTK5 will actually see a GTK4 version.

Alright, that's funny shit.

Started just kicking the tires and we built up this program that a lot of people know of called the GIMP.

And along with the GIMP, I did a lot of the graphics library, GTK.

This has since evolved just massively since then.

It's kind of interesting because after college, I kind of stepped away from it.

But now I had a new build where instead of this weird custom UI that Micropolis had, I had a very simple...

Very easy to theme GTK-based UI.

Very simple, right? And it looked good.

And I gave it a few instructions.

Go watch that if you want to learn more about it.

With a small errata to add on top of that video, which I've already added in the pinned comment of it, which is that disks, GNOME disks, does not ship in its GTK4 form in GNOME 51.

It was listed in the early release notes that I had access to, and it was provided in GNOME OS, so I assumed this was the version they were going for, but apparently, no, it's going to be delayed.

Now apart from that, you have a ton of updates to the applications GNOME ships, you've got better frame pacing in GTK and the GNOME Shell, the reduced motion toggle does something now, you can also set custom mouse pointer acceleration profiles through Deconf, you don't have a GUI in the settings to handle it, you can also disable the touchpad when a mouse is plugged in, You have a bunch of login methods supported in the login manager, including pass keys, smart cards, and web login.

For the week of September 13th, 2026, here's the Linux and open source news.

GTK 4.24 is out.

Shotwell 33 is now available.

OpenSUSE's Agamma installer has announced version 24.