Xfce 4.14pre1 released!
Good news everyone, finally the first pre-release of the long-awaited Xfce4.14 is here! \o/
Some highlights
Note: A lot has happened since Xfce 4.12 was released four years ago and this announcement only covers the changes that were included in the latest development releases dubbed as Xfce 4.14pre1. Also, we have noticed some confusion by people or news outlets that seem to mistake xfdesktop for the “Xfce Desktop Environment”¹. The comprehensive changelog will be provided with the Xfce 4.14 final release, but here go some select highlights that were released in the last week (chosen subjectively by the author). xfce4-session Most notably the so-called FailSafeSession (which is the default session for every user that doesn’t specifically save a session) has been fixed to use startup priority groups. Previously xfce4-session started all applications at once, leading to all kinds of race conditions (unthemed xfce4-panel, multiple instances of nm-applet etc.). Now xfce4-session launches only all applications per priority group at once, leading to a much more controlled session start. Several UI improvements have also landed as well as allowing users to trigger scripts on logout, restart, suspend etc. Finally it’s worth mentioning that we decided to drop the splash screens.
xfwm4
Lots of improvements to vertical blanking support have been added, including a switch to GLX as default method. Furthermore the support of Gtk+3’s window scaling feature – aka HiDPI support – has received many fixes.
Also, lots of other bugfixes (and a new default theme).
xfce4-settings
A new colord frontend has been added to xfce4-settings, meaning you can now manage the color profiles you created. Furthermore the display profile functionality has been improved and expanded, ensuring a more flicker- and frickle-free experience when changing display setups frequently.
xfce4-panel
Most notably a bug with (semi-)transparent background images was fixed.
Other components
Many of the other components have seen mostly bugfix releases, but in any case, we have to keep some stuff for the final announcement of Xfce 4.14, right? 
Each of the core components (aka everything listed in the xfce group here) has very recently had a release that has been tagged as xfce-4.14pre1 (in addition to the normal release tag). As an example, for xfwm4 4.14pre1 corresponds to xfwm4-4.13.2.
These additional tags shall help packagers who want to provide a testing environment with a quick and reliable way to get all core components in the correct versions. The full version table is available here (with hyperlinks to the respective git tags).
Where can you get it?
It’s probably worth mentioning that several major Linux distributions (Fedora, Xubuntu etc) have already decided to ship Xfce 4.13 components, so you can expect to find a lot of Xfce 4.14pre1 in their next releases. (For Xubuntu specifically the packages will show up in the
(Or through bountysource.)
Next steps
Our next very obvious step is Xfce 4.14pre2, which is scheduled for June 30, and after that the – optional, depending on overall stability – Xfce4.14pre3. Feel free to check out our roadmap page for more detailed infos! (Also, if you’re wondering what the pre-releases mean feel free to take a peek into our release model.)¹ The Xfce Desktop Environment is a collection of components of which xfdesktop is one. Xfdesktop is the 'desktop manager' and as such mostly responsible for setting a background image ("wallpaper") or color and drawing icons on the desktop.
Xubuntu 19.04: The Exhaustive Update
Xubuntu 19.04 “Disco Dingo” is just around the corner. It features numerous updates and an updated snapshot of Xfce 4.14 development. If you want to see all the changes, you’ve come to the right place!
What’s New?
Click here for a complete list of package changes.
Changes to the Xubuntu Packageset
Orage and Quick Launcher, Gone!
- Orage Calendar is no longer included. This decision comes following a team vote during the November community meeting.
- Xfce Quick Launcher Plugin has been removed from the Debian and Ubuntu archives due to it no longer being supported.
AptURL Now Included!
AptURL provides an easy way to link to and install packages from the repositories. It supports most browsers and works without any additional configuration when installed. Anytime you see an apt:// link on the internet, just click and install. For example, why not install Super Tux Kart?
GIMP Returns!
It’s back! Not seen in Xubuntu since 15.04 “Vivid Vervet”, GIMP (GNU Image Manipulating Program), the powerful and feature-packed image editor has been added back to Xubuntu 19.04. While it has a bit of a learning curve, there’s a number of tutorials on gimp.org to get you up to speed.
LibreOffice Impress Has Finally Arrived!
With the addition of LibreOffice Impress, the Xubuntu office suite is now complete! Impress makes it possible for users to quickly and easily produce and present high-quality presentations. It comes with a number of great templates already installed, and hundreds more at the LibreOffice Extensions website.
Updates to Existing Components
This list will quickly highlight some of the biggest changes in each new update.
Atril Document Viewer (1.20.2-1 to 1.20.3-1)
- Support was added for RAR-compressed comic archives
- Files are now saved in the same path they are opened from
Catfish File Search (1.4.6-1 to 1.4.7-1)
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The classic layout returns to Xfce and Xubuntu. All documented URLs were replaced with HTTPS where possible
- The window layout now respects the current desktop environment, displaying Client Side Decorations (CSD) for desktops that prefer them and traditional titlebar layouts for all other desktops (Xfce #14486)
- Files can now be dragged from Catfish into other applications, copying or opening the file based on the target application (Xfce #14492)
- A number of performance improvements were made to guarantee a snappier, more efficient search
elementary Xfce Icon Theme (0.13.1-1 to 0.13.1-1ubuntu1)
- The icon theme now correctly inherits from the Adwaita icon theme, fixing some issues with KDE applications (LP #1787989)
Exo (0.12.2-1 to 0.12.4-1)
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Highlighting fixes are a welcome graphical improvement. The thumbnail directory was updated to align with other applications, reducing file duplication and speeding up the desktop (Xfce #14799)
- Improved icon view highlighting with GTK 3, with items now highlighted in the current theme’s selection color (Xfce #14971)
- Improved positioning of the icon view type-ahead search, the search overlay will now always be displayed on-screen (Xfce #14994)
Garcon (0.6.1-2 to 0.6.2-1)
- All application menu items are now rendered at the same size (Xfce #13785)
- Added support for the Keywords key in desktop entries (Xfce #10683)
- Added support for composite XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP variables (Xfce #14137)
Gigolo (0.4.2-2 to 0.4.91-0ubuntu1)
- Ported to GTK 3!
- Improved appearance of various dialogs
- Improved sizing for the icon view
Greybird GTK Theme (3.22.9-0ubuntu1 to 3.22.10-1)
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Even the print dialog looks better in Greybird! Improved appearance of the print dialog (GH #238) and Xfce Terminal’s tabs (GH #184)
- Improved margins and padding for the Xfce Panel’s Tasklist plugin (GH #240)
- Improved sizing of the Alt-Tab dialog (GH #224)
LibreOffice Elementary Style (1:6.1.2-0ubuntu1 to 1:6.2.2-0ubuntu2)
I feel like this update deserves a special mention. rizmut did an amazing job refreshing the elementary theme and making it consistent everywhere.
- Blurry icons are blurry no more
- Icons were updated to meet the elementary HIG
- Icons were made consistent between sizes, and a 32px size variant was added
- Numerous icons were added for various commands and menu options
- Support for the Notebookbar layout was vastly improved
MATE Calculator (1.20.2-1 to 1.20.3-1)
- Equations can now be entered using MathML
- Equations are copied from the calculator as ASCII text
Mugshot (0.4.0-1 to 0.4.1-1)
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Mugshot in the Setting Manager, where it belongs. Fixed loading of user-specified initials (LP #1574239)
- Fixed TypeError crash at startup (LP #1443283)
- Fixed FileNotFoundError crash when comparing profile images (LP #1771629)
- Added Mugshot to the Xfce Settings Manager, Personal Settings (LP #1698626)
Parole Media Player (1.0.1-1build1 to 1.0.2-0ubuntu1)
- Fixed various issues with disabling plugins (LP #1698540)
- Fixed play button sensitivity items are added to playlist (Xfce #13724, LP #1705243)
Ristretto Image Viewer (0.8.3-1 to 0.8.4-0ubuntu1)
- Fixed thumbnail generation (Xfce #13419)
- Fixed memory leak related to thumbnail generation (Xfce #12034)
- Fixed opening of PPM files (Xfce #14709)
- Added file size to the status bar (Xfce #14791)
Thunar (1.8.1-1 to 1.8.4-1ubuntu1)
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Skip the trash bin and delete files forever! Numerous crashes were fixed, making the file manager substantially more stable
- Fixed USB drives being mounted with root permissions (Xfce #14719)
- Fixed high CPU load when parent directories are not readable (Xfce #14900)
- The spinner will no longer keep spinning after the user cancels an unmount action (Xfce #14539)
- Fixed expansion of the “Create Document” submenu (LP #1822380)
- A new preference was added to open new Thunar instances as tabs (Xfce #13314)
- A new preference was added to enable the “Permanently Delete” option in the context menu (Xfce #13327)
- Ctrl + = was added as an alternative accelerator for Zoom In (Xfce #14586)
- Ctrl + PgUp / PgDown was added to switch tabs (Xfce #9585)
Thunar Archive Plugin (0.4.0-1 to 0.4.0-2)
- Support was added for the Engrampa Archive Manager (Debian #911370)
Thunar Volume Manager (0.8.1-2build1 to 0.9.1-1)
- Ported to GTK 3!
- Added support for Blu-Ray media (Xfce #13297)
- Automatic browsing of removable media now respects the default file manager (Xfce #9537)
- Notifications are now transient, reducing notification log spam
Xfce Application Finder (4.12.0-2ubuntu3 to 4.13.2-1)
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Without the category panel, things are much tidier! Ported to GTK 3!
- Menu items without a name are no longer displayed (Xfce #14655)
- Applications can now be launched by pressing Enter once (Xfce #14469)
- The Application Finder will no longer crash when toggling bookmarks (Xfce #14134)
- A new preference was added to hide the category panel (Xfce #14893)
- Searches are now fuzzy (Xfce #10393)
- Improved application sorting and keyboard navigation
Xfce Desktop (4.13.2-0ubuntu1 to 4.13.3-0ubuntu2)
- Added orientation option for icon arrangement (Xfce #14979)
- Added support for the RandR primary monitor (Xfce #10688)
- Added integration for the AccountsService wallpaper
- Fixed crash with monitor changes (Xfce #14609)
- Fixed icon size in the “Open With” submenu (Xfce #14774)
Xfce Dictionary (0.8.1-0ubuntu1 to 0.8.2-1)
- Crashes related to invalid URLs were resolved (Xfce #14786)
- Web search links are only displayed when URLs are valid
- The link tooltip is now escaped, fixing display issues
Xfce Notifications (0.4.2-0ubuntu3 to 0.4.3-1)
- The fadeout preference is now correctly displayed (LP #1763674)
Xfce Panel (4.13.3-1ubuntu1 to 4.13.4-1ubuntu1)
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Specify the maximum icon size for improved control. Added per-panel icon size preferences
- Numerous improvements to plugin display and sizing issues
- Added support for alternative menu editors, with MenuLibre as default (Xfce #11684)
- Fixed issues with clicking panel items at the top or left of the screen (LP #1795135)
- Fixed space reservation on the bottom and right of the screen (Xfce #14886)
- Fixed crashes in the Directory Menu plugin and when removing certain plugins (Xfce #14418)
- Fixed alignment of various plugin menus (Xfce #14803)
- Fixed display of the binary clock
Xfce Screenshooter (1.9.3-1 to 1.9.5-1)
- Added width and height to the region select overlay (Xfce #12664)
- Fixed delay functionality in the panel plugin (Xfce #14604)
- Fixed saving screenshots from the panel plugin (Xfce #15187)
- Improved Imgur upload results dialog (Xfce #14973)
- Improved support when XInput is not available (Xfce #15166)
- Improved support for HiDPI displays
Xfce Session (4.12.1-3ubuntu4 to 4.12.1-6ubuntu1)
- Replaced packaging recommendation on Xscreensaver with Light Locker (LP #1754872)
- Added support for MATE Screensaver and Xfce Screensaver
Xfce Settings (4.13.4-1ubuntu1 to 4.13.4-1ubuntu2)
- Fixed scrolling in the Settings Manager (LP #1653448)
Xfce System Load Plugin (1:1.2.1-0ubuntu1 to 1:1.2.2-1ubuntu1)
- Reworked preferences dialog (still functionally the same)
- The default update interval was updated to 0.5 seconds (Xfce #13536)
Xfce Task Manager (1.2.1-1 to 1.2.2-1)
- Builds now default to GTK 3, with GTK 2 being removed in the next release
- Improved UTF-8 normalization (Xfce #14172)
- Fixed crash when closing processes (Xfce #14466)
Xfce Terminal (0.8.7.4-0ubuntu1 to 0.8.7.4-2ubuntu1)
- Improved support for longer and more complex URLs
Xfce Weather Plugin (0.8.10-1build1 to 0.9.1-0ubuntu1)
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Now with an adaptive forecast background! Port to GTK 3!
- HTTPS is now used for all network connections (Xfce #13645)
- The latest Sunrise API (version 2.0) is now used (Xfce #14972)
- The displayed weather icon now respects the panel icon size
- Improved forecast background with both dark and light themes
- Improved spacing in the preference and forecast dialogs
Xfce Whisker Menu Plugin (2.2.1-1 to 2.3.1-1)
- Fixed crash when the menu is reloaded
- Fixed sidebar being wider than categories without icons
- Added buttons for individual logout commands (Xfce #14639)
- Added option to stay visible when focus is lost (Xfce #12240)
- Improved spacing in the preferences dialog (Xfce #14683)
Xubuntu Artwork (18.10.3 to 19.04)
- New desktop wallpaper for 19.04
- New release-agnostic wallpaper for Plymouth (see below tweet for a video)
With 19.04, #Xubuntu is back to a black boot background. This makes life a bit easier for the artwork team, while also making the boot process (boot/reboot -> GRUB -> Init) feel nice and clean. #discodingo pic.twitter.com/tvLs9qFEJF
— Sean Davis (@bluesabredavis) March 22, 2019
Xubuntu Default Settings (18.10.2 to 19.04.1)
- Added F4 accelerator to open a Terminal in Thunar (LP #1793395)
- Added Ctrl + Shift + F accelerator to open Catfish File Search from Thunar (LP #1793395)
- Added Shift + Print accelerator to capture a region screenshot (LP #1812234)
- Added GNOME/GTK 3 dconf keys for fonts (LP #1769774)
- Added support for startup notifications in Thunar’s custom actions (LP #1794118)
- The default inactivity mode is now set to Suspend on AC and Battery (LP #1768038)
Wrapping Up
You’re still here after all that, amazing! Excited about Xfce or Xubuntu, and want to help out? Share this post on your favorite social media and let everybody know how much you love our work. If you want to contribute (and anybody can, really!), check out the Xubuntu contributor documentation to learn how to get started.
Parole Media Player 1.0.2 Released
A new (more) stable version of the Xfce media player is now available! Parole 1.0.2 fixes several bugs and improves packaged releases for distributions.
What’s New?
Bug fixes. So… many… fixes!
Build Fixes
- Fixed compiler error -Wcast-function-type with GCC 8
- Fixed Appstream validation by removing <em></em> tags from translations (Xfce #14260)
- Resolved g_type_class_add_private warnings (Xfce #15014)
Playback
- Fixed play button sensitivity items are added to playlist (Xfce #13724, LP #1705243)
- Improved support for missing Gstreamer plugin installers (Xfce #14529)
Plugins Manager
- Fixed crash when opening files after disabling plugins (LP #1698540)
- Fixed disabling plugins enabled by distributions (e.g. MPRIS2 in Xubuntu)
- Fixed display of active/inactive plugins when reopening the Plugins Manager
Translation Updates
Albanian, Arabic, Asturian, Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia), Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian Bokmal, Occitan (post 1500), Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian
Downloads
Parole Media Player 1.0.2 will likely be included in Xubuntu 19.04 (we’ve uploaded it!). Other distributions will likely add it soon. If you can’t wait or want to install from source, download it below.
Source tarball (md5, sha1, sha256)
Parole Media Player 1.0.2 Released
What’s New?
Bug fixes. So… many… fixes!
Build Fixes
- Fixed compiler error -Wcast-function-type with GCC 8
- Fixed Appstream validation by removing <em></em> tags from translations (Xfce #14260)
- Resolved g_type_class_add_private warnings (Xfce #15014)
Playback
- Fixed play button sensitivity items are added to playlist (Xfce #13724, LP #1705243)
- Improved support for missing Gstreamer plugin installers (Xfce #14529)
Plugins Manager
- Fixed crash when opening files after disabling plugins (LP #1698540)
- Fixed disabling plugins enabled by distributions (e.g. MPRIS2 in Xubuntu)
- Fixed display of active/inactive plugins when reopening the Plugins Manager
Translation Updates
Albanian, Arabic, Asturian, Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia), Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian Bokmal, Occitan (post 1500), Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian
Downloads
Parole Media Player 1.0.2 is included in Xubuntu 19.04, with other distributions likely adding it soon. If you can’t wait or want to install from source, download it below.
Source tarball (md5, sha1, sha256)
Parole Media Player 1.0.2 Released
What’s New?
Bug fixes. So… many… fixes!
Build Fixes
- Fixed compiler error -Wcast-function-type with GCC 8
- Fixed Appstream validation by removing <em></em> tags from translations (Xfce #14260)
- Resolved g_type_class_add_private warnings (Xfce #15014)
Playback
- Fixed play button sensitivity items are added to playlist (Xfce #13724, LP #1705243)
- Improved support for missing Gstreamer plugin installers (Xfce #14529)
Plugins Manager
- Fixed crash when opening files after disabling plugins (LP #1698540)
- Fixed disabling plugins enabled by distributions (e.g. MPRIS2 in Xubuntu)
- Fixed display of active/inactive plugins when reopening the Plugins Manager
Translation Updates
Albanian, Arabic, Asturian, Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia), Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian Bokmal, Occitan (post 1500), Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian
Downloads
Parole Media Player 1.0.2 is included in Xubuntu 19.04, with other distributions likely adding it soon. If you can’t wait or want to install from source, download it below.
Source tarball (md5, sha1, sha256)
Xfce Screensaver 0.1.4 Released
Featuring numerous performance improvements and an improved low-power resource footprint, Xfce Screensaver 0.1.4 continues to improve screen locking on Xfce.
What’s New?
Features
- Added support for screen locking when the system goes to sleep (Xfce #15001), via a shared preference with Xfce Power Manager. A new configuration option, “Lock Screen with System Sleep” was added to the Screensaver Preferences dialog to accommodate this.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed password entry after forcefully grabbing input focus (Xfce #15042)
General
- Faster screen locking when activated
- Faster rendering of the authentication prompt
- Improved handling of monitor (dis-)connection events
- Improved screensaver and locking activation when idle
- Improved laptop lid support: The lock screen is now displayed immediately when the laptop lid is open, instead of requiring a wake event from the keyboard or mouse
- Improved low-power state: Screensavers are now suspended when monitors are powered off via DPMS (Debian #921835)
Translation Updates
Basque, Belarusian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Galician, Lithuanian, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish
Downloads
This is the second beta release of Xfce Screensaver. If you’re feeling adventurous, check it out and report bugs so we can continue building an awesome screen locking tool for Xfce.
Source tarball (md5, sha1, sha256)
Xfce Screensaver 0.1.4 Released
What’s New?
Features
- Added support for screen locking when the system goes to sleep (Xfce #15001), via a shared preference with Xfce Power Manager. A new configuration option, “Lock Screen with System Sleep” was added to the Screensaver Preferences dialog to accommodate this.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed password entry after forcefully grabbing input focus (Xfce #15042)
General
- Faster screen locking when activated
- Faster rendering of the authentication prompt
- Improved handling of monitor (dis-)connection events
- Improved screensaver and locking activation when idle
- Improved laptop lid support: The lock screen is now displayed immediately when the laptop lid is open, instead of requiring a wake event from the keyboard or mouse
- Improved low-power state: Screensavers are now suspended when monitors are powered off via DPMS (Debian #921835)
Translation Updates
Basque, Belarusian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Galician, Lithuanian, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish
Downloads
This is the second beta release of Xfce Screensaver. If you’re feeling adventurous, check it out and report bugs so we can continue building an awesome screen locking tool for Xfce.
Source tarball (md5, sha1, sha256)
Xfce Screensaver 0.1.4 Released
What’s New?
Features
- Added support for screen locking when the system goes to sleep (Xfce #15001), via a shared preference with Xfce Power Manager. A new configuration option, “Lock Screen with System Sleep” was added to the Screensaver Preferences dialog to accommodate this.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed password entry after forcefully grabbing input focus (Xfce #15042)
General
- Faster screen locking when activated
- Faster rendering of the authentication prompt
- Improved handling of monitor (dis-)connection events
- Improved screensaver and locking activation when idle
- Improved laptop lid support: The lock screen is now displayed immediately when the laptop lid is open, instead of requiring a wake event from the keyboard or mouse
- Improved low-power state: Screensavers are now suspended when monitors are powered off via DPMS (Debian #921835)
Translation Updates
Basque, Belarusian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Galician, Lithuanian, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish
Downloads
This is the second beta release of Xfce Screensaver. If you’re feeling adventurous, check it out and report bugs so we can continue building an awesome screen locking tool for Xfce.
Source tarball (md5, sha1, sha256)
Color profile support for Xfce
This year I had the chance of joining the FOSDEM conference again and as always it was great to meet up with other FLOSS enthusiasts.
It was also a good chance to meet with some Xfce folks (Harald, Florian) and sponsors (Volkan) and finally it was a good time to hack on stuff. This year I sat down with Florian in the evenings and invested some time into colord integration.
About colord
colord is – in short – a system service that enables you to manage, install and generate color profiles to accurately color manage input (webcams, scanners) and output devices (displays, printers). colord itself comes only with a commandline tool (colormgr), which is not great in terms of discoverability and usability. Both Gnome and KDE have already integrated colord support into both their settings dialogs and settings daemons, but in Xfce there was no easy way to achieve a color-managed session.
Status of the integration into Xfce
In order to enable people to set up color management I decided to start with the frontend. In theory you can already get a working setup in Xfce by relying on cupsd (for printers), saned (for scanners) and xiccd (for displays) and handling colord through the colormgr commandline tool.
What we managed at FOSDEM was still pretty rough but I took a few days (read: nights) and polished the dialog so it became more and more user friendly and the final product can be seen in the screenshot above.
The dialog enables you to:
- Enable/disable color management per device
- Add or import color profiles per device
- Enable a profile and set it as default
What it doesn’t do:
- calibration – you still have to use e.g. displaycal to calibrate your display
- show detailed profile information (like a horseshoe color diagram), you still have to use e.g. gcm-viewer for that
“So, that’s great – what else is missing?” I hear you ask. That’s quite simple: In short, we need to integrate the backend for colord into xfsettingsd so we don’t have to rely on xiccd anymore. While it seems to run stable here for me it’s yet another daemon, so xfsettingsd integration would definitely be a plus.
The cool thing about the frontend is however that everyone can already use it for printers and scanners, because those are natively supported already.
“When can I have this?” may be your reasonable follow-up question. I’m still ironing out small kinks (not too many hopefully) and I still have quite a bit of code cleanup ahead of me, but my current plan is to get this feature merged before we release Xfce 4.14, so the likelihood of it showing up in the next (or subsequent) development release of xfce4-settings is high. It then still depends on your Linux distribution whether the colord integration is included, because it’s a compile-time option (not every user/distro may want having to pull in colord, as it’s yet another service that’s running all the time).
Finally I’m not sure I’ll have time for the backend part in the very near future, so we’ll have to see about that. Luckily the dialog is useful even as it is.
In the meantime you can support me through friendly words, posting a bug bounty on colord backend integration or you can do some testing and provide me with feedback through checking out my branch, currently hosted on GitHub.
Catfish 1.4.7 Released
With tighter desktop integration, improved performance, and fixes for both old and new bugs, Catfish 1.4.7 makes desktop search faster and easier than ever.
What’s New?
General
- Cleaner, easier to read manpage contents
- Information about the
--pathcommand-line flag was added to help and the manpage--path=PATH Set the default search path
- Updated AppStream components to align with the latest specification
- Replaced project URLs with HTTPS where possible
Desktop Integration
- The window layout now respects the current desktop (Xfce #14486)
- A headerbar layout is used for Budgie, GNOME, and Pantheon
- All other desktops use the traditional titlebar layout
- This option can be overridden using the use-headerbar option
in the Catfish configuration file (~/.config/catfish/catfish.rc)
- Files can now be dragged into other applications (Xfce #14492)
- For file managers, the files will usually be copied to that location
- For other applications, the files will be opened by the application
Performance
- Thumbnails will now only be generated when the thumbnail view is active (Xfce #14689)
- Added /dev to list of standard excluded directories
- Files within /dev can still be searched if explicitly selected by the user
Bug Fixes
- Quoted search strings now allow for searching for specific phrases, instead of searching for actual quote characters (Xfce #14501)
- The file context menu can now be opened multiple times (Xfce #14621)
- Fix crash as startup when Catfish enables multi-file selection (LP #1753163)
Translation Updates
Albanian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia), French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian Nynorsk, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian
Downloads
Source tarball (md5, sha1, sha256)