This weekend is a great time to grab a new tool, try a leaner workflow, and give your desktop a fresh coat of paint.
New in Showcase
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Sway 1.12 Released with HDR10 on Vulkan shared by @hydn
A big release for Wayland tiling fans with HDR10 via the Vulkan renderer, individual window capture, display manager support, and fewer hard blocks on unsupported GPUs. -
Tired of GDebi crashing? I built a lightweight, visual wrapper for local .deb installs! by @cybermaxpower
A Zenity frontend that streams dpkg output in real time so local .deb installs get a clean progress bar without pulling in a full software center. -
Fail2ban-ui: Fail2Ban UI is a swissmade web interface shared by @hydn
A lightweight web UI for managing Fail2ban jails and bans from your browser instead of the command line. -
Rainbow moth (color picker) by @Halano
A native Linux color picker with rgb, hex, and xrgb output that focuses on speed and simplicity.
Active & Updated
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[Go] cert-checker — v1.3 was tagged this week, so if you rely on it for TLS expiration checks, grab the new release.
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Laser - A simple CD ripping application — author clarified current builds target aarch64 and x86_64, not 32-bit systems.
Desktops, Rices & Setups
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@Neffscape shared their setup — MATE with Compiz and minimal animations for a smooth, refined look.
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@tkn shared their setup — a tidy media center profile that shows off a clean HTPC config.
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@ClaudioDC shared their setup — linked the original EndeavourOS Mars artwork on DeviantArt for a crisp wallpaper swap.
Share your own project, update your showcase thread, or drop a rice in the desktop tags so we can feature it before next Saturday.
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