TheEvilSkeleton

I am a transgender individual of Indian descent from Montréal, Canada.

I write articles and responses for educational purposes. I maintain Upscaler, Refine, and @usebottles, and develop GNOME Calendar and Settings. I'm a regular @FlatpakApps contributor and @gnome Foundation member.

Just a couple of warnings for those who are considering following me:
• For posts that I believe deserve serious attention and my own tech-related posts, I'll take the liberty of boosting them a few times over the course of a few days.
• I won't add any content warning for serious topics that are actionable.
• I am vocal about FOSS and real-world politics. If I notice unacceptable behavior from someone, I will likely call them or their behavior out in public. Expect drama. However, in return, please call me out of my unacceptable behavior.
• This might come to a surprise, but I have feelings. Expect rant posts.

Description of avatar: Chrome-chan smiling
Avatar by Princess Hingboi: https://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=3084434

Description of header: Psychedelic artwork of menacing, multicolored monsters
Header by Brock Hofer: https://brockhoferart.com/hyperbeast-6

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2025-03-22 15:53:52

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@nprofile…yzv0 A few questions I'd like to ask: 1. does my website's implementation distract and/or hurt you? 2. If so, can you use "Remove animation", "Reduced motion", or any equivalent preference?

2025-03-17 01:35:05

Wake up babe, @nprofile…lygg 3.0 was just tagged 👀
• https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/tree/GIMP_3_0_0?ref_type=tags
• https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/commit/9785099e5a0dcdc3011dd26c6c2e9b332d36c035
Efforts are underway to publish it on Flathub as well: https://github.com/flathub/org.gimp.GIMP/pull/399
#GIMP #GNOME

2025-03-11 20:06:29

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@nprofile…ln70 can you elaborate? I'm not sure I follow

2025-03-06 15:16:36

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Introducing Refine 0.5.0, the GNOME Tweaks alternative leveraging the data-driven and composition paradigms. This version re-adds the Document font option, and renames "Middle Click Paste" to "Middle Click to Paste Text" with an accompanying subtitle.
Thanks to @nprofile…mhru, 0.5.0 also adds the capability to rearrange the titlebar's window buttons. This new feature also lets you add the minimize and maximize buttons.
While we thoroughly tested right-to-left (RTL) direction and keyboard navigation with a screen reader, it's worth noting that we're no experts. We welcome feedback from those who use Refine in RTL and/or with a keyboard and screen reader.
You can get Refine 0.5.0 right now on Flathub.
If you would like to help fund projects like Refine, please consider looking at the donation channels at https://dir.floss.fund/view/funding/@tesk.page.
#Refine #GNOME #Flathub #GTK #GTK4 #Libadwaita
https://cache.treehouse.systems/media_attachments/files/114/116/112/226/319/335/original/35d71b69db9942d6.mp4

2025-03-01 15:23:18

Before cheering for PewDiePie and hoping for him to spread awareness for Linux, let's not forget that he once said the N slur on stream, paid people to hold up a sign written "Death to all Jews", and reconsidered donating to a charity that campaigns to stop hate speech against Jew people.*
https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-49686018
He's not the kind of person we want to be cheering for. His community is toxic and filled with Nazis. The last thing we want is to make the Linux desktop more accessible for those kinds of people, and less accessible for victims.
* I was made aware that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the organization which PewDiePie reconsidered donating to, has a fair share of controversies, ranging from genocide denial, Islamophobia, and anti-Palestinianism – see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Defamation_League#Reception_and_controversies . While PewDiePie unintentionally took the correct decision, his intentions were inherently ignorant.
I sincerely apologize for my ignorance, and I thank everybody who criticized this post.
#Nazism #Antisemitism #Racism #PewDiePie #Linux

2025-03-01 12:37:02

> Brave has done a fantastic job when it comes to marketing, but that's all it is: marketing.
https://www.xda-developers.com/brave-most-overrated-browser-dont-recommend/
Honestly, this is the best summary against Brave I found on the internet. The entire article is well written as well. Don't use Brave.

2025-02-07 02:12:47

Hey distribution packagers…
I communicated with a few people about my attitude and hostility towards distribution packagers. I want to apologize for poorly communicating my intents, generalization, and vagueness in the past. I want to take a moment to properly address my behavior and intention.
To clarify why I was purposefully vague all this time, it was to avoid drama with Fedora, but I hadn't realized that doing so would come at the cost of upsetting everybody else – again, I apologize for being ignorant and insensitive.
I'm not against distribution packaging, even though I've repeatedly miscommunicated that. What I'm against is those packaging improperly, utterly failing to serve their target audience, and worsening the reputation of those who have no control over it, without taking responsibility of their own actions.
In the case of @nprofile…6zjw, the only distribution that had been remarkably difficult to work with was @nprofile…05jc, specifically the packagers.
The package provided by Fedora Linux keeps breaking one way or another, but because Fedora Workstation and Fedora KDE are somewhat marketed and targeted towards newcomers, users are more inclined to believe that we, the developers, are responsible for the bad experience. These users are misled into thinking that any problem with the package is a bug within Bottles, because they're simply not aware of the distribution model, nor are they aware of the legal and technical limitations of the tools Fedora packagers use. They report those issues to us, in hope to make the software better, but then they realize that the issues don't exist in the app.
Even worse, the bug reporting platform Fedora uses, Red Hat Bugzilla, is unnecessarily difficult to use, especially for a newcomer. I used to report issues directly to developers just to avoid using Bugzilla, and I'm sure many people have felt the same way. I'm not proud of it, but it's the harsh reality.
Moreover, because of 1. the extremely misleading representation of the package, 2. newcomers’ assumptions that every package is provided by the developers, and 3. how unintuitive Red Hat Bugzilla is, the packagers very rarely receive those bug reports.
When developers tell them that their package is broken, politely or not, their responses are typically synonymous to “can't confirm; so far there haven't been any reported issues.” They then “invite” us to report these issues to them using Red Hat Bugzilla, and they refuse to either drop the package or add a label clearly stating that it's an unofficial package.
It's not our responsibility to undo the damage that they caused; it is the packagers’. It's unnecessary burden for us especially when most of us also work on other projects. It worsens the user experience and our reputation for something we haven't caused. And while it affects everybody mentioned so far, the only party that isn't affected is the Fedora packagers causing this. This isn't to say every Fedora packager is like this. They're not, but the ones I interacted with were.
Now, what about distributions like Arch Linux, NixOS, Void, Gentoo, etc.? I have nothing against them, even if they ever package Bottles badly. These distributions are for advanced users; they assume that users fundamentally understand the distribution model, which is the correct way of handling it. Users generally report to their distribution for any problem before they report to us (at least, from experience). It's a win for everybody. There's no reason to limit those who don't burden others.
I'm well aware that my actions affect everybody. For example, the “Exit on non-sandboxed environments merge request requires every distribution to patch it, and I'm well aware that it sucks. The commit message itself generalizes to “distributions”, when it should've been “Fedora Bottles RPM packagers”, which I apologize. I'm personally against trademarking Bottles because it doesn't solve the inherent problem that some distributions, like in this case Fedora, abuse their rights to redistribute apps “just because the license allows it”. Having the rights to do something doesn't mean it's okay to inconvenience and burden others. Bottles is an app I am emotionally involved with; it's what got me started with GTK. I once was burned out because of the Fedora packagers, but I won't allow that again. I also won't allow them to treat others the way they treated us.
Just to be clear, I'm not defending myself here. I've been oblivious of the generalizations for several years, which I genuinely feel bad. I hope to communicate better, starting with this post. Once again, though, the only people I take issue with are the Fedora packagers that are unwilling to properly communicate with developers, the Fedora packaging guidelines for being lax in their testing methodology, and failing to serve their target audience.
#Fedora #Linux

2025-01-21 19:23:24

Hey Fedora users, tired of Fedora Flatpaks? Yes? There's an issue about deprioritizing Fedora Flatpaks in GNOME Software if anybody is interested: https://pagure.io/fedora-workstation/issue/463
#Fedora #Flatpak #Flatpaks #GNOME #Flathub

2025-01-14 15:22:59

Georges Stavracas blogged about the Flatpak 1.16 release!
https://feaneron.com/2025/01/14/flatpak-1-16-is-out/
#Flatpak #GNOME #USB #Wayland #accessibility #a11y

2025-01-02 18:47:18

Introducing Refine, an app to tweak advanced and experimental settings in GNOME. It is an alternative to GNOME Tweaks, and is a pet project I'm currently working to experiment with PyGObject and dconf, while following the data-driven, object-oriented, and composition paradigms.
The entire codebase is made up of widgets that provide all the functionality needed to add an option. For example, instead of adding each option programmatically in Refine, the ultimate goal is to have it all done in the UI file.
For example, if we want to add an option to enable or disable middle click paste, all we need is the following code in the UI file:
$RefineSwitchRow {
title: _('Middle Click Paste');
schema-id: 'org.gnome.desktop.interface';
key: 'gtk-enable-primary-paste';
}
That's it. The RefineSwitchRow widget will do whatever it needs to do to ensure the option is available, grab the setting if it's available, and display it to the user. Many of these widgets provide extra functionality, such as a Reset button.
You can get Refine on Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/page.tesk.Refine
Everything else (source code, screenshot, etc.) is in the project website: https://tesk.page/refine/, as well as the Flathub link.
#GNOME #Flatpak #Flathub #FOSS #OpenSource #GTK #Libadwaita

2024-12-18 22:08:28

Hmm... So, requiring a sandbox to run @nprofile…6zjw is considered evil and proprietary software, but patching it to remove the donate button without updating support links is considered fine? Uh huh...

2024-09-04 20:02:59

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@npub1d2v…w4zh One thing that is really helpful to remember, and often needs reminding, is that the people who enjoy your software are usually quiet about it

2024-08-30 22:30:52

List of the most exciting changes/additions in GNOME 47:
drm-lease support (useful for using VR)
Nautilus file chooser implementation (Nautilus is now the "GNOME file chooser", replacing the GTK file chooser)
Xwayland scales appropriately with fractional scaling
Accent colors support
This is honestly one of the most exciting releases since GNOME 40

2024-08-08 02:36:13

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@npub1nqp…w9sy thanks a lot! Can you check the updated screenshot and give me your opinion?

2024-08-08 02:36:13

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@npub1nqp…w9sy thanks a lot! Can you check the updated screenshot and give me your opinion?

2024-07-02 18:44:35

"Keep politics out of FOSS" is an interesting political statement

2024-06-15 19:13:18

Oh FFS, #GNOME #developers are so #dumb and #stupid, they can't fix their #bugs and always refuse to add #features. So much for a #FOSS / #OpenSource / #OSS project
*le sigh*
Wait, why is everybody against me? Surely I'm not the problem right?! I was just criticizing 🙄 🙄 🙄

2024-06-14 15:40:45

If you rely on software made almost entirely by volunteers to make money either directly or indirectly from their work, and later shame them for making you lose a tiny amount of money, you should ask yourself whether you, the profiteer who didn't bother to help the project, are the problem, or the volunteers who give their free time developing and maintaining the software you rely on.

2024-06-03 15:27:06

New article: "Libadwaita: Splitting GTK and Design Language"
https://tesk.page/2024/06/03/libadwaita-splitting-gtk-and-design-language/
#GNOME #GTK #Libadwaita #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux #GTK4 #Development

2024-05-02 21:07:01

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@npub1kzk…k9tq Hi

2024-03-31 19:53:17

Happy Trans Day of Visibility everyone. I spent over 6 months writing and rewriting this article that I just published. Most of that time was spent debating whether or not to publish it.
I'm finally coming out; I'm trans. I hope this article helps.
https://tesk.page/2024/03/31/coming-out-as-trans/
#TransDayOfVisibility #trans #queer #transgender #queer #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

2024-03-07 17:24:02

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@npub1nqp…w9sy hmm... I'm not sure how that happened. It shouldn't even reach 1.5 GB
https://cache.treehouse.systems/media_attachments/files/112/055/562/572/672/839/original/00254bda94b64fed.png

2024-03-07 11:41:11

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@npub1nqp…w9sy what is "Flatpak directory"?

2024-03-06 18:59:58

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@npub1nqp…w9sy how did you check the storage?

2024-03-02 12:46:51

Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) just got merged into Mutter!
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/1154
#GNOME #Mutter #VRR #FreeSync #gaming