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I am an Indian transgender individual from Montréal, Canada.

I write articles and responses for educational purposes; and maintain Upscaler, Refine […]

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Refine, an app to tweak advanced and experimental features in GNOME, has reached 100,000 downloads on Flathub!!

https://flathub.org/en/apps/page.tesk.Refine

Refine is an alternative (not replacement!) to GNOME Tweaks, designed to be data-driven and […]

[Original post on social.treehouse.systems]
Screenshot of the "Installs" card with the description "105,322"
October 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Good thing Fedora doesn't package Refine and Upscaler, but I hope I'm doing my part

- https://github.com/vshymanskyy/StandWithUkraine
- https://github.com/TechForPalestine/badges
Screenshot of "Ceasefire Now | techforpalestine.org" and "#StandWithUkraine" badges on GitLab
September 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
theevilskeleton.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
Upscaler just reached 200 thousand downloads 🥳

https://flathub.org/apps/io.gitlab.theevilskeleton.Upscaler

#upscaler #upscaling #GNOME #libadwaita #gtk #gtk4 #FOSS #OpenSource #oss #freesoftware #linux #GNU
Screenshot with "Installs" as the title and "200,938" as the description
August 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
theevilskeleton.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
As of GNOME 49, GNOME Settings will feature a button for configuring the Orca screen reader!

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/merge_requests/3215

#GNOME #accessibility #a11y #orca #screenreader #screenreaders #linux #FOSS #OpenSource #freesoftware
A screenshot of the screen reader section, with a "Screen Reader" switch row and "Configure" button
August 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Feeling cute, might deploy this later /j
Screenshot of the entire desktop with the website “tesk.page” opened in three browser windows: Firefox on the left, Chromium in the middle, and Epiphany on the right. In Epiphany, the website shows a red header written “Inferior Browser Engine Detected” as the title, and the following as the description: “It appears that the underlying technology that your browser is currently using is WebKit. WebKit ~sucks~ has repeatedly failed to align with established web standards, which has led to consistent issues with this website. Please consider using an *actual* browser like Firefox. If you are using an operating system that forces everybody to use WebKit, such as iOS, blame Apple.”
August 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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I can't stop laughing at this https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2025/06/10/gnome-systemd-dependencies/
Excerpt from article: "So what should distros without systemd do? First, consider using GNOME with systemd."
June 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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[Pedophilia; US politics; apropos to the two homophobic expired mayos breaking up]

Despite Elon Musk doing the "correct" thing for once in his entire lifetime, always remember: fascists only use the "pedophile" card when it's convenient for them […]

[Original post on social.treehouse.systems]
Post from Elon Musk with content: Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!
June 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Starting from version 3.1.2, the GNU Image Manipulation Program will have the option to respect the system color scheme on Linux, thanks to XDG Desktop Portal. Every desktop that supports the Settings portal interface will be able to make use of that functionality.

@GIMP #gimp #GnuIMP
June 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
theevilskeleton.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
Since Upscaler has just reached 150,000 installs on Flathub, I'm releasing Upscaler 1.5.0! Upscaler is an app that allows you to upscale images locally, securely, and completely offline.

Thanks to @zoeyTheWitch's wonderful contribution, this release […]

[Original post on social.treehouse.systems]
April 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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The new View Transition API and scroll-driven animations are just wonderful. It's such a shame that Firefox is missing that feature, but anybody using a WebKit-based browser will have the smooth transitions between pages along with images moving […]

[Original post on social.treehouse.systems]
March 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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[US politics, GitLab]

@aphyr

As much as I hate to defend GitLab's unacceptable behavior, I think they're genuinely open to criticism. History shows that they're willing to reconsider their stance.

Controversial change:
• […]

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Deleted lines of the "Customer acceptance" section: We do not currently exclude anyone from being a customer based on moral/value grounds. We firmly comply with [trade compliance laws](/handbook/people-group/code-of-conduct/#trade-compliance-exportimport-control) and welcome everyone outside of those restrictions to be customers of GitLab. We do business with customers with values that are incompatible with [our own values](/handbook/values/) for the following reasons: 1. Our mission is 'everyone can contribute', while there is a [code of conduct for contributing](https://about.gitlab.com/community/contribute/code-of-conduct/) we want to get as close to everyone as possible. 1. We [do not discuss politics in the workplace](/handbook/values/#religion-and-politics-at-work-) and decisions about what customer to serve might get political. 1. [Efficiency is one of our values](/handbook/values/#efficiency) and vetting customers is time consuming and potentially distracting. 1. It maps to the MIT expat open source license we use that [doesn't discriminate against fields of endeavor](https://apebox.org/wordpress/rants/456). Added lines of the "Customer acceptance" section: Our mission is 'everyone can contribute', and while there is a [code of conduct for contributing](https://about.gitlab.com/community/contribute/code-of-conduct/), we encourage diversity of ideas. We respect the uniqueness and autonomy of others, even if we do not always agree with them. We firmly comply with [trade compliance laws](/handbook/people-group/code-of-conduct/#trade-compliance-exportimport-control) and welcome everyone outside of those restrictions to be customers of GitLab. In some circumstances, we may opt to not work with particular organizations, but we assess those on a case-by-case basis. Some reasons we may choose not to work with certain entities include, but are not limited to: 1. Engaging in illegal, unlawful behavior. 2. Making derogatory statements or threats toward our community. 3. Encouraging violence or discrimination against protected groups. [We do not discuss politics in the workplace](/handbook/values/#religion-and-politics-at-work-) because it is easy to alienate people that have a minority opinion. We are respectful, courteous, and professional in our interactions with customers and each other.
March 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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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 […]

[Original post on social.treehouse.systems]
March 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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As we're aware, the USB portal was merged a few months ago. All that's needed is for apps and desktops to implement them, so we can use them inside sandboxes without compromising security.

Just today, the USB portal implementation for […]

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Dialog with a header bar and page with a description and list of USB devices. The header bar has the Deny button on the left side, “Access USB Devices” in the title, and Allow on the right side. The description reads “ASHPD Demo wants to access the following USB devices”. The list shows a row with “Elgato” as the title and “Stream Deck Plus” as the description, along with its serial number in a popover.
February 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Example number ??? of people not understanding a warning, only proving my point that these warnings usually don't help upstreams

This was asked in the Bottles Discord server
Message with the following content: [Redacted]: “How to disable this message that is displayed every time the application starts?” Followed by a screenshot of a dialog with the title “RPM Package Note” and description “Bottles developers (upstream) only support Flatpak. Please report any issues with the RPM package in Bugzilla.” where “Bugzilla.” is hyperlinked
January 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
theevilskeleton.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
When will it stop
Heading with content: Describe the bug Description with content: Bottles won't open after Fedora update. Please forgive my ignorance, I am quite green. Full error is ``` name@fedora:~$ bottles Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/bottles", line 49, in <module> from bottles.frontend import main File "/usr/share/bottles/bottles/frontend/main.py", line 29, in <module> gi.require_version("Xdp", "1.0") ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/site-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 122, in require_version raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace) ValueError: Namespace Xdp not available ```
December 31, 2024 at 6:37 PM
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Upscaler version 1.4.0 was just released! Upscaler is an app that allows you to upscale and enhance images.

This release introduces scaling factors, allowing you to upscale between a factor of 2 and 4. The image loading system has been reworked to […]

[Original post on social.treehouse.systems]
Screenshot of Upscaler showing: a drop shadow filter applied on a photo of pigeons courting; image scaling options with the original size to the left, output size to the right, and the scale factor spin button below.
October 25, 2024 at 2:10 PM