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[New Torrent] Ubuntu Sway Remix 23.04

Started by Sunderland93, April 20, 2023, 03:02:18 PM

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Sunderland93

New features:


* Sway is updated to version 1.8.1, with a new bindgesture command, new ext-session-lock-v1 protocol for more secure screen lockers, xdg-activation-v1 is now used for more reliable workspace matching when launching new clients, new "disable while trackpointing option and various Vulkan renderer improvements;
* Added 2 basic touchpad gestures - three fingers swipe left/right to switch between workspaces and three fingers swipe down to switch between tiling and floating mode;
* Added start-sway wrapper, which allows to detect startup in virtual machines or systems with a proprietary Nvidia driver, and automatically apply the necessary startup options and environment variables;
* Added Swayr window switcher for advanced window management, such as switching between windows with Alt-Tab or listing all open windows on all workspaces and connected displays;
* Added Night Color mode via wlsunset;
* Added Scratchpad module for Waybar;
* Khal interactive calendar is replaced by Calcurse;
* Added Swappy screenshot utility, which allows you to edit screenshot before saving it or copying to clipboard;
* WOB indicator used for volume and brightness notifications is replaced by simple notify-send based scripts;
* Settings have been optimized: the autorun configuration file has been simplified, problems with incorrect settings for the dark style of applications in some situations have been fixed, disabled window control buttons for GTK applications with HeaderBar (CSD), problems with the work of applications in the Appimage format that do not support Wayland have been fixed;
* Added more window rules;
* Added GNOME Hardware - GTK interface for updating firmware for various devices;
* Updated Sway Input Configurator, with new UI, new Keyboard Layout confgurator and disable while trackpointing option support;
* Flatpak and GIMP is removed from the base system;