Now we customize Calamares via a simple config file, the way Calamares suggest that you do the customizations, and Calamares is now respecting the system’s theme too. No more old packages and rusty code.
Beaver Notes, our default notes app, moved from beaver-notes-bin to beaver-notes. We recommend that you remove the bin version and install the non-bin one from the repos.
We had to remove some of the themes from our TROMjaro Theme Switcher app because they were not playing well with the QT apps, so if you’re wondering why there aren’t as many themes as before this is why. Those people who like to have more customization options don’t worry you can still access all of those themes from the XFCE Appearance settings, just be aware that some of the themes may not play well with QT apps like mentioned before.
Changed the default layout to Windows-like, added custom GTK CSS, made the HUD wider, option to have a Virtual Keyboard toggle, switched to list view for the Appfinder, implemented a new Theme Switcher and the Flatpak fix using a new Colloid theme, improved the script for syncing the themes, better HiDPI support with automatic fixes for scaling, TROMjaro Welcome app.
Added the system-wide ad and tracker blocker (Internet Content Blocker) next to WebDAV support for Thunar and fingerprint reader support. Have a look!
Basically TROMjaro uses the latest Xfce and provides these from the get-go:
the Layout Switcher app with 6 customized layouts to make it easier to use and more functional (it can replicate most of the well known OS layouts out there: Windows, MX, Unity, MacOS, GNOME, TopX)
the new Theme Switcher app with dark/light themes and 10 color pairs to choose from (works with gtk, qt, even libadwaita, even with flatpacks!! - the ones that accept system theming)
tens of high quality flat-wallpapers that are hand-picked
a custom icon theme
the new system theme that has 10 color variations & is integrated very well into the entire system, supporting both GTK and QT apps
makes the terminal super cool, switching from bash to zsh
enables mouse and trackpad gestures via 2 separate apps (very powerful apps)
allows to control of RGB lights for the keyboard
automated system backups & a file-system backup app
apps to open or edit most known audio, image, documents or torrent files
a customized Firefox that removes the BS, the trackers, ads, sponsored content, and a lot more
you can even download media files from the browser itself, from most websites, or access scientific papers for free
basic apps to record your desktop, voice, webcam app, notes app
app to share unlimited amount of files
app to communicate with anyone without any server involved (text, video or audio)
a trade-free VPN to protect your internet usage
a powerful password manager that's integrated with the browser
a great RSS reader
a map explorer
and hundreds of trade-free hand curated apps that you can install from the website directly
A powerful PDF editor for Linux
indiPDF is a comprehensive PDF editing application designed specifically for Linux.
It provides all the tools you need to view, annotate, edit, and manage PDF documents
with a native GTK-styled interface that integrates seamlessly with your desktop.
Features include:
View and navigate multi-page PDF documents
Edit text in existing PDF documents
Highlight, underline, and strikethrough text
Add text annotations and sticky notes
Draw freehand with customizable colors and stroke widths
Insert shapes: rectangles, circles, lines, and arrows
Add images to your documents
Create and manage digital signatures
Fill out PDF forms
Merge multiple PDFs into one
Split PDFs and extract pages
Rotate, reorder, and delete pages
Export pages as images (PNG, JPEG, WebP)
Built-in text search across documents
Dark mode support following system preferences
indiPDF respects your privacy and works entirely offline. Your documents never
leave your computer.
Additional information:Developer: Indomitus GroupLicense: LicenseRef-proprietary=https://indomitusgroup.com/indipdf/indipdf-license/Version: 1.0.3
Private, Secure & Fast Browsing
Built with privacy at its core, Ulaa ensures that your data remains protected at every step,
offering a browsing experience where security is non-negotiable.
Ulaa offers 5 unique modes—Personal, Work, Kids, Developer, and Open Season—designed to help
you cut through the clutter, whether you’re working or unwinding.
Ulaa’s productivity tools including Smart Tab Grouping, Screen Capture, Notes, Zen View, and
more make multitasking effortless.
You can also enable Ulaa Sync, powered by Zoho Accounts, to seamlessly take your data wherever
you go.
Choose Ulaa and enjoy online privacy like never before.
Additional information:Developer: Zoho Corporation Pvt. Ltd.License: LicenseRef-proprietaryVersion: 2.39.2
Fast, Private & Safe Web BrowserWhen it comes to your life online, you have a choice: accept the factory settings or put your privacy first. When you choose Firefox as your default browser, you’re choosing to protect your data while supporting an independent tech company. Firefox is also the only major browser backed by a non-profit fighting to give you more openness, transparency and control of your life online. Join hundreds of millions of people who choose to protect what's important by choosing Firefox - a web browser designed to be fast, easy to use, customizable and private.Additional information:Developer: MozillaLicense: MPL-2.0Version: 147.0.3
Write your masterpieceManuskript provides a rich environment to help writers create their first draft and then further refine and edit their masterpiece.
With Manuskript you can:
Grow your premise from one sentence, to a paragraph, to a full summary
Create characters
Conceive plots
Construct outlines (Outline mode and/or Index cards)
Write with focus (Distraction free mode)
Build worlds
Track items
Edit and re-organize chapters and scenes
View Story line
Compose with fiction or non-fiction templates and writing modes
Import and export document formats such as HTML, ePub, OpenDocument, DocX, and more
Additional information:Developer: Tobias FrischLicense: GPL-3.0Version: 0.17.0
Educational game for childrenGCompris is a high quality educational software suite, including a large number of activities for children aged 2 to 10.
Some of the activities are game orientated, but nonetheless
still educational.
Below you can find a list of categories with some of the
activities available in that category.
computer discovery: keyboard, mouse, different mouse gestures, etc.
arithmetic: table memory, enumeration, mirror image, balance
the scale, change giving, etc.
science: the canal lock, color mixing, gravity concept, etc.
games: memory, connect 4, tic tac toe, sudoku, hanoi tower, etc.
reading: reading practice, etc.
other: learn to tell time, the braille system, maze, music
instruments, etc.
Currently GCompris offers in excess of 100 activities and more
are being developed. GCompris is free software, that means that
you can adapt it to your own needs, improve it and, most
importantly, share it with children everywhere.
Additional information:Developer: KDELicense: AGPL-3.0Version: 26.0
Drag and Drop to the next levelCollector is a simple utility that allows you to drag multiple files into a single window and drop them anywhere! It can also download images automatically when pasting urls.
Additional information:Developer: Lorenzo PaderiLicense: GPL-3.0-or-laterVersion: 1.0.3
Community-enhanced chess database and analysis application
scidCommunity is a community-driven fork of Scid (Shane's Chess Information Database), focused on
adding enhancements while maintaining full compatibility with existing Scid databases. It allows you to
store, organize, and search through large collections of chess games with support for any compatible UCI chess engine.
Key enhancements in scidCommunity:
Engine analysis controls with configurable depth and time limits
Integrated TWIC (The Week in Chess) game downloads
Direct game uploads to Lichess and Chess.com from the PGN window
Tablebase integration via Lichess 7-man endgames
Additional theme options (Sand and cobalt2)
New feature to open Lichess broadcast tournament games
Improved Header Search with saveable search layouts for frequently-used parameters
This fork welcomes community suggestions and aims to be responsive to user feature requests.
If you've wished for specific functionality in your chess database workflow, scidCommunity may be for you.
Additional information:Developer: scidCommunityLicense: GPL-2.0Version: 5.1.2.16
Quickly get BibTeX from a DOIQuickBib helps you quickly generate BibTeX bibliographic entries from identifiers such as DOIs, arXiv IDs, article URLs and their titles. Enter an identifier and QuickBib will fetch the metadata and produce a ready-to-use BibTeX entry which you can copy to your clipboard and use in your LaTeX documents.
Features include: fast DOI/arXiv lookup and copy-to-clipboard.
Additional information:Developer: Archisman PanigrahiLicense: GPL-3.0-onlyVersion: 0.5.3
Write on colourful little squaresNeither jeans nor shorts, just like jorts!
Features include:
Colourful: Ten pretty themes. Any new note gets a random one
Adaptive: New notes get the zoom you last chose
Cute: Each new note has a funny or cute random (editable) title
Handy: You can open links and emails with Ctrl+Click
Private: Try the scribble mode!
This is a fork of an old version of "Notejot" by lainsce. The community liked it so much, we thought it would be great to revive it!
Additional information:Developer: Lainsce + StellaLicense: GPL-3.0+Version: 4.0.1
Browse SQLite files
Bobby lets you open SQLite database files (.db, .sqlite) and browse the tables inside.
Handy for app development or inspecting downloaded databases.
Don't forget to sanitize your database inputs!
Additional information:Developer: Hylke BonsLicense: GPL-3.0-or-laterVersion: 49.0.3
Modern SSH client for Linux**NOTE: This wrapper is not verified by, affiliated with, or supported by Termius.**
Free SSH and SFTP client for Linux that will make you more productive. Termius will save you up to 30 mins a day.
Additional information:Developer: Termius CorporationLicense: LicenseRef-proprietary=https://termius.com/terms-of-useVersion: 9.36.3
Interactive whiteboard for schools and universitiesOpenBoard is an open source cross-platform teaching software for interactive whiteboard designed primarily for use in schools and universities. It can be used both with interactive whiteboards or in a dual-screen setup with a pen-tablet display and a beamer.
Additional information:Developer: Département de l'Instruction Publique (DIP-SEM)License: GPL-3.0-onlyVersion: 1.7.5
Play your videosCine combines a clean interface with a high-performance engine to deliver a seamless viewing experience.
Simple Design: A refined, distraction-free interface
MPV-Based: Leverages the robust power of MPV for great playback and format support
Audio and Subtitles: Control track selection and synchronization for both
Video Controls: Easily adjust brightness, contrast, zoom, aspect ratio, etc.
Additional information:Developer: Diego PovliukLicense: GPL-3.0-or-laterVersion: 1.0.5
A minimal Markdown reading & writing app**NOTE: This wrapper is not verified by, affiliated with, or supported by Typora.**
Typora gives you a seamless experience as both a reader and a writer. It removes the preview window, mode switcher, syntax symbols of markdown source code, and all other unnecessary distractions. Instead, it provides a real live preview feature to help you concentrate on the content itself.
Additional information:Developer: TyporaLicense: LicenseRef-proprietary=https://support.typora.io/License-Agreement/Version: 1.12.4
Run Windows applications on Linux
Wine (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator") is a compatibility
layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant
operating systems, such as Linux, Mac OSX, and BSD. Instead of simulating
internal Windows logic like a virtual machine or emulator, Wine translates
Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly, eliminating the performance
and memory penalties of other methods and allowing you to cleanly integrate
Windows applications into your desktop.
This Flatpak also provides Winetricks. To use it, run:
flatpak run --command=winetricks org.winehq.Wine
Additional information:Developer: Wine ProjectLicense: LGPL-2.1+Version: 11.0
Open-source game engine for Heroes of Might and Magic IIIVCMI is an open-source engine for Heroes of Might and Magic III with new possibilities. Years of intensive work resulted in an impressive amount of features. Among the current features are:
Complete gameplay mechanics
Almost all objects, abilities, spells and other content
Basic battle AI and adventure AI
Many GUI improvements: high resolutions, stack queue, creature window
Advanced and easy mod support - add new towns, creatures, heroes, artifacts and spells without limits or conflicts
Launcher for easy configuration - download mods from our server and install them immediately!
Random map generator that supports objects added by mods
Note: In order to play the game using VCMI you need to own data files for Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death.
If you want help, please check our forum, bug tracker or GitHub page.
Additional information:Developer: VCMI TeamLicense: GPL-2.0-or-laterVersion: 1.7.1
Free and easy binary newsreader
SABnzbd is a free and Open Source web-based binary newsreader,
with support for the popular nzb file format. It greatly simplifies
the process of downloading from Usenet, thanks to a friendly
web-based user interface and advanced built-in post-processing
options including the ability to automatically verify, repair,
extract and clean up downloaded posts. It runs anywhere, comes in
over a dozen languages, and integrates with a host of tools, apps
and services that help automate the download process.
Additional information:Developer: The SABnzbd-TeamLicense: GPL-2.0-or-laterVersion: 4.5.5
Full-text search for your desktopRecoll is a document indexer. It finds keywords inside documents text as well as file
names.
It can search most document formats.
It can reach any storage place: files, archive members, email attachments, transparently
handling decompression.
One click will open the document inside a native editor or display an even quicker text
preview.
Additional information:Developer: Jean-Francois DockesLicense: GPL-2.0+Version: 1.43.9
Cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE)
Qt Creator provides a cross-platform, complete integrated development
environment (IDE) for application developers to create applications for
multiple desktop and mobile device platforms, such as Android and iOS.
Qt Creator enables a team of developers to share a project across different
development platforms with a common tool for development and debugging.
The main goal for Qt Creator is meeting the development needs of Qt
developers who are looking for simplicity, usability, productivity,
extendibility and openness, while aiming to lower the barrier of entry for
newcomers to Qt.
Additional information:Developer: Qt ProjectLicense: GPL-3.0Version: 18.0.2
Desktop PlanetariumKStars is freely licensed, open source, cross-platform Astronomy Software by KDE.
It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time. The display includes up to 100 million stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects,all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets, asteroids, supernovae, and satellites.
For students and teachers, it supports adjustable simulation speeds in order to view phenomena that happen over long timescales, the KStars Astrocalculator to predict conjunctions, and many common astronomical calculations.
For the amateur astronomer, it provides an observation planner, a sky calendar tool, and an FOV editor to calculate field of view of equipment and display them. Find out interesting objects in the "What's up Tonight" tool, plot altitude vs. time graphs for any object, print high-quality sky charts, and gain access to lots of information and resources to help you explore the universe!
Included with KStars is Ekos astrophotography suite, a complete astrophotography solution that can control all INDI devices including numerous telescopes, CCDs, DSLRs, focusers, filters, and a lot more. Ekos supports highly accurate tracking using online and offline astrometry solver, autofocus and autoguiding capabilities, and capture of single or multiple images using the powerful built in sequence manager.
Astronomical Catalogs:
Default catalog consisting of stars to magnitude 8
Extra catalogs consisting of 100 million stars to magnitude 16
Downloadable catalogs including Messier Images, Abell Planetary Nebulae, Sharpless Catalog, Lynds Dark Nebula Catalog
Corrections for precession, nutation and atmospheric refraction
Tools for retrieval of data from online databases
Additional information:Developer: KDELicense: GPL-2.0+Version: 3.8.1
Access your files from any computerNOTE: This wrapper is not verified by, affiliated with, or supported by Dropbox, Inc.
Need to safely store all of your important documents, photos, songs, and files? Easy! With this app you can use the internet to save everything that’s important to you. You can then access those files from any computer that has an internet connection. Use this service to backup your files, share photos or collaborate on a project by sharing a Dropbox folder with whomever you’d like. Create a free account and start saving and sharing today!
Additional information:Developer: DropboxLicense: LicenseRef-proprietaryVersion: 241.4.4795
Explore the universe in 3D
Gaia Sky is an astronomy visualization platform for desktop and VR that runs on Linux, Windows and macOS. It is developed in the framework of ESA's Gaia mission to chart about 1 billion stars of our Galaxy in the Gaia group of the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (ZAH, Universität Heidelberg). Explore the Solar System, the Milky Way, and even the most distant galaxies of our Universe with up-to-date, real scientific data.
Additional information:Developer: Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität HeidelbergLicense: MPL-2.0Version: 3.7.1
Craft beautiful LaTeX documents
TeXstudio is an integrated writing environment for creating LaTeX documents. It integrates editing, building and viewing into a single, user-friendly interface.
Our goal is to make writing LaTeX as easy and comfortable as possible.
This means you can focus on your content with the help of a powerful set of features:
Easy source code navigation: A structure view, clickable links and a cursor history
Detailed syntax highlighting
Auto-completion
Live checking for spelling, grammar, citations, references, syntax and packages
Innovative table editing
Clear display of LaTeX errors and warnings (in-editor and as a list)
Integrated PDF viewer with (almost) word-level syncing
Live-updating inline preview for formulas and code segments
Scripting support
Requires either TeX Live being installed on the system from your distribution's repositories or the TeX Live Flatpak which you can install by running 'flatpak install flathub org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.texlive//25.08'
Additional information:Developer: J. SundermeyerLicense: GPL-2.0Version: 4.9.1
Stay focused, browse fasterZen is the best way to browse the web. Beautifully designed, privacy-focused, and packed with features. We care about your experience, not your data.
Split view
Web sidebar
Tab groups
Customizable interface
Vertical tabs
And more…
Additional information:Developer: Zen TeamLicense: MPL-2.0Version: 1.18.4b
Scalable Vector Graphics editorBoxy SVG project goal is to create the best tool for editing SVG files. For beginners as well as for
professional designers and developers. On any device and operating system.
=== Core features: ===
Clean and intuitive UI heavily inspired by Inkscape, Sketch and Adobe Illustrator
Extensive support for on-canvas editing of object geometry, transform, paint and other properties
Save to SVG and SVGZ formats, export to PNG, JPG, WebP, PDF and HTML5
Integration with Pixabay and other libraries with millions of free stock photos and vector assets
Google Fonts integration with hundreds of free fonts
Configurable keyboard shortcuts for over 100 commands
Manual guides, smart guides and grid
Path operations (unite, intersect, subtract, exclude, close, reverse, etc.)
Arrangement operations (align to, rotate, flip, order, group, etc.)
=== For web developers: ===
Chromium-based rendering engine
SVG and CSS code inspector similar to Chrome Dev Tools
Clean SVG output that preserves IDs, classes, titles and other metadata
SVG sprites editing support
This package is officially published, maintained and supported by Boxy SVG developer.
Additional information:Developer: Boxy SVG PL, Jarosław FoksaLicense: LicenseRef-proprietary=https://boxy-svg.com/legalVersion: 4.98.6
App control openterface-Mini-KVM
openterfaceQT is a cross-platform application that supports both aarch64 and x86 architectures.
It serves as a comprehensive control interface for openterface-Mini-KVM devices.
Use openterfaceQT and openterface-Mini-KVM can control any headless device via HDMI and USB.
Additional information:Developer: TechxArtisan TeamLicense: AGPL-3.0Version: 0.5.13
Follow video creators
Pipeline lets you watch and download videos from YouTube and PeerTube, all without needing to navigate through
different websites. Its adaptive design allows you to enjoy content on any screen size.
Pipeline allows you to:
Search for you favorite channels and subscribe to them.
Aggregate the videos of all subscriptions into a single feed.
Filter out unwanted items from the feed, like short videos or videos from a series.
Play those videos either in the built-in video player or with any other video player of your choice.
Download videos for offline viewing.
Manage videos you want to watch later.
Import your subscriptions from NewPipe or YouTube.
Supports YouTube, PeerTube with the possibility to extend to other platforms on request.
Additional information:Developer: Julian SchmidhuberLicense: GPL-3.0-or-laterVersion: 3.2.2
Modern IPTV and Media Center
EngPlayer is a modern, fast, and lightweight media player developed with Python and GTK4 for Linux desktops.
It serves as a user-friendly entertainment hub that brings your local media library, VOD content, Podcasts, and live streams under one roof.
Key Features:
IPTV Support: Seamless integration with Xtream Codes API and M3U playlists.
Smart EPG & Catch-up: Real-time program guides and archive playback support.
Recorder (PVR): Record live streams or schedule recordings for later.
Podcast Integration: Manage library, listen to episodes, and smart resume support.
External Stream: Direct playback support for external video and audio URLs.
Cinematic VOD: Automatic metadata fetching (Posters, Cast, Plot) via TMDb integration.
Trakt.tv Sync: Automatically tracks what you're watching (Scrobbling).
Local Library: Manage your Video, Music, and Picture collections with album art support.
Advanced Player: Video Settings (Brightness/Contrast), 10-Band Equalizer, Subtitle download, and PiP mode.
Additional information:Developer: Engin ErenLicense: LicenseRef-proprietaryVersion: 0.1.5
Open Source Team CommunicationRocket.Chat is free, unlimited and open source.
Replace email & Slack with the ultimate team chat software solution.
Additional information:Developer: Rocket.ChatLicense: MITVersion: 4.12.0
Convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio filesMediaInfo is a convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files.
The MediaInfo data display includes :
Container: format, profile, commercial name of the format, duration, overall bit rate, writing application and library, title, author, director, album, track number, date, duration...
Video: format, codec id, aspect, frame rate, bit rate, color space, chroma subsampling, bit depth, scan type, scan order...
Audio: format, codec id, sample rate, channels, bit depth, language, bit rate...
Text: format, codec id, language of subtitle...
Chapters: count of chapters, list of chapters...
MediaInfo analyticals include :
Container: MPEG-4, QuickTime, Matroska, AVI, MPEG-PS (including unprotected DVD), MPEG-TS (including unprotected Blu-ray), MXF, GXF, LXF, WMV, FLV, Real...
Tags: Id3v1, Id3v2, Vorbis comments, APE tags...
Video: MPEG-1/2 Video, H.263, MPEG-4 Visual (including DivX, XviD), H.264/AVC, Dirac...
Audio: MPEG Audio (including MP3), AC3, DTS, AAC, Dolby E, AES3, FLAC...
Subtitles: CEA-608, CEA-708, DTVCC, SCTE-20, SCTE-128, ATSC/53, CDP, DVB Subtitle, Teletext, SRT, SSA, ASS, SAMI...
Additional information:Developer: MediaArea.net SARLLicense: BSD-2-ClauseVersion: 26.01
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