Author: Georges Stavracas

  • Fancy Titlebars

    Fancy Titlebars

    As of today, Mutter will style legacy titlebars (i.e. of X11 / Xwayland apps that don’t use client-side decorations) using Adwaita on GNOME. Shadows match the Adwaita style as well, including shadows of unfocused windows. These titlebars continue to follow the system dark and light mode, even when apps don’t. Should make using legacy apps…

  • Profiling a web engine

    Profiling a web engine

    One topic that interests me endlessly is profiling. I’ve covered this topic many times in this blog, but not enough to risk sounding like a broken record yet. So here we are again! Not everyone may know this but GNOME has its own browser, Web (a.k.a. Epiphany, or Ephy for the intimates). It’s a fairly…

  • Fundraiser goal reached!

    Fundraiser goal reached!

    Following my announcement a few days ago, in probably what has been record time, the Ko-Fi goal for the Elgato Stream Deck+ has been reached! I’ve acquired the device and it’s already on its way, expected to reach me by the end of January ~ early February due to being an international purchase. Thanks everyone…

  • Mini Fundraiser: Stream Deck Plus

    Mini Fundraiser: Stream Deck Plus

    Following up on my previous blog post, due to popular demand, I started a small fundraiser campaign to acquire an Elgato Stream Deck Plus. The goal is US$ 500, which should cover the costs of acquiring the device, and should pay for a few hours of reverse engineering work Boatswain development. Naturally, I’ll also document…

  • 2023 in retrospect

    2023 in retrospect

    2023 was a crushing year. It just slipped away, I barely managed to process all that happened. After going full offline for a very short 4-day break last week, I noticed I simply couldn’t remember most of the events that happened last year. We’re in 2024 now, and to start the year afresh, I think…

  • Extending the month to infinity

    Extending the month to infinity

    Greetings! It’s been a long time since my last article. I’d like to share some recent developments in GNOME Calendar that got some people really excited about: the infinitely scrolling month view. The Now Before GNOME 45, Calendar offers two views – week and month – as well as a sidebar with a list of…