AppImages are how a lot of apps are distributed on Linux these days but there isn’t an established “install this AppImage so I can launch it” pattern.

Install this AppImage so I can launch it (GNOME edition)

1. Download your favourite AppImage from a trusted publisher
2. Move the file to /opt/<my app>/<app>.AppImage
3. Make the AppImage executable chmod +x /opt/<my app>/<app>.AppImage
4. Download an icon for your app, or extract the app icon from the AppImage and put it in /opt/<my app>/<app>.png
5. Create a GNOME Desktop Launcher file in ~/.local/share/applications

    [Desktop Entry]
    Name=My App
    Comment=A Description
    Exec=/opt/<my app>/<app>.AppImage --no-sandbox
    Icon=/opt/<my app>/<app>.png
    Terminal=false
    Type=Application
    Categories=Utility;
   

6. Update GNOME’s desktop file entries: sudo update-desktop-database
7. Open your app

This past Monday morning was great; I came back to work after an extended vacation and I installed Linux Mint 12 on my T510.

I am a heavy user of workspaces to keep my work and my mind organized. I like knowing that Thunderbird is a quick (CTRL+ALT+RIGHT)*2 away but that it will not distract me while in a coffee-induced ADHD-like state. For reasons like this, I feel offended and alienated by changes to my workspaces! I felt like I was being asked to lose functionality for the sake of new users and the tablet experience.

Somehow, Planet picked up my the now-deleted first draft of this post. Much love for accidental ‘Submit’ button presses.

As I was saying before:

Since returning to Canada from GUADEC, I have not sat still long enough to make this blog post.

The Gnome Foundation was awesome enough to sponsor me to come. Without their help, I would not have had the chance to meet a lot of great people!

I’m leaving tomorrow for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

I was lucky enough to be sponsored by the GUADEC travel committee! I’m thrilled to meet some great new people.

Sorry for the late post everyone. I’m prepping to fly to Gran Canaria tomorrow for GUADEC. (Early, I know).

this last week was filled with other work and planning for my own project.

I have a finalized idea of how the service back end will track lists.

It is unlikely that I will be using Twisted for my server connectivity. Instead, I am currently using GNIO through pybank / girepository.

See title.

He would be better to explain it.

Hi. I am Ian Marcinkowski.

I will be working on a GNOME project for this summer’s Summer of Code. I aim to develop a mail service for GNOME that will provide access to mail content and information to the entire system over DBus.

That’s all for now.