Ghostty Update Adds Server-Side Decoration Support on Linux

A new version of Ghostty emerged this week and in this post I run-through the key changes. For those unfamiliar with it, Ghostty is an open-source terminal emulator written in Zig. It offers a “fast, feature-rich, and native” experience — doesn’t claim to be faster, more featured, or go deeper than other native terminals, just offer a competitive combo of the three. Given it does pretty much everything other terminal emulators do, fans faithful to more established terminal emulators won’t find Ghostty‘s presence spooks ’em into switching. It’s a passion project there to be used (or not) depending on need, taste, :sys_more_orange:
#News #AppUpdates #Ghostty #TerminalApps

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/ghostty-update-adds-server-side-decoration-support-on-linux

New Open Source Terminal App Ghostty is One to Watch

We’re seeing something of a terminal emulator renaissance of late with the humble no-frills console being reimagined, rethought, and rewired to use GPU acceleration, containerised workflows, and (naturally) AI. Ghostty is a new, open-source and cross-platform terminal app created by Mitchell Hashimoto (the co-founder of HashiCorp). He says he “set out to build a terminal emulator that was fast, feature-rich, and had a platform-native GUI while still being cross-platform.” And based on the first release of Ghostty 1.0, which materialised over Christmas like a Dickensian spectre, he’s a fair way to achieving those aims! Having ‘platform-native GUI’ as a USP is :sys_more_orange:
#News #Ghostty #TerminalApps #Zig

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/ghostty-terminal-linux-open-source-release

Warp, the AI-Powered Terminal App, Relaxes Its Login Requirement

If you were put off trying the Warp terminal app on Ubuntu (or another Linux distro) due to the account and login requirement, there’s good news. The team behind the Rust-based, AI-infused terminal tool has relented on the requirement that users sign-up for and log in with a Warp account before they can run a command. As of this week, anyone can download Warp for for macOS or Linux (it’s coming to Windows soon) and access “all of the core features :sys_more_orange: with a preview of more advanced features” without an account, and without logging in. “We still think the :sys_more_orange:
#News #Ai/Ml #Rust #TerminalApps #Warp

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/warp-ai-terminal-login-change

Warp, Rust-Based Terminal with AI, is Now Available on Linux

Linux developers have a new toy to play with, Warp. Warp is a closed-source terminal emulator built using the Rust programming language. It offers hardware acceleration, integrated AI, collaborative capabilities, and adopts a “blocks” based approach to commands that help set it apart from traditional terminal tools. Plus, when it comes to text input Warp functions more like an IDE or text editor, offering filtering and selections, cursor positioning (including multiple cursors), auto-complete, syntax highlighting, and a fair bit more. Previously a Mac-only app, Warp is now available for Linux distributions, including Ubuntu. At launch, Warp’s Linux app already offers :sys_more_orange:
#News #Ai/Ml #DevTools #Rust #TerminalApps #Warp

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/warp-terminal-official-linux-release

Warp, a Rust-Based Terminal with AI, is Now Available on Linux https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/warp-terminal-official-linux-release #terminalapps #devtools #AI/ML #News #rust #warp

My Fave Drop Down Terminal Now Supports Ubuntu 23.04

The popular ddterm GNOME extension has finally been updated to support GNOME 44 — and GNOME 45, which is included in Ubuntu 23.10. This drop down terminal (hence the name ‘ddterm’) for GNOME Shell is my go-to terminal on Ubuntu (and Fedora). It’s responsive, has tabs, works natively with Wayland, and offers an colossal crop of customisation options – enough to satisfy the most pernickety of pernickitists! Obviously ddterm is not the only GNOME extension of its type, and a swathe of standalone apps (e.g., Guake, etc) that do similar things exist. But if you use GNOME Shell and aren’t :sys_more_orange:
#News #GnomeExtensions #TerminalApps

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/09/ddterm-extension-gnome-44

Black Box (the ‘Beautiful Terminal App’) Adds Transparency, Sixel Support

A new version of Black Box, a flashy-looking terminal emulator for Linux desktops, popped out this weekend. A few long-standing requests are fulfilled by the new release, including support for customisable keyboard shortcuts. Users can edit almost all of the built-in keyboard shortcuts within the app, including common actions like copy and paste, through to… Background transparency debuts in this release, with background opacity able to be reduced to 0%. A transparent terminal is something a lot of people like, and it is a feature common to most terminal apps available on Linux. Whether useful or not, it’s nice to :sys_more_orange:
#News #AppUpdates #Blackbox #Libadwaita #TerminalApps

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/black-box-gtk4-terminal-app-adds-transparency-experimental-sixel-support

Nala is a Neat Alternative to Apt on Ubuntu

If there’s one command-line tool I know most of you use it’s apt, or the Advanced Package Tool. Every Debian-based Linux distro (Ubuntu included) uses apt because, well, it’s good at what it does. To quote Wikipedia, apt takes the hassle out of managing software on Linux by “automating the retrieval, configuration and installation of software packages, either from precompiled files or by compiling source code.” Whether you want to check for updates, upgrade your system, or install software from your distro’s repo, apt lets you do it quickly, do it easily, and do it relatively safely. But I’m not here to talk :sys_more_orange:
#HowTo #Apt #Nala #PackageManagers #TerminalApps

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/install-nala-on-ubuntu

How to Make Console Your Default Terminal App on Ubuntu

GNOME Console app is a great new alternative to other Linux terminal emulators. In this post I show you how to set Console as default terminal on Ubuntu.
#HowTo #Console #GtkApps #TerminalApps

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/09/make-gnome-console-default-terminal-in-ubuntu

Check Your Battery’s Health from the Command Line with Battop

I recently came across a cool terminal app that help you check your battery health from the command line. It’s called Battop and it’s open source software written in Rust. I ran into it after I went looking for a GUI battery status tool for Linux similar to CoconutBattery for macOS (it’s a menu-bar app that shows battery health, condition, capacity, temperature, voltage and so on). A lot of the guides and tutorials that walk through how to check battery info on Linux all agree on one thing: use upower. It is a solid recommendation. Not only is upower very :sys_more_orange:
#Apps #HowTo #Battery #Battop #CommandLine #Rust #TerminalApps

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/07/battop-command-line-battery-info-health

Black Box is a GTK4 Terminal App With Unique Look

Black Box is a GTK4 terminal emulator for Linux desktops. It boasts innovative UI features, 12 terminal themes, and is easy to install from Flathub.
#Apps #News #Blackbox #Console #Dracula #Gtk4 #Libadwaita #TerminalApps

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/07/blackbox-gtk4-terminal-emulator-for-gnome

Terminal Tip: ‘duf’ is Prettier Alternative to the ‘df’ Command

I wouldn’t call myself a command line ninja but I do have a soft spot for getting things done using a CLI. At the end of 2021 I wrote a list of the best command line apps I use on the regular. In that rundown I spotlighted btop, a powerful and engaging alternative to top, and intro’d ncdu, an awesome, interactive replacement for the regular du command, written in Ncurses. This week I came across a similarly flashy “replacement” for another command that I use from time to time: df. Df is a command line basic that relays file system :sys_more_orange:
#Apps #Cli #Duf #Terminal #TerminalApps

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/06/duf-alternative-to-df-command

Is ‘jnrl’ the Best Journaling App for the Command Line?

Want to log your thoughts and memories without leaving the command line? A reader recently mailed in to tell me about an app called jrnl, a journaling app with a difference: it’s designed to be used from a terminal, not a web browser or mobile app. Now, journaling isn’t for everyone (I don’t keep a journal myself) but you can use this app as a general purpose notebook or jotter to log your thoughts, ideas, musings, experiments, and so on in. If I’d known about jrnl when writing my list of command line apps for Ubuntu I dare say I’d :sys_more_orange:
#Apps #Journal #Jrnl #NoteTakingApps #TerminalApps

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/11/jrnl-is-a-command-line-note-taking-app

10 Cool Command Line Apps for Ubuntu

Command line tools might seem nerdy but they are often faster and more resource efficient than ‘full fat’ GUI alternatives. Plus — as you’re about to discover — they can be a lot more fun to use too. Whether you want to search the web, stream music, or subtweet your secret crush: you can do it all from the comfort of the command line and the frame of your fave terminal emulator. In this post I run-through 10 of my favourite terminal apps. These command line tools aren’t the only ones available for each respective task, but they are are :sys_more_orange:
#List #Cli #CommandLine #TerminalApps

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/11/best-command-line-tools-ubuntu-linux

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