3 handy Linux apps to try this weekend (February 20

I really like discovering cool and helpful apps to make use of on my Linux PC, and this week I discovered some actual gems. They embrace an icon generator, a basic video games launcher, and a storage use analyzer.

I often attempt to discover a frequent thread for all of the apps I am speaking about every week. This week, a type of threads escapes me. As an alternative, I might like to indicate you one among my secrets and techniques to discovering helpful software program: the KDE apps database. It is a treasure trove of free and open supply software program developed underneath the KDE umbrella. It is categorized for simple reference, too.

Emblem

Create icons and avatars with out design expertise (or AI)

In case you’re like me, you are usually making group chats, group servers, initiatives, and social profiles. These usually profit from having some type of brand or insignia representing them. It makes your chat actually stand out when you may have a great icon showcasing what it is all about. Making respectable ones with out graphic design expertise, although, is a problem.

The Emblem app is only for that. It serves no objective besides creating easy however enticing icons with none design expertise obligatory. You merely add a symbolic SVG file, click on the toggles and shade choosers to customise its look, then reserve it as both a PNG or SVG file. Simple, proper?

Probably the most difficult half is simply sourcing an emblem to heart the logo round. In case you can create a primary, monochromatic image, then nice. If you cannot, you will must dig into your /usr/share/icons folder to seek out them. Google additionally makes its Material icons on Google Fonts out there for obtain as SVGs, which could additionally give you the results you want.

Emblem is a part of the GNOME Circle, that means it is simply downloadable and suits properly on GNOME desktops. You possibly can seek for it in your software program supervisor, or obtain it from Flathub. Arch of us can set up it with sudo pacman -S emblem.

Filelight

“Round” disk utilization exploration

Operating out of area in your pc is getting increasingly more costly nowadays as storage prices are skyrocketing and present no indicators of slowing. So how do you benefit from the storage available?

You possibly can use terminal tools like df to view disk usage, or you would get an intuitive graphical instrument for visualizing your storage use known as Filelight. While you launch Filelight, you may choose your house folder or root folder (or discover one other folder, like an exterior drive), and Filelight will scan recursively in that folder and its subfolders to disclose which folders are consuming essentially the most storage.

Filelight breaks down storage consumption with concentric circles forming a kind of multi-tiered pie graph you can navigate. Every circle represents a listing layer, and the circle is damaged into pie slices representing every listing or file. You possibly can click on on directories to dive deeper into them and see how storage is consumed inside that listing.

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I discovered it fascinating to seek out storage hogs this manner. For instance, Firefox I discovered was utilizing up a whole bunch of megabytes simply with its .config file.

If you wish to strive it your self, yow will discover Filelight on Flathub and on Snapcraft. It is out there in most Linux repositories too, so you may both search your software program browser for it or use one among these instructions in your terminal:

sudo apt set up filelight #Debian and Ubuntu
sudo dnf set up filelight #Fedora
sudo pacman -S filelight #Arch
sudo zypper set up filelight #openSUSE

Minigalaxy

A easy launcher for GoG video games

GoG (Good Outdated Galaxy) has lengthy been often known as probably the greatest sources of basic PC video games preserved and optimized for contemporary computer systems. In case you personal video games there, although, you most likely know that getting them put in on Linux is not at all times an easy course of.

Minigalaxy is one among many recreation launchers for Linux on the market that search to make taking part in video games from a digital assortment straightforward. What makes Minigalaxy completely different although is its simplicity and focus. It helps only one storefront: GoG. You possibly can check in to your account and immediately see all of your Linux video games able to obtain, set up, and begin taking part in.

Minigalaxy goes past Linux video games although and likewise makes Home windows video games playable via its built-in Wine assist. Simply be certain that, after signing in to GoG, you go to Preferences > Present Home windows Video games to allow it.

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Prior to now I’ve really useful Heroic Video games Launcher for GoG library administration in addition to for Epic Video games and Amazon Video games. Whereas I stand by that advice, I might additionally promote Minigalaxy to anybody who prefers a simplified, no-hassle expertise.

Minigalaxy is on the market throughout Linux repositories, so you may simply search your software program browser for it and you will possible discover it. It is also out there on Flathub and

You may also set up it out of your distro repositories via one among these terminal instructions:

sudo apt set up minigalaxy #Debian and Ubuntu
sudo dnf set up minigalaxy #Fedora
paru -S minigalaxy #Arch by way of AUR
sudo zypper set up minigalaxy #openSUSE

Nonetheless want extra software program in your Linux PC? Ensure you did not miss last weekend’s app roundup, after I talked about a picture comparability instrument, a thought organizer, and an influence administration analyzer.