Desktop
We track 17 posts about Desktop from 11 engineering blogs. Most active: Hayden James, CodeName One, Dennis Felsing. Latest post: Oct 9, 2026.
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Android on iOS, Web & Desktop Efficiently and for Free (opens on the source site)
Compile Android apps for iOS, web and desktop with a free, open-source compatibility layer. Try the browser demo, see the iOS binary size and migrate one screen at a time.
Native Desktop Themes for Production Apps (opens on the source site)
Use native desktop themes with OS window integration, light and dark styles, and your own branding. See Fluent, Aqua, and Adwaita in the Settings app.
Land your apps on Googlebook with adaptive development (opens on the source site)
Android ·
Posted by Fahd Imtiaz, Senior Product Manager, and Loryn Hairston, Product Marketing Manager, Android Developer Googlebook introduces a new category of laptops built on a shared Android foundation. High-performance hardware from partners such as HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer, and Asus, combines mobile convenience with desktop power. Googlebook offers high-resolution OLED touchscreens, dedicated keyboards, and precision trackpads with all-day battery life and OS-level Gemini Intelligence. With Googlebook, users can transition fluidly from quick interactions on their phones to rich, immersive sessions…
Classic Engine Feature EOL: SSR, Desktop SSO, Device Trust (opens on the source site)
Okta ·
Starting March 5, 2027, Okta ends support for a few capabilities on Classic Engine. Identity and security requirements continue to evolve. Organizations expect authentication experiences that are more secure, flexible, and adaptable to changing users, devices, and applications. Okta invests in Okta Identity Engine, the modern foundation for passwordless authentication, device assurance, phishing-resistant multifactor authentication, and adaptive security policies. By moving to Okta Identity Engine, you access an environment aligned with modern security practices that is stronger, more…
A Dialog Can Now Be a Native Desktop Window (opens on the source site)
Codename One dialogs can stay inside a secondary window or become native modal windows, while sheets, popups, overlays, tooltips, HTML, and accessibility now resolve the correct top level.
Thank you to everyone who gave this a spin! It’s now available to everyone on desktop. Happy… (opens on the source site)
Tumblr ·
engineering:Now in Labs: Full-screen messaging on webMessages on web live in small popovers: both the list of messages, and the message window itself. That’s fine for a quick reply, but it gets cramped when you’re keeping up with a lot of conversations, so we built a full-screen version.Full-screen messaging gives your DMs more space: your conversation list on the left, the open conversation on the right. Of course, you can switch between your blogs, start a new chat, send GIFs and images, and block or report a conversation.To try it, enable it in Labs → Full-screen messaging. Once it’s on,…
Linux swap Commands: Create and Manage Swap Files/Partitions (opens on the source site)
A practical guide to creating, managing, and tuning swap files and swap partitions on Linux using mkswap, swapon, and swapoff, with real commands and common troubleshooting fixes.Continue reading...
How to Set Up Hibernation on Linux (Swap Done Right) (opens on the source site)
I recently reinstalled my main desktop from scratch: Debian testing via Kali underneath (read first before judging) and XFCE on top. One of the reasons I keep coming back to XFCE is its built-in power management.Continue reading...
A Guide to Linux /proc Filesystem (opens on the source site)
The /proc filesystem is a live window into the Linux kernel: process state, memory layout, CPU counters, network stats, and writable kernel tunables, all accessible with nothing but cat and grep. This guide walks through the most useful files and per-process directories with practical examples.Continue reading...
Meeting Notes - A Free Desktop App for Tracking 1:1s (opens on the source site)
Meeting Notes is a free offline desktop app for 1:1s. Organise notes by person, tag topics, and transcribe meetings on-device with Whisper.
Resty Desktop, a GUI for the Restic Backup Application (opens on the source site)
There are quite a few backup applications in circulation, each with their own set of benefits. I have personally become very fond of the Restic backup application because of it being quick, reliable, ... The post Resty Desktop, a GUI for the Restic Backup Application appeared first on The Polyglot Developer.
How to Manage Your Discord Desktop Notifications: A Complete Guide (opens on the source site)
Discord ·
Not getting pinged for the conversations you wanna know about? This guide walks through server and channel notifications settings, Do Not Disturb, turning off specific notification sounds, and what to check when your pings mysteriously go quiet.
Linux Troubleshooting: These 4 Steps Will Fix 99% of Errors (opens on the source site)
I’ll admit, I hesitated a bit before writing this post. The whole point of this linuxblog.io and linuxcommunity.io forum is to bring together like-minded Linux users and professionals so we can troubleshoot, share ideas, and learn from one another.Continue reading...
Linux tmpfs for Speed and Temporary Storage (opens on the source site)
tmpfs lets you mount a filesystem entirely in RAM. Here is how Linux already uses it, how to create your own mounts, and where it actually makes sense to use one.Continue reading...
New updates to Edge across desktop and mobile (opens on the source site)
Edge just made it easier to go from first tab to final plan, wherever you go. Your favorite Copilot experiences, plus new ones, are now available directly in Edge on desktop and, for the first time, in the Edge mobile app. This includes capabilities The post New updates to Edge across desktop and mobile appeared first on Microsoft Edge Blog.
Migrating from Brave to IPFS Desktop (opens on the source site)
IPFS ·
In 2021 (opens new window), IPFS maintainers worked with the Brave team to add native support for IPFS in the Brave Browser. This was the first deep integration of an IPFS node in a browser. After over three years, the Brave team decided (opens new window) to remove support for running IPFS node as we could not find a mutually agreeable set of terms to make this integration sustainable. The removal was implemented in the latest stable release (v1.69.153 (opens new window)) which shipped on Aug 22nd. While this change may be disappointing for some, it presents an opportunity to adopt a more…
Linux Desktop Setup (opens on the source site)
Russian Translation by Akhmad Karimov My software setup has been surprisingly constant over the last decade, after a few years of experimentation since I initially switched to Linux in 2006. It might be interesting to look back in another 10 years and see what changed. A quick overview of what’s running as I’m writing this post: Motivation My software priorities are, in no specific order: Programs should run on my local system so that I’m in control of them, this excludes cloud solutions. Programs should run in the terminal, so that they can be used consistently from anywhere, including weak…
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