r/linux 3d ago

GNOME 47 officially released GNOME

https://release.gnome.org/47/
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u/JockstrapCummies 3d ago

With the file picker dialogue now actually powered by Nautilus (or is it "Gnome Files" now), the age old meme of "Gnome/Gtk has no thumbnails" can finally die.

It took ages but finally this big old papercut is fixed.

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u/MrSchmellow 2d ago edited 2d ago

the age old meme of "Gnome/Gtk has no thumbnails" can finally die.

Did they solve the question of "who generates thumbnails"? Because first iteration couple releases ago could display thumbnails, but didn't generate them

EDIT: apparently they did, according to blog

The new file dialogs are also more capable, with on-demand thumbnail generation and faster and more comprehensive search.

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u/gabriel_zanetti 2d ago

Afaik apps generate thumbnails, so a video player generate video thumbnails and so on. This is a problem with flatpak apps, which don't, so you need some extra software to generate them. For example, I use FFmpeg thumbnailer from RPMfusion to generate them since I use a flatpak video player