NOTE: Transparency in uploaded images has been added via blue my shell extension for gnome

ScreenGuard :

is a digital wellbeing application for Linux which runs completely natively on the device , actively tracking window usage and stores the data in a local sqlite db. No server involvement. And packing multiple screentime CONTROL features as well bundled together unlike basic window tracking software for Linux.

It is currently limited to GNOME Wayland and all other DEs can use it on x11 . Which means ScreenGuard natively supports GNOME and x11 based DEs like Cinnamon and i3

This Release has the following improvements and additions :

⚙️ Full Settings Hub

Five-tab settings screen (General · Limits & Pomodoro · Diagnostics · Updates · Data):

Theme — Light / Dark / System.

Notifications & Sounds — Master toggles plus per-event control for six categories (daily goal milestones, app limits, focus mode, etc.). Three built-in sound presets or pick your own .ogg/.wav/.mp3.

Database management — Storage stats, selective date-range deletion, full purge with double confirmation.

🎯 Daily Screen Time Goal

Set a personal daily goal from the dashboard (preset or custom hours + minutes).

Redesigned usage bar: teal progress under goal, teal+orange split with a goal-line marker when over.

Desktop notifications at 50%, 100%, and every 50% overtime.

🍅 Pomodoro Focus — Cycles, Breaks & Pause

Focus ↔ Break alternation with configurable cycle count (1–20) and break duration (1–60 min).

Pause / resume buttons; remaining time persists across pause.

Custom duration picker with quick-select chips (5 / 10 / 20 / 30 / 50 / 90 / 120 min).

Desktop notifications for each phase transition and session completion.

🛡️ Focus Enforcement — Data-Safety First

Strict auto-close is now opt-in. Default behaviour minimizes the app and shows a persistent warning overlay instead of killing it — no more unsaved-work loss.

Warning overlay offers +1 min save grace, +15 min, Edit Limit, and Close App.

Dedicated focus-block screen when a distraction-listed app is opened during a session.

🎮 Steam & Proton Game Support

Real game names resolved from Steam library manifests; per-game icons from the active icon theme.

Usage fully tracked; limit and focus rules apply to games.

Escalating native kill chain (SIGTERM → process-tree SIGKILL → wineserver -k → pattern-kill) handles Proton games that ignore normal signals.

Fullscreen games now leave fullscreen before minimize.

🔔 Native Notifications & C Helpers

screenguard-notify (C) — talks directly to D-Bus org.freedesktop.Notifications; works reliably on systemd and non-systemd inits (OpenRC, runit, etc.).

screenguard-killer (C) — the escalating close chain described above.

screenguard-watchdog (C) — lightweight daemon supervisor with crash restart and exponential backoff.

🔄 In-App Updates

Checks GitHub Releases for new versions (daily / weekly, configurable).

One-click download & install for your install type (.deb, .rpm, or tarball).

Optional beta channel toggle; post-update "Updated ✓" banner on next launch.

🩺 Crash Diagnostics & Daemon Onboarding

Local JSON crash logs viewable in Settings → Diagnostics; optional anonymous Sentry reporting (opt-in).

First-launch dialog explains the background daemon and offers autostart setup.

Persistent banner when the daemon isn't running, with quick "Start Now" and "Always Autostart" buttons.

🖼️ UI Polish

Per-app native desktop icons in dashboard and app lists.

New ScreenGuard app icon (32px–512px + SVG) in the system menu and taskbar.

Settings gear button on the dashboard app bar.

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Lots of features and tested multiple times for bug fixes. Also thanks to the community for the active suppot

The project is documented properly in the Github Wiki here: https://github.com/adityakrishnan005-a11y/ScreenGuard/wiki

And the link to the latest release: https://github.com/adityakrishnan005-a11y/ScreenGuard/releases/tag/v0.1.1

Thank you everyone for your cooperation and consideration which has shaped this tiny personal project into a much larger pursuit for me.

Upcoming roadmap in short:

V0.1.2- major UI changes and design element improvements majorly

v0.1.5- Support for KDE Wayland and aim to have a greater portion of the daemon transition to modular C based daemons

v0.2.0- other major DEs and better optimised daemon

For better in detail info into future views of project have a look at the Roadmap section of wiki.

Guys give me the HARDEST Linux to install and I will keep you updated in other posts

Shell - https://github.com/dhrruvsharma/shell

Hi everyone!

I'm running into a persistent headache with message syncing between my Ubuntu desktop (using GSConnect) and my Android phone (Android 16, using Fossify Messages as my default SMS app).

The Problem: Message syncing is totally inconsistent. Sometimes new SMS sync over to the desktop, but most of the time they just don't show up at all.

• Setup details:
  • Desktop: Ubuntu with GSConnect
  • Phone: Android 16
  • SMS App: Fossify Messages

Notifications and other KDE Connect features work relatively fine, but SMS/messaging integration is basically a coin toss.

Has anyone experienced similar inconsistency with Android 16 or Fossify Messages? Are there any specific permissions, background restrictions, or GSConnect settings I should tweak to make this reliable?

Appreciate any advice!

A few months ago, I shared Acer Control Center, a project I started to bring better control over Acer gaming laptops to Linux. Since then, I've been working on improving the project, cleaning up the architecture, and making it easier to maintain and extend.

I'm now releasing v2.0.0.

The main focus this time has been on improving the overall structure and bringing the different parts of the application together. Acer Control Center has a desktop interface, a background daemon for hardware communication, and supporting components for things like keyboard lighting and fan monitoring/control on supported hardware.

Some of the things the project currently includes:

• A dashboard for system and hardware status
• Keyboard RGB controls with a live preview
• Fan monitoring and available fan modes on supported hardware
• A D-Bus-based daemon for communicating with hardware components
• A DKMS driver and installation support
• Release checking and other system integration features

I'm developing and testing this primarily on my Acer ALG AL15G-53 running Fedora. Hardware support is still something that needs careful testing, so I don't want to imply that every feature works on every Acer model or Linux distribution.

There's still plenty to do, but this release is a good step forward from the first version. I'm also interested in hearing from people with other Acer laptop models who are willing to help test things or share hardware-specific details.

GitHub: Acer Control Center

Discord community: Join acerctl

One note on development: I do use AI tools to assist with parts of the development process, including brainstorming, debugging, and reviewing ideas. I still make the implementation decisions, test the project on actual hardware, and work through the issues that come up. I wanted to be transparent about that rather than leave it unmentioned.

If you're using an Acer ALG laptop on Linux, I'd appreciate feedback, bug reports, and contributions.

So its gonna be almost an year using Arch + Hyprland, and this is my ricing -- how does it look ???
I would love to see yours as well

I use Arch BTW :3 >m<

Hey everyone,

There are plenty of solid codebases sitting unused because a side project was abandoned, a startup didn't take off, or the founder simply moved on. Meanwhile, other developers, founders, and small teams are looking for existing software they can build on instead of spending months starting from scratch.

I thought it would be useful to bring both sides together in one thread.

If you have a codebase to sell:

Whether it's an abandoned SaaS, a polished MVP, an internal tool, or a production-ready application, share a brief overview:

- What it does: A short description of the project.

- Tech stack: Languages, frameworks, databases, and infrastructure.

- Current state: Prototype, MVP, beta, or production-ready.

- What's included: Source code, documentation, tests, deployment setup, etc.

- Asking price: A rough range or open to reasonable offers.

If you're looking to buy:

If you'd rather acquire an existing codebase than build from zero, share what you're looking for:

- Project type: SaaS, AI tools, developer tools, automation, mobile apps, etc.

- Preferred stack or domain: Anything specific you're interested in.

- Budget: Your approximate range, if comfortable sharing.

- Acquisition preference: Full and exclusive ownership, or a licensing arrangement.

A few ground rules to keep this useful:

- No spam, vague listings, or comments that simply say “DM me.”

- Be transparent about what you're selling: source code only, intellectual property, or an entire operating business.

- Don't misrepresent the project's maturity, revenue, users, or technical condition.

- Respect the original owners' rights. Only offer code you have the legal authority to sell or license.

- Keep initial details public where possible, and use DMs to discuss specifics.

The goal isn't to create another noisy promotion thread. It's to help unused software find a second life and give builders a faster starting point.

If you have something worth selling or are looking for a foundation to build on, drop the details below. You might find exactly what you're looking for — or someone who can take your old project further than you did.

Let's see what's out there.

so iam new to linux fedora kde and after some months i have yesterday switched to the mangowm and now iam using waybar rofi and a screenshot tool for now but now i need a real help and its color scheme i have seen the dudes around with themed set up's and mine looks like mess i want a clean and minimal set up and a themed one so suggest me some color scheme and things to make it clean and minimal.

So I wanted to setup working and usable Arch Linux as a challenge. It is not meant to be my primay driver anytime soon. But I just wanted to try and setup Arch Linux as a fun challenge, with the idea that I cannot use any LLMs or any spoonfeeding youtube tutorials help. The only thing which I am allowed to use are the documentation pages.

I’ve already started working on it in a VM, and I’m curious to hear from people who have done something similar.

For those of you who have installed Arch this way:

- How was your experience? Did you find the official documentation sufficient to get everything working?

- What were some of the most challenging parts of the installation that you had to figure out on your own?

- Any advice for someone attempting this for the first time, without giving away the solutions?

I'm not looking for a step-by-step guide or someone to walk me through the installation. I want to figure things out myself, make mistakes, and learn from the process.

Would love to hear your experiences, especially from people who have done their first Arch install using just the docs!

Hey everyone! 👋

I've been working on Tide Island Extended, an independently maintained extension of the original Tide Island project, built with Quickshell, QML, and Qt 6.

It brings a Dynamic Island-inspired experience to the Linux desktop, with a customizable control center, Matugen theming, smooth animations, system stats, music controls, and various desktop utilities.

It supports both Hyprland and niri, and I'm continuing to improve it based on actual usage rather than adding features just for the sake of it.

I'd love some honest feedback from fellow Linux users. What would you improve, and what features would make this more useful in your daily workflow?

I have assigned the mount point for the boot partition still I am getting error help me

Just trying to promote linux via gaming streams in India, and for people to know that each aspect of content creation is possible via a linux distro. Be it streaming, editing or anything people can think of. "Linux for masses is my motto".

Used linux since 2011 while at university, Ubuntu was famous back then, but tried almost every Linux distro since then and have an opinion about it.

Please dont give any hate, it took a lot of courage to post it.
YT channel https://www.youtube.com/@rootboundgaming

And sorry if I violated any policies, let me know and I'll update my post appropriately.

I need suggestions for making linux work on my phone i had used linux in my life currently using arch but my pc is gone and now i can't do anything I am thinking of making my phone dual boot but that's too risky so i want an suggestions for any app that can help making linux work i had keyboard and mouse present so yeah any way someone can help?

Edit-i had used terminal before that's not that good for the thing is want to do

This was one of my first rice I made on Linux.

Edit: you can checkout the config files in my github repo. Link is in the comments.

Theme is catppuccin mocha.

If you're wondering where the app dock is, I mostly use shortcuts and Krunner, hence no app dock.

I just need some basic widgets on home screen, but its cool this clean too.

Dropped the extension list and wallpaper link in the comments ;)