u/ExternalDistrict4256

When zoomed in, the thumbnail previews of MyPaint brushes in the official GIMP releases appear heavily blurred and pixelated. Fortunately, it is highly feasible (and relatively simple) to improve their rendering quality. By switching the source assets from PNG to SVG format, the thumbnails can scale cleanly. Implementing this requires only a minor code change: adding a single new function in /app/core/gimpbrush.c and replacing the existing PNG assets with SVGs in the /mypaint-data/brushes/... directory.

UI modifications:

Centered the top menu bar.

Increased the default size of image thumbnails because I am visually impaired but they can be set smaller as default.

Improved the toolbox' symbolic icons.

Added a right-side activity bar (no dockable dialogs and tabs) apart from content changing tabs like Content menu, Preview Size, View As and Button Bar check box.

Configured the right content panel to display tool options, activity bar content, filters, color options, etc.

Assigned the Esc key to close the content panel.

I am working on some tool icons for Gimp (using Inkscape, of course), and I want to hear your expert opinion. In the first screenshot, you can see the default Gimp symbolic icons, and in the second screenshot, the ones I am creating. In my opinion, the default Gimp symbolic icons are too 'fat', making it difficult to identify them at first glance. I am trying to make my versions more elegant and distinctive, as shown in the second screenshot. What do you think?

If your GRUB bootloader has been corrupted you can repair it with this small tool.

To do: Block Windows boot manager to overwrite Grub (already implemented but I need to test it)

https://github.com/perlgui/grub-repair-tool/blob/main/README.md

https://github.com/perlgui/cinnamon-automatic-tiling

This is working pretty well even without Muffin being patched. It's easy to completely disable tiling and switch between manual and automatic tiling via the GUI. Application exclusion from tiling, custom border width, gap width between tiles, gap width between tiles and screen edges, and accent border color can also be configured via the GUI. You can also minimize and unminimize tiles with the remaining tiles automatically retiling.

Once Muffin matures as a native Wayland compositor, it will have full control over the rendering pipeline and compositor effects. Smooth tiling animations like those in Hyprland and Niri would be implementable the same way they are there - as compositor-level transitions applied when windows are repositioned and resized.