Dropbox has stopped supporting direct linking of files from the Public folder. So the DEB and RUN files linked in my previous posts will no longer work. Instead of moving to another storage provider I'll be switching to GitHub.

The source code for my projects will now be available on both Launchpad as well as GitHub. Both repositories will be kept in sync.

GitHub provides hosting for binary files and a release page that lists the releases for a project. Links for downloads given below:

Timeshift Releases
Selene Releases
Ukuu Releases
Aptik Releases
Conky Manager Releases
Indicator Diskman Releases
Battery Monitor Releases

Donate

If you find my applications useful and wish to say thanks, you can buy me a coffee by making a donation with Paypal. You could also sign up as a sponsor on Patreon.com. People who donate get access to beta releases of applications during the development stage, and extra features in the final release.

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Beta 3 of Polo File Manager is now available.

Beta builds are currently available only to a limited set of users who have donated to this project. The final stable release of Polo will be available to all users (April or May). People who donate will get access to a few extra features in the final release.

If you are interested in testing the beta release of Polo, please send me an email and I will add you to the beta mailing list.

Next beta will be available on April 8.

Feature status

Completed: Sidebar, Middle Toolbar, Sessions, Media View, List View, Icon View, Tile View, Toolbar, Statusbar, Layouts, Tabs, File Context Menu, File Menubar, File Operations, Overwrite Confirmation, Settings, Keyboard shortcuts

Pending: Trash, Cloud storage support, Archive support, Remote and virtual filesystems, Checksum calculations, Drag & drop.

What's New

New Properties Window

The properties window was updated with new tabs for filesystem info, media info, and permissions.

The General tab displays basic file properties. The Modified and Access time can be updated by clicking the "Touch" link. Owner and Group can be changed by selecting from dropdowns (can be changed only by root).

For directories the changes for Modified time, Access time, Owner and Group can be applied recursively to all files and subdirectories using the "All" link and by clicking the buttons next to the Owner/Group dropdowns.

The Filesystem tab displays info for the device that the selected file is stored on.

The MediaInfo tab displays properties for Image, Audio and Video files. EXIF tags (such as camera model, exposure, ISO, etc) will be displayed for photos. Information is provided by MediaInfo and exiftool.

The Permissions tab displays current permissions and allows permissions to be changed by selecting the checkboxes.

Middle Toolbar

A middle toolbar was added with actions for copying or moving selected files to the opposite pane.

Donate

If you find my applications useful and wish to say thanks, you can buy me a coffee by making a donation with Paypal. You could also sign up as a sponsor on Patreon.com. People who donate get access to beta releases of applications during the development stage, and extra features in the final release.

Bitcoin: 1Js5vfgmwKew4byF9unWacwAjBQVvZ3Fev

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Introducing Ubuntu Kernel Upgrade Utility

This is a tool for installing the latest mainline Linux kernel on Ubuntu-based distributions.

Features:

• Fetches list of kernels from kernel.ubuntu.com
• Displays notifications when a new kernel update is available.
• Downloads and installs packages automatically

Installation

Ubuntu-based Distributions (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc)

Packages are available in the Launchpad PPA for supported Ubuntu releases. Run the following commands in a terminal window:

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ukuu

For older Ubuntu releases which have reached end-of-life, you can install Aptik from the DEB files linked below.
ukuu-latest-i386.deb (32-bit)
ukuu-latest-amd64.deb (64-bit)

Debian

DEB files are available from following links:
ukuu-latest-i386.deb (32-bit)
ukuu-latest-amd64.deb (64-bit)

Other Linux Distributions

An installer is available from following links:
ukuu-latest-i386.run (32-bit)
ukuu-latest-amd64.run (64-bit)

Removal

Run the following commands in a terminal window:

sudo apt-get purge ukuu

Donations

If you want to buy me a coffee or send some donations my way, you can use Google wallet or Paypal to send a donation to teejeetech at gmail dot com.

Donate with Paypal
Donate with Google Wallet

Aptik v17.4 is now available.

What's New

Improved App Settings

• Application settings window now displays a simplified list of items instead of listing the config directories in your home folder. Multiple directories created by an application will be listed as a single item.

• User dropdown now displays an option for "All Users". This displays a combined list of applications from all user home directories. Clicking the "Backup" button will create separate backups for each user on the system.
• Selected items will be remembered by Aptik and pre-selected when you open the application again. This saves time if you backup the same applications every time.
• This version uses a new folder layout to create backups for application settings. Backups created with previous versions of Aptik are not compatible with this version.

Misc

• Fixed: The application would crash sometimes while downloading packages
• Fixed: Clicking links in About and Donate windows did not work with Chrome as the browser was launched as root user. The browser will now be launched as a normal user.
• Added Swedish translation by Åke Engelbrektson
• Various minor issues were fixed.
  

Installation

Ubuntu-based Distributions (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc)

Packages are available in the Launchpad PPA for supported Ubuntu releases. Run the following commands in a terminal window:

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install aptik

For older Ubuntu releases which have reached end-of-life, DEB and RUN files can be downloaded from the Releases page.

Debian

DEB and RUN files can be downloaded from the Releases page.

Other Linux Distributions

This application is meant to be used only on Ubuntu-based distributions. It depends on apt and other debian-specific tools to backup and restore packages. There are currently no plans to add support for other package managers and distributions.

Donate

If you find this application useful and wish to say thanks, you can make a donation via Paypal to show your support. You could also sign up as a sponsor on Patreon.com. People who donate get access to beta releases of new applications during the development stage, and extra features in the final release.

Beta 4 build of Polo File Manager is now available.

Beta releases are currently available only to a limited set of users who have donated to this project. The final stable release of Polo will be available to all users (in June). People who donate will get access to a few extra features in the final release.

Beta 5 will be available on April 30. You can track changes on the milestones page.

Pending: Trash, Archive support, Cloud storage support, Remote and virtual filesystems, Checksum calculations, Drag & drop.

What's New

File View Changes

• Views will update automatically when directory contents change. There is no need to manually refresh the view using toolbar button or F5 key.

• Previously, the view would default to the user's home directory when a device was unmounted, or if the path was not found while restoring the last session. This is inconvenient as the user has to navigate to the path again after connecting the device. Unmounting a device will now display "Device was unmounted" in the view instead of switching to user's home directory. While restoring the last session, an empty view will be displayed with message "Path not found".

First-Run Wizard

• A wizard-style dialog was added to select the default layout on the first run of the application. Users can click one of the images to set the default layout. More pages will be added later for selecting other defaults.

Device Dropdown

• [Fixed] Loop devices created by snap packages will not be displayed
• [Fixed] Swap volumes will not be displayed
• Device list in sidebar will refresh automatically when devices are connected, disconnected, mounted or unmounted
• Device dropdown was updated to display the volume size and mount path

Speed Improvements

• Folders will take less time to open after the first time, as some data will be cached for future use. This gives a 10% to 60% improvement in speed when folders are re-opened (depending on the number of items and images in folder).
• More speed improvements are planned for Beta 5

Media bar changes

In previous version the view would switch automatically to Media View if the folder contained images or video. User had to exit the view manually or select the "Ignore" option. This is inconvenient since the view would change suddenly on entering such folders even if user wished to stay in the selected view (List, Icon, or Tiled).

Now the media bar will prompt user to switch to Media View without switching to it automatically.

User can select Yes to switch to Media View, or No to ignore the prompt. Selection will be remembered for future sessions and prompt will not appear for same folder again.

To reset the saved decision, simply change the view manually from the toolbar and the prompt will appear again when you open the folder.

Hide Files & Folders

Files and folders can now be hidden by selecting "Hide" or "Unhide" from the right-click menu. This adds an entry to the .hidden file in the parent directory.

Normally, only files starting with dot "." are treated as hidden files. Using this option allows files to be hidden without changing the name.

Files will remain hidden in all file managers that support .hidden files (Nemo, Nautilus, etc).

Other changes

• Added keyboard shortcuts and menubar items for Back (Alt+Left), Forward (Alt+Right) and Up (Alt+Up)

• Added keyboard shortcuts and menubar items for Open Location (Ctrl+L)

• (Delete) will send files to trash and (Shift+Delete) will delete files permanently. This was mapped in opposite order in previous versions.

• Added type-ahead selection for list view (files and folders can be selected by typing on keyboard).

• [Fixed] Thumbnailer: Random crash on browsing directories with images

• [Fixed] Thumbnailer: Do not generate thumbnails for image files smaller than 128px, load file directly instead.

• [Fixed] Thumbnailer: Do not upscale thumbnails for images which are smaller then requested size.

• [Fixed] Tree browsing was broken. Subfolders were not populated correctly when node was expanded.

• [Fixed] Only first file was trashed on trashing multiple files

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Donate

If you find my applications useful and wish to say thanks, you can buy me a coffee by making a donation with Paypal. You could also sign up as a sponsor on Patreon.com. People who donate get access to beta releases of applications during the development stage, and extra features in the final release.

Selene v17.4.1 is now available. This is a maintenance release that fixes issues on Ubuntu 16.10 and 17.04.

https://github.com/teejee2008/selene-media-converter/releases/tag/v17.4.2

Changes

• Fixed crash on Ubuntu 16.10 and 17.04
• Fixed issues with newer GTK versions
• Use GtkStackSwitcher in app settings window
• Use GtkSidebar in encoder settings window
• Subs: Added support for muxing ASS subs in MKV
• AppSettings: Show OK button instead of Save & Cancel
• AppSettings: Save settings if window is closed directly
• Removed dependency on realpath
• Added Dutch translation by Heimen Stoffels

Installation

Ubuntu-based Distributions (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc)

Packages are available in the Launchpad PPA for supported Ubuntu releases. Run the following commands in a terminal window:

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install selene

Installers are available on the Releases page for older Ubuntu releases which have reached end-of-life.

Other Linux Distributions

Installers are available on the Releases page.
Run the following commands in a terminal window:

# 64-bit
sudo chmod a+x ./selene-*-amd64.run
sudo ./selene-*-amd64.run
# 32-bit
sudo chmod a+x ./selene-*-i386.run
sudo ./selene-*-i386.run

Donate

If you find this applications useful and wish to say thanks, you can buy me a coffee by making a donation with Paypal. You could also sign up as a sponsor on Patreon.com.

Beta 5 will be delayed by another week (May 7th). Here's a preview of new features.

What's New

Trash Support

• You can now browse, delete and restore items in your trash.

• Each user can see the items in their local trash folder plus trash folders on all mounted devices that they have access to.
• Size of files in trash will be displayed in the sidebar and dropdown. So you will always be aware of how much data you have in trash.

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• Right-click menu for trashed items have an option to open the original path in a new tab, and options for copying trashed items to other locations.

Archive Support

• Support was added for browsing, extracting and creating archives. This is powered by the p7zip utility which is available on most Linux distributions.

• Archives can be browsed as normal folders with a double-click. Browsing nested archives (archives inside archives) is also supported.

• You will be prompted for password when you try to open an encrypted archive with encrypted headers (encrypted file list). Encrypted archives with non-encrypted headers can be browsed normally. Password will be required only for extraction.

• Once you enter password for an archive, it will be remembered for current session.

• Extraction progress is similiar to the 7zip application on Windows :-). It shows detailed progress information and can also be paused and resumed.

Donate

Beta releases of Polo are currently available only to a limited set of users who have donated to this project. The final stable release of Polo will be available to all users (in July). People who donate get access to a few extra features in the final release.

Beta 5 build of Polo File Manager is now available.

Beta builds are currently available only to a limited set of users who have donated to this project. The final stable release will be available to all users (in July). People who donate will get access to a few extra features in the final release. Refer to the Donation section below for more details.

You can track the progress of the project and release schedule on the milestones page.

Feature status

Pending: Drag & drop, Cloud storage support, Remote and virtual filesystems, Checksum calculations.

Project Status & Milestones

What's New

Performance Improvements

• Loading folders is now super-quick. In previous versions there was a noticeable lag while opening folders. This has been fixed.
• Visiting a folder that was visited previously will load the view instantly, as it is loaded from a cache. The cache updates automatically when folder contents change.

Calculate Directory Sizes

• Directory sizes can be calculated using shortcut CTRL+E or by selecting the option from Menubar -> Tools.

Default File Manager & Single Window Mode

• There's a new option to select the default file manager on your system. You can select Polo from the dropdown or any other file manager that you prefer.

• Opening the folders on your desktop should open the folder in the selected file manager, but some desktops (like Unity) will open the folder in whichever file manager is default for that desktop (Nautilus for Unity and Gnome). Sadly, this is difficult to work-around, and depends on which desktop you are using.

• If the single-window mode is selected, then opening new folders with Polo will open the folder in an existing window instead of creating a new window each time. The path will be opened in a new tab, and the window will be brought to the front and focussed.

• The "Open in New Tab" option was changed so that an already-open tab will be focussed instead of creating a new one.

ListView Sorting

• Some issues were fixed with list view sorting. Directories will be sorted before files.
• An arrow will be displayed in column header to indicate the sorting direction. The arrow points in the direction of increasing values.

Creating Archives

• You can create archives by selecting items and clicking "Compress" from the right-click menu.

• Clicking the tiny gear icons beside Level and Encrypt brings up some advanced options.

• Compression progress is displayed in-line at the botton of the active pane. The progressbar displays the dynamic compression ratio (darker bar) while the archive is being copmpressed :)

External Tools

• There's a new window which displays the external utilities that Polo depends on, and whether they are installed on the system. You can bring up this window from Menubar -> Tools -> External Tools.

• You need to have p7zip installed on your system for archive support to work. The version that is available in Ubuntu 16.04 is v9.20 which was released in 2010. Most Linux distros have this version in their repos. Polo will work with this older version, but you may face some issues with encrypted archives. You can check your version with the following command:

  
  7z | grep "Version"
  

  Any version higher than v9.20 is recommended.

• You can download a newer version for Ubuntu from below links. These packages are from Ubuntu 16.10 Yaketty.

  • 64-bit: p7zipp7zip-fullp7zip-rar
  • 32-bit: p7zipp7zip-fullp7zip-rar

  You can paste the following commands in a terminal window to download and install the packages automatically.

  • 64-bit: https://pastebin.com/xjkWqF1A
  • 32-bit: https://pastebin.com/2Gim8i7X

Installer

• The installer had some issues with non-Ubuntu distributions like ArchLinux, Manjaro, etc. These have been fixed.

• Installer can be executed with following command:

  
    sudo sh polo*amd64.run
  

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Toggles for expanding and collapsing sections in sidebar was not working

• Fixed: Closing the second-last tab in a pane would close that tab but add a new tab again

• Various other issues were fixed

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Donate

Beta releases of Polo are currently available only to a limited set of users who have donated to this project. The final stable release of Polo will be available to all users (in July). People who donate get access to a few extra features in the final release.

PayPal ~ If you find this application useful and wish to say thanks, you can buy me a coffee by making a one-time donation with Paypal.

Patreon ~ You can also sign up as a sponsor on Patreon.com. As a patron you will get access to beta releases of new applications that I'm working on. You will also get news and updates about new features that are not published elsewhere.

Bitcoin ~ You can send bitcoins at this address or by scanning the QR code below:

1Js5vfgmwKew4byF9unWacwAjBQVvZ3Fev

Beta 6 release of Polo File Manager is now available for download. Source code has been published on GitHub and licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.

You can install it from a PPA or by downloading packages from the Releases page. It is available for all distributions including Debian, Arch Linux and their derivatives. See the Installation section below for more details.

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install polo-file-manager

Starting this week, public versions will be released once a month. Regular beta versions will be released every 2 weeks and will be sent out to users on the beta mailing list. You can make a donation via PayPal or Patreon to get added to the beta mailing list.

What's New

GTK Headerbar / Client-side Decorations

A Gtk HeaderBar was added which replaces the toolbar, path bar and window title bar. This is completely optional and can be enabled or disabled from the Settings window.

Toolbar Changes

• Bookmarks and Devices were added to the toolbar

• Toolbar items for View Mode, Pane Mode, and Hidden items were combined into a popover which is displayed on clicking the View button.

• Clicking Select Columns will display the column list for columns to be displayed in the list view. The changes only affect the active pane. To set the default columns for all panes, use the options provided in the Settings window.

Pathbar Changes

The pathbar was updated with 3 new styles for bread crumbs. You can change this from the UI tab in Pathbar section of Settings window.

Setting: Use Buttons

Setting: Use Buttons + Flat Buttons - Buttons without borders

Setting: Use Buttons (disabled) - Compact style with minimal padding at top and bottom

Context Menu Changes

The right-click menu was cleaned-up. Items have been moved into sub-menus to make it easier to find items.

Sorting

A sub-menu was added for sorting items in all view modes (sorting was not supported for Icon View and Tile View in previous beta).

Document Templates

• Support was added for document templates in user's Templates folder (usually $HOME/Templates). Templates will be listed in the New submenu and can be used for creating new documents.
• System-wide templates installed in /usr/share/templates are also supported.

Other Changes

• [Fixed] Mount ISO option in the right-click menu did nothing when clicked
• [Fixed] Restoring a session would sometimes break the pane layout. Switching from single to multiple panes would display an empty area in place of the extra pane that should have been displayed.
• [Fixed] Device relationships were not mapped correctly. Partitions would sometimes be displayed under a disk it did not belong to.
• [Fixed] Cancel button in File Conflicts window would reshow the window again if clicked
• [Fixed] Files containing localized characters could not be opened as the file path was not passed correctly to the mimetype handler
• Optional confirmation prompts were added for trash and delete actions.
• Collapsed and expanded state of sections in sidebar will be saved while saving session.
• The hidden items count in statusbar can be clicked to display all hidden files.
• Various other issues were fixed.

Installation

Ubuntu-based Distributions (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc)

Packages are available in the Launchpad PPA for supported Ubuntu releases. Run the following commands in a terminal window:

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install polo-file-manager

Installers are available on the Releases page for older Ubuntu releases which have reached end-of-life.

Other Linux Distributions

Installers are available on the Releases page.
Run the following commands in a terminal window:

sudo sh polo-*-amd64.run # 64-bit
sudo sh polo-*-i386.run  # 32-bit

Donate

Users who donate get added to the beta mailing list, and would be the first to receive new features and development releases. Beta builds are released every 2 weeks, and public versions are released once a month.

PayPal ~ If you find this application useful and wish to say thanks, you can buy me a coffee by making a one-time donation with Paypal.

Patreon ~ You can also sign up as a sponsor on Patreon.com. As a patron you will get access to beta releases of new applications that I'm working on. You will also get news and updates about new features that are not published elsewhere.

Bitcoin ~ You can send bitcoins at this address or by scanning the QR code below:

1Js5vfgmwKew4byF9unWacwAjBQVvZ3Fev

Beta 7 release of Polo File Manager is now available. This a private beta and available only for people who are supporting this project. You can make a donation via PayPal or Patreon if you wish to get added to the beta mailing list.

You can download the last public release (Beta 6) if you wish to try out this application. Public betas are released every 6-8 weeks.

What's New

Terminal Panels

• Each tab now has an embedded terminal that can be toggled using the F4 key or using the icon in statusbar.
• The terminal is powered by the Fish shell with features such as auto-suggestions, color themes, man page completions, etc.
• Please be aware that fish is NOT bash. Fish has its own scripting syntax that differs from bash. Read the fish documentation for reference, or type bash in the terminal to start a bash session when you need it :-)
• There's an option in the right-click menu to chroot into a Linux system installed on another partition. Network and display sharing are enabled by default, so it is possible to connect to the internet and start GUI applications in the chrooted terminal :-). Type exit when you are done to exit the session cleanly.
• You can maximize the terminal using Maximize in the right-click menu. This will hide the file view and the entire tab becomes a "terminal tab". You can use this tab as a terminal and other tabs for browsing folders. Use the Unmaximize option to display the file view again.
• Working directory for the terminal is initialized to the current folder that is open in the tab. You can cd into other folders as required. Use the Change directory option to cd to the folder that is open in the folder view.

Boot ISO

You can now boot ISO files in a QEMU/KVM virtual machine using the ISO> Boot option in right-click menu.

QEMU/KVM Support

Polo now provides options to create and manage virtual machines with QEMU/KVM.

The qemu-kvm package must be installed on your system for these features to work.

To create a new virtual machine using QEMU/KVM:

1. Right-click on an empty folder and use the Create Disk option to create a new virtual hard disk.
2. Right-click on the disk file and select Install from ISO. You will be prompted to select a bootable ISO file for a Linux distro or Windows setup disk. Select the ISO file to start the VM and install the OS on the virtual disk. Exit the VM after installation is complete.
3. Right-click on the disk file again and select Boot Disk to use the installed system.

Use [ CTRL + ALT ] to grab and release the mouse inside the VM window.

Use [ CTRL + ALT + F ] to toggle fullscreen mode inside the VM window.

Following disk formats are supported - QCOW2, VDI, VMDK, VHD, IMG.

CPU, RAM and other resources to be allocated for the VM can be configured from Settings> Advanced.

• If you do not wish to use these features, uncheck the Show KVM in context menu checkbox. This will remove the KVM options from the right-click menu.

Donate

PayPal ~ If you find this application useful and wish to say thanks, you can buy me a coffee by making a one-time donation with Paypal.

Users who donate get added to the beta mailing list, and would be the first to receive new features and development releases. Beta builds are released every 2 weeks, and public versions are released once a month.

Patreon ~ You can also sign up as a sponsor on Patreon.com. As a patron you will get access to beta releases of new applications that I'm working on. You will also get news and updates about new features that are not published elsewhere.

Bitcoin ~ You can send bitcoins at this address or by scanning the QR code below:

1Js5vfgmwKew4byF9unWacwAjBQVvZ3Fev

This is a preview of Polo Beta 8. It will be available by end of June.

What's New

PDF Actions

Following actions were added to the right-click menu of PDF files:

• Split - Splits the PDF file by page
• Merge - Merge selected PDF files into one file by sorting on the file name

• Add Password - Protect the PDF file by setting a password

• Remove Password - Remove the password from a protected PDF file

• Reduce File Size - Reduces the PDF file size by reducing the resolution. This works very well and can reduce the size of scanned documents to about 20% of the original size without any noticeable loss of quality. You can use the Optimize submenu if you need more options for reducing size.

• Uncompress - Creates an uncompressed PDF file

• Remove Colors - Creates a black and white PDF file

• Rotate - Flip the pages upside down or rotate it left or right.

• Optimize - Creates PDFs optimized for screen, ebook, printing, etc.

• These options are powered by pdftk, ghostscript and other tools.

• All actions create a new file in the current folder. Original file will not be modified.

• The Split and Merge options can be combined to add, remove and re-arrange pages in a PDF document.

  • First Split the document you wish to modify. You will get one file for each page.
  • Delete pages by deleting files
  • Re-arrange pages by renaming files in the required order
  • Rotate any pages (if needed) using the Rotate submenu
  • Finally select the files and use the Merge option to create a new PDF document

KVM Improvements

Virtual disk images can now be converted to other formats using the options in right-click menu.

Following conversions are supported:

• RAW, QCOW2 >> VMDK, VDI, VHD, RAW, QCOW2
• RAW, QCOW2, VMDK, VDI, VHD, DMG, NBD, IMG, QED, VFAT >> RAW, QCOW2

A CPU Limit option was added to Settings window. Keep this at 90% or below to prevent the guest VM from hogging the CPU on host system.

Write ISO to USB Device

Polo can now write ISO images to USB drives. Useful for creating bootable pen drives. The write operation is fast and displays detailed progress info with estimated time remaining.

Progress panel:

• The ISO file will be written directly to the selected device. This is the same method used by tools like Etcher, Gnome Disk Utility, etc

• The ISO file must be a hybrid ISO which can be written to both CD/DVD and USB drives. Almost all Linux distributions provide hybrid ISOs since USB drives are popular and CD/DVDs are becoming obsolete, but in some cases you may encounter non-hybrid ISOs as well. These will fail to boot if written directly and must be written using tools like UNetbootin, Rufus, etc. These tools unpack the contents of the ISO to the pen drive and then install a bootloader on it.

Other Changes

• [Fixed] Renamed items disappear when folder is reloaded
• [Fixed] Crash on changing icon size from Settings window
• Fedora: The installer will now offer to install required dependencies when you run it
• Various other issues were fixed

Donate

PayPal ~ If you find this application useful and wish to say thanks, you can buy me a coffee by making a one-time donation with Paypal.

Users who donate get added to the beta mailing list, and would be the first to receive new features and development releases. Beta builds are released twice a month, and public versions are released every two months.

Patreon ~ You can also sign up as a sponsor on Patreon.com. As a patron you will get access to beta releases of new applications that I'm working on. You will also get news and updates about new features that are not published elsewhere.

Bitcoin ~ You can send bitcoins at this address or by scanning the QR code below:

1Js5vfgmwKew4byF9unWacwAjBQVvZ3Fev

Polo v17.7 (Beta 8) is now available. It can be installed from my PPA or by downloading installers from the Releases page on GitHub.

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install polo-file-manager

All releases of Polo will now be publicly available for download. The closed beta-testing period is now over. The application is now stable enough for daily use (IMO), though some features are still missing like drag and drop, cloud storage, etc. These will be added in future updates.

Donation features have been moved to a separate package 'polo-donation-plugins'. This will be shared by email with users who have donated to this project or contributed in other ways such as translations, code changes, etc. You can make a one-time donation for $10 or more via PalPal to get access to all donation features.

What's New in v17.7

List of Donation Features

Donate

PayPal ~ If you find this application useful and wish to say thanks, you can buy me a coffee by making a one-time donation with Paypal.

Users who donate get added to the beta mailing list, and would be the first to receive new features and development releases. Beta builds are released twice a month, and public versions are released every two months.

Patreon ~ You can also sign up as a sponsor on Patreon.com. As a patron you will get access to beta releases of new applications that I'm working on. You will also get news and updates about new features that are not published elsewhere.

Bitcoin ~ You can send bitcoins at this address or by scanning the QR code below:

1Js5vfgmwKew4byF9unWacwAjBQVvZ3Fev

Polo v17.7.1 (Beta 9) is now available. It can be installed from my PPA or by downloading installers from the Releases page on GitHub.

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install polo-file-manager

What's New

Option to select terminal shell

Fish is the default shell for terminal panes. Other installed shells can be selected from dropdown.

Selection & Filtering

Items can now be selected and filtered by name. This makes it easier to find and select items in large folders. Simply click on the list view or icon view, and start typing to select items that match the name. A selection bar will pop up at the bottom of the pane with an option to either select or filter. Refer to the wiki page for more details.

Wiki Page

Statusbar Improvements

Statusbar now displays count of selected items, and uses icons for indicating file and directory counts.

Previous:

New:

Image Actions (Donation Feature)

Image files can be modified using options in the right-click context menu:

Wiki Page

Miscellaneous

• Fixed: Icon was missing in device dropdown for locked/encrypted devices
• Fixed: Pasting items into a partition's root folder can throw an error
• A default name will be populated in input dialog for New File and New Folder actions
• Various other fixes and improvements

Donate

Polo includes a few extra features for people who have contributed to the project through donations, translations, etc. You can make a donation for $10 or more via PayPal to receive the plugins by email. Your contributions will help keep the project alive and support future development

PayPal ~ If you find this application useful and wish to say thanks, you can buy me a coffee by making a donation with Paypal.

Patreon ~ You can also sign up as a sponsor on Patreon.com. As a patron you will get access to beta releases of new applications that I'm working on. You will also get news and updates about new features that are not published elsewhere.

Bitcoin ~ You can send bitcoins at this address or by scanning the QR code below:

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What's New

• Added support for OPUS in WEBM, MKV and OGG containers
• Added audio tag support for Fraunhoffer AAC encoding
• Use VLC for playing media instead of internal player
• MediaPlayer: Center screen and show file name in header bar
• Added French translation by Anne017, Daniel U. Thibault, Jean-Marc
• Added Brazilian Portugese translation by Gilberto vagner, Paulo Giovanni Pereira
• Added Swedish translation by Åke Engelbrektson
• Updated installers

Installation

Ubuntu-based Distributions (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, etc)

Packages are available in the Launchpad PPA for supported Ubuntu releases. Run the following commands in a terminal window:

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install selene

DEB and RUN packages are available on Releases page for older Ubuntu releases which have reached end-of-life.

Other Linux Distributions

Download the .RUN installer from Releases page and execute it in a terminal window:

# 64-bit
sudo sh ./selene*amd64.run
# 32-bit
sudo sh ./selene*i386.run

Donate

PayPal ~ If you find this application useful and wish to say thanks, you can buy me a coffee by making a donation with Paypal.

Patreon ~ You can also sign up as a sponsor on Patreon.com. As a patron you will get access to beta releases of new applications that I'm working on. You will also get news and updates about new features that are not published elsewhere.

Bitcoin ~ You can send bitcoins at this address or by scanning the QR code below:

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Beta 10 release of Polo is now available.

What's New

It can be installed from PPA or by downloading installers from the Releases page on GitHub.

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install polo-file-manager

Installation

Cloud Storage Support via Rclone

Support for connecting to FTP, SFTP, Samba servers via GVFS

Donate

Polo includes a few extra features for people who have contributed to the project through donations, translations, etc. You can make a donation for $10 or more via PayPal to receive the plugins by email. Your contributions will help keep the project alive and support future development.

PayPal ~ If you find this application useful and wish to say thanks, you can buy me a coffee by making a donation with Paypal.

Patreon ~ You can also sign up as a sponsor on Patreon.com. As a patron you will get access to beta releases of new applications that I'm working on. You will also get news and updates about new features that are not published elsewhere.

Bitcoin ~ You can send bitcoins at this address or by scanning the QR code below:

1Js5vfgmwKew4byF9unWacwAjBQVvZ3Fev