Android 0.2.3

Added

• Your own relay: Settings › Connection › Relay server takes the address of a relay you host (linksy-server), like https://relay.example.com; empty means Linksy's own. Set the same one on your computers.
• Your devices in Android's share sheet: each paired device shows up right in the share sheet of any app, with its picture or initials, the last one used first, like contacts in a messaging app. Picking one sends straight to it, even when Linksy wasn't open. Plain "Linksy" is still there to choose inside the app.
• Send photos and videos from the gallery: Send files now offers Photos and videos (Android's photo picker, many at once, no storage permission) or Files. Everything picked goes as one transfer, shown as "12 photos", so the computer asks once.
• Transfers bubble: while files are sent or received, a small circle at the bottom left shows how many, ringed by their progress, on home and on each device's page. Tap it for the speed and each file (done, how far, waiting), with Cancel. It shows a check when everything is done.

Fixed

• Less memory in the background: pictures are let go when Linksy is out of sight, and the image cache is capped. Measurements are in docs/memory.md.
• The APK no longer carries two unused libraries left by older builds (1.4 MB smaller).
• Webcam upright when the phone stands: in Landscape the picture follows how the phone is held. Standing upright, an upright crop fills the frame instead of a sideways picture; turning the phone mid-call keeps it upright.

SHA-256

579800a00bff274d7954a793c98b894caf88fc5e1d7720a852524a3c31613479  linksy-0.2.3-arm64.apk
1614d73d84088dda20603226d544550d196d606c7cfc54aa1c4ad7dd379534ba  linksy-0.2.3-armv7.apk
98b608b2d8c30ceb708a9d11b4b1350799e64a55371de26986c58497d698add4  linksy-0.2.3.apk

Linux 0.8.7

Install (x86_64). With a package, download linksy-common and the app for your desktop:
linksy for GNOME and most desktops, linksy-qt for KDE Plasma 6.

System	Download	Command
Any distribution	linksy-0.8.7.flatpak	flatpak install --user linksy-0.8.7.flatpak
Ubuntu 24.10+, Debian 13+	linksy-common_0.8.7_amd64.deb and linksy_0.8.7_amd64.deb or linksy-qt_0.8.7_amd64.deb	sudo apt install ./linksy-common_0.8.7_amd64.deb ./linksy_0.8.7_amd64.deb
Fedora 41+	linksy-common-0.8.7-1.x86_64.rpm and linksy-0.8.7-1.x86_64.rpm or linksy-qt-0.8.7-1.x86_64.rpm	sudo dnf install ./linksy-common-0.8.7-1.x86_64.rpm ./linksy-0.8.7-1.x86_64.rpm
openSUSE Tumbleweed	the same, .suse.x86_64.rpm	sudo zypper install --allow-unsigned-rpm ./linksy-common-0.8.7-1.suse.x86_64.rpm ./linksy-0.8.7-1.suse.x86_64.rpm
Others (no root)	linksy-0.8.7-linux-x86_64.tar.gz (GTK app)	extract, then ./install.sh

On KDE Plasma, use linksy-qt in place of linksy in the commands. The Qt app needs Qt 6.8 and KDE Frameworks 6.13 or newer (Debian 13, Ubuntu 25.04+, Fedora, openSUSE Tumbleweed).

Changed

• Plugging a phone in no longer asks anything. Most of the time it's only charging, and
  switching it to Linksy stops its file transfer by cable. Connect by USB Cable (on the
  phone's page, or in the menu) uses the cable when you want it, and Use the Cable
  Automatically in that guide switches a phone on its own whenever it's plugged in, as
  before. It starts off for every phone.

• The Flatpak's webcam in every app and USB cable take one command. The sandbox can't
  install the camera driver or the USB rule itself; Finish Setup and the USB guide now
  give the exact command to paste in a terminal (Linksy's own setup helper for this
  version), instead of saying it can't be done.

Fixed

• Second Display on Hyprland and Sway failed halfway. Their screen sharing can't make
  a virtual monitor yet; Linksy now says so before starting, in the app and in a
  notification, instead of failing. Support for them is planned for 0.9.

Linux 0.8.6

Install (x86_64). With a package, download linksy-common and the app for your desktop:
linksy for GNOME and most desktops, linksy-qt for KDE Plasma 6.

System	Download	Command
Any distribution	linksy-0.8.6.flatpak	flatpak install --user linksy-0.8.6.flatpak
Ubuntu 24.10+, Debian 13+	linksy-common_0.8.6_amd64.deb and linksy_0.8.6_amd64.deb or linksy-qt_0.8.6_amd64.deb	sudo apt install ./linksy-common_0.8.6_amd64.deb ./linksy_0.8.6_amd64.deb
Fedora 41+	linksy-common-0.8.6-1.x86_64.rpm and linksy-0.8.6-1.x86_64.rpm or linksy-qt-0.8.6-1.x86_64.rpm	sudo dnf install ./linksy-common-0.8.6-1.x86_64.rpm ./linksy-0.8.6-1.x86_64.rpm
openSUSE Tumbleweed	the same, .suse.x86_64.rpm	sudo zypper install --allow-unsigned-rpm ./linksy-common-0.8.6-1.suse.x86_64.rpm ./linksy-0.8.6-1.suse.x86_64.rpm
Others (no root)	linksy-0.8.6-linux-x86_64.tar.gz (GTK app)	extract, then ./install.sh

On KDE Plasma, use linksy-qt in place of linksy in the commands. The Qt app needs Qt 6.8 and KDE Frameworks 6.13 or newer (Debian 13, Ubuntu 25.04+, Fedora, openSUSE Tumbleweed).

Added

• Upgrades in one step. linksy upgrade checks for a newer Linksy and, when there is
  one, downloads exactly the packages installed here (linksy-common and linksy and/or
  linksy-qt), checks them against the release's checksums, installs them with one
  password and restarts the service. In both apps, "Linksy X Is Available" (and Check for
  Updates… in the menu) does the same with Update Now, then Linksy starts again on the
  new version. The tarball updates into your home folder with no password; the Flatpak and
  builds by hand say how to update them instead. Upgrading from this version on.
• linksy --version (and the running service's version when it differs) and
  linksy --revision: the exact build and how Linksy was installed, for bug reports.

Linux 0.8.5

Install (x86_64). With a package, download linksy-common and the app for your desktop:
linksy for GNOME and most desktops, linksy-qt for KDE Plasma 6.

System	Download	Command
Any distribution	linksy-0.8.5.flatpak	flatpak install --user linksy-0.8.5.flatpak
Ubuntu 24.10+, Debian 13+	linksy-common_0.8.5_amd64.deb and linksy_0.8.5_amd64.deb or linksy-qt_0.8.5_amd64.deb	sudo apt install ./linksy-common_0.8.5_amd64.deb ./linksy_0.8.5_amd64.deb
Fedora 41+	linksy-common-0.8.5-1.x86_64.rpm and linksy-0.8.5-1.x86_64.rpm or linksy-qt-0.8.5-1.x86_64.rpm	sudo dnf install ./linksy-common-0.8.5-1.x86_64.rpm ./linksy-0.8.5-1.x86_64.rpm
openSUSE Tumbleweed	the same, .suse.x86_64.rpm	sudo zypper install --allow-unsigned-rpm ./linksy-common-0.8.5-1.suse.x86_64.rpm ./linksy-0.8.5-1.suse.x86_64.rpm
Others (no root)	linksy-0.8.5-linux-x86_64.tar.gz (GTK app)	extract, then ./install.sh

On KDE Plasma, use linksy-qt in place of linksy in the commands. The Qt app needs Qt 6.8 and KDE Frameworks 6.13 or newer (Debian 13, Ubuntu 25.04+, Fedora, openSUSE Tumbleweed).

Added

• What's New. The first time a new version opens after an update, both apps show what
  it brings, a few highlights with a link to the full notes, and a way to star Linksy on
  GitHub. It's also in the menu any time. A fresh install shows nothing.

Fixed

• Installing only linksy-common gave a Linksy in the menu that opened nothing, and
  a store showing Linksy would have installed just that. linksy-common now always comes
  with an app: linksy (GTK), or linksy-qt when that's the one you install with it.
• Accept and Decline in a notification did the job but left the notification on
  screen, and answering in the app left it there too. The prompt now goes away as soon as
  it's answered, wherever.

Android 0.2.2

Added

• Pair over the USB cable: when a computer that isn't paired yet is on the cable, Linksy offers to pair with it there. Both screens show a code to compare.
• "Connected to … by USB cable" when the cable connects.

Fixed

• USB cable on phones that never show the "open with Linksy" prompt (realme, ColorOS…): with Linksy open, the cable is found within a second or two, and Linksy asks for permission to use it.
• A cable plugged in while Linksy was starting is no longer missed.
• Text that names something on the computer uses the computer's own words, in every language ("Add Device", Preferences › Terminal, "Allow Everything From Away", "Import Photos From Phones").

SHA-256

a7ca941dd361220c3c6e1de40ccf8e67dafcd7a0ea43ebdcd5dbc3b0e3fdab38  linksy-0.2.2-arm64.apk
0592c33898a0fc8d91df7317ce6b3c16f14ce3c8751228f601921657e1108116  linksy-0.2.2-armv7.apk
6b202d73a9e1f9bc06cc2119c0c8eb33c487745c3d68eadc30c7b08dbf9a40b1  linksy-0.2.2.apk

Linux 0.8.4

Install (x86_64). With a package, download linksy-common and the app for your desktop:
linksy for GNOME and most desktops, linksy-qt for KDE Plasma 6.

System	Download	Command
Any distribution	linksy-0.8.4.flatpak	flatpak install --user linksy-0.8.4.flatpak
Ubuntu 24.10+, Debian 13+	linksy-common_0.8.4_amd64.deb and linksy_0.8.4_amd64.deb or linksy-qt_0.8.4_amd64.deb	sudo apt install ./linksy-common_0.8.4_amd64.deb ./linksy_0.8.4_amd64.deb
Fedora 41+	linksy-common-0.8.4-1.x86_64.rpm and linksy-0.8.4-1.x86_64.rpm or linksy-qt-0.8.4-1.x86_64.rpm	sudo dnf install ./linksy-common-0.8.4-1.x86_64.rpm ./linksy-0.8.4-1.x86_64.rpm
openSUSE Tumbleweed	the same, .suse.x86_64.rpm	sudo zypper install --allow-unsigned-rpm ./linksy-common-0.8.4-1.suse.x86_64.rpm ./linksy-0.8.4-1.suse.x86_64.rpm
Others (no root)	linksy-0.8.4-linux-x86_64.tar.gz (GTK app)	extract, then ./install.sh

On KDE Plasma, use linksy-qt in place of linksy in the commands. The Qt app needs Qt 6.8 and KDE Frameworks 6.13 or newer (Debian 13, Ubuntu 25.04+, Fedora, openSUSE Tumbleweed).

Added

• A Linksy for KDE Plasma. linksy-qt is the same Linksy as a Qt 6 and Kirigami app, in
  Breeze, made for Plasma 6: your devices, pairing, sending files, the clipboard, Ring,
  Locate, another device's screen (watch or take control), the phone as second display,
  webcam (with a preview and the phone's camera controls) or microphone, this computer as
  another one's second display, Connect by USB Cable, Finish Setup, update notices and the
  preferences.
• Packages split the way Transmission's are: linksy-common (the service and tools)
  with linksy (the GTK app) or linksy-qt (the Qt app). Install linksy-common and the app
  for your desktop; when both apps are installed, Linksy opens the Qt one on Plasma. Upgrades
  from 0.8.3 move over by themselves.
• Your own relay. Preferences › Connection › Relay Server takes the address of a
  relay you host (linksy-server), as https://relay.example.com; blank means Linksy's
  own. It wins over the relay the website lists and takes effect at once: the away
  endpoint starts again on it. Also linksy settings relay <url>|default and, for a
  whole machine, LINKSY_RELAY on the service. Thanks to yurividal.

Fixed

• The phone's camera on CachyOS and other Arch-based kernels. Finish Setup installed
  the stock linux-headers whatever the kernel; it now reads which kernel package is
  running and installs its own headers (linux-cachyos-headers…). And where the kernel
  already has the camera driver but not its v4l2loopback-ctl tool, as CachyOS's does,
  Finish Setup installs the tool first instead of stopping at "command not found".
• A second display started from another computer opened nothing when only the Qt app
  was installed; the service now opens whichever app the desktop uses.
• Finish Setup on Arch found its setup helper only where Fedora and Debian keep it;
  it now looks in /usr/lib/linksy too, where Arch packages put it.
• The app store listing's screenshots come from the public repository, where they are.

Linux 0.8.3

Install (x86_64):

System	Download	Command
Any distribution	linksy-0.8.3.flatpak	flatpak install --user linksy-0.8.3.flatpak
Ubuntu 24.10+, Debian 13+	linksy_0.8.3_amd64.deb	sudo apt install ./linksy_0.8.3_amd64.deb
Fedora 41+	linksy-0.8.3-1.x86_64.rpm	sudo dnf install ./linksy-0.8.3-1.x86_64.rpm
openSUSE Tumbleweed	linksy-0.8.3-1.suse.x86_64.rpm	sudo zypper install --allow-unsigned-rpm ./linksy-0.8.3-1.suse.x86_64.rpm
Others (no root)	linksy-0.8.3-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	extract, then ./install.sh

Added

• openSUSE. Each release now has an .rpm for openSUSE Tumbleweed
  (linksy-X.Y.Z-1.suse.x86_64.rpm, installed with zypper), and Finish Setup knows
  openSUSE's packages: the camera driver as the running kernel's KMP, GStreamer's GTK 4
  sink from gstreamer-plugins-rs, openh264 and libav, and PipeWire's plugin, installed
  with zypper.

Changed

• Linksy is open source, under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later.

Fixed

• On openSUSE, Linksy asked for the administrator's password every time it opened,
  twice, and again after every setup step. Asking firewalld anything, even whether it
  runs, needs it there (firewalld's polkit policy). Linksy now asks systemd whether
  firewalld runs, asks polkit before reading the zone and, where a password would be
  needed, doesn't: the firewall shows as to set up until Linksy has opened it itself,
  once, when asked to.
• Opening the firewall failed with firewalld 2.x (openSUSE Tumbleweed, Fedora 42+),
  which refuses to add a port and a service in one firewall-cmd call. The setup helper and
  the .deb and .rpm post-install now make two.
• Controlling the computer from the phone failed at once, every time, once the
  desktop's remembered screen choice went stale (with "no screen was chosen" in the log).
  Linksy now forgets it and asks again.
• Screen sharing never started on Intel Kaby Lake GPUs, whose low-power H.264 encoder
  can't keep a constant bitrate. Linksy now checks first and uses the next encoder.
• On openSUSE Aeon, Kalpa and MicroOS, Finish Setup tried to install with zypper, which
  fails on their read-only system. It now gives the transactional-update command to run,
  then a restart.

Linux 0.8.2

Install (x86_64):

System	Download	Command
Any distribution	linksy-0.8.2.flatpak	flatpak install --user linksy-0.8.2.flatpak
Ubuntu 24.10+, Debian 13+	linksy_0.8.2_amd64.deb	sudo apt install ./linksy_0.8.2_amd64.deb
Fedora 41+	linksy-0.8.2-1.x86_64.rpm	sudo dnf install ./linksy-0.8.2-1.x86_64.rpm
Others (no root)	linksy-0.8.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	extract, then ./install.sh

Fixed

• OBS's camera source listed the phone's camera as a blank entry. The phone's camera
  is now also offered to PipeWire apps directly as "Linksy Camera (phone)", next to the
  Linksy Camera device that browsers and Zoom use.

Linux 0.8.1

Install (x86_64):

System	Download	Command
Any distribution	linksy-0.8.1.flatpak	flatpak install --user linksy-0.8.1.flatpak
Ubuntu 24.10+, Debian 13+	linksy_0.8.1_amd64.deb	sudo apt install ./linksy_0.8.1_amd64.deb
Fedora 41+	linksy-0.8.1-1.x86_64.rpm	sudo dnf install ./linksy-0.8.1-1.x86_64.rpm
Others (no root)	linksy-0.8.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	extract, then ./install.sh

Fixed

• A phone whose Linksy app doesn't take the USB cable was switched again and again.
  When the phone drops back without answering, Linksy now stops and the Connect by USB
  Cable guide says so, with Try Again. The service's log also says how much crossed the
  cable each time, to tell where a connection stops.

Linux 0.8.0

Install (x86_64):

System	Download	Command
Any distribution	linksy-0.8.0.flatpak	flatpak install --user linksy-0.8.0.flatpak
Ubuntu 24.10+, Debian 13+	linksy_0.8.0_amd64.deb	sudo apt install ./linksy_0.8.0_amd64.deb
Fedora 41+	linksy-0.8.0-1.x86_64.rpm	sudo dnf install ./linksy-0.8.0-1.x86_64.rpm
Others (no root)	linksy-0.8.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	extract, then ./install.sh

Added

• Linksy speaks your language: English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, 日本語,
  Malagasy, Português, Русский and 中文, the same as Linksy for Android. It follows your
  system, or choose one in Preferences.
• Connect by USB Cable: a guide from a phone's page ("Faster by USB Cable") or the
  main menu walks through each step live (allow the cable, plug in, switch, open Linksy
  on the phone, connected) with a Connect button, instead of a notification that was
  easy to miss.
• Microphone preview: while a phone's microphone is on, its card shows how loud it is
  right now, with Listen to hear it on this computer and Stop.

Changed

• Finish Setup works on KDE and other desktops: it installs what's missing with your
  system's own package tool (dnf, apt or pacman) in the same single password prompt,
  turns on RPM Fusion on Fedora for the camera driver, and shows each step as it goes.
  When Secure Boot holds the camera driver, it gives the exact steps and a code to type
  at the next restart. "Prefer a Terminal?" shows the same setup as one command.
• Downloads from linksy.diary.mg come from the site itself and resume when a
  connection drops; APKs are named with their version.

Fixed

• Watching a screen failed with "gtk4paintablesink" missing (KDE): GTK's video part
  is now required by the .rpm and .deb, checked by Finish Setup, and the viewer offers
  Finish Setup when a video part is missing.
• Stop on the webcam card could stop the microphone instead (and the other way
  round) when both were on.