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GitHub Desktop for Linux 3.6.6-linux2

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@github-actions github-actions released this 23 Sep 13:17
· 15 commits to linux since this release

GitHub Desktop 3.6.6 for Linux, build 3.6.6-linux2.

These packages are built from the code of the official 3.6.6 release, with the changes this fork adds for Linux. They are not published by GitHub. What the upstream release changed is listed on its own release page: https://github.com/desktop/desktop/releases/tag/release-3.6.6.

Which package to pick, what each one needs and the problems known to this build are in the README: https://github.com/NitramO-YT/Github-Desktop#readme.

Downloads

File SHA-256
GitHubDesktop-linux-amd64-3.6.6-linux2.deb 0794b0a8b4ae3810e3d4d5eaa663f2c3ec2e1b2a749e40d5e21eb50e640343af
GitHubDesktop-linux-x86_64-3.6.6-linux2.AppImage 27100afe0a53d04b5e4ddc7c023a727a5e17b4973a1bb6243488aa97b997cf05
GitHubDesktop-linux-x86_64-3.6.6-linux2.rpm cbc930e6b0c93c81e191dd5acba90e2e5b05a8a1158da6a8569ef74d8c39fdd9

To check a download, put its .sha256 file next to it and run sha256sum -c <file>.sha256.

Linux changes in this build

  • Also available from an APT and RPM package repository, which keeps it up to date through apt or dnf: https://packages-github-desktop.nitramo.fr/
  • The application itself is the same as in 3.6.6-linux1
  • The window shows its own icon under Wayland, and groups with its launcher in the taskbar
  • Ptyxis is detected as a terminal, along with the editors and shells upstream added since 3.4.13