This article presents a scattering of recent additions and changes to Blue95 Topanga over the past few months. Each individual change is arguably not worthy of an entire article on its own, so here they are in no particular order.
A new ujust recipe has been introduced to install PowerPoint templates from old products such as Office 97 that have been collected and hosted in the Internet Archive’s Microsoft Powerpoint Templates Pack.
Having spent a couple of decades in the Linux world, I have always had an interest in Linux desktop environments and how they are themed. I would often come across a post on /r/unixporn that inspired me to try to customize the look and feel of my desktop environment. So I would install Xfce, LXQt or Sway and try to recreate components that I like from other users or create my own. I would end up installing different kinds of panels, plugins, docks and launchers as well as random themes, fonts and sounds.
We’re excited to announce that Blue95 Topanga, based on Fedora 42 is now generally available!
This post will go over some of the changes and improvements that Blue95 has made since the previous version Blue95 Ross was introduced.
Blue95 Topanga is now based on Fedora 42, which brings several changes along with it, including:
/ filesystem. This should not have a user-visible impact, but it makes the root filesystem more resistant to accidental modifications.Blue95 Topanga has introduced several new applications that fit the 90s aesthetic. For a full list, see Blue95 Applications:
