{"id":4054,"date":"2021-04-30T16:46:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T15:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=4054"},"modified":"2021-04-30T16:52:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T15:52:08","slug":"monthly-news-april-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=4054","title":{"rendered":"Monthly News – April 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve got a lot of news for you this month. Before we get into it, let me thank all those who send us their help and contribute to make our project grow. Many thanks to all of you for your donations. Thanks also to our partners and sponsors for being there for us.<\/p>\n

Warpinator<\/strong><\/p>\n

With Warpinator you can quickly and easily transfer files from computer to computer across the local network. Warpinator was already available natively for Linux Mint 20, 20.1 and LMDE 4, and as a Flatpak for any other release and for other Linux distributions.<\/p>\n

Today we’re delighted to announce that Warpinator is now also available for Android.<\/p>\n

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To install Warpinator on your Android device simply search for it in the play store, or use the link below:<\/p>\n

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This port is an independent project written with the Android SDK and led by a developer called “slowscript”. It is hosted on Github at https:\/\/github.com\/slowscript\/warpinator-android<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Aside from a few minor issues (the project is very young) the app already works very well. I was personally amazed to see Warpinator in the play store first, and then to see my phone and my computer see each others and be able to transfer files almost instantly.<\/p>\n

I’m also really happy to see 3rd party developers build and improve on top of what we created. When we made Warpinator we solved a need we had within Linux Mint and made the software available for all Linux distributions, but although we wouldn’t spend the resources to make it work on other OSes (Android, iOS, Windows and Mac for instance) we wanted to use simple and open technologies to make it possible for this software to be developed by others. Today, seeing someone put the effort and come up with an Android build is a really cool feeling. I’m really happy to see this happen.<\/p>\n

Within the Linux Mint development team Lars Mueller (known as Cobinja on github) has also been working on a mobile version of Warpinator. This is something he did on his own and it isn’t ready so we haven’t had the opportunity to try it yet. The interesting thing about this project is that it is based on the Flutter SDK so in addition to an Android app, it could also lead to making Warpinator available on iOS.<\/p>\n

Shells.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

While we’re talking about mobile devices and exciting technology, wouldn’t it be great if you could run Linux Mint on your phone and tablet? or anywhere at all? Wouldn’t it be great if you could run Android apps on your computer? This is what Shells is working on and we’re excited today to start a partnership with them.<\/p>\n

With Shells.com you can run Linux Mint:<\/p>\n