An Update on the Linux Client
We pulled away from distributing the Linux client for a while now, after maintaining the client between different distributions became too hard (mostly because of OpenSSL). I put out a call for help on that topic months ago, and Krzysztof Setlak and Zach Bloomquist have been helping to create a universal distribution that will work on all (or at least most) Linux distributions. They went for snapcraft, which is universally available.
With the 2.9 beta 2 update, I’m happy to release a preview of the snap!
You can download it here: https://static.whatpulse.org/files/beta/whatpulse-linux-2.9b2_amd64.snap
Installation
While we work on finalizing the snap, you’ll have to install it in development mode. Here’s how:
# snap install whatpulse-linux-2.9b2_amd64.snap --devmode --dangerous
If WhatPulse has never run on your system before, you also need to run the ‘setup-input-permissions.sh’ script. This makes sure that the client can read your keyboard and mouse.
Known Issues
- Network monitoring does not work yet
- The Operating Systems will not be detected properly (in the Overview tab)
- Some settings checkboxes might be black
- The client might not autostart with the system
Feedback
Please let us know how it works for you; we feedback on this snap. Thanks!
Special thanks to Krzysztof and Zach for getting us this far!