New image uploader script default in bunsen-utilities

johnraff · 2025-10-30 06:21:24

The BunsenLabs image uploader scripts in bunsen-utilities have been modified.
Because imgur no longer provides service to the UK ( see: https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=9568 ) the image hosting service used by default is now imgbb.

The menu items for taking screenshots, and Thunar right-click menu item for image files, now use a BunsenLabs script bl-imgbb-upload instead of bl-imgur-upload.

To take advantage of these changes please upgrade bunsen-utilities to the latest version.

NOTES:

1) imgbb requires that users set up an account and use the access key that they receive. The script bl-imgbb-upload helps with that process, so it's very easy.

2) Users who want to continue using imgur can open /usr/bin/bl-image-upload as root, uncomment the line uploader=bl-imgur-upload and comment out the equivalent line with bl-imgbb-upload. (The script bl-imgur-upload is still available in bunsen-utilities.)

3) The behaviour of bl-imgbb-upload is slightly different from bl-imgur-upload but images and screenshots can be easily uploaded.

4) Future releases of bunsen-utilities might also offer a script for postimage, and allow users to configure their choice of uploader script with a user config setting, but any improvements will come after the Carbon release.

DeepDayze · 2025-10-30 14:03:55

However from what I read about this anyone who uploads an image to Imgur and posts a hotlink to such image most likely won't be visible to those from the UK but maybe just the thumbnail be viewable. As I am not in the UK so perhaps others who are could chime in if they can't see even any thumbnails of the images hosted on Imgur already posted on here.

Last edited by DeepDayze (2025-10-30 14:05:10)

#1 2025-10-30 06:21:24

New image uploader script default in bunsen-utilities

#2 2025-10-30 14:03:55

Re: New image uploader script default in bunsen-utilities

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