New Features:

• All new UI to make using Warehouse’s features easier
• UI now better adapts to larger window sizes
• UI now better adapts to smaller window sizes
• Improved UI for installing packages from remotes
• Snapshots can be given names
• Packages can be reinstalled with a few clicks
• User Data can now be sorted in multiple ways
• Active User Data can be browsed just as easily as leftover User Data
• Custom installation locations are now supported
• Leftover Snapshots are now shown
• Apps can be reinstalled from leftover Snapshots
• Installation location of disabled remotes is now shown

Changes:

• Packages list filter options are now easier to understand, and more predictable with how they are applied
• Improved keyboard shortcuts for quick navigation
• The Downgrades (renamed to Change Version) interface now shows the currently installed version
• Long running processes now have progress bars and can be canceled
• Better status icons for End of Life, Masked, and Pinned packages
• Warehouse no longer disables closing its window when long running processes are happening
• Refreshing now shows a loading animation

Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements:

• Warehouse is now faster to open
• Getting system information is now faster
• Long running processes no longer freeze the app
• Refreshing is no longer possible when long running processes are happening

Wait until you try out bazzite for gaming or just the regular kinoite ublue images. Both are basically kinoite with more tweaks and added software on top.

To 2.: I only had that issue appear when launching Firefox or Vivaldi. Might have been a custom widget. Wiped my install and now the issue is gone? Sadly wasn’t able to diagnose the issue any further