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Lumina Desktop

by relaxitup on 5/6/17, 9:27 PM with 29 comments

  • by morinted on 5/7/17, 4:55 AM

    From the FAQ:

    How is it different from other desktop environments?

    > Designed to work best with TrueOS®, but specifically works very well for the BSD community at large. Lumina® can also be easily ported to any OS, including Linux distros).

    > Does not require any of the commonly-used desktop implementation frameworks (DBUS, policykit, consolekit, systemd, HALD, etc..).

    > Does not come bundled with any "end-user" applications (web browsers, email clients, multimedia software, office suites, etc..). The only utilities that Lumina brings to the table by default are the ones written specifically for the project and are generally for background/utilitarian functionality (the largest utility is the file manager).

    > Simple text-based configuration file for setting system-wide defaults for new users. This allows distributors of the desktop to easily pre-set the system defaults/interface so it just works for the end user.

    > Plugin-based interface design. This allows the user to make the desktop as light/heavy as desired (within reason) simply by choosing which plugins to have running on their desktop/panels.

    > Designed to function as a general-purpose system interface - easily pre-configured to run on any type/size of device or screen.

  • by romanovcode on 5/7/17, 10:48 AM

    As advanced as this might be technically - visually it looks horrible. Do they don't have designer?

  • by LeoPanthera on 5/7/17, 4:59 AM

    It's good to see an OS-agnostic desktop environment that isn't tied to any particular framework.

  • by beardog on 5/7/17, 7:17 AM

    Does anyone know how this compares to configuring Openbox? (and adding things like desktop icons, background image, conky, panel, etc)? From the perspective of a *nix power user, of course.

    I already get my level of desired configuration through Openbox (with other programs), and retaining the benefit of idling at less than 450mb RAM usage and not having any unwanted components.

  • by notamy on 5/7/17, 5:11 AM

    And the website appears to be toast, at least from my end. Cache: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:xgh1nx...

  • by sscotth on 5/7/17, 5:23 AM

    Website is down. Additional information on Github: https://github.com/trueos/lumina

  • by desireco42 on 5/7/17, 6:30 AM

    In theory it sounds very good to me. Site is down but overall idea is very sound. Don't give me more then I apsolutely need and let me take what I really need.