Lumina: Lighting the way to the future

Lumina:Lumina:Lighting the Way to the FutureLighting the Way to the Future

Ken MoorePC-BSD/iXsystems

June 11, 2016SouthEast LinuxFest

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SouthEast LinuxFest, Charlotte NC Page 2 of 12

What is Lumina?What is Lumina?Desktop Environment

Configures X

Creates standardized environment

Interface to find/launch applications

Follows most XDG/FreeDesktop standards

Based on the Qt5 toolkit

It is NOT:

A window manager

An operating system

It does NOT require any particular:

Init system

Messaging system (dbus)

File system

Operating system

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How is it Different?How is it Different?BSD Licensed (3 clause)

Keep copyright notice (source and binary distribution)

Organization/author names may not be used in endorsements of derivative products unless permission is granted in writing first.

Extremely Lightweight

Install size <50 MB

Memory Footprint <100 MB

Time to start: <5 seconds

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How is it Different?How is it Different?Cross-Platform

FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD, kFreeBSD, Gentoo, Debian, generic “Linux”

Can be easily ported to other OS's which support X11/Qt5 (only takes a few minutes)

Avoids any OS-specific technologies/libraries

Lumina Library

LuminaOS class

CompileTime OS Detection

FreeBSD

OpenBSD

Linux

….

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How is it Different?How is it Different?Application Agnostic

Recognizes any XDG-registered app

Never makes assumptions about what application to use for a file (prompt the user to select one instead)

Uses the XDG mimetypes to suggest recommendations as needed.

Sources are split into 3 categories:

Core (required)

library, -desktop, -open

Core-utilities (recommended)

-config, -search, -xconfig

Desktop-utilities (optional)

-fileinfo, -fm, -screenshot, -terminal, -textedit

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How is it Different?How is it Different?Plugin-based Framework

Single session process

Text-based config files used to (re)generate the interface

Multiple monitor support

(“Desktop” component)

Multiple panel support per desktop

Session

Monitor (Desktop)

Panel

Plug

in

Plug

in

Plug

in

Plug

in

MoreMonitors

MorePanels

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How is it Different?How is it Different?Easily Configurable

A single text configuration file for setting up a new user

Favorite/default appsTheme/colorsInterface elements/layout

A single utility (lumina-config) for setting up individualized preferences

Pro Tip:Creating a customized luminaDesktop.conf file is all ittakes to provide a personalizeddesktop for your business or customers.

Pro Tip:Creating a customized luminaDesktop.conf file is all ittakes to provide a personalizeddesktop for your business or customers.

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Future Plans – 1.0.0Future Plans – 1.0.0Release Scheduled for mid/early August

Uses fluxbox , xscreensaver, and xcompmgr

Forward fluxbox keypress detection over to Lumina for handling

More desktop plugins on the way! (RSS reader just added)

More themes/colors out-of-box.

Get Involved!

Now is a great time to create (or just request) new plugins!

Also, if you send in yourcustomized theme or color files, we will include them in

the next version!

https://github.com/pcbsd/lumina

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Future Plans – 1.0.0Future Plans – 1.0.0Update Search Capabilities

(optional) Re-implement lumina-config as a page-based interface with search capabilities

(optional) Move the lumina-fm operational backend into a fully-daemonized system (possibly with system tray for notifications)

The Lumina desktopwill be the default interface

for the new TrueOS operating system.

Coming soon from theauthors of the PC-BSD

project!!

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Future Plans – 2.0.0Future Plans – 2.0.0Integrate WM, DE, and Screensaver within the same binary

Ensures proper security chain for the X11 session

Eliminates conflicts over which tool handles root/desktop X11 events

Ensures proper handling of keyboard shortcuts

Xorg Server

DE WM

App

TO

Xorg Server

WM/DE

App

WM

DE

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Future Plans – 2.0.0Future Plans – 2.0.0Overhaul the OS-compatibility layer

Move to an object based class for persistant connections/events

Integrate SysAdm as an OS-backend on FreeBSD

Reduce/remove the Lumina library

Implement a Qt5 style plugin for theming applications

Other code cleanups

Formalize the plugin format a bit more (search tags, requirements/limitations)

Other things as they come up based on user feedback and suggestions

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Questions?Lumina Desktop Links:

http://lumina-desktop.orghttps://github.com/pcbsd/lumina

Slides Available At: http://www.slideshare.net/beanpole135

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Lumina: Lighting the way to the future