Lumina (desktop environment)
Desktop environment for X Window System
 Lumina Wisp | |
 Lumina 1.6.2 on DragonFly BSD | |
| Original author(s) | Ken Moore |
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| Developer(s) | iXsystems |
| Initial release | August 8, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-08-08)[1] |
| Stable release | 1.6.2[2]  / 26 December 2021 |
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| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Unix and Unix-like |
| Type | Desktop environment |
| License | BSD-3-Clause |
| Website | lumina-desktop |
Lumina Desktop Environment, or simply Lumina, is a plugin-based desktop environment for Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It was designed specifically as a system interface for TrueOS and systems derived from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) in general,[3] but it has been ported to various Linux distributions.[4] (Development of TrueOS ended in 2020.)
History
Created in 2012 by Ken Moore, Lumina was initially a set of extensions to Fluxbox, a stacking window manager for the X Window System.[5] By late 2013, Moore had developed a graphical overlay for Fluxbox based on Qt4, and had created a utility for "launching applications and opening files".[5] The codebase was integrated into the PC-BSD source repository by early 2014, and a port was added to the FreeBSD Ports collection in April 2014.[5] The source code has since been moved to a separate GitHub repository "under the PC-BSD umbrella" and converted to use Qt5.[5] Development also focused on replacing the Fluxbox core with a Qt-based window manager integrated with the Lumina desktop.[5]
The project avoids use of Linux-based tools or frameworks, such as D-Bus, Polkit, and systemd.[6]
Features
The desktop and application menus are dynamically configured upon first being launched, as the desktop environment finds installed applications automatically to add to the menu and as a desktop icon.[4] The default panel includes a Start menu, task manager, and system tray, and its location can be customized.[4] Menus may be accessed via the Start menu or by right-clicking the mouse on the desktop background.[4]
Some features are specific to TrueOS, including hardware control of screen brightness (monitor backlight), preventing shutdown of an updating system, and integration with various TrueOS utilities.[3]
Utilities include: Insight, a file manager; File information, which reports a file's format and other details; and Lumina Open, a graphical utility to launch applications based on the selected file or folder.[4]
Version 1.4 included several new utilities.[7] The PDF reader lumina-pdf is based on the poppler library.[8] The Lumina Theme Engine replaced an earlier theme system; it enables a user to configure the desktop appearance and functionality, and ensures all Qt5 applications "present a unified appearance".[7]
Ports
Lumina has been ported to various BSD operating systems and Linux distributions. These include:
- Linux distributions
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Lumina 1.0 release.
- ^ "Release Lumina Desktop 1.6.2 · lumina-desktop_lumina · GitHub".
- ^ a b Lumina FAQ.
- ^ a b c d e Watson 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Moore 2015.
- ^ Lumina Desktop Environment homepage.
- ^ a b Nestor 2017.
- ^ Larabel 2017.
- ^ Freshports.
- ^ "lumina-desktop added to repos – antiX Linux". antixlinux.com. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ Arch Linux.
- ^ a b c d "Lumina Adds Luster to Linux Desktop". 14 February 2017.
- ^ "Index of \". sources.voidlinux.org. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
References
- Larabel, Michael (23 November 2017). "Lumina 1.4 Desktop Environment Released". Phoronix. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- Moore, Ken (September 2015). "Basis Of The Lumina Desktop Environment". BSD Magazine. Retrieved 23 November 2016. (gone)
- Nestor, Marius (22 November 2017). "Lumina 1.4 Desktop Environment debuts with new Theme Engine and ZFS integrations". Softpedia. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- Watson, J.A. (18 August 2016). "Hands-on: Lumina Desktop 1.0.0". ZDNet. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- "Desktop environment (Unofficially supported)". Arch Linux. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- "x11_lumina_ Lumina Desktop Environment (meta-port)". Freshports. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- "Version 1.0.0 Released". Lumina Desktop Environment project. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- "Frequently Asked Questions - Lumina Desktop Environment". Lumina Desktop Environment project. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- "Lumina Desktop Environment". Lumina Desktop Environment project. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
External links
- Official website
Lumina Desktop Environment - Moore, Ken (26 April 2014). "Quick Lumina Desktop FAQ". Retrieved 23 November 2016. (usurped)
- Lumina Desktop Environment on GitHub
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