Lumina (desktop environment)

Lumina Desktop Environment, or simply Lumina, is a plugin-based desktop environment for Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It is designed specifically as a system interface for TrueOS, and systems derived from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) in general,Template:Sfn but has been ported to various Linux distributions.Template:Sfn

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.Template:Sfn 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".Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn The source code has since been moved to a separate GitHub repository "under the PC-BSD umbrella" and converted to use Qt5.Template:Sfn Development also focused on replacing the Fluxbox core with a Qt-based window manager integrated with the Lumina desktop.Template:Sfn

The project avoids use of Linux-based tools or frameworks, such as D-Bus, Polkit, and systemd.Template:Sfn

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.Template:Sfn The default panel includes a Start menu, task manager, and system tray, and its location can be customized.Template:Sfn Menus may be accessed via the Start menu or by right-clicking the mouse on the desktop background.Template:Sfn

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.Template:Sfn

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.Template:Sfn

Version 1.4 included several new utilities.Template:Sfn The PDF reader lumina-pdf is based on the poppler library.Template:Sfn 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".Template:Sfn

Ports

Lumina has been ported to various BSD operating systems and Linux distributions. These include:

Berkeley Software Distribution
Linux distributions

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References

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External links

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