r/debian • • 20h ago

Status Report. luxe: a new old DE

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u/Imperial_Bloke69 19h ago

Refreshing to see lxqt getting some love.

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u/thebadslime 19h ago

Not QT! It's all GTK4!!

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u/Imperial_Bloke69 19h ago

Oh, so LXDE-like, my bad man

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u/thebadslime 19h ago

Sorry I really don't like QT I inherited a QT app like 8 years ago and it was a nightmare. So I purged all QT from my life. GTK isn't great to work with, but it's better.

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u/thebadslime 20h ago

We are getting close to alpha release!

Alpha will be debian packages, before beta I will confirm it's also working on ubntu and fedora.

Let me go into detail as to what luxe provides.

  • luxepanel -> LXPanelPanel
  • pcmanager -> PCManFMFile op
  • luxeterm -> LXTerminalGTK4
  • luxesession -> LXSessionSession
  • luxeappearance -> LXAppearanceTheme
  • luxeappearance-obconf -> LXAppearance ObConf
  • luxehotkey -< LXHotkeyGlobal
  • luxeinput -> LXInputKeyboard
  • luxerandr ->LXRandRMulti-monitor
  • luxetask ->LXTaskProcess
  • luxepolkit ->LXPolkitPolicyKit
  • luxemenu-data =>LXMenu DataXDG

There is also quite a bit of non-de specific apps to make a complete desktop system.

  • matinee - video/music player powered by ffmpeg, new
  • frame - gtk image viewer with light editing tools, new
  • shotty - port of https://github.com/Tomaszal/simpleshot-gtk
  • luxenotify - notification system, new
  • luxup - update notifier, new
  • luxepower - power manager, mostly a frontend for TLP, new
  • luxesettings - hub for DE settings, new
  • debinstall - gtk4 frontend for gdebi-core, new
  • lucid - GTK4 port of gedit, no plugins but comes bundled with the best ones
  • luxurystore - gtk4 port of synaptic, with a lot of added features
  • luxedm - heavily updated for of slim ( debians version which was updated until 2024)

I have been using the system at home for weeks, squashing bugs when I find them. The last week has been bug free. Should be ready to release late this week barring anything crazy.

Everything is working great, I am installng fresh on an old chromebook I have around to make sure install is smooth.

Super happy to discuss anything or answer any questions.

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u/ephemeralmiko 20h ago

Is there a Github link anywhere? My DuckDuckGo-fu isn't finding anything.

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u/thebadslime 20h ago

Not released just yet, later this week or early next