Software:Lumina

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Short description: Desktop environment for X Window System
Lumina
DragonFly BSD 6.2.1 Lumina desktop screenshot.png
Lumina 1.6.2 on DragonFly BSD
Developer(s)iXsystems, Inc.
Written inC++
Operating systemUnix and Unix-like
TypeDesktop environment
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Websitelumina-desktop.org

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,[1] but has been ported to various Linux distributions.[2]

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.[3] 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".[3] 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.[3] The source code has since been moved to a separate GitHub repository "under the PC-BSD umbrella" and converted to use Qt5.[3] Development also focused on replacing the Fluxbox core with a Qt-based window manager integrated with the Lumina desktop.[3]

The project avoids use of Linux-based tools or frameworks, such as D-Bus, Polkit, and systemd.[4]

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.[2] The default panel includes a Start menu, task manager, and system tray, and its location can be customized.[2] Menus may be accessed via the Start menu or by right-clicking the mouse on the desktop background.[2]

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.[1]

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.[2]

Version 1.4 included several new utilities.[5] The PDF reader lumina-pdf is based on the poppler library.[6] 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".[5]

Ports

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

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lumina FAQ.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Watson 2016.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Moore 2015.
  4. ↑ Lumina Desktop Environment homepage.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Nestor 2017.
  6. ↑ Larabel 2017.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Lumina 1.0 release.
  8. ↑ Freshports.
  9. ↑ "lumina-desktop added to repos – antiX Linux" (in en-US). https://antixlinux.com/lumina-desktop-added-to-repos/. 
  10. ↑ Arch Linux.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "Lumina Adds Luster to Linux Desktop". 14 February 2017. https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/84301.html. 
  12. ↑ Void Linux.

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