On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 9:30 PM, Martin Koller <kol...@aon.at> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd like to announce an application I've implemented over the last few weeks > - liquidshell > > liquidshell is a replacement for plasmashell > > It does not use QtQuick but instead relies on QtWidgets, > therefore no hardware graphics acceleration is needed. > > Main Features: > - Wallpaper per virtual desktop > - No animations, no CPU hogging, low Memory footprint > - Instant startup > - No use of activities (I never used nor needed them) > - QtWidgets based, therefore follows widget style from systemsettings > - Icons are used from your globally defined icon theme from systemsettings > - Colors are used from your globally defined color theme from systemsettings > - Can additionally be styled with css by passing the commandline option > -stylesheet filename.css > (see included example stylesheet.css) > - uses existing KDE dialogs for most configurations, e.g. StartMenu, Virtual > Desktops, Bluetooth, Network > - Just one bottom DesktopPanel, containing: > StartMenu (allowing drag of entries into konqueror/dolphin to configure > QuickLaunch or AppMenu entries) > QuickLaunch (showing icons for .desktop files from a configurable folder) > AppMenu (showing .desktop files in a menu from a configurable folder, > defaults to users desktop folder) > Pager (for switching virtual desktops) > WindowList (Popup showing all open windows on all desktops) > TaskBar (showing windows on the current desktop, allowing drag of an entry > onto the Pager to move to a different desktop) > LockLogout > SysLoad widget including CPU, Memory, Swap and Network bars, live updated > tooltip > SysTray with integrated Network-, Notifications-, Device Notifier-, > Bluetooth-, Battery- display. > Display of StatusNotifier items from other applications (no legacy > embedded icons yet). > Notifications kept in a history list for some minutes, including > timestamp and text selectable per mouse > (very handy for copy/paste of TAC numbers from online banking received > via SMS and transferred to KDE > via kdeconnect) > Clock widget (with calendar popup, tooltip for selected cities) > - Desktop can contain applets (there's currently only a weather applet) > > The main motivation was to have a reliable desktop shell which does not hog > the CPU or RAM. > (CPU usage and stability were the things driving me mad with plasmashell) > It should be slick and have just the features I need in my daily > work. No need having all the bells and whistles anyone can think of. > Just have a plain, solid, fast workhorse. > > I think the final place should be extragear. > > Today I put it into openSuse's OBS and 2 packages for tumbleweed and factory > are already in place > and ready to be installed. > > Screenshots: > light color theme: > http://members.aon.at/m.koller/liquidshell_20171103_174650.png > dark color theme: > http://members.aon.at/m.koller/liquidshell_20171103_174944.png > > -- > Best regards/Schöne Grüße > > Martin > A: Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion > Q: Why is top posting bad? > > () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > /\ - against proprietary attachments > > Geschenkideen, Accessoires, Seifen, Kulinarisches: www.lillehus.at > >
Hi Martin, I'm a bit confused, who is liquidshell for? Aleix
