I've been fighting the last 3 days with Budgie Desktop.
It finally works on the top on my Sparky/Debian testing base :)
(http://sparkylinux.org/images/sparky-budgie.png)
Full image:
http://sparkylinux.org/images/sparky-budgie.png
It's nice & clean desktop, I really like it :)
It looks very nice. The only thing I would change (my opinion only) is to remove the transparency from the bottom elements. ;)
Seeing how we're attracting alternative desktops recently, I think I need to speed up my attempts in creating a build system. :P
QuoteI think I need to speed up my attempts in creating a build system
Oh yes, oh yes :)
Quote from: MoroS on January 29, 2015, 05:10:31 PM
It looks very nice. The only thing I would change (my opinion only) is to remove the transparency from the bottom elements. ;)
Seeing how we're attracting alternative desktops recently, I think I need to speed up my attempts in creating a build system. :P
Easily done (right click on panel) 'preferences'>panel>(gnome-panel theme intergration);)
Been running this desktop (and distro) for months with no issues. Its very light, fast and good looking. Its just reached the "Beta" stage so expect more features in the near future....
(http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll58/genecharb/33.png)
Quote from: GeneC on January 29, 2015, 07:12:48 PM
Easily done (right click on panel) 'preferences'>panel>(gnome-panel theme intergration);)
Thanks. That last screenshot appeals to my visual tastes. I think I'll give this DE a spin. :)
I have built debs already and tested them on fresh sparky base installations.
As I can see, it doesn't freeze on 32 bit system as I saw that on the system I compiled budgie.
I also have to revert the RAM usage.
Sparky installation has less packages and services running than my production system(s) so the Budgie desktop uses on the top of clear Sparky:
- 32 bit ~ 150 MB of RAM
- 64 bit ~ 220 MB of RAM
Now, I am satisfactied :)
Pavroo
If you need someone to test on 64bit Sparky, PM me. (OR post the .debs) I'd be glad to help.. :P
That's great.
Let me finish some other things (my time manager push me sometimes :) ).
Sure... No rush.... ;)
It's ready in sparky repos:
apt-get update
apt-get install budgie-desktop
Yes, got it on Sparky.. Nice work Pavroo.. :)
gene@sparky:~$ sudo apt-get install budgie-desktop
[sudo] password for gene:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
gir1.2-clutter-gst-2.0 gir1.2-evince-3.0 gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0 gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0
gir1.2-gtksource-3.0 gnome-sushi libgjs0e libglib2.0-dev libiptcdata0 libmozjs-24-0
libmusicbrainz5-1 libmutter0e libneon27-gnutls libpcre3-dev libpcrecpp0 libtracker-sparql-1.0-0
libvala-0.26-0 mutter-common nautilus valac valac-0.26 valac-0.26-vapi
Suggested packages:
libglib2.0-doc brasero eog tracker
The following NEW packages will be installed:
budgie-desktop gir1.2-clutter-gst-2.0 gir1.2-evince-3.0 gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0
gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0 gir1.2-gtksource-3.0 gnome-sushi libgjs0e libglib2.0-dev libiptcdata0
libmozjs-24-0 libmusicbrainz5-1 libmutter0e libneon27-gnutls libpcre3-dev libpcrecpp0
libtracker-sparql-1.0-0 libvala-0.26-0 mutter-common nautilus valac valac-0.26 valac-0.26-vapi
0 upgraded, 23 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 13.1 MB of archives.
After this operation, 47.5 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll58/genecharb/44_1.png)
Only issue so far is themes/icons do not follow settings in "Budgie Setting"..? Do not have much time for furthur testing right now.. Stay tuned... :P
Cool :)
http://sparkylinux.org/forum/index.php/topic,2726.msg5022.html#msg5022
https://evolve-os.com/wiki/Budgie/Install
Quote from: GeneC on January 31, 2015, 02:33:14 PM
Yes, got it on Sparky.. Nice work Pavroo.. :)
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Only issue so far is themes/icons do not follow settings in "Budgie Setting"..? Do not have much time for furthur testing right now.. Stay tuned... :P
Tried changing icons/themes with
dconf editor. Still a no-go... :(
Added Gnome-Tweak-Tool from repo. Made changes there. Still a no-go.
All works fine with XFCE and Cinnamon desktops also install on this "Sparky". Seems something is missing in Budgie.
Quotegene@sparky:~$ sudo apt-get install budgie-desktop
[sudo] password for gene:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
gir1.2-clutter-gst-2.0 gir1.2-evince-3.0 gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0 gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0
gir1.2-gtksource-3.0 gnome-sushi libgjs0e libglib2.0-dev libiptcdata0 libmozjs-24-0
libmusicbrainz5-1 libmutter0e libneon27-gnutls libpcre3-dev libpcrecpp0 libtracker-sparql-1.0-0
libvala-0.26-0 mutter-common nautilus valac valac-0.26 valac-0.26-vapi
Suggested packages:
libglib2.0-doc brasero eog tracker
The following NEW packages will be installed:
budgie-desktop gir1.2-clutter-gst-2.0 gir1.2-evince-3.0 gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0
gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0 gir1.2-gtksource-3.0 gnome-sushi libgjs0e libglib2.0-dev libiptcdata0
libmozjs-24-0 libmusicbrainz5-1 libmutter0e libneon27-gnutls libpcre3-dev libpcrecpp0
libtracker-sparql-1.0-0 libvala-0.26-0 mutter-common nautilus valac valac-0.26 valac-0.26-vapi
0 upgraded, 23 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 13.1 MB of archives.
After this operation, 47.5 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
QuoteDebian
Debian Budgie Installation Instructions - Must be done on Debian Testing (Jessie)
1. Upgrade
sudo apt-get update;sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
2. Prepare build environment
sudo apt-get install build-essential gnome-common gobject-introspection libglib2.0-dev libgtk-3-dev libpulse-dev libpulse-mainloop-glib0 libmutter-dev libwnck-3-dev libupower-glib-dev libgnome-menu-3-dev libc6-dev libpeas-dev libgee-dev libgee-0.8-dev valac git
3. Get & Install Budgie-Desktop
git clone https://github.com/evolve-os/budgie-desktop.git;cd budgie-desktop;./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr;make;sudo make install
wow, nice work pavroo. I might have to try this one out a bit later.
Quote from: GeneC on January 31, 2015, 02:33:14 PM
Yes, got it on Sparky.. Nice work Pavroo.. :)
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Only issue so far is themes/icons do not follow settings in "Budgie Setting"..? Do not have much time for furthur testing right now.. Stay tuned... :P
OK. Found that issue.
(quote from Ikey on his forum)
QuoteRe: Budgie comes to Debian (Sparky Linux)
Postby ikey » Sat Jan 31, 2015 10:15 am
pavro knows that for theming it should require gnome-settings-daemon listed. He's been involved in conversations
on GitHub.
https://evolve-os.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=254#p1423
If I run (from terminal)
gnome-settings-daemonIt solved the themeing issue.
How do I get it to load automatically..? (put in startups..?..)
(http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll58/genecharb/66_1.png)
GNOME Settings Daemon
A daemon which grants access to all the GNOME system preferences.
Command: /usr/bin/gnome-settings-daemon
In Mate you can open startup applications setting and just add it.
I don't know about xfce and I think you are using xfce... Am I right?
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=21310#p125894
https://www.mankier.com/1/gnome-settings-daemon
GNOME-SETTINGS-DAEMON
gnome-settings-daemon — GNOME settings daemon
gnome-settings-daemon [OPTION...]
Description
gnome-settings-daemon provides many session-wide services and functions that require a long-running process. Among the services implemented by gnome-settings-daemon are an XSettings manager, which provides theming, font and other settings to GTK+ applications, and a clipboard manager, which preserves clipboard contents when an application exits. Many user interface elements of gnome-shell and gnome-control-center rely on gnome-settings-daemon for their functionality.
The internal architecture of gnome-settings-daemon consists of a number of plugins, which provide functionality such as printer notifications, software update monitoring, background changing, etc. For debugging purposes, these plugins can be individually disabled by changing the gsettings key org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.plugin-name.active, where plugin-name is the name of the plugin. To see a list of all plugins, use the command gsettings list-children org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins
gnome-settings-daemon takes the name org.gnome.SettingsDaemon on the session bus to ensure that only one instance is running. Some plugins export objects under this name to make their functionality available to other applications. The interfaces of these objects should generally be considered private and unstable.
gnome-settings-daemon is a required component of the GNOME desktop, i.e. it is listed in the RequiredComponents field of /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome.session. It is started in the initialization phase of the session, and gnome-session will restart it if it crashes.
Options
-h, --help
Prints a short help text and exits.
--debug
Enables debugging code.
--timed-exit
Exits after a timeout (30 seconds) for debugging.
Files
/usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome.session
GNOME session definition file where gnome-settings-daemon is listed as a required component.
/etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop
Autostart file for gnome-settings-daemon, where its autostart phase is set.
Thanks for the info and links 'way12go' we were posting at the same time... :)
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EDIT
Deleted info on making an autostart for gnome-settings-daemon. The issue has been fixed in an upgrade to Budgie
(budgie-desktop to 8-20150131).
See later posts..
How To Fix 'Gnome Theme Not Loading' Problem In Linux Mint 11
http://www.ihaveapc.com/2011/06/how-to-fix-gnome-theme-not-loading-problem-in-linux-mint-11/
Is this relevant?
Yes, its along those lines. We need an autostart for gnome-settings-daemon... :)
Perhaps this would be of interest...
https://evolve-os.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=254#p1435
Should be fixed without us having to add our own autostart.... :)
https://evolve-os.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=254&p=1440#p1439
QuoteRe: Budgie comes to Debian (Sparky Linux)
Postby ikey » Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:35 pm
Just pushed a fix to git which will now include /usr/share/gnome/autostart as an "xdg directory",
meaning GNOME autostarts work, and gnome-settings-daemon on Debian will work
I will update budgie debs tonight to be included gnome-settings-daemon startup.
Edit
gnome-settings-daemon provides its desktop file in /usr/share/gnome/autostart/ already.
If it doesn't work, it should be copied to /etc/xdg/autostart/
Just hold on, Ikey updated files in git repo so I will rebuild my packages.
It's done!
A new package of budgie-desktop 8-20150131 is in our repo now.
Pavroo
Yes.! That fixed it nicely. No longer need my fix of making an autostart in 'Home'. Nice work... :)
Thank should go to Ikey for quick fixing.
I am the second in the chain :)
Thank you BOTH... ;)
;D Wow, this DE is awesome, beautiful and great performance. It might look like Gnome Shell but it runs about a million times better.
Ikey updated files in git repo last night.
A new version of Budgie 8.1-20150210 is available in our repo now.