Sparky + Budgie Desktop

[pavroo]

I've been fighting the last 3 days with Budgie Desktop.
It finally works on the top on my Sparky/Debian testing base :)

Full image:
http://sparkylinux.org/images/sparky-budgie.png
It's nice & clean desktop, I really like it :)

[MoroS]

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

[pavroo]

I think I need to speed up my attempts in creating a build system

Oh yes, oh yes :)

[GeneC]

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....

[MoroS]

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. :)

[pavroo]

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 :)

[GeneC]

Pavroo

If you need someone to test on 64bit Sparky, PM me. (OR post the .debs) I'd be glad to help.. :P

[pavroo]

That's great.
Let me finish some other things (my time manager push me sometimes :) ).

[GeneC]

Sure... No rush.... ;)

[pavroo]

It's ready in sparky repos:

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apt-get update
apt-get install budgie-desktop

[GeneC]

Yes, got it on Sparky..  Nice work Pavroo.. :)

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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



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

[pavroo]

Cool :)

[way12go]

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http://sparkylinux.org/forum/index.php/topic,2726.msg5022.html#msg5022

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https://evolve-os.com/wiki/Budgie/Install

[GeneC]

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.

[way12go]

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

Debian

Debian Budgie Installation Instructions - Must be done on Debian Testing (Jessie)

1. Upgrade

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sudo apt-get update;sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
2. Prepare build environment

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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

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git clone https://github.com/evolve-os/budgie-desktop.git;cd budgie-desktop;./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr;make;sudo make install