lcarsde/lcarsde

lcarsde is the LCARS Desktop Environment, which consists of lcarswm and additional tool applications. This repository contains general information.

lcarsde

LCARS Desktop Environment, official project name lcarsde, or for logos also LCARS DE, is a desktop environment that mimics the LCARS interface.

Sub projects

• lcarswm - LCARS Window Manager
• menu - sidebar menu application for selecting and closing open windows
• status-bar - status bar tool application for general information display and controls
• application-starter - application for opening installed programs
• lcarsde.github.io - lcarsde website with news and instructions

Architecture Decision Records (ARDs)

Follow this link to the ADRs

To Do

• lcarswm
  • Associate child screens with their parents
  • Identify and handle popups as popups
  • Center popups and adjust the frame to their size
  • Monitors
    • Merge overlaying screens of same size
    • If screens have different sizes, the higher one draws
  • check for XDG-path variables and have a fallback
  • basic configurable window tiling
• status-bar
  • System tray widget
  • Content for the data bar (empty upper area in normal mode)
    • Data throughput of network interfaces
    • Bluetooth
    • ...
• general
  • Configuration for the colors
  • Pressed state coloring for the buttons
  • GTK-Theme (if I can't find one)
  • Detailed documentation for communication between lcarsde applications
    • Message pipes between lcarswm and application menu
    • Special atoms for application menu and status bar
  • lcarsde settings application
  • lcarsde file manager
  • polkit agent
  • lcarsde session manager
    • setup which apps to autostart

lcarsde's Issues

Guidelines for installing LCARSDE in a dockerized desktop environment

First of all, thank you for putting together this awesome project!

I've been building a dockerized desktop environment (using an Ansible template for an Ubuntu Jammy Kasm image) for a Star Trek fan group https://github.com/startrekthefleet/fleet-workspace-image and am attempting to install/configure LCARSDE https://github.com/startrekthefleet/fleet-workspace-image/tree/install-lcarsde. I've downloaded and installed the LCARSDE Debian packages without build errors https://github.com/startrekthefleet/fleet-workspace-image/actions/runs/5452842496, but am kind of stuck/unsure as to how to actually enable it in the image https://github.com/startrekthefleet/fleet-workspace-image/blob/install-lcarsde/playbook.yaml#L255. Any guidelines/suggests would be much appreciated.

Keep up the good work!