Shell change

[Rog131]

liquidshell in kdereview: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&...4105015362&w=2

Phabricator:

- https://phabricator.kde.org/source/l...sitory/master/
- https://phabricator.kde.org/search/q...qyBVu77XJs1/#R
- https://phabricator.kde.org/R247:240...139929f03f8345

Github: KDE/liquidshell - https://github.com/KDE/liquidshell

Alternative desktop replacement for Plasma, using QtWidgets instead of QtQuick to ensure hardware acceleration is not required...

Testing: From plasmashell to liquidshell and back

Direct: https://youtu.be/oSnqpUywA3E

Interesting option !!

[GreyGeek]

Couldn't find "liquidshell.desktop". I found "liquidshell-master.zip, but it did not contain a "liquidshell.desktop" file.

Question: I have my NVIDIA GT650M video chip as my default. Will liquidshell work with it?

[Rog131]

Early development version

I did use the generic build:

mkdir -p builddir
cd builddir && cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(kf5-config --prefix) -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DKDE_INSTALL_USE_QT_SYS_PATHS=ON
make
sudo make install

Install step told:

Log of sudo make install 
Sat Nov  4 10:43:01 2017

[  2%] Automatic MOC for target liquidshell
Generating MOC predefs moc_predefs.h
[  6%] Built target liquidshell_autogen
[100%] Built target liquidshell
Install the project...
-- Install configuration: "Release"
-- Installing: /usr/bin/liquidshell
-- Installing: /usr/share/applications/org.kde.liquidshell.desktop

Sat Nov  4 10:43:04 2017

There are bugs:

...liquidshell/liquidshell-master/Battery.cxx:25:10: fatal error: Solid/Power: No such file or directory
#include <Solid/Power>

=> https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&...2092028706&w=2

Battery.cxx:
* It's using Solid/Power API that has never been released (and probably never will be..)

I did use the "hackfix.diff" : https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&...5935518970&w=2

[kubicle]

Nice find again Rog, looks like a good option for lower end machines in the future (once it matures)...could possibly also be used as a failsafe desktop session for plasma machines (or a light-weight desktop for servers when necessary).

Hit the same build issues (after getting all the build requirements install) so thanks for the link to the hackfix patch. I'll probably let it mature for a bit before installing, but I'll definitely keep an eye on it (I'm quite happy with plasma, but options are always nice to have)

[Rog131]

Silence of the clones

I'm testing these things with the expendable clone installations.



Simply by killing the plasmashell/liquidshell and starting the liquidshell/plasmashell:


Maybe if the idea grows a mature option the user can pick it from the display manager: