Showing posts with label numix. Show all posts
Showing posts with label numix. Show all posts
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Numix Announces New Linux Distribution
The folks behind the Numix Project, popular for its GTK and icon themes, have announced that they are working with Nitrux S.A. on a new Linux distribution.
GNOME as a base
"We are basing our shell on Gnome-Shell and we will use Gnome apps. Our shell will be made from extension for Gnome-Shell. That means we are NOT forking Gnome-Shell and we're not moving away from Gnome as a base."
The new Linux distribution will use GNOME apps and GNOME Shell, customized with extensions that change its look and functionality to fulfill the vision of the Numix Project designers, which you can see in the mockups below:
A few explanations for the screenshots above:
- the bottom dock uses intellihide and shows running apps for the current workspace only (but there will be an option to show apps for all workspaces);
- the application launcher has no categories and the apps are ordered by usage;
- dragging an icon from the dock or a window thumbnail invokes the workspace switcher so you can create a new workspace (by dragging the icon to the plus sign on the right);
- the dock and panel lose the background and borders when in Overview mode;
- the notifications and notification center are displayed in the top bar (on the right);
- the Search in overview can run commands (but the ALT + F2 dialog will continue to be available).
The extensions are likely to be available via GNOME's Extensions website or even packaged in the repositories.
The new Linux distribution will target gamers
The operating system will come with Steam preinstalled and it will target gamers, but of course it will also be suitable for non-gaming work. This, mentions Google+ post, is connected to a future announcement related to monetization which Numix will reveal in a few days.
And speaking about monetization, the folks behind this new project will try to make some revenue out of it by either making it a paid distro or by using donations.
It's also important to mention that it hasn't been decided yet which Linux distribution will be used as a base, but Ubuntu 14.04 is one of the options, according to a Google+ comment by the Numix Project.
Developers needed
Numix needs developers to turn the above mockups into reality and they are willing to pay so if you know JavaScript, see the announcement @ Google+ for more information.
What do you think?
mockups / info via G+
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Ozon OS "Hydrogen" Alpha Available For Testing
Ozon OS "Hydrogen" alpha is based on Fedora 20 and it uses GNOME Shell and Gnome apps by default, customized with various extensions. The newly released alpha is aimed at developers and ships with only part of the Atom Shell: Atom Dock, Launcher and Panel, so it's not really interesting for regular desktop users. However, the beta (and obviously, the final release) should include a lot more exiting stuff.
Here are a couple of Ozon OS Hydrogen alpha screenshots (but, as I said, there's not much to see right now):
Current Atom Shell features include:
- Atom Dock: intellihide, per workspace task separation and transparent background on App Overview;
- Atom Panel: display legacy tray icons and appindicators on the top panel;
- Atom Launcher: a simplified App Launcher with applications sorted by frequency of use.
Besides the extensions mentioned above, Ozon OS "Hydrogen" alpha uses GNOME 3.12 with a custom GNOME Shell theme by default and has the RPMFusion repository enabled - other than that, it's just stock Fedora 20.
According to its roadmap, Ozon OS "Hydrogen" beta will use Fedora 21 as a base and it will ship with its own GTK and icon themes (some icon design experiments here and here) (along with the rest of artwork: Plymouth, wallpapers, etc. - see how to submit wallpapers for inclusion in Ozon OS HERE), along with various OS tweaks, preinstalled vendor video drivers and so on.
The plan is to release Ozon OS "Hydrogen" (final) a month or so after the Fedora 21 release.
Download Ozon OS "Hydrogen" Alpha
Download Ozon OS "Hydrogen" Alpha:
If you want to download the Ozon OS Atom Shell / extensions and use them with your current Linux distribution, see its GitHub page (the extensions will hopefully be available on Gnome's extensions website soon).
Also see the initial announcement (from February, 2014) which provides some extra information: Numix Announces New Linux Distribution
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