Nitrogen Desktop Experience (NDE)

This is a project I've had ideas about for a few years. The end goal is to create a DE (Desktop Environment) that can alter itself at runtime using various desktop agents which dictate the look and feel.

For example:

• A default desktop agent which provides a basic usable desktop
• Another desktop agent to provide a macOS-like look and feel
• A third desktop agent better suited for small screens, like phones and tablets

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Components

• libnde : Library containing common components
• libntk : Nitrogen ToolKit - all the GUI stuffies, API based on Java Swing and Xwing
• NitroWin : Nitrogen Window Manager

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Documents

None yet. 😿

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Runtime Requirements

• FreeBSD >= 10.1 (tested using FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE)
• x11/libX11
• x11/xproto
• devel/boehm-gc
• devel/boehm-gc-threaded
• lang/rust
• graphics/cairo

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Testing

• x11-servers/xephyr

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Tooling

• devel/git or devel/git-gui (these ports are mutually exclusive, you can only have one of them installed)
• devel/cmake
• devel/cmake-modules (if this port is not available, then it has been merged with devel/cmake)
• CLang from the base system (4.0.0) is all that's required to build. No need for extra compilers from Ports or pkg.

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Building the NDE

It's easy to build Nitrogen Desktop Experience.

Checkout

$ git clone https://felinewith.me/LadySerenaKitty/nitrogen.git
$ cd nitrogen
$ git submodule update

Prep for build

$ cmake .

Build it!

$ make

Test

$ ./test_Nitrogen.sh

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Notes

I do not recommend using NitroWin as a primary window manager. It is still in very early development.