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trunkmaster / nextspace

NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux
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Updates on Debian/Ubuntu? #359

Closed felixding closed 3 years ago

felixding commented 3 years ago

I've been following the project for quite a while. There were many PRs and discussions about Debian packaging a few months ago but it seems that progress on Debian has stalled recently. Can't help wondering what's the status on this subject?

Just switched to a ThinkPad from a Mac. The first thing I want to do is install Nextspace. 😃

alexmyczko commented 3 years ago

There's this one https://github.com/trunkmaster/nextspace/issues/242 but no idea, I'm not a big fan of "rpm" packaging. And looking forward to something .deb based as well...

felixding commented 3 years ago

I just found out that there IS a script that builds everything on Debian/Ubuntu! It's just not in the README.md file.

Anyway, I managed to compile and install nextspace-desktop, and was able to start it with sudo systemctl start loginwindow. But as soon as I logged in, it threw an error "Session failed with error" and gave me two options: Cleanup and Restart.

I'm stuck here. Any hints? It asked me to check console.log which I couldn't find anywhere.

armm77 commented 3 years ago

@felixding, I don't use NEXTSPACE on ubuntu/debian and I'm not sure if it will work for you, but you could verify that all the initial files of the profile configuration are copied to the user.

felixding commented 3 years ago

@armm77 Thanks for the quick reply!

How can I verify that? I guess I don't have the files copied, because I didn't create any user in Nextspace. Instead, I installed it with my existing user.

armm77 commented 3 years ago

you can create a new user by following the steps of the script.

https://github.com/trunkmaster/nextspace/blob/fec88a7f0f69f51410651d01e6de79f633d233c1/Packaging/RedHat/nextspace_install.sh#L146

felixding commented 3 years ago

Okay. I created a new user following the steps in nextspace_install.sh. But after I logged in and run sudo systemctl start loginwindow, I got a black screen with a blinking cursor.

armm77 commented 3 years ago

@felixding, You could indicate the specifications of your system to be able to replicate the incident.

felixding commented 3 years ago

Sure.

I'm using Linux Mint 20.10 Xfce Edition.

Another update: I successfully logged in to Nextspace desktop with the new user. There was an Ubuntu icon in the upper right corner, like a dock app. But I could do nothing with this icon or anywhere else on the screen - I tried single/double/right click but nothing happened. Eventually I had to kill X with shortcuts and went back to Xfce from command line.

Currently I'm fiddling with Window Maker and imagining what a complete UX Nextspace would be. Maybe I should try it in a VM (I did but that was like two years ago).

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armm77 commented 3 years ago

Hi @felixding, I tell you that I work with ubuntu focal, and I got some points, I have to correct, the deb packages are generated correctly, but in the installation the libraries and programs are not installed where they should go, I had to make several manual changes to get a half performance.

If you want to continue you must extract this package in the root of the user me (/Users/me). Although I suggest you try the packages or the installer for centos. Library.tar.gz

You must install the zsh shell and make the links that I show you in the txt. fix.txt Captura de Pantalla 2021-02-21 a la(s) 08 47 28

felixding commented 3 years ago

Thanks!

I managed to install Nextspace on Fedora 31 (Cent OS didn't work for me).

Finally a desktop environment that uses Command as the modifier key! I wish there's a way to make a default for other apps on Nextspace as well (for example Firefox). I know we can remap key bindings using Kinto/xkeysnail, but having a consistent key binding as a default on Nextspace would the best!

armm77 commented 3 years ago

I am sure that in the future there will be many more applications and many improvements. 👍🏼