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Make conky work with LXDE desktop manager.
It’s reported by many users that conky doesn’t work with desktop management provided by PCManFM. Personally I do not use Conky, but many of our users use it. I’ve been seeking for a solution for our users but didn’t find one. Recently I saw a blog post containing a screenshot with working conky + pcmanfm. […]
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Google Summer of Code
Since LXDE is accepted as a mentoring organization, we’re preparing for the event. Here are the current idea list and some guides on application for potential participants: The information from Google: http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2010/03/students-apply-now-for-google-summer-of.html The idea list of LXDE for Google SoC 2010: http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Google_Summer_of_Code_2010 Guides for students: http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Google_Summer_of_Code_-_Student_Check_List Except the items currently in the idea list, it […]
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LXPolkit – Simple policykit authentication agent.
Generally when one needs to use policykit, he or she needs to install policykit-gnome. Now we have our own. A new component LXPolkit was added. It’s minimal policykit authentication agent. Here is a screenshot: To test it, grab the source code from git. git clone git://lxde.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/lxde/lxpolkit After translations get updated and it has been better […]
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Standard LXDE project template containing a good set of automake/autoconf/gettext rules
For the upcoming Google Soc, I just created a standard LXDE project template. This template can be used as skeleton of future LXDE projects. It’s here: Online browsing or download latest snapshot: http://lxde.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lxde/devtools;a=tree;f=template;h=734cb3e4c3abe223521b6d5c717537230d6822d6;hb=HEAD The following command should help you get it from git. git clone git://lxde.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/lxde/devtools Currently this template contains: 1. Our project standard autogen.sh 2. […]
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A Comprehensive Guide to Build and Setup New PCManFM/Libfm
I guess this is wanted by many testers and packagers. Today I took some time and write a very comprehensive detailed guide for building, setting up, and debugging pcmanfm/libfm. Testers or packagers please refer to this document. I think the page is enough for solving most of the FAQ. Please tell me if it isn’t. […]
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Google Summer of Code: Please submit your ideas and student applications for LXDE
LXDE has been accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2010. We are looking forward to a great summer with more people joining development. Please propose ideas for the program on our idea page. Students wishing to apply, please check out the Student Check List in the wiki and join us on […]
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The first Beta release of new PCManFM/LibFM
Hello all LXDE users, Proudly I announced the release of PCManFM 0.9.3 beta + libfm 0.1.9 Beta. Since the begin of the rewrite last year, today we have the first Beta release. Highlight for this release: The file operations progress dialog underwent some major rework. Errors are now displayed in a much less obstructive way […]
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PCManFM 0.9.2 and libfm 0.1.5 alpha
I just released pcmanfm 0.9.2 + libfm 0.1.5 alpha. The main change beside bug fixes is the ability to set default web browser and mail client. This is achieved via a new gio module. Now you can execute libfm-pref-apps to see it. By default it’s hidden from applications menu if you’re in Gnome, KDE, or […]
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PCManFM 0.9.1 + libfm 0.1.1 Alpha
Today, new alpha releases of PCManFM and libfm were made. Again, let me show you the screenshot first. Here are highlights of this release: Auto-mount for removable devices and and “Auto-run” dialog. (Finally we have this!) Support ‘menu://applications/’ to show installed applications in pcmanfm. (needs lxmenu-data) (reported to be a little bit buggy?) Support ‘menu://applications/DesktopSettings/’ […]
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LXMusic 0.4.3 released
LXMusic 0.4.3 was released by Jürgen Hötzel. Most important changes include: * Adopt XMMS2 DrNo 0.7 API changes * Fix a double free (on_playback_track_loaded) * Translation updates Please help to advance LXDE development and test releases, help with translations and update the wiki. Links: * Git Repository: http://lxde.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lxde/lxmusic * LXMusic in the LXDE Wiki: http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXMusic […]