Environments Changes Log

The different available image environments changes log.

GNOME

Date - 30/12/2020

A more lite-weight gnome install by using just the minimal amount of packages required to get gnome running.
Swapped nautilus with thunar to reduce the amount of required dependencies.
Disabled suspend on gnome by default to prevent issues for users without a physical power button.
Disabled search services on gnome for better performance.
Changed default color theme of gnome-terminal to more readable one.
Added CTRL + ALT + T keyboard shortcut to launch the terminal.
Improved initial setup script to not require a system reboot, so the system doesn’t reboots anymore after reaching login manager.
Updated pamac package which now includes hooks to fix appstream xml files.
Enabled the dhcpcd systemd service.

Date - 05/08/2020

Blacklisted hid_logitech_hidpp which caused keyboard input to not work on Gnome for wireless logitech keyboards like the K400, K360, etc…
Added MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 environment variable to enable wayland on firefox by default.

Date - 30/12/2020

Date - 29/12/2020

Updated XFCE from 4.14 to 4.16
Customized colors on newer CPU Graph XFCE plugin.
Added default location to XFCE Weather plugin (can be changed by right click -> properties)
Activated Arc-Dark theme globally and for window decorations.
Replaced gcolor3 that broke support for X11 when non-GNOME with gcolor2 which works properly.
Added custom gcolor2.desktop to use more modern icon (~/.local/share/applications/gcolor2.desktop)
Enabled the dhcpcd systemd service.
Disabled compositing on XFCE for better OpenGL performance, also disabled transparency on whisker menu and bottom dock like panel.

Date - 27/07/2020

Date - 24/02/2021

Reverted from pipewire to pulseaudio because of issues with newest pipewire and some built-in audio drivers when starting the system up.

Date - 09/02/2021

Added first boot setup wizard that guides you thru setting timezone, locale, hostname, passwords, keyboard, etc…
Updated to latest wayfire 0.7 which includes performance improvements and new protocol additions.
Added waybar as top panel with tray icons support and some other customization’s.
Case insensitive search on wofi app launcher.
Enabled network manager connection applet thanks to waybar.
Removed gnome-control-center
Switched from gdm to lightdm
Dropped weston and gtk-shell.
Moved wf-panel to bottom, enabled window-list, patched wf-panel to show missing icons.
Added osmo calendar and task management application when clicking the upper clock/date.
Styled wlogout to match system theme and dropped lock, suspend and hibernate buttons.
Added 8 seconds timeout to mako notifications.
Swapped pulseaudio, alsa and jack with new all in one solution PipeWire.
Added mugshot for simple user profile configuration.

Date - 05/01/2021

Increased xfce4 dropdown terminal width to centralize better on the screen.
Added wl-color-picker (use Super + shift + p to launch color picker)
Replaced wayland-logout with wlogout for the app menu logout button which offers an interface to reboot, poweroff and logout.
Added pamac-tray to wayfire startup so pamac-manager can detect packages that need to upgrade properly
Enabled scale (Super + s or Super + shift + s) and workspace-names plugins.
Added binding (Super + d) for wdisplays (wdisplays may have rendering bugs on panfrost).
Styled the wofi launcher enabling app icons, 2 columns and more padding from icon to app title.
Styled mako desktop notifications to better match the desktop theme.

Date -31/12/2020

Date - 03/08/2020

Replaced guake with xfce4-terminal for better drop-down terminal support.
Added wf-dock to startup to enable wayfire bottom app panel.
Set virtual workspace size to 3x3.
Added space wallpaper as a skydome texture for the wayfire cube plugin.
Enable Super+f for fullscreen and Shift+Super+f for alternative forced fullscreen.
Added latest pamac-aur, yay, wlroots-git, wayfire-git, etc…