Orbitiny Desktop 1.0 Pilot 3 Released - (Milestone Release) - Finally a Standalone Mode Support, Countless Cosmetic Theme and Icon Changes + Bugfixes and New Features
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Orbitiny Desktop 1.0 Pilot 3 has been just released released. This new release is a major step forward to making Orbitiny a truly independent and standalone desktop so you no longer need a host desktop to run it. Orbitiny Desktop 1.0 Pilot 3 has a completely (yet again) re-redesigned Control Panel with a modern up to date theme, a new file manager sidebar and overall many cosmetic changes so the old Windows 95 theming is gone! Some of you that have been following my progress will already be aware of all this so it may seem like an old news but many aren't following me so hence for posting it here.
Here is how Orbitiny Desktop 1.0 Pilot 3 looks. Mind you, this is nowhere near finished and it will only get better with every new release.
Portable mode along with running it as an application is still supported and always will be so that's not going anywhere as portability and modularity is my primary goal but now you can also run it as an independent desktop.
Most icons (but not all) have been replaced with modern ones.
The tabs in Qutiny file manager are now draggable and detachable and the Qutiny file manager also has a new sidebar and overall there are many bug fixes across the entire desktop.
What's still missing? Well, a lot but is a progress. As you can see in the Control Panel sidebar, there is no "Power Manager", no "Screensaver Settings", no "Display Settings" and no "Keyboard Shortcuts". Don't worry, it's coming!
About the panel, like I have said before. You can make it look and behave like a dock but the default configuration isn't like that.
Download here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/orbitiny-desktop/files/
Source code here: https://sourceforge.net/p/orbitiny-desktop/code/ci/master/tree/
There is a new standalone-run directory in the orbitiny-bin-release directory with instructions about how to make it appear in your Display Manager menu and run it as a stand-alone DE.
Again, I can't stress enough, please don't get disappointed if you see something broken or annoying. All you need to do is report it and I will try to fix it.
Technology used to develop Orbitiny Desktop 1.0: C++ and Qt.
I won't be able to reply to your comments until after 8-9 hours from this post. It's 11:55 PM in Melbourne at the time of this post. :)
jaskij@reddit
So, you got a downvote from me, for the same reason I downvote most project update posts: please introduce your project in the post.
sash-au@reddit (OP)
Thank you for your feedback, I've updated the post. I generally agree with you and I hate when people don't tell what their projects do and they just post. I genuinely missed that part, sorry for that, it was a post made late at night as I had only just finished compiling it, uploading it and then writing the post so I could not wait to just shut down the PC,
Big-Opportunity-6407@reddit
cool looking project but why don't you use GitHub?
sash-au@reddit (OP)
Sorry for late reply but I am replying on time like I stated in my post :)
I find SourceForge easier and more convenient to use when managing files so overall I feel more comfortable with it. I can always jump ship if I don't like it.
freedomlinux@reddit
now, now, there's nothing wrong with GitLab or Gitea... ... ... oh, it's SourceForge?!
SourceForge used to be so big, but I guess with the changes in ownership (and the adware downloads) it really declined in popularity. Of course they also support some stuff like SVN, CVS, and Hg that is not available on many other platforms.
Anonymo@reddit
Microsoft?