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Kano Desktop

Kano Desktop is a package that draws together many packages to provide an integrated desktop experience, built on Raspbian's LXDE. Most of the actual code resides in its dependencies; what is provided directly are configuration files and integration scripts.

For a general road map, make sure to start by reading through the README file.

How to install it

Kano OS

Kano Desktop is installed on all versions of KanoOS. If you want to build the repo separately the best way is to make use of Debian's native package builder, and simply execute debuild from the root directory.

How Kano Desktop works

Kano Desktop is based on LXDE and uses lxsession, PCManFM, libfm, lxpanel, Openbox, lxterminal and leafpad. However it uses kdesk instead of LXLauncher, which is integrated with other kano packages via:

  • kano-uixinit, a script started at login, and
  • icon_hooks.sh, a script to dyncamically configure the desktop icons and hook into screensaver events.

For further information see the README

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