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@PreCosmos PreCosmos released this 26 Oct 02:16
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v0.5.0
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The first public release of Vaela, a Vivaldi-style Wayland desktop on KDE's KWin.

Requirements

  • Fedora 45, or a Fedora Atomic image based on it (Bazzite, Kinoite, Silverblue), x86_64
  • KWin 6.7.5 exactly. The KWin plugin is built against KWin's internal interfaces, so this RPM installs only alongside that version. After a KWin update, rebuild from source.

Install

Fedora Atomic:

rpm-ostree install ./vaela-desktop-0.5.0-1.fc45.x86_64.rpm

Fedora Workstation:

sudo dnf install ./vaela-desktop-0.5.0-1.fc45.x86_64.rpm

Reboot or log out, then pick Vaela at the login screen. See the README for how to use it.

What's in 0.5.0

  • Renamed from Vela to Vaela. The package replaces vela-desktop, and the first login copies your velarc, radial menu images and look-and-feel choice to the new names.
  • Reliable startup. The shell autostarts from /etc/xdg/autostart and detects the session through the KWin plugin, so it also loads when Plasma autostarts through systemd.
  • Radial menu: hold the right button for one second, move onto an item (it grows), release to open it; left-click still works. Settings now opens from the radial menu.
  • Scrollable layout: the focused column stays centred, each app's column width is remembered after it closes, and Meta+Left/Right move focus along the strip.
  • Layout switch hides in the top-right corner until the pointer reaches it.
  • New look: dark rounded panels with a coral accent, real icons, a card-based Settings page with direct links to Plasma's display/HDR, sound, printer, power, keyboard, mouse, shortcut and system-info pages.

Files

File
vaela-desktop-0.5.0-1.fc45.x86_64.rpm The desktop
vaela-desktop-0.5.0-1.fc45.src.rpm Source RPM, built from this tag
SHA256SUMS Checksums

Licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later.

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