Cute Desktop Environment

A tiny desktop environment of sorts. It's mostly a prototype but it's good for learning how a DE works.

Features:

• running compmgr (composite manager)
• simple window manager (based on tinywm)
• simple launcher/task manager (prototype)

Where is the code?

If all you want is to browse the code, the CuteWM and CuteLauncher are over here:

• https://github.com/g--o/CuteWM
• https://github.com/g--o/CuteLauncher

NOTE: CuteLauncher is not up to date because newer versions aren't stable in CuteDE

Screenshots

CuteDE on Xephyr.

How to use:

• Clone this repo and run the install.sh script to clone both projects and install pre-requisites (This won't copy itself anywhere else so clone it where you want it).
• Default input bindings:
  • Mod key = Alt
  • Mod+Enter: open new terminal
  • Mod+RightClick: resize window
  • Mod+LeftClick: move window
  • LeftClick: re-stack or interact normally
  • MouseHover: focus window
• Keys binds are configurable at key_bindings.py
• User Directory: in the ./user directory you can find customizable things like session startup script and wallpaper, all can be changed to the user's content.

Hope this is useful!

Links:

Blog post summary of the project

Tinywm project