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General roadmap for the Lumina Project to reach version 1.0
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TO-DO (small projects)
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New Desktop Plugins:
- Picture Frame (rotating slideshow)
- Alarm Clock (simple clock alternative to the panel plugin with alarm functionality)
- Analog Clock
- System Tray
- Interface to Favorite Items
New Panel Plugins:
- Minimalistic Task Tanager (no running overhead - when clicked it runs all
New Screensaver Plugins (after lumina-screensaver is written):
Add network probing functionality (for lumina-fm mainly)
- Will need integration into LuminaOS and possible LuminaUtils
- Will need an OS-specific method of requesting that the system mount the network
drive on the system
- Use "avahi-browse" on PC-BSD?
Add OS-specific suspend/resume functionality
- Will be integrated into lumina-screensaver primarily
Redesign the lumina-open dialog (specifically, the widget used to browse the available applications).
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TO-DO (medium projects)
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Better Search Algorithms:
- implement keyword search and tagging ability
- general improvements to finding more relavent files
Abstraction (move into libLumina):
- lumina-fm bookmarks? (possibly integrate into the favorites)
- Plugins (desktop and panel): this allows lumina-config to more easily probe/utilize
the plugins that are available (easier to maintain/disable/add plugins on a per-build basis as well)
New Frameworks:
- Internal suspend/resume for plugins (plugin-specific on how they work, but
generally used to stop/restart internal functionality based on plugin visibility)
- Internal messaging system (does LuminaSingleApplication already provide this?)
(between lumina-screensaver, lumina-wm, and lumina-desktop in particular)
- LuminaThemeEngine library for use by all Qt applications
(binary module/wrapper around the current theme engine functionality)
PDF Viewing Capabilities (Extremely Low Priority: just created pc-pdfviewer for PC-BSD)
- Could be a new utility, but would prefer the functionality be put into libLumina
so that lumina-fm can also use it.
- Great for quickly viewing/printing PDF files (since most PDF utilities appear to be DE-specific)
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TO-DO (large projects)
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lumina-screensaver (Combined into lumina-wm):
- This utility is a replacement for xscreensaver, and will reduce the number of packages
required by Lumina considerably (removing all perl requirements)
- This utility will also be the power management interface for the lumina desktop
since it will be keeping an eye on general system status and act appropriately
- REQUIRES: PAM interface for verifying password for the current user (unlocking the screen)
- REQUIRES: plugin framework (and plugins) for different types of screensavers
(Remember: only one plugin can be used at a time, and Windows only comes with ~5 out of box)
lumina-wm:
- This utility is a replacement for Fluxbox as the window manager
- Tie into the Lumina Theme engine for consistent appearance
(may need to define new theme template handles to manage the window frames differently)
- 3 modes of operation: single-window (for small screens), layered (standard), tiling (placement algorithm only with disabled movement?)
- Completely XCB-based (xcb_icccm and xcb_ewmh libraries might make this fairly simple)
- Side functionality for setting/running keyboard shortcuts
capsicum:
- FreeBSD-only framework for application and library compartmentalisation.
- Ensure additional security and limit any possible vulnerabilities
- "Sandbox" any applications run via lumina-open (and decendants)?
- Need additional research to figure out how tightly we can limit processes.
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ROADMAP to 1.0.0-Release (large projects define release schedule)
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0.8.x - Checkpoints for minor changes/improvements as lumina-wm is being developed
0.9.0 - Include "lumina-wm" as a replacement for Fluxbox/xscreensaver
Note: Will use 0.9.x series for serious bug fixing, appearance polishing, and
getting ready for the first offical (non-beta) release.
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Optional Extensions after 1.0.0-RELEASE (Brainstorming only - no promises)
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Parental Control System (needs screen locker, lumina-wm integration)
- Daily Time Limits
(simple to do - special lock screen at timeout)
- Application Whitelist
(simple to do with lumina-wm - simply close any applications which are not permitted)
(don't show non-whitelisted apps in the menu system either)
Session Locking Functionality
- Used for login sessions where the interface may not be modified
- Great for business/kiosk usage where they only want 1 or 2 applications to be able to run (and a specific wallpaper)
- Good integration with the application whitelist functionality
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