Hi, I am Sash, the developer of Orbitiny Desktop Environment.

Thank You so much for trying this new and portable desktop environment.

Orbitiny Desktop Environment is 7-8 years of work. 

Right now, it serves more like a desktop shell than a full DE but turning it into a full DE is my goal,

Here are some things that you should know.

The application can run in portable and non portable mode.

To run in portable mode, make sure a file named ".portable_mode" (without the quotes) exists in $LOCAL_DIR/usr/bin

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Application Variables:
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$LOCAL_DIR:    If running in portable mode, it will return the path to the folder/dir that contains all the files.
              if running in non-portable mode, it will return $HOME/.config/orbitiny
           
$SHARED_DIR:  Returns the path to $LOCAL_DIR/shared directory.

              To make sure the package remains portable across live CDs and distros, save/download all yours files 
              to the "shared" folder and then when assigning commands to launchers, do something like $SHARED_DIR/my_file

To run in portable mode, make sure a file named ".portable_mode" (without the quotes) exists in $LOCAL_DIR/usr/bin


01. This desktop can be run on top of any other desktop, even GNOME, Elementary, KDE. 
    When so, it draws its own desktop window, full screen covering the already running one. 
    When run under iconless desktops, you will get icons (works on GNOME).

02. Right-click the Desktop and go to "Environment & Workspace Settings" and then "Appearance" to adjust 
    the content margins of the desktop. This is the left, top, right and bottom positions of where the icons start. 
    It's in the "Content Margins & Spacing" section. This should be adjusted according to where the existing panels 
    are positioned such as the GNOME menu bar or any other panels on the sides of the screen.

03. Double-clicking the "Linux System" icon brings a "Disks & Partitions" menu. This behaviour will remain until I 
    implement a proper and fancy "Computer" window. I have most (but not all) of the code already.

04. Right-clicking "Linux System" brings up a menu with a set of system utilities whose paths need to be set in 
    "Environment & Workspace Settings"->"Applications". Except for the "Device Manager" which I already have working 
    (most of it), the rest of the utilities need implementation but as a work-around, you can enter a path to an external utility. 

05. Double-clicking the "Disks & Partitions" icon brings up a different, perhaps fancier "Disks & Partitions" menu so use the one you prefer. 
    Right-clicking the "Disks & Partitions" icon will bring the same "Disk & Partitions" menu as the one that comes when double-clicking the 
    "Linux System" icon.
        
06. I have pre-prepared an existing "Custom Actions" menu for you to look at. Take a look at the examples, I think you will get the gist 
    but if you don't, then just email me / ask me. "Right-click"->"Custom Actions"->"Edit Custom Actions".

07. When holding the "Alt" key when double-clicking an icon, either on the desktop or the file manager or any of the panel applets 
    that let you run commands, will force-run the command in a terminal window *but* there is a catch. This will NOT work if your 
    window manager's accessibility key is set to "Alt". On my system, I have this accessibility key set to the Super key so it works fine. 
    I will make this customizabe in the future.

08. You will need to right-click the "Orbitiny" applications menu on the panel and go to "Commands" to set log out, 
    reboot and power off commands. These will need to be matched with the ones used by the exisitng session manager.

    I have done it like this because I don't have a session manager yet. My next primary goal is to develop a session-manager 
    so that you can select the DE from your display manager and run it. Right now, you can set "start-orbitiny" as a start-up application 
    in your existing desktop environment settings and when so, it will start automatically.

09. Wayland support, as far as I am aware, the window tasks and the systray are the only parts that don't work but it has not been tested fully.
    When testing, you should be testing it under the X11 display server rather than a Wayland compositor. Right now, I don't support any of the
    Wayland copmositors but I intend to add official Wayland support in the future.

10. By default, middle-clicking an empty area on the desktop will bring the fancy looking "Disk & Partitions" menu. You can change this
    in "Environment & Workspace Settings"->"Advanced"->"Gestures"->"Middle Button Click".

11. You can change gestures in "Environment & Workspace Settings"->"Advanced"->"Gestures"

12. Some of the panel applets such as the launcher applet and the drawer menu along with its items allow you to add two commands per launcher. 
    One for left-click and another one for middle-click.

The code base is huge, some of it is very old and requires a re-write and some very new and I've most likely missed something and that would cause an error.

Please don't get upset/disappointed if you encounter an error or something that's annoying, just let me know and I will fix it.

*** PLEASE, PLEASE read the "PANEL_README.odt" file to learn about all the cool and innovative featues that this DE does ***

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Finally, if you are happy with what you see, please consider making a monetary donation. That would be
very much appreciated and would motivate me to continue working on the project and release updates, 
add/improve features etc. Originally I built this DE for my personal use but I now decided to release 
it to the public.

Donation URL: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=9NKURUJPKR9DN&no_recurring=0&item_name=Orbitiny+Desktop+Environment+is+developed+by+myself+only.+Your+donation+will+motivate+me+to+continue+working+on+the+project.&currency_code=USD

Thanks!

Sasko Usinov (Sash)
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