How can I make a application launcher from scratch in xorg
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So in linux there are all kinds of menus and application launchers, but no one of them suits my needs.
Please, let me explain you what I want to do.
I student in a school now so we have fancy dreams and all those never getting involved ideas, but luckily I try to realize some of them.
I want to build an open source gaming platform, a video game console with a linux distro that is based on debian stable liquorix kernel and all that kind of stuff, but it needs its custom DE and something different from the PC interface as it will be controlled by a gamepad and will be a video game console, people must think it is not like a PC, people must see the cool interface and kind of realize that it is different.
The problem is:
All applications menus from other Desktop environments are a bit too windows-like which does not provide a video game console experience.
What do I need for that? How can I read a source code from other applications menus? How can I make something rounded in xorg, as I want to make it a cs:go-like rounded menu (CS GO is just for a reference, I don't play that!)?
menu debian xorg xdgutils video-game-consoles
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So in linux there are all kinds of menus and application launchers, but no one of them suits my needs.
Please, let me explain you what I want to do.
I student in a school now so we have fancy dreams and all those never getting involved ideas, but luckily I try to realize some of them.
I want to build an open source gaming platform, a video game console with a linux distro that is based on debian stable liquorix kernel and all that kind of stuff, but it needs its custom DE and something different from the PC interface as it will be controlled by a gamepad and will be a video game console, people must think it is not like a PC, people must see the cool interface and kind of realize that it is different.
The problem is:
All applications menus from other Desktop environments are a bit too windows-like which does not provide a video game console experience.
What do I need for that? How can I read a source code from other applications menus? How can I make something rounded in xorg, as I want to make it a cs:go-like rounded menu (CS GO is just for a reference, I don't play that!)?
menu debian xorg xdgutils video-game-consoles
edited Nov 10 at 23:42
Patrick Mevzek
3,12591329
asked Nov 10 at 20:16
Filipenco Pavel
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up vote
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down vote
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So in linux there are all kinds of menus and application launchers, but no one of them suits my needs.
Please, let me explain you what I want to do.
I student in a school now so we have fancy dreams and all those never getting involved ideas, but luckily I try to realize some of them.
I want to build an open source gaming platform, a video game console with a linux distro that is based on debian stable liquorix kernel and all that kind of stuff, but it needs its custom DE and something different from the PC interface as it will be controlled by a gamepad and will be a video game console, people must think it is not like a PC, people must see the cool interface and kind of realize that it is different.
The problem is:
All applications menus from other Desktop environments are a bit too windows-like which does not provide a video game console experience.
What do I need for that? How can I read a source code from other applications menus? How can I make something rounded in xorg, as I want to make it a cs:go-like rounded menu (CS GO is just for a reference, I don't play that!)?
menu debian xorg xdgutils video-game-consoles
edited Nov 10 at 23:42
Patrick Mevzek
3,12591329
asked Nov 10 at 20:16
Filipenco Pavel
61
So in linux there are all kinds of menus and application launchers, but no one of them suits my needs.
Please, let me explain you what I want to do.
I student in a school now so we have fancy dreams and all those never getting involved ideas, but luckily I try to realize some of them.
I want to build an open source gaming platform, a video game console with a linux distro that is based on debian stable liquorix kernel and all that kind of stuff, but it needs its custom DE and something different from the PC interface as it will be controlled by a gamepad and will be a video game console, people must think it is not like a PC, people must see the cool interface and kind of realize that it is different.
The problem is:
All applications menus from other Desktop environments are a bit too windows-like which does not provide a video game console experience.
What do I need for that? How can I read a source code from other applications menus? How can I make something rounded in xorg, as I want to make it a cs:go-like rounded menu (CS GO is just for a reference, I don't play that!)?
menu debian xorg xdgutils video-game-consoles
menu debian xorg xdgutils video-game-consoles
edited Nov 10 at 23:42
Patrick Mevzek
3,12591329
asked Nov 10 at 20:16
Filipenco Pavel
61
edited Nov 10 at 23:42
Patrick Mevzek
3,12591329
asked Nov 10 at 20:16
Filipenco Pavel
61
edited Nov 10 at 23:42
Patrick Mevzek
3,12591329
edited Nov 10 at 23:42
Patrick Mevzek
3,12591329
edited Nov 10 at 23:42
Patrick Mevzek
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3,12591329
asked Nov 10 at 20:16
Filipenco Pavel
61
asked Nov 10 at 20:16
Filipenco Pavel
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asked Nov 10 at 20:16
Filipenco Pavel
61
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