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| At the moment [[Weston]] is the default UI for postmarketOS. It is simple and helps us to keep researching and developing the base of pmOS but in the future we will also support other more sophisticated and fancy User Interfaces.
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| Here is a list showing examples and the on-going work on this topic.
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| This index page could use some help, see {{issue|23|wiki}}.
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| == User Interfaces ==
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| === none ===
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| no graphical environment
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| === fbkeyboard ===
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| plain framebuffer console with touchscreen keyboard support
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| === Gnome ===
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| Gnome shell
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| === i3 ===
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| '''i3''' is a [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager tiling window manager], and Sway's ancestor. It can only be recommended on devices featuring a keyboard. Being older, it does not require DRM, which makes it able to run on older devices.
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| === kodi ===
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| 10-foot UI useful on TV's
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| === MATE ===
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| '''[[MATE]]''' is a full GTK-based desktop environment forked from the code base of GNOME 2.
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| It works well even on devices that only have a framebuffer for display, which makes it a good choice for devices that do not have [[DRM]] support.
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| === Phosh ===
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| '''[[Phosh]]''', the '''pho'''ne '''sh'''ell, is a user interface by Purism originally designed for their [https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ Librem 5] mobile phone. It uses Phoc as a wayland compositor and is one of the most polished mobile interfaces.
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| It's optimal to run GTK applications (many of them are modified to [https://bytesgnomeschozo.blogspot.com/2019/06/libhandy-0010.html scale on small screens]). For running Phosh you'll need recent kernel with properly working [[DRM]] drivers (downstream kernels will probably not work).
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| === Plasma Bigscreen ===
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| 10-feet variant of Plasma, made for big screen TVs
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| === Plasma Desktop ===
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| KDE Desktop Environment (works well with tablets)
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| === Plasma Mobile ===
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| '''[[Plasma Mobile]]''' is a mobile variant of the KDE Plasma user interface, optimized for touchscreen.
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| It only has decent performance on a kernel that features [[DRM]], and is disabled by default on devices that don't have it.
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| Work in Progress.
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| For more information, see issues [https://github.com/postmarketOS/pmbootstrap/issues/161 #161], and [https://github.com/postmarketOS/pmbootstrap/issues/378 #378].
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| Project page: https://plasma-mobile.org/
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| === Shelli ===
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| plain console with touchscreen gesture support
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| === Sway ===
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| '''[[Sway]]''' is a [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager tiling] Wayland compositor that is intended to work with a keyboard, even if it features some touch controls. It is based on wlroots, and will need [[DRM]] to start.
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| === Sxmo ===
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| [[Sxmo]] (Simple X Mobile): Mobile environment based on simple & suckless software (best compatibility on pinephone)
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| === Weston ===
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| '''[[Weston]]''' is the default, minimal, interface based on XWayland. It allows developers to do "simple" things like running firefox and opening a terminal, plus testing the touchscreen and other peripherals. Alone, it isn't really usable for touchscreen-only devices.
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| * [http://i.imgur.com/5XtSNzp.jpg Running Youtube in Weston]
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| Project page: https://github.com/wayland-project/weston
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| === Xfce4 ===
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| '''[[Xfce4|Xfce4]]''' is another full GTK-based desktop environment, aiming to be fast and lightweight.
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| It also works well on framebuffer-only devices.
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| === Others ===
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| See issue [https://github.com/postmarketOS/pmbootstrap/issues/62 #62] for more information on other UIs that could be ported to postmarketOS. Some of these are:
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| * [https://ubports.com/ ubports] (Fork of the discontinued Ubuntu Phone project)
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| * mer/SailfishOS related:
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| ** [https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/73amlm/so_how_open_is_sailfish_os_really/ Which components of SailfishOS are open?]
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| ** [https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/SailfishOSS Tracking OSS and non-OSS components of Sailfish OS]
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| ** [https://git.merproject.org/mer-core/lipstick lipstick] ([https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/6djq1z/postmarketos_aiming_for_a_10_year_lifecycle_for/di3yc7w/ relevant comment])
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| ** [https://github.com/qwazix/glacier-controls-spec glacier] ([https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/6djq1z/postmarketos_aiming_for_a_10_year_lifecycle_for/di4iekw/ relevant comment])
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| ** [http://i.imgur.com/rwCM4AY.jpg Photo]
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| * '''[[LuneOS]]''' ([https://github.com/postmarketOS/pmbootstrap/issues/629 link]) (UI from continuation of webOS, HP's discontinued and open sourced mobile operating system with Wayland and QT5)
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| * PDA interfaces, may be desirable, as they are suited to devices capable of stylus input, such as the Nokia N900 and Galaxy Note devices, as well as devices with constrained system resources. There is [[Handhelds|some work]] into porting components from these to PMOS.
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| *''[https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Category:Desktop Other graphical interfaces supported by Alpine]'' should work to some extent on pmOS. These include [[GNOME 3]].
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| == How to choose an UI ==
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| === With pmbootstrap ===
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| You have to configure <code>pmbootstrap</code> before generating the system image either by <code>pmbootstrap init</code> or <code>pmbootstrap config</code>:
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| <pre>$ pmbootstrap init
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| [09:22:39] Target device (either an existing one, or a new one for porting).
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| [09:22:39] Available (49): amazon-thor, asus-flo, asus-grouper, asus-tf101, fairphone-fp2, google-glass, htc-ace, htc-bravo, huawei-angler, huawei-y530, leeco-s2, lenovo-karate, lg-d285, lg-d855, lg-dory, lg-h815, lg-hammerhead, lg-lenok, lg-mako, motorola-osprey, motorola-shamu, motorola-titan, nokia-rx51, oneplus-bacon, oneplus-onyx, qemu-aarch64, qemu-amd64, qemu-vexpress, samsung-espresso10, samsung-i747m, samsung-i9003, samsung-i9070, samsung-i9100, samsung-i9195, samsung-i9305, samsung-i9505, samsung-maguro, samsung-n7100, samsung-s6500d, semc-anzu, sony-amami, sony-aries, sony-castor-windy, sony-honami, sony-yuga, t2m-flame, teclast-x80pro, wiko-lenny3, xiaomi-ido
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| [09:22:39] Device [qemu-amd64]:
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| [09:22:56] Available user interfaces (6):
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| [09:22:56] * none: No graphical environment
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| [09:22:56] * hildon: (X11) Lightweight GTK+2 UI (optimized for single-touch touchscreens)
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| [09:22:56] * luna: (Wayland) webOS UI, ported from the LuneOS project (Not working yet)
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| [09:22:56] * mate: (X11) MATE Desktop Environment, fork of GNOME2 (stylus recommended)
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| [09:22:56] * plasma-mobile: (Wayland) Mobile variant of KDE Plasma, optimized for touchscreen
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| [09:22:56] * weston: (Wayland) Reference compositor (demo, not a phone interface)
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| [09:22:56] * xfce4: (X11) Lightweight GTK+2 desktop (stylus recommended)</pre>
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| <pre>$ pmbootstrap config ui weston</pre>
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| === Once installed ===
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| Once you have postmarketOS on your phone or tablet, you can still change user interface without reflashing so long you have an internet connection: you need to remove your current UI and install another one.
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| # apk del postmarketos-ui-phosh
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| # apk add postmarketos-ui-plasma-mobile
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| Then you just have to restart the display manager. Example on the stable branch:
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| # rc-service lightdm restart
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| Example on the edge branch:
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| # rc-service tinydm restart
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Interfaces | Work in progress new interface page]]
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| * [[Potential apps]]
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| * [[Configure postmarketOS for multiple UIs or users]]
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| [[Category:Interface]]
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