Rename fws-hypr-keys to fws-keys and extend it to support both Hyprland and i3 desktop environments. The tool now detects the session type and uses appropriate methods:
- Hyprland: queries hyprctl binds for real loaded bindings (wofi dmenu)
- i3: parses ~/.config/i3/config with variable resolution (rofi dmenu)
Update all references in configs and templates. Add VM detection warning in fws-vr-setup to prevent VR attempts in virtual machines where GPU/USB access is unavailable.
Add ttf-liberation font dependency for Steam UI stability on minimal installations and improve error guidance for Steam crashes.
Add scalable SVR icon for the fws-vr-setup launcher using FWS/Catppuccin color palette. The icon depicts a VR headset with straps, lenses, and nose notch in blue and dark theme colors.
Add desktop application entry for VR setup tool that allows users to install drivers and runtimes for VR headsets including HTC Vive, Valve Index, and Meta Quest devices. The application launches fws-vr-setup command in a kitty terminal.
Add FWS default i3 configuration file with X11 session support.
Includes:
- Color scheme based on Catppuccin Mocha palette
- Keyboard bindings for common applications and window management
- VR headset driver setup integration (Super+Shift+V)
- Multi-monitor and workspace navigation support
- Screenshot and multimedia control bindings
- Status bar configuration with i3status
- Autostart for dunst, nm-applet, polkit-gnome, and blueman
Add interactive shell script for installing VR drivers and runtimes based on headset type. Supports HTC Vive/Valve Index (native SteamVR), Meta Quest/Pico (ALVR streaming), and Monado (OpenXR runtime). Script automatically detects GPU and installs appropriate 32-bit Vulkan libraries required by SteamVR. Includes multilib configuration and user guidance for each VR setup path.
Add i3 window manager as a selectable desktop environment option in the anaconda kickstart configuration. Includes:
- i3-wm with essential packages (i3status, i3lock, rofi, kitty, etc.)
- X11 server requirement for VR compatibility (SteamVR incompatible with Wayland)
- Bluetooth service enablement for i3 sessions
- Icon cache update for VR launcher visibility in rofi
- i3 configuration template installation for skeleton and existing users
- Keyboard layout handling via X11 xorg.conf.d (no keyboard injection needed)
This enables users to install a lightweight X11-based desktop environment with VR support capabilities.
Include blueman in the base packages for i3 desktop environment, alongside hyprland and xfce, to provide graphical bluetooth management and pairing assistant for i3 users.
Add i3 X11 window manager as a desktop environment option with explicit VR compatibility information. Update Hyprland label to clarify it uses Wayland and is not VR compatible. Adjust position indices for subsequent radio button options.
Add i3 desktop environment option with X11 and VR compatibility note.
Update hyprland description to clarify Wayland protocol and VR incompatibility.
Both descriptions now include information about included applications (Firefox, SDDM).
Add i3 window manager as a desktop choice with X11 and SteamVR compatibility note. Update Hyprland description to clarify it uses Wayland and is not compatible with VR.
Prevent blueman-applet from showing connection errors in virtual machines where no Bluetooth adapter is present. The applet now checks for the existence of a Bluetooth adapter in /sys/class/bluetooth before launching.
This change adds a conditional check that gracefully skips the applet initialization when no hardware is available, improving user experience in VM environments.
Add anaconda-summary-hub.glade file, a customized copy of anaconda 45.8's summary.glade without the "We won't touch your disks…" disclaimer label at the bottom of the hub.
This file is placed in a neutral path (usr/local/share/fws/) because mkarchiso applies the airootfs before pacstrap. Placing it at the anaconda package path would cause pacman to refuse installation due to filesystem conflicts. The live environment's .xinitrc copies this file to /usr/share/anaconda/ui/hubs/summary.glade during boot.
Delete the customized summary.glade file that was overlaying the anaconda package file. This file was previously used to hide the "We won't touch your disks…" message at the bottom of the installation summary hub.
Add logic to override the anaconda summary hub glade file at live boot time. The custom glade file is stored in /usr/local/share/fws and copied to /usr/share/anaconda/ui/hubs/summary.glade during X initialization.
This workaround is necessary because mkarchiso applies the airootfs overlay before pacstrap, which prevents pacman from installing anaconda over existing files. The file is therefore delivered to /usr/local/share/fws and overlaid at boot when the live overlay is writable.
Add a customized version of anaconda's summary.glade UI definition file to the baseline airootfs configuration. This file is based on anaconda 45.8 but with the "We won't touch your disks..." label removed from the bottom of the hub, allowing the overlay to mask the original package file without requiring an anaconda rebuild.
Remove the fws-dnd package and its associated comment from the x86_64 package list. This package is no longer needed for the release engineering build.
Add PipeWire audio stack (pipewire, pipewire-pulse, wireplumber, pavucontrol)
and Bluetooth support (bluez, bluez-utils, blueman) to xfce and hyprland
package lists to ensure they are installed alongside the desktop environment.
Enable bluetooth.service at installation time for hyprland to have Bluetooth
ready at first boot. Update comments to reflect the new guaranteed installation
of audio and Bluetooth components as part of the desktop environment transaction.
Add blueman-applet to the exec-once commands for bluetooth management.
Remove the Steam launcher keybinding (SUPER+KP_Multiply) from the configuration.
Add the fws-dnd package (D&D 5e Manager for dice, characters, grimoire, sessions, and combat) to the baseline x86_64 packages list under the FWS section.
Change the estimated time message from '2 à 4 minutes' to 'Encore une à deux minutes' to provide more accurate timing information to users during the FWS installer preparation phase.
Add a new CSS stylesheet for wofi (application launcher menu triggered with Super+R) that implements the Catppuccin Mocha blue color scheme. The stylesheet includes styling for the window, input field, menu entries, and selection states with rounded corners and appropriate contrast ratios.
Add CSS stylesheet for the FWS keyboard shortcuts panel (fws-hypr-keys) using monospace font to align key combinations with descriptions. Uses the same color palette as the wofi menu with Catppuccin theme colors.
Add missing packages for hyprland desktop environment:
- mako + libnotify for notifications
- polkit-gnome for GUI authentication
- network-manager-applet for network management in tray
- xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland for screen sharing
- gvfs for USB mounting in thunar
- ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols for waybar icons
Add start-hyprland launcher support for hyprland ≥0.53 to properly prepare systemd session/environment.
Add wofi configuration files (config and style.css) for application menu styling.
Update skeleton directory setup to install wofi configs for new users and fix chown path formatting.
Update waybar-style.css to version 2 with the following changes:
- Switch to Catppuccin Mocha color scheme with blue accents
- Redesign bar as floating rounded container instead of bottom border
- Style modules as pill-shaped boxes with individual backgrounds
- Add Nerd Font symbols support for better icons
- Improve workspace buttons with hover effects and transitions
- Add tooltip styling and proper color coding for each module
- Update clock styling with dedicated background
- Enhance battery, network, and bluetooth status colors
- Refine spacing, padding, and border-radius throughout for modern appearance
Update waybar configuration with:
- Adjusted height (34 to 36) and spacing (4 to 2)
- Added margins (top: 6, left: 10, right: 10)
- Added workspace navigation with scroll (e-1/e+1)
- Added backlight, bluetooth, and battery modules
- Enhanced clock format with calendar styling
- Improved audio controls with pavucontrol integration
- Added network bandwidth display
- Updated all module icons to use modern emoji/nerd font glyphs
- Improved tooltips with more detailed information
- Adjusted max window name length from 55 to 45 characters
Add brightnessctl for brightness control without root via logind,
consumed by XF86MonBrightness* keys and waybar backlight module.
Add blueman as graphical Bluetooth manager for desktop environments
that don't provide their own (KDE and GNOME have built-in managers).
Blueman provides system tray integration and pairing assistant.
Update comments to clarify the purpose of these new packages.
- Import os module to check for style file existence
- Add _STYLE constant pointing to wofi-keys.css stylesheet
- Increase wofi window dimensions from 780x560 to 820x600
- Conditionally apply custom style if the stylesheet exists
- Refactor wofi command construction for better readability
Add udev.event_timeout=45 parameter to all APPEND kernel boot options in the syslinux configuration to prevent udev event timeout issues during boot on systems with slow device initialization.
Add udev.event_timeout=45 parameter to the accessibility boot entry to prevent timeout issues during device initialization on systems with slower hardware or many devices.
Add udev.event_timeout=45 parameter to the safe graphics boot option to prevent timeout issues during device initialization on systems with slower hardware or complex device trees.
Add udev.event_timeout=45 kernel parameter to the UEFI boot entry for the archiso linux image. This timeout helps prevent boot delays caused by udev waiting for device events to complete.
Add a new UEFI boot loader entry for Arch Linux installation medium with the nomodeset kernel parameter. This provides a fallback boot option for systems with GPU or hypervisor drivers that have issues with KMS (kernel mode setting), allowing the system to fall back to VESA/EFI framebuffer graphics mode which is slower but more reliable.
Introduce a new SDDM theme "fws" designed for FWS with support for KDE, XFCE, and Hyprland desktop environments.
The theme is built using pure QtQuick and QtQuick.Controls (Basic style) with no additional dependencies beyond what SDDM already requires. It includes:
- Main.qml: Custom login screen with clock, date, user/password fields, session selector, and power controls
- metadata.desktop: Theme metadata and configuration
- theme.conf: Default configuration with customizable accent color and gradient colors
The design uses a dark theme with accent colors and supports capslock detection and login error handling.
Add CSS stylesheet for Waybar that matches the FWS theme, SDDM appearance, and Hyprland borders. Includes styling for workspaces, clock, custom key help button, and system status modules with Catppuccin blue accent color (#89b4fa).
Add waybar panel configuration with modules for workspaces, window title, clock, volume, network, CPU, and memory monitoring. Configured for top panel layout with French localization support.
Add a new Python utility script that displays actual Hyprland keyboard shortcuts from hyprctl binds output. The script:
- Queries hyprctl binds to get loaded key bindings from the compositor
- Formats keybinds with human-readable modifiers and key labels (French localization)
- Displays descriptions from bindd config entries or falls back to dispatcher actions
- Opens results in wofi dmenu for incremental search and filtering
- Handles special keys like mouse buttons, arrow keys, and common special keys
- Deduplicates repeated bindings (e.g., from resize actions)
No additional dependencies required beyond python3 and wofi (already in FWS + Hyprland packages).
Add new Glade UI definition file for the FWS recap (summary before installation) spoke. This defines the AnacondaStandaloneWindow layout with a scrollable text view to display installation summary information.
Add FWSRecapSpoke, a standalone spoke that displays a comprehensive summary of user configuration choices and detected hardware before installation begins. The spoke intercepts the installation flow between the SummaryHub and ProgressSpoke, allowing users to review and modify their choices before any disk writes occur.
Features:
- Displays user-selected configuration (language, keyboard, timezone, users, partitioning, desktop, hostname)
- Shows detected hardware (virtualization, GPUs, disks, network status)
- Provides installation flow overview and warnings about automatic partitioning
- Implements back navigation to return to the hub for modifications
- Never marks as completed to ensure proper flow control in anaconda's action queue
Change publish_to_repo() to accept explicit file list via variadic arguments
instead of a directory glob. This prevents re-publishing stale .pkg files
from previous builds that may still exist in BUILD_DIR.
Update build_or_skip() to get the actual list of packages produced by the
current makepkg invocation using --packagelist, filter for .pkg.tar.* files,
verify they exist on disk, and pass only those to pacman -U and publish_to_repo().
This fixes issues where:
- After pkgrel bumps, old .pkg files would cause pacman to receive duplicate
package names ("repeated target" error)
- Stale packages would be republished over the purge in local-repo
- Optional debug packages would cause errors when not produced
BREAKING CHANGE: publish_to_repo() function signature changed from publish_to_repo(name, directory) to publish_to_repo(name, file1, file2, ...) - callers must pass explicit file paths instead of a directory path
Replace gettext.ldgettext with gettext.dgettext in Anaconda exception handler
since ldgettext was removed in Python 3.11. Without this fix, the exception
handler crashes with AttributeError when trying to display errors, resulting
in raw tracebacks instead of the meh dialog in both GUI and TUI modes.
Also clean up stale __pycache__ directories from previous extractions and
add validation to ensure ldgettext is completely removed.
Add a new boot menu entry for FWS without kernel mode setting (KMS) to provide a fallback option for systems where KMS causes issues. This entry uses the nomodeset kernel parameter to force the framebuffer to VESA/EFI mode, which is slower but more reliable for problematic GPU drivers and hypervisors like VMware.
Update interactive-defaults.ks kickstart file with:
- Clarified documentation on LiveOS payload detection and mounting via /run/rootfsbase bind-mount instead of direct liveimg directive
- Added comprehensive comments explaining why liveimg directive is intentionally omitted and how anaconda --liveinst handles payload creation
- Enhanced XFCE and Hyprland package sets with noto-fonts for proper TTF rendering and additional tools (thunar, hyprlock, grim, slurp, wl-clipboard, playerctl)
- Implemented SDDM theme configuration with FWS theme support and accent colors per desktop environment (teal for XFCE, Catppuccin blue for Hyprland, Breeze blue for KDE)
- Added GDM (GNOME) configuration via dconf with welcome banner, clock enhancements, and numlock settings
- Expanded Waybar configuration installation for Hyprland with config and style files
- Added comprehensive documentation for greeter customization and Hyprland VM compatibility
- Included details about FWS recap spoke (standalone GUI summary screen) replacing zenity-based pre-install approach
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