Regolith 2.0 desktop

After the year of development is available release of the desktop regolith 2.0 , developed by the developers of the same name Linux Distribution . Regolith is based on the technology for managing the GNOME sessions and the window manager i3 . The projects of the project are distributed under the GPLV3 license. To download prepared packages for ubuntu 04.04/22.04 and Debian 11.

The project is positioned as a modern environment of the desktop, developed for a faster performing typical actions due to optimizations of work processes and eliminating unnecessary disorder. The goal is to provide a functional, but minimalistic interface that can be tuned and expand depending on the preferences of the user. Regolith can be of interest to beginners accustomed to traditional window systems, but who want to try the methods of framework (mosaic) window layouts.


in new issue:

  • In addition to Ubuntu, the formation of assemblies for Debian 11.
  • Offer its own implementation of the application launch menu and the switching interface between the windows, which replaced the previously proposed Rofi Launcher interface.


  • For configuration instead of gnome-control-center, its own configurator regolith-control-center .

  • The configuration file for the I3 window manager is divided into several separate components allowing more flexibly control the configuration.
  • Updated settings of styles . Using the REGOLITH-LOOK command, you can install alternative files with styles settings.
  • Replaced hot keyboards.


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